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HoloDust said:

JEMC said:

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind.

*Extra* I have Divinity Original Sin on Steam. If you've played it, how would you compare it to the other two for someone inexperienced?

D:OS is fine game, but I'm not a big fan of Larian's work, their games' structure, worldbuilding and overall writing. Though, I think they might be more friendly for those new to CRPGs.

I'll keep that in mind, Thank you.

Pemalite said:

Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins are probably as good as it gets for me... I feel it's not as stringent as the old Baldurs Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape Torment etc' from old, but you still need to think and strategize.
Dragon Age I felt really nailed the story and characterizations, which is what I look for in these games, not difficulty. - Morrigan and Alistair acted their roles, perfectly. - Don't recall a game making me laugh so much despite having a serious overtone.

But if you are new to the genre, you could do far worst than these two, the first Baldurs Gate is either a make-it or break-it for some people, it's stupidly unforgiving and can turn people off to the genre, I know I swore off CRPG until Neverwinter released in 2002 which I could never get enough of. (To be fair I am more of a RTS gamer!)

Dragon Age 2, Dragon Age: Inquisition and Dragon Age: Veilguard started to walk down the road of being "accessible" and streamlined all their systems to prioritize real-time combat and less on strategy and character placement, which is fine, some people find that super appealing... Inquisition is a great game and absolutely massive, but it's a different experience to Origins.

If you are going to jump into Dragon Age, definitely start with Origins and work through them consecutively... As the games all have character ties to each other, even if the stories themselves in the first 3 games can mostly stand on their own feet... Veilguard is probably the only proper sequel.

I do wish that Bioware would remaster more of it's old games like Origins, it wasn't a looker even on release, but it's definitely one of their best games, even with my rose tinted glasses.

I don't have any of the Neverwinter Nights or Baldur's Gate games, so, they're not on the cards.

DA: Inquisition looks like it could be a way to get into the genre in a lighter or less hardcore mode, but that can become a double edged sword by making less accessible games look harder or more coplex than they really are.

I'll note your appreciation towards Dragon Age: Origins, meking it the second vote for it.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Shaunodon said:

JEMC said:

Lately I've been playing a couple of games, Arcade Paradise and the last (at least for a long time) Saints Row. Well, I've finished the first one and it won't be long before I beat the second one, and that made me start thinking about what to play nest. I only know one thing for sure, that I want a game with a proper story.

So, checking the games I have on the Epic Store (i'm giving Steam a rest), I found two that I think could fill the bill: Dragon Age Inquisition and Pillars of Eternity. Plus they're also very different from the two games I've been playing, which is a plus.

And now comes the reason I'm posting all this: have you played any of them? Any thoughts, recomendations, Pros & Cons?

If you have Baldur's Gate III (not the first two) I'd start with that over Pillars of Eternity, since it has very similar party building and class mechanics but it's fully turn-based gameplay while Pillars is semi-turn-based; you have to actually position your characters in real-time while pausing in-between (like Dragon Age), which can be annoying to manage when you're learning for the first time.

I don't have BG3 so that is sadly not an option (I rarely buy fully priced games, much less from genres I'm not familiar with). But that bit about the game mechanics helps me a lot. Thanks for your answer.

From yours and HoloDust's comments, looks like Pillars of Eternity is not the best way to start in the genre (sorry Zkuq).