Is there ANY worthwhile way to play PoR2?

[Binary]

I read somewhere the game was ok-ish if soloed instead of a full 4 char party... is this true?

Or any other options?

 

[Trash]

Any worthwhile way to play that pos? Well, how about playing while high on shrooms? Playing while recieving a blowjob might do the trick as well. Otherwise I really wouldn't know.

 

[Xor]

Wasn't that the game that formatted your hard drive if you tried to uninstall it?

 

[Texas Red]

I read somewhere the game was ok-ish if soloed instead of a full 4 char party... is this true?

Or any other options?

You don't have much of a life, do you?

 

[Disconnected]

I read somewhere the game was ok-ish if soloed instead of a full 4 char party... is this true?

Or any other options?

It went from mind-numbing to addictive for me on my second attempt, so yes. It might be OK. I'm pretty sure I remember hearing it refuses to run on modern hardware though, so it may be more trouble than it's worth.

 

[Thrasher]

I played with only 2 characters - a Paladin/Cleric and Sorcerer/Rogue. They kicked ass. Picked up only 1 NPC to carry items, but left him out of the party once on a level so he wouldn't leech XP.

The end bitch was cake. Both characters were around level 32.

Install the mod to speed up combat animations, and play turned-based (not with the stupid timer).

Lots of unique items - monotonous huge dungeons.

Items corrupt your stats permanently, sometimes in a positive fashion, once you figure out how they fuck up.

Masterpiece of .... Enjoy it in all its filth.

 

[Shota Shernokavich]

if you played it while smoking weed, sniffing crack, shooting up, eating shrooms, getting sucked and fucked, massaged, and drinking 80% absinthe, then you MIGHT enjoy it.

srsly tho, what's PoR2?

 

[Volourn]

Game sucks big time. Up there with DTU as the worst D&D games ever amongst games that actually had some push behind.

 

[Thrasher]

Whatever you do, don't try to resist the mind hive.

 

[Shota Shernokavich]

loooool it's hivemind not mind hive lol...!!!

 

[Sir_Brennus]

I read somewhere the game was ok-ish if soloed instead of a full 4 char party... is this true?

Or any other options?

3 Characters and be sure to have the speed fix installed. Try to rush through the Great Hall as fast as possible and enjoy the rest of the game.

The end battle is still one of my personal favourites. The end boss has magic resistance about 1 million or so. Fucking incredible...

 

[Binary]

I read somewhere the game was ok-ish if soloed instead of a full 4 char party... is this true?

Or any other options?

3 Characters and be sure to have the speed fix installed. Try to rush through the Great Hall as fast as possible and enjoy the rest of the game.

The end battle is still one of my personal favourites. The end boss has magic resistance about 1 million or so. Fucking incredible...

3 characters? speed fix? details plz?

 

[Thrasher]

Go to this for more details on party creation and the speed mod

http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/PoR2/index.php

 

[Turbografx]

if you played it while smoking weed, sniffing crack, shooting up, eating shrooms, getting sucked and fucked, massaged, and drinking 80% absinthe, then you MIGHT enjoy it.

srsly tho, what's PoR2?

Pool of Radiance 2, a 2001 dungeon crawl. Buggy as shite.

 

[Baldr]

Don't bother. The dungeons are boring, long and are pretty much the entire game. If you like brown corridors, by all means play it. Otherwise you won't be bothered to finish.

 

[IdaGno]

I don't think so. My install is just a few days shy of 4 years olde & I'm about 1/2 way thru. For me, it's kind of like getting your BA at age 22 & FINALLY picking up your PHD sometime late in your 7th decade - completion just for the sake of completion.

 

[mahdi]

In all seriousness, don't waste your time. You are better off replaying PoR in dosbox.

 

[Shannow]

It would have been an OKish dungeon crawl if you like "enemy b looks like enemy a but is twice as deadly because he's a different colour". And if one could have chosen feats instead of the game randomly choosing one for you

BUT the game has some nice handcrafted places and encounters, lots of "DM" comments and lots of puzzles. And the end boss is actually worth the title.

 

[Jasede]

I thought it was fun with a solo-cleric. [Take one barbarian and rogue level later if you like].

Better yet, play Ultima Underworld again instead.

 

[Delirious Nomad]

Is there ANY worthwhile way to play PoR2?

1. Patch 1.4 (no corruption, I didn't encounter one single serious bug)
2. Speed mod

now the most important part:

3. Attitude adjustment: Don't expect a D&D game. See it as an orginial IP. Because the biggest flaw might be, you can't select feats or skills on leveling up. So if you want to open locks give that character levels in the thief class and your lock picking skill goes up.
If you want to cleave, take levels in fighter. If you want to jump the enemy in the face in the first round of combat, take a level of barbarian for extra movement...

4. Enjoy a lot of close turn based fights.

5. Explore one huge city (the ruins of ). Sure it can get exhausting, but in return it gives you a more realistic atmosphere and scope.
It will get you.

 

[Redeye]

You could abuse class specific items to do things for other classes.

There were some monk super damage/speed/etc. items which you could stack with rogue and fighter bonus items.

Don't really remember.

I just did my usual crap with web/stinking cloud/entangle/fireball/missile weapons.

I finished it just to finish it.

Perhaps as a non-D&D adventure game or thief/tomb-raider hybrid it could have been cool.

As for uninstall, just erase it and drop its entry.

 

[DemonKing]

if you played it while smoking weed, sniffing crack, shooting up, eating shrooms, getting sucked and fucked, massaged, and drinking 80% absinthe, then you MIGHT enjoy it.

Problem is, the effect of all these distractions will probably run out well before you're finished with your second encounter (maybe a bit later with the speed mod installed)...

This really was an insult to the original which was an all time classic.