Things you hate & like about BG2 (Spoilers???)

Darlon · 01-05-2002, 01:53 PM

What are the worst & best things about BG2: SOA?

Best parts:

1) Tons & Tons of quests in Athkatla

2) Some decent weapons

3) The Exp Cap!! (this does not apply to mages tho since they can't use level 9 spells)

Worst parts:

1) Imoen talking about "death" a lot and whines too much (Ex: A quote from Imoen "Death is pretty? Why would I think that?" & "I see blood... and death... behind my eyes... Irenicus..." (this one bothers me the most)

2) Anomen's attitude (no joke!)

3) Cowled Wizards rule about magic and paying 5000 gold for a "license".

Send in your Best & Worst parts about the game here.

[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Darlon ]

Galadria · 01-05-2002, 04:35 PM

Easy.MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
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Things I love:
1.I love Imoen. Don't be so hard on her. She's had a tough time. If her talking about rivers of blood bothers you, think about her dreaming them.
2, I love Viconia. Most detailed story, character not as all as it seems when you first meet. Probably more fiercely loyal to you, if you romance her, than any exept #1. Maybe.
3.I love finally getting out of the damned Underdark and getting to go kill that damned (literally) Bodhi. Especially when she says,"No, I cannot lose this life." B***h, it wasn't yours, anyway. Ha, in the Ascension mod she says "I have had a bad time in the Abyss."
4.I love Sendai's enclave, when they say,"We are being invaded by Gorion's Ward."
5.I love it when you get to change Viconia's alignment."I would not be just the woman whom you have to protect." and the final lovetalk when she says"Kiss me as if it were for the last time...my terrible, wonderful man." I know, I'm a woman and these are really part of #1, so sue me.

I hate:
1.When Irenicus steals Imoen from you and you get all those horrid movies of her torture in Spellhold.
2.I hate it, after the final battle, they tell you that Viconia got poisoned by an agent of Lolth.
3.I hate it, in the Ascension mod, when Mellisan steals Imoen from you and says"Irenicus,Imoen, destroy them."
4. I hate it when Viconia tells you about the jerk in Beregost who tortured and abused her.
5. I hate it when Anomen is in your party and starts to hit on your female character. Brrr. I'd rather have a slug on my arm than his hand.

[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Galadria ]

Tarox · 01-05-2002, 04:45 PM

Wow uhmm Galadria you seem to taken things very serious and personal
I'm not trying to be mean but yikes, they are made up chars ya know..

My likes
The depth of the whole BG series actually, there is so much to do and places to go
The non linerarity of so much of the game
The speech and conversations between chars......some of it is so amusing or fits in well with the char.
Finding/Hearing things for the first name......always enjoyable

Dislikes
The game Ends ! hehe
Getting waylaid by enemies.......grrrr get lost
Level Drains argh

Other than that I think its one of the most enjoyable games ever and certainly has huge replay value in it which not many games can say.

ToB on the other hand is a little dissapointing but thats another story [img]smile.gif[/img]

Galadria · 01-05-2002, 04:50 PM

Hi, Tarox. Yep, I do roleplay. But these characters have been in my life for more than a year. Naturally, I have opinions. LOL

Tarox · 01-05-2002, 04:57 PM

Ok [img]smile.gif[/img]
Wasn't trying to be nasty or nothing, you just seemed very emotional by the storylines as if they were your close friends

Ugh that sounds just as bad so I'll leave it
sorry

Darlon · 01-05-2002, 07:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Galadria:
Easy.MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
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Things I love:
1.I love Imoen. Don't be so hard on her. She's had a tough time. If her talking about rivers of blood bothers you, think about her dreaming them.

[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Galadria ]

I'm not trying to be hard on her, I like her too but, this talk about "death" really gets annoying after a while.

Oh and don't worry Tarox I'm very emotional about my characters to [img]smile.gif[/img] so I also roleplay like Galadria.

[ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Darlon ]

Izanagi · 01-06-2002, 02:55 AM

Aha! I love so much about baldur's gate.

1. getting out of Irenicus' dungeon, thusly being able to explore Amn to my heart's content (Hate that stupid dungeon arg)

2. playing a cavalier. The joy of standing on Firkraag's slumped broken carcass is pretty sweet.
a. wielding the carsomyr

3. casting horrid wilting over and over again just after stopping time. Under improved alacrity, of course.

4. Imoen. I love imoen ;p she's adorable.

5. Minsc ~lol!

6. being female while disguised as drow. "On your knees pathetic male!"
a. watching Phaere and the matron mother die.

7. the cloak of mirrors. Holy cow! never had one item been so..so..neat.

8. the deathblows of: bodhi, irenicus, yaga-shura, sendai, abazigal, uhhh the monk (forgetting his name ;p), and finally Amelyssan the blackhearted (grrr she's an arrogant pain).

