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@@ThomB1031 it really is amazing, and adds a surprising amount to the experience.

@@gel87Kjetil vampire monk sounds interesting for sure. I need to give SOD a try, maybe after I finish off TOB I'll go back to give it a shot.

@@miguelgomes6849 I haven't played KOTR since it released... Man I miss old Bioware, best RPGs out there.

I also failed one of the tests... I'm debating going back and redoing it before ToB, though I did kill a good dragon maybe I deserve to be branded evil. I absolutely love the final scene for BG2, Irenicus is pretty well the definition of evil it's so satisfying seeing him totally powerless.

I had never heard of Hands of Necromancy, it looks pretty damn good though. I'm a huge fan of anything resembling DOOM or Heretic, it's on my wishlist now I'm gonna have to give it a playthrough. Shadowcaster is not without its faults, but its a pretty fun game for what it is. Expect a slower pace then something in the DOOM engine, but its a good time regardless, and also the only game I know of where you play as a muscular 4 armed bipedal cat man.

Absolutely, they nailed it in that first entry. BG3 had very pretty graphics, but no where near the level of quality.

@@xaress there is a companion system, where you have a second character that is AI controlled to help you out. It helps if you're having trouble in the game but I've always preferred the solo experience, I find it gets too easy with a dude helping out.

@@xaress the dwarf city was definetly the highlight of the game. The floating city was cool in concept, but was super underutilized.

@@ArmoredChocoboLPs I would love to have the actual strategy guides, those are always a blast to read through. I did get some of his equipment, if I'm not mistaken what equipment you can get is based on how quickly you catch up to him, I got lost for a moment on the way so I only got part of it. The fight was so easy though it didn't feel needed regardless. It's crazy how different the narrative is in this game for an evil playthrough, worth doing twice as it's practically a different game!

@@Mrityugata hah, good catch on the music you're totally right. I love that particular soundtrack. Love all the music but it's definitely my favorite of the bunch.

Early DND games just LOVE their poison. It could be worse though, I'm playing Ravenloft right now and level draining undead are a special kind of evil.

@@aquawalrus level draining is pain in the back in every single DnD game where enemies can do that. Learning how to handle this makes BG2 so much easier. IIRC protection from negative plane/energy is a thing in EoB3, but I am not sure if you can cast it in Ravenloft.

@@TheKrzywol you can, the problem is every time an undead hits you it takes it off so you sort of have to chain cast it to keep up the protection. It's not the worst thing in the world, it can just be tedious to keep it up constantly. A small blessing is that enemies only hit your front rank in Ravenloft, so you can just keep your one dude in the front buffed and you're safe.

@@aquawalrus Yeah, I just realized it (unlike BG2) wears off after 1 hit... Damn!

@@TheKrzywol the worst part is the level drain in Ravenloft is permanent, unlike BG2 there is no restoration to fix it so it's pretty much an instant load game if you happen to get drained. I'm all for punishing game mechanics but it's a tad much haha.

@@Вася-о3ф7ь that's a huge sticking point for me as well. BG was always a fairly serious game with the occasional bit of humor sprinkled in, BG3 it just feels like everything is silly and jokey. It refuses to take itself seriously. It's the same thing that makes it hard for me to get into the Divinity games, it's like they want to tell a serious story but can't commit.

@@cRPGeek I'm glad you've been enjoying the vids, makes my day. I would like to cover Divinity if just to have the motivation to finish it off. Something about Larians games I tend to put a lot of hours into them but never make it to the end.

​@@aquawalrus I am really enjoying them ;) and yeah, I totally get what you mean about those divinity games, they tend to drag for some reason and are sometimes on the more grindy side, esspecialy the first two, although the first one much more than the second.

@@leadbones it's my first video, the audio is pretty bad in it. Is what it is.

@@mfo6892 absolutely, there have been good games since but these games were the peak for RPGs.

I need to get to playing that series again... Played them years ago but it's been so long I don't have strong memories. I do really look forward to building a full custom party for them.

@@tomioka_giyuu_isnot_depres9597 definetly agree with that sentiment. Larian games, while fun, have a very different feel to them than any of the classic DND games. A lot lighter, almost silly fantasy. Don't worry about being old, according to my channel stats we are all getting near due for a hip replacement haha.

@@jimmylittle9393 it's her goth / emo phase.

I'm crushed with disappointment.

