Garrulous Glaahk Gandalf the Purple Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Which is better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Let's see, one side consists of blood thirsty savages that kill everything in sight and the other strip down and paint themselves blue. Celts are better because they get the full range of magic. It's pretty hard to play the game as pure fighting Romans that just use items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd tappie Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 i did feel celts were were both more powerful and more interesting. melee fighters are just so mechanical. battle disciplines in A5 were a good step to make melee more interesting, even if quite a few of them were not very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Gandalf the Purple Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Secondly, is there a good way to customize the party, or should I just let it be what it starts with? I'm used to Geneforge, which has, in my opinion, a much simpler Character Generation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenderfoot Thahd Corridor Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I've almost finished the game as Celts. Is it worth replaying as Romans? I get the impression that the two parties are sort of playing alongside each other simultaneously with occasional crossover going on, so playing as either side will show the story from their perspective. And that's pretty cool, I guess. On the other hand, it's kind of boring to play a buncha zealously patriotic soldier-drones and have the game constantly narrate your emotional reactions (something that bugged me loads about Geneforge). For a style that focuses so much on projecting your own identity into the characters, it really kind of limits that ability. I dig Romans and everything, but the prospect of fighting to destroy entire races of crazy-cool nutjob druids and ancient faerie people and other awesomeness for the glory of Emperor Nero leaves me somewhat cold. Now, if it had been Julius Caesar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Playing is the Romans is still enjoyable. There are a few perks. For one thing, it is much easier to play a Roman singleton in N:R than a Celtic one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 On Normal it's much easier. On Torment it's much harder and in fact practically impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Nero and the elite that upheld him were not so different from the Unseelie Court, powerful and inhuman. That's what I found cool about playing the Romans: damnation whether you did or you didn't, and the only thing the legionaries could really believe in was the Legion. You're not doing anything for Nero, you're not doing anything for Rome. You're doing it for the Legion, which serves Nero and Rome because that's what Legions do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 On torment it's easier to play a Celt singleton because you can summon wind warriors and use the high level Nethergate spells to kill everything. Romans have to skip a few things or use up key potions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Upon Mars. Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Yet, when beginning with the romans it's easy, while the celts have a problem punishing those goblins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Gandalf the Purple Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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