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Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
September 19 2010 17:31 GMT
#41
BG2 is one of the best rpgs ever made seriously! I've played over it countless times :D The first time i trully completed it(only a couple of years ago) it took me around ~90 hours with the expansion.
Exploring the whole word, reading every book, spell, item description...so much fun.

The companions are super fun too ;3 I especially liked Jan his constant annoying stories made my other party members angry and me laughing.

As others have pointed, playing a melee class would be the easiest choice, but you should pick the class that suits you best, some fights can be really tough but dont give up!
Have fun with the best infinity game ever ^_^
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
September 19 2010 17:45 GMT
#42
Watch out for traps
TRUEESPORTS || your days as a respected member of team liquid are over
TheAngelofDeath
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2033 Posts
September 19 2010 17:49 GMT
#43
Best RPG ever. You won't be dissapointed.
"Infestors are the suck" - LzGamer
TheYango
Profile Joined September 2008
United States47024 Posts
September 19 2010 17:54 GMT
#44
On September 19 2010 23:43 Cloud wrote:
Minsc, Viconia and Edwin are the best henchmen, there was also a paladin but I forgot his name.

Personally, my favorite experience was taking a completely alignment-confused party, plus Jan Jansen to piss people off and stir the pot. The banters were hilarious.
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emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
September 19 2010 18:14 GMT
#45
This won't make sense now, but when the Drow woman asks you to say the night, do it

Ahh, so many memories...
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dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 18:17:55
September 19 2010 18:14 GMT
#46
BG2 is fucking amazing! You will not regret this!

Unless you are a graphic loving FPS maniac who believes Crysis is one of the greatest games ever made, I see no reason why you won't like it.

And yes, I did play through Crysis on the highest setting. Warhead was awesome though.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 21:21:52
September 19 2010 21:18 GMT
#47
On September 19 2010 10:45 MrBitter wrote:
And I'm about to start my first ever play-through. I thought I had played this game on Xbox, but the BG console games were, apparently, different from the PC ones.

I'm super stoked to play this game.

Anyone have any pointers or insights for me before I start?

MOD MOD MOD, it will make the experience much better and solve a lot of bugs. Also don't skip BG1 plz ( you can play BG1 with BG2 engine ! )
If you are not a computer illiterate it shouldn't be too hard to mod the game ( ~ 1 hour of instal )

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On July 07 2010 20:17 Boblion wrote:
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On July 07 2010 13:44 sinK wrote:
On July 07 2010 06:55 Boblion wrote:
Just started a new game.

With a couple of mods it looks great :p
[image loading]


Full HD yO


weeee! i MUST have these "couple of mods". links please!

my eyes were "bleeding" when trying to play the original game, the visuals are just too dated. with these mods i can finally enjoy the masterpiece, it seems. thanks in advance.


Quoting/editing a recent PM to a friend :p
In bold -> important mods/patches.


DONT INSTALL SCS I & II if it is your first game because it becomes way more difficult.
Ascension makes things more difficult too but it is only for the very end of the game.

You can skip Oversight and aTweaks they are really not important. Same for Bigger fonts if you don't use a huge resolution or if you have good eyes ( i don't have it in my screenshot :p )
Install+modding will probably take you less than one hour if you are not a computer illiterate.

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i follow a really cool topic about Baldur on another forum where the OP is trying some mods and give advices about which Mods are needed / good / interesting etc...

Btw since instal is always a mess, the guy use this order:

FULL INSTALL and follow this order remember

- Baldur's Gate
- Baldur's Gate : Tales Of The Sword Coast
- Baldur's Gate II : Shadows Of Amn
- Baldur's Gate II : Throne Of Bhaal
Patch Baldur's Gate Tales Of The Sword Coast

http://www.bioware.com/games/tales_sword_coast/support/patches/

Patch Baldur's Gate II : Thone Of Bhaal

http://www.bioware.com/games/throne_bhaal/support/patches/

- mod Ascension ( story / difficulty )

http://weidu.org/asc.html

- mod BG2 Fixpack

http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2fixpack/

- mod Baldur's Gate Trilogy

http://www.spellholdstudios.net/ie/bgt

- mod Baldur's Gate Trilogy Tweaks

http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=67

- mod Unfinished Business [BG1]

http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=161&Itemid=114

- mod Unfinished Business [BG2]

http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=101&Itemid=80
- mod Oversight
http://www.gibberlings3.net/oversight/index.php
- mod aTweaks
http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=709

- mod One Pixel Productions ( BG1 style inventory + some gfx fix )

http://www.spellholdstudios.net/ie/1pp
- mod Sword Coast Stratagems I ( difficulty )
http://www.gibberlings3.net/scs/
- mod Sword Coast Stratagems II ( difficulty )
http://www.gibberlings3.net/scsii/

- mod Widescreen mod

http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/
- Bigger Fonts ( bigger text )
http://www.shsforums.net/index.php?showtopic=38626


I don't know enough about the NPC / Romance Mods to give you many advices. I have heard some are great ( Valen / Solaufein ) but completly imba or broken.
I have heard also about the "Rogue rebalancing" mod but dunno if it is good or imba.
I'm sorry if my advices are a bit lacking, but i think you will have a solid "core" with those.

