3e computer games -- which is the oldest?
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3E games, or D&D games in general?
The only "real" 3E games out there right now are Neverwinter Nights and Pool of Radiance 2. The former has pretty steep system requirements, and isn't my favorite D&D CRPG by any stretch of imagination (although it's above average, and a lot of people do think it's great), the latter has much lower ones, but it's the worst CRPG I remember playing, and the unpatched version had a propensity for destroying system files on uninstall... So use at your own risk.
Icewind Dale 2 uses a kind of a bastard 3E system shoehorned into an old engine designed for 2E rules, and when I played it, had a lot of technical issues and slowdown porblems. Don't know how much they fixed since, it might be worth a try.
Other than that, you have 2E D&D games... Baldur's Gate II and Planscape: Torment are both older, and (IMO) extremely good CRPGs. If you're only going to try a couple, I'd suggest going for either one of those. (or maybe Baldur's Gate first if you want to try BGII)
The only "real" 3E games out there right now are Neverwinter Nights and Pool of Radiance 2. The former has pretty steep system requirements, and isn't my favorite D&D CRPG by any stretch of imagination (although it's above average, and a lot of people do think it's great), the latter has much lower ones, but it's the worst CRPG I remember playing, and the unpatched version had a propensity for destroying system files on uninstall... So use at your own risk.
Icewind Dale 2 uses a kind of a bastard 3E system shoehorned into an old engine designed for 2E rules, and when I played it, had a lot of technical issues and slowdown porblems. Don't know how much they fixed since, it might be worth a try.
Other than that, you have 2E D&D games... Baldur's Gate II and Planscape: Torment are both older, and (IMO) extremely good CRPGs. If you're only going to try a couple, I'd suggest going for either one of those. (or maybe Baldur's Gate first if you want to try BGII)
Henry
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Quick Note: My experience with Icewind Dale 2 was nothing but positive, and I loved the game, but I was running with the latest patch, however.
Even so, depending on your system, you may not have the speed required to run it effectively.
Keeping in mind the first crop of 3rd edition CRPG games just came out at the beginning of last year, so really those are the only 3 that I'm aware of.
Believe it or not, the upcoming Temple of Elemental evil, being partially based on the Troika Arcanum Engine, may be friendly towards slower computers. Arcanum runs well even on a Pentium II 233, in my experience.
Even so, depending on your system, you may not have the speed required to run it effectively.
Keeping in mind the first crop of 3rd edition CRPG games just came out at the beginning of last year, so really those are the only 3 that I'm aware of.
Believe it or not, the upcoming Temple of Elemental evil, being partially based on the Troika Arcanum Engine, may be friendly towards slower computers. Arcanum runs well even on a Pentium II 233, in my experience.
krunchyfrogg
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Wow Henry! LMK how it runs when it comes out!.
Thanks for the input.
(Just so you know, mooby is my old username, and I just realized now that I'm still logged in under that name at work!)
Thanks for the input.
(Just so you know, mooby is my old username, and I just realized now that I'm still logged in under that name at work!)
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