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[Krathoon]

Here is a thread for all the Bioware games.
I started over Inquisition again. I am going to see if I can get through it.
I got my mage, Krathoon, with my customized game import from the Keep.


Post your silly Bioware stuff here.

Henpecked Hou​

 

[Krathoon]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Obligatory and soon if they fail the big two games they're working on rn.

 

[Craig of War]

 

[Krathoon]

The original Baldur's Gate credits.
With all the neat sound clips.

 

[Krathoon]

 

[AJUMP23]

Bioware made some amazing games. I hope the Doctors have found happiness.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Btw, how are the enhanced editions of the Baldur's Gate games? Never got to finish any of the two, even after putting many ours into them, but I wouldn't mind trying again.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

The Dragon Age games seem interesting, even if they get dunked on from time to time. Which one is a good one to jump into, if you never played the series and don't care about continuity?

 

[Krathoon]

The EE of Baulder's Gate 1 changed the interface and cutscenes. I don't like it at much. There is a mod that puts the original cutscenes back in.

You get the original games with the EEs on gog. It is kind of buried on the website.

 

[TintoConCasera]

The Dragon Age games seem interesting, even if they get dunked on from time to time. Which one is a good one to jump into, if you never played the series and don't care about continuity?

For me, the first one (Origins) is the better one.

It's the only one I've finished and I thought it was an amazing game. Feels like a proper evolution of the cRPG without lots of dumbing down, which is what happened with the sequel, which focused too much on action.

Inquisition is fun too, but it's sidequests suck since they are more akin to an MMO rather than a proper RPG.

 

[adamsapple]

:'(

 

[Krathoon]

Inquisition kind of has the problem of being too damn big.

 

[Fugitive Sex]

For me, the first one (Origins) is the better one.

It's the only one I've finished and I thought it was an amazing game. Feels like a proper evolution of the cRPG without lots of dumbing down, which is what happened with the sequel, which focused too much on action.

Inquisition is fun too, but it's sidequests suck since they are more akin to an MMO rather than a proper RPG.

Origins itself was a dumbing down of the genre. I'm surprised you couldn't see that given that you have allegedly played bits of Baldur's Gate.

 

[Andodalf]

Inquisition kind of has the problem of being too damn big.

It was made with the assumption that players wouldn’t try and do everything in the game. they missed the mark there lol

 

[TintoConCasera]

Origins itself was a dumbing down of the genre. I'm surprised you couldn't see that given that you have allegedly played bits of Baldur's Gate.

Just a bit if you ask me. The dumbing become much worse in the next entries.

Haven't played Origins since it came out tho, so that aspect might be worse than I remember.

 

[Gandih42]

Origins itself was a dumbing down of the genre. I'm surprised you couldn't see that given that you have allegedly played bits of Baldur's Gate.

I would definitely have preferred it less streamlined than it turned out, but I think in terms of a wide release it landed in a really good place that brought in both the more hardcore cRPG crowd and people looking for a light cRPG. Was completely turned off by the second game from the first trailers though, looked like they completely gave up any pretenses of being a cRPG.

 

[Krathoon]

What annoyed me about Dragon Age 2 is that they really recycled the assets. They pulled that with Mass Effect 1 as well.

 

[BigBooper]

Inquisition was mediocre and boring, like a single player mmo. DA2 was just terrible in every way. DA Origins still holds up. I played them all last year.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Jade Empire was really fun on pc. They should have released it on ps4 4k

 

[balls of snow]

Apparent Da origins and Da 2 are fps boosted on series x.
Also planning on getting the plat for mass effect 2 legendary edition this year.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

I never played Jade Empire. If I like KoToR should I bother getting it on Xbox?

 

[The Eradicator]

The Dragon Age games seem interesting, even if they get dunked on from time to time. Which one is a good one to jump into, if you never played the series and don't care about continuity?

AFAIK, the only good one is Origins. I thought Inquisition started ok, but ended up being one of the most boring RPGs I've ever played.

 

[Majormaxxx]

I never played Jade Empire. If I like KoToR should I bother getting it on Xbox?

If you like kotor plays on your Xbox, then get jade. I had a blast back in the day. Played both on pc. That's why I suggested to see how you like how kotor feels
Check some YouTubes of jade on series x.

 

[Krathoon]

The PC version of Jade Empire has extra content and the content from the XBox special edition. For some reason, the staff is different, but it doesn't matter.
I would say it is the definitive version. It is on gog.
There is a mod that A.I. upscaled the video cutscenes.

 

[Krathoon]

I dug out my finished playthrough save of Dragon Age Origins. I am going to playthrough the DLC.
I wanted to play Witch Hunt. I romanced Morrigan.

 

[Krathoon]

(Saves a kitten)
Morrigan disapproves.

 

[STARSBarry]

I never played Jade Empire. If I like KoToR should I bother getting it on Xbox?

It's worth a shot, the realisim of the diffrent martial art style of China is a big draw. I still remember turning myself into a giant rhino man and ground slamming poor starving peasants into the ground.

Just like ancient China.

 

[Krathoon]

Jade Empire is magic Chinese land. I think it is set on a whole different planet, but it plays off of stuff from world history.

 

[Krathoon]

I get the impression Jade Empire used the same game engine as KOTOR. They seem very similar.

 

[Krathoon]

Here is a mod to make Baldur's Gate EE actually look like Baldur's Gate.
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/83508/mod-classic-bg-ui-v1-2
Here is a mod to add the original cutscenes. Also has the original credits with the voice clips. This seems to only work when the Dragonspear expansion is not installed.
https://www.moddb.com/games/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition/addons/bgee-classic-movies

 

[Krathoon]

Oh. I did not know Neverwinter Nights EE had an HD art pack.

 

[Krathoon]

Yeesh. The Dragonspear expansion caused so much controversy the developers made some edits to the game.

From Wikipedia:
"On an April 2016 post discussing both technical and content issues, Beamdog announced they would be removing the Gamergate joke and expanding Mizhena's story, saying in part, "In retrospect, it would have been better served if we had introduced a transgender character with more development."[20] To this effect, the 2.5 patch added a new quest, given by Mizhena; the dialogue tree where Mizhena indicate being a trans woman is now after the player has completed the quest, rather than the first time the player meets Mizhena.[21] Paul Tumburro of CraveOnline termed this as "spineless and disappointing" stating that Beamdog's founder Trent Oster refused to acknowledge the transphobic criticisms leveled at the game.[22]"

 

[Krathoon]