NeverwinterKnight Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 imo, fallout gave you much more replay value. it could be just me, but bg didnt really allow for different plays since it seemed to be the basic same story and quests each time. of course i only played it once so dont mind me for those who worship bg. :ph34r:
Astatine Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I'll say Baldur's Gate, because I loved it (still do, though haven't played it for a while -- perhaps should fish it out again...) I shouldn't really be saying anything in this thread though because I've never played Fallout " Not very attracted to the setting and unconvinced by the rabid fanboys' ravings :D so never gotten around to it... Especially liked all the areas of wilderness to explore in BG1. Perhaps partly because so few CRPGs give you freedom and the unknown in that sort of way (apart from BG1, only the Elder Scrolls series I think)...
Pidesco Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I love both. However, FO2 killed FO for me unlike BG which I still play once in a while despite liking BG2 better. That being said Fallout's humor and setting is way better than BG's. Torment is better than both though. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend.
zer"0" Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Fallout forever... Maybe you'll think of me when you are all alone Maybe the one who is waiting for you Will prove untrue, then what will you do? Maybe you'll sit and sigh, wishing that I were near Then maybe you'll ask me to come back again And maybe I'll say "Maybe"
Xiw Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 When I bought my first computer, I told my wife I needed it for work and to manage our finances. This was a shameful and bold face lie. I bought my first computer simply and solely to play Baldur's Gate. Later I played Fallout but it, and no other game since, has brought back the fun I had playing Baldur
kumquatq3 Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Fallout 2 > Fallout > BG2 > never played BG
Ecthelion15 Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Baldur's Gate! Baldur's Gate! Baldur's Gate! How can we ever forget Minsc, Jaheira, Imoen, Sarevok, and Bhaal? C'mon, it had a great story, great characters, great play... Fallout was good, but not that good.
213374U Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I didn't play Fallout neither Fallout 2 only Fallout Tactics and I didn't like it as BG Series Well, technically FOT isn't a RPG. Its only resemblance to 1&2 is the setting. I enjoyed FOT quite a lot but still I don't compare it to FO and FO2... they are different genres. Anyway, can you become a pr0n star in BG? 'Nuff said. :cool: - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Percival Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I consider BG to be a much more memorable series, so I'd go for BG.
Aponez Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Baldur's Gate! Baldur's Gate! Baldur's Gate! How can we ever forget Minsc, Jaheira, Imoen, Sarevok, and Bhaal? C'mon, it had a great story, great characters, great play... Fallout was good, but not that good. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Minsc.- too crazy Jaheira.- too annoying Imoen.- She was my little baby " Sarevok.- he was a bastard, but was our bastard Bhaal.- too many problems for him And how can you forget Viconia? PRIUS FLAMMIS COMBUSTA QUAM ARMIS NUMANCIA VICTA
Ellester Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Both are great series, but I choose the BG series as I Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson
Expresso Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Both are excellent games. I choose both over any cRPG/adventure games that has been released after them.
Loriahnell Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 i remember playing the fallout junktown demo on my PC gamer disc ( i still have it somewhere :D ) where i later learned u could finish it in a few ways.. but i just went ahead and killed them all... so much fun it was great ! i had made the peasants day hehe... one gay thing tho... i thought i had to do the same thing in junktown in the real FO ... haha how wrong was i.. replayed it and it slowly became the best game i ever played soooo Fallout > Fallout 2 > Baldurs Gate 2 > Baldurs Gate.. you know its sounds right... ( because it is (w00t) )
kumquatq3 Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Both are great series, but I choose the BG series as I
mr insomniac Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Planescape: Torment> all. " I took this job because I thought you were just a legend. Just a story. A story to scare little kids. But you're the real deal. The demon who dares to challenge God. So what the hell do you want? Don't seem to me like you're out to make this stinkin' world a better place. Why you gotta kill all my men? Why you gotta kill me? Nothing personal. It's just revenge.
Leferd Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Impression from initial playthrough: BG> BG2> FO> FO2 Opinion from hindsight: BG2> FO> BG> FO2 "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Phosphor Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I think I'd match FO1 and BG1 fairly evenly, with either taking precedence depending on my mood. FO2 is definately superior to BG2 however.
CastleBravo Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Fallout. You just felt like you had more freedom... more plot freedom, more freedom to finish missions in different ways, more ethical freedom. And a great setting. And mean evil humor. And dumb in-jokes. And gore. But the BG games were alot of fun, you had alot to do, you were just more constrained as far as what you could do and how you could do it.
sawyl Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 easily the Baldur's Gate saga. For one, the rampant fanboyism of the community is...intimidating...(much like certain aspects of the NWN community " ) I just didn't enjoy Fallout very much. I felt that much of it was immature and a bit trite. The writing wasn't very good, either. And (please don't hate me) I loathe true turn-based combat. I'm not very patient. but then again, the iguana sticks almost made up for it. Almost.
213374U Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 The one and only. ^_^ - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Phosphor Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I felt that much of it was immature and a bit trite. The writing wasn't very good, either. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In no way do I recall FO1 suffering from this, but certainly FO2 did. That said, even what immaturity, triteness and poor writing that was at times present in FO2 comes nowhere near the same degrees present in the BG series, particularly in BG2.
Ellester Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 I felt that much of it was immature and a bit trite. The writing wasn't very good, either. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In no way do I recall FO1 suffering from this, but certainly FO2 did. That said, even what immaturity, triteness and poor writing that was at times present in FO2 comes nowhere near the same degrees present in the BG series, particularly in BG2. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Immature, Minsc? No way. Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson
Ellester Posted January 10, 2005 Posted January 10, 2005 Both are great series, but I choose the BG series as I Life is like a clam. Years of filtering crap then some bastard cracks you open and scrapes you into its damned mouth, end of story. - Steven Erikson
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