Too Quiet! Anybody have it yet?

DraySkullan · Post by **DraySkullan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:36 am

I've got a copy on hold at EB, will be picking it up after work. Anybody got it yet???

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:16 am

If you don't mind me posting this... no, I don't have it yet. I just want to wait until the reviews of the game out first, since I'm being more cautious with where my money goes nowadays. If the reviews are good, I'll more than likely buy it.

Still, I can admit that it's definitely too quiet right now, even if the game reportedly shipped yesterday. No news brief about that happening on GameSpot, strangely.

DraySkullan · Post by **DraySkullan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:21 am

I've been reading posts at the Atari ToEE forum, alot of people have it and are playing it.

Of course if I had it, I'd be playing and not posting as well.

smass · Post by **smass** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:00 pm

Just bought it at EB - they are giving away a free D&D paperback and a rebate for a $10 EB gift card.

Not half bad a deal.

I will be playing it after work - and after I get the kids and the wife to bed...

Jibblies · Post by **Jibblies** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:52 pm

Yeah...the EB deal is pretty nice! I have it but it's still unopened on my desk taunting me. sadly i have to wait till i get to my game computer later. i've seen lots of reviews starting to surface over at gamespy. people are definitely playing it already.

DraySkullan · Post by **DraySkullan** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:36 pm

My wife should be picking up my copy in about half an hour. I'll have to tell her to ask about the $10 gift voucher thingie.

Some days you just wanna not be at work. This is one of them.

humanflyz · Post by **humanflyz** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:00 pm

The first review has already come up at Gamespy.com.

They rate it four stars out of five, mainly faulting a linear story, light roleplaying, and too much dungeon crawling. They said that the implementation of D&D 3.5 and the graphics are very good. I'll be getting a copy tomorrow, and it looks like it's going to be not that bad. At its very least ToEE is a good dungeon crawl with new rules.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:47 pm

Interesting but disappointing review from gamespy. Their complaints are exactly what I feared. Still, I'm about to install it and give it a go.

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:51 pm

After reading the GameSpy review...

ToEE still sounds like it will be a good enough game. I think that I may not be totally ready to go through Icewind Dale 2 anyway, so I'll uninstall that once I get this game. If I could finally beat BG2: ToB (right now, my file's left off near the end of SoA) before I get it, that may be better.

I was just thinkingof this: If & when Troyka release a patch for the game, what would it most likely fix?

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 10:02 pm

Hints,maps

Has anybody seen a tips site as yet?By the way thanks for the EB info.They were supposed to call 9/16 when the game went on the shelf here and didn't.But there are several in the area.

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:27 pm

ToEE not loading

I have been reading on the Atari board there are problems with Toee not loading or sometimes not playing because of a softwere protection flaw???? Anybody now of a good phone # at Atari for info?

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 11:38 pm

wombat web

Ok. You need links.Have fun live it up,you're normal

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:23 am

About the sound & graphics requirements...

Let's see, I got to read the requirements to run the game on Atari's ToEE boards, and I was curious, since I want to see if my computer (which is a decent one; can play Icewind Dale 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 just fine, but I can't play WarCraft III because of some graphic error).

1) Can anyone tell me more about the sound card requirements?

2) My computer has an Intel Pentium III processor, and some info is sketchy. I do believe I have the hard drive space and free memory available (and I definitely will once I finally finish BG2 sometime soon). The thing with the graphics is that I was able to see the images of the monsters in full motion (though the images of the giants and other really large monsters was just a hint choppy in the middle of the image) on the website. Is that a good sign that the game itself will run well on my computer?

DraySkullan · Post by **DraySkullan** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:56 am

Okay, I had no problem installing, but couldn't get the game to launch. Was getting the spinning CD icon, then a blue screen with various errors. I calle Atari, who has excellent troubleshooters, or at least the one I got was. I found out I had 31 items in my Startup on msconfig! With his help, I got it down to 2, and now not only does the game launch, but my pc is faster!

If you're having trouble launching, check your startup in msconfig.

