Well I got plenty irratified by them an' no mistake. But I meant in general what with having to layer buffs and have spell triggers and contingencies set up for each fight.
I hated fighting dragons! But it's great when you finally kill them.
I've played and have them both and was wondering how Baldur's gate II compares. If its pretty much the same thing then I'll prolly just fire up one of those two, but if its way better then I'll prolly go out and pick it up.
All this type of old D&D games makes me wanna play one.
ToEE was horrible. It was buggy as all hell at launch. I only played the demo, so they may have fixed it a bit, but I wasnt going to pay money for that.
NN was good. The expansions were far better than the original campaign.
Baldur's Gate makes other good games look like ET:
It's that good, particularly BG2 and the expansion, Throne of Bhaal. I've heard that Planescape: Torment, which uses the same engine, was also really really good, but I never got a chance to play that one. There's just so MUCH in the game. Tons of stuff to do, all nonlinear so you can do it whenever, lots of interaction between the characters, a real feel that you're affecting the world...and the story isn't shit. I can't say enough good things about it. I was serious when I said "one of the best games ever made, period."
ToEE and NN pale like a cave slug next to Baldur's Gate 1, 2 and Throne of Baal.
It's pretty old school and unforgiving (npc can permanently die for example) and has loads of reading that needs to be done but I would so much rather play BG than the other D&D games wich I found lacking in character and charm.
It's very much more philosophical game (as you might expect in Sigil) and you are in it more for the story and the relationships that you and you party have.
Baldur's Gate trilogy is the Star Wars of RPGs and Torment is the Bladerunner.
This is making me want to dig up my CDs and play it again. Damn you all, I'm already trying to balance work, a girlfriend, and 2 MMOs! I haven't even had time to play Arkham Asylum yet! Bastards!
I'm trying to balance a Counselling diploma, MSc dissertation and above all playing Metroid Prime Trilogy with a new round of BG so totally feel your pain.
I'm going to go fighter aiming for kensi then dual to wizard for ToB: what about you?
No idea. I've always loved playing as a Sorcerer - it's been long enough I might do that again. But the Kensai class holds some appeal as well. So does a Monk. Even an Archer. Or a Paladin, with that sexy sword.
It's just really hard to beat the late-game awesomeness of a living weapon of mass destruction. Magic really outshines melee in later levels...and BG2+ is all about later levels. Time Stop + epic spells = win.
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