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I've gone through KOTOR 1, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and currently am playing Dragon Age. Before I jump into Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age 2 I'm looking to try out their other stuff. What are some other games that they've done? I'm looking to re-buy Baldur's Gate II. I'm considering installing Neverwinter Nights 1. Is there anything I'm forgetting?


EDIT:
Okey dokey

Looked up BioWare on wiki and I think I have a better idea of what games I'm looking for.

here's a link in case anyone is interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare

I don't think you're missing any games, but you might want to consider getting baulder's gate I along with II (I bet you can get a pack with both of them for a bargain too), and using the patch to play BG1 with the BG2 engine.

Requia wrote:I don't think you're missing any games, but you might want to consider getting baulder's gate I along with II (I bet you can get a pack with both of them for a bargain too), and using the patch to play BG1 with the BG2 engine.

Cool beans... I'll look into that... hope it runs okay on Win 7... Thanks!

Icewind Dale 1 and 2

Planescape:Torment is also excellent.

filbert wrote:Icewind Dale 1 and 2

Planescape:Torment is also excellent.

I'm mostly looking for the stuff directly done by BioWare but I'll definitely consider those games... I hear a lot of positive stuff about Torment.

They also did a Sonic RPG for the DS, if you're into that. It's titled Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, but it plays more like Elite Beat Agents than, say, KOTOR.

Expect the same overarching story as they have in most of their games, though. They seriously need to hire some new writers.

Have you even played Mass Effect 2 yet? It's wonderful; probably their best effort to date.

filbert wrote:Icewind Dale 1 and 2

Planescape:Torment is also excellent.

Planescape is still my best RPG of all time . While it wont appeal to everyone as you do go through a lot less fighting and a lot is dialogue based (and having the wis and int to open options up!) the story was compelling. Played it again last year and finally found everything in one play through hehe. Was talking with a friend who loved bioware stuff and had lost his copy about it a couple of weeks back, he now has a new copy and is suspiciously quiet aside from "PS:T, great game" now and then

Oh and quick edit: I'm sure I saw a pack a while back that had BG, BG2, IWD and IWD2 in it for something like £20, good luck getting them and for seeing other humans when you get them

Planescape Torment is by Black Isle, not Bioware.

Spppppelling.

KOTOR2 was pretty good, but obviously unfinished. And the cutscenes run on resolutions intended for a handheld.

Definitely seek out the Baldur's Gate games. I've not tried them on Windows 7, though.

Neverwinter Nights is like an update of Baldur's Gate and definitely worth a go. It never felt like an epic quest to me, but the characters were fun and combat was much the same as you've seen in DA:O.

I've heard good things about Jade Empire, though never looked it up myself.

AVOID Dragon Age 2. If you're a Bioware fan, this will probably tarnish your opinion of them (and the one reason I will never again pre-order any of their games). Simplified to the point of not even having a plot.

Jade Empire was awesome; probably my second favorite offering from them. It's a shame that it never garnered enough attention for a sequel. The world was unique to videogames (unfortunately, Chinese culture doesn't get as much attention as it should), which is certainly a rare thing for BioWare. The game was also really open-ended for a BioWare game, and the combat was more entertaining than anything BioWare has ever done to date (excluding the second Mass Effect). In all honesty, I think it looks better than Dragon Age: Origins, which is kind of sad (Jade Empire debuted on the original X-Box).

I had a lot of fun with Neverwinter Nights, though I'm not sure how well it would hold up now. It took me forever to figure out how everything worked (I didn't even know how to cast spells until I had already played the game for numerous hours), and the tutorial was awful, but rolling unique characters was a lot of fun. While it's true that NWN never felt completely epic, I was perfectly content with the wide array of heroics and dungeon crawling present in the game

BrookM wrote:Planescape Torment is by Black Isle, not Bioware.

Spppppelling.

Meh it rode along the BG fame they had, so I always just lump it in together with them. Samey look etc to ststem and interface. Still doesn't change just how amazing the game is

I had much fun with KOTOR 2 and both Neverwinternights.

Tried Drakensang?

I am just sad that it seems like they are going away from RPGs and moving into action games. DA 2 was an action game with rpg elements. From what I hear out of IGN mass effect 3 is the same way. I am not saying those are bad games, but if I wanted action I would but a game like Dante's Inferno where they tout it as an action game first and foremost.

The Foot wrote:I am just sad that it seems like they are going away from RPGs and moving into action games. DA 2 was an action game with rpg elements. From what I hear out of IGN mass effect 3 is the same way. I am not saying those are bad games, but if I wanted action I would but a game like Dante's Inferno where they tout it as an action game first and foremost.

Very true. Mass Effect is a fine game, but in fact its more a shooter with Roleplay elements than the other way around. Same for Fallout 3.

Yeah, my friend and I had a discussion today about the shift from rpgs over to action style games. I'm not sure if it is due to some kind of ADD mindset they think all gamers have or what but it is frustrating. I liked having to micromanage my inventory and what not. I guess nobody else wants that.