Ya I didn't care for it much either. The ending was just terrible. They did improve the second though. I much prefered IceWind Dale to the BG series. I liked having my own party instead of a bunch of panty wastes that couldn't get along. Was that Bioware?migo said:Baldur's Gate was a bad game, the story was good but as far as a game it was bad mechanics paired with a railroady dick DM. If you wanted to go off the map on a different route than what the story had planned you just got killed by an enemy that was far too powerful for you to deal with. It gave the illusion of freedom and a sandbox but in reality it was just a fairly accurate simulation of a bad tabletop RPG session, which is the reason the tabletop version of the hobby is in such decline.
Ditto - though it did pique my interest enough to invest in DA.Flying-Emu said:Knights of the Old Republic (the first one) was an interesting experiment, nothing more.
It's quite a horrid game, to be honest.
I'm not sure on all of them, but I think the deal is Black Isle became Bioware, or at least there's a lot of dev overlap.squid5580 said:Ya I didn't care for it much either. The ending was just terrible. They did improve the second though. I much prefered IceWind Dale to the BG series. I liked having my own party instead of a bunch of panty wastes that couldn't get along. Was that Bioware?migo said:Baldur's Gate was a bad game, the story was good but as far as a game it was bad mechanics paired with a railroady dick DM. If you wanted to go off the map on a different route than what the story had planned you just got killed by an enemy that was far too powerful for you to deal with. It gave the illusion of freedom and a sandbox but in reality it was just a fairly accurate simulation of a bad tabletop RPG session, which is the reason the tabletop version of the hobby is in such decline.
There are at least 12-20 or more dragons in the entire game, including the drake spawns in the Sacred Ashes game, the smaller dragonlings, the High Dragon, Flemmeth in her High Dragon Form, and the Archdemon. Two shadow dragons as well, if you count Awakenings. Though the Era name itself came from the remembrance of the High Dragons and their pillage of the land centuries back, and their occasional re-emergence in Ferelden.Assassin Xaero said:Yeah, and I thought I remembered hearing at one point that it was referred to the "Dragon Age" because that was when the dragons 'returned to the land'. I only saw 2 the entire game, but then again, the last 10 hours I ignored any form of side quest... Oh, and that was another thing... I had like 30 active quests and no clue where to go half the time...ShadowsofHope said:You do realize the name "Dragon Age" is actually referring to the Era of time in which you are a part of in the game, yes? It was never meant to literally mean you would be facing umpteen numbers of dragons. Though yes, most of them are in the Sacred Ashes storyline. But there is a reason for that, as well.Assassin Xaero said:Not to mention that with the name being Dragon Age I'd thought I'd see a dragon, you know, before 30 hours of game time (and no I don't count the little dreams or whatever)...
BG DA (completely different than the PC game I might add) was awesome (except again for the endings). It took me years to find a copy of #2. Only to have it end with another cliffhanger. Still bitter.migo said:I'm not sure on all of them, but I think the deal is Black Isle became Bioware, or at least there's a lot of dev overlap.squid5580 said:Ya I didn't care for it much either. The ending was just terrible. They did improve the second though. I much prefered IceWind Dale to the BG series. I liked having my own party instead of a bunch of panty wastes that couldn't get along. Was that Bioware?migo said:Baldur's Gate was a bad game, the story was good but as far as a game it was bad mechanics paired with a railroady dick DM. If you wanted to go off the map on a different route than what the story had planned you just got killed by an enemy that was far too powerful for you to deal with. It gave the illusion of freedom and a sandbox but in reality it was just a fairly accurate simulation of a bad tabletop RPG session, which is the reason the tabletop version of the hobby is in such decline.
I was actually quite fond of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance for the PS2 - was actually way better even though it was limited, took the best of Baldur's Gate and Diablo, and really did it from a video game PoV rathe than an older TTRPG PoV.
Icewind Dale was a Black Isle Studios game. KotOR 2 and NWN 2 were Obsidian games.manythings said:Morrowind and oblivion were from bethesda and I'm pretty sure Icewind dale was atari. KotOR 2 was from obsidian.Digitaldreamer7 said:I hate morrowind. I hate Icewind Dale. I hate oblivion. I hate Dragon Age. I had mild distatse for the KoTR series, mainly because of the shitty ending. I liked Neverwinter Nights. I hated NWN 2. Love Mass Effect 1&2. Love the Baulders Gate Stuff.
It's all a matter of opinion really. so ... Go play all of them and form your own.