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by Lizard_King 11/10/2009, 4:25pm PST |
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The mage's tower is packed full of stupid puzzle solving that relies on you giving a shit about the American Baldur's Alice bullshit they want you to do. It was fine for like five minutes (the intro level for mage, for instance), but there's no way that people with that as an origin story should be required to revisit it for the endless Fade shapeshift run. What in the fuck where those constellation looking maps? Where outside of resident evil game did that appear to fit?
The rhyming tree, accompanying hermit, and forest of Fuck You can go hold hands in hell when it comes to level design. I just don't get that whole genre now that other, superior approaches to problem solving have become dominant. Then again, I hated Braid as well so my spectrum of puzzle loathing is pretty broad.
Worm wrote:
I mean I had one moment where the guy gave me a recipe, it wasn't in my quest log, it wasn't in my codex. Haha, it was in Morgain's Alchemy page! Though other than that, it's just Baldur's Gate, but harder, and with better crowd control tools. I think I started playing in the wrong order, and well, it is a fucking RPG. There are a million horrible decisions in every RPG (except the beautiful TES series, counting Fallout 3).
The one thing that keeps getting me more and more pissed as I got on is the backpack system. Apparently you can get a bank-type storage thing from the DLC, I mean if it was Dog Armor I'd buy it, but come on. It really picks up after a bit. The dwarf and elf places are great and most of the moral decisions aren't too gay. I still have a bit of game left, though it's warmed me up.
Fuck that. If you have the pc version, it is trivial to hack your save with the toolset and give yourself 999 storage. And by trivial, I mean essential; I have Warden's Keep but even on a fast pc the loadscreens are intolerable when you are just talking about inventory management. Also, by trivial, I mean the toolset can be a pain in the nuts to install if you have steam version, but should otherwise be no problem.
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This game is pretty good NT by Fortinbras 11/07/2009, 1:56pm PST 
I don't know if you can say that when the encounters are so fundamentally fucked by Worm 11/07/2009, 2:07pm PST
My first choice was a Mage with lots of Primal spells, it makes things easier NT by Fortinbras 11/07/2009, 4:31pm PST
Character/Class impressions by Fortinbras 11/07/2009, 6:59pm PST
You have to get DLC to get storage space in your camp. by Worm 11/08/2009, 7:16am PST
What is up with handing out permanent stat boosts like candy in the Mage Tower? by Fortinbras 11/08/2009, 11:46am PST
So that there's something left once the "novelty" of adventure gaming wears off by Lizard_King 11/08/2009, 6:46pm PST
Review in one sentence: Baldurs Gate fans get the spiritual sequel they want by Fortinbras 11/08/2009, 8:58pm PST
Not so much retro in RPG terms as the fact that it resurrects so many by Lizard_King 11/09/2009, 5:28pm PST
Moments like what? by Worm 11/09/2009, 9:57pm PST
Dogs get warpaint armor :) by bombMexico 11/09/2009, 11:34pm PST
Right now my dog's warpaint just makes his paws white, Socks the dog. :( NT by Worm 11/10/2009, 5:55am PST
if only you had been stalking joh when omm was still up you would know NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 11/10/2009, 4:19am PST
That adventure game article has been linked here like 20 times OG. by Worm 11/10/2009, 5:48am PST
Re: Moments like what? by Lizard_King 11/10/2009, 4:25pm PST
Re: Moments like what? by Worm 11/10/2009, 5:15pm PST
Stuns are officially out of control in the game. by Worm 11/10/2009, 7:42am PST
Also after doing that encounter, I think I understand what LK is refering to. by Worm 11/10/2009, 8:20am PST
RUUUUUUUUUUAGH FUCKING E-MAIL HABITS NT by -JMB 11/10/2009, 8:24am PST
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