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9/22/12 12:59:30 PM#21
I have heard so much about this game, but I never played the original. I am looking forward to giving this a try.
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9/23/12 1:02:51 PM#22
Somehow, i never really got into BG back then. Maybe it's time to give it another try wiht this.
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9/23/12 5:00:21 PM#23
This is so awesome !
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9/24/12 4:05:03 AM#24
I absolutely loved this game back in the late 90s (I coulda sworn it came out in 97, oops). It is, to me, the closest thing to PnP AD&D that a cRPG has attained. Why do I say this? Because even though the race and class choices were a little bit little limited (like you couldn't roll a wild mage in BG1 or do a specialist priest for example), it did mainly fit most of the rules, spell descriptions, etc and most important was the open world. There was very little hand holding and very little in the way of directions. Even BG2 was more linear, though not terribly much more. The first time I played through, I spent most of my game time adventuring in each area, exploring every inch I could. I had already maxed out my levels with hours and hours of play by the time I hit Baldur's Gate and updated my story. The game was also pretty hard, concentrating more on roleplay characters than characters maximized for their task (Imoen for example did not have an 18/18 dex even though she was a thief). I am glad to hear it is getting an overhaul, but I am not sure I will rebuy this game. I have still have it on a disc I bought a couple years ago. I also still have the original discs that shipped at release but they are so scratched my drive won't read them. I do think it is a good way to get people into the game though since I bet the younger crowd have not tried it. In that sense I hope these guys are successful. Perhaps it will influence new developers to incorporate a few oldschool elements that have gone by the wayside with most recent games. I can't imagine newer games shipping with a story as complex as the BG series or Torment, the high pennacle of cRPG story-telling. Playing MUDs and MMOs since 1994. |
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9/24/12 4:40:59 AM#25
One of the best games ever.
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