and now for something completely different...

Klorox · 01-19-2009, 05:54 PM

I've played the game a million times, and I'm looking for something a bit different.

I've narrowed my choices down to four:

1)Sword Coast Stratagems II http://www.gibberlings3.net/scs/
2)Improved Anvil http://forums.blackwyrmlair.net/index.php?showforum=99
3)Classic Adventures http://ca.spellholdstudios.net/
4)Tactics http://weidu.org/tactics.html

If anybody here has any experience with any of the above mods, please respond and let me know what you think of them.

Thanks!

ocellis · 01-19-2009, 06:14 PM

Tactics is very, very, fine. It actually forces you think out some battles. Not all of its modules are equally difficult, however, and several ruin the immersion somewhat.

ElfBane · 01-19-2009, 06:38 PM

Sword Coast Stratagems II is also quite good. It basically improves the AI and difficulty of the monsters by having them pre-buff. Be warned...it makes Kangaxx almost impossible to cheese.

SixOfSpades · 01-20-2009, 02:56 AM

The only one I've played is Tactics, but from what I've heard, SCSII has the most amount of thought, logic, concern for game balance, and testing put into it, whereas I know for a fact that some of the Tactics "improvements" are questionable at best.

Shadow Stranger · 01-21-2009, 05:38 AM

The Icewind Gate mod is technically interesting, it uses the (Third Edition) Icewind Dale 2 game to play the BG2 files. It is not as smooth as it might be though.

http://www.weidu.org/iwg2/

wellard · 01-21-2009, 06:57 AM

Wow I never even knew these things existed, I'm just playing back to back games of BG2 for the first time in years and now I have more candy to choose.

wellard · 01-21-2009, 06:58 AM

Off topic - Klorox I love your signature

01-19-2009, 05:54 PM	#1
Klorox Symbol of Cyric Join Date: August 21, 2004 Location: USA Age: 49 Posts: 1,168	and now for something completely different... I've played the game a million times, and I'm looking for something a bit different. I've narrowed my choices down to four: 1)Sword Coast Stratagems II http://www.gibberlings3.net/scs/ 2)Improved Anvil http://forums.blackwyrmlair.net/index.php?showforum=99 3)Classic Adventures http://ca.spellholdstudios.net/ 4)Tactics http://weidu.org/tactics.html If anybody here has any experience with any of the above mods, please respond and let me know what you think of them. Thanks! __________________ Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai-mênu! "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."-- Edmund Burke Last edited by Klorox; 01-19-2009 at 05:58 PM.

01-19-2009, 06:14 PM	#2
ocellis The Magister Join Date: August 3, 2003 Location: Dis Age: 41 Posts: 121	Re: and now for something completely different... Tactics is very, very, fine. It actually forces you think out some battles. Not all of its modules are equally difficult, however, and several ruin the immersion somewhat.

01-19-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
ElfBane Mephistopheles Join Date: March 21, 2004 Location: Cape Canaveral, FL Age: 70 Posts: 1,447	Re: and now for something completely different... Sword Coast Stratagems II is also quite good. It basically improves the AI and difficulty of the monsters by having them pre-buff. Be warned...it makes Kangaxx almost impossible to cheese. __________________ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759. Iraq and Afghan fatalities: 6,855 and counting. Silence IS consent.

01-20-2009, 02:56 AM	#4
SixOfSpades Dracolisk Join Date: September 16, 2001 Location: Bellingham, WA, USA Age: 48 Posts: 6,901	Re: and now for something completely different... The only one I've played is Tactics, but from what I've heard, SCSII has the most amount of thought, logic, concern for game balance, and testing put into it, whereas I know for a fact that some of the Tactics "improvements" are questionable at best. __________________ Volothamp's Comeuppance Everything you ever needed to know about the entire Baldur's Gate series......except spoilers.

01-21-2009, 05:38 AM	#5
Shadow Stranger Avatar Join Date: December 9, 2007 Posts: 594	Re: and now for something completely different... The Icewind Gate mod is technically interesting, it uses the (Third Edition) Icewind Dale 2 game to play the BG2 files. It is not as smooth as it might be though. http://www.weidu.org/iwg2/

01-21-2009, 06:57 AM	#6
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Re: and now for something completely different... Wow I never even knew these things existed, I'm just playing back to back games of BG2 for the first time in years and now I have more candy to choose. __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

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wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Re: and now for something completely different... Off topic - Klorox I love your signature __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years

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