@ma-ti89: Can show you plenty of games that have missions or quests that are not exactly the same like they are in helldivers. Third person shooter that comes to mind is the Division 1 and 2.
And most games with this type of mission system has other modes to play not just missions. Only games that really do this kind of one trick pony are garbage like left4dead or aliens fireteam elite.
With as many players this game getting it is losing them just as fast. And everything being free is not a good thing. They need to monetize somehow or those free updates will be garbage because you get what you pay for,
They do not have to charge for updates. They can expand the store. You know how much dummies would pay to decorate their ships? You know what they would pay on that store for something that gives them some kind of advantage on the grind?
I mean i do not p2w but what better kind of game to do it in? Not a single thing in the game that really going to help them not suck anyway.
@xikaryo: Easily huh? I was hunting before the age of 10, Joined the army at 17. And can tell you that accidently shooting someone is not easy. You have to be exceptionally stupid.
In fact in basic during the final week we were in the field doing the laser tag thing. Had a private fire his m16 on full auto into a tent of his buddy with blanks. Hurt his friend bad and he was immediately kicked out of the army. That is the kind of stupid it takes to friendly fire in real life.
Now artillery and "danger close" friendly fire. Yeah that happens a lot more than you would think. Because officers and the people are in charge of our military are souless idiots.
@ma-ti89: Never played the first. But on mission you seem to be confused on what i said. Was talking about main missions. Because like you said there is no reason for xp after 20 so why do a side mission anyway?
And there are not but like a few different ones. All the rest are run here push some buttons run there push some buttons. Kill mobs sure but only if they in your way no reason to otherwise.
And where you see a dev mention content? Dev hints at armors and stratagems sure but not a word on actual content.
And you must not of randomed like at all to not see intentional friendly fire. I seen a guy get mad because someone stole "his" samples and shot him. That is how bad randoms are. And ive done it myself because someone killed me doing something dumb like calling a 380mm barrage at the extract.
@Tyler50314: No. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I liked girls and not getting beat up on a regular basis so no I do not like DnD. Heck I was a closet gamer that was bad enough if people found out.
Kidding aside though I already said the genre not my cup of tea. But there is nothing in this game i see from an objective non fanboy standpoint that stands out to me as a well made game.
I mean even the map was generic like some 2 decade old game in the physics invisible barriers and linear pathways that barely give the illusion of an open 3d world.
@ma-ti89: There is hatcherys,icbm,.save the citizens. geo survey defend and hunts. 5 total main missions. And lets face it geo survey save the citizens and icbm are all the same mission. Run here pick this up run there finish.
And friendly fire is not about the difficulty it brings it is the trolls it brings. And i already said the game play in general was good. It is the GAME that is lacking.
You say there reward for difficulty. Tell me you get 600+xp doing hard or higher? No you getting destroyed on extract by the 100000 bugs or you barely escaping by the skin of your teeth. How many purple samples you got? You even know you have to do suicide or higher to get anything different than challenging?
Also better be careful getting popular. I see multiple lawsuits coming if they get too much attention. I mean the obvious starship troopers theme which id hope they got permission for. But Mickey mouse might sue them for their blatant AT-ST rip off. Or Their Terminator rip off with the striders. Or the Stephen King Rip off with the bile Titan.
Also friendly fire is the last thing you expected from a game that came from a twin stick shooter. Is there even such a thing as a twin stick with friendly fire?
@Tyler50314: Never beat BG3 could not play it more than an hour without needing to sleep for 8 hours. Got to the underworld area and quit when i realized the game was really about saving and loading game till you got the right rolls.
And the ideal tactical RPG is and always will be FF tactics. But the OGs usually are. BG3 is a tactics game that removes all the fun. YOu know pesky things like itemization and progression. How lazy is it in a game that everything is random that item drops are not random at all. Ever orc sword is the exact same as every other orc sword. How about those skills 3 hours to level and you get what? Oh a chance to get a higher roll when attacking yay!! But why does that matter when i can just reload my save and get the max roll every single time if i wanted?
Ive played this up to 21. And although the mechanics and gameplay are there. Everything else is lacking.
It honestly confuses me to why this game is getting more players not less. First i figured the friendly fire would turn off most. Then the difficulty scaling with no reward would turn off more. And lastly the complete lack of content and the fact you run the same 3 or 4 missions over and over with almost no upwards progression.
But for the questions on multiplayer it is actually far better than you would expect. I mean you have the noobs who equip 3-4 support weapons or the guys who throw down a cluster bomb on the extract sure. But for the most part it is not like something like Division 2 where it easier to solo than group because the players are so bad.
@kaki: And your opinion on ER is much more forgiving than mine of BG3. I mean i did not like ER even though I cleared it 7 times never really a fan of souls games either even though ive cleared them all.
But ER technically in the actual game from character models to AI was far superior to any of their previous games. And like it or not in the graphics and design you seen a LOT of work put into it.
Other than the choose your own adventure type story in BG3(remember those books from the 80s). Which obviously took a lot of time the game had nothing. Was basically a tactical RPG with nothing that makes a tactical RPG good.
Most high rated games i get. LIke even if they not my cup of tea. BG3 I do not get at all. Even for what it is which i do not like. It is not great. Like Elden ring was well made can actually see the work the devs put into it. I do not see that in BG3 at all.
I have gamed since there was video games. There was never a purchase regretted more than BG3. I tried hard to play it too. Just boring the itemization was about as bad as D4 while the pacing was that of a snail in quicksand.
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