Next to Baldur’s Gate 2 and Icewind Dale, which will probably take several more months at least, I’ve also been playing through the Syberia series. I’m now on Syberia 3, and I must admit it’s frustrating at times. The controls are awful. As an example: I literally had to frantically rotate the mouse for several minutes to rotate a crank ever so slowly.
It’s a shame because the world of Syberia is one with real character, and even though that’s less apparent than in the previous games, it’s still there.
I have good hope that the next game, Syberia: The World Before, will be better again.
How are you liking BG2? It’s still one of my favourite games, even though I recognise nostalgia is a big part of it. Was one of my comfort game for years.
It’s great - I love both cRPGs and the Forgotten Realms (ever since the days of Eye of the Beholder and the gold box series). But it’s also a bit too much sometimes. You’ll be doing a quest, and you’re approached by an NPC starting a different quest while party members are nagging to do theirs first and as you’re standing there trying to decide what to do first, a group attacks you for yet another quest.
I’m exaggerating a bit, but I really had a moment where two events happened at the same time, while I was on another quest.
It can be a bit like that, for sure! It’s one of the spots where it shows its age I think, it was really the first western CRPG with these types of companion missions and I don’t think they had all the scripting and timings nailed down just yet.
Are you using any mods? And what’s your party composition?
At some point in BG1 I noticed my party was all women, and I decided to make that part of my character’s personality: she will work with men too but given the choice prefers adventuring with women. So now in BG2 she’s doing that too. I have Jaheira, Hexxat, Mazzy, Neera, and Aerie. Main character is a sorcerer.
In BG1 I also said no lawful companions, and no evil, but that’s not possible now while staying all female.
Oh damn, we’ve been over this already have we not? I really suck at remembering usernames 😔
Yeah you probably need one evil lady to fill out the roster. I guess Hexxat vs Viconia is personal preference, I’m personally not a huge fan of the Beamdog companions.
Next to Baldur’s Gate 2 and Icewind Dale, which will probably take several more months at least, I’ve also been playing through the Syberia series. I’m now on Syberia 3, and I must admit it’s frustrating at times. The controls are awful. As an example: I literally had to frantically rotate the mouse for several minutes to rotate a crank ever so slowly.
It’s a shame because the world of Syberia is one with real character, and even though that’s less apparent than in the previous games, it’s still there.
I have good hope that the next game, Syberia: The World Before, will be better again.
How are you liking BG2? It’s still one of my favourite games, even though I recognise nostalgia is a big part of it. Was one of my comfort game for years.
It’s great - I love both cRPGs and the Forgotten Realms (ever since the days of Eye of the Beholder and the gold box series). But it’s also a bit too much sometimes. You’ll be doing a quest, and you’re approached by an NPC starting a different quest while party members are nagging to do theirs first and as you’re standing there trying to decide what to do first, a group attacks you for yet another quest.
I’m exaggerating a bit, but I really had a moment where two events happened at the same time, while I was on another quest.
It can be a bit like that, for sure! It’s one of the spots where it shows its age I think, it was really the first western CRPG with these types of companion missions and I don’t think they had all the scripting and timings nailed down just yet.
Are you using any mods? And what’s your party composition?
No mods, but enhanced edition.
At some point in BG1 I noticed my party was all women, and I decided to make that part of my character’s personality: she will work with men too but given the choice prefers adventuring with women. So now in BG2 she’s doing that too. I have Jaheira, Hexxat, Mazzy, Neera, and Aerie. Main character is a sorcerer.
In BG1 I also said no lawful companions, and no evil, but that’s not possible now while staying all female.
Oh damn, we’ve been over this already have we not? I really suck at remembering usernames 😔
Yeah you probably need one evil lady to fill out the roster. I guess Hexxat vs Viconia is personal preference, I’m personally not a huge fan of the Beamdog companions.