Let's Play Melirinda's Icewind Dale 2 Mod!

[Tigranes]

WK gets 3 Volournian Points.

Songstress is a word.

Play more!

 

[Wyrmlord]

Volourn actually likes ID.

 

[Rohit_N]

Next update coming soon. My brother just built a new computer and needs my keyboard.

 

[Radisshu]

I think it's funny how she hates Torment because you're forced to play a certain character (even though that's only true on a superficial level, I mean, you can really play a bigger variety of personalities in Torment than you can in BG2 or NWN2), yet she seems to have written this mod with a certain protagonist in mind.

 

[DiverNB]

That writing is fucking horrible, generic drivel.

How can you stand to play it? It almost hurts to read it's so bad. I felt like I was listening to that shop keeper in FO3 banter on and on and on and on and on....

 

[Wyrmlord]

Haha, Rohit got bored of it as soon as we did.

I see there was not much humour value in this whole thing anyway.

But it was still good to see a glimpse.

 

[Rohit_N]

I actually have pictures, it's just that GTA4's taking much of my time.

I'll have an update in a couple of hours, but it won't have the long banter the first one did.

 

[Andyman Messiah]

Advice: Don't post a million dialog screenshots. Instead write the stuff down like "Nord Dude: I have a snake in my pants!" "Orc Gal: Ugh, get it out, ugh bugh!"

Oh, and best of luck with this piece of shit. I couldn't handle it at all.

 

[DiverNB]

Advice: Don't post a million dialog screenshots. Instead write the stuff down like "Nord Dude: I have a snake in my pants!" "Orc Gal: Ugh, get it out, ugh bugh!"

Oh, and best of luck with this piece of shit. I couldn't handle it at all.

If the man who's reviewed such shit as FF7 can't handle it, you know you're in for a ride.

 

[Rohit_N]

It's my first time playing the game, so I don't need to worry about the mod putting me off.

Anyway, update tomorrow. Promise.

 

[Rohit_N]

We're finally off the boat.

We meet Reig Redwaters, and agree to get him medicine...

and Diriel finds it ironic.

Killing some Goblins. Combat isn't difficult for now.

We get to a warehouse, and learn of mercenaries at the tavern. We could always use help.

And so we agree to collect them.

The Salty Dog. Not a very original name.

Looks like these guys have no idea about the attack.

Guthewulfe would rather have a drink, but agrees to help as a merchant.

We meet Black Geoffrey, likely drunk.

We *want* some help.

Not very good mercenaries, it seems.

Yet they boast about their name, anyway.

We hear more boasting, and try to get them to come, but...

They're just not going to.

At least we learn about Koluhm and Phaen.

Crandall...Crandall isn't very important.

But we find a dwarf.

We learn a little more about the attack.

Nikosh picks the lock, and we go inside to meet...

Medicine guy.

We ask for the potions, when...

Nikosh has something to say.

We look around, and...nothing this side.

Here we are.

And we give the potion to Reig.

Nikosh picks the lock to the warehouse, and Brogan suffers from redundancy.

We kill some goblins, who don't seem to have done much since we left to get the mercenaries.

Nothing more to do here. We go outside.

Wait, Sir Nord knew something I didn't?

Oh. Didn't notice that.

All dead.

Nothing more to do here, I'm sure. We leave and...

Salomeya has something to say.

Looks like it's time to go.

And we finally enter Targos, with Salomeya having something to say. We enter one of the houses, and...

Nikosh has something to say.

We find Koluhm.

Before we leave, Jaemal has something to say.

We finally get to the Weeping Widow Inn.

Sorry about the delay, and I'll work on posting less pictures on the next update.

 

[Tigranes]

Why exactly are we LP'ing vanilla Targos now?

Well, I guess even Melirinda wouldn't have written books of dialogue for every instance.

 

[Rohit_N]

Do people only want to see Melirinda's work?

That works. Less screens to upload.

 

[Wyrmlord]

Wow, uh, I underestimated her dedication to this project. Banter accompanies every small situation, between finding a NPC and killing a few enemies. It's like getting of the boat itself was a significant turning point in the story.
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I just remembered one thing:

Melirinda often said that Icewind Dale 2 was an unfairly hard game and that she had to cheat on even lower difficulties. (makes you wonder about her reasons for modding this very game)

Now, there have been some challenging pausable real-time games out there, but is Icewind Dale 2 really one of them?

I mean, the first Icewind Dale did throw some challenging bits at you occasionally. But I am not sure if the second game is supposed to be significantly harder. I mean, she says that she found the first game to be not much of a problem as compared to the second, but I think she might be misremembering them.

I think Volourn once said that ID2 is quite easy, and considered other Infinity Engine games to be much harder, so I wonder who is right about it.

 

[Gragt]

Maybe the change of rules confused her? In any event I remember IWD2 to be challenging in a satisfying way, I'd say a bit more than the first but I really need to replay those games to be sure.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

I found ID2 harder than the first. Many ennemies just materialize right on you. But it's still not what I'd call a difficult game.

 

[Lurkar]

Melirinda had problems with NWN2's difficulty in both the OC and the two expansions. And yes, that's even on low difficulty.

She's just fucking horrible at everything.

 

[Zuikov]

In case you didn't know, pressing ALT reveals containers and hatches.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

She's just fucking horrible at everything.

 

[zerotol]

Iam playing icewind dale 1 solo fighter/mage at the moment. I find it difficult, Hof enabled the option for opponents to call upon aid. So if i attack one enemy, a whole swarm comes. Annoying.

 

[JrK]

The hard thing about IWD2 as compared to IWD1 is the simple matter of tanking. In IWD2 it's extremely hard to get a tank like character as in IWD1 and BG's simply because AC works differently. Less stuff stacks and Black Isle hasn't seen to it to include many different types of AC, nor items for it into IWD2 (the best armor is in effect a full plate +2). Thus, unless you rely heavily on dex builds with expertise or spellbuffs you will not attain a very spectacular AC. The result is receiving lots of damage all the time.

 

[Azrael the cat]

Wow, uh, I underestimated her dedication to this project. Banter accompanies every small situation, between finding a NPC and killing a few enemies. It's like getting of the boat itself was a significant turning point in the story.
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I just remembered one thing:

Melirinda often said that Icewind Dale 2 was an unfairly hard game and that she had to cheat on even lower difficulties. (makes you wonder about her reasons for modding this very game)

Now, there have been some challenging pausable real-time games out there, but is Icewind Dale 2 really one of them?

I mean, the first Icewind Dale did throw some challenging bits at you occasionally. But I am not sure if the second game is supposed to be significantly harder. I mean, she says that she found the first game to be not much of a problem as compared to the second, but I think she might be misremembering them.

I think Volourn once said that ID2 is quite easy, and considered other Infinity Engine games to be much harder, so I wonder who is right about it.

The answer is that IWD2 has MASSIVE variation in difficulty depending on what alignment your party is. Seriously. Lategame there are some hellish encounters with casters/abilities that only really screw one alignment

 

[Lesifoere]

Melirinda had problems with NWN2's difficulty in both the OC and the two expansions. And yes, that's even on low difficulty.

She's just fucking horrible at everything.

That's a special level of horrible. Is she a quadruple amputee who plays games using only her mouth and forehead?

 

[Talonfire]

You're actually playing this mod? Someone is secretly a masochist; don't say I didn't warn you.

 

[zerotol]

That's a special level of horrible. Is she a quadruple amputee who plays games using only her mouth and forehead?

She in fact plays it only using her tongue