i'm starting to feel that way now where i just don't want to be bothered to be on the edge of my seat just to enjoy myself, oddly enough i do play games that usually require quick motor skills but somehow i manage to eliminate most of the need for quick accurate reactions by simply trying to know pre-emptively what's gonna happen so it's more about timing. kinda like learning a song and just going through the motion. but yeah it gets tiresome and that's where just being able to play a game at your own pace is so very nice.

I used 4 characters in wasteland 3 because 6 seemed like a headache. Would say it made the game easier but the smaller party just made it so I had to spend less equipment on my team.

The scope of role playing in DOS2 is one of my favourite things about it

Well the first one is never played that 2nd

divinity 2 has a large difficulty disparity between classic and tactician 🥺🥺🥺 had to redo a playthrough when i spend an hour fighting crocodile

It's DOS 2, not just Divinity, the latter one was an action-rpg from 2012 where you played as the least Dragon Knight sixty years after Divine Lucian has fucked EVERYTHING up.

Pretty good? 🤔 gasp 😆

That and chain stuns, still love it though lol

nothing in dos2 cheesed the game more than necro/physical crit build with bloodstorms ,lohse single handedly killed most enemies with bloodstorm ,even doctor was cheesed by this you did not even need to move let alone teleport lol although obviously you won't get to bloodstorm until mid game and this was done by regular 4man not 2man cheese mode

Two words - 'Terrain Transmutation'. Gotta be on of the most overlooked spells in Div 2 but I cheesed more of act 2 and 3 just teleporting lava onto people. Made Tactician pretty easy tbh but got damn do I love that game. Oh, and The Doctor was nuts.

@@3toadbroth I played DOS1 with epic encounters even though it looked like it was better first few hours ,later on it was just plain downgrade from original

Funnily enough this literally made me reinstall it because I haven't played it since the final DLC came out :D

I'm trying to get through it right now. I love parts of it, but other bits of it I'm a bit "meh" towards. I really loved the first Pillars. Knowing that the series is effectively dead in the water certainly doesn't help my enthusiasm lol.

funny I always wished it looked better just like a modern 3d game so when I have 15seconds loading time on ssd every 15seconds in big cities like neketaka I would not say 'wow I never thought a 2d looking game has much more loading screens than beautiful games like witcher 3 and skyrim "

Art style is peak crpg territory. Adore PoE 1 and 2 so much.

Yeah, that because only real gamer play any type of rpg game that going take 50+ hours to beat, and we won't use them too after we finish are 1st playthrough

@@jameswhearry1 not only real gamers dick only gamers with an interest in the genre and long play throughs

@@557punisher ooooh, ok tough guy

@@jameswhearry1 what's tough about me? I just pointed out a condescending statement you made that was just not true.... but if that sounded tough to you maybe you're just soft🤷🏾‍♂️

@@557punisher my statement wasn't. I said nothing about having interests in a game. I said real gamers won't use cheats to win in a rpg.. before beating the game. Any gamer can play a long play through, your statement don't make sense. Just because you use a cheese in a game, won't make u beat the game any faster. You would've been better off, saying any gamer that has real interest in the game would play a honest new game.

yeah me too. I first played BG2 as a thirteen year old, on core rules (or however the heck was that difficulty called). with only a basic understanding of English language, with four fighters and my main character as a Wizard Slayer (which objectively is one of the worst kits in the game). I don't think I truly understood what THAC0 meant until like my third play through, and didn't really grasp the various magical counters and counter-counters back then. Still finished it and don't really recall it posing any challenge. Now, Might and Magic VII... That game for my 13 years old ass was TOUGH. Not because the game is objectively hard mind you, but because of how utterly terrified I was of those ghosts in dwarf lands, of medusas in the mines and other things. That was one of my first 3D games I've played, and it was quite an experience.

My good computer broke down a few months ago (the one with a good video card). I had to buy a inexpensive lap top. So I can only play older game, and I am now playing BG1EE and agree with you. I first played it when it first came out in 1998 so I have also gotten older too I am 64. It has gotten harder, but still loving it.

Returning to old crpg games after not playing them many years, made me realize how unforgiving and brutal they were.

It did for me too, but only because I got way less okay with cheese. When I played that as a teenager I was totally okay with exploiting it (i.e., casting dozens of cloudkill spells just outside the fog of war to kill tough bosses/mages, etc.). Now I want to play everything "legitimately."

