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I'm pretty sure it was Crystals of Arborea on PC. Not a classic by any means but a good starting point for a young inexperienced player.

Following that up with Bards Tale II was... tough!

Something totally different, inspired by the features topic in the RPG forum:

I think it's kind of a pity that we just spent the time between book I and II fishing of all things. It would've been nice to choose a bit how we spent our time and get subsequent bonuses/penalties, like extra strength ...

Have to admit I only played Fallout 2 when it came out, but I'd say definitely!

I remember it being quite long, with a big world, and lots of room for character development. Also many sidequests and a good main storyline.

The only really flaw I could detect was that the game was quite buggy when ...

Interesting topic...

I like the idea of allowing for silent attacks, but only if they'd be instant kills out of sight of other enemies. Even if the attack is silent, an injured enemy usually is not...

In a similar vein I'd expect a first attack from a hidden/invisible character to alert the enemy ...

I selected more quests and more enemies, since those were 2 of the main shortfalls for me. It started out nicely but after I came to Port Kuudad I think I only had three new quests not tied to the main storyline (not counting shortest quest ever...) IMO that's not much.

In the difficulty topic I ...

[x] I turn them all on because I like the extra challenge and realism. The bonus to exp/loot/endgame score is a side-effect of that choice, but not why I chose to turn on all the options, not that I mind the extra loot, exp, endgame score.


I turn them all on for the same reason. The extra loot ...

I just finished my first game as a true mago too, and found it a bit too easy. the dwarven mine was pretty much a cakewalk for me, but otherwise it did built nicely throughout the game. If I remember correctly only the Taurax Spearmen really gave me a somewhat tough time, but Dense Nimbus usually ...

Firstly hi all!

The thing I liked most about Book II was definitely the gameplay. The game still played a lot like book I even with a lot of new ideas, which IMO is a good thing. Like with Book I it was very addictive, and very easy to spend more time playing while I was supposed to do other stuff ...