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I guess the common stereotype is to assume all foreign language as Russian. Its actually Polish. I am very sorry to my untrained ear it sounds very similar to Russian. 1) Do you see Azbuka in title and description? No? It's no Russian. 2) If you dont want seriously insult any west slavic nation, use word "Russian" for description only when you are REALY sure. Btw this is Adventurer Edition. Probably CE only. Same as Wasteland last year.

Please guys. Dont compare any new game with old legends. Your memories are wrong most of time. BTW: Combat music in stream sounds awesome. Is it new one? It's like BG1.

Did you try serious pixelhunting for pick loot from wizard.

Yeah I agree with most of your points, esp. the emptiness part. They will add voice overs for companions and player pc. Unless you mean fully voiced lines for all dialogue, that most certainly won't happen. Edit: Also remember that this is a beta, lots of things still missing. I mean every npc but not fully voiced dialoges. Just like Winthrop's "My old tavern's as clean as elven arse!". Maybe few most important story dialoges could be voiced or at least first sentence. I am worry it's not missing only in beta. Well i am not Xan i dont think this game is DOOOMED and hope is dying last.

Hahaha, cleary you're not Gromnir, you have a sense of humor. You misunderstood IndiraLightfoot I think, he was talking about IWD2 and not PoE. I understand what you're trying to say, PoE is missing the atmosphere, combat isn't the only/main problem. Yes and realized it after posting comment. Locations and dungeons are beautiful (still need work with contrast, vanishing characters etc), quests and dialogs excelent, combat useble BUT ambients and music are not doing their job good. There is some kind of emptiness in it. Good for sleepy foggy hollow not for nice sunny village. Also missing voice of npc. Too bad they are probably expensive and OE cant afford it.

How can you know? We could play only small part of game without piece of main story. I cant say anything about Baldurs Gate from plaing local quest in Ulgoth's Beard (without tower) with random premade companions. Non interctive demo of BG has terrible atmosphere. And combat is not what missing there. Come again? I'm afraid, I don't get your point. Sigh. My ogre english is not enough for this discusion.

How can you know? We could play only small part of game without piece of main story. I cant say anything about Baldurs Gate from plaing local quest in Ulgoth's Beard (without tower) with random premade companions. Non interctive demo of BG has terrible atmosphere. And combat is not what missing there.

For me combat never was too important. What is now in PoE beta is usable enough. When we are talking about party it means companions like Minsc or Viconia for me.

He made a point in his last post. Where's yours?By the way, some people here seem to think that all it takes for a game to be a spiritual successor to the IE games is to have an Isometric camera view, a 2d look, and be party based.But the IE games were Much More than just that so maybe we can stop sticking our heads in the sand on this topic already. What are IE games? Be more specific. People are talking about feeling but everyone has different feelings.

I actually enjoying beta, especially after latest patch and i cant wait for full game. Only problem i see is sound and music which is more like Arcanum then IE games. Dont forget this important part of atmosphere.

Calm down guys. It hasnt that bad bugs. Few nice patches and everything will be ok. One could say that it's almost polished as NwN2 without any patch.

Main char - firghter/barb/paly dps with 2he or 2x1he (not sure yet) Fighter SaS tank Priest healer (and he has good cc!) Rogue (someone must pick locks and disarm traps!) Caster - wizard or cipher Chanter or something else.

No xp for killing? Can you tell me why i cleared whole map from animals. I am feeling like killing maniac even then before.

This can sound a bit weird but can you make bard in pubs/inns play happier songs or at least change few songs?

I had same problem. Normal difficulty, no Path of the Damned selected. But after few second (action which i cant remember) it sent me back to create character properly.