I finished my first session on BGII earlier today,and have just emerged from the first dungeon.So what did I make of it all?

Well it's certainly a polished game,the music inparticular made the whole experience a joy.Good graphics that were clear,but dark and atmospheric at the same time,easy to learn control system (although combat in real time can be very nerve wracking) which also boasts exellent customisation once the basics have been mastered,and voice acting that is not too cheesy.My only problem is remembering the symbols for all the spells and different armour types that are available,but this will pass with time.I hope the story has some good twists and turns in it,and I continue to enjoy the game enough to play it all the way through.

I have a sudden urge to buy a pet hampster,but maybe this is just a short turn problem!

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"It hurts us,it hurts us.It freezes,it bites!"

[This message has been edited by PreciousGollum (edited 04-02-2001).]

this is only the beginning my friend this is only the beginning of a wonderous journey in the realm of bg2

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Revived I Am to hunt this world... Banish ye evil or face my wrath...

Make sure you presss tab when the cursor is over the armor or spell icon and the name will pop up immediately.

i just turned up my tool tip speed in the game options. that makes the description pop up faster

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Greetingss, my Preciouss! It pleassesss uss, yess it doess, that you have had fun!
It only getss better, yess it doess! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

Minsc is great fun, isn't he? What did you make your lead character?

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Fljotsdale

You CAN pause the game(spacebar),and give commands so it's not quite realtime.

I've been tweekin' the controls to match my prefered style and it's helped considerably when quick thinking is needed.I have set the autopause to activate each round,it seems a nice trade off between panic-ridden realtime and stop n'start jitterness.My character is called Malice,she's a figter/thief who tends towards the chaotic side,should be fun to play!

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Sounds interesting. Nice name, lol! Are you playing evil, my preciousss?
I alwayss playss good!
Completed the game with a pure Cleric, neutral good alignment, and now have a Bard (Skald kit), who seems pretty useful so far. It is interesting to see the different way the game goes with different class type.

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Fljotsdale

Heh heh, another one hooked! Believe me, the game only gets better and better from the first dungeon. I was fresh from playing BG1 - and the dingy, somewhat phantasmagoric dungeon made me think I was playing a different game... I was intimidated, kinda. Once you get out of there, things are sooooooooooo much more pleasant!

Tancred

The music's great, innit! Release a CD, someone! Napster it!

Hi Fljotsdale,me never plays evil-no,no!We's just misunderstood,yes that's it,them terrible Elves with their bright eyes,and them nasssty hobbitsis-ach!Them's been speaksin' lies about poor gollum-nice and gentle my precious yes...Err...Anyway,where was I?http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

Oh yes,Malice is not really evil,just a touch chaotic.I chose that maniacal laugh as her voice and I love to hear it when she charges into the fray.It would be interesting to play the game through a second time with a Paladine or Cleric to see if it does affect the story in any way,maybe someone has the lowdown on this?

Tancred,I'm glad someone else enjoys the music too.Sound in games is all too often just brushed over,so it's a real treat when development teams make the effort to please our ears,and not just our eyes.

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"It hurts us,it hurts us.It freezes,it bites!"

Try it with a paladin. Its worth it 4 just the Holy Avenger sword!

I had a go at extremes. My first character was an Undead Hunter. Very useful, he was! My second was an evil half-orc Berserker - he was hard! In the 3rd game, I played a Lawful Neutral Sorceror - he was the God of ass-kicking! Sending swarms of Mordenkainen's Swords against the big guys. Enchanted Weapons all round, chaps!
Matthew Hopkins the Undead Hunter - http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/tdo9.gif
Slaughter Margin the Berserker - http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-.../smiles/ak.gif
John Lennon the Sorceror - http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...les/mad111.gif

Im doin it the second time with a fallen inquisitor dual-wielding A Celestial Fury katana and a katana +2. Now that just whoops some serios ass. he'll take on any of ur crappy berserker/mages or sorcerers. And honestly who wants 2 play with a bard anyway they BITE.

Well - I do! The Skald Bard is pretty cool, and when you get some armour he can wear, the initial armour-class weakness is lost. Furthermore, his Bard-song is very effective, he has spell-casting abilities (though not as high a level as a Mage), and he can identify ANYTHING! (So far, anyway!) I don't need to waste any spell space on 'identify'. The Bard 'kill' score does not match that of a Fighter, but that isn't why you have him, anyway! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif



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Fljotsdale

LOL! Of courssse, my Precioussss..... the nasssty elvsess bites uss they doess, indeed! Gollum, gollum.... Preciouss isss jussst ....... a missunderssstood hero! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif



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Fljotsdale

grumbles loudly wut iz that? huh? by Moridin! young brats know not how to talk like normal peeps nowadayz

I wonder what happens when his PC meets Drizzt..
(For you guys that don't know what I'm talking about, Malice is Drizzt's Mother's Name. She's dead though.)

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Why?

I get to meet Drizzt?YAHOOOOOOOoooooo!http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...smiles/wow.gif

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Even better, you get to kill him (if you like) or fight by his side.

Youg brats, is it? Haven't been called that since ... ooohhhh...... 1940ish!
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Yeah 250, you young whippersnapper. Spammers should be seen and not heard