| crissindahouse said: Not sure why you guys even compare those two games and not sure why Bethesda got owned. Ok, both run in the RPG category to battle for some RPG GOTY award but otherwise? They are completely different games. Do you also compare uncharted with CoD because they are almost closer together than BG3 and Starfield. I want to see that person who is like "damn, was going for Starfield but I buy BG3 instead" or vice versa... |
Agreed that both are totally different games within the RPG genre, Starfield is of course a shooter-RPG hybrid, while Baldur's Gate 3 is an old-school style CRPG with D20 mechanics, D20 being something that I don't think any AAA RPG has done since Obsidian's KOTOR 2 in 2004. My only reason for comparing them was in discussing which will win the most RPG of the Year awards from gaming publications and award shows later this year. Does it matter in the end really which wins? Not to sales, Starfield and BG3 are both going to sell very well, BG3 already is selling well (4th biggest singleplayer launch of all-time on Steam) while Starfield will surely sell 20m+ lifetime with probably at least 2x that many players thanks to Gamepass.
I mention the comparison only for 1 main reason: I had personally hoped to see Bethesda reclaim their crown as the undisputed King of RPG's that they had lost back in 2015 when Fallout 4 got beat by Witcher 3. Again, not saying it matters much in the long run, even if they're not able to reclaim their lost crown they will still be one of the top dogs in the RPG genre in terms of game quality, and likely still the top dog in terms of sales/players. I just think it would have been nice to see them reclaim their RPG crown is all. But props to Larian if they did indeed make the better RPG, can't wait to play both personally and decide for myself which is better.
Last edited by shikamaru317 - on 11 August 2023