For reference:

Win ME (I know, I know)
900 mHz Celeron
30 gig drive
256 Ram
GeForce 4 MX 420 64MB video
Crystal WMD sound

Galuf the Dwarf · Post by **Galuf the Dwarf** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:54 am

Originally posted by DraySkullan
Okay, I had no problem installing, but couldn't get the game to launch. Was getting the spinning CD icon, then a blue screen with various errors. I calle Atari, who has excellent troubleshooters, or at least the one I got was. I found out I had 31 items in my Startup on msconfig! With his help, I got it down to 2, and now not only does the game launch, but my pc is faster!

If you're having trouble launching, check your startup in msconfig.

For reference:

Win ME (I know, I know)
900 mHz Celeron
30 gig drive
256 Ram
GeForce 4 MX 420 64MB video
Crystal WMD sound

Well, I'll keep that in mind, but I don't have the game yet. I want to make sure my computer can actually run this game, because the last thing I want is to buy it, and find out that my PC can't play it, but either my dad's or my brother's can. They probably wouldn't think too much of it, but I don't want to bother them about it. They both have enough games on their's anyway.

Edit: Well, my younger brother (definitely more proficient in computers than I am) answered my question for me about 10 minutes ago. My computer's a bit more than sufficient for this game.

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:15 pm

Have game

I waited till thursday to buy.Then the Huricane came through and just got power back! The game has nice opening then chacter creation is fair,then a window were you hear a screem then lockup,message is microsoft conflict.I have p4 2.4G,64Mg video with intell good chipset.Would make some improvments in what I have seen so far but will wait for the sequill to hit the $9.95 bin.Will call atari when I cool down!

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 5:19 pm

have game

I also have winXP.By the way atari could have given people several install options, and a list of several graphics settings.But what do I know?

Perihellion · Post by **Perihellion** » Sat Sep 20, 2003 10:38 pm

I'm liking it quite a bit so far--but I'm still very early in the game.

Install went very smoothly for me, and no crashes in the game so far. Mouse doesnt work as smooth as I like, nothing I cant live with though. I'm hearing that this might be due to the copy protection on the disk. Radial menu takes some getting used to, its similiar to that of Neverwinter Nights but in text and far more detailed. No corrupted saves unlike Lionheart. Other than some rough edges it runs well on my system.

Party generation took me about a half hour, and it would have taken a lot longer if I wasn't in such a hurry to start the game. Lots of detail at character generation, (in fact maybe too much so, but it should satisfy a lot of diehards and micromanagers.) The background almost gave me vertigo--it kept scrolling, while the character creation window remained static.

Then onto the village of Hommlet. Started a bunch of the village quests, but was itching for combat so my party made haste to the bandit dungeon with a few npcs I recruited in the local Inn.
I kept dying to the giant frogs on the way to the compound, frustrated, I reloaded and snuck by them instead. This game is very typical D&D, my level one characters were extremely fragile. My first battle with the brigands went successfully, thanks to the charm person spell and attacking in sneak mode. I love the combat! Turn based and lots of options. I love planning out my attacks this way. Special attacks, attacks of opportunity, lots of defense options, ranged and so on--its great! I love the counter attacks--takes up a turn but the party characters responded beautifully to them. Still, in the subsequent battles lots of unconsciousness and deaths, so many, many reloads. Also, take care when choosing npcs to round out your party; one of my two was a looting bastage! He would consistantly take the finest of items from each corpse, finally, having enough I just let him die, instead of stabilizing him.

All in all, I'm loving it so far. I barely even begun the game, but I'm pretty glad I bought it. Usually I wait until the first few patches are published, but this time I could'nt wait.

ilmrebel · Post by **ilmrebel** » Sun Sep 21, 2003 3:07 pm

bought it friday the 20th day of september, in the year of our lord 2003, so far its been great.

AncientGreyelf · Post by **AncientGreyelf** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 6:39 am

Bugs,lockups

The atari board has alot of info!If you get the spinng disk and the game doesn't load usually someone has turned off the acellerator in display properties.I finally got e-mail from atari about my begin adventuring problem.You wouldn't belive the list I was sent! I have long since found alot simpler solution.Tap the space bar before hearing the scream.Some poeple are turning off the sound card in the startup menu.SAVE regularly a must!!