Baldur's Gate

[Foxbat]

Anybody ever finish this one? I dug it out recently and restarted (never finished it last time). I've made it into the maze (Chapter 7) as I chase Sarevok.

I've managed to kill the Doom Guards (or whatever they're called) but those damn skeletons afterwards are giving me a really hard time. I was really enjoying it all but now I just spend my time hurling curses at my PC.

Anybody got any helpful hints to help an ageing adventurer? (I'm determined to finish this game......someday)

 

[The Master™]

I don't seem to remember having much trouble with the Doom Guards or the rest... I finished it quite quickly...

I tended to have my main character sooped up to max... Best armour, weapons, etc... If he (she) dies, it is GAME OVER... Then make sure that the rest have a mixture of magically enhanced ranged weapons...

And the magic users at the back firing offensive spells!!

 

[Foxbat]

Yeah! I finally managed to finish this game (after all those years...no wonder I feel old).

You were right Master. It was just a case of getting the right blend of weapons and magic (although it took me four frustrating days of load and re-loading games to finally defeat Sarevok).

Onward to Icewind Dale!

 

[The Master™]

Happy to hear you got to the end...

Oooo, Icewind Dale - first one... That is a swine... Took me several weeks to complete it... And managed it with a LOT of luck!!!

If you have Tales of the Sword Coast and Shadows of Amn - do them first... Same characters...

Icewind Dale and Heart of Winter are different characters...

 

[Tsujigiri]

I have been playing 'Temple of Elemental Evil' which was strangely the first tabletop AD&D game I ever played. It's not too bad tbh, I was expecting to be irritated by it and I'm quite enjoying it

 

[a|one]

Never played BG1, but in SoA its quite easy. For your main hero just get either a Kensai or a Monk, and the game wont be that hard. If you want it even easier, go to multiplayer, create 6 characters, load them all into the game, save it, and then move the save file into single player and poof! Youve got 6 souped up characters from Day 1. The only problem with this (other than overeasiness) is that the game will seem to lack flavour, as your characters will never interact with one another or speak like the storyline chars do.

 

[Tsujigiri]

What is SoA ?

 

[a|one]

Shadows of Amn (BG2)

 

[The Master™]

Icewind Dale are harder...

 

[Dark-Mage]

Icewind Dale are harder...

Yes but Shadows of Amn actually had a storyline and a pretty decent one at that.

 

[Tsujigiri]

I Enjoyed TOEE

 

[The Master™]

Share more info about it...

 

[Sirathiel]

I don't know, tried my luck with Baldur's Gate II and managed to screw up right in the first chapter. Will try it someday again when I've got my hands on a PC with some decent equipment.

As to Icewind Dale... counselled my boyfriend all through the main story line and enjoyed it greatly. Ok, there were some pretty hard battles, but nothing insurmountable. Took us 2-3 weeks. But we could only play in the evenings and not all the days...

It's different from BG as you make up all the characters yourself, so no characters directly linked to the story line (and yes it's got a story line!).

But my personal favourite challenge will remain Neverwinter Nights. It's all new level of experience!

 

[Tsujigiri]

Share more info about it...

TOEE = Temple of Elemental Evil, based upon one of the largest pen and paper Greyhawk adventure modules ever released.
The controls are much better then NWN letting you determine the exact actions of the members of the party, the top level is higher and the overall feel of the game is good.

You can find more info here: Temple of Elemental Evil

There is a downloadable demo as well.

 

[a|one]

Yes NWN is quite fun, I didnt actually play the single player storyline, but I had some grrrrreat times online with friends.

 

[The Master™]

Can't get NWN to work on my new machine, keeps crashing.. Think it is the Graphics Card!!! Bloody thing!!!

 

[Sirathiel]

I feel with you Master! My graphic card is the bottle neck for games I'd like to play, too. Best that ever run on it was BGII and Warcraft III. Although I had to take some real wishy-washy settings for it to work. And in the end it all crashed anyways. (Though that might have been the sound card...).

anyways, that's why I'm waiting patiently for the moment to invest in some decent equipment.

 

[Leto]

Sira, check here : www.rue-montgallet.com. If you want to keep your PC don't wait too long to change the graphic card, else it wouldn't be compatible anymore with your motherboard.

 

[Sirathiel]

Thanks a lot Leto. But I'm currently using a laptop where changing graphic cards proves a bit difficult. That's why I'm awaiting my return home and the first job to get my a real PC. So I'd be buying and assembling the whole thing in one sitting. So hopefully, I won't encounter any compatibility problems then. For now it's anyways better to not have any games on the laptop because of that ominous monster waiting to be written also known as: Mémoire.

 

[Leto]

Is he worse than the monster I'm working one : Food bank history article ?

May I suggest you to spend a few euros more and get the shop to assemble your comp' ? This way, if there's anything wrong in the hardware, they can't refuse you the warranty. And be really specific about your requirements not to pay for features you'll never need, and be sure to leave the shop with a copy of all softwares (including the OS) in hand, not only a restoration CD.