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Re:The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate by Semaphor on Saturday March 22, 2025 @02:25AM (#43443955)
I started with turn-based RPGs, Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny in my case (the original German version). I was a teen playing shooters when the RTwP craze happened and never really got into those, luckily there’s actually a pretty wide selection of TB CRPGs, nowadays. My absolute favorites are Owlcat’s Pathfinder games, BG3 is obviously the huge and popular one, Owlcat’s Rogue Trader for the WH40k crowds, but there are also tons of smaller niche games. I recently played "Skald: Against the Black Priory" [0] a pixel graphic retro-style RPG, and currently playing "Space Wreck" [1], a fallout inspired CRPG heavy on replayability, but there are many, many more.

[0]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1069160/SKALD_Against_the...

[1]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063540/Space_Wreck/

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Re:The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate by iamacyborg on Saturday March 22, 2025 @05:56AM (#43444631)
Rogue Trader really nailed a lot of the 40k atmosphere which was great.

All the plebs on the ship are being too noisy, just cut out all their tongues.

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Re:The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate by tmtvl on Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:17AM (#43444720)
Yeah, Pathfinder Kingmaker and Wrath are great. I also really enjoyed Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2 (I especially liked 2, I believe others preferred 1), Tyranny, and Hare Brained Schemes' Shadowrun series (Returns, Dragonfall, and my favourite: Hong Kong).

Beamdog remastering Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Neverwinter Nights was a good excuse to replay them, though the new scenarios (Siege of Dragonspear, Pirates of the Sword Coast,...) didn't really do much for me. I believe they're working on Neverwinter Nights 2, which is I game I'm quite fond of (Mask of the Betrayer is such an interesting story), so I'm looking forward to seeing it.

The indie scene is also doing interesting things, Fell Seal: Arbiters Mark is a neat take on the Tactical RPG style based on Final Fantasy Tactics.

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Re:The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate by archerx on Saturday March 22, 2025 @06:35AM (#43444806)
Beamdog took a massive shit on Baldurs Gate 1 & 2 with their awful fan fiction that seems like it was written by a 5th grader who fell out of a tree and hit their head on every branch on the way down. I was ready to buy all of their remasters until I stumbled upon Nera and proceeded to uninstall the game and curse beamdog any chance I get. Thank God I have my original disks.
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Re:The CRPG Renaissance, Part 5: Fallout 2 and Baldur's Gate by tmtvl on Saturday March 22, 2025 @07:53AM (#43445141)
Yeah, I can see how people may not like the new additions, Beamdog's writing team isn't quite the same as the original. Funny thing though: the way you started your message is how I feel about Larian.
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