General video game discussion

[Reynard]

My understand is that it desperately needs the fan patch to be remotely playable, but it's otherwise probably the best adaptation of 3.5 D&D in a computer game. Storywise though we're well on the Icewind Dale side of the Icewind Dale-to-Planescape Torment scale

Is the patch thing still true of the new Steam version? That is what I am asking.

 

[Reynard]

The announcement for the new Diablo 4 DLC reminds me how much I love that game -- except for the bosses. I hate video game bosses that change the entire play structure of the other90% of gameplay. Yuck. If I had a "skip boss" button for D4, I would probably never stop playing that game. One day I will find a ARPG that dispenses with that nonsense.

 

[MarkB]

Is the patch thing still true of the new Steam version? That is what I am asking.

From the review I've seen of it (Mortismal), the Steam version is supposed to incorporate two major fan patches plus additional fixes, and should be good to go as-is. I don't own it so I can't back that up with personal experience though.

 

[MarkB]

After a busy week I finally got back to playing BG3 and cleared out the goblin camp, hitting 5th level along the way.

I'd forgotten just how much of a beast Karlach becomes when specialised into a dedicated throwing build. Like, I remember it being strong, but I hadn't remembered it being this OP even this early into the build. If there were another returning weapon in the game I'd be seriously tempted to spec someone else into a similar build, see some side-by-side comparison of Giant versus Berserker. Could probably do it anyway with all the javelins she's collected.

 

[pukunui]

I saw something in FB about a new Star Wars racing game. (Not podracing.)

 

[Thomas Shey]

Consider me one of the oddballs who preferred MOO1 to MOO2. I haven't played either in a number of years (mostly because I know if I do all my time will be forfeit) so maybe my view would shift, but at the time I felt MOO2 got too fiddly for not enough extra benefit.

That said I did want to give GalCiv2 a try, as I heard it was really good and the ship design was a lot of aesthetic fun, but again I avoided as I knew I would lose all my time into it.

Currently I made the mistake of giving Timberborn a try and now it's gotten it's teeth into me...

Shows how different people are; after playing MOO2, MOO1 felt overly schematic to me (even though I'd liked it when it first came out).

 

[trappedslider]

I saw something in FB about a new Star Wars racing game. (Not podracing.)

 

[Kannik]

Shows how different people are; after playing MOO2, MOO1 felt overly schematic to me (even though I'd liked it when it first came out).

Heh, aye. As I said, I seem to be the oddball out.

One fun thing was if you played multiplayer MOO2 (over dial up to a friend's house, of course), and tried the alt-MOOLAH cheat, it would pop a dialogue box to let them know. (Yes, I tested it out )

 

[Thomas Shey]

Heh, aye. As I said, I seem to be the oddball out.

Not the only one for what its worth; had a friend at one time who thought MOO1 was the better game.

One fun thing was if you played multiplayer MOO2 (over dial up to a friend's house, of course), and tried the alt-MOOLAH cheat, it would pop a dialogue box to let them know. (Yes, I tested it out )

Heh.

(And to be fair, MOO2 had some serious balance issues, and my fondness doesn't make me oblivious to that).

 

[Bohandas]

Also, I totally forgot in all the Game Awards excitement: Temple of Elemental Evil is out on Steam. Has anyone gotten and played it yet?

I already had it. It's been on GOG for years