Must have BG2 Mods???
MiseryBusiness
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So i'm imspired to replay BG2 right now - and i'm interested in some must have mods people can suggest? All I ever really did was Shadowkeeper to make the game a bit easier.
If you could post the name of the mod and maybe why you liked it or think it's a must have? I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
If you could post the name of the mod and maybe why you liked it or think it's a must have? I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
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I must introduce you to Pocket Plane Group which has a ton of great mods. For particular recommended ones please take a look at this forum thread:
http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php/topic,17153.0.html
For NPC mods (ie mods that add new NPCs) please take a look at this thread I created ages ago for NPC reviews:
http://forums.pocketplane.net/index.php/topic,21450.0.html
Gibberlings 3 and Spell Hold Studios are other good sites for BG mods.
http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/
http://www.gibberlings3.net/
http://www.spellholdstudios.net/
I was considering Valen, Kelsey, and Keto, but decided against it. You've changed my mind!
@Anton - I looked at the Tactics mod and decided against it solely because i'm less interested in making combat difficult and more interested in the story. Shadowkeeper let me make my Sorcerer all powerful.
You may also want to check out 1PP mods for graphical enhancement
http://www.spellholdstudios.net/ie/1pp
Lots of mods from tweaks to large adventure mods.
Hey bro, the Valen mod may not have been my highest review - but I would say that it is the most memorable modification that I have ever played.
But then again I'm ruthless BG player, so she fit my style perfectly. People trying to tell a Bhaalspawn what to do? Get that nonsense out of here. Laws? Pffft, leave that for the full mortal chumps.
Most other NPC mods are tame if not dull.
The ability to DIE from heartbreak literally. Still no problem. Hmmm, I MUST go to Spellhold through a new method or else? Well this isn't a problem at all.
What's this, you have a stalker boyfriend and you're shallow about me if I have less than 16 CHR?! This is also fine.
She doth speak and sound like a prattling idiot with misused Broken English? Classy!
Hmmm, I just put a Deathblade in her inventory and it's now dust. That's Okay, I wasn't saving it for Sarevok or anything.
She falls in love with her first lovetalk. That's great!
Hey, I gotta go to Sigil all a sudden in your romance! Spiffy.
The mod creators are a creepy couple who don't accept any concriticism or any questions about Saerileth's ephebophilic age? GREAT STUFF!
I think my sarcasm quota is reached, but I'll continue to crusade to help ensure this masturbatory pile of filth NEVER sees its way into SOA EE! We will not have Saerileth's Gate!
The amount of "forcing" is no greater than with vanilla cast - who tend to leave party or even fight back sometimes too (mainly Aerie, Keldorn, Mazzy and Valygar).
The third way to Spellhold is also optional.
For a mod that doesn't attempt to disguise itself as vanilla content this is acceptable.
The destruction of evil items only happens after you give it to her again. For the first time you only get the warning.
Jaheira romance, of course, is innocent of such things, yeah.
And if the first thing people notice is the paedo, well, guess it only shows their... preferences?
I would not evaluate the Saerileth mod so harshly as you because the mod itself does some things very well, such as add a new area, have a lot of scripted events, and generally do a lot of things better than other mods out there.
Honestly just because of the huge polarization in opinions it's probably worth checking out. Some people LOVE the mod, however there are some very vocal detractors out there.
I would by no means consider it a must have, however it is one that if you love BG2 and mods, is worth checking out.
Having said that, I can't stand Xan's personality. I wanted to review the mod - but Xan always gets the boot from my party after roughly two banters.
I highly recommend Kulyok's Xan, the Widescreen Mod, Spell Revisions, Item Revisions, Sword Coast Strategems II, Ascension and Turnabout, and IEP Banters.
Also, Romantic Encounters is amusing.
A few good NPCs that I've played are: Kelsey, Amber, Lehtaniel, (The wraith, not the gay Kensai), Xan (for BG2), and I'm about to try that new druid NPC that recently came out.
I was never a fan of Saerileth or Yasraena either.
That is a good reason enough for me to give it a higher score, and outweighs mod's technical and conceptual drawbacks. Those are present, and are bothersome sometimes - but as I have said in the first place, for a mod it does it's job done.
As for the *almost well written*, few are *perfect*, really.
On the other hand, he does occasionally point out how *stupid* the things are that you do, such as randomly jumping into Watcher's Keep (the ancient prison of an unspeakably powerful evil which may get loose if the guards weren't so crap at their job) while there's a thousand more important things to do, which is pretty funny.
It's refreshing to have an NPC that tells you "You suck, we're all going to die" once in a while. Just not...everywhere.
If Saerileth was an ice cream she would cause birth defects.
I'm not going to play until BG:EE comes out - too much trouble to get it running and installed. I'm really hoping some of the mods will make it into BG:EE over time.