Sorry to hear that you had such a miserable finish to the game Etoile. You have my sympathy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sad.gif" alt="" />
If you do decide to do it again, my tip would be to put a few points into giving your hero the hammer spell. It has the great advantage of stunning the enemy as well as doing some damage. You don't need to use many points to add a little bit of magic capability, so you don't need to sacrifice whatever your main fighting style is. I ended with a heap of unspent points for both skills and attributes.
I also finished the game this morning, and I must say that the usual feeling of sadness when a game comes to an end was replaced by one of great relief at finishing BD! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
I seem to have struck just about every bug and mistake in the game and have had to replay hours of pretty dull action in order to skirt round various problems.
If it hadn't been for DD (which I enjoyed as much as you did) I'd probably just write this off as just another B class game that I wasted my money on (and there have been plenty of those over the years! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />)
But I know what Larian can do at their best, and I did enjoy most of Acts 2 and 3. Unfortunately, Act 1 was forgettable, as was most of Act 4. Act 4 would have been much better if some of the puzzles were either new or fun. Goodness knows why they think all that lever rubbish constitutes entertainment. The logic ones such as Imp/Chest/Elemental and the Truth-telling and Lying Elementals might have been fun if I hadn't seen exactly the same puzzles many times before. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
I was hoping that BD would stand for Brilliant and Delightful. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
However, at various stages of the game it seemed more like:
Bug-ridden Disaster
Boringly Dull, or
Badly Designed.
However, now the steam has stopped rising from me I think I'll settle for:
Bit Disappointing.
I do wish Larian well for DD2, but it's no longer the automatic purchase that this was after the joys of DD. Let's hope DD2 puts all the smiles back. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
