Solasta Lost Valley Review: The DLC to the beloved D&D RPG that might just be worth revisiting.
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- čas přidán 29. 12. 2022
- Solasta was perhaps the lesser praised brother amongst the triad of D&D and Pathfinder games that were meant to come out in the year 2021: Baldur's Gate 3, Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous and Solasta: Crown of the Magister.
And despite its linear design and goofy narratives and NPCs, this 5th edition D&D rule set video game, by Tactical Adventures, garnered no small amount of love in the medieval fantasy CRPG community and immediately became many people's favorite last year thanks to its awesome combat, solid pace and endearing characters.
This time we're taking on the Lost Valley DLC which comes in the wake of several updates and Primal Calling DLC, which introduced new classes (Druid and Ranger), a new race (called ancestry now) The Half Orcs and the wanderer background.
CZcamsr Splattercat once said something along the lines of "“Figure out what you want your game to be first and foremost about and Nail it. Make that one thing awesome." And while this expansion pack isn't perfect, it does nail the dungeon design and because of it, it bring back the adventury feeling we got from our favorite dungeons in some of the best D&D games of old like Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale 2 and, most especially, The Temple of Elemental Evil. - Hry
Sweet. I actually bought this DLC last night, ATM because I needed its editor assets for this campaign I'm tinkering with. Gonna jump right into it once I finish the vanilla campaign.
I think the campaign editor deserves its own video.
I hope they'll hire some good writers for their next game. Solasta is good, but with a better story and better characters, a game like this can become great.
I liked Lost Valley more then base game. I played it first. I love how you need to use your brain.
BTW my own halfling bard has the exact same lines as your rogue, despite her personality being good.
I think the personality traits dont change as much stuff as we believed.
Oh my, new video. And I thought I was done opening presents for this year!
When I played Mask of the Betrayer I unknowingly headed straight to the endgame area and had fun until I found out that I just fucked myself over by clearing an endgame area and getting even more OP for the rest of the content.
I have no intention of buying this DLC or the main game, but I really enjoy your videos, so I guess I know what I'm watchng for the next half hour.
Thanks a lot. but... awe! why aren't you getting them? Both are really fun. Not perfect, of course, not by a long shot, but fun!
Currently playing through the 3rd large DLC. I chose to run it with my OG Solasta 1st campaign characters, but kinda wishing I'd chosen my Lost Valley crew as I in hindsight I enjoyed that campaign more
What a coincidence, I've been playing this game. I can storm the Palace for the forge or the mask, but I think I will go get that important prisoner and escort him back for the people. Great review as always.
Well, you don't even have to escort him. He just appears in a cell in the lab. You open the cell and that's it.
@@YeOldEntertainment Happy New Year to you! He came back to the palace with me. I don't want to spoil the ending, but it was quite anti-climactic.
Just a recommendation you should start adding score to the end of your review, i don't know why i always thinking that is the only thing lacking in your video
Thanks but most of them have a final score.
I've never played ToEE so the list at the start for me is "icewind dale but turn-based" (well you didn't do anything with the different factions except kill them, but still...).
I thought the writing was a bit better in the DLC but it's a shame if there are less banters between your party members. Well they're called Tactical adventures, not Good writing Inc ^^
Looks like the TLDR of the DLC is the good parts are better (encounter design, dungeons) and the bad parts are worse (story, quests design)
Yup that pretty much sums it up. What was already good got better, what was bad got worse (minus the bugs... those weren't there in the core campaign).
"buggy af" check!
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The evil elf guy looks like Jared Leto. It's morbin' time?
haha! yes he does
Happy New Year, all the healthj and wealth for you and ur family. thank you for the video, i mean it
Wow. Thank you for coming to my humble digital abode to share these words. Wealth, health and stealth (to elude those you don't like) for you too this year, friend.