@barnold81: it’s really quite good. It can feel like one big cool mysterious puzzle - really hits the mystery adventure vibes hard. The first half of it I thought was near perfect.

It’s not a deal breaker or anything but I did think it was for the worse - there is a pretty big jump in the difficulty of some of the combat at a particular point in the game.

@jhawk: rcjh. Class of 2015 :)

@Dawg9000: I don’t know what he meant by that, as I haven’t played the thing yet, and I don’t know how they handle Jeter’s story…but I can kind of see how his particular arc isn’t…the traditional structure?

Jeter rocketed out of Kalamazoo Michigan as an elite prospect, obtained his coveted status as NYY shortstop quite quickly and the NYY dynasty kicked off. He was essentially an instant personal and team success. There wasn’t much a of hero’s journey in there for people to chew on from the singular perspective of Jeter. After all that instant success there would be a lot of team heartbreak in 03 and 04 and then he gets a late career ring in 09 in a hum-drum series against Philadelphia.

They should do a crazy new and bold story mode that frames 94 through 04 as the Yanks - Sox saga. Make it an rpg. That’s got real heat there.

I’ve met Bob Kendrick on many occasions - he’s very available to the public if you patron the museum and he is one of the most superlative human beings that has ever existed - and it’s absolutely nuts that he’s in a video game. Legitimately awesome.

I’m kinda thinking I should check out this Helldivers business.

@RSM-HQ: no disagreement on Beast. I never took him. I don’t really ever do Dwarfs in general.

I did runs maining both Lohse and Fane. Those are the two that are great to see both internally and externally. With BG3 I have a hard time maining any of the origin characters. The character creation is so much more powerful and it’s not a classless system like DOS2. It’s a trade off. In the end I had a stronger reaction to the origin writing in DOS:2. Some day I need to main Red Prince.

@RSM-HQ: I also think it’s better. It’s subjective. I didn’t like any BG3 character as much as Lohse, Fane, or Red Prince. Also preferred the DOS2 combat.

@dushness: tropes, like cliches, of any kind, are almost always flaws in a critical context. That need not necessarily mean much though and it doesn’t here. Everyone is loving on this game.

@DETfaninATL: I think it’s my very favorite 2010s film. So good.

@mcstabstab: absolutely his best film so far.