I would say that Planescape: Torment did an even better job at melding character and story development with play freedom and role playing. It came out before BG2, but as you pointed out, BG2 was the … (View Post)

I don't consider Diablo 2 a RPG, but I actually disagree with you in there being less character customization in D2. If you're willing to stray from the cookie cutter builds, D2 has an insane amount … (View Post)

Pretty much. Not giving a mage a ranged weapon just requires too much unnecessary micromanagement. (View Post)

Even though I believe it is a better game (in terms of writing and story it isn't even close) and left a far bigger impression on me when I first played it, I simply don't find myself going back to P… (View Post)

Something just seems missing in the low levels without goblins. Also, giants. There is a noticeable absence of giants until ToB except for that one ettin in SoA. Unless they just don't exist in the S… (View Post)