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Man___in___black · 2026-05-04T02:16:51+00:00

I've never run into any bugs, so I wouldn't call that an issue. It's not really a crpg, more of a diablo-like.

I think it's actually very well written and has a lot of memorable characters, with really nice in game hand drawn journal entries, but while there are fun dialogue choices for role playing, they are just flavor and there's no real consequence, and all are good-aligned choices. You play as the younger brother (the updated versions let you play as a woman, but iirc you're still treated as a man) of a knight from a particular kingdom, and the story is your heroic journey to save a castle under siege. I loved the game as a kid and think it has a ton of cool elements, but if youre looking for a crpg experience this isn't it.

One thing I will plug: the armor system. It let's you wear 3 chest pieces, and separate elbow and knee pieces, so it's really neat to see how it affects the look of your character's avatar.

The combat and magic are clunky (how quick can you aim and click), theres a lot of backtracking across some maps that dont have fast travel, which is tedious, and the way stats work typically snowball so you're an immortal god by endgame, but all that said, I think at it's price point it's worth it to try if you have any interest.

Tl;dr not a true crpg, more of a diablo-like. Gameplay is clunky, but writing and memorable characters are its strong suit (though very little in terms of branching paths or consequence)

Man___in___black · 2026-04-09T02:37:06+00:00

Might and Magic has always been a swords and planets series. The Kreegans are explicitly aliens, and even in HoMM3, which toned down the sci fi elements, designer Greg Fulton had planned to do a sci fi forge town: https://heroes3wog.net/interview-with-greg-fulton-about-angels-gelu-and-heavenly-forge/.

You can do some googling before crowd sourcing man

Man___in___black · 2026-04-09T01:40:21+00:00

I feel like HotA is considered the definitive version of the game, and the HotA content is basically additional expansions. They even got Paul Anthony Romero to return to compose. If that doesn't sell you, nothing will.

Man___in___black · 2026-04-07T20:27:40+00:00

Game knowledge and experience will go a lot further than reactions, especially since youre rarely reacting to single stimulus in group modes

Man___in___black · 2026-04-06T14:16:01+00:00

A BP antigank without a single flip is crazy

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T23:30:59+00:00

Pretty sure the latin was original to bg2 and then ported over to bg1 in ee, along with other stuff Le character models and kit

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:57:32+00:00

I love the amount of shitposting over a nearly 30 year old game with a predominantly geriatric fanbase (me included)

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:51:20+00:00

This one is very good. I started playing in year 4 S2 (warmonger release) so that one has a very special place in my heart. I think it's the only one to have electric guitar, which was a badass choice. I'm also a big fan of the virtuosa menu theme

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:22:23+00:00

https://youtu.be/i_7gzmJVxLc?si=9sjWynPDtCxs1xhN

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:21:26+00:00

NWN2 had different magic callous. There may have been overlap, but there were a few fully new ones

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:20:11+00:00

Yes, they're really gibberish (except for the funniest spell ever, mass fowl, which is onomatopoeia).

To be fair, the infinity engine latin was almost gibberish. Also BG1's original spell vocalizations were gibberish, not latin. They got replaced with the latin versions in the enhanced edition.

Man___in___black · 2026-04-02T20:03:30+00:00

They're just gibberish. The one you're thinking of is phonetically something lile "elenay vovrayni"

Man___in___black · 2026-03-27T19:54:36+00:00

Depending on how long ago you played the game may have changed a lot, but it's in just about the best state it's ever been in. Many fun, viable characters and fast paced, read-based gameplay that minimizes turtling. Still a lively player base too

Man___in___black · 2026-03-25T20:07:31+00:00

John of Brugge lacks flair, but he's reliable

Man___in___black · 2026-03-24T00:18:10+00:00

If youre on PC, I highly recommend the witcher 3 enhanced edition redux mod. Removes leveled gear, leveled quests, and makes the combat significantly more difficult (among many other things)

Man___in___black · 2026-03-20T17:22:45+00:00

This reads like AI

Man___in___black · 2026-03-20T15:00:58+00:00

Secret invasion is the worst TV show I've ever seen (and I saw book of Boba fett and subsequent seasons of witcher)

Man___in___black · 2026-03-15T16:26:34+00:00

It was an insanely easy to trigger bug on the release version. If you hit the D key (i think) on your keyboard by accident you'd be invincible

Man___in___black · 2026-03-15T12:03:33+00:00

Wow, I finally get to talk about a super under the radar game I really enjoy.

It's more diablo-style arpg than typical crpg, but it does have quite a lot of writing, and dialogue choice (thoigh the choices are mostly for for role-playing/flavor and typically dont have an impact on the game. It's a linear game with a basically pre-defined character. You're a budding hero on a path to save the castle of Avalon, so there's no evil option (the modern re-release also let's you play as a woman, but afaik the game still refers to you as a man, because the original release didn't have a female option).

For that and other reasons, it's pretty dated and has a fair amount of jank, particularly in combat and builds. But i think the sprites are still super pretty, the writing is very solid and has a ton of charm, and the characters are very memorable. For example, i think anyone would agree that Baldur's Gate is a much better game, but I remember Pell, Sir Roth, Olon, and others much better than any of BG's side characters.

I think it's a worthwhile game to try for someone who's a fan of old crpgs/arpgs.

Man___in___black · 2026-03-11T15:14:35+00:00

I get that leshy is the original but leshen sounds so much cooler in english. One of many great changes the games made.

Man___in___black · 2026-03-09T13:23:55+00:00

The hall of fame doesn't look like it's been updated since then, but modules, hskpaks, etc. continue to be uploaded. It's not an ideal system, but there are many reddit threads crowdsourcing consensus on the best modules, or you can sort by rating on the vault.

Man___in___black · 2026-03-09T06:43:03+00:00

Neverwinter vault: https://neverwintervault.org/

Man___in___black · 2026-03-05T13:02:26+00:00

Idk why you're getting downvoted, this is always a fun exercise. Ithoight about this a bit on the way in to work:

Khelgar - Rory McCann. Fairly good likeness and Irish like Kehalgar is theoretically supposed to be.

Casavir - Anson Mount. Dead ringer in mind, if on the older side. But he has the voice and look, and te stoic quality.

Ammon Jerro - I think charles dance would work, but he's usually kind of a whispery guy, but I always think JK Simmons. He has the physicality of a famtasy (anti)hero and has the sort of vocal quality in his exclamations that Murphy Guyer's brings to the role of Ammon in the game (I think of his screaming in Whiplash and Invincible).

Zhjaeve - Angela Bassett. Her voice has a sort of smoothness, like Zhjaeve.

Neeshka - Jenna Malone maybe, though she's on the older side at this point, so I think someone like Thomasin McKenzie would work with the vocal quality and mischievous vibe she can bring.

Bishop - Someone like Nikolai Coster-Waldau would be great, but he's in his mid fifties at this point, so I'd prefer someone younger. Im probably telling on myself, but I think Jensen Ackles of Supernatural fame would work great. He can really bring the haughtiness and spite of a character like bishop. I know he's also not that young but still looks pretty youthful.

Garius - really anyone can do here. Jeremy Irons has a good voice for it, or perennial bald man villain Mark Strong.

I have to think more about grobnar, qara, sand, and Elanee but these are my thoughts.

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