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R. ([personal profile] azaya) wrote2009-04-26 10:19 pm

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[livejournal.com profile] sixtylilies presents 'Why I Love Icewind Dale 2: A picture tour'.

Actually, this is quite abbreviated, as I didn't start taking screenshots until near the end of my previous run-through and I'm not very far into my current one, but I think the point is gotten across.

In no particular order. At all.













Yes, by this point, I was blatantly cheating on hit points. I've beaten it before without cheating, and I was tired of Azaya dying in two hits from fallen blademasters.









And some sim pictures.


This is Jord.


This is Jord's brother, Silas.


Silas likes Sawyer. Sawyer likes Silas. Jord likes to watch them like each other.


"What're you doing down there?"

Blah blah blah blah Celldweller.

[identity profile] mytwilightlove.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
lol I'm going to have to try that game sometime. It looks hilarious.
"I was told there would be no math." Sounds like me, oddly enough. ^_^

And Jord is adorable! She has no concept of personal space, though, does she?

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It is an utterly fantastic game if you like Dungeons and Dragons. Otherwise I think it'd get a little tedious, since it runs on the 3rd edition system.

No, she really, really doesn't. I'm curious to see what will happen if she gets a crush. I expect stalking.

[identity profile] aeliaa.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
You had me at 'The thought of breeding with you fills me with enough terror as it is'

In fact half the quotes there are epic. More games need to take the piss out of themselves like that! Most adventure/fantasy/whatever the bloody genre it is considers itself take themselves far, faaar too seriously.

Jord and Silas are gorgeous :D Especially Jord and how she doesn't seem particularly bothered by her breaking that fourth wall.

Is that the elusive freckle skin I see them both er, wearing?

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
XD Right? I picked the "tempting offer" choice trying to get information out of him, which worked, but I had to laugh at the breeding one.

I wish more games would too. The fantasy genre, whether games or music *cough*Dragonforce*cough* or novels, takes itself way too seriously. Which saddens me, because it is my genre of choice, and I can like so little of it wholeheartedly because oftentimes it's just so blatantly silly while pretending it isn't. /ramble

It is one of those skins, yes. I've poked [livejournal.com profile] pooklet to upload them a few times, she's just got some other things in the way at the moment.

(Anonymous) 2009-04-28 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
That kind of question would make you want to have a dozen odd characters just so you could see all the answers!

I think that's precisely why I'm not a large fan of most fantasy, the whole taking-itself-too-seriously bit (though science fiction is hardly any better ><) Direct side effect of too many authors/directors/musicians/monkeys taking themseves too seriously? Moar conscious silly and taking the piss please!

And lol, Dragonforce.

Sorry, didn't mean to nag about the skin, was just curious! :D I totally understand having stuff in the way

[identity profile] aeliaa.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Fuck it all, I meant to post that under my account. Bloody uni computers!

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Oh dude no, it's not naggy! I'd post a link, but Pooklet has assured me she's going to share them herself soon, so I don't want to steal her thunder.

I admit, sometimes I go back to a previous save and check out the other options in conversations, because sometimes they're so lulzy I have to know what the response would be. XD

I write almost exclusively fantasy, and one of my favorite things is tripping up and embarrassing my characters. Partly because no one else does it and I think it's hilarious. Yeah, from what I've seen, sci-fi's not much better about that. It's a tossup which is worse.

I think, if asked to describe Dragonforce in one word, it would be 'lol'.

[identity profile] rustedinkwell.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
That's it, I'm going to hunt down a torrent and wait the million days it'll take for that sucker to download. <3 You rock.

Jord looks like my brand of crazy. :D And I like how Silas's hair looks like he got in a minor fight with a scissors. The alpha edit on that mesh is awesome. :D

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll just leave this here. (http://btjunkie.org/torrent/IceWind-Dale-Compilation/443299a7508751ba9fb7fc9663e4987764761a7db8cd)

Thanks! I'm quite fond of both of them so far. They're my first pair of twins not to be instant bffs. It's refreshing.

[identity profile] rustedinkwell.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
XD That is the exact one I found!

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Excellent!

[identity profile] fated-oph3lia.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That game lookes funny. *snigger* Oswald Fiddlebender XD

Jord and Silas are cute :D

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It really is. Most of their games have tongue-in-cheek bits like that, but Icewind Dale 2 has been the most constant with it. (As far as I remember. It's been a really long time since I've played any of the Baldur's Gate games for longer than a few minutes.)

Thank you! :D

[identity profile] fated-oph3lia.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Not played any of those games, but they sound like my sort of game *snags torrent*

Makes me miss my game, I did make a back up for my downloads but I couldn't bring myself to delete my downloads folder lol. But at least I've become a lot tougher on deleting, and have possibly got rid of enough to play again XD

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
They are excellent games, at least in my opinion. Obviously.

I haven't felt much like playing sims lately. Maybe because my game is actually working and not randomly crashing or bare of content. Meh.

[identity profile] fated-oph3lia.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll probably fail at them though,(if utorrent would work damn it) even games I love I fail at lol.

Yeah always the way, when you want to play you can't, and when you don't want to you can lol.

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-29 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
XD Well, this (http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/dl.php?s=IWD2&f=IWD2/DK2-Beta-5.zip) is quite helpful, I'll admit. It's a character editor. I don't use it much, but it's nice to have in a pinch. Or when you get lazy, like I did at the end there.

Yeah, it certainly seems that way. ._.

[identity profile] fated-oph3lia.livejournal.com 2009-04-29 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah thanks for that ^_^

Mine's loading right now... has been since something like 12:30pm and it's now past 3pm. Found a houseplan for a 2 apartment tudor style house, need to make it.

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-30 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Sure!

Oh my o.o That would drive me crazy. You must have the patience of a saint.

[identity profile] beescratch.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I was told there would be no logic. I am not disappointed. I am disappointed at not being disappointed. *angsts* *with her dolphins*

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-27 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
WHY ARE YOU NOT ON AIM RIGHT NOW D:< *third eye glares*

(Anonymous) 2009-04-28 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hello there, just a invisible member from GoS :p I dunno whether you've seen it, but somewhere in the final fortress thingamajig (I think!), there's an opportunity to gain xp in a lulzy way. "Unwitting victims of an experiment"? Nice >.>

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-28 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I did see that! When you try to question them, they totally ignore you and then disappear, the assholes. Quite curious as to who you are, by the way.

(Anonymous) 2009-04-28 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe, yeah. That was so random, but hey, Black Isle! I'll admit IWD2 isn't my favourite 'cuz there's too much hack and slash, but I can't believe I missed that math comment:p Also, DnD v3.5>everything else. I'm Bee Hoon:D *waves*

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-29 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
I loved 3rd edition, I'm only just now getting into 3.5. It doesn't seem too different so far, so I've been doing all right.

Oh! Hi! *wave* I know who you are!

(Anonymous) 2009-04-29 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
*waves again and returns to lurking*
P.S. Play Neverwinter Nights 2!

[identity profile] sixtylilies.livejournal.com 2009-04-29 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Will do! I liked NWN, so I'll definitely give NWN2 a try. :D