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| Lucius |
Posted - 25 Jan 2005 : 17:23:40
Just a quick question about BG II. Having only played the first game, and Icewind Dale, I was shocked to hear that the sequel is more akin to a hack and slash game than the roleplaying style of the first. Is this the case? And if not, do you prefer BGII to the first for it's roleplaying? I ask as I may be purchasing a copy soon.
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| Winterfox |
Posted - 26 Jan 2005 : 11:15:57
Funny, because what I get from BG1 is this: lots and lots of empty areas. You'd be lucky if you happen across one NPC with something to say; finding a NPC that's plot-relevant or quest-giving is a rare event. Wandering all over the superfluous maps is tedious, to say the very least. It might just be me, but content-void grasslands with the occasional monsters thrown in don't strike me as, well, "good use of all the locations for the story." About the only advantage it has over BG2 is the illusion of freedom, because you can pretty much wander wherever you like. If you don't mind the fact that there won't be much to do. Sort of like Morrowind.
Mind you, I never did play the expansion all the way through, and finished the game "only" once.
If anything, I consider BG2 much more plot-driven. Every area actually has something, and plenty something at that. The joinable NPCs have banter, with each other and with the PC; sometimes they even speak up in conversations with non-party NPCs. I also wouldn't say that BG2 is any more hack-and-slashy than BG1 was. Sure, you can ignore all the sidequests and go straight for the main plot, but you know, you could do that in BG1, too; it all depends on what you choose to do and what you choose not to. It's not as if BG1 wasn't packed full of side-quests itself. (Hello, the expansion pack? One big, big sidequest much? As opposed to Throne of Bhaal which, regardless of its linear nature and ridiculousness at points, is an extension of the main plot?)
I'm wondering if SirUrza played the same games as I did. Heh. |
| Lina |
Posted - 26 Jan 2005 : 03:10:59
I'm going to have to go with BG2. Although you do have to fight enemies a bit more in BG2, you still have adventures, quests, solve problems, hidden missions, intercharacter party relations and roleplaying that are not diminished one bit. I really enjoyed the game that even though I have finished it, I still am playing but with other classes. One thing I found with this game is that the ending to some of the quests depend on your alignment and class which is not found in any RPG I've played before. Therefore I give BG2 my two thumbs up (I would give more but at the moment I only have two thumbs).  |
| Hymn |
Posted - 25 Jan 2005 : 20:26:04
Yepp I I have to agree with SirUrza on the account that BG1 makes far better use of the areas in the game than the BG II does. And as for multiplayer I had the best game with Icewind Dale I, which kicked as. Man that was a LAN party I will soon forget. |
| SirUrza |
Posted - 25 Jan 2005 : 19:46:53
BG2 is very hack and slash. You can beat BG2 without playing through 80% of the game. They just add some much camoflage that most people get side tracked from the main point of the story and do parts of the game that aren't necessary, unlike BG1 which is story driven and makes use of all the locations for the story. |
| Narad Bladesinger |
Posted - 25 Jan 2005 : 19:32:50
I'm going to have to double Muadib here.
BG2 is by far the best game I have ever played. Dunno what it is, but after 5th time playing the game I still find new things that I had bypassed beofre.
Maybe its the freedom, maybe its the story but the chances are that you are going to love BG2.
Though I haven't ever played BG I had to post. This game is too close to my heart  (Maybe I should go out and get some sunlight instead of this monitor-tan I have )
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| MuadDib |
Posted - 25 Jan 2005 : 18:02:10
This is a tough one, as many people I know say that they prefer #1 over #2. I have to say though, that I seriously loved #2 far FAR more than the first which I didn't enjoy at all.
The roleplaying aspects are superb, the story is peerless and I can say that not only was BG II the reason that I got into the Forgotten Realms, but it's also without a shadow of a doubt the ebst game I've ever played
Many other preferred Planescape and such other titles, but for me, BG II is the piece de resistance as it were. |
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