Agrees, Baldurs Gate pack coming out in 2 days or so. That will keep you going for a while, then as previously stated Morrowind Game of the Year Edition (comes with the 2 expansions), this will have you going for months and month and thats if you dont download any of the thousands of decent mods out there for it.
RE: Life after Oblivion. What game now????
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Hostile17 said:Baldurs Gate 1,2 and expansions released in 2 days time for 9.99!
Any chance of a linky? I could do with a fresh set of disks for this, amazed my old ones still work!
EDIT: Just realised you may not be able to post a linky due to forum rules
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Ok guys, cheers for all the input.
Was just looking for Neverwinter Nights, and noticed that Neverwinter Nights 2 is coming out. Looking at the screenies it looks like Oblivion. Looks awesome though. Due out for release in September. Not too far off. Something for autumn months... Yipee...
Prey looks good as well. Reminds a bit like System Shock 2. I loved that game. I tried to install it, but it doesnt like XP. Is there a way around this? (Other than dual booting Win 98. Which, incidently, I might do... Last time I ran Win98 was on a 450 AMD k2.... WIth 128Mb of RAM...
For the moment, will try Morrowind.
Peace out everyone...
Was just looking for Neverwinter Nights, and noticed that Neverwinter Nights 2 is coming out. Looking at the screenies it looks like Oblivion. Looks awesome though. Due out for release in September. Not too far off. Something for autumn months... Yipee...
Prey looks good as well. Reminds a bit like System Shock 2. I loved that game. I tried to install it, but it doesnt like XP. Is there a way around this? (Other than dual booting Win 98. Which, incidently, I might do... Last time I ran Win98 was on a 450 AMD k2.... WIth 128Mb of RAM...
For the moment, will try Morrowind.
Peace out everyone...
There's a Windows XP patch out there somewhere for System Shock 2 I believe.
Seriously though, KOTOR, bit more linear than Neverwinter Nights, but same makers and similar system, but one of the best Stories in a game to date, some great twists and atmosphere.
Seriously though, KOTOR, bit more linear than Neverwinter Nights, but same makers and similar system, but one of the best Stories in a game to date, some great twists and atmosphere.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, patched to official 1.2.
If you read the reviews you'll see tales of a potentially great game, let down by a lack of polish and some infuriating bugs. The reviews were of the pre-patched version. Most of the worse bugs were cleared up in patch 1.2. If that version had been available for the reviews I'm pretty sure it would have been picking up 9s and 10s all over the place.
In short, it's a stunning RPG. The storyline is rather linear ,in a similar way to KoTOR, but you have a reasonable degree of freedom to take things at your own pace, in you own style and in the order you choose. Depending on your character build you could find yourself handling most situations very differently so it has loads of replayability. In structure and style it's the closest thing I've seen to the original Deus Ex (much closer than DX:IW).
It has the best script and voice acting I've ever seen in a game. Oblivion seems flat and lifeless by comparison. Coupled with the wonderful facial animation system of the source engine it seems like you're dealing with accomplished character actors (or maybe just characters!), rather than NPCs.
The storyline's pretty good, one of the best I've seen in a game. It has its cliches but, like many films, it's carried easily by the performances. If you like games to be scary, it has by far the most fear-inducing level I've ever seen.
It won't be over quickly either. If you do most of the sidequests it should take you a good 40-50 hours to finish, maybe longer. I'm on my third play through now so it's certainly value for money (I got it in the 'January' sales for a tenner on Christmas Eve 2004, only a month or two after its release).
Speaking of further play throughs, I'd highly recommend the unofficial patches. They started off with bug-fixing but the later versions have restored quite a lot of content that was left out late in developent. I'm playing with unofficial patch 2.4 now (the latest at the time of writing) and it's a bit like a 'director's cut'. I'm hesitant to recommend the unofficial patches for a first play through, as some of them introduced new bugs while getting rid of the old ones. If you wanted one for your first play through, I've heard that 1.8 is as close to bug-free as it gets.
If you read the reviews you'll see tales of a potentially great game, let down by a lack of polish and some infuriating bugs. The reviews were of the pre-patched version. Most of the worse bugs were cleared up in patch 1.2. If that version had been available for the reviews I'm pretty sure it would have been picking up 9s and 10s all over the place.
In short, it's a stunning RPG. The storyline is rather linear ,in a similar way to KoTOR, but you have a reasonable degree of freedom to take things at your own pace, in you own style and in the order you choose. Depending on your character build you could find yourself handling most situations very differently so it has loads of replayability. In structure and style it's the closest thing I've seen to the original Deus Ex (much closer than DX:IW).
It has the best script and voice acting I've ever seen in a game. Oblivion seems flat and lifeless by comparison. Coupled with the wonderful facial animation system of the source engine it seems like you're dealing with accomplished character actors (or maybe just characters!), rather than NPCs.
The storyline's pretty good, one of the best I've seen in a game. It has its cliches but, like many films, it's carried easily by the performances. If you like games to be scary, it has by far the most fear-inducing level I've ever seen.
It won't be over quickly either. If you do most of the sidequests it should take you a good 40-50 hours to finish, maybe longer. I'm on my third play through now so it's certainly value for money (I got it in the 'January' sales for a tenner on Christmas Eve 2004, only a month or two after its release).
Speaking of further play throughs, I'd highly recommend the unofficial patches. They started off with bug-fixing but the later versions have restored quite a lot of content that was left out late in developent. I'm playing with unofficial patch 2.4 now (the latest at the time of writing) and it's a bit like a 'director's cut'. I'm hesitant to recommend the unofficial patches for a first play through, as some of them introduced new bugs while getting rid of the old ones. If you wanted one for your first play through, I've heard that 1.8 is as close to bug-free as it gets.
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BG1 and 2 both absolute classics, people are forgetting another old classic - Fallout 2!
Why post in a 5 month old thread like this? lol
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More like why post in a 1 1/2 year old thread where the original poster asking the question has been permabanned
Fail.
More like why post in a 1 1/2 year old thread where the original poster asking the question has been permabanned
Haha, good point. LOL it was in 2006, didn't notice.
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