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Things Beamdog gets right.

As a holiday present to Beamdog, and as a gesture of repentance (I've been a bit of a thorn lately), I'd like to start this thread about what Beamdog gets right.

Constructive or negative criticism is off topic and not for this thread. Criticism of other's posts is off topic and not for this thread. It is purely for genuine appreciation of the work Beamdog has done. It isn't meant to be sycophantic, just a place free of nitpicking. So please no posts about this being like that. That's not what this is about at all. It's a gesture from somebody (me) who has been mostly negative as of late, and I need to have some positivity.

So I'll start. Planescape: Torment is one of my favorite RPGs of all time. I'm grateful Beamdog made an enhanced edition for PC because the old version was a bit dated. They didn't change a thing content-wise, just made it a better game for modern PCs, not just compatible. I had this sitting on GoG and just never got around to it. Then the EE came out, and I enjoyed this masterpiece like it was 1999 but with 1080p monitors.

Neverwinter Nights is just not a game I could ever get into--until now. Because Beamdog resurrected the game, Ossian Studios updated Darkness over Daggerford, and I got an old school D&D cRPG with plenty of voice acting, a feature I really appreciated this year with my vision issues. I'm looking forward to playing Tyrants of the Moonsea this next year since it too has lots of voice acting.

Thanks Beamdog for all you do!

Comments

  • ThacoBellThacoBell Member Posts: 12,235
    edited December 2019
    Their writing for Rasaad for is frankly amazing. Best written npc in the series imho.
    This comment refers to the character only, and not his epilogue.
  • megamike15megamike15 Member Posts: 2,666
    ThacoBell wrote: »
    Their writing for Rasaad for is frankly amazing. Best written npc in the series imho.
    This comment refers to the character only, and not his epilogue.
    i always saw the ending mirroring viconia's. rasaad's romance in general has alot of elements from hers
  • ThacoBellThacoBell Member Posts: 12,235
    megamike15 wrote: »
    ThacoBell wrote: »
    Their writing for Rasaad for is frankly amazing. Best written npc in the series imho.
    This comment refers to the character only, and not his epilogue.
    i always saw the ending mirroring viconia's. rasaad's romance in general has alot of elements from hers

    Who is tied for the worst out of all the companions'.
  • kansasbarbariankansasbarbarian Member Posts: 206
    Kits and new areas.
  • ilduderinoilduderino Member Posts: 773
    Corwin, Glint and M’Khin. Their npc work was what I appreciated most. I would have liked them to add a few more good npcs along the way, especially healer types. Apart from Yeslick and without mods the trilogy lacks clerics/druids that I would actually want to travel with, which is odd when they are so many melee and arcane npcs that I like
  • BlackbɨrdBlackbɨrd Member Posts: 293
    I really liked Neera and Dorn, their personalities are great and I think there new quest maps in BG II (Lunia, Wild Mage camp, Red Wizard enclave, resurrection gorge etc) are beautiful.

    Hexxat and Rassad are alright too, and there maps are interesting/cool as well, just not as well done as the previous two in my opinion.
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