Larian cultists reviewing BG1/2 - NOW with IWD:EE reviews

[KeighnMcDeath]

I still haven't played BG or IWD but I did dip myself into TOEE a little. I probably had bad cases of Diabloitis and HOMM flu.... or I was downloading netbooks via dialup. W/e... Someday maybe.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

I still haven't played BG or IWD but I did dip myself into TOEE a little. I probably had bad cases of Diabloitis and HOMM flu.... or I was downloading netbooks via dialup. W/e... Someday maybe.

infinite power liches is probably better than D&D

 

[NerevarineKing]

Reading these reviews was really tough. How can anyone spend that much time in the such an easy starter dungeon?

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Are there randoms? I'd say grinding. Failing that... they're just stupid. And READ THE FUCKING MANUAL! Jesus Christ! Back in the 80s & 90s I loved reading the manuals and the boxes. C64 load times you know.

 

[NerevarineKing]

There aren't random encounters or respawnimg enemies. The starter dungeon in BG2 is basically a tutorial for the rest of the game.

 

[perfectslumbers]

I scrolled through the BG2 steam reviews and there were very few Larian cultists in there. Most negative reviews were complaining about bugs or Beamdog companions or how it's worse than the original BG games, and a few were saying it's too outdated for zoomer brains. Very few mentioned Larian or Divinity.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Lol. I'd hate to see these idiots muddle through and even older game. Actually, it'd be entertaining.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I wonder how mad they would get in Fallout when your companion stands right in front of you in the doorway?

 

[JamesDixon]

I wonder how mad they would get in Fallout when your companion stands right in front of you in the doorway?

Or them dying within 10 moves in Wasteland due to hunger and thirst.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Loading screen on a c64. No... trying to load a game.

 

[Bester]

i cannot believe jaheira would seek romance right after her husband's death. thats nonsense.

Oh, it's more than that.

 

[Darth Canoli]

This one was on point about C&C gameplay though, although he's clearly a millennial lacking the skills to play a real game and the "difficulty culture" even though BG 1 & 2 are hardly difficult games.

 

[0sacred]

There aren't random encounters or respawnimg enemies. The starter dungeon in BG2 is basically a tutorial for the rest of the game.

Aren't there random encounters on rest even in the starter dungeon. And if you're really bad at this, you might get stuck forever resting up from your last rest encounter.

 

[Bester]

Aren't there random encounters on rest even in the starter dungeon. And if you're really bad at this, you might get stuck forever resting up from your last rest encounter.

That guy never even wanted to click the rest button. Why would he? Irenicus is out for a quick smoke, you need to get out now. The guy played it like a boss and you guys are all piling on him.

 

[perfectslumbers]

Reminds me of when Noah Gervais reviewed the series and played on story difficulty and claimed people only play Baldur's Gate for the story. He didn't even know how thac0 worked by the end. Least you can do is read the manual for the game you make a 2 hour video about.

 

[Fedora Master]

Reminds me of when Noah Gervais reviewed the series and played on story difficulty and claimed people only play Baldur's Gate for the story. He didn't even know how thac0 worked by the end. Least you can do is read the manual for the game you make a 2 hour video about.

You don't even need to understand THAC0. Classes are fairly locked into which armor and weapons they can use so giving your fighters the best plate and your rogues the best leathers is all you need to be effective.
This isn't 3.5 where Dex and light armor trumps heavy stuff.

 

[Reinhardt]

That 46 hours review is definitely trolling. It has to be impossible for someone to be that retarded.

Maybe he's playing Big World. There are few yuge mods you can access from irenicus dungeon.

 

[perfectslumbers]

You don't even need to understand THAC0.

That's true. Which is probably how he got through the game while saying that higher numbers ot thac0 is better.

 

[wishbonetail]

Reminds me of when Noah Gervais reviewed the series and played on story difficulty and claimed people only play Baldur's Gate for the story. He didn't even know how thac0 worked by the end. Least you can do is read the manual for the game you make a 2 hour video about.

You don't even need to understand THAC0. Classes are fairly locked into which armor and weapons they can use so giving your fighters the best plate and your rogues the best leathers is all you need to be effective.
This isn't 3.5 where Dex and light armor trumps heavy stuff.

More so, you don't even need character sheet in BG. There's barely any character customization, only high level abilities, and thief gets some skills. Its more like an RTS/RPG hybrid this way. Mages are fun, though.

 

[Darth Canoli]

If there's one great thing about BG it's how the old D&D THACO system filtered the mouth-breathers.

 

[Cryomancer]

I scrolled through the BG2 steam reviews and there were very few Larian cultists in there. Most negative reviews were complaining about bugs or Beamdog companions or how it's worse than the original BG games, and a few were saying it's too outdated for zoomer brains. Very few mentioned Larian or Divinity.

I know. But reviews complaining about it have a point and aren't funny as Larian cultists complaining cuz they can't understand that not every game uses the same magical system of wow and wow clones.

 

[Serus]

That said, not the biggest fan of Baldur's Gate 2 myself, but I cannot remember having any problems whatsoever in the maybe 3 times I've played through the game.

Is it already a: "I played it 1000+ hours, this game sucks!" case or just a case of so much free time that one plays long games he is not a big fan of - three times.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I scrolled through the BG2 steam reviews and there were very few Larian cultists in there. Most negative reviews were complaining about bugs or Beamdog companions or how it's worse than the original BG games, and a few were saying it's too outdated for zoomer brains. Very few mentioned Larian or Divinity.

Go check BG3 gog reviews, it's all old boomers crying that the game isn't RTwP.

 

[Ontopoly]

Jaheira is a widow in mourning. She is in a very vulnerable mind state. If anything, i think the romance reflects worse on the player than her. You monsters took advantage of her situation and vulnerability under the facade of friendship and trying to comfort a friend.

 

[Cryomancer]

Go check BG3 gog reviews, it's all old boomers crying that the game isn't RTwP.

Looked in gog.

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Can you name reviews?

In the page 3, RtWP is only one complains of this guy in page 3, and is one of many critiques towards BG3. I don't agree with all of then, like party limit. A lot of games has party limit = 4 outside of consoles. Both Dark Sun CRPG's had it. Other of his critiques are true but also applies to other games, for eg, the intelligent goblins, I think that is a problem? yes, but is not as if BG2 din't had a problem with hordes of hoboliches in every poor tavern basement. I din't saw many boomers complaining cuz it is RtWP in fact, most CRPG boomers played Strategic simulation inc games which are all turn based, except ravenloft : strahd possession