I was really hoping I’d enjoy Baldur’s Gate 3. Apparently D&D is something I’m virtually allergic to, I hated the dice, controls, camera, dice, aesthetics at the start, FOMO and the wrong kind of “genre savvy” fucked me up about content getting locked out - basically I immediately hated all of it enough to put me off.
Shame, because it does seem like a seriously awesome game, just not for me.
The CRPG genre isn’t for everyone and while Baldur’s Gate does use D&D 5e rules, it’s nothing like sitting at a table. Much more like playing Dragon Age and letting you see the calculation.
That said, if you hate dice, yeah, TTRPGs probably aren’t for you.
I feel the same way, but about fantasy RPGs in general. So many great games like Witcher series, Dragons Age, Baldur’s Gate, Elder Scrolls etc. I’m just put off by medieval fantasy in general. I really enjoyed other RPGs like Fallout or Mass Effect, and I wish there were more similar games I could play.
ADHD really hinders my enjoyment of the game. Real DND is my favorite thing in the world, but it takes so long to do things in BG3, and I get distracted and can’t hold myself to playing for a very long time, and it just makes me wish I were actually playing the real game instead of through a computer.
I mostly just glom onto random games and stick to a bunch of older games I know I like. My gaming habits are colored by almost everything seeming “meh” so I revisit older games and old favorites a lot. My major timewastes have been Runescape/OSRS, TF2 and WoW (“liking” might be a strong term currently), Bethesda games (Oblivion to Fallout 4), Far Cry 3-5, Minecraft/modded, GTA SA and V, FTL (roguelike in space and absolutely bullshit - kinda fun, though), retro games from my nostalgic sweet spot (SMB3, some SNES, Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, other N64 and Gamecube stuff), Zachtronic games (puzzles often inspired by coding)
Basically probably not super useful advice, but if you have things you feel like returning to every so often, there’s no shame in that. Better than staring at the wall or touching that god-awful grass people keep talking about.
Some overlap here :-) Wow, RuneScape (the old one a loong time ago), played a bunch of FTL love that game! Terraria instead of Minecraft I guess, did play lots of mario back in the day, a link to the past, …
I have a hard time with shooters (I just don’t like it I guess) so that limits things a lot :-)
Diablo 2, Red alert (and C&C), HOMM 3, Monkey islands & Day of the tentacle, …
You’re maybe right, I should check out one of my old favourites:-)
I was really hoping I’d enjoy Baldur’s Gate 3. Apparently D&D is something I’m virtually allergic to, I hated the dice, controls, camera, dice, aesthetics at the start, FOMO and the wrong kind of “genre savvy” fucked me up about content getting locked out - basically I immediately hated all of it enough to put me off.
Shame, because it does seem like a seriously awesome game, just not for me.
You’ve put into words exactly how I feel about BG3. It’s like it’s someone else’s favourite game.
The CRPG genre isn’t for everyone and while Baldur’s Gate does use D&D 5e rules, it’s nothing like sitting at a table. Much more like playing Dragon Age and letting you see the calculation.
That said, if you hate dice, yeah, TTRPGs probably aren’t for you.
I feel the same way, but about fantasy RPGs in general. So many great games like Witcher series, Dragons Age, Baldur’s Gate, Elder Scrolls etc. I’m just put off by medieval fantasy in general. I really enjoyed other RPGs like Fallout or Mass Effect, and I wish there were more similar games I could play.
ADHD really hinders my enjoyment of the game. Real DND is my favorite thing in the world, but it takes so long to do things in BG3, and I get distracted and can’t hold myself to playing for a very long time, and it just makes me wish I were actually playing the real game instead of through a computer.
I feel a bit the same. I loved never winter nights though!
What kind of games do you like?
Desperately searching for a game pass time…
I mostly just glom onto random games and stick to a bunch of older games I know I like. My gaming habits are colored by almost everything seeming “meh” so I revisit older games and old favorites a lot. My major timewastes have been Runescape/OSRS, TF2 and WoW (“liking” might be a strong term currently), Bethesda games (Oblivion to Fallout 4), Far Cry 3-5, Minecraft/modded, GTA SA and V, FTL (roguelike in space and absolutely bullshit - kinda fun, though), retro games from my nostalgic sweet spot (SMB3, some SNES, Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, other N64 and Gamecube stuff), Zachtronic games (puzzles often inspired by coding)
Basically probably not super useful advice, but if you have things you feel like returning to every so often, there’s no shame in that. Better than staring at the wall or touching that god-awful grass people keep talking about.
Some overlap here :-) Wow, RuneScape (the old one a loong time ago), played a bunch of FTL love that game! Terraria instead of Minecraft I guess, did play lots of mario back in the day, a link to the past, …
I have a hard time with shooters (I just don’t like it I guess) so that limits things a lot :-)
Diablo 2, Red alert (and C&C), HOMM 3, Monkey islands & Day of the tentacle, …
You’re maybe right, I should check out one of my old favourites:-)
Cheers