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Effectronica posted:People can tell when you're fronting. Effectronica-Senpai noticed me!! 
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Error 404 posted:Skill focus: Plutonis
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Aug 20, 2015 14:05
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All of the SSI D&D Gold Box games have been released on gog.com
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Aug 20, 2015 18:16
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gradenko_2000 posted:All of the SSI D&D Gold Box games have been released on gog.com Oh poo poo it is loving on.
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Aug 20, 2015 20:22
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And pretty much all the other D&D games are up to 90% off. Planescape: Torment, we will finally be.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:05
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Don't games from that time period tend to age terribly regarding stuff like bad user interfaces, poor mechanical balance and opaque documentation?
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Aug 20, 2015 21:07
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Davin Valkri posted:Don't games from that time period tend to age terribly regarding stuff like bad user interfaces, poor mechanical balance and opaque documentation? Pretty much, yeah. I can't play Planescape: Torment due to how bad everything in that game runs, from the controls to the interface to the combat mechanics.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:10
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Davin Valkri posted:Don't games from that time period tend to age terribly regarding stuff like bad user interfaces, poor mechanical balance and opaque documentation? The writing in Planescape: Torment is worth suffering through the gameplay.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:10
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Davin Valkri posted:Don't games from that time period tend to age terribly regarding stuff like bad user interfaces, poor mechanical balance and opaque documentation? see: 3.5e
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Aug 20, 2015 21:12
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I don't tolerate badly aged gameplay all that well but I'm willing to drop €3.69 on a potential gem. Tempted to pick up the Baldur's Gate games, even though I couldn't get into them a few years ago and really hate Forgotten Realms.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:13
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The gameplay in Torment was pretty bad even at the time it was released.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:15
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Slimnoid posted:Pretty much, yeah. I can't play Planescape: Torment due to how bad everything in that game runs, from the controls to the interface to the combat mechanics. GOG games generally come preconfigured and tweaked for modern machines.
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Evil Mastermind posted:GOG games generally come preconfigured and tweaked for modern machines. It helps, but it can't fix everything. 90s PC games are just awash with really bad UI and control schemes. Not to mention how common sudden spikes in difficulty are for no reason and loads of "gotcha!" game design decisions.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:39
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Evil Mastermind posted:GOG games generally come preconfigured and tweaked for modern machines. gnome7 posted:It helps, but it can't fix everything. 90s PC games are just awash with really bad UI and control schemes. Not to mention how common sudden spikes in difficulty are for no reason and loads of "gotcha!" game design decisions. This. I just can't get into the game due to it's frustratingly slow gameplay and awful UI. I know it's a good game underneath there but I'm not going to struggle and fight with the game to experience all of that. This goes for most cRPGs though, so it mostly has to do with those games just not really being for me even when I give them an honest shot.
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Aug 20, 2015 21:48
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If you're looking for a CRPG, the Avernum remake is pretty simple and fun to play.
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Aug 20, 2015 23:01
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gnome7 posted:It helps, but it can't fix everything. 90s PC games are just awash with really bad UI and control schemes. Not to mention how common sudden spikes in difficulty are for no reason and loads of "gotcha!" game design decisions. Oh, I know; I probably should have bolded the part I was responding to.
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Aug 20, 2015 23:03
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Error 404 posted:Effectronica-Senpai noticed me!! Notice "deez nuts".
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Aug 20, 2015 23:06
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:Notice "deez nuts". Vote for Deez Nutz
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Aug 20, 2015 23:12
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The Gold Box games are interesting, because they kind of set the template for mashing D&D's weird tacticless combat-should-be-avoided-because-it's-lovely ruleset into actually being a tactical combat game. You know, if you wanted someone to blame.
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Aug 21, 2015 00:04
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The best D&D branded videogame was Treasure of Tarmin.
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Aug 21, 2015 00:09
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My Lovely Horse posted:I don't tolerate badly aged gameplay all that well but I'm willing to drop €3.69 on a potential gem. If bg1 doesn't grab your attention go ahead and just play 2
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Aug 21, 2015 01:45
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gold box games are great. I dunno it takes like 15 minutes to get used to the old pc game interfaces and then you get to actually play these games which are both historically important and still fun today. Planescape Torment's interface isn't bad but it's stuck with that terrible 'real time with pause' combat. I don't know if Gog's version includes all the high resolution mods but you should really google those and play with those installed.
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Aug 21, 2015 02:53
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Torment is amazing, but I didn't feel even remotely bad installing half a dozen mods and refusing to pay more than the barest lip service to the combat.