I dunno, I played Throne of Bhaal back when it came out, and I have always thought of that game as very challenging. I think it's challenging now, and it used to be back in the day. I realize that I'm probably a worse than most people though, despite decades of experience *ahem*.

One thing to mind is that the enhanced edition on BG1 (and IWD1) can be a lot easier than the standard as you get the class kits. many of them are just OP for BG1

Depends on where that park is lol

Cheese that teleport! :D

@@Ryudoz26 What kinda mods would you recommend?

lmao how is it a good list. Once I finished the game the game is easy

@@Ryudoz26 lol i was making fun of the phrase "walk in the park"

Or a barbarian who can be immune to all this at the same time under barbaric rage, on top of being pretty tanky and strong… yep just a full team of dual wielding barbs you throw on Sarevok to shred him into 10 second even in Legacy of Bhaal difficulty

Man i really want more Shadowrun games. I recently finished Hong Kong and left wanting for more.

@@fitzviandraduivenab2790 I can recommend Hare-Brained Schemes other game, Battletech. It's a bit love or hate, but it's one of the most unique takes on a strategy title I've played in recent years. One of the best, well, Battletech games of all time, too. You'll either play it for an hour and quit in disgust for a refund, or be enraptured for 100+ hours. So I'd call it a pretty safe game to try out at least.

I'm playing Deadfire through for my second time, this time on PoTD with upscaling (but still with a full party), and I'm finding it to be challenging enough. I mean, it's clearly not as difficult as some CRPGs on their highest difficulties, but I'm not finding it to be cakewalk by any means. (Conversely, PoTD without scaling does become pretty easy as soon as you out-level the enemies even a little).

@@simonvasvary4847 There's a significant amount of cheese required for solo runs. I suspect it's impossible to solo potd with turn based mode on.

strongly disagree as I am a long time crpg player, and find dos2 unplayable. both because of the horrible horrible horrible camera, and the complete unbalance of the game. also the lack of all that balanced these issues, in the previous game dos1, like humour.

@@JohnArktor keep us posted please

Dunno. I'm a long-time RPG player, long-time Divinity fan also (ever since their 2002 game!). I played both games shortly after they first came out. D:OS2 gave me much more of a beating than D:OS1 ever did. In Original Sin 1 I just stunlocked everyone until they were dead. Can't do that reliably in 2 because of the armour system. I had to cheese and respec a ton to get through some moments. I mean shit I only managed to beat the game on my first Tactician run because I found an incredibly OP way to cheese the game. It was also my first time going through the game so I didn't know how to build my character and how to handle some things. Now that I'm doing a CO-OP Tactician run, things are going way smoother, because 1) I know how to spec properly now, 2) I know how to position before the fight starts, 3) the sets they added are actually broken as hell, 4) god damn, having a rogue and adrenaline skilled helps a ton lol. And yet, the game is still genuinely difficult. Fights are challenging and we still get destroyed quite regularly. I agree that it gets easier once you learn the game's systems (as all games do, naturally), and that it allows you to cheese the ever-living fuck out of it if you so desire, but personally I choose not to do that too much because after all, it's not a ranked competitive game or whatever, and I choose to play in the way most fun for me.

The interface is the worst I've seen in an RPG, I gave up in less than an hour. No keyboard shortcuts, nothing.

The boss has a mage with him, doesnt he just fireball them?

@@Jonaleth sometimes yeah but none of the boss team are as much of a threat as the big man himself and its not too unlikely that you wipe them all before he's taken serious damage due to his high level, AC, and immunity to magic damage. And if the mage is hit with entangle they are really easy to take down before he throws a wrench in your plans. ...honestly that fight is so hard the first time you run it it'll take a few tries to get what works best

Like I said, easy/hard is all pretty subjective and you're welcome to interpret it however floats your boat

Agreed, though in fairness, Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 is older than the d20 system :)

@@Hrafnskald That is very true and very fair! I was being incoherent, and changed train of thought somewhat. My criticism was directed at games in the cRPG-revival era. But on the other hand, I'm very glad that we have this revival of cRPG and will study whatever the developers come up with. :O)

Not yet, but I will eventually

If you abuse Mutamin's Garden 90% of the game becomes almost trivial, at least until you get to Baldur's Gate city and try Durlag's Tower.