Anyway i think you should check the classic sites:
http://www.spellholdstudios.net/
http://www.gibberlings3.net/
http://www.pocketplane.net/mambo/

and maybe take a look to a forum like that and ask them the same question.
http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/baldurs-gate-ii-shadows-of-amn-9/






"Lighter" version
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On July 08 2010 00:26 Boblion wrote:
MMmm "light version" would be ( in this order )

Full install ->
- Baldur's Gate
- Baldur's Gate : Tales Of The Sword Coast
- Baldur's Gate II : Shadows Of Amn
- Baldur's Gate II : Throne Of Bhaal
Patch Baldur's Gate Tales Of The Sword Coast
http://www.bioware.com/games/tales_sword_coast/support/patches/
Patch Baldur's Gate II : Thone Of Bhaal
http://www.bioware.com/games/throne_bhaal/support/patches/

- mod BG2 Fixpack
http://www.gibberlings3.net/bg2fixpack/

- mod Baldur's Gate Trilogy
http://www.spellholdstudios.net/ie/bgt

- Widescreen mod
http://www.gibberlings3.net/widescreen/




fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Aquafresh
Profile Joined May 2007
United States824 Posts
September 19 2010 21:59 GMT
#48
If you are going to install SCS I reccomend going through and carefully picking through the options. Some of them make the game a lot more tedious in addition to increasing the difficulty. It's been awhile since I have played BGII, but I think all the AI improvements are worth it, but some of the encounter improvements are annoying, demons get REALLY tedious to fight with some of their improvement components installed.

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In particular SCS 1 completely breaks the bandit camp and chessboard encounters in my opinion.
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-19 22:07:37
September 19 2010 22:07 GMT
#49
On September 20 2010 06:59 Aquafresh wrote:
If you are going to install SCS I reccomend going through and carefully picking through the options. Some of them make the game a lot more tedious in addition to increasing the difficulty. It's been awhile since I have played BGII, but I think all the AI improvements are worth it, but some of the encounter improvements are annoying, demons get REALLY tedious to fight with some of their improvement components installed.

+ Show Spoiler +
In particular SCS 1 completely breaks the bandit camp and chessboard encounters in my opinion.

SCS 1 breaks all the mages. /hurt T-T
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
lebowskiguy
Profile Joined August 2005
Greece201 Posts
September 19 2010 22:57 GMT
#50
when you finish it play planescape torment,it is amazing as well
Smokie my friend, you are entering a world of pain.
ccou
Profile Joined December 2008
United States681 Posts
September 19 2010 23:01 GMT
#51
Wake up Mr. B!
Fraidnot
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States824 Posts
September 19 2010 23:17 GMT
#52
Ok, this is going to be a long one

1 Don't make a character that has 3 int, it will burn you.
2 You get good exp for picking locks and disarming traps
3 Druids level up very very very slowly
4 The best weapons are swords
5 Two weapon wielding > two handed weapons > sword and shield > bows > slings
6 Inquisitor is the best Paladin Kit.
7 Blade is the only good bard kit (and even then you need to know how to abuse)
8 If you reload enough you can kill anything (almost) with a kill spell or skill


Facts! not opinions!
Chronopolis
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1484 Posts
September 19 2010 23:29 GMT
#53
O.o Baldurs gate 2! I'm totally looking forward to playing a pc dnd based game that doesn't suck (icewinddale -_______________________________-)
Aquafresh
Profile Joined May 2007
United States824 Posts
September 19 2010 23:29 GMT
#54
On September 20 2010 08:17 Fraidnot wrote:
5 Two weapon wielding > two handed weapons > sword and shield > bows > slings

I'll add to this. Make sure you get a +1 attacks per round sword and keep it in your offhand if you intend to dual wield. I believe you get at least two throughout the entire game, one of them coming from a long and fairly well hidden sub-quest, but if you can find it, keep it, as it is the best off-hand weapon in the game. I think the other is only usable by monks and and very high level thieves so it's a bit more limited in utility.

7 Blade is the only good bard kit (and even then you need to know how to abuse)

Blades are so much fun. If you pick the right spells and use their defensive spin they become pretty much invulnerable in melee combat.
EAGER-beaver
Profile Joined March 2004
Canada2799 Posts
September 20 2010 00:17 GMT
#55
God this game is so good, it's like a good book you want to read again and again. I think I'll give it a good play through again.
Simon and Garfunkel rock my face off
orgolove
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Vatican City State1650 Posts
September 20 2010 00:41 GMT
#56
On September 19 2010 19:39 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
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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.

Hey hey. I played both and dragon age is not that bad.
초대 갓, 이영호 | First God, Lee Young Ho
Fraidnot
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States824 Posts
September 20 2010 01:03 GMT
#57
On September 20 2010 09:41 orgolove wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 19 2010 19:39 BeMannerDuPenner wrote:
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.

Hey hey. I played both and dragon age is not that bad.

Heresy!
Caphe
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Vietnam10817 Posts
September 20 2010 01:22 GMT
#58
Thank you guys for your encouragement. I consider myself a very experience gamers. I play almost every genre of games. Rts,rpg,jprg,fps..etc..
I've also played Neverwinter Night, Dragon Age...so I think I can dive into BGII quite natually.
But now,after reading this thread, I fear that I lost the right of brag about my gaming experience since I never play BGII.
Luckily, I got a two weeks of holiday coming, though I have to share my time between SC2,Civ 5 and BGII, but Im definately give this a go today.
Thanks the OP to bring this up so I may have a great advanture
Terran
dukethegold
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada5645 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-20 01:29:08
September 20 2010 01:27 GMT
#59
The most powerful class you can make is a Kensai/Mage Dual class with dual wielding. Start as a Kensai, switch class to mage at level 9. You can actually solo BG II with that class.

If you are not a paladin, take Keldron the Inquisitor with you. You will bump into him eventually. There is a sweet 2h sword in the game that only a paladin can use. Hint: Do you like dragon? I like dragon.

Don't play as a woman, play as a guy. The romance options for male in this game are amongst the best ever written, way way better than Dragon Age.
Fraidnot
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States824 Posts
September 20 2010 01:42 GMT
#60
I forget, is it possible to solo the game as a trap thief? I know you can kill most stuff if you just take forever to set up traps but I can't remember if it was actually possible to do it for everything.
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