Let's Play / Master Classes Archive

I considered doing Baldur's Gate and moving on to BG2 and ToB with the same character, but I'm nowhere near as experienced with the original BG as I am with the sequel and I decided I wasn't willing to make that kind of commitment when I really just wanted to do BG2.

Those I'll bring up as the game goes along (I tend to not see a lot of corpses, though...) - this'll just be stuff like explaining what equipment I start off with, the various views, etc.

Kinda of off topic but it is really bugging me. Has anyone ever been able to figure out why TFTD is available on STEAM but XCOM isn't

I'll be starting Space Quest tonight I'll be playing both versions and pointing out some of the changes between the two and of course how to get a perfect game, I also thought showing all the humorous deaths would be good too...

I'll out it up once it's done and the other MCs finish.

I was wondering just the reverse - Why is X-Com on GameTap but TFTD isn't?

So you're doing vanilla BG2? I always liked rushing the Watcher's Keep as soon as I could leave Amn. It's a fun little diversion if you aren't opposed to having any ToB stuff in it. Also, are you going to just do the standard single-player or create your own party? Creating the party would get more forum interaction, but a lot of the allies are pretty awesome. Maybe creating two or three characters instead of just the main?

I kind of want to do one of these, but it does sound like an awful lot of work. The two games I have in mind are perfect for this kind of thing, though. Seiken Densetsu 3 has roughly a hundred billion different party combinations between the characters and their classes, with some significant gameplay differences between parties. Legend of Mana is almost completely non-linear, and each quest is a conveniently-sized to fit one per post or so. I've written a FAQ for the latter, and I'm playing through the former for the 30th time or so right now, so..

I guess put me down for either. I'll do whichever there's more demand for at the time.

I think you've hit on the answer.

Anyway, the Win95 CE of X-Com is on Underdogs - that's the version I'm running for my playthrough (as much as random numbers of aliens / ship makes the missions much harder, that difficulty is needed). Although, as noted, screenshots are going to be tricky to manage.

SOMEONE should do Legend; it's really underappreciated (got swamped in that Year o' Square Releases, plus folk wanted more Secret of Mana and panned it because it was something different). It's also really perfect for audience participation; input on where to put every artifact land/zone, what quests to follow, what weapon(s) to specialise or customise, do you want this pet or that golem, et cetera.

I'm still coming up with exactly how I'm going to do it. Whether or not to load in ToB is probably one of the harder ones, actually. I personally feel like Throne of Bhaal is less cohesive than the original Shadows of Amn, and while still great, kinda takes away from the pure majesty that is SoA. Still, ToB adds a couple of things that are basically essential, specifically TAB highlighting doors and items, and being able to remove spells from the spellbook. And while Watcher's Keep has super awesome loot that you can get pretty early, I kinda feel like its cheating a bit.

So I dunno, I'm still debating it. I may load up ToB but avoid any of the new content, leaving it for if I decide to carry over into a ToB Let's Play.

As far as characters, since I think the character interactions with and between the established ones is probably one of the best things BG2 does, I will be playing entirely with the MC and them. However, I have some ideas about how we will be doing the MC involving a mix of audience participation and me rolling d20s to decide how he/she will progress.

I'm the opposite; I played the living hell out of BG1 because it was one of the few games my old computer could actually run. Whereas I played BG2 on my current computer and then moved on to other stuff.

First of all, I would say that SoA is really all you should play. ToB is great fun, but it's not much story-wise so I don't see what you'd get out of it. And yeah, screw Watcher's Keep...although if you do decide to go there, then I won't blame you if you do what I always do and go and get Carsomyr as soon as humanly possible. That thing is a BEAST.

Second, if you're going to use the game's characters, that's fine. I'd recommend making your character a Ranger (that's what I did in BG1/2) since they're well balanced, but that's just me. I took myself (an Archer), Keldorn, Edwin, Jan, Cernd, and Korgan. Minsc was with me for a while too, but Korgan eventually took his place because with some haste boots and some good axes, that guy is FUCKING INSANE. So those are my recommendations; it's an unorthodox but surprisingly balanced and fun party. If you need me to convince you why they're all worthwhile, then let me know.

Lastly, these are all recommendations. Do whatever you want. I will say this though; if you don't take Jan Jansen, I am going to be incredibly disappointed with you. Easily one of the best RPG characters ever. Only HK-47 and Balthier are better than him.

