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expired Posted by bagusbagus • Jan 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022 10:36 PM
Baldur's Gate & Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Editions (Switch Digital)
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While they did the best they could with clever selection wheels via the triggers, Switch controls are still very cumbersome and directly walking your guys around with the joystick is the only benefit.
Everything about the game and it's menu's were designed for mouse and keyboard, and a tablet touchscreen is just so so much easier to quickly navigate and issue commands just like a mouse, pinch to zoom in and out, use inventories, click and drag boxes around parts of your group, etc.
Lastly, and most importantly, you pretty much have to play the Switch version docked on a big tv screen, because the handheld screen is just way, way too small for that high isometric view and so much text to read. In handheld you have to make the fonts so big dialogue boxes take up half the screen and you end up zooming in on characters to see what the hell is going on.
I played maybe five hours on switch before giving up and buying the Android tablet version on sale for $5, and played easily 30+ hours traveling and on vacation on that one. iPad/Android versions 100% recommended over Switch, and they're usually cheaper with regular sales anyway.
Start W/ a Cleric w/ 18 stats, use the books of the wisdom in the DLC for your own benefit (instead of for the story), start BG 2 w/ a 21 WIS Cleric and dual-class.
But I will.
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Start W/ a Cleric w/ 18 stats, use the books of the wisdom in the DLC for your own benefit (instead of for the story), start BG 2 w/ a 21 WIS Cleric and dual-class.
Start W/ a Cleric w/ 18 stats, use the books of the wisdom in the DLC for your own benefit (instead of for the story), start BG 2 w/ a 21 WIS Cleric and dual-class.
But I will.
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Having said that, I recently convinced myself enough years had passed that porting a game like this to console prob would be intuitive enough to enjoy. Man was I wrong. This was on Xbox and admittedly I don't know much about switch controls but I would strongly advise against it. It was incredibly frustrating and I'm someone who easily spent over 1000 hours playing the series. If this platform is your only choice by all means otherwise I'd try tablet/iPad or of course PC if you have the option.
That said has anyone played both the switch AND iPad versions specifically that can comment on which they prefer?
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That said has anyone played both the switch AND iPad versions specifically that can comment on which they prefer?
While they did the best they could with clever selection wheels via the triggers, Switch controls are still very cumbersome and directly walking your guys around with the joystick is the only benefit.
Everything about the game and it's menu's were designed for mouse and keyboard, and a tablet touchscreen is just so so much easier to quickly navigate and issue commands just like a mouse, pinch to zoom in and out, use inventories, click and drag boxes around parts of your group, etc.
Lastly, and most importantly, you pretty much have to play the Switch version docked on a big tv screen, because the handheld screen is just way, way too small for that high isometric view and so much text to read. In handheld you have to make the fonts so big dialogue boxes take up half the screen and you end up zooming in on characters to see what the hell is going on.
I played maybe five hours on switch before giving up and buying the Android tablet version on sale for $5, and played easily 30+ hours traveling and on vacation on that one. iPad/Android versions 100% recommended over Switch, and they're usually cheaper with regular sales anyway.
I've played through BG several times since it was first released and the mobile version is really fantastic. Not quite as good as PC, but playing on the go, in your bed, etc… is incredible for how little you give up control wise.
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Start W/ a Cleric w/ 18 stats, use the books of the wisdom in the DLC for your own benefit (instead of for the story), start BG 2 w/ a 21 WIS Cleric and dual-class.
Having said that, I recently convinced myself enough years had passed that porting a game like this to console prob would be intuitive enough to enjoy. Man was I wrong. This was on Xbox and admittedly I don't know much about switch controls but I would strongly advise against it. It was incredibly frustrating and I'm someone who easily spent over 1000 hours playing the series. If this platform is your only choice by all means otherwise I'd try tablet/iPad or of course PC if you have the option.
Also, if you do PC and have one of the classic versions (probably not on Switch), you can kill Drizz't in BG1 and take his stuff (woohoo!), and then pause in the first fractional second of BG2 and dump all your gear on the ground. Otherwise, the game takes all your hard-earned equipment as soon as you start BG2 and you never get it back. There's better stuff eventually, but it makes the first part of the game more fun.
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I'll have to play the tutorial for nostalgia sake