02-22-2003, 06:06 AM
Hi,
You should DEFINITELY play through the entire series of Baldur's Gate.
Oh, I want to. Just need time.
SoA also introduces inter-party banter (well, it is in BG1 as well, but the only time I ever saw any was between Khalid and Jaheira), and NPC romances.
There's quite a bit of it in the original, but you need to form parties other than the usual Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc, Imoen and Dynaheir that most people seem to go with. Get Safana and Garrick together and some amusing things happen. I've heard of other combos that are interesting, but haven't tried them.
When you talked about actual roleplaying, Pete, it sounded a lot like the AD&D-using games.
Well, of course. D&D is pretty much where role playing started and the alignment was there from the start. It has a big influence. But that is just the ground work, the frame. To really role play a character, you need to know more than just alignment. You need to know his/her history, motivations, what makes him happy, what makes him mad. Then you have to "put it all on" and try to think like that character, become that character like a good actor becomes the role. Sure, some are better at it than others, but we can all try ;)
I personally think that the Baldur's Gate series is much better than the Diablo series. BG represents true role-playing, while Diablo represents the common "dungeon crawl" format - lots of action, no story.
I'd say that I agree with the second sentence and that kind of makes the first sentence meaningless. The two games are different and cannot really be compared except in terms of personal enjoyment. While in many ways I've enjoyed BG more than Diablo, replaying it to get going again kind of bored me. I knew a lot of where everything was and what would happen. There was a little bit of difference the second time, but not enough to keep my interest. Each session of Diablo, on the other hand, was different enough that I continued playing the game for, off and on, six years and I still crank it up occasionally.
But, yeah, I really have to get back to BG and play the whole series. Then install Planescape. And "The Art of War". And ...
AHHHHHHH!
--Pete
You should DEFINITELY play through the entire series of Baldur's Gate.
Oh, I want to. Just need time.
SoA also introduces inter-party banter (well, it is in BG1 as well, but the only time I ever saw any was between Khalid and Jaheira), and NPC romances.
There's quite a bit of it in the original, but you need to form parties other than the usual Jaheira, Khalid, Minsc, Imoen and Dynaheir that most people seem to go with. Get Safana and Garrick together and some amusing things happen. I've heard of other combos that are interesting, but haven't tried them.
When you talked about actual roleplaying, Pete, it sounded a lot like the AD&D-using games.
Well, of course. D&D is pretty much where role playing started and the alignment was there from the start. It has a big influence. But that is just the ground work, the frame. To really role play a character, you need to know more than just alignment. You need to know his/her history, motivations, what makes him happy, what makes him mad. Then you have to "put it all on" and try to think like that character, become that character like a good actor becomes the role. Sure, some are better at it than others, but we can all try ;)
I personally think that the Baldur's Gate series is much better than the Diablo series. BG represents true role-playing, while Diablo represents the common "dungeon crawl" format - lots of action, no story.
I'd say that I agree with the second sentence and that kind of makes the first sentence meaningless. The two games are different and cannot really be compared except in terms of personal enjoyment. While in many ways I've enjoyed BG more than Diablo, replaying it to get going again kind of bored me. I knew a lot of where everything was and what would happen. There was a little bit of difference the second time, but not enough to keep my interest. Each session of Diablo, on the other hand, was different enough that I continued playing the game for, off and on, six years and I still crank it up occasionally.
But, yeah, I really have to get back to BG and play the whole series. Then install Planescape. And "The Art of War". And ...
AHHHHHHH!
--Pete
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