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Anonymous Sat Jan 25 21:21:45 2014 No.1362870 [Reply] [Original]

I've tried BG2 before but I've never gotten out of the first dungeon.
One thing I remember is that when I talked to people they gave me all these options but it was clear which option would give me the character, which makes me wonder: Do I need every character from the beginning of the game?

Anonymous Sat Jan 25 21:40:46 2014 No.1362912

Imoen is necessary for plot reasons. Jaheria and Minsc are useful for getting out of there, but they aren't strictly necessary, once you exit that first dungeon there are many more NPCs you can pick up right away. Also you can change up your party at any time in the game, so you're not locked in with those characters if you do pick them up for meat shields to get out of Irenicus' place.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 21:42:15 2014 No.1362917 >>1362870 >Do I need every character from the beginning of the game? What do you mean? You can solo the entire game.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 22:03:36 2014 No.1362965 >>1362917 Well clearly I didn't know that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 22:31:06 2014 No.1363020 >>1362870 Fuck off, and take your dreamcast with you too, non-retro-fag!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 22:34:36 2014 No.1363024 >>1362965 You can solo with a half orc fighter/thief, then you go on bioware boards bugging the developers nonstop about thieves being unfairly gimped and telling everyone that elves are gay and taste like chicken.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 22:52:54 2014 No.1363056 >>1363020 I sincerely hope you are a bad troll.

Anonymous Sat Jan 25 23:12:25 2014 No.1363094

I highly recommend playing Baldur's Gate I first.

The sequel is much better but playing the first one and importing your character gives you some extra context and extra investment in the world. It's very worth it. You also get to appreciate everything BG2 improved on over the original.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 23:15:24 2014 No.1363105 >>1363094 This, and I would also recommend NOT using TuTu for your first playthrough of BG1. I would however, recommend some other mods, such as widescreen/GUI and Baulderdash's language fixups/general fixpack.

Anonymous Sat Jan 25 23:34:54 2014 No.1363139

>>1363094
I wouldn't recommend doing that at all, unless you actually like BG 1 and want to play it. I've played BG 2 at least a half dozen times and BG 1 about 3 times, and I've never felt the desire to import a character. All it does it make you reach godmode (and make the game a bit less fun) faster.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 25 23:40:12 2014 No.1363148 >>1363139 considering your role in the story and the fact that the BG1 and BG2 protag are canonically the same person, I see no issue with importing and becoming somewhat overpowered.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 26 01:07:31 2014 No.1363334 >>1363148 I was sooo pissed when I played and discovered the nice lvl wall for mages :l

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 26 01:10:01 2014 No.1363340 >>1363139 I loved how bg2 had so much replayability >>1363094 I started bg1 and cried a bit tbh

Anonymous Sun Jan 26 17:37:25 2014 No.1364921

>>1362870

OP, you don't NEED every character but each NPC that can join your party has their own character developments, quests, and interactions with other NPCS (which can lead to yet more character development and sub-plots).

The best way to play the game is to recruit all the recruitable and use a custom-made character for your protagonist only. The interactions, banter and development of your party adds hugely to the richness of the game.

Anonymous Sun Jan 26 17:52:25 2014 No.1364961

Play BG first with TotSC and then import. Get the widescreen, fixpack and unfinished business. Normally i would play it with Tutu, but i can see the appeal in playing it in it's original form.

Import, import, import. It is a great feeling getting more and more powerful.

Also, XP cap remover

Anonymous Sun Jan 26 18:05:55 2014 No.1364993
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I use the trilogy mod it feels just right. I like BG1 more because it feels a lot more like a PnP campaign rather than an adventure game like BG2 but thats just me. In any case, if you cant stand the clunkyness of BG1 use tutu or the trilogy mod.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 28 06:58:08 2014 No.1368117 BG1 is fun once you get past the first two or three levels where you can survive more than two hits.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 28 15:25:33 2014 No.1368850 Not OP Should i get the new enhanced edition? Monay is not an issue and i can always just pirate it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 28 21:25:39 2014 No.1369731 >>1368850 No, it is total garbage.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 28 23:44:30 2014 No.1369975 >>1368850 >>1369731 Isn't the Enhanced Edition just the original with an unofficial patch included and some new fan-mod quality NPCs added?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 29 00:59:34 2014 No.1370104 >>1369975 basically yes so if you don't mind wasting a few shekels on something you can get for free, go ahead and get it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 29 01:03:34 2014 No.1370108 moer liek Baldur's Gayte

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