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samIamsad · 10-17-2005, 06:38 AM

<nerd>OMFG please pull me away from my PC. Can't. Stop. Playing.</nerd> Also, one of the things that hurt Throne Of Bhaal is, that you're playing with a party of level 25+ characters. At the end of BG1, I had a bunch of level 5 characters, and that game took me months to complete. I mean, WTF? Level 25+ is almost God-like in D&D. Okay, that makes sense, in a way.

Spoiler:
If you're familiar with BG's plot, you might know what I'm trying to get across.

But all the areas in the expansion are just places filled with monsters/bosses waiting for you to get killed. So you're forced to figure out what spells to use to defeat all those badasses. Otherwise: Not a chance in hell. Please reload. Reload again. And again. And again. That's so totally different from the original game. Still, it gets better near the end.

Oh, and: Consider this thread to be hijacked!

seek83 · 10-17-2005, 09:40 AM

dungeon siege 2 leveling up was even better than BG i reckon, it was well paced. Whatever level u are only the enemies a fair few levels under you (when backtracking and stuff) will be easy. (tho i wish the game overall was harder)

When u finish the game u can start at the beginning continueing your level and all ur items + things, not just making the replay properly challenging again but also continuing the new better items. I'm still only level 49 near the start of 2nd play thru ... (there's 100)

samIamsad · 10-17-2005, 11:48 AM

Isn't Dungeon Siege just a pretty pretty Diablo clone?

I don't like power (RP) gaming that much.. which is exactly the reason I have doubts something like WOW would appeal to me. I bet that on your average server it's all about leveling your char up, collecting items, and little else. What about some role-playing? Some interaction between the characters in the pretty world Blizzard has created? What a waste. Or is it?

samIamsad · 10-22-2005, 04:25 PM

I've installed the expansion (Tales Of The Sword Coast) for the first time. Didn't have it the first time through some years ago.

I have to ask.. I just have to...

ARE BIOWARE FRIGGIN' NUTS?

I have a lvl 5-7 party of 5 and I travelled to that Werwolve Island. I'm in the shipwreck, and.. honestly, that's just waaaaay over the top. Every hit of these beasties does a whopping 15+hp damage and they attack in groups of 5 or 6. What were they thinking?

Kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, get your asses kicked, reload, kill wolf, die, retreat, kill, die, retreat, kill, quicksave, die, die, die, reload, reload, reload, quicksave, quicksave. That's no fun!

insane_cobra · 10-22-2005, 11:38 PM

Finished NOLF yesterday, I loved it, but I'm not sure if I'll go with NOLF2 straight away, I need a break.

Btw, yesterday I also found out that a friend's older brother works for BioWare (though the guy who told me that said "they made Asheron's Call" so maybe he thought Turbine).

copycat · 10-23-2005, 03:07 PM

Currently playing:

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac)
Broken Sword II (Mac)
Burnout Legends (PSP)
Lumines (PSP)
Virtua Tennis World Tour (PSP)

will soon be playing:

Fahrenheit (PS2)
Another Code (DS)

Pre-ordered:

GTA Liberty City Stories (PSP)

Can't wait for:

Psychonauts (PS2)
Fable – The Lost Chapters (Mac)
Lemmings (PSP)

Dasilva · 10-23-2005, 03:38 PM

Currently Playing, whenever I have some spare time and in no particular order:

-Knight of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords (loved the first one, this one seems a bit iffy)
-Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (playing it for the third time as Paladin.)
-Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (Funniest game ever + sexy babes.

)
-Five Magical Amulets (A tinsy bit boring, but a nice game. I wish there were voices though.)
-Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity (never actually finished this game, ran into a bug, now I plan to finish it.)
-Quest for Glory 3 (finished this game like 10 times, but its just so great.

)
-Age of Mythology: Age of Titans (playing it for the second time, one of the best RTS games ever.)

Looking forward to play:

Quake 4 (Quake 2 was a legend when I played it back in the day, now bring on the sequel.

