Seeking advice for an old game...

[WarLocke]

Elric:

What do you think of IWD2? I was thinking about it, but I am not sure if it is worth the money.

IWD2 is a very different beast than the BGs. To make a comparison, if the BG games were Fallouts, the IWD games would be the equivalent of Fallout: Tactics -- only not crappy. They are definitely thinner on the plot than the BGs (although it is still there, and IWD2 has more plot than the first), and concentrate on combat. IWD2 also doesn't have any of the "major-mage" spells -- Contingencies, Spell Triggers, Ruby Ray, Timestop, etc. There are no "chess game of mage defenses" type fights in the IWDs.


Mith:

Mazzy - A poor man's Keldoran with a flat personality

Idunno, it's been awhile, but I think I actually liked Mazzy's personality. Maybe I'm just weird like that -- I like Imoen and Jaheira as well.


Nitefox:

Plus she has one of the funniest dialogues in the game if you use her to talk to Salvanas in the Copper Coronet

Is this common? I've always just used the protagonist to do all my talking (even mostly in the IWDs, where since there's no central protagonist you could talk to different NPCs with varied characters and get dialogue options based on race/class/alignment); are there many instances where using an NPC to initiate dialogue makes a difference?


Count Duckula:

All the info on BG1/BG2 you'll ever need.

Thanks, am reading through it now!



Thanks for all the feedback. It looks like, since the nearest game shop is more than 30 miles away and I no longer have my own transportation, that I'll be starting BG2 without TOB, although I'm sure I'll have an opportunity to pick it up before I finish.

Since the general consensus seems to be to get 5 NPCs together and stick with them (at least that's the impression I'm getting), I'll probably do something like:

Sorceror Protagonist (I like arcane magic, and the whole "cast spells on the fly" thing has spoiled me off of Wizards, I think)
Yoshimo (replaced by Imoen)
Jan Jansen (because he's just so darned cool; replaced with "Special TOB NPC"?)
Jaheira (healer, semi-tank, love interest, and continuity hook)
Minsc (because no party is full without Minsc & Boo!)
Edwin (I like arcane magic, and Edwin is cool...)

Not so sure how that party will stack up (1.5 tanks, .5 healers, 1 or 1.5 thieves, and 3 nukers); I was mainly choosing characters I liked. I suppose it may change in the future.