>>501478Glad to hear that there's room for platonic character development. I don't have a problem with romance in rpgs but it's weird how forward all the characters in BG3 are. I accidentally stumbled into accepting Gale's come on. He wanted to show me something 'magical', and I was like 'Cool! I bet it's related to his backstory' and then Lae'Zael called me a slut and tried to hit on Wyll to make me jealous or something which is how I figured out that Gale was trying to bang my PC kek.
Other than that, I'm really enjoying my first playthrough! There's so much interactivity in the world, a lot of care and effort put into little details, full voice acting for every minor character, it's crazy! The combat is fun too because there's a lot of stupid shit you can get up to. The first time a goblin tackled Shadowheart into a pit and killed her, I gasped. It's fun to try and take advantage of the terrain or layout to get cheap shots in on non-hostiles, which is something I haven't seen much of in an rpg like this before, and I find myself trying to explore areas before talking to anyone just in case I have to fight them later.
Story-wise, it seems fine to good. Everything is very well communicated as to why any PC would want to follow the main plot, and there's a lot of little things to do. Everything feels very focused, and I like how much of it is optional (or at least feels that way). I'm actively pushing back against using any mindflayer/tadpole powers, and it's cool that the game lets me do that.
I made the dream guardian my PC's mom. Hope that doesn't get awkward!I always play a charismatic talky character in rpgs so I picked a Bard! I'm only level 4 right now but there's a decent variety of stuff you can do with just Level 1 and 2 spells plus cantrips and bardic inspiration. I've played a lot of 5e in the past and ran a few campaigns so I have a pretty good grasp on the system. It feels a lot better than something like Pathfinder Kingmaker, which I bounced off hard even though I prefer it in tabletop. Everything is very well explained too, mechanically, though I was a retard and kept applying Wyll's hex to himself instead of enemies for some reason. (I thought that it was a buff that then applied the hex to whichever enemy he hit next?) I'm running with a really caster heavy party right now, which is novel for me b
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