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On 16/05/2013 10:49 a.m., Justisaur wrote:
>> Afraid I have nothing to recommend to Justisaur; I'm still working
>> on BG2 (stalled at Watchers Keep) and NWN1 original campaign
>> (actually finding it not too bad, or at least my expectations were
>> low after all these years of people trashing it, but I like it well
>> enough. Guess it appeals to my OCD streak ;D )
>
> I never did finish BG1, of course I was pissed off at the change
> from turned based to 'real time with pause' and found travel so
> annoying I eventually hacked boots of speed for all my party, and it
> still wasn't enough. I hear there's some good mods to modernize it a
> bit though.

Well, the default walking speed in BG2 was made a little bit faster than 
BG1 (although not boots of speed level ;-P ), so I guess you were not 
the only one annoyed. And yes, if you play with either mod of BG Easy 
Tutu or BG Trilogy, you get all the other benefits of BG2 like better UI 
and more character classes/kits.

BG2 areas feel a bit tighter and more combat focused though; there is 
less wandering about exploring the aimless wilderness. Rather a bit more 
closer to IWD series, though not quite that linear.

I would probably rank BG1 as my least favorite of the five IE games, 
just because the others improved upon it so dramatically.

> I know BG2 is supposed to be better than BG1, but couldn't bring
> myself to play it never having finished 1.  Sure I loved the party
> member banter "Stop Touching Me!" and "Go for the Eyes, Boo!"
>
> NWN wasn't that bad, though I found their implementation of magic
> annoying and poor (being a huge PnP D&D player),

Fortunately I'm playing a stealthy Rogue/Assassin type and therefore not 
even bothering with the magic system, aside from casting the odd scroll. 
I do enjoy setting traps and ambushing the enemies... The only thing 
that annoys me is the damned amount of undead and other creatures that 
are *immune* to my sneak attacks - why so many(!?)

> Also thinking about revisiting some older games, FO2, Bloodlines

Speaking of not playing games out of order, I kind of feel I should play 
VTM: Redemption before I get to Bloodlines, but it does look a bit 
different style of game. (Anyone out there think it worth playing?)

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