Video Game General 2: Definitive/Remastered Edition

I wonder how many old-school RPG fans want to crucify me for not caring about Baldur’s Gate, since it looks like just another virtual D&D campaign to me.

@Meanlucario  
It’s ok to be wrong.

@Meanlucario
 
Almost all older rpgs are basically just digital D&D campaigns. Complete with the same rulesets.
 
I think the original Fallouts were notable for breaking the mold since their leveling system didn’t follow D&D’s structure. And that’s only because they didn’t get the rights to, so they had to make their own.

@Meanlucario  
I’m more into the diablo-eque dungeon action crawler once. Baldur’s Gate is just a one player experience with Xcom like battles.
 
D&D is all about the experience with friends. That’s why something like WoW got popular, because it was the closet to that without needing to have everyone in the same room for several hours. They can be all at their houses from several hours! :D

@Dustcan  
That’s what I noticed. I remember Starting Neverwinter Night, thinking it felt to much like ordinary D&D, and booting up Baldur’s Gate only to realize it’s the same thing. At least KOTOR had a Star Wars skin. I’m so glad that PoE was different from D&D, even though that was the audience it was aimed towards.
 
Glad they didn’t get it. I wouldn’t have enjoyed it as much if I kept on asking why I shouldn’t just find a campaign online.
 
@Background Pony #6F1D  
Care to enlighten me on why I’m wrong? Don’t fear spoiling me.
 
@Cyborg_pony  
The human interactions is what makes D&D (and most TTRPGs) great. And there are plenty of MMOs, WOW was just the one that got the most attention (though ESO tickles my fancy more).

@Meanlucario  
It’s why I mentioned it. It was the one people saw advertised. Most only know of Runescape, Ragnarok, Maple story and others through a friend mentioning them.

@Meanlucario
 

 
It is. Same engine, assets, etc. I remember them advertising you can import your NWN chara into BG or vice versa.

@Dustcan  
Funny how things have changed. You have to recreate your character in PoE2 even if you transfer a save world up, partly because your character dies before you have any control.

“Runes of magic cured my depression….
 
 
And emptied my wallet.”

Ah, so the Tal’darim were never linked to the Khala. They left Aiur before Amon created it to subjugate the Protoss. That’s why they can keep their ponytails without getting brainwashed.
 
…Kinda an oversight on Amon’s part though.

I wish every RPG wasn’t infected with stupid notions that having tons of unavoidable bad outcomes to quests because of the game wanting to push arbitrary consequences for everything, i really want to play Greedfall but there is just no way it’s not going to hammer my anxiety non stop especially since i can’t fix every thing even if i waste tons of time studying walkthroughs,

@Thanotos Omega  
I don’t think you’ll like my original IP, then…

@Thanotos Omega  
Sounds like you need to bite the bullet and accept that you can’t make everyone happy.

@Meanlucario  
I shouldn’t be locked into people dying because i didn’t choose to play a stealth character,

@Thanotos Omega  
Context?

@Thanotos Omega  
Then, don’t play RPGs?

@Background Pony #6F1D  
He can, he can make a new character and go the path less traveled.

@Thanotos Omega  
You could also play Pillars of Eternity instead.

@Meanlucario  
An early quest in greedfall requires you to have points in stealth or else you are forced to fight and kill a dude’s parents who were trying to get him back,
 
 
@Mikey  
Don’t you have a busy schedule of not recognizing extremely common slurs and acting smug about it? or is this “Mikey uses his fancy green badge to try and fucking bully people” hours?

@Thanotos Omega  
Context? How does stealth solve this problem? Why are the parents attacking people? Why were they separated in the first place?
 
How is that relevant to the topic at hand? Or do you have no counter argument and have to dig up dirt on people in hopes that they will coward out of an argument?

@Thanotos Omega  
Excuse me?

@igotnopicks  
Just so. The heart and soul of any RPG worth it’s salt. Choice, consequences and Replayability.

@Background Pony #6F1D  
Making choices is literally part of every RPG. Also, don’t be mean.

@Background Pony #6F1D  
With D&D and other good TTRPGs, it’s the human interactions.