seen the Arcanum or Fallout stats?
Hi again Deathatthedoor,
Yes, I've played the Fallout series and Arcanum. Plus pretty much all of the Black Isle and Bioware RPGs. Plus a few others like Soulbringer, both Gothics, and a stack of others that don't spring quite so readily to mind. Still got most of them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I like something with a bit of meat in it - particularly good story lines, atmosphere and plot development. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> But, somewhat to my surprise I also thoroughly enjoyed Diablo 2, and even Dungeon Siege (which seemed not to have much substance, but which I still managed to complete twice!).
I guess that I'm just a tad disappointed to have seen what appeared to be a bunch of goodies on display in BD and then to discover that they were really just window dressing in this instance. It seemed to say "Hey we're not just a hack and slash, we're a proper AD&D style game" when really much of it's just fluff, which they might as well have dropped, as Dungeon Siege did. I guess that there's a fine line between "interesting clutter" in RPGs, and just junk. BD (and some other games) seem to stray onto the wrong side of the line, for my money.
However, now I've realised that most of the stuff in BD makes very little difference, I'm just treating the whole thing as a straightforward hack-n-slash (as you say) and enjoying it for what it is.
I agree that this seems largely a money raiser and test bed (although I had to pay the same as DD <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" /> ) but it started so badly, and seemed such a mess of bugs and half completed ideas, that after Act 1 I was just about ready to pack it back up and insert it up the nearest Larian orifice..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />
However, Act 2 was much better, and I've really got into the swing of it in Act 3. So while it won't make my favourites shelf, I don't now feel I wasted my money. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Cheers, Kris.
