stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@lemmy.world · 10 months agoRPG experts on why we love Baldur's Gate 3, and the future of the genrewww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-linkRPG experts on why we love Baldur's Gate 3, and the future of the genrewww.rockpapershotgun.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Games@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
Developers and experts in CRPGs give us their takes on why Baldur’s Gate 3 and RPGs in general seize the public’s imagi…
minus-squareediculous@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoI think you and I have different definitions of a role-playing game. Personally, the idea of using persuasion or deception to get out of what could have easily been a fight is way more interesting than simply running around getting into fights.
minus-squarestephenc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoYou don’t need a story-heavy should-be-a-TV-show-instead RPG to have persuasion and deception options for fights/encounters, you know.
I think you and I have different definitions of a role-playing game.
Personally, the idea of using persuasion or deception to get out of what could have easily been a fight is way more interesting than simply running around getting into fights.
You don’t need a story-heavy should-be-a-TV-show-instead RPG to have persuasion and deception options for fights/encounters, you know.