I would buy IWD2:EE in a heartbeat, without second thoughts. We have been playing IWD2 lately and the old Infinity Engine causes great problems.
I'm one of those people who prefer 3rd ed over AD&D.
Examples of problems: Dropping an item to a friend in multiplayer? The whole game can freeze for up to 30 seconds. (Same goes for looking into friend's character sheets...) Alt tabbing as host freezes the game for other players. Prone to buggy loading times. Windowed mode cannot be stretched to fullscreen. (widescreen mods do not support alt-tabbing at all in windows 7+)
The game however is great and a wonderful coop experience. But I don't know if I can finish it with all the tissues what I currently have with the old Engine. IWD:EE and BG:EE went through without any problems (save for famous rest crash bug at the launch of BG:EE.)
So far, I have enjoyed the IWD2 story, even though it is quite basic. There have also been good dialogue options and the writing has been more than satisfactory. As a game, I definitely prefer IWD2 over other IE games.
Despite the fact I consider IWD2 the weakest game from all four games, I would LOVE to see IWD2 as Enhanced Edition. Rather then BG1, BG2, IWD1 which I really love by the way. Maybe because I'm huge fan of 3E D&D and I see great potentional there. In new classes (also prestige classes), new races etc. That would definitely increase more feelings of role-playing that I love some much in good old RPGs.
I can imagine myself locking myself in my room and putting in thousands of hours into these games. and as i'm growing old i'm just gonna wait for the expansions and die happy.
i love these games even though i just discovered the game this year and i am hooked. oh and i would the f*** out of it! ( if that's even remotely possible )
I had a chicken salad and a diet soda for lunch today. It was $16 after tipping my server. Dozens of hours of gameplay on my tablet for $10? Sold forever.
I like AD&D 2.5 as much as any fatbeard out there, but 3E is definitely a better system. Games utilizing d20 system mechanics are more forgiving to new players. Which game is easier to learn, KOTOR or BG? I think IWD2:EE is a great idea, and probably a good way to introduce isometric RPGs to kids.
But they should do it after Fallout:EE and PST:EE.
I just started playing IWD 2 (thank you GOG Black Friday sale). I had forgotten how much I like the 3rd Ed rules. I'd have to say if they do make this game and convert it to 2nd Ed, I probably won't buy it.
I'll always have a soft spot for 1st/2nd ed, but they always felt disjointed, like they were written during playtesting. 3rd ed feels like it was designed from the start to be a coherent, consistent rules-set.
Even owning IWD Complete, I would still buy an EE version. I really miss the higher resolution, the zoom, the quickloot and the other enhancements of the Beamdog versions.
Yes, definitively would love that one : never had the opportunity to play it in the days and.. never had since. And from what i heard was kinda the pinacle of the series /interface/rules already.. and beautiful enhanced graphics comparatively to the others already..^
..as long as beamdog team doesn't add bullshts new NPC/char/modified rules, touch nothing or the least possible /CORE RULES.. would be great; the original game, only the original game, only graphically revamped/perfectly rescanned (and new OS) /easy installs /new zoom+- nice too, and the few little gui improvements added recently not too bad either..ok for that^).. and that would be great like that.. especially like that. ^^
But from what i understood, icw2 used some already little different gui/rules mechanisms, not that simple to just put it in the new/old 'enhanced bg1-2-icw1 interface'... i'm afraid that would be a little ahead of the real beamdog skills, to be honest, from what we saw in the recent past.. sigh : already, that they don't mess with some core rules (everything with no bugs..intentional or not..^).. just the original game spirit.. */
I'd appreciate some rule changes for IWD2. The game is really imbalanced in favor of clerics and druids and sorcerers. 3rd edition D&D makes more sense in some ways, but it doesn't work as well in that particular respect.
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I'm one of those people who prefer 3rd ed over AD&D.
Examples of problems:
Dropping an item to a friend in multiplayer? The whole game can freeze for up to 30 seconds. (Same goes for looking into friend's character sheets...)
Alt tabbing as host freezes the game for other players. Prone to buggy loading times.
Windowed mode cannot be stretched to fullscreen. (widescreen mods do not support alt-tabbing at all in windows 7+)
The game however is great and a wonderful coop experience. But I don't know if I can finish it with all the tissues what I currently have with the old Engine. IWD:EE and BG:EE went through without any problems (save for famous rest crash bug at the launch of BG:EE.)
So far, I have enjoyed the IWD2 story, even though it is quite basic. There have also been good dialogue options and the writing has been more than satisfactory. As a game, I definitely prefer IWD2 over other IE games.
i can imagine playing this for years!
i can imagine opening up my laptop on and seeing the following on my library:
Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition 1 & 2 + Siege of Dragonspear
Icewind Dale 1 & 2 Enhanced Edition
Planscape Torment Enhanced Edition
I can imagine myself locking myself in my room and putting in thousands of hours into these games.
and as i'm growing old i'm just gonna wait for the expansions and die happy.
i love these games even though i just discovered the game this year and i am hooked.
oh and i would the f*** out of it! ( if that's even remotely possible )
and yeah please keep adding expansions!
love you guys!
Don't ever make a bet with a tiefling. - Planar proverb.
It's kind of immersion breaking to be adventuring in the frozen north when you have to worry about your laptop overheating.
But they should do it after Fallout:EE and PST:EE.
I'll always have a soft spot for 1st/2nd ed, but they always felt disjointed, like they were written during playtesting. 3rd ed feels like it was designed from the start to be a coherent, consistent rules-set.
..as long as beamdog team doesn't add bullshts new NPC/char/modified rules, touch nothing or the least possible /CORE RULES.. would be great; the original game, only the original game, only graphically revamped/perfectly rescanned (and new OS) /easy installs /new zoom+- nice too, and the few little gui improvements added recently not too bad either..ok for that^).. and that would be great like that.. especially like that. ^^
But from what i understood, icw2 used some already little different gui/rules mechanisms, not that simple to just put it in the new/old 'enhanced bg1-2-icw1 interface'... i'm afraid that would be a little ahead of the real beamdog skills, to be honest, from what we saw in the recent past.. sigh : already, that they don't mess with some core rules (everything with no bugs..intentional or not..^).. just the original game spirit.. */
amen^
Came to a steal at $1.43