Im with ya, the bg games are the hardest i own. Dark souls aint nothin when your dice rolls are shit lol

I would actually agree with him, BG1 was incredibly hard my first 5 times or so trying it. I didn't know much about dnd and my low level mage protagonist was getting one shot by just about everything, gibberlings and wolves in the first map, gibberlings and ogre in the 2nd map, first assassin, every single thing between FAI and nashkel, 2nd assassin etc. But as I get older and now I know dnd rules, most things don't scare me or provide much of a threat to me. There are still some boss fights that are challenging but overall it's a much easier game once the knowledge gap is gone and that's without cheesing. With cheese strategies it becomes even easier

@@mikeg5039 that's not difficulty though

I'd say the lack of modern default features you'd find in a crpg would be more of a hindrance for newer players. I imagine someone who is used to AoE spells having an indicator showing exactly where the AoE will hit might have some trouble aiming fireballs in BG1. But in some aspects the AI is very weak and exploitable as well. I remember always cheesing the Ettun you can find in one of the first maps by running around in a circle with the bhaalspawn while shooting it with Imoen. You can even trap Drizzt and kill him, thats how silly the AI is.

Pretty sure I made one, take a look at the list video playlist

Ah man you need to pick it up. In my opinion it's the most fun crpg. WotR has gotten close to it but it's still tops in my opinion (tb, I don't do rtwp). It's just as brilliant as wrath without that garbage crusade mini game and you get your abilities every fight and just constantly let's you do what you built to do. (Definitely pump the difficulty some though)

I have, just search beginner on the channel's video page

Totally understand. For me it's POE2 because I hate Divinity's armor and magic system but if that was changed it would be the best game of all time

Love them both!

​@@cartergreen2309 i'm sorry do u mean the "armor and the magic armor system" or the armor system and something about the magic system of dos2? BTW if so! (cuz i think the same about that) there is an interesting mod that change that system: "Divinity Unleashed" make the armor value in term of defence, like, magic and psysichal defence, so armor won't save from CC anymore (like DOS1

@@AtreyusNinja I can see why that would be confusing what I said lol I mean the armor system and the magic system. I don't like the source points and how few you have and how you get them back. And then you understood what I don't like about the armor system. I might have to check those mods. Like I said dos2 would probably be the best game of all time imo if those things were changed

@@cartergreen2309 yes i can totally understand that, and i think the same about both armor and the special points

I'd kinda say they're more akin to jrpgs tbh. I feel you tho. They are fun and easy

I've reviewed the first one, havent gotten to the second yet

@@MortismalGaming the Second, for me, is way better than the first, only because he uses the 2.5 DnD system instead of ADnD.

My LoB party was like 4 Archers lol

Max charisma immediately and take the bookworm background and you can get like 50% extra exp from the start of the game

@@MortismalGaming thanks man! Will do

Just because something is easy doesn't make it bad

@@wahahabuh Oh, agreed. This list hasn't caused me to question my judgement or anything. I suppose some of these are easy enough once you get to grips with them. Great games though!

casual

I hear you but I disagree, for instance in BG1 knowing that Elven Archers are the single best damage across the game isn't really an exploit, and neither is just spamming summons. DOS2 is more debatable as a lot of the 'exploits' were made, anticipated, and explicitly designed to be used.

wow, you so cool. Now try to change game mode from easy to honor 🤓

Can you abuse Mutamin's Garden in the vanilla one? If you abuse it on the EE 90% of the game becomes a cakewalk. Only Sarevok is pretty hard.

I agree, BG1 vanilla is a tactical challenge esp when you start getting into Durlag's Tower territory etc. Just forget the EE versions.

Summoning is very overpowered in both games

@@MortismalGaming I felt like I at least had to spend a lot of resources levelling to get the really good summons in DOS II. Like the gremlin-thing you get in early DOS II dies pretty quickly (the champion form later on slaps though). In DOS I, that spider summon you can get in character creation can carry you for a while.

It was on my initial list before I narrowed

Review, yes. Let's Play, no. Also made a bunch of other videos on the lore and story

You can start that fight by teleporting him into a trap away from the fight and cause the flames to never even show up

Nope, you can set them to auto use one thing