What games are you playing right now? Anything you'd recommend?

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HoloDust said:

Davy said:

I think Tactical RPGs are dead because they are too slow, it surprised me Baldur's Gate 3 had sold over 20 million units. Good for them.

They are not dead, they were always niche (if we're talking CRPGs, that usually have tactical combat). Even back in the heyday of CRPGs (pick your era, whether it's Ultima, SSI's Gold Box, or first renaissance spearheaded by Interplay/Bioware) they were mostly niche genre for audience that wanted P&P RPG experiences converted to video game format.

BG3 made a mainstream splash since it was riding the massive mainstream success of D&D 5e, it's (on the paper) sequel to CRPG classics that are BG1&2, it's made by makers of D:OS games (which have their loyal following), and last (but nowhere near least) had massive media hype (backed by Hasbro).

I think what made the difference was the actual acting and face to face interactions with the characters. It made it much more appealing to the mainstream than just tiny characters with text above their heads. I wonder how popular Larian's previous games would have been if they did that earlier.