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[Zed]

Can't click the titles to go to product info pages. THAT JUST LOST YOU A POTENTIAL $0.01 SALE GOG.

Oh. They fixed it now
Still, I'm only really interested in Stonekeep. Mostly just to try it out properly.
I guess I'm a little interested in giving Lionheart another try as well. Last time I played it was the demo back when... whenever it was released.

 

[Modron]

I guess I'm a little interested in giving Lionheart another try as well. Last time I played it was the demo back when... whenever it was released.

Just don't, as everyone's already said the game falls apart after Barcelona as Reflexive got screwed worse by interplay than Obsidian did by LucasArts over KotOR 2. The filthy frenchman said finish the game now with no money so the second half of the game was mostly linear combat sequences that were impossible to beat for some builds. Even worse, Reflexive wanted the game to be turn based in the first place but Iplay knew better...

 

[FeelTheRads]

I guess I'm a little interested in giving Lionheart another try as well. Last time I played it was the demo back when... whenever it was released.

Just don't, as everyone's already said the game falls apart after Barcelona as Reflexive got screwed worse by interplay than Obsidian did by LucasArts over KotOR 2. The filthy frenchman said finish the game now with no money so the second half of the game was mostly linear combat sequences that were impossible to beat for some builds. Even worse, Reflexive wanted the game to be turn based in the first place but Iplay knew better...

Interesting. Didn't know these things. Any source?

Zed, yeah, be careful. Just don't go with diplomatic builds. There are later some bosses (I think even the final one?) that can be talked out of fighting, but you need to put so much in speech that you won't have enough fighting skills to actually get to them. And be sure to have some archery or whatever the skills for ranged attacks. There are some fucking annoying areas where I pretty much had to run through and barely made it because I couldn't engage the enemies in melee.

 

[Modron]

I guess I'm a little interested in giving Lionheart another try as well. Last time I played it was the demo back when... whenever it was released.

Just don't, as everyone's already said the game falls apart after Barcelona as Reflexive got screwed worse by interplay than Obsidian did by LucasArts over KotOR 2. The filthy frenchman said finish the game now with no money so the second half of the game was mostly linear combat sequences that were impossible to beat for some builds. Even worse, Reflexive wanted the game to be turn based in the first place but Iplay knew better...

Interesting. Didn't know these things. Any source?

Zed, yeah, be careful. Just don't go with diplomatic builds. There are later some bosses (I think even the final one?) that can be talked out of fighting, but you need to put so much in speech that you won't have enough fighting skills to actually get to them. And be sure to have some archery or whatever the skills for ranged attacks. There are some fucking annoying areas where I pretty much had to run through and barely made it because I couldn't engage the enemies in melee.

Seems like the Reflexive wanting turn-based comment was the result of me remembering a 9 year old interview incorrectly but the real-time design might have been inherited from Feargus see here http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=797

Hmmm, it appears my source for the stopped paying at a certain milestone comment was Rex, see second post here http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/index.php?threads/damien-foletto-interview-winterwind.6147/, while he did manage to get insider developer views sometimes there is no proof that its true besides the fact that Iplay was really dying at the time.