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pritchke · 10-01-2003, 12:19 PM

CerebroDragon I think comparing IWD2 with the original is a matter of opinion. Personally I prefer the original with HoW out of the two. I like my second edition rules just fine as it is just far easier to create parties without doing much thinking. Developing characters is far more important in IWD2 with 3rd edition rules, as compared to IWD. Some people like that however I just prefer to start as quickly as possible and play the game. When I first started IWD2 creating my first party took a longer time as there is a lot more you need to know and think about, and I had to start over because I found my party a little week. There is slightly more social interaction, and developing characters is more important do to 3rd edition rules so I would say with IWD2 has more potential for Roleplaying. This is IWD2 biggest strength. On the downside there are areas of the game that become impossible or very difficult if you didn't plan ahead and if a character doesn't have enough points in a certain skills, but how are you going to know this without playing to that point. It is possible to get almost to the end and realize you need a certain amount of skill in something to get anywhere else, then you are hooped and have to start from scratch. This happened to me and I was a little annoyed. I used a game editor to make the potion required to move on. These areas would be better if there were more options avaliable to bypass these areas, making the game less linear in the process. After having been through the game you become a little more knowledgeable and know were the pitfalls are. Having said that IWD2 is a good game and I do recommend it. Lets just say I will install and play it again at some point.

[ 10-01-2003, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

10-01-2003, 12:19 PM	#2
pritchke Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 50 Posts: 3,491	CerebroDragon I think comparing IWD2 with the original is a matter of opinion. Personally I prefer the original with HoW out of the two. I like my second edition rules just fine as it is just far easier to create parties without doing much thinking. Developing characters is far more important in IWD2 with 3rd edition rules, as compared to IWD. Some people like that however I just prefer to start as quickly as possible and play the game. When I first started IWD2 creating my first party took a longer time as there is a lot more you need to know and think about, and I had to start over because I found my party a little week. There is slightly more social interaction, and developing characters is more important do to 3rd edition rules so I would say with IWD2 has more potential for Roleplaying. This is IWD2 biggest strength. On the downside there are areas of the game that become impossible or very difficult if you didn't plan ahead and if a character doesn't have enough points in a certain skills, but how are you going to know this without playing to that point. It is possible to get almost to the end and realize you need a certain amount of skill in something to get anywhere else, then you are hooped and have to start from scratch. This happened to me and I was a little annoyed. I used a game editor to make the potion required to move on. These areas would be better if there were more options avaliable to bypass these areas, making the game less linear in the process. After having been through the game you become a little more knowledgeable and know were the pitfalls are. Having said that IWD2 is a good game and I do recommend it. Lets just say I will install and play it again at some point. [ 10-01-2003, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]