KickStarter Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

exactly, and the combat log is detailed and amazing. The combat looks so much better than in PoE, plus its not based on some intellectuals overly autistic ideas. I have not played it yet of course, but I obviously have high hopes.

 

actually that is better. This game (like most CRPG) will or will not be good based almost entirely on its combat and character progression mechanics. Him being a writer means hopefully he won't be able to pollute the mechanical elements of the game. This is the same group who made silent storm and some other good tactical combat games, so I remain hopeful..

 

you skipped a step.

1. take a regular D&D style character
1a. make him/her gay
2. add one secret backstory (plus point if it is a dark past)
3. unlock that backstory to the player through the game
4. GOTY all years!

 

You realize that review is about BG 1? And it more or less correct.

 

Uh have you seen their Deus Ex review? They literally complain the game has no quest compass and the level design is too complex.

 

Disgusting!

 

Maybe it's time to take a hard look on rpgcodex favourite oldscool games?

 

I can agree that the non modded version does have clunky gameplay. I don't agree with the rest.

 

Fuck writing, it is all about good combat. At least for me.

 

So far combat clarity is somewhat better than in PoE. Partly due to slower movement and attacks, partly due to familiar system so most people who know d20 can read combat more easily (like in one of the streams, where streamer realised that he got high crit onto character because enemy was armed with battle axe and those have high crit range).

Now if only it also had art on level of PoE.

Seems like we always get only one of two or more good things in RPGs. Some devs do animations and pacing right, others graphics, and they can never forge an alliance of the betters.

 

So you will deny that BG2>BG1 and both had a share quite boring/bad characters? And that D&D 3 or 3.5 > D&D 2?
"Open world" done better in Morrowind, combat/rule-set in TOEE, dialog plot and characters in Torment. Even keep management was done better in NWN2
So yeah if Pathfinder manages to make combat/ruleset adaptation good then it's just nostalgia that stands in a way to proclaiming it better that bg1.

 

Who, me? I will deny that 2nd Ed. is horribly archaic and that Gold Box isn't playable. Anyone who calls that franchise a "mathfest" clearly doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

That dev seems to favour adventure games over RPGs, judging from their steam reviews anyway.

I just hope they don't have anything to do with the game design outside of writing.

 

A writer who doesn't understand what is good about BG1's companions in terms of writing should be a) hanged and b) not write any more. Xir misses the point so hard about basically anything in that game, I'm not exactly sure xem should be in the video game industry in any capacity. From what I'm reading, I can without any doubt extrapolate the writing will be shit in this game, on the level of PoE2.

 

What writing, BG1's companions barely featured any writing at all and... oh... it's Lacrymas. Makes sense. Ok, carry on

 

I see that the retard is polluting this thread also with his PoE shilling and hate for IE games. No wonder PoE ended up such a cesspit with devs like him. I am tired of all the edgy dipshit teens trying to shit on good games like BG. How about we go back to the pathfinder game?

 

Yeah, I'm not sure what you see in them either Lacrymas. I appreciated that most of them were fairly anonymous and non emo, but that's pretty much it.

 

It didn't need writing when it had Minsc screaming louder than anyone during every combat

 

It's a shining example of adding character to the companions with minimal tools. An ability that is severely lacking recently. It also shows restraint and understanding of what is important in the game you are making. BG1 benefited tremendously from this.

 

Right, I agree. Video game writers NEED to know their medium.

 

Why is it that only filthy stinking newbies make vids about new/old RPGs, and only experts blog about them?

 

Where's that Golden Age takedown, Lilura?

 

Like I said in the thread of lies, deceit and decline, you won't understand such grognard rants.

 

videos is by definition a format for nuGamers, the ones with attention span too low to read or experience the medium on their own. Even quest compass and awesome button is too hard for them to operate on their own.
instead of playing/watching/reading they consume half-digested sludge fed to them by so called "content-creators" in form of lore-series, hype-mongering, uneducated opininos and etc.

 

That's too bad, I'm sure someone more gifted than myself would've appreciated your insight.