Yes a big part of what I like about the Baldur's Gate games is the role of the items in the game; they're well placed and can play a key role in many strategies and because there's a (generous) limit… (View Post)

Doom and Quake and Thief look charming, Neverwinter Nights has always looked awful to me. (View Post)

Well, whilst I would say yes, the Original Sin games are CRPGs, I would say they have very little in common with Baldur's Gate, really about as far away as you could get within the same genre. There'… (View Post)

I think Shadowrun handled all this the best; combat didn't give you rewards really, but based on the general concept of the game, you can only avoid combat for so long; indeed, it's possible in a lot… (View Post)

He's not wrong. I mean from a prospective tabletop player point of view it doesn't matter a huge amount to me because I just see it as a set of mechanics that make up a game of freeform storytelling,… (View Post)