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Baldur's Gate 3 or Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? (sh.itjust.works)
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Both games are currently on sale on Steam for about the same price ($59.99 CAD vs $58.49 CAD). I’ve never played either. I know they’re both supposed to be excellent games. My question is, for those who have played both, which do you prefer?

I don’t think I’ve got a ton of experience with similar games, though I don’t know for sure. I mostly play Souls games and Elder Scrolls games (Elden Ring and Skyrim are my two favourite games of all time). I don’t think there’s much carryover there but I could be wrong.

Hopefully this post could also help someone else who’s curious about the two games.

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[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

With the exception of the words "somewhat overrated", I agree with this 100%. I have probably ~1000 hours in bg3 and just shy of 100 in expedition 33.

I wish I could play Expedition 33 for the first time again. It's amazing. And it is very much a work of art.

With BG3 I can play it for the first time again by making different choices, adding mods, and choosing different classes. It's a very fun video game with a lot of choices.

I'd highly recommend both. If someone is searching to fill between 40 and 100 hours (I like side quests, ok?) then Expedition 33 is absolutely amazing. If someone were looking to spend a couple of years before they have the money for another game then I can absolutely recommend BG3.

[-] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

BG3 clearly has a lot of effort and polish put in, but overrated still resonates with me. I didn't get out of act one because I find DnD mechanically tedious to play and the the gallery of rogues style characters more annoying than endearing.

[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Hey, that's fair! Not everything speaks to everyone. World would be terribly boring if it did.

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