I'm not saying that there should be one shared inventory, but in BG2 you just spend way too much time staring at the inventory screen and a very small percentage of that time is actual strategic decisions. Most is just trying to fit all the loot you find among all your toons.
I'm not saying that there should be one shared inventory, but in BG2 you just spend way too much time staring at the inventory screen and a very small percentage of that time is actual strategic decisions. Most is just trying to fit all the loot you find among all your toons.
I'm not saying that there should be one shared inventory, but in BG2 you just spend way too much time staring at the inventory screen and a very small percentage of that time is actual strategic decisions. Most is just trying to fit all the loot you find among all your toons.
They already said they aren't changing the rule sets.If they really do a remake, what ruleset will they use I wonder?
It will make a lot more noise if they use the latest D&D iteration, rather than the 2.5e that the original was based on.
If they really do a remake, what ruleset will they use I wonder?
It will make a lot more noise if they use the latest D&D iteration, rather than the 2.5e that the original was based on.
Maybe I'm not as serious about my inventory as you are, but I can't recall ever having that issue with a IE game.
They already said they aren't changing the rule sets.
can I get a 'Thank you <insert God name of choice>!'
Nothing against the newer versions of the rule set (except possibly 4e). But the entire game was designed around, and balanced for the Advanced rules set. Even to the point of class specific quests (etc...).
I once downloaded and (attempted to) play with a mod that converted to 3.5 rules. Boy was that a mess. Lasted maybe two hours before I uninstalled.
The BG series was alway mean to be the original rules set. I am glad they aren't messing with that.
Why would anyone think they were going to even consider changing it?
They would have to rewrite the majority of the code..... Heck, DnD rules practically ARE the code for a game. Look at a Player's Handbook for crying out loud. It's thick as crap with pseudo code front to back.
Doesn't make much sense to me, or them, to rewrite tons of code for a 10+ year old game for a rerelease. It'd practically be a whole new game.
I couldn't hold out so I reinstalled bg1 and 2 with tutu mod yesterday. It has been a good 4 or 5 years since I've played these.
The biggest problem with inventory is the stack size of 20 arrows. You fill up your entire archer's inventory with arrows and he still runs out half way through a dungeon.
Many aspects of the game kind of need some rebalancing as it is. I've been reading many guides and forum posts about character builds etc...
For instance, mid to late bg2 your characters to-hit bonus outclasses enemy ac, so at this point in the game only damage amount matters. (making a ranger archer build useless, unless you can afford those magical arrows which are always ridiculously over-priced) Otherwise, an archer is just slowly pecking away doing practically nothing. Bg1 to early bg2 an archer is god though as your biggest difficultly is overcoming enemy ac.
Some of the sublcasses seem laughable. (the Wild Mage is laughable in a good way though. lol)
Stats... dnd 2.0 rules are weird. I'm glad it's staying 2.0. (I wouldn't mind a 3.5 conversion though which isn't happening) During character creation and on the character sheet there needs to be some indication on how your stats are effecting your character. Cha doesn't affect turn undead for cleric or paladin at all. Just class level. Int doesn't effect mage spells at all, just the number of spells in your spellbook. As some examples.
I'm quite certain you can give your character a cha of 6 and it wont effect a thing. (maybe purchase costs?) If I remember correctly, a 2.0 sorcerer is using int for spell numbers.
A monk... I have no idea if wisdom does anything for this class. It's pretty darn important for 3.0 + though.
There are just way too many unknowns.
To make a character you are forced to get on the net and spend an hour googling answers. (if you don't want to find out after 300 hours of gameplay that you've gimped your character)
These are still my favorite games of all time, but for the remake, things like this need to be addressed in my opinion.
EDIT: If I remember correctly there is only 1 (ONE) pure playable npc cleric in bg2 and she is evil aligned. I'm guessing this is something they are going to fix since they did say something about adding new playable npcs. Potions are expensive, and healing is hard to come by. To have a good party, I think it's almost necessary to start a passworded multi-player game and make 2 characters (one your own, and one a cleric) and assign them both to your party.
I couldn't hold out so I reinstalled bg1 and 2 with tutu mod yesterday. It has been a good 4 or 5 years since I've played these.
The biggest problem with inventory is the stack size of 20 arrows. You fill up your entire archer's inventory with arrows and he still runs out half way through a dungeon.
Many aspects of the game kind of need some rebalancing as it is. I've been reading many guides and forum posts about character builds etc...
For instance, mid to late bg2 your characters to-hit bonus outclasses enemy ac, so at this point in the game only damage amount matters. (making a ranger archer build useless, unless you can afford those magical arrows which are always ridiculously over-priced) Otherwise, an archer is just slowly pecking away doing practically nothing. Bg1 to early bg2 an archer is god though as your biggest difficultly is overcoming enemy ac.
Some of the sublcasses seem laughable. (the Wild Mage is laughable in a good way though. lol)
Stats... dnd 2.0 rules are weird. I'm glad it's staying 2.0. (I wouldn't mind a 3.5 conversion though which isn't happening) During character creation and on the character sheet there needs to be some indication on how your stats are effecting your character. Cha doesn't affect turn undead for cleric or paladin at all. Just class level. Int doesn't effect mage spells at all, just the number of spells in your spellbook. As some examples.
I'm quite certain you can give your character a cha of 6 and it wont effect a thing. (maybe purchase costs?) If I remember correctly, a 2.0 sorcerer is using int for spell numbers.
A monk... I have no idea if wisdom does anything for this class. It's pretty darn important for 3.0 + though.
There are just way too many unknowns.
To make a character you are forced to get on the net and spend an hour googling answers. (if you don't want to find out after 300 hours of gameplay that you've gimped your character)
These are still my favorite games of all time, but for the remake, things like this need to be addressed in my opinion.
EDIT: If I remember correctly there is only 1 (ONE) pure playable npc cleric in bg2 and she is evil aligned. I'm guessing this is something they are going to fix since they did say something about adding new playable npcs. Potions are expensive, and healing is hard to come by. To have a good party, I think it's almost necessary to start a passworded multi-player game and make 2 characters (one your own, and one a cleric) and assign them both to your party.
Double Edit: Holy shit. Don't bother with multi player.. it crippled my home network. lol. After launching a server, suddenly wired and wireless computers stopped working. Windows reported the DNS not responding. Don't know enough about it to say more. Had to reboot the router to fix.
Is this game going to be one of those bits that bit where it garners a lot of initial interest and all of a sudden fades out of everyone's memories in a month because the developers suck at showing any juicy? Kinda like that remake of HL1 using HL2's Source engine?
I hope not but it wouldn't surprise me if something like this were to happen.
They said something about weekly updates which would make today the day for an update. Expecting screenshots.
No updates thus far. And personally I would be just as happy if they are spending their time actually getting the product ready rather than showing flash. We will see in game content soon enough.
but they should definitely open up a forum for discussion.
I'd rather them work on the game as well but they're failing at marketing/promotion 101. I want this more than many others to succeed, because down the road I want to see BG3. Hell, I'd love to volunteer my graphic design service to help them with whatever marketing they'd need.
http://www.baldursgate.com/news/2012/03/21/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-for-ipad-3/verhaul Games is pleased to announce Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition™ for iPad.