/vrpg/ — I love this game so much it's unreal

Same but IWD2.

Same here anon
What do you love about it the most?
I love that it feels like an actual d&d campaign, also epic music and great visual design that helps to get immersed

>>3969756
not op but imo 2e dnd is just better. the to hit rate is essentially fixed by level so the encounters cant be won by simply autoattacking with high bonuses. even spamming buffs isnt really enough on its own. also there is no hp bloat

2e spells are more complex and enemy saves are stronger

also the controls are simply more responsive and readable. all the 3d games are a fucking mess

>>3969751
I unironically like IWD2EE.

>>3969845
Nothing to be unironic about, it's EE is great.

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>>3969756
To me it just feels really well paced. I played a lot of the other IE games when I was younger but only got to IWD1 recently, and I don't think I ever got bored or fed up with any single area. The moment I I started feeling done it was usually over, and the little interactions and stories in each area kept it interesting.
Also agreed about the visuals and sound, just a really cozy experience all around.
>>3969774
I'm also a 2E appreciator. After having played a bunch of buildfag games in a row it was really nice to just be able to make my party and go. I find it much more fun focusing on solving individual encounters with what I have at hand rather than worrying about build planning.

>>3969886
>To me it just feels really well paced.
good point
that's a benefit of having a linearly structured campaign compared to open world

>>3969756

the funnest thing about IE games is creating a party of bad asses and levelling them up, and IWD just lets you do this, with just enough story to make the sequence of fights feel like an adventure.

Party of four for the win: Paladin, Ranger / Cleric, Thief > Mage and Bard.

Also, Dragon's Eye is an INCREDIBLE track,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyaQGaUGsI&list=RDQjyaQGaUGsI&start_radio=1

>>3970035
>Bard
it's crazy how bard went from shit-tier in original version to a powerhouse literally carrying the party in complete edition

>>3969740 (OP)
Forgotten realms was running on all cylinders when this came out too

>>3969740 (OP)
Fuck all the dumb niggers that called it Diablofied downgrade of Baldur's Gate.

>>3974813
Everyone I know who played BG when it came out also liked IWD.

>>3969756
>helps to get immersed
If you want to get immersed you should find another genre of games! lmao imagine slogging through a Crpg like this for immersion, what a complete and worthless faggot.

>>3974820
Not the guy you are replying to but i am just curious what games YOU think are immersive? RPGs or not just in general. I always look for more recommendations

>>3974820
The “people” who are into RPGs but hate roleplaying are really fucking weird.

Tweaks Anthology allows you to change class and race combos (and things like human multiclass, etc), so I recently used a party that had a halfling paladin and a dwarf ranger-->druid.

>>3974880
Metro
Kingdom Come Deliverance 1&2
Red Dead 2
Kenshi

>>3969740 (OP)
Currently playing Pillars of Eternity 2 after finishing 1. Looking to play this next. I dont know anything about it so please no spoilers but any must have mods?

>>3974891
dnd 2e is good exactly because it restricts such race/class combinations.

>try to play IWD first time
>start thinking up a bunch of cool character concepts to fill up a party
>Take almost any opportunity to choose sub-classes like Evil Paladin, specialized mage, swashbuckler, cleric with a specific god, and a Shaman because I thought it'd be neat
>give them all bows because I know how OP they are in Baldur's Gate.
>first cave with the orcs
>get absolutely destroyed.
>power through for a couple hours until I can whittle them down.
>"Yeah, maybe I don't want to go through that when it only gets harder from here"

>a month later
>"Maybe I should try it again, I kind of miss the old RTWP gameplay of BG and PS:T."
>This time, make a bog standard party of each of the classic archetypes (Fighter, Paladin, Mage, Thief, Ranger, Cleric)
>No special gimmicks, just one multiclass
>give three of them bows, three of them shields (one of which isn't wearing armor, and another one has pips in two-handed weapons)
>Destroy the Orc cave without even reloading.
>Just keep on going.
>First time the party ever rests is in Kuldahar
>no potions used, a few spells.

Are sub-classes that bad, or are bows that nerfed?

>>3969740 (OP)
This and IWD2 are my favorite for Dawi runs.

>>3974982
you want the GoG installer of the complete edition
that's the base game with the expansions, including balance and technical patches
>any must have mods?
widescreen support is the only thing absolutely necessary
I believe the font size doesn't scale though

>>3974976
are these games so boring you would rather spend time shitposting in a thread about a game/genre that is not of interest to you?
damn

>>3974982
Are the gog and steam versions the same

>>3974982
Bubb's Spell Menu is must have.

>>3975253
I can't be certain but I think steam only has the EE version
with GoG while you don't have the complete edition available for purchase, it should be included with the EE
or maybe not
don't quote me on that I got mine when CE was still available for purchase

anyway since it's a GoG release you know what to do

PS
you are probably fine playing EE if you want to
I never tried it and don't intend to since I have an option of playing the original

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>>3974820
>stop liking things i don't like

>>3975175
Fragile Crpg cuck

>>3975285
that hit a nerve?
good
now get outside and eat some tide-pods you rascal or whatever you kids do these days

>>3974982
If you play the original non-EE version, IWD Fixpack, IWD Unfinished Business, and IWD Item Upgrade. If you play the EE version, they are included by default.

