Favorite/Least Favorite Thing

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Favorite: The voice of the elemental demon in (I think) the second level of WK. "Oh where shall I start where shall I st- *GASP* ...I think I'll start with *you*." That line was so believably evil.

Least Favorite: I felt like it was an overkill altogether. I understand that the game was made so that you could pick it up from the start if that was your preference, but c'mon...+3 weapons were as common as water, all the NPCs you could ever want were available in one central location, and the expansion duplicated so many of the super-rare items from BG2, thus killing the very thing that made them unique if you carried over your BG2 character. And Sarevok: While he is undoubtedly one of the coolest figures in the series, picking him up as a party member just doesn't make much sense with regards to the previous storyline. BG1, TotSC, and BG2 solidified the fact that Sarevok is indeed your enemy. Undoing this in a 2-minute dialog at the very beginning of the game just feels so dirty.

From this perspective, I feel like ToB downplayed all your accomplishments in the prior games.

 

FAVORITE - Definitely Watcher's Keep, and I really like Cespenar, just a fun and entertaining little character.

Least Favorite
** The linearity of most of the rest of the expansion. The battles are enjoyable and all, but I really miss having a world to explore like I did in Amn.
** Knowing that the game will soon come to an end. Things like forging FoA +5 isn't all that exciting because I know I'll only get to use it for a few battles before I'm done

 

Favorite: Saradush. Beginning 'til breaking the siege.

Least Favorite: Saemen was still alive... and I still got no vengeance...

 

Favorite:

Well a lot actually, but what springs into mind is Sarevok's and Viconia's redemption.

Oh, and the sequence with the 3 adventurers in Abazigal's Lair really cracks me up

The closure of the saga and the epilog where you can see what happens to all NPC's in the party.

Least Favorite: Saemon Haverian is still alive. And the ridiculous amount of +3 weapons lowly guards drop.

 

Favourite: 9th level spells - finally!!!...and Watchers Keep - that was one cool dungeon
Least Favourite: the combat orientatedness of it all, and the relative lack of quest variety

 

Favorite -Bondari, Nanoc, and Tim. Simply hilarious episode. Also liked Viconia's aligment change (not too easy to achieve) and some areas had great atmosphere, especially Saradush.

Least favorite - unbalanced Bhaalspawn battles: some were too easy compared to others. Great weapons etc. which you didn't really get to use. Many aspects of Sarevok were also poorly written, although liked him in action.

 

Really, when Viconia's alignment changed, I was happy, but she couldn't use her holy symbol which really sucked...

 

I've never taken Viccy through TOB, but I'm pretty sure the alignment change is part of the vanilla game, no? Part of her TOB romance?

If so, I'm surprised the developers didn't take the holy symbol into account and include some content to give her a new one. I suppose you could always use Shadow Keeper to replace the holy symbol with a functional alternative.

 

It's quite easy to get a new symbol. Just dismiss her and have her join again when she asks if you really want to dismiss her.

 

Well, that's a quirky, yet helpful bit of information.

 

She gets a new symbol according to alignment if she dies.

 

(EDIT: Apparently I forgot how to use quotes right ).

lol. I haven't done Viconia's alignment change yet, but I'm not sure I would really like it. Seems too pushy to get her to be good. Same with Saerevok(SP). I guess that's another thing I don't like about ToB.

But I do love getting to use Saerevok in a 2handers only party .

[ July 11, 2007, 21:41: Message edited by: omnigodly ]