Dark Alliance had one of the best ranger gameplay ever. These electrical arrows man, so fucking good
It's time for Beamdog and everyone else to stop forgetting that Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2 exist
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It doesn't have the same cache as the original series obviously, but I don't really get why they have to be associated all that much. Baldur's Gate isn't the first Forgotten Realms game adaptation or anything. Far from it.
The DA games are towards the top of the list of decent adaptations of the setting, especially from that era or anything since.
Take your pick.
Edit: I see you did indeed take a pick. Regardless, I still stand by my point. I could try to correct their personal opinions on the matter. But then I realize its about a video game and how they feel is irrelevant to my interest in the BG:DA games.
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One calls them mediocre, one calls them decent-ish, these are opinions that I don't agree with but are ultimately reasonable. Especially considering the framing that this is indeed a subgenre that gets a constant stream of entries.
The other one (which I already replied to) is the only one that comes near your "only BG games that matter" foolishness, which you're now up on your cross over so clearly you're just fine with bombastic hyperbole in the first place
To be honest, they were WAY better than the Baldur's Gate games. But I think none of these aged too well. The Baldur's Gate games weren't that great even when they were new. And the Norrath games are too limited for today's standards. But I'd welcome true sequels to these games.
Reasonable? One says mediocre, dime a dozen style game and let it rest and the other says they can remain buried in history in a thread about wanting remakes of two very specific games. They got their games so why does it matter if we want to get ours? But somehow I'm being unreasonable and foolish when I say in my opinion (not objective fact) the crpgs don't matter. Somehow, my personal feelings on the matter are an affront that just needs to be addressed.
But ok, I'm checking out. Clearly unless I walk on egg shells and don't offend the personal preferences of this sensitive group I'm being foolish and bombastic.
No one forgot about them, they just weren't that big to begin with. These games get way too much play as it is and its super annoying that every time Baldur's Gate comes up in discussions there is always someone to chime in with 'but what about dark alliance!@?!?!'. We get it already.
The worst part is how you see it so much in the games press, confirming just how console oriented the entire industry is. Hey lets not talk about that legendary PC game that many people think is one of the greatest games of all time, lets shift focus to the mediocre PS2 action RPGs because that's all we can talk about when someone says Baldur's Gate!
The worst part is how you see it so much in the games press, confirming just how console oriented the entire industry is. Hey lets not talk about that legendary PC game that many people think is one of the greatest games of all time, lets shift focus to the mediocre PS2 action RPGs because that's all we can talk about when someone says Baldur's Gate!
You're more than welcome to make a thread celebrating the mainline Baldur's Gate games, but their impact and quality is pretty well established and widely discussed. If some people want to talk about how much they enjoyed they (clearly maligned) spin-off series, what's the issue? It hardly overshadows the main series.
Oh man these were great. I LOVED the first Champions of Norrath. Didn't really gel with the way the sequel worked as far as the changes to the game systems.
CoN was awesome but man did I not like the loot progression. I played and completed it three times with the same exact class and at the end of the game I had the same exact gear and weapon because it was all pretty much set. These days games try to randomize things or at least give you top tier versions of various types of gear so you can kind of choose how you're going to play and how you want your character set up.
Still though, for a little PS2 ARPG I couldn't complain at the time. I'd snap up a basic remaster in a heart beat.
CoN was awesome but man did I not like the loot progression. I played and completed it three times with the same exact class and at the end of the game I had the same exact gear and weapon because it was all pretty much set. These days games try to randomize things or at least give you top tier versions of various types of gear so you can kind of choose how you're going to play and how you want your character set up.
Still though, for a little PS2 ARPG I couldn't complain at the time. I'd snap up a basic remaster in a heart beat.