Funny… I never paid much attention to this series because for some reason I thought it was made by Spiderweb.
Screens look pretty good. Not sure how I feel about turn-based combat for a non party-based game though.
I feel the focus of II was lost in comparison to I. When you create challenges, you also have to make it so the challenges can be completed. Therefore, all of the gameplay must make allowances for this. When I played it, I found areas where I thought the game would have played out differently, had it not been for the challenges. I only played it through once though and will likely skip III if it has the same limitations. Still, you got my money BW, so you should be happy. I'll probably play III too, if the game is cheap enough. A low enough price will allow me to ignore the silliness of challenges.
It's been a long time since I played it, and it was enough of a irritant that I never replayed.
I feel the focus of II was lost in comparison to I. When you create challenges, you also have to make it so the challenges can be completed. Therefore, all of the gameplay must make allowances for this. When I played it, I found areas where I thought the game would have played out differently, had it not been for the challenges. I only played it through once though and will likely skip III if it has the same limitations. Still, you got my money BW, so you should be happy. I'll probably play III too, if the game is cheap enough. A low enough price will allow me to ignore the silliness of challenges.
It's been a long time since I played it, and it was enough of a irritant that I never replayed.
So, you're letting a separate system that has absolutely no effect on gameplay - unless you specifically want it to - have an effect on gameplay, and then you complain about it as if it wasn't your personal choice?
That sounds pretty stupid and unfair, to be honest.
But you don't have to get those achievements or challenges. I never made a character with only using edged weapons because I did not care about the achievement.
I can tell you for a fact that the game was not made from the ground up for challenges and achievements.
With the single character on screen and looking at the GUI I assume the third installment will not be party based? I thought I heard rumors of this being party based? Maybe I'm confusing EB3 with something else.
I guess CRPGnut argument is that it influenced the game design enough to make it a (subjectively) poorer experience. Where exactly did you feel that was the case, CRPGnut? Which elements do you think suffered from compromises made due to the existence of challenges?
I guess CRPGnut argument is that it influenced the game design enough to make it a (subjectively) poorer experience. Where exactly did you feel that was the case, CRPGnut? Which elements do you think suffered from compromises made due to the existence of challenges?
It'd be like if Bethesda removed dragons from their game so they could create a scoring system to be posted on a forum Woo, look at me I played a Breton warrior that specialized in two-handed melee even though Bretons make awesome mages and shitty warriors. Yippee! Nerdgasm for the win!
I guess CRPGnut argument is that it influenced the game design enough to make it a (subjectively) poorer experience. Where exactly did you feel that was the case, CRPGnut? Which elements do you think suffered from compromises made due to the existence of challenges?