Crosmando: Don't mean to rain on your parade, but I finished playing the Bard's Tale 4 beta just last night (I'm a Kickstarter backer) and was thoroughly disappointed by it. The game is completely casual in almost every respect (quest markers, only 4 classes, linear and story-driven, ARPG skill tree, each character can only use 3 abilities in combat, MMO-style itemization (ie character stats are decided entirely by what items you wear)). Game is practically nothing like the original BT games (apart from it being party-based and first-person). Again this is just my opinion, you may like it.
As for Pathfinder, game actually looks genuinely decent but I wonder if they're implementing the entire ruleset, if so the game has the potential to be Temple of Elemental Evil tier awesome.
BeatriceElysia: Steam user?
Anybody plan to buy the games, even thought they may not be best of the genre?
I was looking at buying the PK one, looks pretty good, although the card version (only played a bit) didn't really enliven me. However, looking on their web page, there is already 3 versions, and 2 DLC, which doesn't fill me with a desire to jump on board. Will wait and see how release goes.
Crosmando: Don't mean to rain on your parade, but I finished playing the Bard's Tale 4 beta just last night (I'm a Kickstarter backer) and was thoroughly disappointed by it. The game is completely casual in almost every respect (quest markers, only 4 classes, linear and story-driven, ARPG skill tree, each character can only use 3 abilities in combat, MMO-style itemization (ie character stats are decided entirely by what items you wear)). Game is practically nothing like the original BT games (apart from it being party-based and first-person). Again this is just my opinion, you may like it.
As for Pathfinder, game actually looks genuinely decent but I wonder if they're implementing the entire ruleset, if so the game has the potential to be Temple of Elemental Evil tier awesome.
Thanks for the information, doesn't really suprise me.
