Yeah, SCS has components allowing you to change most of OP/chesse shit BG2 has, including fixing simulacrum, nerfing some truly OP items, letting beholders do something against Balduran's Shield, etc.
The core of any CRPG is dungeon crawling, party building and monster killing not reactivity.
Two of the three things you listed are not needed.
You can't win this argument. BGII had worse reactivity than contemporary games with even smaller teams - Icewind Dale, Fallout.
Combat that's good for its own sake is a very rare sight, and an adapted D&D 5e isn't likely to be one such example.
That's why the NPC should react to your class in conversation and reward you with loot that's class-appropriate.
I'm talking about computer RPGs, I could care less about P&P RPGsCombat that's good for its own sake is a very rare sight, and an adapted D&D 5e isn't likely to be one such example.
Also, the dungeon masters who could design encounters that make combat good for its own sake, are gone from the scene.
Other than that, nice brofist harvesting
I used "dungeon master" in the widest sense. I thought it's obvious I don't mean a physical person we should hunt down and force to be our DM in order to get the combat we want.
But it's not your fault, it's a videogame after all.
I state that because CRPGs and P&P RPGs have developed into distinct entities that share some elements but are fundamentally different in others. People who think computer RPG represent a compromise really don't get it.By stating something in the lines of "Real RPGs are about X" you implicitly agree that the computer RPG is just a compromise and convenience with the superior form of RPG where you have a thinking human being in charge of the adventure. And you back out with "I'm talking about computer RPGs" ? Are you even serious?
I don't care about combat difficulty all that much. Either the game is fun or it isn't, doesn't really matter whether its difficult or not.
I don't care about proving combat prowess to anyone. It's a game. I care about killing virtual monsters because its funWho are you proving your RPG combat prowess to anyway? You just reloaded that encounter for the 5th time
Conveniently vague. How can a computer RPG give you combat superior to what a human DM (I'm not talking about an extreme case) can set up for your characters?
This I agree with. Feels beats everything else. If the combat encounter gave you the feeling that you just barely made it thanks to improvisation and good use of your options, that's what matters in the end. Not the system, not the way numbers are calculated, etc.
They should make a Fallout game next, to secure the mass suicides at Obsidian Studios.
all that great characterization coming from only writing, a few voiced lines, and a 110x170 bmp file.This is the main reasons why BG2 will always be better than BG3.
No chad male henchmen in BG3 to put the roasties in their place.
Think about it. Astarion - Faggot, Gale - Simp robe wearing manwhore, Wyll - Nigger simp for semen demons, Minsc - A meme male that can't protect a single Witch if his life depended on it, Halsin - Gay bear too pussy to have an outburst.
One GOOD henchman is worth ten thousand of these netflix TV show disposable garbage.
Yeah, Larian actually made female companions more manly than the male companions, which is not exactly surprising considering how heavily they promoted gay bear sex and ability to give your female pc a penis, but still feels bad.This is the main reasons why BG2 will always be better than BG3.
No chad male henchmen in BG3 to put the roasties in their place.
Think about it. Astarion - Faggot, Gale - Simp robe wearing manwhore, Wyll - Nigger simp for semen demons, Minsc - A meme male that can't protect a single Witch if his life depended on it, Halsin - Gay bear too pussy to have an outburst.
One GOOD henchman is worth ten thousand of these netflix TV show disposable garbage.
