And agreeing with the statements is fine. But calling it a detailled explanation of the why, I still disagree with. Besides, I think the detractors are painted as more reactionary here than I feel is… (View Post)

I think the question of whether Baldur's Gate pioneered anything does not relate to what I was trying to say. Let my try again: Dumbing down = over-simplifying systems or removing features that are s… (View Post)

For what it's worth: KOTOR 2, NWN2: MotB are other examples besides PS:T. Also, to a lesser extent Gothic, Ultima and even PoE. (View Post)

The D&D lvl 1 = close to a peasant is false, at least for 2nd edition. Level 1 is fully trained. Back then, higher level characters were really rare. I.e. the standard army consists of Level 0 (!… (View Post)

I don't think this is a fair comparison. First off, I would say compared to IWD the character interactivity is *at least* as good, if not better in BG 2. Sure, IWD has stats, race and class checks. B… (View Post)