nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agoHow Bit Reactor's Star Wars game hopes to do for strategy what Baldur's Gate 3's done for RPGswww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkHow Bit Reactor's Star Wars game hopes to do for strategy what Baldur's Gate 3's done for RPGswww.rockpapershotgun.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months ago “We want to make a game and just have people say, ‘Man, that’s amazing game, and oh, it happens to be strategy.’ That’s the goal.” That’s a dumb goal. Genres (or the mechanics they indicate) define games, even among people with broad tastes.
minus-squareඞmir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoYeah BG3 is a great game because it’s not afraid to be a CRPG through and through. It’s not trying to be a MMO-lite nor an action game nor a shooter. It’s a 2023 AAA CRPG that’s very well done.
That’s a dumb goal.
Genres (or the mechanics they indicate) define games, even among people with broad tastes.
Yeah BG3 is a great game because it’s not afraid to be a CRPG through and through. It’s not trying to be a MMO-lite nor an action game nor a shooter. It’s a 2023 AAA CRPG that’s very well done.