| Mnementh said: Yeah, people are surprised by it. That may be the thing, I did play BG3 in early access and it already as early access game made my TOP 50 in poast years of the greatest game event, so I knew it was good. But I didn't expect it to get so much publicity. Because - let's be real here - a turn based tactical RPG with diverging plot paths based on player decision - that is pretty far removed from the mainstream. So it taking off really surprised me. And the result is many people are blindsided, only hearing about it because it gets so much applause and no trying it. On the other hand Zelda was pretty much expected. So people go in with different expectations. As much as BG3 must have surprised many out there, as much surprised me Alan Wake by the way. I didn't expect it getting so much awards, currently even being ahead of Zelda. I guess I have to play it. |
BG3 surprised me as well, by how bad it is compared to Baldur's gate 1 and 2. I played for 20 hours and can't find the will to continue anymore. It surprises me how popular it is. But it does have the recency bias, Spider-man is just a sequel, Starfield disappointed, 2D Mario is for kids (not my opinion) and TotK launched ages ago. It is a breath of fresh air compared to the standard offerings. However I already found that fresh air with PSVR2, maybe that's why BG3 feels so disappointing.
Baldur's gate is in my top 50, BG3 has no chance of coming near my top 50. I played on PS5 though, maybe it plays much better on PC. Still the campaign and map are a badly paced mess and the party limit of 4 sucks.
Anyway I still consider TotK the best game of 2023, even though it's slightly behind BotW for me.
