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#1 trailofcrumbs

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Posted 30 April 2011 - 10:34 PM

Alright, let me start off by saying I really, REALLY liked Faren. How much? Well, I registered here just so I could tell you about it. Yeah.

ANYWAY, good work deserves good praise so here we go.

Thing No. 1 I liked: His adorable VOICE! Good GOD, that boy's got an adorable voice (the voice actor) it makes me go 'squee' (and I'm NOT the squee type so there you go)

Thing No. 2: Personality. Faren is a really well-written, believable character. See, in my first playthrough I hooked him up with a nice, elven kensai girl. They hit it off and by the end of ToB Faren was head over heels in love with her and his attitude came out REALLY protective (I wasn't aiming for it, it just happened). Well, there they were, she'd just rejected godhood, happy-happy, yippy-yay and I catch myself thinking: "Hey, but she's an elf, he's human. He's gonna grow old and die while she lives for centuries, it's gonna be so sad..."

And I friggen BUM MYSELF OUT OVER THAT!

And then I'm like: O.O Holly shizz - I just thought about those characters as real people! Not many mods do that for me, let me tell you. o.0

Thing No. 3: The growth of you lovely ladies authoring the mod. I played Nathaniel back when he first came out (er...no pun intended, I suppose o.o). and...well...I mean, I'll be honest - I didn't HATE him, and I appreciated that he was one of the first (or THE first?) mods with an exclusively gay character. Still, I just couldn't get INTO the romance that well. There was something about him vaguely bothering me and I never figured out quite what it was. The dialogue just didn't...flow naturally (in lack of a better explanation, sorry I know it's vague but I still can't put my finger on it) and Nathaniel himself irritated me a little from time to time (but that's a matter of personal taste now, please don't take offense).

It is UNCANNY how much better you've both gotten since then. The dialogue is so natural, relaxed and enjoyable. The voice actor (I think he's the same guy who did Nathy, could be wrong) has also done a much better job. All around it is an AMAZING improvement - good job to everyone involved. :)

Thing No. 4: The fact that you guys are STILL making BG2 mods. I love you for that, I seriously do because I don't think I'll EVER stop playing this game and it's so refreshing to suddenly stumble upon a brand NEW mod - I literally jumped with joy when I did. :)

Well, that's what I got after my first playthrough. I'm starting a new game with a male PC and can't wait to see what Faren does there. ;) Will check in with any additional praise!

#2 -T-

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Posted 08 July 2011 - 03:41 AM

I just wanted to echo trailofcrumbs, having played through the mod in SoA once. There's not much left to say, but one thing is how I really appreciated how well his banters were with everyone. I felt you captured the Bioware character's personalities very well, especially Nalia, who felt a little off in the Nathaniel chats. I really enjoyed the Nathaniel mod, and even still you've shown a ton of improvement. Thanks!

#3 Nuuskamuikkunen

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 11:33 AM

Best new NPC in years :).

#4 Cal Jones

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Posted 11 April 2012 - 10:50 PM

I am really enjoying Faren. I took a three year break from BG2 and have just come back to find him released. I was well pleased! Don't ever stop modding!

#5 summonercat

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Posted 22 March 2013 - 02:18 PM

Just finished SoA/ToB with Faren. :) He is amazing. I absolutely love his personality. The writing is awesome, with all the options available with him, and banter. Love his voice too, of course. Definitely want to put him in every BG2 party I make. Thanks for all the hard work you all put into this!



#6 Kai of Candlekeep

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Posted 19 September 2013 - 02:46 PM

Okay, this one was a total sleeper for me.  I downloaded Faren simply because I got tired of always having Yoshimo as my thief (and poor Jan... he's a better mage than a thief, really).   Surprise, surprise!  Faren is turning out to be really, really fun to have around!  I like his personality and his dialogue, and the voice-acting is well done.  I can't really hear his music without turning my volume WAY up, but sadly this is the same issue I have with ALL modded NPCs, so it's not Faren's fault at all. 

 

I picked him up rather late -- my PC is already in a committed romance with Adrian -- but the PIDs and interactions with Faren are so much fun that I'm already planning to try the romance on my next playthrough.  I like him so much that he's getting one of the coveted spots in my "Underdark Team" (I'm extremely picky with the party I bring to Spellhold.  As we all know, we *are* stuck with them for a very, very large portion of the game).  

 

I should probably post this in the crossmod section of the forum, but what the hell...   I'd love to see Faren interact with Adrian (maybe a little conflict if the PC is romancing Adrian).  I haven't gotten to ToB yet (obviously), but I'd also love to see Faren react to the Sarevok romance if the PC is in a relationship with him.  I'll keep my eye out for any other opportunities to make this mod better, but as it is.... the mod is already so good there is very little room for improvement....

 

Great job!


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