Originally Posted by Warlocke
Originally Posted by Beechams
but I would never claim to know the plays. Hell, half the time I wouldn't know which play it was or if it was from a play or a poem.

Nobody at Larian claimed to know the poem. I claimed that in a room full of 20 people with literature degrees, chance are very high that one of them came across this very famous poem in their studies, especially since the poem is referenced in the game. That is a very reasonable assumption to make.

Originally Posted by Beechams
"Harpies luring song ability is from the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual." So what? These writers with their literature degrees bow before Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual rather than Homer? Wouldn't surprise me.

Ugh, yes, obviously. It’s a D&D game… why are you like this? Who hurt you?

Did I say somebody at Larian claimed to know the poem? You were the one who brought up the imaginary literature degrees of the Larian writers. Speaking of which - The hole Ketheric Thorm jumps down in Moonrise: "The hole yawns back at you". No it doesn't. Not even gaps yawn back at you.

Originally Posted by WizardGnome
I think at this point you're coming up with some pretty silly objections just to insist that Larian didn't know a commonly quoted line from a well known poem.
I didn't insist anything. I doubted they had, then someone claimed it was one of the most famous poems in the world, then someone claimed that "almost all" of the writers at Larian "probably" had degrees in literature. I don't care if all the writers at Larian have PhDs - I don't think the writing in BG3 is anything but average at best. Same with the graphics and same with the voice acting. The music is below average IMO.

Last edited by Beechams; 26/09/23 06:43 PM.