9. The treasure trove that is ~Watcher's keep. Yikes.
a. killing the 6th final guardians before heading to demogorgan. That's y'tossi (the marilleth), nalmissra (the nymph thing), the hive mother, the huntress, and the two others ;p

10. the replay value. It's priceless.

11. Aerie, and her romance. though, i'm probably the only one =b

12. lich's. I love to fight lich's!

13. Drizzt! Whooo!
a. drizzt rapid fire 5 attacks per round.

14. wand of cloudkill ~the bane of the umberhulk

15. Elves

16. the ring of Gaxx

then there is the less than desirable stuff ~_~

1. Anomen romance. ugh.

2. aerie whining, imoen torture/ imoen's qoute before final fight with irenicus (seemed less dramatic than appropriate).

3. vampires, mummies, level drain, bodhi taking your love interest.

4. Firkraag laughing at you during battle.

5. Imprisonment.

6. illithid mind drain. Sucking my brain out while i'm slashing at them. jeez..

7. social consequences of being evil. blah ;p

8. "My weapon has no effect!" Grr~!

9. "You must gather your party before venturing forth." "You must.."

10. the game ending. awwe ~_~ wish there were more.

the good outweighs the bad

and the bad is nothing more than minor little things ^^

Galadria · 01-06-2002, 09:37 AM

Izanagl, you are not the only one who loves Aerie. You should join the ALSB (Aerie Loving Sacred Band), at their Clanhold over at the Temple of Aerie. I'm not kidding. Just go to the top of the page, click "Ironworks Gaming", scroll down to the next to the bottom, to "Ironworks Online Roleplaying", and find the Temple of Aerie. Click on it and read the posts. They are a bit loony, but who's not? Avater, I'm just kidding!!!

Kaz · 01-06-2002, 11:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Galadria:
Izanagl, you are not the only one who loves Aerie. You should join the ALSB (Aerie Loving Sacred Band), at their Clanhold over at the Temple of Aerie. I'm not kidding. Just go to the top of the page, click "Ironworks Gaming", scroll down to the next to the bottom, to "Ironworks Online Roleplaying", and find the Temple of Aerie. Click on it and read the posts. They are a bit loony, but who's not? Avater, I'm just kidding!!!

I should hope not! *points at sig* Of course, I actually joined when I didn't know who Aerie was!

Things I love:

1) The game.
2) Imoen (hey, I like her!)
3) IT'S IN ENGLISH!!!! (anyone who complains about an NPC's annoying voicescript... play BG1 in German... agh, the pain of incompetent translations...)
4) Minsc and Boo (they're so funny!)
5) Insulting others while disguised as a drow

6) Jaheira's attitude (no, seriously!)
7) Helping Adalon get her eggs back (yes, I'm a paladin in disguise [img]tongue.gif[/img] )

Things I hate:
1) Anomen romance *ugh, shudder*
2) Khalid dies! [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]
3) MIND FLAYERS
4) Level drain
5) the game ends!

andy the assasin · 01-06-2002, 12:20 PM

Best parts:
1)the main plot
2)the sub quests
3)fighting irenicus in sundanesalar and then hell.
4)killing dragons (its so satisfing killing something that big)
5)most of the Npcs (my favs are minsc, Boo, imoen and jaheira
6)the underdark
7)the size of the game

Worst parts:
1)khalid is dead (although with him dead you can now romance with jaheira)
2)Anomen
3)the fact that assassins only get 15 points per level on theif skills, this really annoys me.
4)Anomen
5)sometimes when you send your characters over the other side of the map, they get lost or don't move for some reason.

01-05-2002, 04:35 PM	#2
Galadria 20th Level Warrior Join Date: November 3, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 54 Posts: 2,830	Easy.MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD = = = = = = = = Things I love: 1.I love Imoen. Don't be so hard on her. She's had a tough time. If her talking about rivers of blood bothers you, think about her dreaming them. 2, I love Viconia. Most detailed story, character not as all as it seems when you first meet. Probably more fiercely loyal to you, if you romance her, than any exept #1. Maybe. 3.I love finally getting out of the damned Underdark and getting to go kill that damned (literally) Bodhi. Especially when she says,"No, I cannot lose this life." B***h, it wasn't yours, anyway. Ha, in the Ascension mod she says "I have had a bad time in the Abyss." 4.I love Sendai's enclave, when they say,"We are being invaded by Gorion's Ward." 5.I love it when you get to change Viconia's alignment."I would not be just the woman whom you have to protect." and the final lovetalk when she says"Kiss me as if it were for the last time...my terrible, wonderful man." I know, I'm a woman and these are really part of #1, so sue me. I hate: 1.When Irenicus steals Imoen from you and you get all those horrid movies of her torture in Spellhold. 2.I hate it, after the final battle, they tell you that Viconia got poisoned by an agent of Lolth. 3.I hate it, in the Ascension mod, when Mellisan steals Imoen from you and says"Irenicus,Imoen, destroy them." 4. I hate it when Viconia tells you about the jerk in Beregost who tortured and abused her. 5. I hate it when Anomen is in your party and starts to hit on your female character. Brrr. I'd rather have a slug on my arm than his hand. [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Galadria ] __________________ Lady Galadria,Goddess\' Equal of the O.R.T.; [img]\"http://havak.db-forge.com/portraits/bitmaps/wlf180L.bmp\" alt=\" - \" /><br />\"Romance at short notice was her specialty.\" - Saki <br />Founder of the IW Branch of the Anti-Anomen Society

