EPTI'm super stoked to play this game.
Anyone have any pointers or insights for me before I start?
So I just installed Baldur's Gate II
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MrBitter
United States2940 Posts
I'm super stoked to play this game. Anyone have any pointers or insights for me before I start? | ||
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THE_DOMINATOR
United States309 Posts
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kuresuti
1393 Posts
All I can say is that you are embarking on an amazing journey. Don't get discouraged if you hit a wall or whatever, it's definitely worth it. Oh, try not to think up a too complicated character for your first playthrough. | ||
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genwar
Canada537 Posts
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Semirhage
44 Posts
Just make any character class except mage and just start playing. Accept everyone in your party at the beginning and try to have at least one of each core class (mage fighter thief cleric/druid) Once you feel more comfortable with the game, after 10-20 hours or so, if you feel like you did a lot of bad character development choices, just start over. You can spend like 60 hours on a single playthrough so 10 hours isn't much anyway. And yeah explore everything. | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
I hope it's to your taste, it's a really good game. | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
Also, pause often and become familiar with spell protections and what bring them down. | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
Like the others, I recommend playing a melee class first time through. Paladins or fighters are safest but don't give you a lot of options come late game. A tanky cleric or monk are trickier but scale better. Another trick, btw, if you want to skip on character dialogues and quests, is to play a multiplayer game, and just have 6 of your own custom characters as the party. Gives a lot more replayability gameplay wise | ||
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Misanthrope
United States924 Posts
On September 19 2010 11:10 Mindcrime wrote: Install the most recent patch, then get the fixpack (http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2fixpack/) and install the core fixes. Then play the game. Also, pause often and become familiar with spell protections and what bring them down. ^^^This. You can find walkthroughs, class/party creation guides, portraits, modding tools, and even new campaigns at http://www.sorcerers.net. There is also a helpful, tight nit group of experienced forum members that have literally thousands of hours in BG2 as well as other Infinity Engine games. BG2 is a brilliant work of art, enjoy. | ||
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Aquafresh
United States824 Posts
Some battles are just not winnable with lower level parties unless you are very experienced as a player. You will find yourself getting absolutely destroyed by certain enemies and enemy parties, particularly spellcasters early on. The whole game is soloable however, and it is a popular and fun challenge provided you know exactly which insanely overpowered items and abilities to abuse. Combat is very strategic and a whole lot of fun when you get the hang of pausing and giving orders. Pretty much any build is viable for your main character, but I find I have the most fun playing as a mage. Mages eventually become unstoppable juggernauts in this game, so if you like your hard work protecting your squishy 4 HP character early on to pay off by gaining near omnipotence late in the game you probably want to use a sorcerer or some sort of specialist mage. Pay attention to the dialog and try to talk to all the various characters in town and pick up on the side-quests. Theres a whole wealth of information you would otherwise never find that is hidden in little sub-plots, maybe not to the extent of BGI , as BGII is more linear, but there is still a lot. Don't worry about optimizing your party, the vanilla game is very beatable with basically any combination of NPCs and main if your combat strategy is solid, so pick the characters you like, as their personal quests can be very rewarding story wise. Also you should install the expansion as well. It raises the experience cap and makes transitioning from the end of BGII to the beginning of the expansion much more seamless. Enjoy one of the greatest games of all time. | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
Generally, you want at least one cleric or other healer, a thief for disabling traps/scouting/initiating, a couple casters and two tanks. In the early game you stack buffs on the tanks and have them +forward into the enemy team while your casters pick up kills on squishy enemies with damage spells. As casters become stronger and stronger with levels enemies start doing much the same so it becomes a debuff war where you try to take down the defenses of enemy mages as fast as possible without losing your casters. Even with pausing it gets pretty frantic. | ||
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junemermaid
United States981 Posts
On September 19 2010 11:46 Aquafresh wrote: Breach. You need the spell Breach. All good things begin and end with Breach. Some battles are just not winnable with lower level parties unless you are very experienced as a player. You will find yourself getting absolutely destroyed by certain enemies and enemy parties, particularly spellcasters early on. The whole game is soloable however, and it is a popular and fun challenge provided you know exactly which insanely overpowered items and abilities to abuse. Combat is very strategic and a whole lot of fun when you get the hang of pausing and giving orders. Pretty much any build is viable for your main character, but I find I have the most fun playing as a mage. Mages eventually become unstoppable juggernauts in this game, so if you like your hard work protecting your squishy 4 HP character early on to pay off by gaining near omnipotence late in the game you probably want to use a sorcerer or some sort of specialist mage. Pay attention to the dialog and try to talk to all the various characters in town and pick up on the side-quests. Theres a whole wealth of information you would otherwise never find that is hidden in little sub-plots, maybe not to the extent of BGI , as BGII is more linear, but there is still a lot. Don't worry about optimizing your party, the vanilla game is very beatable with basically any combination of NPCs and main if your combat strategy is solid, so pick the characters you like, as their personal quests can be very rewarding story wise. Also you should install the expansion as well. It raises the experience cap and makes transitioning from the end of BGII to the beginning of the expansion much more seamless. Enjoy one of the greatest games of all time. God... I cannot stress this post enough. You need to breach everything towards the end of the game. Also, spell mantles are your friend. As are Sequencers. Pretty upset they took out sequencers in the latest iterations of d&d rules. Also, make sure your warriors are carrying some kind of bludgeoning weapon in their inventory. I've had so many instances where I'm fighting a goddamn golem and I had to backtrack to find a stupid mace or hammer. Just save yourself a bunch of time and keep a hammer & mace stashed in your inventory. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
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Chancho
United States50 Posts
This was a great game. There's so many characters, both possible party members and other NPCs you just run in to, keeps, dragons, places.... The game is old now, but when it was originally released there was a collector's edition which came with a special shop - better double check that you didn't forget that. Have fun! | ||
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Alak
Sweden380 Posts
As everyone has said, explore a lot. There are tons of sidequests, great and small, to pick up. There are also encounters here and there that have equipment that will make your life MUCH easier later on in the game, especially a certain cloak... | ||
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bakedace
United States672 Posts
Dragon Age did a great job living up to the baulders gate 2 legacy, but not quite as good. | ||
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xti.aden
Germany65 Posts
especially the widescreen mod makes it even more enjoyable. playing BG II with high resolution just looks awesome. you can find it on the bottom of this page: http://www.gibberlings3.net/downloads/#widescreen hope you enjoy it. | ||
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NIIINO
Slovakia1320 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17743 Posts
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On September 19 2010 19:35 Manit0u wrote: You could also look into BG trilogy mod, which lets you play through BG1, 2 and SoA as a single story, all on BG II engine. whut that sounds awesome. have fun with the game. its imho one of the best games ever made . stuff like dragon age is utter crap compared to BG II. | ||
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