Isichar wrote...
I agree the RPG AAA market has had many miss-steps lately mostly in terms of not understanding what lies at the core of a great RPG and in the case of graphics I only ask that it is aesthetically pleasing. In that same sense a 10 year old game can be considered aesthetically superior to some of the modern day powerhouses. But I would prefer dated graphics over a RPG that tried to rely on the graphics too much. I can remember nearly every fight in BG, but I remember it my head the way I imagined the fight would actually look like, and I cant help but think giving me the tools to do that is in some ways superior to superior visuals anyways, though it may be cliche its true that the brain is the most powerful videocard there is.
The core of RPG's comes down to the gameplay and the story, the nostalgic factor is just an added bonus to me. Give me interesting characters, a fleshed out setting and an epic well written story and you got my ideal RPG. DA:O and the Witcher 2 are really the only RPG's that have hit that sweet spot for me in quite a long time.
The only advice I can give you in terms of waiting the week is try not to think about it, it will only make the passage of time feel slower and more of a grind. If you dont spend the whole time agonizing over how badly you want to play it then a week will fly by like nothing, and you have been waiting this long already so whats an exta week?
Heh, well, BGEE wasn't available then as it will be this extra week. The thought of re-facing Sarevok, holy crap, the idea gives me chills. That is no joke. It's going to be a **** of a week. I still remember finding out who he was, the intensity it gave the game, and the battle? Oh man! Yeah, loooonnnng week. The newly added content looks very well done, too.
You make a good point with the less is more thing, leaving it up to the player's imagination. Very good point.
I think a lot of BG 2 still holds up well graphically after more than a decade so I would be hesitant to call it dated. That was a beautifully done game, IMO, especially for the time in which it came out. That said, give me BG even unenhanced over the likes of . . . ahem . . . certain recent releases or those that are upcoming (Witcher series being the exception).
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Baldurs Gate 2 I would actually consider to have pretty good graphics all things considering. Some of the ingame character models are a bit weak but the portraits, environment visuals and attention to detail are all pretty impressive. You can pretty much always tell what you are looking at.
