Posted by: catling
« on: March 10, 2007, 05:50:27 AM »Here's my two cents worth
Personally, I'm definately a Sola fan. I found him to be one of the most intelligent NPCs and thouroughly enjoyed the philosphical aspect to his conversations. He had a haunted backstory and the manner in which he comes to terms with his old life and now new life on the surface was overall well done.
I agree, the Sola romance is a little bland. It's not the lack of conflict that irritated me (as it did in the Kelsey romance), but rather the lack of intimacy. Sola is a very deep character - didn't seem right to me that he didn't convey that level of depth on an emotional level with the PC. The philosophical debates are great, but it could have been taken a step further - i.e. conversations about Bhaal, and being ruled by destiny/choice/blood etc. etc.
It should be noted that the Sola flirt pack is in beta right now and soon Sola lovers shall get the spice they've been waiting so long for
My main complaint about the mod is how tough the battles are. I only really play BG2 for the story and character interatcion hence I like NPCs, so when undead Sola comes along I basically want to hurl my laptop across the room in sheer frusration. The only other criticsm and this is no one's fault, just inconvenient, is that it takes forever to find our favourite brooding drow.
Overall though, I love this mod. I love the fact you don't have to coddle Sola, or treat the relationship like it's a piece of your wedding china. I kinda just wish it was as large as Kelsey - loved the depth of Kelsey and how long and involved the romance was, just found his personality grating on my PC. Also I like Valen and Kelsey dumps me everytime I side with Bodhi. *sigh*
Personally, I'm definately a Sola fan. I found him to be one of the most intelligent NPCs and thouroughly enjoyed the philosphical aspect to his conversations. He had a haunted backstory and the manner in which he comes to terms with his old life and now new life on the surface was overall well done.
I agree, the Sola romance is a little bland. It's not the lack of conflict that irritated me (as it did in the Kelsey romance), but rather the lack of intimacy. Sola is a very deep character - didn't seem right to me that he didn't convey that level of depth on an emotional level with the PC. The philosophical debates are great, but it could have been taken a step further - i.e. conversations about Bhaal, and being ruled by destiny/choice/blood etc. etc.
It should be noted that the Sola flirt pack is in beta right now and soon Sola lovers shall get the spice they've been waiting so long for
My main complaint about the mod is how tough the battles are. I only really play BG2 for the story and character interatcion hence I like NPCs, so when undead Sola comes along I basically want to hurl my laptop across the room in sheer frusration. The only other criticsm and this is no one's fault, just inconvenient, is that it takes forever to find our favourite brooding drow.
Overall though, I love this mod. I love the fact you don't have to coddle Sola, or treat the relationship like it's a piece of your wedding china. I kinda just wish it was as large as Kelsey - loved the depth of Kelsey and how long and involved the romance was, just found his personality grating on my PC. Also I like Valen and Kelsey dumps me everytime I side with Bodhi. *sigh*