Ahahahahha.
He said that the 1st part has 5k views and the second and 3rd way way less.
Well, that would explain a lot. I've been wondering how this game has been such a smash hit, and I'm like using every inch of my D&D knowledge just to eke out wins, thinking this is the hardest goddamn D&D game ever. I took the hag level 4 first try, the goblin camp I had to redo a couple of fights to understand who was gonna pull from other rooms. I'll have to keep an eye out for more of these things I guess. Because the game is a slog when you try and play it like this.
As an old school JRPG fag who only started playing western RPGs well into adulthood, BG3 has probably offered the most combat options per encounter I’ve seen. Knock a pillar to drop a crumbling roof on an ogre. Rush that asshole mage and shove his ass into a pit. Use a familiar to bait a guard into a makeshift explosive trap. Split your party to drop a giant explosive behind the villain while your PC taunts them in-dialogue then paint the walls with them.
It really does. I don't want to be that guy, and I'm not. But I do think Larian leans a bit too hard on to expecting people to do that kind of thing. Which, as a strategic genius stroke dipshit, I miss a lot of those. And then if I get too clever and find something that doesn't work (a problem I had with both Original Sin games) then I just never know. So I'm just bitching, but I wish they'd scale down a little bit not expecting people to rube goldberg their way through a fight. I'm just really good at coming up with a good party dammit.
If I've learned anything from Phil is that a real matoor adult gaymer reads guides and asks people what to do for every decision, have you tried that?
It's a snowball situation. Once you come up with a clever solution to an early problem, future ones become easier because you start thinking laterally instead of just "I need to hit those dude(etts) until their life hits zero to beat them."
Honestly I think Warlock is the easiest class to play in BG3 just for the versatility of eldritch blast and all the cliffs / holes you can push people off or into.
I will have to try shoving. Its usually so pointless in tabletop, never even considered it.
Nah he chose a Sorcerer and I actually don't believe he is using any kind of leveling guide.
Shove and pick up and toss are insane in this game.
early January is my prediction. He wants to play it professional by wasting some time on the game in order to be able to include it in his game of the year thing, like if it matters.
Yeah no way will he be playing this by the time Yakuza infinite begging is out. The four long rpgs coming out jan-march already have him nervous. Yakuza, persona, Dragons dogma and final fantasy.
Don't forget condition buffs like wet, grease, and some of the Druid spells that make terrain different. All of which can either turn into a field of fire, electrified water, or grease up your enemies and light them up; not to mention wet condition with lightning is prime.
Larian has been doing this sort of thing since the first Divinity Original Sin and it's commendable. I've been playing cRPGs since I was a kid and the older ones just didn't allow for such clever way of giving yourself an edge in encounters. Usually that kinda thing would be reserved for squad-based tactical RPGs like Jagged Alliance or Silent Storm.
