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The Twin Scimitars
Seeker
USA
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 Posted - 09 Sep 2005 : 04:04:40
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| 2d is better than 3d but I dont know why its just the style. And I find that if the developers don't spend so much time on graphics then then the storyline and gameplay seem to be really good. |
Endure, in enduring we grow strong.
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Effect
Acolyte
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 11 Sep 2005 : 19:16:00
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Honestly my favorite game has to be Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone. That's not to say I haven't play any of the others listed. I've played the BG series and really enjoyed it. The Icewind Dale games were good as well. I love story first and formost but those games just didn't pull me in the way Demon Stone did. I guess it's due to the cinamatic nature of Demon Stone allowed it to do that. I also thought the story was pretty good as well, fast paced. I just wish it was longer. Wasn't better then the other games but I liked it more then the others.
I have played the single player demo for Dragonshards. Honstly I think it's going to be pretty good. So far I've gotten the feeling that Dragonshards is pretty much what Lords of Everquest, the only Everquest RTS game was trying to be but failed to present itself as. Doubt this might be the case but it's almost like Liquid Entertainment saw Lords of Everquest and just set out to do a far better job and met with great success. I really like the RPG elements during the dungeon crawls and even on the surface map in the demo. Though I have to wait till the game comes out to see how city building really is.
I wish there would be another DnD game with the isometric view though. I miss that about games. |
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The Defence Minister
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
218 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2005 : 14:50:42
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Definately the original for me, an awesome storyline, great NPCs, great locations and generally a great game.
BG2 is almost as good though, the storyline is a bit weaker and the range of NPCs isnt as cool but it's just as fun and the compexity of it is nice as is the fact you become so much more powerful. Thone of Bhaal sucked majorly though.
Neverwinter Nights was OK, totally different style with a storyline that improved dramatically as the game progressed, some great twists and a fun battle style but I didnt like the graphical style nearly as much and not having a party was a let down too.
The Icewind Dale games are excellent also, though not as good as either BG. I enjoyed the storyline and, though I like finding characters along the way, it was a nice change to create my whole party. However, the major way it lost out was the lack of side quests, the fact that the main plot was all you could do, unlike the BGs and even NWN which have lots of little stuff for you to do.
Those are the only ones I have played on that list. |
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The Twin Scimitars
Seeker
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2005 : 02:27:46
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| Im stopped playing Torment again(Im in the Alley of Lingering Sighs). I played it so much in so little time I had to stop it before I started declaring myself th Nameless One, talking to an "invisible" floating skull named Morte, and using the words *know* and *knowing* excessively. |
Endure, in enduring we grow strong.
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2008 : 06:00:26
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 15 Apr 2008 : 15:55:12
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Originally posted by Tanyn Midrain
What about Planescape: Torment? Or maybe that one doesn't count since it takes place in Sigil etc ?
P:T is not an Forgotten Realms game, it is a Planescape game, it just uses the same (Infinity) engine. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 16 Apr 2008 : 08:11:39
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| I voted the Eye of the Beholder Series because it was my first contact with the realms !!! |
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silverwizard
Seeker
Greece
76 Posts |
Posted - 16 Apr 2008 : 13:11:38
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Torment is by far the best. If it's not in the poll, then the arcades shouldn't be either (they're Mystara, aren't they?)
Edit: As for Realms games, BG2 is probably the best |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 16 Apr 2008 : 18:11:26
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Originally posted by Victor_ograygor
I voted for - Temple of Elemental Evil
An unusual choice. |
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Drakul
Senior Scribe
USA
367 Posts |
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Nanron
Acolyte
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - 21 Oct 2008 : 00:37:26
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Pool of Radiance series from the 90's gets my vote. It has been years since I have thought of those games...doing the save game on my Commador 64....it took so long. But the memories of someone referencing the games was great.
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Mais-Cream
Acolyte
Netherlands
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Posted - 31 Oct 2008 : 18:56:36
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| The choice was really really hard, as I really like almost all the games. However, I voted Baldurs Gate I, as it was the first FR game I played, and it introduced me to RPG (was playing Point and Clicks before that). |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 24 Nov 2008 : 21:52:10
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| nothing and i mean NOTHING comes close to adventuring (with real people around the globe) around user-created Realms areas in a 24/7 persistent world using NWN/NWN2 |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3247 Posts |
Posted - 25 Nov 2008 : 06:50:31
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Originally posted by coach
nothing and i mean NOTHING comes close to adventuring (with real people around the globe) around user-created Realms areas in a 24/7 persistent world using NWN/NWN2
Sorry coach, no video game has ever topped my imagination, no matter how many people were involved.  |
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yargarth
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2008 : 08:01:07
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| i literally spent all day today playing NWN: SOU today. i really wish my internet was fast enough to engage in the multiplayer activities of NWN. |
"You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind."
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
933 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2008 : 20:48:30
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BG1 will always have a place in my heart, considering I started playing it just after I was introduced to D&D (ah...the good ol days of 2nd ed...).
Although...Drizzt's overly-accented voice always grated on my nerves: "Dahs the mee-yah mention of drizzt, ah-trrrahct yoah illlk?" :D |
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 24 Dec 2008 : 00:11:45
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Originally posted by Arion Elenim
BG1 will always have a place in my heart, considering I started playing it just after I was introduced to D&D (ah...the good ol days of 2nd ed...).