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Aug 21, 2015 03:17
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Tendales posted:The Gold Box games are interesting, because they kind of set the template for mashing D&D's weird tacticless combat-should-be-avoided-because-it's-lovely ruleset into actually being a tactical combat game. They're interesting as far as they're actually grid-based and turn-based rather than the lovely Infinity Engine's pausable-real-time on a free grid system that only barely resembles the tabletop rules. Like, if you were going to make a tactics game out of D&D, you should probably implement it as is rather than into something its not so that it actually works.
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Aug 21, 2015 03:22
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FactsAreUseless posted:Any meme can become great, however forced its start. Memes don't start great, greatness is maked over time.
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Aug 21, 2015 03:22
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FastestGunAlive posted:If bg1 doesn't grab your attention go ahead and just play 2 this is true. BG1 is really deeply boring on a cosmic level, but BG2 is basically packed with interesting stuff happening every 5 steps you take in the game.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:11
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Play Icewind Dale last unless you're super into the combat
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Aug 21, 2015 05:33
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Swagger Dagger posted:Play Icewind Dale last unless you're super into the combat Play Temple of Elemental Evil instead if you want D&D combat in a video game. ToEE and Knights of the Chalice are literally the best things to ever come out of D&D 3rd edition (though NWN has a lot of great custom modules, the original campaign was crap)
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Aug 21, 2015 06:20
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gradenko_2000 posted:All of the SSI D&D Gold Box games have been released on gog.com Is Beamdog going to be remastering Planescape: Torment like they've done so far successfully with BG1/BG2/Icewind Dale? The earliest D&D game I ever played was NWN, but I got sucked into BG1:EE something fierce after getting it really cheap on a Steam holiday sale a couple years ago. Also they're making a new BG expansion, whatwhatwhat. Drone fucked around with this message at 08:29 on Aug 21, 2015 |
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Aug 21, 2015 08:25
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Drone posted:Also they're making a new BG expansion, whatwhatwhat. EDIT: "successfully" is debatable. Illvillainy fucked around with this message at 12:28 on Aug 21, 2015 |
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Aug 21, 2015 12:25
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Quick, let's all start reserving our nostalgia for things that deserve it, because that's how nostalgia works now.
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Aug 21, 2015 12:27
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Illvillainy posted:The Infinity engine has so much undeserved nostalgia attached to it. See: Pillars of Eternity being released in the Year of Our Luigi 2015. Yeah, gently caress them for making a really good game in 2015.
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Aug 21, 2015 12:28
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FactsAreUseless posted:Quick, let's all start reserving our nostalgia for things that deserve it, because that's how nostalgia works now. Remember Battletoads and the meme about asking GameStop about Battletoads? Let's be nostalgic about it now that Rash, the Battletoad, is playable on Killer Instinct.
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Aug 21, 2015 12:30
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Drone posted:Is Beamdog going to be remastering Planescape: Torment like they've done so far successfully with BG1/BG2/Icewind Dale? The earliest D&D game I ever played was NWN, but I got sucked into BG1:EE something fierce after getting it really cheap on a Steam holiday sale a couple years ago. They're doing that BG expansion next, so PS:T isn't on the radar (yet?)
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Aug 21, 2015 12:54
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Andrast posted:Yeah, gently caress them for making a really good game in 2015. Well, it would actually have been better if they made gently caress You: Suck My Dick: Josh Sawyer's Personal Dream RPG Experience, which was pretty much Pillars of Eternity but properly turn based.
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Aug 21, 2015 12:55
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Drone posted:Is Beamdog going to be remastering Planescape: Torment like they've done so far successfully with BG1/BG2/Icewind Dale? The earliest D&D game I ever played was NWN, but I got sucked into BG1:EE something fierce after getting it really cheap on a Steam holiday sale a couple years ago. I don't know if they are because the version of the infinity engine used is slightly different, also more broken due to age and neglect, than the standard one used in BG1/BG2/Icewind Dale. They could probably update it but it would take a lot of work. I'm curious if they'll do Icewind Dale 2 because it uses 3.5 rules instead 2nd like the others.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:10
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How people can hate on realtime-with-pause is beyond me. Turn based is so dull. I am curious to see if I have matured at all in the last 25 years or if Eye of the Beholder will still make me fly into a frustrated rage.
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Aug 21, 2015 13:54
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The greatest crime is that we never got the 4E turn-based tactical dungeon crawler that we should have. If there ever was a game primed for being turned into a CRPG it was 4E.
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Aug 21, 2015 14:00
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bunnielab posted:How people can hate on realtime-with-pause is beyond me. Turn based is so dull. Good turn-based games are way better than RTWP. See: XCOM, Shadowrun
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bunnielab posted:How people can hate on realtime-with-pause is beyond me. Turn based is so dull. I haven't yet seen a good argument in favor of real time with pause compared to properly-implemented turn-based.
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