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Originally posted by TheCrimsomBlade:
I did like the way Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 set up there fighting mode, you always had control of all the NPCs on your Team. Meaning that if you wanted to run back to a more stratigic position you could and then you could set your Tanks up front with your Cleric and mages back out of harms way casting spells and then your archers set to pick off the bad guys from high ground,nobody tries to stand their ground when they are out numbered 10 to 1 and then only swing once and let the computer fight the battle for them.
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Sorry, but i found that to be the major flaw in the BG combat system. The NPC's in Fallout acted at least as NPC's and they didn't fight to the death. Sometimes, if they got injured enough, they would run away. The NPC's in BG, once they joined your party, became mindless drones. Doing exactly what the player told them to do. That doesn't give much room for something unexpected happening. I know that some topics exist on how to break up coupled NPC's like Khalid and Jaheira and someone always posts that they stripped Khalid naked and let him run into battle with no protection and only his fists. That's a treu NPC for you (sarcasm). It seems to me that the Fallout system is more 'real' in that sense that they are your friends but act on their own.
[ 02-24-2003, 03:05 AM: Message edited by: the new JR Jansen ]