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Originally Posted by Ellester Sure, why not? You could include PS:T in that statement. But, not Ultima, as it’s not set in the Forgotten Realms, nor is it a d&d game. |
Neither are most of the other games I mentioned in that group, including Gorasul and Anito--and several I could add. In other words, calling it a "BG game" as though the qualities you've mentioned above somehow define BG games specifically doesn't hold. These qualities of yours:
It has a central character with joinable NPC’s that are interactive.
Its set in the FR’s, romances maybe,
It is a large game
It allows you to have some freedom of exploration,
It has a new epic story,
...don't define what you've called "a BG game," but a fairly broad group, applying to too many other titles, both before and after the pair of BG games appeared.
I think in hindsight you say no way could PS:T have been a BG expansion. But, if it were released that way you would have never known the difference.
Sure I would, and judging from the comments over 4 years in various threads on GameBanshee, I think it's safe to say that quite a few PS:T players know how strongly it differs from the BGm series. PS:T has a unique writing style associated with its characters, and an entirely different mindset to the development of plot. It could never be mistaken for the work of the Bioware team, or vice versa. Or the IWD and BG series, either, though they use the same engine.