I suppose Baldur’s Gate 3 could be an example for a lot of people. Any recent or just “recent” release you are waiting for to get at the moment?

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    1 year ago
    • Tears of the Kingdom - I thought BoTW was fun, but not as fun as older Zelda games; I’ll probably get it eventually, but I want to pay $40 or less
    • The Great War: Western Front - still seems pretty buggy, so I’ll wait a bit for patches
    • Victoria 3 - I love Paradox games, but they seem to need a few years to get good
    • Mount & Blade: Bannerlord - still getting patches and some new content, so I’ll keep waiting
    • Starfield - undoubtedly going to be buggy, so I’ll be waiting at least a few months, if not years, after launch to get it

    I’m actually considering getting BG3 soon, once I get a few days to play a lot of it. It looks like a solid launch, so I’m happy to pay a bit more for something high quality. I hope they continue to work on it and maybe provide content heavy DLC at some point.

    • GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network
      3·
      1 year ago

      Mount & Blade II is frustrating for me. I’m just not good enough at the combat to play on the front lines and I’m a shit commander trying to organize my troops in battle.

      Basically i just play the exploration and management side and auto-resolve the combats :/

        • GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network
          1·
          1 year ago

          Actually I’m half decent at one on one and the small melees. But once it’s a ‘real’ fight I get so sweaty palmed lol

          Maybe I should try a console controller instead of mouse & kb?

          • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
            3·
            1 year ago

            I never tried it with a controller it seems like that would make it harder to manage your army. As for the bigger fights I usually try to get my army positioned first with my archers on a hill or across a river or something from them and then put my infantry in front of the archers to block them. Then I lead my Calvary to go provoke the enemy to come at them. Usually that works pretty well or at least lets me put a big dent in their calvary which gives you a decent advantage when they don’t have one because you can get behind them and wreck their archers.

            This strategy works most of the time with minimal casualties

    • manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com
      1·
      1 year ago

      I bought Victoria 3 shortly after release and it’s frustrating how long it’s taking. It clearly has the potential to be a great game, but there’s still so much to be done.

      On the other hand, a buddy and I got into Victoria 2 a few months ago and it’s been a blast. A bit clunky at first but it’s so easy to map paint with a friend in vanilla