01-05-2002, 04:45 PM	#3
Tarox Manshoon Join Date: November 2, 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 171	Wow uhmm Galadria you seem to taken things very serious and personal I'm not trying to be mean but yikes, they are made up chars ya know.. My likes The depth of the whole BG series actually, there is so much to do and places to go The non linerarity of so much of the game The speech and conversations between chars......some of it is so amusing or fits in well with the char. Finding/Hearing things for the first name......always enjoyable Dislikes The game Ends ! hehe Getting waylaid by enemies.......grrrr get lost Level Drains argh Other than that I think its one of the most enjoyable games ever and certainly has huge replay value in it which not many games can say. ToB on the other hand is a little dissapointing but thats another story [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ <IMG SRC=\"http://tarox.homestead.com/files/TaroxE.jpg\">

01-05-2002, 04:50 PM	#4
Galadria 20th Level Warrior Join Date: November 3, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 54 Posts: 2,830	Hi, Tarox. Yep, I do roleplay. But these characters have been in my life for more than a year. Naturally, I have opinions. LOL __________________ Lady Galadria,Goddess\' Equal of the O.R.T.; [img]\"http://havak.db-forge.com/portraits/bitmaps/wlf180L.bmp\" alt=\" - \" /><br />\"Romance at short notice was her specialty.\" - Saki <br />Founder of the IW Branch of the Anti-Anomen Society

01-05-2002, 04:57 PM	#5
Tarox Manshoon Join Date: November 2, 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 171	Ok [img]smile.gif[/img] Wasn't trying to be nasty or nothing, you just seemed very emotional by the storylines as if they were your close friends Ugh that sounds just as bad so I'll leave it sorry __________________ <IMG SRC=\"http://tarox.homestead.com/files/TaroxE.jpg\">

01-05-2002, 07:53 PM	#6
Darlon The Magister Join Date: September 24, 2001 Location: United States of America Age: 39 Posts: 122	quote: Originally posted by Galadria: Easy.MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD = = = = = = = = Things I love: 1.I love Imoen. Don't be so hard on her. She's had a tough time. If her talking about rivers of blood bothers you, think about her dreaming them. [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Galadria ] I'm not trying to be hard on her, I like her too but, this talk about "death" really gets annoying after a while. Oh and don't worry Tarox I'm very emotional about my characters to [img]smile.gif[/img] so I also roleplay like Galadria. [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Darlon ] __________________ <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[firedevil]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/firedevil.gif\" /> <br />muhahahah feel the burn!!

01-05-2002, 01:53 PM	#1
Darlon The Magister Join Date: September 24, 2001 Location: United States of America Age: 39 Posts: 122	What are the worst & best things about BG2: SOA? Best parts: 1) Tons & Tons of quests in Athkatla 2) Some decent weapons 3) The Exp Cap!! (this does not apply to mages tho since they can't use level 9 spells) Worst parts: 1) Imoen talking about "death" a lot and whines too much (Ex: A quote from Imoen "Death is pretty? Why would I think that?" & "I see blood... and death... behind my eyes... Irenicus..." (this one bothers me the most) 2) Anomen's attitude (no joke!) 3) Cowled Wizards rule about magic and paying 5000 gold for a "license". Send in your Best & Worst parts about the game here. [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Darlon ] __________________ <img border=\"0\" alt=\"[firedevil]\" title=\"\" src=\"graemlins/firedevil.gif\" /> <br />muhahahah feel the burn!!

