A Champion.
August 23, 2008
Having played through the entire game I really enjoyed it. I started as a berserker and got through half the second stage and kept dying. So I started a commando and got to about the same spot. I found that specializing in either melée or ranged combat leaves Baldur too limited and unable to deal with all foes. I might need to develop my tactics a bit more. As a berserker, running into a group of exploding foes is a bad idea. But what other choice do you have? Run away and shoot with your underpowered pistols for 10 mins? Boring. As the commando, completeling any of the time trials is near impossible, so you’re left with crappier loot. Also the lengthy time he is affected by poison, ice and fire effects is quite annoying.
Enter the champion… Able to weild both melée and ranged weapons equally but master neither, this character is a joy to play. He’s able to conquer any situation. He specializes in air combat and critical hits. I usually went with a staff and a rifle for it’s grenade ability.
After finishing the game I started it again in order to gain better weapons and armor but quickly lost interest. Perhaps I will pick it up again in
the future, but right now CoD4 with friends is much more entertaining. At present I am impatiently awaiting the releases of Fable II and Fallout 3.
