On October 25th, 2019, a smart and fun game from the makers of the greatest PC RPG ever came out to much-anticipated and well-received content. In most other months and years we might have been into it. But The Outer Worlds had the misfortune of being released just ten days after Disco Elysium, a game that fundamentally reshaped our expectations of RPGs overnight.
“‘The Outer Worlds’ is a fun romp around a solar system infested with capitalism and space cowboys,” Fraser wrote in an editorial at the time about how Disco Elysium ruined The Outer Worlds for him. “I can shoot things with a laser pistol, and I can yell at people that corporations suck. All this is good, but my heart is against it. It was stolen by an alcoholic detective.”
We don’t know if Baldur’s Gate 3 will feature an alcoholic detective, but will the new release date change? Up Originally scheduled for August 31st to August 3rd, some players may have flashbacks to the 2019 disco coup. With a month to go until Bethesda’s Starfield, is there a world or galaxy where you can play Baldur’s Gate 3? Would you like to eat Starfield’s lunch? I think there might be.
If you’re looking forward to Starfield enough to consider putting it in the ultra-freezer for the next two months, don’t take the mere suggestion of this idea as a personal attack. If you’re into both: Great! But given what RPGs Larian and Bethesda have made over the past few years, we’re already smelling comparisons of 2019’s Disco and Outer He Wild.
Please quote the following line from Mr. Fraser’s editorial:
“The Outer Worlds is a known quantity. Anyone who has played Fallout and seen Firefly will immediately feel at home. From the rough story structure to character development, everything is safe Disco Elysium, on the other hand, evokes sympathy.” ”
Starfield has a similar familiarity. As an RPG, the tag line isn’t “do things a game has never done before.” The tagline is that we’ve never done things on this scale before. this much. Sure, it’s possible that the game’s sheer size and the options it contains imbues it with a certain kind of grandeur. Je Ne Sai Kui, But I’m three minutes into Bethesda’s recent gameplay details and keep laughing when it shows players first doing… Blasting up rocks to collect resources That was it.
Todd Howard talked about “a sense of infinite possibilities” in his Bethesda games, but I wonder if every new planet I touch actually brings that sense of infinite possibilities. exclusive Possibilities: Hit some rocks to gain resources, jump over some procedurally placed rocks, similar to plants I’ve seen in other 12 worlds, but with different hues You can also observe some plants. There’s still plenty of potential for Starfield to deliver a great sense of exploration and discovery, but after his month of immersion in Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3, the experience is pretty much a “go there, do it.” I also understand that you can feel that
It may sound silly considering this is an RPG setting that dates back to the 1970s and is a sequel to a game from 23 years ago, but Baldur’s Gate 3 feels just as revolutionary as Disco Elysium. No way. Or is it more attractive than Starfield? Starfield looks serious, but I’m immediately interested in an epic RPG where you can play as a giant badger. And while Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t give you a galaxy-wide experience like Starfield, it actually has a sense of scale.
- Baldur’s Gate 3 maintains the sandbox complexity of Divinity while Cutscenes with much higher production valuemaking the storytelling presentation more in line with triple-A RPGs.
- No one else has created an RPG as sophisticated as this one, with 4-player co-op.
- Like Disco Elysium, Baldur’s Gate 3 makes every effort to keep the dice rolls interesting (especially when they fail).
- Quests and exploration are very unlimited. For example, you can reach the Underdark by finding secret elevators hidden behind fantastic walls, using Babaa’s magical portals, or walking through temples. Alternatively, you can jump down into a large hole if you have the Featherfall spell that slows your descent.
- Spells and abilities can completely change the scene. If you have a thought detection spell, you can cast it in the middle of a conversation to manipulate people’s minds. However, if caught, the NPC will become hostile. And the druid’s ability to wildly transform into various animal forms opens up as many options as you can talk to animals in Divinity: Original Sin 2.
And sometimes I write. Perhaps Starfield would be a big leap forward for Bethesda, but the 2015 Game of the Year award praised her Fallout 4 for its setting, not its storytelling. That honor went to The Witcher 3. Two years after her, Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin was published. 2 won Game of the Year because it was full of great stories in its own right. Stories created by Larian and stories we create ourselves through the ridiculous flexibility the game fosters. Bethesda wrote some great quests at the time, but none I remember more vividly than Rosé’s journey to exorcise demons in Divinity: Original Sin 2. That demon can bring permanent death to her playable character. And she was just one of several great protagonists with personal stories woven into 80 hours of intense quests.
Starfield Direct tried to create a viral moment with a joke about hoarding space sandwiches, but Divinity players know. barrelmancy If Baldur’s Gate 3 manages to keep Divinity’s balance between player choice and strong narrative, it could be a true RPG with “endless possibilities” this fall.
And Larian seems pretty confident after three years of early access development. While the PC release date he pushed forward by a month, the PS5 release date for Baldur’s Gate 3 was pushed back by a week, and he’s set for September 6th, the exact same day Starfield arrives. became. This is quite a chicken game. And I’m pretty sure Baldur’s Gate 3 is the only one that has animal friendship spells.
