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#1 Kolpo2 Apr 11, 2015 20:08:18	Since NWN2 it's last expansion haven't we seen any real d&d based PC game anymore. We did get games inspired by some of the d&d lore and using some d&d names(like names of spells) but nothing like icewinter's dale, NWN, baldur's gate or NWN2. Games who within the limits of their real time enviroment truly follow the D&d rules, games with spell preparation, resting, d20 based combat and mostly authentic combat spells.   Maybe believed wizards that those games were outdate, BUT now is pillars of eternity selling very well. This games doesn't follow the d&d rules but it has a ruleset that is clearly inspired by them. It has borrowed many elements from D&D that modern d&d games have avoided like spell preparation. This game had a very limited crowd funded budget yet does it seems to be more popular then any D&D game since NWN2.   D&D5 seems to be perfect for this kind of game, it is not as complex as d&d3(endless layers of exceptions on exceptions are hard to program well) neither is it as grid and turn based as 4 th edition. Wizards believe in your own strenght and allow the creation of a game truly based on the D&D5 rules!
#2 pukunui Apr 11, 2015 20:48:11	You're in luck! Check out the upcoming Sword Coast Legends.   They also recently released "enhanced editions" of the old Icewind Dale games.
#3 Zardnaar Apr 12, 2015 0:43:18	I think you hit the nail on the head. Why bother licensing D&D when you can make games like Dragonage and Pillars of Eternity.
#4 cowleymen Apr 12, 2015 0:04:47	I dont feel the need for a DND licsened video game. THere are already existing IPs out there that Im in love with that arent slowing down, dragonage one of them, kingdom hearts another, that i would pay 50-60 dollars for before grabing a dnd video game, espically since im playing in a weekly game.
#5 Vahnyu Apr 12, 2015 2:10:37	4E Lacked severly in the vg department. By comparisson, 3rd/3.5th Ed and even 2nd Ed were positively flourishing in the vg market, during their heyday. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've heard that licenced videogames was the main driving force that kept 2nd Ed afloat.   As such, I think that having a plethora of videogames to support your edition is the right way of doing things.     cowleymen wrote:
#6 Kolpo2 Apr 12, 2015 4:15:29	Vahnyu wrote:
#7 Vahnyu Apr 12, 2015 6:32:26	Kolpo2 wrote:
#8 Fake-Healer Apr 12, 2015 10:44:54	So is Pillars of Eternity only available in downloadable form? I can't pick one up at Best Buy or something?
#9 ankiyavon Apr 12, 2015 13:50:38	Fake-Healer wrote:
#10 Shasarak Apr 12, 2015 15:23:57	Zardnaar wrote:
#11 EthanSental Apr 12, 2015 15:43:40	I'm playing Pillars but looking forward to the Sword Coast Legends in Q3 of this year.
#12 cbwjm Apr 12, 2015 15:49:07	Vahnyu wrote:
#13 Sword_of_Spirit Apr 12, 2015 16:15:54	Count me as one who thinks official D&D video games are a Big Good Thing. There are a lot of us whose first exeperience with D&D was through those games. I still have really fond memories of the old Gold Box games, and occasionally load one up and play it.   And if you want to know how popular they still are, take a look at the most popular games over at Gog.com.   Sword Coast Legends, as I understand it, doesn't really use D&D rules.
#14 Zardnaar Apr 12, 2015 17:30:04	My first D&D experience was actually the Eye of the Beholder I and II games. My friend whose older brother played 1E explained what a beholder was. Eventually I found some old D&D books floating around and I read those which got me wanting to play. 2E probably had the best D&D video games from the Eye of the Beholder games through to Baldur's Gate and Torment.
#15 pukunui Apr 12, 2015 18:48:18	My first D&D video game experience was Dark Sun: Shattered Lands. Also an Al-Qadim game that came with it. Can't remember the name. I also can't remember if I discovered those games before or after my friends introduced me to AD&D 2e. It was probably around the same time.
#16 Zardnaar Apr 13, 2015 0:53:14	pukunui wrote:
#17 Istbor Apr 13, 2015 7:36:22	I am the opposite.  I didn't know many of those games existed well after I was already playing D&D and by that time as well, those games were glaringly old.   I have trouble finding a VG that can properly slake my lust for D&D.  Maybe one day...
#18 Kolpo2 Apr 13, 2015 9:43:50	Vahnyu wrote:
(Reply to #9) Fake-Healer	ankiyavon wrote:
#20 lawrencehoy Apr 13, 2015 15:59:19	Istbor wrote:
#21 ankiyavon Apr 13, 2015 17:34:43	Fake-Healer wrote:
#22 Vahnyu Apr 13, 2015 20:02:20	Kolpo2 wrote:
#23 Gatt Apr 13, 2015 20:52:46	Kolpo2 wrote:
#24 pukunui Apr 13, 2015 23:09:08	ankiyavon wrote:
#25 ankiyavon Apr 14, 2015 15:29:30	pukunui wrote:
#26 pukunui Apr 14, 2015 17:12:03	ankiyavon wrote: