What are your favorite memories of the game? Remember the first time you saw Sarevok kill Gorion? I was freaked out! Is he going to come after me?!? I'M ONLY 1ST LEVEL!
And when you first killed Firkrag? Or the first time you fell into the Twisted Rune?
Lets relive our shockers, our suprises, and our greatest triumphs, back from the days when we all were playing these games for the first time.
My contribution has to be from ToB, though:
Recently my roommate and I played a duo, Half Orc Barbarian and Gnome Thief/Cleric. We pounded the game into ToB, and there encountered stiff opposition from Watcher's Keep. We became disgruntled, dismayed, and at last, were about to hangup Pug and Arwin.
We decided we would fight as far as Demogorgon, which neither of us had ever killed and knew would be our death. Our plan? Fight it once, die, and consider that the end of our character's careers.
So here we are. We teleport in, buff THE HECK out of ourselves (we're talkin some DBZ Super Sayian 2 power ups here), and move into tank the Demogorgon without the benefit of a mage or traps.
I wade in, whacking. The whole screen starts shaking, and behind me, almost lost amidst the tangle of demon claws and fangs, is Arwin, throwing energy blades as fast as his hasted form could afford him.
Time breaks into still frames as we pause for adjustments, my sword still rising and falling among the fell beasts, my blood falling about me unnoticed, and still above me, the energy blades come in.
Then it was done. Suddenly, and without preamble, Demogorgon falls inert. Badly hurt, I flee, Arwin with me, to the teleporters and then outside, leaving the Mariliths behind.
I jumped, my roomate down the hall jumped, and we both screamed with unexected joy. We danced together, screamed together, and then slamed some beers together, unwilling to touch the game again that night.
Pug and Arwin never died, and forged onto a bright future.
