Everyone's real quick to exchange niceties with the newfag, but let's wait and see what his opinions on
1) Turn-based vs RTwP?
2) Infinity Engine games from best to worst?
3) What do you think about each installment in the FO series? When does the decline start?
4) ELEX?
5) Top ten RPGs?
before we just welcome him in with open arms.
EDIT: Followups,
6) Underrail and AoD? Have you played, and if so, impressions?
7) Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, opinions?
8) Disco Elysium?
9) Do you enjoy any blobbers, and if so, which?
10) Which Elder Scrolls games, if any, do you like?
Welcome
Peachcurl . Would you be so kind to answer these questions too?
Thanks for the welcome. Let's see.
1) [Turn-based vs RTwP]
*Both can work well in party-based games. Both are better than slow motion, although it worked somewhat in Tower of Time.
*Both have little purpose in single-controlled-character games (Example: shooter-hybrids like Fallout 3. Thank god VATS was optional). I also don't like the somewhere-in-between system that Vaporum used.
*TB: balancing needs to limit the amount of time a battle takes, and the player needs to be able to disable/speed-up animations.
*RTwP might get away with larger group sizes (both the player's group as well as enemy).
*TB: AI has to be good enough to account for player-time spent on planning of turns / moves
*RTWP: AI design needs to respect that even the most meticulous player will not be able to do as much micro-management.
2) [Infinity Engine games from best to worst?]
BG1 > P:T > BG2 > IWD1 > IWD2
P:T is the more interesting setting and the better story, but I'll go for the polish of BG1.
3) [What do you think about each installment in the FO series? When does the decline start?]
I'll just answer this as the previous question, to avoid a wall of text.
F2>F1>F:NV>F3>F4>F:BoS
Never played any of the other games in that series.
4) [ELEX?]
Yes. Please.
5) [Top ten RPGs?]
In no specific order: Planescape: Torment, Witcher 3, Fallout 2, Arx Fatalis, Baldurs Gate 1, Diablo 1, Gothic 2, Knights of the Old Republic 1, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Lands of Lore.
6) [Underrail and AoD? Have you played, and if so, impressions?]
AoD was great fun, interesting setting, and spears rock. I started Underrail, but it felt clunky and slow to me, never got far beyond the starting area.
7) [Pillars of Eternity 1 & 2, opinions?]
Like the first one, despite horrible balance. Stopped early and never finished the second one, I don't remember why.
8) [Disco Elysium?]
Did not play.
9) [Do you enjoy any blobbers, and if so, which?]
Lands of Lore (see (5) ) is a bit of a thing for me. It may be nostalgia, but I replayed it 3 times which is more than any other blobber. I'm glad they saw a bit of a revival with games like Grimrock. I'll even dare to say I like Bards Tale IV, although they should have toned down the riddles a bit.
10) [Which Elder Scrolls games, if any, do you like?]
I never played anything before Morrowind, I think. Morrowind was very enjoyable. I stopped Oblivion after some stupid and boring escort side quest (may be unfair to judge based on that, but that's where I left it). Skyrim was OKish.
