to Infinity, and Beyond!

from yet another forum post:

I feel like a good way to describe the Infinity Engine games is like this:

Icewind Dale is a new GM who mostly read Gygax's original DM guide and is mostly just trying to kill you and shake you down for money. The players filled out the sheets but none of them are RPing.

Baldur's Gate two years later... The DM knows the setting, does all the voices, has more minis than a Warhammer addict with two mortgages. The players all have detailed five page backstories written and the DM is building them all into the campaign.

Planescape is another two years later. Nobody gives a shit about setting. The players are trolling the DM, the DM is trolling the players. This guy's a Teletubby. That one's just a head. Oh you're a human fighter? That's boring. Yeah but I've died like a million times and keep reviving with no memories. Oh that's cool you find your own severed finger in a pickled egg jar and eat it for +1 dexterity.