)
Tomb Raider 7: Legend (throughout all the years finally a decent looking tomb raider after all those clones.)

And a few other that I can't remember.

Ninth · 10-25-2005, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samIamsad

Isn't Dungeon Siege just a pretty pretty Diablo clone?

I don't like power (RP) gaming that much...

Yep, a pretty outdoors/indoors Diablo clone. -> no interest howsoever. For me, that is.

Ninth · 10-25-2005, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samIamsad

I've installed the expansion (Tales Of The Sword Coast) for the first time. Didn't have it the first time through some years ago.

I have to ask.. I just have to...

ARE BIOWARE FRIGGIN' NUTS?

I have a lvl 5-7 party of 5 and I travelled to that Werwolve Island. I'm in the shipwreck, and.. honestly, that's just waaaaay over the top. Every hit of these beasties does a whopping 15+hp damage and they attack in groups of 5 or 6. What were they thinking?

Kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, get your asses kicked, reload, kill wolf, die, retreat, kill, die, retreat, kill, quicksave, die, die, die, reload, reload, reload, quicksave, quicksave. That's no fun!

Is that Baldur's Gate (1) expansion? If yes, then yeah, it's boringly difficult. I bought it, but didn't play it more than a few hours.

samIamsad · 10-25-2005, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninth

Is that Baldur's Gate (1) expansion? If yes, then yeah, it's boringly difficult. I bought it, but didn't play it more than a few hours.

Yes.

I finished that island (in fact, I've just finished the entire game for the second time in my life, hehe), and have to say, the plot twists in that particular quest were worth it. I skipped Durlag's Tower, though. Wow, that's hard. But since all these add-on quests are not plot related, I didn't have the motivation to dig any deeper. And moved on to Icewind Dale II.

Lucien21 · 10-25-2005, 04:37 AM

I'm currently trying to play FAR to many games at the one time and end up playing none of them for any great lenght.

Currently installed and unfinished:

Nibiru
Myst V
FEAR
Quake IV
Broken Sword II

On DS:

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Trauma Centre
Advance Wars Duel Strike

XBOX:

Farenheit

Zack · 10-29-2005, 02:00 PM

Update:

Games I'm currently playing:

Broken Sword-The Sleeping Dragon
Half-Life 2 (so far, I'm liking it better than it's predecessor)

nordic_guy · 10-30-2005, 06:55 AM

Playing:
Kingdom Hearts (I've decided to complete it after all these years)

Need to finish:
Fahrenheit (on hiatus)

Waiting for:
Psychonauts (finally!)

Gknight · 10-30-2005, 07:48 AM

Just finished
Law and order Criminal Intent.

Will be playing
And then there were none
A quiet weekend in Capri
No one lives forever 2
Fable.

wilco · 10-30-2005, 11:09 AM

Playing:

Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call (nocturne in the US, what a strange JRPG, but definitely interesting, the game begins with the world ending...)

Sly 2: fun platformer

Going to play:

Fahrenheit (still haven't decided between PS2 or PC)
Civilization 4 (goodbye sleeping...)

vivasawadee · 10-31-2005, 03:59 AM

Finished Full Throttle on the weekend

Playing Monkey Island 2 at work

Playing Longest Journey at home

Might give adventure games a rest in November and play Civ 4 and Shadow of Colossus on PS2

insane_cobra · 10-31-2005, 08:48 AM

Playing Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, still a lot to go.

*Melanie68* · 10-31-2005, 09:00 AM

Currently playing DOTT (I'm kind of stuck) and Blade Runner.

We will have to start a new thread tomorrow!

SoccerDude28 · 10-31-2005, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melanie68

Currently playing DOTT (I'm kind of stuck) and Blade Runner.

We will have to start a new thread tomorrow!

