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Initial Impressions of the Game (Probably the 50th thread on this, but wanted to share anyways)

gfm50gfm50 Member Posts: 124
Good news: Single player is terrific. Great job Overhaul! Most fun I've had in a single player RPG game for years. Sure there are some bugs here and there, but whatever, far less than with GOG BG with mods. The three new NPCs and new content are amazing btw. Dorn is easily my new favorite NPC in the entire BG series.

Now the bad news: multiplayer is a complete mess. I realize it was released as a beta feature, but my friends and I are craving so bad to play BG:EE multiplayer and it is totally unstable and FUBAR with more than 2 people playing at once - which makes us very sad since the single player is SO GOOD and we so badly want to experience that as a group in multiplayer. Add a 3rd or 4th person playing and multiplayer literally starts being governed by something akin to quantum physics lol: players exist and don't exist at the same time, etc. If you have tried muliplayer with 3 or more people extensively, then you are also aware of the hilarious "double tap" trick to even see people in the launching screen for the game (the 3rd and 4th players need to join the multiplayer game twice to even be seen in the game). If anyone knows, what is the timeline for a more stable multiplayer patch? I am waiting in eager anticipation! =]

Feedback? Think I am being unfair or too fanbois about anything here?

ajwz

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  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    No i pretty much agree.
    The good news is that trent said the multiplayer had been pushed back to post release but will be the fisrt thing they work on, so we should be looking at a much better version pretty soon.
    gfm50Quartz
  • gfm50gfm50 Member Posts: 124
    ajwz said:

    No i pretty much agree.
    The good news is that trent said the multiplayer had been pushed back to post release but will be the fisrt thing they work on, so we should be looking at a much better version pretty soon.

    oooo! Have a link possibly? Good to know!
  • DeeDee Member Posts: 10,447
    I believe it was posted on his twitter feed. Believe it or not, this is actually a great place to get updates (or even drunkenly leaked information, occasionally). His twitter account is @TrentOster.
    Quartz
  • ajwzajwz Member Posts: 4,122
    Mail overhaul beer. Obtain knowledge.
  • gfm50gfm50 Member Posts: 124
    Aosaw said:

    I believe it was posted on his twitter feed. Believe it or not, this is actually a great place to get updates (or even drunkenly leaked information, occasionally). His twitter account is @TrentOster.

    Thanks.

    I've been following his twitter pretty consistently. I must have had bad reading comprehension and just missed the MP comment from Trent. He has great info on there, ya.
  • gfm50gfm50 Member Posts: 124
    ajwz said:

    Mail overhaul beer. Obtain knowledge.

    haha
  • BytebrainBytebrain Member Posts: 602
    gfm50 said:

    Aosaw said:

    I believe it was posted on his twitter feed. Believe it or not, this is actually a great place to get updates (or even drunkenly leaked information, occasionally). His twitter account is @TrentOster.

    Thanks.

    I've been following his twitter pretty consistently. I must have had bad reading comprehension and just missed the MP comment from Trent. He has great info on there, ya.
    It's been mentioned several times in interviews with Trent Oster.
    Also in a podcast on TouchArcade.com (which is quite good).

    There's a buried thread here somewhere in the "general" section with a collection of interviews.
    You could try to find it, but the search function is abysmal on the site.
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