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Just get Jim Cumming's to do some VO and I will be happy! They are really missing out not having that guy involved dammit.

There is a very important reason for this, but I have to go over there now.

I do like the guy in Baldur's Gate who just yaps on. Lord... something. He is really pretentious and just says really long winded stuff about adventuring but doesn't actually say much at all. WHAT IS HIS NAME?!

A lot of the Dark Brotherhood quests in Oblivion are good and there are usually multiple ways to complete them. I have been playing New Vegas again and something is really bothering me, a lot of the quests you just run back and forth constantly.

I'm actually starting to consider having a cat follow me about, if i could rename it to Morgana. And it shouted advice from the side of the batllefield.

You misunderstood. OP has nothing against long dialogue, but would rather see less sentences in one "box". It means he wants to have long dialogues as they come, but with more "Continue" clicking, so the big wall of text is spreaded out. This is correct. Just the sight of a wall of text is kind of off putting. The same amount of text spread over a few boxes really helps. For me at least!

The mysterious box thing in KOTOR. I liked that one, haven't played it in a long time so can't remember exactly how it goes but... was a bit different and there was 0 combat.

I really don't care about real world religion, we shouldn't apply that to these games. It's completely different. Religion in Forgotten Realms and Pillars are actually more real as the devoted are granted spells and what not. In fact I would liken real world religion to worshipping Ao.

Are you saying you want religion or don't want it? Pretty sure there was tons of religion in BG2, and there was a lot on Pillars? Actually I've changed my mind about that. In the forgotten realms religion is pretty important. There are temples everywhere and people are quite serious about the gods and what have you. In Pillars it's only a side note unless the plot decides it's important.

If you wore Plate armour +1, you couldn't equip a ring of the princes. It just would not allow you to equip it. I prefer that to allowing you to equip it but not allowing any bonus and not even telling you!

Yeah I think you said that in another topic Mannock, only Cromwell style forging of items! In some ways PoE feels like a compromise between IE and Diablo 2 or something? But yeah, companions in BG1 are a joke compared to Eternity. It feels like i'm really bashing on the game but I do like it. I just think they are underestimating a lot of the little things.

Everytime I see sidekick I think of that exact incarnation of Robin. That is what is off putting.

Just realised the topic title is kinda grammatically off. But ya know, beers and stuff For some reason when I type on here at home I can't put spaces at all. I'm having to type this in notepad and copy/paste it in. At work it's fine......

I think this is the second topic i've ever made... anyways. After that sidekick topic i started BG2 again and Icewind Dale. Makes me think about a lot of the little things missing/glad to be gone in PoE! 1. Text by NPC's are limited to about 1-2 sentences per text box. In PoE, they often throw big paragraphs at you. Sometimes it's kind of demotivating. I like reading as much as the next guy but just seeing a wall of text makes me groan and want to skim read. In BG even if they have a lot to say it's split up in multiple text boxes, so you can't really tell how much they are going to say. Brevity is the soul of wit! I feel like I'm being a hypocrite with the previous comment... moving on. 2. This might seem petty but, actually clicking on doors and seeing them open. It might seem like busy work but I really do prefer it after playing PoE/BG2 back to back. 3.Ammo/Limited inventory/Spell Scrolls/Death OK so, Ammo can be a pain but I think we've lost something getting rid of it, and limited inventory. What I'm HAPPY about it spell scrolls, that is one thing that is a complete pain when they fail to learn, all I do is reload immediately. Death, there was a topic a while back about this and there were people in favour and against perma death. At the time I was in favour of it, but after playing BG2, the second any of my party dies I instantly reload even though I have access to resurrection spells. 4. Weapons/Armour Weapons and Armour are mostly dull in PoE, Sanguine plate and White Crest armour are exceptions. I've heard they are working on this for Deadfire, I don't want to be overflowing with magical weapons and armour. When you get a Full Plate Mail in BG it will probably be your armour for most of the game. I think enchanting and that should be flat out removed thinking about it, reminds me of reforging in WoW. More of a hassle than anything else. Can we think of anything we'd like to see return in PoE/ the new lot of CRPG's? What are we glad has gone forever?

Quick! Think of a word that describes someone who hangs out with you all of the time, but isn’t a friend. “Companion” is already taken.Colleague/Ally/Associate? Dunno, doesn't really matter it's just a name.It mattered a second ago. SOZ! I'm not bothered man.

Quick! Think of a word that describes someone who hangs out with you all of the time, but isn’t a friend. “Companion” is already taken. Colleague/Ally/Associate? Dunno, doesn't really matter it's just a name.

Would be fun to have a higher-level summons or summons upgrade that lets you summon a more powerful entity but at expense of not being able to control it (except maybe with charm/dominate...) so that it also attacks your party if in range.... Kind of like Gate did in BG2? If you didn't cast protection from evil it would go after your party.

After contemplating everything in this topic, I conclude that sidekicks are a good idea. Sometimes you just want to bring along some characters who have a bit of banter and interject sometimes but not be too in depth and throw walls of text at you. Should every companion be one of your life long soul mates? Someone who's just along because of some mutual convenience can be potentially interesting, or at least not a hassle. The thing I mainly dislike is the term 'sidekicks'. The definition is 'person's assistant or close associate, especially one who has less authority than that person.' This doesn't seem to be what they are describing with them. but I guess that's just semantics.

I think this topic has been derailed into talking about BG2 but........ Yoshimo! People don't mention him enough. I always have to take him up until Spellhold. I can't NOT! Really adds to the drama, I like him he's a cool guy.

The floating numbers look hideous.

It's called having a laugh mate. Don't be so bloody depressed.

I like Cernd because his voice actor is Jason Marsden! But I never take him for too long, maybe just do his quest. IN fact, I have just started BG2 again after this topic. Perhaps it's time to take Cernd, Valygar, Haer'Dalis, Mazzy... all in one party! It has never been done.

We're all doomed! Heh I'm not sure if it's intentional or not how similar to Xan you are! I love it.

Typically play a fighter in everything because I prefer my character to be just a normal adventurer without any magic or ties to God and crap. Just a guy with a sword and shield and armour doing his thing.