Sounds like it's just not your style, which is totally fine, but it's definitely not nostalgia in this case. BG2 is easily one of the best RPGs ever made, and when taken as a whole the original trilogy is unmatched as a roleplaying experience. Now when I say obscure SSI dungeon crawlers are the best RPGs ever, you can bet that is pure nostalgia haha.

@@aquawalrus The thing is that BG1-2 sounds exactly like the thing I like, but for some reason it is not. I have heard the exact same thing from my gamer friends. Maybe it is a cultural thing. I wonder if you like "Pillars of Eternity" that was very much a game I was looking forward to and I did not enjoy it either.

@@TheRealSoldatmesteren the way you feel about BG1/2 is exactly how I feel about BG3. I feel like I should be enjoying myself but I'm not. I do love POE, so it seems just a difference of tastes!

@@aquawalrus That's very interesting. Now I'm very curious; did you play "UnderRail" ? That is a game I love.

@@TheRealSoldatmesteren I had never heard of it, just watched the trailer and read a bit about it, sounds like I would like it I'll have to put it on my wishlist.

@@Cyricist001 for me it was like you said, unappealing companions, but also I just hated what they did to the setting. It's just so fluffy, it feels like the game wants to take itself seriously but can't help but add in a joke every 3 minutes. BG isn't what I would call a super dark tone, but it was always a serious game with a touch of light heartedness here and there. BG3 felt like they were trying to make a sitcom.

I need to play that game, I've heard so many people say that and I still haven't actually played it. By all accounts I would love it. POE is a great spiritual successor as well.

@@SolarisKane BG3 is better at having your character constantly make silly faces during dialogue.

@@aquawalrus That's another thing BG3 is better at, you're right. Because most crpgs you don't get to see your character's face at all and it completely lacks immersion.

@@SolarisKane 🙀

@@not_jon_vendi I had so much fun with this one. Looking forward to all the other infinity games.

@@GC_Rallo my exact feeling as well. It was much more Divinity than it was BG.

@@EvilTurtle97 honestly, I play a lot of older games and love them all. I'm fully willing to admit a lot of that love comes from nostalgia. This game it does not. It is legitimately one of the best RPGs ever made. You won't regret it. I would recommend starting with BG1, though it is more of a slow burn to get going.

@@Sekainoowaride you'll never turn me from the cult of the real time with pause.

@aquawalrus PIANO FINGERS!

@@rainbowcrash6990 💪

Probably not next... but definitely before too long. It's installed!

@@Mike-r4h the gospel of the gate must be spread to the masses.

@@rainbowcrash6990 BG3 isn't bad really, it's just not a great BG game, if that makes sense.

​@aquawalrus i get you. Personally, I love Divinity OS 2, Larian-wise. I wanted a non-dnd system, and its definitely great. Maybe we'll see it here 😊

@@MrWazzietje yeah, I know it had its flaws but 2nd edition DND will always hold a special place for me.

@@justaquietpeacefuldance right around the time you hit the underdark the game gets wildly hard, if you aren't maxing the potential of your casters it gets so rough.

@@matternicuss absolutely agree, I've only just played U7 for the first time this year and it's absolutely amazing, even coming from someone with no nostalgia for it it stands the test of time.

@@aaronhumphrey3514 Divinity 3 is a more accurate title as far as I'm concerned.

@@ThalesWell absolutely, I'm doing an actual tabletop with the new ruleset they just released, and I'm having a good time with it but it's not the same, vibes are a bit different and a lot of the new races feel poorly meshed in with the game. I really liked 2nd edition.

@@nicholasrova3698 couldn't have put it better myself. Same here I got BG3 a few months past release, and I've since tried to get through it 3 times but never made it past act 2. It's not necessarily "bad" or anything, but it's just not a good BG game.

@@aquawalrus My biggest issue with BG3 is it's connection to the old games. I feel if it wasn't related to the old games, or they were very slightly mentioned (since the Bhaalspawn Crisis was a big deal) then I probably would have stuck with BG3 a lot more, and would have subsequently loved it, instead of merely enjoying it. Their story about Githyanki and Mindflayers and what not is pretty good, and could have held up on its own without being dragged down by the poorly implemented 'old BG stuff'. Hell, even the original BG3 wasn't going to have anything to do with the Bhaalspawn Saga. Larian should have just taken a page out of the Black Hound's book and gone that route.

@nicholasrova3698 honestly same. Im fine with it being a forgotten realms game, but it feels like they robbed the grave of BG for the hype. Could have just made their own DND adventure without ransacking the remains of an already beloved, and complete, franchise.

