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If innovation stagnated 20 years ago we wouldn’t have Baldurs Gate 3, etc

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> If innovation stagnated 20 years ago we wouldn’t have Baldurs Gate 3

I'm not sure, is this supposed to be irony?

Parent is arguing technology hasn't added enjoyment to life. Have you played Baldur's Gate 3? I did and I enjoyed it.

I'm not saying that there won't be small new additions to life that are fun, like better cameras (for me). But I think that you'd probably find something else equally enjoyable, like another new game that just isn't as advanced, and your life would not be significantly worse – in general, except for fringe cases. And on average, life isn't made better specifically because of technological improvement.

But is BG3 MORE enjoyable than anything that's come before? I would say I got just as much enjoyment from Mass Effect 20 years ago.

Like is entertainment THAT much better now? Is better entertainment really the bar we want to use for measuring tech advancement?

> But is BG3 MORE enjoyable than anything that's come before? I would say I got just as much enjoyment from Mass Effect 20 years ago.

Can't comment on Mass Effect, but I find BG3 is definitely more enjoyable than DOS2 or PWotR.

> Is better entertainment really the bar we want to use for measuring tech advancement?

There is definitely room for improvement there. I am having existential crises every time I wait for the next game I would enjoy to come out. The best time of my life was during the recent Mecha Break open beta, but now they closed it and I basically have nothing to do that I would really enjoy.

Baldur's Gate 3 nailed execution out of the park, but I don't know what I'd point to as innovation that puts it meaningfully beyond what Neverwinter Nights expansions coming out in 2004-2005 were doing.

Baldur’s Gate 3 could have been made 10 years ago. Just the graphics would have been worse.

Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 came out in the 90’s after all.

> Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 came out in the 90’s after all.

Is Baldur's Gate 1 or 2 as enjoyable as Baldur's Gate 3?

life peaked at 8-bit

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