Valmy
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but IWD has all that. I'm confused Yeah it is really sad IWD has this 'hack and slash' rep. It is a great IE game (one of my favorites in fact) and all fans of those sorts of game would enjoy it I think. Granted BruceVC brings up a good point, if you love having premade party members to interact with the lack of them might be a downside. I am especially confused by iii, not only do you get to entirely create and dramatically change the main character from scratch...there are up to six main characters you can do this with.
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I am not sure I agree that Ultima VII is the champ but thanks for the review. I have enjoyed the little bit I have had time to play so far and this gets me really pumped to play further.
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The villains and the NPCs were the memorable characters of course. It always comes down to romances with you eh? True you make your whole party but my party was awesome and full of memorable characters. Because, you know, I made them. I even had a mole who turned on us at one point. I mean I really enjoy when the game premakes the NPCs and you get to explore them but I also really enjoy making my own party. Heck that was one of my favorite features in IWD and IWD2 because you hardly ever get to do that anymore. I am rather floored by the notion that a RPG MUST have premade characters for you to interact with because to me, in my mid 30s, this seems like a rather recent innovation hehe. I also consider this to be not the main focus, which are the people and challenges your party encounters in the world, but a side thing. Fair enough I guess.
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This is pretty spot on. Well sort of, I viscerally disliked the DA:O expansion for reasons I cannot really recall. But I remember having this weird and rather unique reaction to Mass Effect 2. I mean I loved and enjoyed the game. The melodrama, the combat, the characters the whole thing. Just fantastic. But, on the other hand, it totally ruined the Mass Effect series for me. Which, again, is a reaction I can never recall having to another piece of media ever. It was so contrived, so absurd, and so eye-rollingly lore breaking. I was thinking 'why did they bother with that big codex and stuff in the first game if they were just going to do this?' I never had any desire to get all the DLC or play the third game and have no interest in the fourth one. Before ME2 I was totally into it, even bought and read the books they wrote. I have never been so thoroughly turned off by something I loved so much. I guess it just showed that Bioware was going in a different direction and their games were not really for people like me anymore. I just hope that with Wasteland 2, Torment, and PoE we are entering a new era where eventually there will be AAA RPGs for me again. I just have to hope they sell really well and inXile and Obsidian do a great job.
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but BG II is also dungeon crawling. only it has filler quests in between dungeons in the first half of the game Maybe so, but if more recent BioWare games are anything to go by, I would expect BG2 to have more dialogue? I have been given to understand IWD is only dungeon crawling, and that's where the problem comes from. IWD is amazing. I think it is unfortunate people think it is some sort of Dungeon Crawler. I mean there is lots of Dungeon Crawling but it has an amazing plot and memorable characters and gorgeous environments and music. Its reputation as a dungeon crawler seriously hurt its release and reputation to people who never played it forever. If you loved BG you will love IWD. Anybody who played both disagree?
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Why don't we give PoE 1 a chance and see if they have deep interaction with party members and provides a memorable RPG experience with our party members before we declare it a failure and hope Obsidian fixes their error in PoE 2? -
Never said it was the code's fault. In fact I said the opposite. I do not understand your contribution unless you are just agreeing with me? Yes what humans do to the community when romances are involved seems to be a problem.
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I am curious when I see people thinking there will be a PoE 2. Shouldn't we play PoE first and see if it lives up to our expectations before discussing the hypothetical sequel. Plenty of time to do that during the PoE 2 kickstarter campaign anyway.
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Absolutely. Avellone is amazing so with him as a lead writer I don't think anybody has cause for concern.
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Yeah that was hilarious. It is like your character has a cardboard cut out they whip out to hide behind.
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My issue is not the romances themselves in the games...of course I became disillusioned with Bioware after the Dragon Age expansion (Awakening I think it was called?) so maybe things have changed since then. I, generally, really enjoyed them. But the community really suffered because of the romances. I just got so tired of how enraged and personally people would take every little decision Bio would make regarding the romances. Granted even back in the BG1 days we would have insane rantings about Bioware ruthlessly conspiring to ruin somebody's life by implementing a level cap or something but it seemed to get more and more crazy with each Bioware game. By Dragon Age Origins and Mass Effect 2 it was getting a little nuts. Granted that was four years ago so maybe things are different now.
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Icewind Dale and BG. This game seems like a combination of two actually.
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I think this pretty well illustrates my issue with romances. I really enjoy them but I hate what they do to the gaming community. Now people seem to think that they are some sort of requirement for a RPG, or at least a deep one and that is unfortunate. Having said that I guess I am surprised that people consider Annah and Fall-From-Grace were romances in Torment. I did not feel that they were, at least not as currently understood with BG2 and Bioware.
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I love romances I admit. But I hate what they seem to do to the games and the fanbases, or at least what they seemed to do for Bioware games and the fan community. I think I can do without them. Besides no romances does not mean no deep connections with the NPCs.
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Thanks a ton! I am in shock that just happened.
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Wait seriously? I would love one if you still have it.
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I think Mass Effect was the only game where I found myself thinking 'dang I am mowing down lots of ladies'. Those Merc companies were committed to a diverse office environment.
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You have to understand the context here: this topic has been a mine field for years. Anyway there were no romances in PS:T either so don't get too worried that somehow something might be lacking in interaction with the companions. All I am saying is give no romances a chance.
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That is a nice thing about very little voice acting. It will be easier to mod in romances.
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Are people really demanding no female mooks in AC?
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I was aware of this way back during the KS campaign. I don't think this is anything new.
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Yes. Buy it now. To the point. Very well I shall get it when I get home from work tonight.
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Opinions? Should I get this game? I don't mind the WoW art style that much, but is it a good RPG?
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Personally I found lots of battles in BG1 and BG2 and both IWDs challenging the first time I played through the game. Once I knew what was coming everything was a cakewalk. But we are talking about me remembering details of specific battles from over ten years ago.
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A Question of Revenue
Valmy replied to Natusake's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
Possibly. But at least they can be assured to at least break even.