Lucky you. DOTT is one of the best games ever

reno6 · 10-31-2005, 09:37 AM

I'm installing Sherlock Homes and the Secret of the Silver Earring right now. Other than that, I'm currently playing Diablo II, and hope to play through Myst III in the coming weeks. I've had Myst IV for a year now and am dying to play (and then get Myst V), but I refuse to until I beat Exile, and I haven't played Exile in months and months. Last year during NaNoWriMo, I played (and finished) Riven to break up the monotony of writing and get away from it all, then started Exile and forgot to finish it. This year I'm hoping to finish Exile throughout November. Then I can let myself get stunned by Revelation.

10-17-2005, 06:38 AM	#41
samIamsad capsized. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,534	<nerd>OMFG please pull me away from my PC. Can't. Stop. Playing.</nerd> Also, one of the things that hurt Throne Of Bhaal is, that you're playing with a party of level 25+ characters. At the end of BG1, I had a bunch of level 5 characters, and that game took me months to complete. I mean, WTF? Level 25+ is almost God-like in D&D. Okay, that makes sense, in a way. Spoiler: If you're familiar with BG's plot, you might know what I'm trying to get across. But all the areas in the expansion are just places filled with monsters/bosses waiting for you to get killed. So you're forced to figure out what spells to use to defeat all those badasses. Otherwise: Not a chance in hell. Please reload. Reload again. And again. And again. That's so totally different from the original game. Still, it gets better near the end. Oh, and: Consider this thread to be hijacked! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Look, Mr. Bubbles...! Last edited by samIamsad; 10-17-2005 at 06:48 AM.

10-17-2005, 09:40 AM	#42
seek83 Ankh Morporkian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Melbourne, OZ Posts: 98	dungeon siege 2 leveling up was even better than BG i reckon, it was well paced. Whatever level u are only the enemies a fair few levels under you (when backtracking and stuff) will be easy. (tho i wish the game overall was harder) When u finish the game u can start at the beginning continueing your level and all ur items + things, not just making the replay properly challenging again but also continuing the new better items. I'm still only level 49 near the start of 2nd play thru ... (there's 100) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ ........................................ . . . Now Playing: Batman Arkham Asylum, Gray Matter . . . Just Played: The World Ends With You, Black Mirror 2, Anno 1701 DS, Reccettear

10-17-2005, 11:48 AM	#43
samIamsad capsized. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,534	Isn't Dungeon Siege just a pretty pretty Diablo clone? I don't like power (RP) gaming that much.. which is exactly the reason I have doubts something like WOW would appeal to me. I bet that on your average server it's all about leveling your char up, collecting items, and little else. What about some role-playing? Some interaction between the characters in the pretty world Blizzard has created? What a waste. Or is it? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Look, Mr. Bubbles...!

10-22-2005, 04:25 PM	#44
samIamsad capsized. Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,534	I've installed the expansion (Tales Of The Sword Coast) for the first time. Didn't have it the first time through some years ago. I have to ask.. I just have to... ARE BIOWARE FRIGGIN' NUTS? I have a lvl 5-7 party of 5 and I travelled to that Werwolve Island. I'm in the shipwreck, and.. honestly, that's just waaaaay over the top. Every hit of these beasties does a whopping 15+hp damage and they attack in groups of 5 or 6. What were they thinking? Kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, kill wolf, retreat, quicksave, get your asses kicked, reload, kill wolf, die, retreat, kill, die, retreat, kill, quicksave, die, die, die, reload, reload, reload, quicksave, quicksave. That's no fun! Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Look, Mr. Bubbles...!

10-22-2005, 11:38 PM	#45
insane_cobra gin soaked boy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virovitica, Croatia Posts: 4,093	Finished NOLF yesterday, I loved it, but I'm not sure if I'll go with NOLF2 straight away, I need a break. Btw, yesterday I also found out that a friend's older brother works for BioWare (though the guy who told me that said "they made Asheron's Call" so maybe he thought Turbine). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ What you piss in is yours for life.

