That's the post, really. Basically everyone is saying it's really good and has no microtransactions, etc. Is it worth a buy, or would I be supporting a woke project?
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It is woke. I'll provide screenshots for proof. Non-binary options, 5 options of dick, cut and uncut, body types and male and female voices labeled Voice 1 and Voice 2. That's just the character creation. There's no face sliders either, you have the same stock faces. No boob or body slider.
Why you shouldn't buy it is because this isn't Baldur's Gate. This is a Dragon Age game running the 5th edition D&D system. Racial points for races, so Orcs getting +2 strength and Elves getting +2 dexterity? Nope, those are out. Because that's racism. Instead some races get 1 - 3 points to add onto any stat. That was a thing only Humans had, further diluting why bother being human when fantasy races are better.
Second is the removal of Alignment from all dialog. In an example a Tiefling child stole a locket and the owner wants it back. The choice I made was [Monk][Persuasion] Give it back and we all go on with our day. This would have been a good alignment choice but it isn't. You'll get race and class dialog options and skill checks against actions but no actual role playing with alignment choices.
Other things include party members being obnoxious, think the worst of Pathfinder being the standard. Party members also have underwear with sex scenes that make Mass Effect look tasteful. I saw someone use the word "Safe Horny" to describe this game and it really is that. It's got Skyrim mod levels of lewdness added yet it wants that serious Baldur's Gate adventure to draw people in. They want their progressiveness and adventures too. But then they don't do anything with the sex stuff they've added. For example you're infested with a mind flayer parasite you have to roll a few times against but you end up doing nothing lewd with it. This whole game is a mess to be honest.
Never thought I'd see the day when Pathfinder is more faithful to classic D&D than an actual D&D game is. Just because everyone is saying it, doesn't mean you should follow them. Alot of the normies playing it are burnt out from Diablo 4. That should tell you their tastes.
This is a Divinity Original Sins game, not a Dragon Age game.
Yeah lol, some dragon age games are good.
Dragon Age Origins is far more comparable to the original baldurs gate games than the so called Baldur's Gate 3. They had very similar mechanics and both ran in real time with pause.
Baldur's Gate 3, mechanically, is just Divinity Original Sins but with a dungeons and dragons coat of paint. It is completely different from the original games that it should not be given the same name with the number 3 tacked onto it. This is without getting into the weeds of how narratively stupid it is to try and continue a story that was completely and utterly concluded in Baldur's Gate Throne of Baal (and by bringing characters back from the predecessor games is pretty much insulting to the source material).