bugarup

I don't normally play RPGs fresh out of the oven either, but I keep hearing how initial sales is Very Important Thing, and this is new independent studio that went for something more original than high fantasy cliche salad with mild Tolkien dressing No 112, so I made an informed decision to give them my money and then wait.

These puny traps is but a road bump for someone who can trek back to the Copper Coronet from Spellhold all by herself.

There is a quest that gives you access to the Old City without making the Undercroft hostile. The easiest way is to accept prince Aruihi's quest about watershapers in the Gullet and then talk to the merchant involved in "Harsh Medicine", but I think if you gain some minor reputation around the Gullet you'll get an invitation regardless of Aruihi's quest.

Psssssst. You might want to let Devil of Caroc die, though.

So, which part of my opinion you do not agree with? Stupid writing? Unfriendly to newbies? Bugs? Unfinishable?

*looks them up in the market* So, um...you not on Satele Shan, right? If so, mind if I undercut you for a wee bit o'time? Ol' me kinda temporarily poor here, after all the unlocking of crafting and additional cargo bays for the Hoard and if there is so much money in need to part with its fools...

I share your theory. You know that "Cat proximity" thing of XKCD? Like, the closer a human gets to a cat the stupider things they say? There has to be this "Baldur's Gate 2 proximity" that works on grogs, where the more the game apes BG2, the bigger the chance of blind day 0 purchase and flowery praises regardless of poor writing, obtuse system that offers bupkis help to newbies, designed-by-axe UI, having more bugs than a garbage truck stop in a tropical forest and being impossible to bloody finish for months after release, and I'm saying this as someone as who liked P:K quite a bit. Personally I blame Tolkien. Dude made his elves-dwarves-Brits-and-tea fantasyland so alive nobody ever dares to stray away from it, neither creators nor consumers.

Still blundering about BG2 with several different party configurations. Gotta say the game is too big for the current me and I'm so burnt out with the party that finally reached the elf city I only want to Diabloclick through. On a sligthly related note, I cannot take a monster seriously if it looks like a cat in a beret.

Have Aloth and Tekehu in one party and crack jokes all the time. Tekehu is needed because I'm certain the very presence of him in the party makes Aloth hate you, that fast I get him to -2 without even actively trying.

So, day of the dead, eh?

Oh, Irenicus is the evil butler from "Titanic"? Cool. If only whiny Jony was 10% as cool as the badass butler.

Took one Imp and one Pub through, found Pub story more interesting, but both aren't bad for a team with v. limited resources. Re: the choice at the end, it's quite alright on Pub side and my "Rah rah for teh Republic!!1!" Trooper will probably take the deal, but on Imp side I really wanted the "LOL are you f†ckin' serious? " answer. Too bad I cannot side with the Huttbreaker aka "the only sane woman in the galaxy far away". Also it is nice to see the flashpoint where you can either skip trash or push them into abyss again after those littered House Inrokini and Nathema nightmares. And judging by the hook, the next step in story development is going to be Scooby-Doo levels of goofy.

TGIF!

Have you played "Tyranny"? "Say nothing" option is a form of art there. Also, makes an important part of character if you wish so.

I kind of want to scoop all those expats and orphans of dead/declining RPG studios in one place so that they'd pool resources and create the sublime experience, but alas, people are not Sims. Good luck then.

You can also kick those tiny yappy dogs in the city if you're sufficiently evil! Anyway, I love Jade Empire, warts and all. Combat on KBM sucks, but I just set it on easy and then plod with Frogbert and later Statue everywhere. But my, that game is so pretty -- Tien's Landing with its sunset, the city, the eerie cemetery, the gloomy forest, the spirit fox place, Assassins Inc. HQ -- all distinctive locations and all beautiful in their own way. I keep reinstalling that game just to run about soaking up the view.

Do it. I don't need pretend money and usually click on someone's link anyway and sometimes inform particularly annoying buyers that "Sorry, I just clicked other referral for free"

Bought 30 days to check out the new stuff and I should be eligible for "click on referral, get another week" thing, so I can click someone's thingy, there's some free stuff from that IIRC.

They're Rymrgandites. If they want you dead it means they really like you.

Shut up you guys, I'm waiting for a patch!!!

Disco Elysium. Haven't seen word o'mouth this strong for I dunno how long. This is going to make not playing until sufficiently patched so much easier.

It looks so much my thing, and reviews are pretty good so far. Can't wait for a year of patches and then to play it.

Today I learned that "boring beetle" isn't a beetle that's dull and uninteresting, but the one that drills holes. I was always a little puzzled by the name, but thought it's just a fantasy critter naming scheme. You know, owlbear, displacer, mimic, that kind of stuff. And since they are usually found in the company of bombardier beetles I could see how they'd look boring in comparison. In other words, I'm still traipsing about gates of Baldur.

Also metal related:

Stygian dev promised manual saves, so waiting continues. Meanwhile in Athkatla: † Traps are hilarious. R.I.P. Firkraag, you really should have paid attention to dudes installing something right under your soft belly for a couple days in a row; † Totemic druid's shadow bear tanked six greater mummies. Alone. Killed them all. No scratch on him. And that's on level they're supposed to start lagging behind. I should've played this druid in BG, too bad I cannot replay it because, you guessed it, BG sucks. I'm not that far in Siege yet, mayhap I should reroll the character? † And speaking of Siege of Dragonspear, I like it so much more than BG1 it's not even comparable. Everything is better, take that BG cultists who also are BG purists. Goblin companion rocks. † I don't find Aerie annoying anymore, she's like well-behaved but very timid child, I don't have the heart to hate that. Anomen, though, is ten times as insufferable as I remember him. I really should try recruiting him with a party that has Dorn in it and gib that arrogant, bratty blowhard.