I like the idea of playing these RPG games but can’t stand the combat. This is why Disco Elysium is my favourite game of all time. It had RPG elements, great story, narration, dialogue and voice acting and wasn’t bogged down by a combat system I didn’t like.

I have tried Divinity I and II, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Pillars of Eternity. I left them at some point because I did not enjoy the combat one bit. With Pathfinder I even tried story mode to trivialise the combat but since the combat is such a big part of the game, I didn’t enjoy it even then.

If anyone here has played Baldur’s Gate 3 please let me know of your experience. Even if I end up not liking it I would really like to hear what you all think of it.

  • @Fubar91English
    7•1 year ago

    Got 7 or 8 hours in the Act 1 EA.

    Combats a major factor in this game. However it is more avoidable than the likes of the Div and Pathfinder games, mainly via bypassing with stealth or dialog. Combats a core part of the game still. We don’t know what it will be like post act 1. But I feel it will be more of the same.

    Combats a main function of the gameplay loop, and is a large part of the content. Which is a bit unfortunate for people who just want the story aspects, im not aware of any difficulty setting they may add to trivialise it. Combat play is similar to pathfinder wotr game overall / turn-based combat.

    Based off your descriptions, I don’t think you’d enjoy the combat in this game either. Unless they add some kinda of mode specifically for story only goers.

    That being said the rpg, story, dialog and everything else feels top notch from what I’ve played.