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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 02 Oct 2006, 14:02

Just started playing. So, is there any way to see how much life your enemy has?
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Unread postby Angelspit » 02 Oct 2006, 14:04

I don't think there is -- you just have to hit them until they fall.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 02 Oct 2006, 14:06

Angelspit wrote:I don't think there is -- you just have to hit them until they fall.
That's what i don't like about old games, lack of info/features. Then again, looking at H5...
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 02 Oct 2006, 14:15

Spmetimes lack of info is actually a good thing.Here it shows you that the acent is not on the battles.

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Unread postby Angelspit » 02 Oct 2006, 14:30

On second thought, wasn't there some sort of indication about the health of every character in the log? Something like lightly injured, seriously injured, dying and so on? I prefer this "lack" of information, as a mage can't never tell for sure if a magic arrow will be enough to kill the orc who's running toward him with his axe in the air...

We could double-check a screenshot of the game somewhere.

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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 02 Oct 2006, 14:56

Yep.And that one persisted in other RPGs.Its unhurt,slightly injured,badly injured and near death(I think).

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 02 Oct 2006, 15:38

Indeed. Right click will tell you, I think.

Damn, I wish I could play BG for the first time again. Have fun, and say hello to Minsc (and Boo) from me :D
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Unread postby Nebs » 02 Oct 2006, 21:05

Anyone in mood for some MP? Though, I don't have 1st part, just Shadows of Amn, and it's expansion, Throne of Bhaal.

As for game itself, think it's easily the best game I ever played along with H3.

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 02 Oct 2006, 21:20

DaemianLucifer wrote:Here it shows you that the acent is not on the battles.
Yeah, but i'd like to know what dmg i did before my char died, so as to know if i try again or not.
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Unread postby asandir » 03 Oct 2006, 03:32

easiest way to check (and bear in mind im working off BG II here - but i think it's the same) is to hit space bar to pause and then mouse over the enemy unit should give indication of how injured they are in the increments that DL gave
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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 03 Oct 2006, 09:23

I think you can get info on how much damage you've done with a particualr attack by changing the settings. You can't see how much damage the enemy has left though.
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Unread postby DaemianLucifer » 03 Oct 2006, 09:29

Yep.It should be in the text log below,just like in NWN.

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Unread postby Nebs » 03 Oct 2006, 11:12

Yeah, in log there are THAC0 rolls, spells, damage,...

Anyway, I like not knowing the exact hp of critters, in real AD&D I've played, DM never told us how many there is left, and as game follows rules of it, there's no such thing here as well.

Here's off-game documentation of creatures statistics if anyone wants to know.

http://db.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/ ... onster.txt

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Unread postby ThunderTitan » 03 Oct 2006, 14:16

Gaidal Cain wrote:You can't see how much damage the enemy has left though.
Drats... oh well, guess i'm gonna have to learn the creatures.
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Unread postby Suleman » 07 Oct 2006, 15:21

One of the best game... series in the world. By this I mean that the first game was not all that spectacular (great adventure, though) while the second one was the greatest, most epic western CRPG ever.
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Unread postby Kalah » 07 Oct 2006, 17:17

I played BG Dark Alliance on PS2 and got hooked. Thinking about buying this collection from Amazon...
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Unread postby Kalah » 12 Oct 2006, 11:30

I just bought it. Right decision?

I was wondering, how does BG play online? Any good?
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Unread postby Angelspit » 12 Oct 2006, 12:57

I never had any problem with multiplayer. But it's probably much more fun with another player in the same room than someone on the other side of the world.

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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 12 Oct 2006, 16:42

Kalah wrote:I just bought it. Right decision?
If you want to play a good RPG but won't mind a bit dated graphics, then yes.

Perhaps not if you were also considering Planescape Torment though.
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Unread postby Omega_Destroyer » 12 Oct 2006, 19:26

I think it was a good buy.

Sadly, I can't get Baldur's Gate to work on my PC anymore. The second game works fine, just not the first. Icewind Dale 2 also doesn't work well on my laptop. Something with the keypad doesn't register properly and the game barely recognizes inputs. Makes it very difficult to type in a character name.
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