10-23-2005, 03:07 PM	#46
copycat Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 86	Currently playing: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mac) Broken Sword II (Mac) Burnout Legends (PSP) Lumines (PSP) Virtua Tennis World Tour (PSP) will soon be playing: Fahrenheit (PS2) Another Code (DS) Pre-ordered: GTA Liberty City Stories (PSP) Can't wait for: Psychonauts (PS2) Fable – The Lost Chapters (Mac) Lemmings (PSP) Share Share this post on Twitter

10-23-2005, 03:38 PM	#47
Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	Currently Playing, whenever I have some spare time and in no particular order: -Knight of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords (loved the first one, this one seems a bit iffy) -Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire (playing it for the third time as Paladin.) -Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (Funniest game ever + sexy babes. ) -Five Magical Amulets (A tinsy bit boring, but a nice game. I wish there were voices though.) -Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity (never actually finished this game, ran into a bug, now I plan to finish it.) -Quest for Glory 3 (finished this game like 10 times, but its just so great. ) -Age of Mythology: Age of Titans (playing it for the second time, one of the best RTS games ever.) Looking forward to play: Quake 4 (Quake 2 was a legend when I played it back in the day, now bring on the sequel. ) Tomb Raider 7: Legend (throughout all the years finally a decent looking tomb raider after all those clones.) And a few other that I can't remember. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives

10-25-2005, 04:37 AM	#51
Lucien21 Psychonaut Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 5,114	I'm currently trying to play FAR to many games at the one time and end up playing none of them for any great lenght. Currently installed and unfinished: Nibiru Myst V FEAR Quake IV Broken Sword II On DS: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trauma Centre Advance Wars Duel Strike XBOX: Farenheit Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ I'm not insane, my mother had me tested!

10-29-2005, 02:00 PM	#52
Zack Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Medford, Oregon Posts: 537	Update: Games I'm currently playing: Broken Sword-The Sleeping Dragon Half-Life 2 (so far, I'm liking it better than it's predecessor) Share Share this post on Twitter

10-30-2005, 06:55 AM	#53
nordic_guy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Norway Posts: 1,081	Playing: Kingdom Hearts (I've decided to complete it after all these years) Need to finish: Fahrenheit (on hiatus) Waiting for: Psychonauts (finally!) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ If I wasn't just spamming this thread, I'd probably have something interesting to say.

10-30-2005, 07:48 AM	#54
Gknight Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Here and now Posts: 192	Just finished Law and order Criminal Intent. Will be playing And then there were none A quiet weekend in Capri No one lives forever 2 Fable. Share Share this post on Twitter Last edited by Gknight; 10-30-2005 at 07:54 AM.

10-30-2005, 11:09 AM	#55
wilco Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 442	Playing: Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call (nocturne in the US, what a strange JRPG, but definitely interesting, the game begins with the world ending...) Sly 2: fun platformer Going to play: Fahrenheit (still haven't decided between PS2 or PC) Civilization 4 (goodbye sleeping...) Share Share this post on Twitter

10-31-2005, 03:59 AM	#56
vivasawadee Thats the ticket Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 395	Finished Full Throttle on the weekend Playing Monkey Island 2 at work Playing Longest Journey at home Might give adventure games a rest in November and play Civ 4 and Shadow of Colossus on PS2 Share Share this post on Twitter

10-31-2005, 08:48 AM	#57
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10-31-2005, 09:00 AM	#58
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10-31-2005, 09:37 AM	#60
reno6 Hoopy frood Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Starship Titanic Posts: 151	I'm installing Sherlock Homes and the Secret of the Silver Earring right now. Other than that, I'm currently playing Diablo II, and hope to play through Myst III in the coming weeks. I've had Myst IV for a year now and am dying to play (and then get Myst V), but I refuse to until I beat Exile, and I haven't played Exile in months and months. Last year during NaNoWriMo, I played (and finished) Riven to break up the monotony of writing and get away from it all, then started Exile and forgot to finish it. This year I'm hoping to finish Exile throughout November. Then I can let myself get stunned by Revelation. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ "George? There's a man at the door with a mustache." "Tell 'em I've already got one."