Nasotha

I love first-person fantasy role-playing games, so I am very excited! I'd love for a VR translation too, since Skyrim VR (with Index's individual finger object interaction and total body mods - I have feet!) made it an amazing experience. I'm sorry some people have to deal with this. I know two of my twelve interested gamer friends and family would skip it for the same reason as you GinaC. The overwhelming success of Skyrim certainly gives me hope that the modding community will come to the rescue for a third-person mod. I'm just elated that it's moving forward and looks fantastic (even with the pesky aliasing that will be smoothed out later). I can wait a couple of years longer. After all, we likely won't see Elder Scrolls VI for another four. No lie, though - I'm preordering both, even if they come out the same day.

When I pre-ordered BG3, it was for two reasons: Monks (currently none in sight - boo), but chiefly, I got it to show that there is a market for older game franchises like NWN. Some tabletop simulators are getting closer to NWN's functionality, but are pushing turn-based only gameplay. I believe that turn-based movement and actions slow things down too much unless you are rolling initiative or doing something that requires everyone to make a decision and that's easily solved by letting the DM (or perhaps anyone) pause the game. It's all just wishful thinking, but I'd love it if Obsidian had a VTT that was a lot like NWN, perhaps entitled "Endless Nights." It would have multiple rulesets that could be plugged in (D&D, Pathfinder, Pillars of Eternity, Warhammer FRP, Cyberpunk, ATOM RPG, Dead.Winter) - each set about the price of a core rules book or two - and tilesets, 3D maps and modules and 3D character creation. Perhaps even a world generator that simply awaits a DM's touch within the creation kit to truly bring it to life. In all seriousness, tabletop role-playing games are expensive when considering the books, the figures, the paints, the dice, the maps, the 3D terrain if that's your bag along with setup and breakdown time. What I'm trying to say is that we already have an expansion/DLC and microtransaction mindset. Additionally, if they released modules that didn't require a DM, I'd have twelve people ready to buy it right now - sight unseen. It's important to note that getting a role-playing campaign group together is like herding cats, and finding a DM among them is like discovering one of them can use its claws to let itself outside and fill the bratty neighbor's kid's sandbox with Almond Roca. Honestly, I can't wait to give Obsidian my money for Avowed, too! I just wish it were available next month, so I could dig in while recuperating from surgery. P.S. After reading this over, I feel like I'm almost describing an MMORPG with that DM-free gameplay. I am not. MMORPGs are meant to waste time with very little progress each session and near-impossible odds of getting good items for your character - which is more important than your character's actual development. Yuck. I did love the GM events and playing with family, friends and friends I'd only just met. If we had a new NWN or something better, I'd forget all about MMORPGs though. One group against the world without grief from the opportunistic people I deal with in real life is all I ask.