Larian Isn't Making Baldur's Gate 4 Next: "That's Not What We Were Made For"

@hardwenzen:

> You couldn't use any control/condition skills because of shields until fully drained.

"Torturer" trait (Burning, Poisoned, Bleeding, Necrofire, Acid, Suffocating, Entangled, Death Wish, and Ruptured Tendons bypass physical or magical armor and have their durations extended) is available from the start of the game, even in character creation. It wasn't my favorite solution, but it was there.

If it were my design, I think those status effects would still be usable through armor but would have reduced effects, and if an enemy's armor had already been stripped and the player character had this talent (which is otherwise near-useless except for extending effect durations), those effects would become even more powerful than normal. To counteract this, certain items or spells would grant an Overshield similar to the one in Halo or other FPS games, which would grant status-effect immunity similar to how DOS2 Armor already does, but the Overshield would be constantly shrinking. So that way status spells aren't useless if the opponent has armor and Torturer isn't (near-)useless if the opponent lacks armor.

@hardwenzen: Tactics to use the damage type needed to remove the shield of course. Don't see what is garbage about it, just forces you to adapt to the enemy. BG3 - enemies have resistances to slash/bludgeoning/pierce .. but most classes ignore these on lv5. Amazing design! I know it's from D&D, but as I mentioned, D&D in general has bleh combat mechanics. This is coming from someone that played the TTRPG for years - still can easily say that the combat is mid at best. Especially for certain classes, where you are literally doing the same exact thing each turn.

Rogue? Well stealth attack each turn of course! In Div2? You had a plethora of attacks to choose from, not to mention that you could cross-skill from different schools very easily.

There's no competition - the most important part of a game is gameplay, and Div2 combat and class builds completely demolish BG3 in every possible way.

Close up motion stuff would have been nice, but that's just fluff.

@dragonadamant: I believe the game is the Demon Hunter one you mentioned. And while it is a Strategy game it has tons of RPG elements. The webpage even refers to it as an SRPG game.

I have not played it myself but hear it a lot when discussing games such as Baldur's Gate III, D:OSII, Disgaea, & Shadow Gambit. BG3 is a CRPG/ SRPG hybrid after all so not too surprising they're all considered to have gameplay aspects in common.

As for Star Field, I lost a ton of respect for Bethesda a long time ago, Star Field is unquestionably better than FO76 but is that really enough in 2024? I personally think not; it's why I'm a big supporter for The Wayward Realms which is developed by former Bethesda vets, making a Spiritual Successor to the TES series.