I don’t think it matters if they’re different experiences.
What matters is that the game achieves what is set out to do and if that is an enjoyable and unique experience. Another thing that matters is if they can make a AAA game without scummy monetization.
The baseline system is almost always the most popular system. No developers should be hamstrung by MS’s bad business decisions.
I’m not sure that having BG3 run at 540p 30hz on the latest MS console will be good for Larian.
Their math is wrong but their heart is right. Still a keeper.
I think the idea for the S model is good. Where the X is for 4K and the S is for 1080p.
The execution of that idea is horrible. They have a weird RAM configuration.
Series X - 16GB GDDR6 RAM 10GB @ 560 GB/s 6GB @ 336 GB/s
Series S - 10GB GDDR6 RAM 8GB @ 224GB/s 2GB @ 56GB/s
It works out of the box.
It just doesn’t work how you particularly want it to.
Don’t they have an story mode for people that don’t like the strategy part of the strategy RPG?
You’re playing it wrong.
BG3 is a role playing game. You gotta play it like real life. In real life, if things don’t go your way, you drink strong alcohol. I highly recommend tequila or whisky.
Charisma too low? Tequila. Dexterity too low? Whisky. Enemy with 1HP dodges 3 attacks in a row? Tequila.
The game is easy as pie.
Why would you feel hoodwinked?
Larian makes strategic RPGs for people that play RPGs. It’s not like they lie about what their games are about or their difficulty.
Also, early access is for the developers to test out the game with a much larger pool than just the regular play testers. If anything it’s let the devs know how good or bad an idea is.
Activision Blizzard can’t make market leading games because they’re too busy getting convincing their workers to commit suicide.
I’m 100% expecting Starfield to be a broken mess at launch just like everything else from Bethesda.
Early access is full price as far a I know.
Larian games tend to highly reward thorough exploration with much needed XP and quality gear.
Not exploring an area 100% counts as a punishment because you missed out on XP, gear and NPCs that could definitely help.