couple thoughts on the game
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Been playing for about 10 hours.
So far I'm quite happy: the new UI is great, lots of options graphics-wise (health bars etc, although I switched most off, it's great to have a choice), the new AI is very good.
The storyline is good enough to hold my interest, although not spectacular. The side quests were refreshingly challenging and creative.
(also I met a transgender character and thought "oh, cool" but apparently 99 per cent of people on the Internet are more qualified to give their opinions on the matter than I am)
Now my problems:
- pathfinding in baldurs gate city. Getting around was slow. Invariably someone would end up getting stuck behind a horse. Not just in bg btw, it also happened in a wilderness area.
- a lot of the fights feel a bit samey after a while. Maybe this is a result of putting more encounters in the areas. It made it feel more like iwd and less like a proper Rpg to me.
- after I finished the caves, three merhin map markers were called "currens (?) grave" all of a sudden.
- after two friendly chats, I had the option of (sort of) asking corwin to start a relationship (paraphrasing). This felt weird as there were no signals leading up to it.
- voice overs mispronouncing words. Cata-combs? Also, I've heard (for example) korlasz being pronounced two or three different ways.
- I really need a fighter to put in my party.. and I reaaaally dislike Minsc. Tips?
- EDIT: while I think the writing is, by and large, well done.. some of it does break immersion sometimes due to it being a bit too modern, though I'd say this is mostly based on nostalgia.. I mean, BG came out almost 20 years ago and times (and popular language and slang) have changed and BG was hardly "historically" correct language-wise.
So all in all, good job Beamdog. Just some minor annoyances. Of course this is all subjective... I've really enjoyed it so far.
So far I'm quite happy: the new UI is great, lots of options graphics-wise (health bars etc, although I switched most off, it's great to have a choice), the new AI is very good.
The storyline is good enough to hold my interest, although not spectacular. The side quests were refreshingly challenging and creative.
(also I met a transgender character and thought "oh, cool" but apparently 99 per cent of people on the Internet are more qualified to give their opinions on the matter than I am)
Now my problems:
- pathfinding in baldurs gate city. Getting around was slow. Invariably someone would end up getting stuck behind a horse. Not just in bg btw, it also happened in a wilderness area.
- a lot of the fights feel a bit samey after a while. Maybe this is a result of putting more encounters in the areas. It made it feel more like iwd and less like a proper Rpg to me.
- after I finished the caves, three merhin map markers were called "currens (?) grave" all of a sudden.
- after two friendly chats, I had the option of (sort of) asking corwin to start a relationship (paraphrasing). This felt weird as there were no signals leading up to it.
- voice overs mispronouncing words. Cata-combs? Also, I've heard (for example) korlasz being pronounced two or three different ways.
- I really need a fighter to put in my party.. and I reaaaally dislike Minsc. Tips?
- EDIT: while I think the writing is, by and large, well done.. some of it does break immersion sometimes due to it being a bit too modern, though I'd say this is mostly based on nostalgia.. I mean, BG came out almost 20 years ago and times (and popular language and slang) have changed and BG was hardly "historically" correct language-wise.
So all in all, good job Beamdog. Just some minor annoyances. Of course this is all subjective... I've really enjoyed it so far.
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Thanks for any insight