I read some of the FR books as a kid but Baldur's Gate when it came out was my first FR CRPG. Never played this until i bought the Forgotten Realms anthology in one of those budget dual-cd case packages from Walmart. I think in sixth grade the barrier of entry was a little high for me so i basically just missed it. Thank you for the retrospective, I've always been curious about it as a fellow drow/Drizzt fan myself.
It's definitely a bit of an oversimplification of the story themes in the book, but it was really fun to play through this adventure with my favorite drow ranger.
I guess that the drows in the city left the party alone because they assumed that they were servants/slaves of a powerful House... or that the Baenre Matriarch got a vision with the party defeating the rival Matriarch and used her influence to let the party wander in the city.
That's definetly plausible. I almost wonder if it would have been a better story flow to have the drow who wanted her driver lover fixed to transform us outside the city or something similar. Would have made the illusion feel more complete.
Small nitpick, Goldbox games are considered to be SSI's AD&D games using the same "Gold Box Engine", while SSI made other AD&D games as well, like Menzoberranzan, they're not considered as part of the "Goldox games".
I actually super appreciate this nitpick! Believe it or not I was trying to figure out if this was a "gold box game" but couldn't seem to find a definitive answer. They market it as a gold box classic in the modern re-release,, but a lot online kept saying it wasn't actually in engine. It's good to have an actual answer.
Gold box games are pool of radiance series, savage frontier series, frua, dragonlance series , spelljammers and... Buck Rogers xD all games have characteristic strategic turn based battle system (much better than smash-buttons from eob, ravenloft and menzo ;) )
Hey appreciate the support, glad to hear you enjoyed it. My first video on Lands of Lore is a very similar style of game, though I'll give you fair warning it was my first video so it's a bit rough around the edges. Other than that, I'll probably be doing a video on Ravenloft in the near future, a game made in the same engine.
i currently reading though all of the drizzt novels which i bought ... i think almost 20 years ago for dirt cheap (what i thought was only SOME books are actually almost all books until around 2001). It's also funny to see that Drizzt in this game has the weird "metal plate head piece" but at least it looks better than on the book cover of "The Legacy" xD but how can inside Menzoberranzan the Houses are at war with House Do'Urden when Drizzt house was completly wiped out of existence?
@@Zanji1234 I know exactly which book cover you are referencing. Absolutely cursed. If you haven't got there yet, the latest 3 books are so good, big stuff happening in the city of spiders!
@@aquawalrus was a totally lucky find online. one box carton full of Forgotten Realms novels. I read the first trilogy and started the original but stopped and put it away. for almost 15 years or so. Had to ask my mother where she put my books after i moved out xD
@@Zanji1234 I actually read a couple back in high school, but never got far. Ended up finding the first 12 books at a second hand shop a couple years ago and got me right back into it.
Is this play-through using the gold box classic on steam or gog? I missed out on a lot of pc games growing up so videos that cover some of the lesser known classics are awesome.
It's the gold box on steam, I'm in the same boat that I missed out on a lot of these growing up so it's great to be able to go back and play them now. Next video I'm working on is Ravenloft, made on the same engine as this one.
For what it's worth, centaur-guy™ only follows you around on the surface. He leaves when you enter the underground.
@@Gotcha444 that's fair, I feel like underdark caverns aren't well designed for horses anyway.
Yet a Drider is fine there. Would be awesome to have a Centaur in the group.
I read some of the FR books as a kid but Baldur's Gate when it came out was my first FR CRPG. Never played this until i bought the Forgotten Realms anthology in one of those budget dual-cd case packages from Walmart. I think in sixth grade the barrier of entry was a little high for me so i basically just missed it. Thank you for the retrospective, I've always been curious about it as a fellow drow/Drizzt fan myself.
It's definitely a bit of an oversimplification of the story themes in the book, but it was really fun to play through this adventure with my favorite drow ranger.
I guess that the drows in the city left the party alone because they assumed that they were servants/slaves of a powerful House... or that the Baenre Matriarch got a vision with the party defeating the rival Matriarch and used her influence to let the party wander in the city.
That's definetly plausible. I almost wonder if it would have been a better story flow to have the drow who wanted her driver lover fixed to transform us outside the city or something similar.
Would have made the illusion feel more complete.
Small nitpick, Goldbox games are considered to be SSI's AD&D games using the same "Gold Box Engine", while SSI made other AD&D games as well, like Menzoberranzan, they're not considered as part of the "Goldox games".
I actually super appreciate this nitpick! Believe it or not I was trying to figure out if this was a "gold box game" but couldn't seem to find a definitive answer.
They market it as a gold box classic in the modern re-release,, but a lot online kept saying it wasn't actually in engine. It's good to have an actual answer.
Gold box games are pool of radiance series, savage frontier series, frua, dragonlance series , spelljammers and... Buck Rogers xD all games have characteristic strategic turn based battle system (much better than smash-buttons from eob, ravenloft and menzo ;) )
great game, have any others like this.
also great video hope you get popular
Hey appreciate the support, glad to hear you enjoyed it.
My first video on Lands of Lore is a very similar style of game, though I'll give you fair warning it was my first video so it's a bit rough around the edges.
Other than that, I'll probably be doing a video on Ravenloft in the near future, a game made in the same engine.
i currently reading though all of the drizzt novels which i bought ... i think almost 20 years ago for dirt cheap (what i thought was only SOME books are actually almost all books until around 2001). It's also funny to see that Drizzt in this game has the weird "metal plate head piece" but at least it looks better than on the book cover of "The Legacy" xD
but how can inside Menzoberranzan the Houses are at war with House Do'Urden when Drizzt house was completly wiped out of existence?
@@Zanji1234 I know exactly which book cover you are referencing. Absolutely cursed.
If you haven't got there yet, the latest 3 books are so good, big stuff happening in the city of spiders!
@@aquawalrus i'm currently starting "Siege of Darkness" so i have A LOT to read :D
@@Zanji1234 I envy you having so many books to go! Probably my favorite series of all time, I keep hoping they'll announce more.
@@aquawalrus was a totally lucky find online. one box carton full of Forgotten Realms novels. I read the first trilogy and started the original but stopped and put it away. for almost 15 years or so. Had to ask my mother where she put my books after i moved out xD
@@Zanji1234 I actually read a couple back in high school, but never got far. Ended up finding the first 12 books at a second hand shop a couple years ago and got me right back into it.
Is this play-through using the gold box classic on steam or gog? I missed out on a lot of pc games growing up so videos that cover some of the lesser known classics are awesome.
It's the gold box on steam, I'm in the same boat that I missed out on a lot of these growing up so it's great to be able to go back and play them now.
Next video I'm working on is Ravenloft, made on the same engine as this one.
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