Sorry, you lost me here. Baldur's Gate had exploding arrows, you can loot one from the first encounter outside of Candlekeep. Exploding barrels, the infamous "red barrels" have existed in games for years, predating even Larian studios. So no.
Crap you are right. I remember nothing about them being near BG1 start, but I don't return to that game very often. Those were shitty. I suppose that is fine then. At least Larian is adapting the janky part of BGs, that I prefer to forget. Maybe they will get to do Halflife3 next, and all they learn from the series, is slidey controls.
I didn't say that Larian invented barrels. Many games have barrels. They didn't invent push either.
Nope, but that's where the dialog always goes, that barrelmancy is a Larian thing. Maybe the name for it is?
The problem is, I've seen a video on YouTube where someone ended the battle for the Druid Grove in one round. Yes, barrelmancy was the key. However, my thought, after "well, that's pretty messed up" was "but hilarious to see". I wasn't, however, motivated to do it myself. It was hilarious though.
Which brings me to the general gist of the discussion after this: I don't care if a player is using mods, or cheats, or exploiting systems in their SP game. I've seen some games with pretty "tight" mechanics abused by The Spiffing Brit. To the point where I watch his videos to see what he's found in games that allows him to completely break them, no matter how well they seem to be put together, and he does seem to always find a way. If I'm going to base my enjoyment of a game on what others are doing, I'm not going to enjoy a lot of games. Now, this situation changes in a MP environment. I'm going to expect to play with people that are playing the way I want to play. In MMOs/MP games this means I'm not knowingly playing with people that use 3rd party software to cheat, or that feel that they have to use broken mechanics to play. If they're doing it in their SP environments, more power to them, their money spent on the game isn't worth less than my money, and they are free to do whatever they like. It's none of my business.
