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Kaleban · 10-30-2001, 02:16 AM

I ask because most RPG/Adventures I've played (QFG series, The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall, etc.) pit one hero against the world. I like that type of heroic conflict, but you still have a lot of NPC interaction.

BG2 on the other hand is much more party oriented, with Party NPCs taking the roles of the helper NPCs in other, more 1 hero oriented games.

Perhaps it comes down to the fact that I know that the NPCs I have in a party are just that, Non-Player-Characters, controlled by an AI. I'd much rather be able to interact with humans online in a game, rather than the scripted AI. Maybe that's where my "soloing obsession" comes from, or maybe just the need to do something that others don't, as is trod a path of your own making...

10-30-2001, 02:16 AM	#4
Kaleban Manshoon Join Date: October 12, 2001 Location: Bloomington, MN, USA Posts: 244	I ask because most RPG/Adventures I've played (QFG series, The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall, etc.) pit one hero against the world. I like that type of heroic conflict, but you still have a lot of NPC interaction. BG2 on the other hand is much more party oriented, with Party NPCs taking the roles of the helper NPCs in other, more 1 hero oriented games. Perhaps it comes down to the fact that I know that the NPCs I have in a party are just that, Non-Player-Characters, controlled by an AI. I'd much rather be able to interact with humans online in a game, rather than the scripted AI. Maybe that's where my "soloing obsession" comes from, or maybe just the need to do something that others don't, as is trod a path of your own making...