Recent content by Zaxares

While it was abundantly clear that all was not well at Bioware for many, many years now and I half-expected this day was coming, it's still sad to see yet another of the iconic game development houses of the 90's finally be buried. :( They still made SO many of my favourite games that were a...

I basically brought them up there as soon as they joined me, but before the 2nd wave spawns onto the map (I usually skip the 1st wave for my actual playthrough, but I saved before exiting Korbnor just in case I wanted to test my party against the full force of Draj), then quickly cast the Wall...

Did you do the "final dungeon" where, as the Drajian army approaches, they are temporarily halted by a sandstorm that also reveals the ruined city of Korbnor? You're actually supposed to complete Korbnor, obtain the There is a strategy I use for the final battle which nearly trivializes it...

Oooh, another convert to Dark Sun/Shattered Lands! :D This game was one of my absolute favourites during the early 90's too. (Sadly, I can't really recommend the sequel. The models/animations for Wake of the Ravager just look so GOOFY, and there was this annoying bug where magic items that had...

I remember in the early patches, throwing fog/darkness on NPCs wouldn't cause any hostility, so I would cast it on the shopkeeper to both make them run away AND give me cover to loot all of the items sitting on their shopfront in plain sight and then run away before the spell wore off so there...

If you're playing a traditional LG Paladin, it may not be long before the cracks between you and Astarion start to show... ;)

I echo this advice. :) I actually recommend that your first playthrough should be as a Custom character, and play through the game doing what YOU would do in those scenarios. It will feel a lot more personal that way.

Ultima? I know of the games and setting only in passing, but I know it's a highly beloved IP as well. I haven't heard of any info that would suggest an Ultima game though (but in fairness, I haven't been following Larian's announcements much outside of BG3 stuff). Do you know something I don't?

The first part of your post really resonated with me, and I think you are absolutely correct. :) In a lot of fandoms and gaming communities, there is a highly competitive spirit where if somebody expresses confusion or ignorance about an aspect of the game, they are immediately pounced upon and...

I've never played Arcanum so I can't really give a proper comparison between the two, but I will say that DA:O is by far the BEST of the Dragon Age games in my opinion in terms of lore, character development, writing and world-building. It very much does feel like Bioware's spiritual successor...

Hmm, I wouldn't say they shouldn't be able to cast healing spells. Instead, I'd give Bards a healing spell, but it wouldn't be "Cure Light Wounds" (maybe something like "Mending"?) In terms of game effects, it too also cures xd8 HP per casting, but the way it works would be different in terms of...

With any long-running RPG, I'm curious to know if this means that CDPR has officially adopted a "canon" story (since Ciri being a Witcher strongly suggests that her Empress ending did not take place, unless something dramatic happened to have Ciri abdicate the throne.) I do agree that it seems...

For me, I see Charisma as "force of personality and self-will". It differs from Intelligence (which is your ability to learn, problem-solve and remember) and Wisdom (which is your ability to sense and interpret and be insightful) in that while the other two mental stats are more passive or...

Oof. This is sounding more and more like Veilguard may be the first DA game that I completely give a miss to. :/

There's even been early talk of modders unearthing data/files for planned areas like the Upper City section in Act 3, some areas that were cut from Act 2 etc. that could potentially be brought back into the game via large modding projects. :)