The worst things about Baldur's Gate

Obike Fixx · Post by **Obike Fixx** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:58 am

What do you think is the worst thing about Baldur's Gate and\or Tales of The Sword Coast?

I definately think that it's that the monsters\beasts reappear, Aaagrhh! I just HATE it, it's so frustrating. You have just killed a band of sirenes, the second after you killed them, THEY REAPPEAR! And kill you! AAARGH!

Anyway, what do YOU "pointing finger at YOU" Think is the worst?

Bloodmist · Post by **Bloodmist** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 9:01 am

The endless uninteresting uneventful, wildlife areas. It's a nice concept, but there are to many of them wich doesn't involve any quests.

BTW Mikael, empty your PM inbox.

JackOfClubs · Post by **JackOfClubs** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 1:52 pm

The lack of portable containers. This isn't a problem in party games but soloing is a pain when you can't carry all the items you loot. This is especially annoying in the Cloakwood mines where making multiple trips means getting hit by at least 2 random encounters.

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 2:20 pm

I think the wilderness areas are far from the worst part of BG, when I first started playing I would wander around in the woods for days. There are two things I don't like about BG. 1 certain classes(mages) only get one quick weapon slot, and 2 you can't pause while in inventory, but when you look at the map you stop moving.

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 4:59 pm

What's the problem with the wilderness areas? I mean, it's not like you have to go there or anything...

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:46 pm

Exactly... if you don't want the bountiful XP they provide then just stick to the main storyline and don't do any other quests. Personally I'd get a little bored.

Impaler987 · Post by **Impaler987** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 11:22 pm

Yeah, I liked the wilderness areas; they gave more of a sense of adventure.

The only thing I'd say was wrong with BG1 is that there was no implementation of dual-wielding. It puzzles me to this day why they simply could not implement it in any IE game until BG2. My ranger felt so naked without a second sword.

Eerhardt · Post by **Eerhardt** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 5:23 am

Firewine Bridge - Kobold commando spawning - 'nuff said

Garagor Malfet · Post by **Garagor Malfet** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 6:30 am

Definitely the lack of containers. The rest of the game is perfection. Yes, even the respawning

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kopywrite · Post by **kopywrite** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:37 am

Oh the path finding...

Some of those inns in Beregost with loads of people wandering around, boxing your characters in...grrr.

Firinflablaze · Post by **Firinflablaze** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 8:21 pm

The creatures spawning every time you reload, and respawning if you've glimpsed their presence. Even hobgoblins get difficult if their's 24000 of them.

ruined letters · Post by **ruined letters** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 10:40 pm

The worst thing is the resolution. I played BG2 first, and going to BG1 was terrible, I hated it when I would be getting hit by arrows from an unknown source off the screen. The graphics were good for their time, but poor compared to BG2 and stuff now. I personally did not like the wilderness areas, but they did add a sense of adventure. I did not like having to travel through an area to get to the next one, you know how you can just skip around in bg2? but I guess it does make a lot more sense that way.

Everclearules20 · Post by **Everclearules20** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 10:44 pm

I wish it highlighted containers when you press 'Tab', like in BG2. I hate having to scroll over everything to find out if its a container or not....

Eriks · Post by **Eriks** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 5:37 am

stop comparing it to BG2! Its an older game of course minor conveniences and things will be better in BG2. The wilderness areas are what I LOVED about BG. And travelling from area to area the old fashioned way totally immersed me in the game world (more so than BG2). I personally dont play BG or any of its sequels for graphics so that doesnt bother me one bit. Someone mentioned that they hated how there was no 2 weapon fighting, well no offence but you are a dumb dumb

BG uses 2E rules (which doesnt include dual wielding!). The rules for 2 weapon fighting did not exist at the time of BGs creation. Pathfinding could of been better but you get used it after a while

Bloodmist · Post by **Bloodmist** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 5:45 am

Originally posted by Eriks
BG uses 2E rules (which doesnt include dual wielding!). The rules for 2 weapon fighting did not exist at the time of BGs creation. Pathfinding could of been better but you get used it after a while

BG2 uses 2. edition rules too

Skuld · Post by **Skuld** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 8:18 pm

All of the rules that were around for BG2 were around when BG was made, they just decided to take only what they needed.

ruined letters · Post by **ruined letters** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 1:48 am

So now who's the dumb dumb?

Bloodmist · Post by **Bloodmist** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 4:13 am

Originally posted by ruined letters
So now who's the dumb dumb?

Yes, i would have said that. But i restrained myself.

ruined letters · Post by **ruined letters** » Sat Sep 28, 2002 5:06 pm

It's all in good fun. He knows i'm joking (by the way, I was just joking with ya

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