thank you tutu (SPOILERS)

[Armen]

disillusioned with the complexity of SoA with a party (in fact i've been busy bit also haven't seemed to get up the enthusiasm) i reinstalled BGs 1 & 2 downloaded easy tutu and let it work it's magic

i'm soloing again - playing a fighter/thief again (a SK'd fighter/assassin in fact) and really liking it (again) - my girl is honing her skills in the wilderness areas at the moment and having a whale of a time

all of the characters that i've finished any of these games with have majored on stealth (fighter/thieves and ranger kits) - there's just someting about the sneaking [img]smile.gif[/img]

i'm even experiencing a bit of role play style immersion by 'travelling' with a staff equipped and only switching to bow (or dagger) when necessary - a small thing but interesting

in related news how cool is the thief female elf avatar when wearing leather armour? nothing even comes close imo although halfling thief is maybe a close second

i might make the effort to do the BG thieves guild quests this time - i think that's one of the few things i've never managed before now - we shall see

that is all [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 12-06-2006, 06:02 AM: Message edited by: Armen ]

[xander12402]

All I can say is enjoy it, I just finished the whole game with easy tutu installed and really enjoyed it.

[TiliaLyn]

What, pray tell, is an easy tutu? One that is large enough to slip over your leotard and not bind in the tummy area?

[Kyrvias]

Please be a joke... Please...

If not, well, Easy Tutu is a program that transfers all baldurs Gate II graphics classes/kits, etc, to Baldurs Gate I. That simple [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 11-20-2006, 09:39 PM: Message edited by: Kyrvias ]

[TiliaLyn]

Post was in jest, though I honestly didn't know what an Easy Tutu was. Neat idea!!

[pritchke]

I thought it was pretty funny. [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]

[ 11-21-2006, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

[Armen]

Originally posted by TiliaLyn: What, pray tell, is an easy tutu? One that is large enough to slip over your leotard and not bind in the tummy area?

lol

'bind in the tummy area' suggests you've had experience of such things - sounds uncomfortable [img]smile.gif[/img]

incidentally my solo fighter/thief was turning out to be a bit too easy and far too similar to all my other games so i've started a new axe and sling wielding halfling barbarian who i've also changed to the thief avatar and will use only leather armour for the hooded look of which i am so fond

he'll be in a party with imoen, jahiera & khalid i think so far - i'd like a bard to sing tales of his smiting exploits but think a party of 4 is plenty for me - when i picked up khalid he had 2 *s in dual-wielding and the rest in bastard swords which will be interesting - my little guy will occasionally dual-wield axes i think when he gets to level 6

anyway - onwards

[ 11-22-2006, 05:52 AM: Message edited by: Armen ]

[SpiritWarrior]

Well, since I haven't played BG in years, news of this mod escaped me. So I took a look at the Tutu site.

To be real honest, I sometimes think to myself I could never replay BG 1 because it is so old and the graphics are outdated. But then I see this and so I take a look at the screenshots on the TuTu site. Okay, I can see the visual difference but it still isn't current-day graphics, of course. But you know what strikes me? In those few screens I see the dialogue choices and I chuckle to myself, remembering how much fun I had interacting with NPC's in this game. Just looking at the screenshots brought a smile to my face.

In a way it's a realization for me. That it's so easy to get caught up in shiny graphics and new things that we can forget those games that truly made us smile. In this day and age of half-assed unfinished products that barely pass for playable we forget that there were those games that went beyond the bar, develepors who wrote every conversation and scripted every little thing, using an engine that wasn't exactly easy to work with even back then.

I may well go back and reinstall this classic, even if it's just to satisfy my nostalgia one last time. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[Luvian]

Personally I don't care about graphic themselves, but the resolution is a killer to me. I *has* to be at least 1024x768, 800x600 as the absolute minimum, if the game use it well to show it's info.

[Armen]

Originally posted by SpiritWarrior: I may well go back and reinstall this classic, even if it's just to satisfy my nostalgia one last time. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

hurrah [img]smile.gif[/img]

always remember - what gets done last is not necessarily what gets done best