Andyman Messiah
Mr. Ed-ucated
Baldur's Gate is a masterpiece. You're just not smart enough to appreciate it.
Andyman Messiah said:Baldur's Gate is a masterpiece. You're just not smart enough to appreciate it.
But oblivious is even more boring.VentilatorOfDoom said:Duckard said:So I'm playing Baldur's Gate and I'm finding it boring. It's full of filler combat and the only strategy is to keep close range fighters in close range and long range fighters in long range. The story doesn't seem particularly interesting, I'm at the part before heading into Baldur's Gate.
What the hell? I thought I could trust you guys, but I guess I was wrong. Now I don't know what to believe in.
Recommendation: The Elder Turds: Oblibian
How can you conclude all this if you never got past chapter 2?POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:I started with BG2. It was my first CRPG, actually, got it free through some game magazine online shop subscription thing that surprisingly wasn't a scam. I didn't really get it. It was damn pretty, I could appreciate that, and at first I thought I just wasn't deep enough to understand its depths. Then I got Morrowind, which provided way better exploration and atmosphere. Then I got Fallout, which provided much better C&C and worldbuilding. Then I got Planescape, which provided much better story and dialogue. Quite a way down the line, I got Wizardry 8 and its ilk, which provided much, much better combat and dungeon crawling. At this point, I stopped my yearly attempts to replay BG2 and not get bored by the end of chapter 2 (finished it once), because I realised it just wasn't really that great.
I know it's not fair to compare each of its components to the greats of the genre or whatever, but it just felt to me like nothing in BG2 really stood out. The dialogue was average, the combat was bland, the story was okay, the exploration was meh, the dungeons were mostly uninspired, the atmosphere varied between "pretty good" to "okay I'm bored watching my sprites shuffle across a jpeg now". It just added up to a pretty boring game. That said, it has its merits and it's worth a playthrough.
ChristofferC said:How can you conclude all this if you never got past chapter 2?POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:I started with BG2. It was my first CRPG, actually, got it free through some game magazine online shop subscription thing that surprisingly wasn't a scam. I didn't really get it. It was damn pretty, I could appreciate that, and at first I thought I just wasn't deep enough to understand its depths. Then I got Morrowind, which provided way better exploration and atmosphere. Then I got Fallout, which provided much better C&C and worldbuilding. Then I got Planescape, which provided much better story and dialogue. Quite a way down the line, I got Wizardry 8 and its ilk, which provided much, much better combat and dungeon crawling. At this point, I stopped my yearly attempts to replay BG2 and not get bored by the end of chapter 2 (finished it once), because I realised it just wasn't really that great.
I know it's not fair to compare each of its components to the greats of the genre or whatever, but it just felt to me like nothing in BG2 really stood out. The dialogue was average, the combat was bland, the story was okay, the exploration was meh, the dungeons were mostly uninspired, the atmosphere varied between "pretty good" to "okay I'm bored watching my sprites shuffle across a jpeg now". It just added up to a pretty boring game. That said, it has its merits and it's worth a playthrough.
Is that the best you can do?ChristofferC said:And there's nothing wrong with BG1
Not only you . It was a massive after Fallout.Duckard said:So I'm playing Baldur's Gate and I'm finding it boring.
It's a tactic, not a strategy.Duckard said:It's full of filler combat and the only strategy is to keep close range fighters in close range and long range fighters in long range.
You trusted the wrong Codexers. Did you really think that "Biowhore" is a new thing? Haven't you heard about "Inbred Engine"?Duckard said:What the hell? I thought I could trust you guys, but I guess I was wrong. Now I don't know what to believe in.
Duckard said:Alright, after playing some more I ran into this quest where I got poisoned and have to find a cure within some time. It didn't take very long, but I thought it was a pretty good quest.
I also did the ice island and werewolf island parts of the expansion pack. They were more interesting than the main quests, so that's nice. Except, they were a lot harder- Werewolves make Wyverns look like bitches.
Andyman Messiah said:Baldur's Gate is a masterpiece. You're just not smart enough to appreciate it.
POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:Then I got Fallout, which provided much better worldbuilding.
ToSC has a few cool dungeons. Other than that BG1's purpose is to kill Drizzt and loot his stuff without cheating. Are you a bad enough dude? The other purpose is to read all the stat books.DraQ said:Stil, I'm currently attempting to finish BG1 in order to port my char to BG2 - if you relax and don't try to think much about what you're doing (which is obviously and popamole) it's even a little bit enjoyable.
TOEE says shut the fuck up.Ed123 said:BG2 has the best tactical RPG combat
Ed123 said:Satori said:TOEE says shut the fuck up.Ed123 said:BG2 has the best tactical RPG combat
I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of TOEE's fetch quests.
Ed123 said:
Exmit said:3 pages on a troll thread already , half-win for him so far.
codex i am dissapoint