>>3975130
>Take almost any opportunity to choose sub-classes like Evil Paladin
Stopped reading here. IWD did not have subclasses.

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>>3969740 (OP)
I've never heard of it, what is it /

>>3969740 (OP)
Plan to give it a try after Kotor 2

>>3969740 (OP)
The problem of this game it has to compete with BG and its mods

>>3975335
It's a RTwP hack and slash using D&D 2nd editition rules (mostly) set in Icewind Dale, the far north of D&D's Faerun setting. Uses the Infinity Engine from Baldur's Gate 1&2. You create a party of up to 6 characters.

>>3969740 (OP)
I was a young kid when I played this. I got so hyped up with the cool portraits. I made six wizards of varying flavor. We did not survive the second encounter. Never touched it since lol

I need to try this again sometime

>>3975361
IWD really does have the top tier of cRPG portrait art.
My fave run was a solo paladin through the main game plus all expansions. Taught me that the engine has a hard cap of level 50. “next level: -1 xp, godhood”

>>3975350
What mods does BG have other than SCS and the NWN conversion? I'm trying to find more content to add but there is hardly anything. Last time I checked out Lava's mods, but he is so heavy handed with the leftist stuff. His Fyalvara mod is about avenging her FTM 'brother' and there's a twist that the villain was actually more supportive of 'his' transition, while Fyalvara blames herself for not noticing and using the dead name.

>>3975355
oh fuck, an actual good answer. I didn't expect that.

Thank you.

>>3975364
Jesus Christ. Does he allow the MC to murder everyone in his mod at least?

>>3975369
Yeah. Actually pretty good mods outside of that. Also forgot to mention that Fyalvara split up with her husband but they are still on good terms, since he's such a nice guy.

>>3975364
tactics remix and other content morpheus added (https://www.morpheus-mart.com/tactics-remix)
improved anvil (http://www.blackwyrmlair.net/Mods/Readme/ia/index.html)
and plethora of mods scatered over multiple sites like
https://www.gibberlings3.net/
https://www.shsforums.net/
https://www.pocketplane.net/

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>>3975332
Ok, whatever you'd call this then, retard.

>>3975407
>Ok, whatever you'd call this then, retard.
a modded port of IWD into the BG2 engine with significant changes from IWD such as the addition of kits that weren’t the original game, dipshit-san

>>3975375
>improved anvil
Everyone seems to be shitting on that one. Why are you recommending it to us?

>>3975431
>Why are you recommending it to us?
im not, i just gave examples of big mods, i never even played it

>>3974820
I find Icewind Dale immersive to play. The music, backgrounds and atmosphere contribute to the experience of an adventure. More so than some RPGs that explicitly focus on story.

>>3969756
>I love that it feels like an actual d&d campaign
Let me guess: You roll 90+ stats and give your characters multiple 18s in their primary attributes.

>>3975308
Fragile Crpg cuck what a feminine little bitch you are. L

>>3975436
>i never even played it
/vrpg/ in a nutshell
thanks for being honest

>>3975569
its a infamous overhaul mod I gave u multiple sites to check with hundreds of mods, honestly my bad i shouldnt bother feeding information to someone with such low IQ they cant even use google to find basic information, it was clear you are a turbo nigger and should be ignored.

>>3975263
Thank you

> anyway since it's a GoG release you know what to do
I do not tend to buy games that are old enough that the company that made them no longer exists or if they do, the people who made them long left...
But i will say i have made exceptions in the past on Steam on super deep discounts solely to train the steam algorithm to know what i like and it works well.

That said, I am aware I dont own anything on Steam so I back up, uhm, copies of games I """buy""" on Steam on my local server

>>3975618
Couldn't be more obvious that BG doesn't have more than a handful of good mods. Not much of an advantage over IWD. Even staple mods like BG2's Unfinished Business can't be trusted to not amateurishly raise Minsc's attributes permanently and duplicate Boo.

>>3975335
Baldur's Gate minus the boring stuff.

>>3977784
>>3977785
Looks like a fun time!

>nta
>>3975494
Would you (or anyone else) like to provide insight on what a 'balanced' stat total would be in an Infinity Engine game? What's fair to you? Because obviously DnD 2e has far different scaling issues than a system with pre-made point buys or standard arrays (3e and onwards)
>Just play with the stats you roll you casual.
I'd love a mode where you get a single roll of stats before you even choose a race or class, and then are forced to go from there and pick 'builds' to fit the stats instead of the other way around. That's how I played DnD as a kid before 3e was released.
The only issue is that people would do the same thing as the current stat roller and reset a hundred times. As long as the player has any choice to reroll for 90s+, many will opt to do so. Kinda like how people sit and spam reforge on Terraria for BiS prefixes.

>>3975308
>>3975285

Play nice and love one another like brothers or else I'm going to tickle the both of you into submission. >=]