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I refuse to acknowledge Hasbro/WotC and its games. Fuck them.
Fair.
- Baldur's Gate 1
- Planescape: Torment
- I hate to admit it, but I still like Baldur's Gate 3 a lot lmao
NWN was my shit back in the day. I have great memories of playing with friends online, and we goofed around griefing a 
RP server lol.
Baldur's Gate 2 is super good, I just don't think I like the combat of high level DnD, let alone ADnD specifically.
NWN2 is super underrated, and the expansions are cool.
Uhhhh also shout-out to those stupid Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance hack and slash games that were kinda fun to split screen co-op.
PS:T is True Kino Gaming. I wish Tides of Numenera had captured the magic in the same way, but it scratches a similar itch if you like very narrative heavy games.
Yeah, problematic bits of Chris Avellone aside, PS:T is the best execution of the same ass story he recycles every time.
I'll always remember the Ranged Touch boys quitting that game lol. I enjoyed Tides of Numenera enough to finish a playthrough, but it always seemed like a game I'd never want to replay.
I only wanted to play a second time because there was a quest I finished but could never turn in in the first area because events transpired when I took a nap one time.
I hate to admit it, but I still like Baldur's Gate 3 a lot lmao
Gah I wish I had a pc or a console to play it.
Gah I wish I had a pc or a console to play it.
I hope you get to play it in the near future! If you're nostalgic for all the old ass games, you'll probably enjoy it. It's not a perfect game, but it does a good job of providing a TTRPG experience on a computer.
I forgot Icewind Dale, which has a ton of fun subclasses on the recent EE
I forgot Icewind Dale, which has a ton of fun subclasses on the recent EE
BG 1+2 are in my backlog
They're pretty dope, but I grew up playing BG2 at a friend's house when I was young.
I still need to dip my toe into the Gold Box games lol
I still need to dip my toe into the Gold Box games lol
They're old, ngl, and kind of cumbersome to play but if you want a game that let's you do some ad&d 1st edition (or was it second, memory is hazy) it's great for that. Like most CRPGs the beginning is a tough slog but by the end you've got levels under your belt and gear you can clean up. Protip: play single classes don't multiclass because it takes forever to level.
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Lords of Waterdeep (the boardgame)
- Baldur's Gate 1
BG3 is an all around solid game with a decent amount of polish, and while the main story is pretty boring and predictable, as with most Bioware-style games the real story is in the companions, and they're a good enough selection that most players will be able to pick out a party without having to use anyone they really hate. I would still say that I had more fun talking about the game than actually playing it.
I played Lords of Waterdeep with the Skullport expansion exactly once at a friend's house and it was alright. It's a worker placement boardgame and tbh the branding didn't really do much for me because I don't know or care about anything in the Forgotten Realms, much less Waterdeep specifically.
BG1 is a boring game with a simple and uninteresting story, and really does a great job of instilling a hatred of the Vancian casting system in the player. Turns out a 1:1 implementation of AD&D's rules makes for a bad game, who knew. The only reason this takes #3 is because I actually finished it.
Also started but never finished BG2 and NWN2 (didn't get far in either), and played a little of the Neverwinter MMO and DDO but stopped quickly because neither were good. I actually own Planescape Torment but have never actually brought myself to play it. EDIT: saw someone mention BG Dark Alliance and I did also play that for several hours at a friend's house once. It should probably be in third but the fact that I forgot means it obviously didn't make much of an impact.
I will close by saying that WOTC should canonically blow up the Sword Coast so that they can set games elsewhere for once.
I will close by saying that WOTC should canonically blow up the Sword Coast so that they can set games elsewhere for once.
I'd be down with a new Mystara game or Greyhawk.
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Neverwinter Nights (never beat it, just love the vibes)
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Baldur's Gate 3 I'm enjoying it so far.
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Baldur's Gate 2 (or whichever had Drizzt in it.)
(I've played a lot of paper DnD, including 2.0, but never got much into the video games.)
They both had Drizzt, though in BG1 he's more of a "your party must be this strong to ride" kind of test than anything interesting.
He couldn't get Coldflame weapons, so I was kinda iffy on running him sometimes. I like stuff like glows.
Neverwinter Nights (never beat it, just love the vibes)
Same I never beat it either. Just tried it out many times on different classes. The official campaign is pretty lousy though.
- NWN 2
- BG3
- Planescape: Torment
If we're "flexible" with the definition of D&D games, Owlcat's two Pathfinder games would be top contenders as well.
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