Although...Drizzt's overly-accented voice always grated on my nerves: "Dahs the mee-yah mention of drizzt, ah-trrrahct yoah illlk?" :D
I always liked his english accent on Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance for the Gamecube, even though I don't think it's very accurate.  |
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yargarth
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 27 Dec 2008 : 07:58:58
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Originally posted by ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
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Originally posted by Arion Elenim
BG1 will always have a place in my heart, considering I started playing it just after I was introduced to D&D (ah...the good ol days of 2nd ed...).
Although...Drizzt's overly-accented voice always grated on my nerves: "Dahs the mee-yah mention of drizzt, ah-trrrahct yoah illlk?" :D
I always liked his english accent on Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance for the Gamecube, even though I don't think it's very accurate.
i believe that England is also Menzoberranzan.  |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 30 Mar 2009 : 15:54:50
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Though I have played quite a lot of fantasy games after BG2, there has never been one that enchanted me as much as this one. I have played it several times and I will probably soon play it again.
Planescape Torment is also a great game, but I never finished it because graphics and handling where just a bit too out of date for my taste.
I also enjoyed Eye of the Beholder a long time ago back on MS-DOS. Loved the intro story in the manual involving Waterdeep. |
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AustinOfOsiris
Acolyte
USA
1 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 15:58:05
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| IWD was my vote. BG 2, and NWN were close runners up though. |
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Moonlight
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 11 Apr 2009 : 20:19:40
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BG I
BG II
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
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Sehanine is dreaming... |
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belgarathmth
Acolyte
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2009 : 23:12:46
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I voted BG1, based on amount of time playing and restarting. The characters and story are so darned compelling!
I really didn't want to choose between Bg1 and BG2, since I see them as a continuation, i.e. one total story that should be taken as a whole.
I'm also a huge fan of Icewind Dale 1 and 2 and Neverwinter Nights 1 (especially builder content like The Aielund Saga.)
I like NWN2, sort of, but not nearly as much. They dumbed it down and made it so easy, the 'magic' is gone. I have the whole series through Storm of Zehir, but I've never even finished the main OC, much less even started Mask of the Betrayer.
I'll probably play Storm of Zehir before the rest, because it's more like Baldur's Gate, but they messed that up by not including premade npc's with optional (non-game-breaking) dialogue a la BG. |
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slayer
Acolyte
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 17:53:47
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| The "most liked" titles would definatly be Baldur's Gate then Planescape Torment, then Neverwinter Nights. These were all great games but the developers are only interested in sheer profit so creating games so in-depth that they would only interest hardcore fans is not an option. |
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bladeinAmn
Learned Scribe
199 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2009 : 22:06:51
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BGII: SoA + ToB for me.
I love the storyline, and the gameplay in it was enough for me that I haven't played a sports video game since I first loaded BG2 on my computer, 6yrs ago! So yeah, I absolutely love this game, especially w/all the good mods available!
BG1 + TotSC is 2nd for me. Just an amazing series. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2009 : 07:46:21
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| Icewind Dale and ToB |
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Delzounblood
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
578 Posts |
Posted - 22 Sep 2009 : 09:59:51
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Originally posted by Brian R. James
The original SSI gold box game "Pool of Radiance" is not listed. Hands down, that is the best Forgotten Realms computer game of them all.
Oh god yeah!!!
Many, many, many hours spent late at night completing Kuto's Well
I wish I could find a fix so the damn thing would work on Vista! last one I tried failed badly the game speed was just too much.
I'm even going to the lenghts of fixing up my V old 486 so I can play it....
"PLINK, PLINK, CRUNCH" DELZ SWEEPS 
Happy gaming days
Delz |
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Tyranthraxus
Senior Scribe
Netherlands
423 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2009 : 00:29:59
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Originally posted by Delzounblood
Oh god yeah!!!
Many, many, many hours spent late at night completing Kuto's Well
I wish I could find a fix so the damn thing would work on Vista! last one I tried failed badly the game speed was just too much.
I'm even going to the lenghts of fixing up my V old 486 so I can play it....
"PLINK, PLINK, CRUNCH" DELZ SWEEPS
Happy gaming days
Delz
Did you try DOSBox ? It works for me. |
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2010 : 08:48:32
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| I wanted to vote for Planescape: Torment. There are many features of gameplay I would gladly enjoy in Baldur's Gate 2, there is a nice plot and great freedom of action and choices. But since it is not here on the list, my vote to the second best game in my long scroll. |
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Talwyn
Learned Scribe
Australia
222 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2010 : 02:55:41
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I voted for BGII.
As a follow up to BG, it was simply a leap ahead in both terms of scope, story and re-playability.
The fact that you, as the protagonist, could aquire a stronghold was just fabulous!
The numbers of quests, the little details and lore that were contained in that game make it one of the most important CRPG's of FR IMHO.
Although not quite as much as a "sandbox" that BG was, there were enough maps and such to explore. I think though though that the publishers, Bioware, could have released a lot more content and expansions for the game, as Throne of Bhaal was a little anti-climatic for me. I would have liked to been able to explore more of Amn, meet more NPC's and engage in more lengthy and complicated quests.
The other aspect that made BGII so special was that you had the option of starting a romantic plot line with some of the NPC's. Aerie, Jaheira and Viconia if you were male and that pompous oaf of a helmite who's name I forget if you were female. I think the girls got duded on the romance side and that showed a bais on the designers part which should not have been there.
There are some fan sites around that still produce mods and such for BG & BGII and that can add quite a bit of new fun to the game, especially if you've played it a lot of times before.
NWN 1 & 2 have good graphics and such but the BG series still beats them hands down.
I am hopeful that one day, a game as brilliant as BGII comes along again but we all know that lightning almost never strikes in the same place twice. |
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