is PoR good?

one dollar short · Post by **one dollar short** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 5:41 am

im a huge fan of baldurs gate 1 and 2, and torment.

will i like por? i really love complex and original storylines with involving quests, good characters, and mind involving elements.
i love the spells and items seen in bg and torment.
i hate hack and slash games like diablo

so, should i fork out the money for this game?

Demis · Post by **Demis** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:43 am

There have been a couple of discussion in this forum condering the game and how good is compared to the BG games.

Check out these threads:

1. ...is this game...

2. ...my thoughts...

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 11:48 am

I'm gonna tell you outright being as you've got the same taste in games as me. You like IE games(BG series) and you hate hack n' slash Diablo. PoR is basically hack n' slash with ridiculously large dungeons(most of the game) and parties. I hate the game. I bought it used for $20 so I wasn't so mad when the bugs finally got to me and I gave up, never finishing the game. And if you're into proper use of D&D rules as in BG series, you'll cry when you see how they've watered down some character types, and beefed up others. They left out Druids and Bards, made Rangers useless, and Clerics became one of the most powerful classes in the game. Rangers are my favorite class in IWD so it was criminal what they did to 'em in PoR and Also you don't get to choose your feats, and there's no dual wielding... what's 3E without dual wielding. Damn they screwed up this game. Any other questions just ask.

one dollar short · Post by **one dollar short** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 4:54 pm

sweet, thanks for all the help guys. i REALLY appreciate it.

i might just give PoR a miss though. =(