What...? Is there a griffon about?

Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm super excited about my OoT playthrough. I've been bored in class all day, and I've already started planning down how I'm going to break the game down and how I'm going to sequence break and what parts I'm going to skip etc. This is going to be so awesome; you guys just wait.

I've been thinking about trying a Icewind Dale 2 LP, but if I did, it wouldn't be until after the BG2 one. I don't want to confuse people because BG2 is AD&D and IWD2 is 3rd Ed., and I don't want to get everyone bouncing back and forth between rulesets.

It would be pretty good to do one though, as the party creation could be interactive. The hardest part of the game though is the first chapter because it puts your low-level party against large groups.

I soloed IWD2 until Slayer Knights of Xvim started showing up one time with a monk.

But my computer won't run it anymore.

Yeah, the hardest part of plotting out BG2 so far is the fact that I am forced to re-learn the AD&D ruleset, the space in my brain it was occupying has since been scrubbed clean and repopulated with other data. IWD2 will be a great LP.

Yeah I've tried to play BG2, but the AD&D ruleset is so different from the 3rd Ed. that I first learned how to play, that it's very hard for me to grok.

I'd figured the first couple of posts I'd explain the classes and some of tricks and terms, then post a few builds and let people vote on who they want in my party.

Oh and thanks for not putting any pressure on me or anything. heh.

I'm interested in doing a Legacy of the Wizard lets play. I doubt I'm the only one that was repeatedly owned by the game in my childhood, and hey, it's a certified Metroidvania.

I'd really like to do an Earthbound one. I've played through the game more times than I can remember and I've even gotten the Sword of Kings! I would consider myself pretty darn knowledgeable / passionate. But... the thing is... so are a lot of other people on these forums. It's not like there's a ton of obscure stuff like there was for FF1.

What does everyone think? Or am I just over thinking this?

Loki: there are people doing PC adventure games. PC adventure games with (generally only) one solution to every puzzle, and one way through the game.

The Talking Time variant of these seems to have morphed into "pick a game you know pretty well, and show off some funny/cool stuff in the game so we can all talk about it." I wouldn't worry too much about that's good/not good to cover. If you're willing to do the work, we're interested in reading.

Dear God, I have tried to get through that game in my adulthood and couldn't bring myself to do it.

Alright, put me down for Earthbound!

Also: I'd love to see a Legacy of the Wizard one.

Gah, I should be spending the final weeks of the semester studying for exams. But I'm spending it browsing Talking Time and playing games. So here's what I'll do: in the end of May I'll do a Shadowrun (snes) Let's Play, but in exchange I'll go without games and internet until then. Make sense? No? Ok.

I'll do a hardcore speedrun route. Surprisingly the only speedrun of this game I can find is a single practice run on youtube. I'll be doing a much different route though, so this'll be the first such run posted on the net.

I used to think I was the only person in the world who thought the SNES Shadowrun was better than the Genesis version. It would be a blast to see that done. Can you PM the route you'll take for the speedrun.

Genesis Shadowrun had great Matrix gameplay. It also FELT a little more Shadowrun-y thanks to the Seattle focus (Council Island, Barrens, et al).

Otherwise, SNES version was cooler to me: Also: cortex bomb!

Definitely interested in seeing a speedrun.

I am qualified to do this, but I don't know if I hate myself enough.

Seriously, it's a cool game and I really dig it, but I kind of feel like if I ever play it again I might die irl.

I know I'm not a very active member, but I'd love to do a Let's Play just to see how it would turn out. I'm hoping that I have a good enough sense of humor to make it fun.

I'm actually thinking of claiming a Pokemon game, but which version should I do?

I'm not going to give anything away about the route since the details will be part of the surprise for reading each segment. Hopefully the run may amaze you at what is possible even if you've played Shadowrun a ton.

Definitely one of the first generation games.

Pokemon Yellow it is, then!

So I guess I officially claim that one. It's my favorite just for the fact that Pikachu constantly follows behind wherever I go. Makes dungeon crawling a little less lonely by having a faithful sidekick.

Go with Yellow.

Edit: Huh, never mind you beat me to it. :/

You have no idea how excited I am for this.

I get stuck on SNES Shadowrun within the first hour, so, yeah. A LP of it sounds awesome.