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What game do you recommend someone who likes the mechanics but not the setting of Baldur's Gate 3? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw people going on about how great BG3 is on this site, so I thought I'd check out a let's play to see what all the fuss was about. I immediately fell in love with the graphics and the mechanics, such as the classes, races, spells, dice etc, but I disliked the emphasis on gore/horror in the game, and I know I wouldn't enjoy playing a game with that whole brain horror thing going on. Not to mention the price and storage requirements being excessive. (150GB!)

So, bearing in mind that, is there a game that would match my criteria, and if not, what do you think comes closest?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Divinity: Original Sin 2! It's by the same devs and it's absolutely incredible. Different classes and spells and stuff, but you'll pick it all up very fast, and I actually think character building in Divinity is a lot more fun than D&D, because there's a lot more flexibility about how you choose powers and abilities.

If you'd prefer to stick with something based on the D&D mechanics, Owlcats games are excellent (it's Pathfinder, but Pathfinder is just a lightly modified D&D 3.5)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

To be pedantic, PF1 is lightly modified 3.5E. 2nd Edition is rather different

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Fair. My experience of Pathfinder was mostly with 1st.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I second the owlcats games, especially Pathfinder Kingmaker, which is less gory in theme, more exploration and kingdom building in addition to the adventuring