@@Someguy-xu3oy it's pretty well an annual event for me. Already I'm planning the next playthrough.

@aquawalrus and the crazy part is you find new things every single playthrough. It's really special and worth all the time

@@garnauklaufen6704 it's funny you mention dragon age, I was considering giving it a go next but as much as I absolutely love that game, it has stretches that I cannot stand. The fade being the worst offender for me but others come close. It also isn't supported by a strong series. DAO is mostly good, but DA2 is pretty bland and inquisition is fun but a mega grind if you want to experience the whole thing. BG3 I've tried to get through 3 times, always burn out around act 2. It just gets super tedious for me, and I've heard the third act is even more so. Glad others are enjoying it but it's not for me.

The part about magic is so true. I feel like people who aren't into the retro games scene, or are just young, see me gush about the power fantasy of a high level mage in this game and think I'm nuts, but literally nothing has ever matched it. It's especially true when you consider how weak low level mages are in this game, to go from being one shot by a gibberling, to being able to wipe out an entire floor of enemies solo without even being touched, is such a wild feeling. Playing through with my main as a wizard this time was an especially special experience, to be able to see how strong Irenicus is at the start, that untouchable power, then to realize that by the end you are more than his match in magic is truly one of a kind. I'll take the dislikes for speaking the truth, though so far its not so bad, just a few naysayers haha.

@@aquawalrus Yup and that's exactly what the mage class was in dnd, even back in the early 90s. So weak at the first levels, yet the most powerful being you could ever imagine, on real high levels. BG2 embodied that so well, that it was a feat I would never have imagined to see in this life from paper to screen. And yet they did so masterfully. The enemy liches in this game also, and one particular lich/demon mixed party that I remember, truly made you realize the pure raw power of magic. It made you want to feel that power yourself. Its insane that you could actually do that. Dragon battles were absolutely bonkers as well. Didn't prepare well to protect yourself from that specific element and you were simply toast. Leave all your party on the same side, and watch them get destroyed by those area attacks. Yes some "hidden" items in the game were clearly OP, but on a 1 to 10 scaling in terms of pure fun and potential, they ranked like 20/10. It was such a good feeling. I think that's what it comes down to. We as gamers don't really care if there are hidden mechanics in a game that make you almost broken. In fact we yearn for them, because "having pure fun" with all those shenanigans is what you will always remember. I wish more modern game devs fully realized this. You don't have to nerf everything to make a good balanced game. Magic was perhaps a bit complex, oldschool even, perhaps more complex than in many other similar games, but once you realized what you could do? You were literally flying. Tell me one other game that managed to make you feel like you felt here playing a wizard with a staff of invisibility, going head to toe invisible into a huge amount of powerful enemies while in stoneskin, only to unleash the ultimate nightmare of aoe spells and triggers, bringing death and destruction all around you. Or the time stop shenanigan combos. There is not a single other rpg game you could do this, like you could here. Did fantasy gaming ever become as epic? Clearly not.

@@kobarsos82 yeah the whole need to make specifically single player games super "balanced" drives me nuts. Like if it's multiplayer I get it you want a fair experience, but as a solo player sometimes I want to build that super broken party. It's fun to find ways to exploit the systems you're given. Nowadays I feel like you find the slightest advantage in these games that lets you play "the wrong way" and it gets patched out to protect some sort of envisioned single player experience. People who want to play in a strictly ruled world will, and people that want to mess with it should be able to as well!

@@Timorio I've been speaking the language for nearing 4 decades now, I'm afraid the chances of me getting better at it are quite low by now.

@@piotrd7355 I need to do an evil playthrough. I had Edwin in the party very briefly for this run but he wasn't jiving with my good guy mage vibes.

@@piotrd7355 I definetly prefer the RTWP of the originals, definetly a subjective opinion but I find turn based to be really distracting and often just so drawn out. RTWP makes those big encounters feel so much more frantic and engaging.

@@naturalunnatural I also didn't visit Baldur's Gate. But here's a free one, Viconia is the better cleric of Shar, Shadowheart is a hack!

@@guji369 sadly true, the closest we've gotten is maybe Dragon Age Origins, but even then there were far more limitations. I'm stealing from another commenter, but they compared it to modern games being more like movies while older ones are more like books, I think that's sadly a good description of what the modern RPG experience has become.