EPTMakes me wonder what I missed out on with the older games like baldurs gate, is it as good as people say or is it mainly "nostalgia" speaking.
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Reaps
United Kingdom1280 Posts
Makes me wonder what I missed out on with the older games like baldurs gate, is it as good as people say or is it mainly "nostalgia" speaking. | ||
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
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Immersion_
United Kingdom794 Posts
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
On April 09 2015 06:35 Reaps wrote: Just bought pillars, took me a while to get used to the mechanics as the only other rpg I played like this was the oringal Dragon age, so im like 5-6 hours in and still only at and around the glided vale part, but I got to say I love the game so far. Makes me wonder what I missed out on with the older games like baldurs gate, is it as good as people say or is it mainly "nostalgia" speaking. I will just answer with this: I return to Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale (and Fallout 1 & 2) almost every year. There's a reason people still talk about those and play after so many years. Check them out when you're done with Pillars, you won't regret it. | ||
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mierin
United States4943 Posts
On April 09 2015 06:35 Reaps wrote: Just bought pillars, took me a while to get used to the mechanics as the only other rpg I played like this was the oringal Dragon age, so im like 5-6 hours in and still only at and around the glided vale part, but I got to say I love the game so far. Makes me wonder what I missed out on with the older games like baldurs gate, is it as good as people say or is it mainly "nostalgia" speaking. Honestly, you need to play BG2 to really be able to appreciate it. The characters, the story, the fighting system, the ridiculously overpowered monks and wizards...it's really amazing. I wish I could erase my memory and play it for the first time all over again. | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
Loved every hours of it. My only complaint would be in fight designs and a lack of "boss fights". I played the game on hard. It was excellent during the first act but then became somewhat too easy with too many: tank, control, aoe fights. For example I loved the final fight, very long very enjoyable (beat it first try though but I had a lot of training after Adra Dragon haha). But if I take the bounties for example... meh. A sequel would benefit a lot from tougher but less numerous enemies. I was also a bit sad to not see more boss fights. Liked the story a lot, found it original and with a good pace always driving me forward to know more. Can't really understand the critics there as far as video games are concerned. It's not PST but it's definitely on the level of BG1. Definitely the kind of game you don't want to reach the end. Now I need a sequel. | ||
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Eliezar
United States481 Posts
On April 09 2015 13:02 mierin wrote: Honestly, you need to play BG2 to really be able to appreciate it. The characters, the story, the fighting system, the ridiculously overpowered monks and wizards...it's really amazing. I wish I could erase my memory and play it for the first time all over again. Yeah overall BG2 is probably my favorite RPG of all time and best group based RPG for sure. I think there are some ways that single player or player with follower RPGs improved over it, but BG2 was tremendous for its time and was worth revisiting. I think the only other group based RPG I get into that much was possibly Phantasie III which was pretty cool for its time if you had a C64.  | ||
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lprk
Poland2249 Posts
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OsaX Nymloth
Poland3244 Posts
On April 09 2015 14:59 lprk wrote: 1.04 patch notes Oh cool, I will finally get my stronghold achievement ;p not sure why I still can't get Explorer one. Not that this matter much. Got into the final fight. + Show Spoiler + Loved the amount of text and the atmosphere leading to Thaos. I was looking at the place, checking every damn corner in stealth mode and the "souls" cleaning the dark was quite cool view. Until of out said darkness came a drake. But well, the fights were easy, so nothing prepared me for how hard the final will actually be. I gey my ass handed to me after 10 minutes. Thaos got "bursted" fast and then did what I was afraid of: went into one of these golems and started kicking everybody in the face. 3 guys insta dead, including my mage and Endurance, so the rest of the fight was hopeless. Didn't try again yet, but today will be the day! | ||
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Nezgar
Germany534 Posts
On April 09 2015 17:46 OsaX Nymloth wrote: Got into the final fight. + Show Spoiler + Loved the amount of text and the atmosphere leading to Thaos. I was looking at the place, checking every damn corner in stealth mode and the "souls" cleaning the dark was quite cool view. Until of out said darkness came a drake. But well, the fights were easy, so nothing prepared me for how hard the final will actually be. I gey my ass handed to me after 10 minutes. Thaos got "bursted" fast and then did what I was afraid of: went into one of these golems and started kicking everybody in the face. 3 guys insta dead, including my mage and Endurance, so the rest of the fight was hopeless. Didn't try again yet, but today will be the day! + Show Spoiler [Hints for the final bossfight] + You can circumvent the main mechanic by just killing the 2 statues first and then Thaos last. I usually offtank him with a Chanter while my maintank(s) take care of the statues. Spread out your dudes and DPS the statue with less defense. Prepare some Eldritch Potions for when the defenses are too high as Thaos will buff their defense from time to time. I had much more trouble with the Adra Dragon than Thaos. At least until I figured out that the Dragon has no ranged attack and is too fat/slow to be able to catch up to ranged DPS characters... | ||
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On April 09 2015 17:46 OsaX Nymloth wrote: Oh cool, I will finally get my stronghold achievement ;p not sure why I still can't get Explorer one. Not that this matter much. Got into the final fight. + Show Spoiler + Loved the amount of text and the atmosphere leading to Thaos. I was looking at the place, checking every damn corner in stealth mode and the "souls" cleaning the dark was quite cool view. Until of out said darkness came a drake. But well, the fights were easy, so nothing prepared me for how hard the final will actually be. I gey my ass handed to me after 10 minutes. Thaos got "bursted" fast and then did what I was afraid of: went into one of these golems and started kicking everybody in the face. 3 guys insta dead, including my mage and Endurance, so the rest of the fight was hopeless. Didn't try again yet, but today will be the day! + Show Spoiler + Statues are big but they also can be knocked down. Use Eder forward sweep and knockout, he should have still all 5 of those spells, to physically control the statutes as you kill Thanos first (my logic is he is the only spell caster and the longer he is alive the longer he buffs things), then focus them down one at a time. Also remember that combat Ai is retarded so keep launching your summoned creatures to get the wrong agro. You should have had by the final fight at least 2 summoning thingies. Or at least the chanter summon things. | ||
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Reaps
United Kingdom1280 Posts
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lprk
Poland2249 Posts
On April 12 2015 03:55 Reaps wrote: Why do I see some people being able to finish the entire game solo, do mobs get scaled down depending how many people you have in group? nope, it's more about abusing stupid ai, stealth, kiting with summons, also traps do lots of damage so proper placing before combat can easily eliminate tough enemies. | ||
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
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rezoacken
Canada2719 Posts
On April 12 2015 03:55 Reaps wrote: Why do I see some people being able to finish the entire game solo, do mobs get scaled down depending how many people you have in group? No, it's very similar to baldur's gate in that regard. Abusing mechanics and loopholes. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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Hyperbola
United States2540 Posts
1. Why the hell were wodecia and wael giving me the silent treatment? All other gods spoke to me but those two didn't even give me the time of day. 2. How is the Arda dragon even possible? I get one-shotted within the first 3 seconds of the fight. I wound up just doing the stupid quest but I kept a save to give it another spin when I'm bored. 3. How long do I have to travel around with the grieving mother to progress her story? I never used her at all but now I want to go back and do her quest. Apparently she's one of those women who make you wait for months before anything happens. I got no patience for those. 4. How the fuck do I deal with ghosts? I've beaten the game and I still haven't found a reliable way to hurt them. Nothing hits them ever. The only thing I can do is use magic and that shit runs out really quickly. | ||
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daemir
Finland8662 Posts
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21774 Posts
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