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 Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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 Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Fri Nov 22, 2002 5:42 pm Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
What is the right Baldur's gate? Baldur's gate2 Shadows of Amn or Baldur's gate2 throne of Baal? I just checked furure shop.com and they where both there 
Yeah as mentioned above, Sha ... |
| Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Fri Nov 22, 2002 1:08 pm Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
I Enjoyed NWN...... it was my first ever RPG. And Morrowind was ok if a little shallow and buggy.
The game I have to recommend, I bought last week for £6 and its AWESOME is Baldur's Gate II.
I h ... |
| Topic: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Thu Nov 21, 2002 5:13 pm Subject: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
Yeah I am going to leave that and go and polish off the Umar Witch Project (Damn I love the humour in this game).
Does anyone know where I can find the second piece of a Bow that I found under the ... |
| Topic: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Thu Nov 21, 2002 2:16 pm Subject: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
Yeah I think "run away like a scared girl" is the solution for me just now, these things are way out of my league..........
I was going strong for a while, finally my party management was getting p ... |
| Topic: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Thu Nov 21, 2002 12:38 pm Subject: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
Great links thanks 
But I have run into some serious poop that I cant get past 
I went into the sewers to do the Temple of Helm Quest, and I am getting murdered by those damn Mind slayers!!! ... |
| Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:28 am Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
Maybe what this post show, is that theres a need for two markets here?
I mean clearly Morrowing, NWn these modern title are satisfying some people ourt there, but I also see those like me who see t ... |
| Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Thu Nov 21, 2002 12:10 am Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
Well I never played those so I can't comment, I know BG II rocks though , Ultima must have been some game to be better
I don't want to ruin the experience by playing with c64 graphics, since I h ... |
| Topic: IWD combat |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:55 pm Subject: IWD combat |
You'll definately want to get the Throne of Bhaal expansion for BG2. It raises the level cap and improves on a lot of things. Plus, it makes the game last longer. 
Well I have it, or at least ... |
| Topic: IWD combat |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:38 pm Subject: IWD combat |
Ahh ok I see , I havent got that far yet, I am still on BG II :p
Maybe they could use your child or something though, or the child of Minsc for amusements sake 
Theres plenty of charca ... |
| Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:34 pm Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
Don't you think that theres a huge deal of "Technology/Graphics/ect going up and Content going down"?
It seems to me the extra expenditure on advanced 3D graphics is being discounted in hours into ... |
| Topic: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:22 pm Subject: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
OK so I guess as soon as I go to the Shadow thief person, and pay the money to find where the Cowled Wizards are thats end of Chapter 2 right?
I just want to know what point exactly is the leave ch ... |
| Topic: IWD combat |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:29 pm Subject: IWD combat |
Ok I like BG II , but I heard that IWD and IWD were al lot more "hack and slash" and not proper RPGs?
I like BG II a LOT is ace, and I will have plenty to do completing it and all the expansions i ... |
| Topic: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: Dungeons and Dragons General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:15 pm Subject: BG II tips for a newcomer? |
This confused me because the only RPGs I played before were NWN and Morrowind, an din them the AC (or in NWN) is better when its HIGHER.
For the early part of the game I threw away some banded mail ... |
| Topic: Does Age Really Matter? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 2:13 pm Subject: Does Age Really Matter? |
I dont think it comes down to age at all. Just imagination
People with strong and vivid imaginations inevitably NEED games/books/films in their lives, imagination is like everything else in that ... |
| Topic: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
DevilsBane
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Forum: CRPGs General Posted:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 2:02 pm Subject: How many people think RPGs were better in the old days? |
Nostalgia confuses the view of many people (especially the more bitter ones among you, you know who you are )
Games like NWN, Arx, Divine Divinity, Gothic or Morrowind were impossible a few yea ... |
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