places on map cant get to?

friedmad · Post by **friedmad** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:52 pm

i've played the game several times through but there are some places on my overland map that i never gain access to. just to name a few, Bremen, Lonelywood and Kelvin's Cairn.

any idea why this is?

thanks

Patrick · Post by **Patrick** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:12 pm

Are you at all familuar with the Forgotten Realms Campaign word. Its there for description.

friedmad · Post by **friedmad** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:01 am

i am familiar with FR but my point is why would they put names of places on the overland map if you cant get to them? its a bit misleadng, leading me to think that i am missing something in the game that would open those areas.

Talonsblade · Post by **Talonsblade** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:43 pm

when the game was in the proses of being made there was saposed to be more but was cut sort in the game there are a few refrences to some of those places, in one forum i went to someone was talking about makeing a mod for those spots but i dont know. *

opps runs and hides*

SDMoNoLitH · Post by **SDMoNoLitH** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:55 am

IWD2 was rushed out the door in an unfinished state, and the minor irritation you just described is just one of the many things testifying to that. This would be why Black Isle and Interplay are no longer around.

Wrath-Of-Egg · Post by **Wrath-Of-Egg** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:08 am

you might be right in that matter... (i would like to hear all other things...)

but it could also be so you would have idea where you are... so if you have played earlier games or read forgotten realms books you will have idea of world surrounding you...
even it is pity that you cant go to easthaven....(i like that little town...)

talyn · Post by **talyn** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:11 pm

It is annoying, but I suppose it helps to add to the realism of the game. If you know, and are reminded that there is in fact a world outside of the places you can visit, it makes the game world that much more realistic. I'm currently making a film set in a World akin to Forgotten Realms, not based on but the same sort of thing, and have found that the more minor details, like just mentioning that one of the characters grew up in .....(insert town name here) and then having that place marked on a World Map later, despite it having no real relelvance to the plot adds dramatically to the realism, it allows you to get lost in the fantasy.
Howe'er, it would have been nice to actually visit these places, maybe after you've completed the game or something, as not to detract from the plot line.