01-06-2002, 02:55 AM	#7
Izanagi Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: November 21, 2001 Location: ~Pandemonium Posts: 49	Aha! I love so much about baldur's gate. 1. getting out of Irenicus' dungeon, thusly being able to explore Amn to my heart's content (Hate that stupid dungeon arg) 2. playing a cavalier. The joy of standing on Firkraag's slumped broken carcass is pretty sweet. a. wielding the carsomyr 3. casting horrid wilting over and over again just after stopping time. Under improved alacrity, of course. 4. Imoen. I love imoen ;p she's adorable. 5. Minsc ~lol! 6. being female while disguised as drow. "On your knees pathetic male!" a. watching Phaere and the matron mother die. 7. the cloak of mirrors. Holy cow! never had one item been so..so..neat. 8. the deathblows of: bodhi, irenicus, yaga-shura, sendai, abazigal, uhhh the monk (forgetting his name ;p), and finally Amelyssan the blackhearted (grrr she's an arrogant pain). 9. The treasure trove that is ~Watcher's keep. Yikes. a. killing the 6th final guardians before heading to demogorgan. That's y'tossi (the marilleth), nalmissra (the nymph thing), the hive mother, the huntress, and the two others ;p 10. the replay value. It's priceless. 11. Aerie, and her romance. though, i'm probably the only one =b 12. lich's. I love to fight lich's! 13. Drizzt! Whooo! a. drizzt rapid fire 5 attacks per round. 14. wand of cloudkill ~the bane of the umberhulk 15. Elves 16. the ring of Gaxx then there is the less than desirable stuff ~_~ 1. Anomen romance. ugh. 2. aerie whining, imoen torture/ imoen's qoute before final fight with irenicus (seemed less dramatic than appropriate). 3. vampires, mummies, level drain, bodhi taking your love interest. 4. Firkraag laughing at you during battle. 5. Imprisonment. 6. illithid mind drain. Sucking my brain out while i'm slashing at them. jeez.. 7. social consequences of being evil. blah ;p 8. "My weapon has no effect!" Grr~! 9. "You must gather your party before venturing forth." "You must.." 10. the game ending. awwe ~_~ wish there were more. the good outweighs the bad and the bad is nothing more than minor little things ^^

01-06-2002, 09:37 AM	#8
Galadria 20th Level Warrior Join Date: November 3, 2001 Location: Texas Age: 54 Posts: 2,830	Izanagl, you are not the only one who loves Aerie. You should join the ALSB (Aerie Loving Sacred Band), at their Clanhold over at the Temple of Aerie. I'm not kidding. Just go to the top of the page, click "Ironworks Gaming", scroll down to the next to the bottom, to "Ironworks Online Roleplaying", and find the Temple of Aerie. Click on it and read the posts. They are a bit loony, but who's not? Avater, I'm just kidding!!! __________________ Lady Galadria,Goddess\' Equal of the O.R.T.; [img]\"http://havak.db-forge.com/portraits/bitmaps/wlf180L.bmp\" alt=\" - \" /><br />\"Romance at short notice was her specialty.\" - Saki <br />Founder of the IW Branch of the Anti-Anomen Society

01-06-2002, 11:19 AM	#9
Kaz Thoth - Egyptian God of Wisdom Join Date: August 16, 2001 Location: UK Posts: 2,891	quote: Originally posted by Galadria: Izanagl, you are not the only one who loves Aerie. You should join the ALSB (Aerie Loving Sacred Band), at their Clanhold over at the Temple of Aerie. I'm not kidding. Just go to the top of the page, click "Ironworks Gaming", scroll down to the next to the bottom, to "Ironworks Online Roleplaying", and find the Temple of Aerie. Click on it and read the posts. They are a bit loony, but who's not? Avater, I'm just kidding!!! I should hope not! points at sig Of course, I actually joined when I didn't know who Aerie was! Things I love: 1) The game. 2) Imoen (hey, I like her!) 3) IT'S IN ENGLISH!!!! (anyone who complains about an NPC's annoying voicescript... play BG1 in German... agh, the pain of incompetent translations...) 4) Minsc and Boo (they're so funny!) 5) Insulting others while disguised as a drow 6) Jaheira's attitude (no, seriously!) 7) Helping Adalon get her eggs back (yes, I'm a paladin in disguise [img]tongue.gif[/img] ) Things I hate: 1) Anomen romance ugh, shudder 2) Khalid dies! [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img] 3) MIND FLAYERS 4) Level drain 5) the game ends!

01-06-2002, 12:20 PM	#10
andy the assasin Manshoon Join Date: December 4, 2001 Location: Reading, England Posts: 168	Best parts: 1)the main plot 2)the sub quests 3)fighting irenicus in sundanesalar and then hell. 4)killing dragons (its so satisfing killing something that big) 5)most of the Npcs (my favs are minsc, Boo, imoen and jaheira 6)the underdark 7)the size of the game Worst parts: 1)khalid is dead (although with him dead you can now romance with jaheira) 2)Anomen 3)the fact that assassins only get 15 points per level on theif skills, this really annoys me. 4)Anomen 5)sometimes when you send your characters over the other side of the map, they get lost or don't move for some reason.

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