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The original was posted on /r/pcgaming by /u/TheWinterCoal on 2023-08-14 04:34:59+00:00.
(TL;DR at bottom)
The reception of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been overwhelmingly positive within the gaming community. The game’s delivery of full, complete, polished content has left AAA developers scrambling, to the point a lot of them are even shamelessly talking down on the game, almost as if completely blind to the positive ripple it has rocked across the community. And this is coming after the beauty and majesty of “Hogwarts Legacy” & “Elden Ring”, which might even be where frustration within AAA Devs started.
Micro-transactions (MTX) have poisoned the water of so many once-favored gaming franchises and fans have been fed up for years, but with a since of hopelessness and disappointment due to the obvious spike in profit these MTX bring in.
Below I’ll list a few of the primary offenders:
• Diablo 4 (Activision-Blizzard) • Destiny 2 (Bungie) • Halo Infinite (343)(Yuck) • Call of Duty (Activision)(Treyarch/IW/Sledgehammer)
These are just to name a few, but I’m sure we all know the offenders when we see them. The only one I personally even still have installed is Destiny 2, but that’s soon to end due to their recent, borderline-insulting “State of game” statement. There was once a time none of these games included MTX or Battle Passes, but with the rise of Fortnite and it’s success, other devs couldn’t help but follow in their footsteps— completely failing to find any identity that would resonate with the gaming community the way they want it to. Hell, Activision-Blizzard almost seems like it’s making Diablo 4 bad on purpose, just to mock and disrespect it’s already exhausted fans.
This is the perfect time to capitalize on BG3’s success. The gaming community has been hopeless and powerless over this issue, but the majority of the community coming together to praise the complete games that leave out MTX could urge AAA Studios to go back to the formula we’ve wanted back for years upon years. It’s been years now, of Profit > Quality of Product. It’s disrespectful to the consumer, who buy these profits in good faith.
Everyone should play Baldur’s Gate 3, and soak up the beauty of a full, quality game by devs that care about their fans, and their image. If BG3 isn’t your style, that’s fine, but I can’t help but be excited to see what seems like the start of a revolution.
TL;DR: Baldur’s Gate 3 is a complete game that fans are receiving well due to it’s Profit < Quality of Product approach, which is making other devs openly & shamelessly jealous. If other devs followed this formula, people might grow to enjoy & respect their games again, but the community has to push for it.