Arpyjee
Watchdog
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Some comments and (desperate) questions....
I am a big fan of the AD&D 2nd edition rules (BG1&2 I believe). Remember the heavy-duty scrollable stats on the right hand side of the character screen ? Intricate beauty ! It took me months to find out what Thac0 meant. I just like details.
So, like many, after accepting the authoritarian decree that AD&D 2nd edition was "obsolete" and NWN 3rd edition rules were "superior", I was greatly disappointed with the level of 'difficulty' in NWN. Many combat sequences were predictable cakewalks, repetitious and unsuspenseful. Simply bland, imo.
Since 2001, I've spent many hours/days dreaming about the release of a BG3 (or it's equivalent) which would provide a 100+ hour high fantasy epic, using the AD&D 2nd edition rule set, and ultimately, the Infinity engine as well, with the classic isometric view, and party based play.
After reading all the reports, and evidence, especially recently, I've come to the conclusion that my dream is now concretely extinguished by objective reality. I'll always love and prefer the ruleset and engine of BG, but my brain is telling me it's basically BANISHED, with an absolute 0% chance of existing ever again. PERIOD.
Say it ain't so. Someone, please tell me a fact, or possibility I'm not considering, or aware of. It's like my favorite actor or singer, being found dead, no chance of being reborn. I can accept it with a human, but a highly popular, heralded, highly rated and successful Pc-Rpg SYSTEM ? C'mon.
I yearn for a game, like BG1, which gives you a level advance, in long & winding epic fashion. A game like BG2 which had Giants that can stomp once or twice on your Rogue, causing instant death. The armor class numbers were magnificent... -7 ... was superior ! The entire look of the character screen was enticing and appealing. All Gone. As well, to add insult to injury, my LESS favorite D&D ruleset : seemingly buried and gone forever as well. Ouch ouch.
Someone, please tell me, with rational evidence, however puny, that this is not necessarily an absolute and permanent scenario. Let me add one important thing : I (personally) know of an Rpg designer/writer (no, he's not employed by Bioware) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who has written an entire BG3 200 hour saga, and has it locked away in his filing cabinet. I haven't spoken to him in 2 years, but if there is a chance of an interested party (like Atari) , he might allow his BG3 masterpiece (some might just simply dismiss it, cynically, as amateurish fan fiction) out for public consumption.
Any inside information and/or a big picture perspective, would be greatly appreciated, as I'd like to be anchored to reality, with a rational and reasonable view of this entire scenario.
I am a big fan of the AD&D 2nd edition rules (BG1&2 I believe). Remember the heavy-duty scrollable stats on the right hand side of the character screen ? Intricate beauty ! It took me months to find out what Thac0 meant. I just like details.
So, like many, after accepting the authoritarian decree that AD&D 2nd edition was "obsolete" and NWN 3rd edition rules were "superior", I was greatly disappointed with the level of 'difficulty' in NWN. Many combat sequences were predictable cakewalks, repetitious and unsuspenseful. Simply bland, imo.
Since 2001, I've spent many hours/days dreaming about the release of a BG3 (or it's equivalent) which would provide a 100+ hour high fantasy epic, using the AD&D 2nd edition rule set, and ultimately, the Infinity engine as well, with the classic isometric view, and party based play.
After reading all the reports, and evidence, especially recently, I've come to the conclusion that my dream is now concretely extinguished by objective reality. I'll always love and prefer the ruleset and engine of BG, but my brain is telling me it's basically BANISHED, with an absolute 0% chance of existing ever again. PERIOD.
Say it ain't so. Someone, please tell me a fact, or possibility I'm not considering, or aware of. It's like my favorite actor or singer, being found dead, no chance of being reborn. I can accept it with a human, but a highly popular, heralded, highly rated and successful Pc-Rpg SYSTEM ? C'mon.
I yearn for a game, like BG1, which gives you a level advance, in long & winding epic fashion. A game like BG2 which had Giants that can stomp once or twice on your Rogue, causing instant death. The armor class numbers were magnificent... -7 ... was superior ! The entire look of the character screen was enticing and appealing. All Gone. As well, to add insult to injury, my LESS favorite D&D ruleset : seemingly buried and gone forever as well. Ouch ouch.
Someone, please tell me, with rational evidence, however puny, that this is not necessarily an absolute and permanent scenario. Let me add one important thing : I (personally) know of an Rpg designer/writer (no, he's not employed by Bioware) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who has written an entire BG3 200 hour saga, and has it locked away in his filing cabinet. I haven't spoken to him in 2 years, but if there is a chance of an interested party (like Atari) , he might allow his BG3 masterpiece (some might just simply dismiss it, cynically, as amateurish fan fiction) out for public consumption.
Any inside information and/or a big picture perspective, would be greatly appreciated, as I'd like to be anchored to reality, with a rational and reasonable view of this entire scenario.
- Joined
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