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I wish I was having fun, Faralas. I *did* buy the game, based on the strengths of Divine Divinity and the solid potential of the demo, but some 10 *hours* later, I just got out of Act 1, and my characters aren't any fun to play. Fleabit is right to be annoyed about his post being moved; I started an experience discussion in General this morning; it'd be interesting to see if it got moved, too.



From the tone of your message I sense you feel the same frustration I did two days ago and believe me, I can empathize. Before yesterday I didn't even realize there was a 'world' outside of the dungeon area in Act 1. I naturally assumed that as characters we start out in a Dungeon and once we escape, we'd find land similar to that in DD. And my escape was going ssssssllooooooooow. Frustratingly so. That is until I decided to start again and customize my own characters (even the DK) right from the beginning. Both are wizards. I haven't spent a lot of time on figuring out the skillpoint system but from the little I do know and the way I've developed both characters, I am at least getting somewhere this time around. As of this minute I'm a level 11 Wizard in Samuel's fortress but I have the ability to jump back and forth between Battlefields/Merchants whenever I want. That's what's so truly great about BD. Btw, I still haven't found the teleporter stones or summoning dolls. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shhh.gif" alt="" />

Two days ago, I kept getting blasted by four level 4 skeleton mages back in Samuel's dungeon and I thought, "Man, either I'm doing something wrong or this game is for the birds." More often than naught, it's me who has either overlooked something or missed a chest or door that's vital to opening up another part of the game.

And to set the record straight, I didn't mean to imply that Flea had no right to be upset or frustrated. Not by a long shot. No, I simply don't think Larian is purposely trying to mislead their customers or sell them a shoddy product. Some people will like this game and others won't. It's as simple as that.

I just finished Gothic I and II. I tried NWNs after that but for some reason, I am having a hard time getting used to the interface and gameplay. So that was frustrating for me so when BD arrived in the mail, I immediately loaded it and have been playing it ever since.

You sound like you're a fairly avid gamer so you already know that ten hours is not that long in a game as big as BD. I'm hoping to play this game for as long as possible. I have just about every other game on the market and I have to say that DD and BD are unique. I guess I like the "spirit" of the storyline and game play. Sorry you're not having fun yet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" /> Keep trying though. You never know what's around that corner or on that wall that you haven't clicked on or seen yet!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />




Faralas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />