Multi v. Single Player

Jasper · Post by **Jasper** » Thu Apr 05, 2001 8:53 pm

I just boght the game - looks great. I'd like to be able to make my own party, but my question is this - having played a bit in the single player mode, it seems that a fair amount of narrative (quest triggers?) relate to the NPC's. If I fill a party up, or even come close, Imoen et al wont be with me.

I assume you can get through the game without them, but my question is how much of the game Ill miss without NPC's?

any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thx

Nick_Dude · Post by **Nick_Dude** » Thu Apr 05, 2001 10:07 pm

you will miss out on quiete a number of quests and interesting dioalogues. You will also miss out on romances. Personaly, when I started playing with no NPC's I got bored and restarted from the beggining. I would suggest you use NPC's.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 3:20 am

Playing with NPC's is a lot more fun. Some of them had me ROFLMAO.

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Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 3:36 am

If it's your first game, make a single player game......multi is for when you've played a lot of times.....

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Manveru · Post by **Manveru** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 5:15 am

I think that playing without NPCs is very boring.

Hmm.. I think that the most improved thing in BG2 are NPCs interactions (dialogues between them, their quests and finally romances). There are less NPCs than in BG1 but they are more much interesting - they have deeper characters, more individual stories that sometimes affect our play (e.g. the Jaheira's or Jan Jansen's past)

Soloing or playing your own characters party in multiplayer could be interesting when you will know the whole story.

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Piqsid · Post by **Piqsid** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 6:58 am

When I played for the first time, I played a multiplayer with two of my own players and switched up many of the different NPC's throughout the second chapter in the remaining 4 slots. I did everything I possibly could, and then went to spellhold. When I got there, I removed everyone, and played with five of my own and Imoen. Your PC, and other created characters will almost always be more poweful than the NPC's, but you don't want to miss out on their quests and interesting story lines.

Piq

sigurd · Post by **sigurd** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 7:59 am

Yes, your own PC will always be much more powerful.
Use more than one PC and you take away all challenge BG2 have, pretty much destroying the fun. I can easily say that 3 ownmade characters is more powerful than a PC and any of the 5 NPC

Mielikki · Post by **Mielikki** » Fri Apr 06, 2001 10:29 pm

well, last night i finished the game..
u see, it was quite "frightening" and a lil bit "boring" until minsc saw irenicus and screamed
"evil meet sword. SWOORD MEEET EEEEEEVIL"

i was laughing my ass off and got the excitement spark i needed..
what i m trying to say is u indeed need the npcs to "get the max outta bg2"

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Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Sat Apr 07, 2001 12:43 am

The one that had me laughing for days was Edwin's identity crisis.

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