I was thinking about how I remember Maxis fondly, and I got to wondering what other people’s experiences were like!

Is your favorite still around? Are they still the same, or did they “change directions under new management?”

  • @HipsterTenZero
    12•7 months ago

    The 3 Bs, baby. Blizzard, Bioware, and Bethesda.

    Blizzards dead to me, Bioware fell off after dragon age 1, and Bethesda refuses to take its limiters off anymore (no drugs)

      • @HipsterTenZero
        5•7 months ago

        The only thing I can remember from inquisition is trudging through some high level desert looking for high level rocks (which very blatantly cut their drop rate from earlier zones) so that I could make an armor and weapon that still sucked and looked like pajamas.

        also that the party loves to litter

      • Dalek Thal
        2•7 months ago

        Any recommendations for mods? I’m putting together a new build for it ahead of my semi-annual replay of the trilogy

        • @Telorand@reddthat.comOP
          2•7 months ago

          Yeah, definitely!

          I’ll skip the skins, because I assume you’ll want to pick your own that fit your tastes, but you can find all of these at NexusMods. Some of my favorites are:

          • Speed Launch
          • 60 fps in cutscenes
          • No fall damage
          • Infinite Respec Amulet
          • Party At The Winter Palace
          • Shorter War Table Missions (75%)
          • Party Banter Time (5-10min)
          • All Bard songs for CC Music
          • Stay still in CC - Natural Edition
          • Face Ash Begone
          • Bugs Be Gone
          • Skills Enhanced by NinjaReborn
          • Inventory Capacity

          You’ll also need Frosty Mod Manager to set all those up (they seem to work for me in the order I listed) and Frosty Fix.

          • Set up the mods and load order in FrostyMM, and close.
          • Launch Frosty Fix.
          • Choose the profile/pack you want.
          • Mash go.
          • FrostyMM should open back up.
          • Open the pack you created.
          • The game should launch automatically with the mods correctly enabled.

          All these mods feel “vanilla-ish” and shouldn’t spoil the original experience to any significant degree.