Baldur's Gate 3 and Disco Elysium on Metacritic for PC all time best: both #1 sitting with 97. Half Life (two) finally THIRD! : pcgaming

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

A minute of silence for the DE designer, writer, artist and devs that were discarded after the game got popular. 😑

[–] Elegast@lemmy.ca 27 points 2 years ago

Yep...that entire situation is so crappy. The devs deserved better.

[–] yaminoEXE@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago

I mean yeah, I feel bad but he was kinda hard to work with and other devs didn’t like him but what the company did was scummy.

[–] teft@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What is DE designer and what did I miss about them being discarded?

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Classic gaming industry IP theft. Investors underhandedly forced the founders/developers out of their own company and stole the IP.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How do you "steal" an IP?

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Guy comes into the company and uses illegal, fraudulent methods to take it over. He then demoted the co-owners (and founders) to mere "employees" so they could be fired. The plan was to then sell the company to a big publisher and walk away with all the money.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok... But I still not quite get how you take the company over with il·legal, fraudulent methods.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

There's a bunch of articles and videos that go over how it happened. It's not too different from what happened to Interplay back in the day. Here's one overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Xu4GvpN9U

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

Bought the company/ip then didn’t keep original owners on

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://piped.video/watch?v=k7Xu4GvpN9U

https://piped.video/watch?v=NIGB0L0i2T4

Interview: https://piped.video/watch?v=TMo_th4lI7k

[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for saying it. I was going to bring it up, but I wasn't clear on all the details.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 2 years ago

Ironic

[–] Eggyhead@artemis.camp 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A half life game in 3rd??? I’m sure we all know what that confirms!

[–] phi1997@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Half-Life 2 Episode 3!

[–] nueonetwo@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I should get around to playing Disco Elysium one of these days

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

I should try to complete my current playthough. xD

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I passed up the latest Humble Monthly because I know I'll never get around to playing it.

[–] antony@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm conflicted by this, I struggled to like Disco.

[–] AllegedHoister@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

It's okay to dislike things other people like. And ultimately Metacritic ranking doesn't mean shit anyway.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

DE is a great game, just don't be trapped by the genre. It's a combat-less RPG, basically. You still RP a character, which conveniently starts with amnesia so you can slot in and RP.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

I didn't realize that Disco Elysium was up there, what a happy surprise. Absolute masterpiece.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It bums me out that GTAV is anywhere near the top 10, but otherwise I am so happy to see the Top 2 slots going to deep, reactive, old-school-style CRPGs.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To me V was worse than IV and IV was worse than Sleeping Dogs

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

More people should play Sleeping Dogs. What a fun and enjoyable romp.

[–] ezures@lemmy.wtf 4 points 2 years ago

If a man doesnt eat whole buns, he's not a whole man

[–] style99@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/available/pc/metascore?view=condensed
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/baldurs-gate-3
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/disco-elysium-the-final-cut
Popcorn

[+] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Two different games, two different genres. Both critically acclaimed, not available on the same platforms. In fact one isn't even available for PC, so why are you posting this comment here?

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not available on PC? Tell that to Yuzu

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You know what I mean.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Heh. "Available". 😶

[+] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Having played though BG3 a total of 4 times now, it's way too highly rated. It's an 80 at best.

Planescape Torment is far better.

[–] off_brand_@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is like seeing a negative steam review with 1.2k hours of playtime.

PS:T is good though, no guff there.

[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -1 points 2 years ago

Well 58 hours and the game is 100% completed.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

4 times?? Am I just slow? I am still on my first play through and I got the game release weekend…

[+] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was one of the 350 that beat the game in the opening weekend. Just really good at this type of game and had a week off.

If you are taking your time and completing every quest then you can easily get 30 hours out of a play though.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh wait, what, 30 hours? It's not a 100 hour Larian RPG? This might change my stance on it.

[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Currently 65~ hours into my first playthrough. Being a completionist help, but that dude has to be smoking crack and be a pro level speedrunner to have completed it four times with anything more than the most bulldoze through the plot approach.

[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -2 points 2 years ago

Definitely not a pro speed runner. This guy's are being the game in 10 minutes with only one small glitch near the end.

[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -5 points 2 years ago

Also you can't do a true completions run as aspects of the game are locked off once you progress down a path.

Cope, you're just slow or bad at the game.

[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can replay it for 100 hours if you make the same choices over and over, sure.

Right now the game is heavily dependant on the modding scene, which is pretty weak.

[–] CrabLord@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

My wife and I barely got through our first one and that took us 45 hours alone. I don't think we'd have a hard time milking it for another 100.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Ah that makes sense, I could see experienced players being able to run through the content easily.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is only my second experience with the real time cRPG genre, so I’m definitely in awe of all the other players min-maxing their stats and abilities like it’s nothing lol. I’m having a lot of fun though!

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