Ivan the Terrible

Sounds incredibly lame.

Reposted from the General Discussion forum: The more I've thought about this, the more I've liked it. Even KOTOR admits that the 'Dark Side' is more than just 'evil.' It's like a force, trying to suck you in, tempting you, offering easy answers. KOTOR didn't reflect this very well; it was just as easy to get out of the Abyss as it was to fall into it. My examples are just that: examples. Do whatever you think fits the game, but please, do something to make the Dark Side a little more ominous and epic than acting like a schoolyard bully.

I hope the Star Wars universe has penicilin.

As posted in the 'new preview' thread Revelations: - Huh. Michael Chu used to work for Blizzard? Whoduthunkit? - Character doesn't have amnesia; just wakes up confused about the immediate present (i.e. what the hell am I doing here?) Makes sense. - Seven worlds. Peragus doesn't count. Strong hints that there might be other space stations and such orbiting different planets. - KOTOR II might be a bit longer than KOTOR. Damn. - Ending game mechanic may be similiar to Fallout. Crossing my fingers that this means descriptions of what happens to the different worlds in your wake. - Atton Rand is an 'inverse baromet.' When he offers advice, he's pretty much always wrong. I hope the Obsidian team inserts one BIG moment where he happens to be completely and totally correct, just so we'll immediately do the opposite of what he says. He also appears to have spent a little too much time in a Twi'lek brothel. - More than 10 NPCS; it's just you can only have 10 NPCs at one time, as companions will join based on your gender and light side/dark side points. We already pretty much knew this, though. - The Ebon Hawk will be taking no trips to San Francisco. Can't say I'm disappointed; I've got no problem with homosexuality, but this is Star Wars. It just doesn't seem to fit. - Possibly no real twist, just a 'fun game' with a 'cool story.' Then again, he could be trying to throw us off. Sneaky bastard. - Close lipped on how your decisions about Revan change the game. I suspect, then, that it will have some significant effect on the plotline. If it doesn't, then Chris Avellone is a cruel, cruel individual. - New hilts. Goodie! - Sounds like we see the return of the multi-hued aliens who all look the same otherwise. I'm neither surprised nor disappointed; it wasn't a big deal to me in the first one, and it isn't here either. - Evasive on the Bastila question. This time, though, I think it could mean anything. Maybe she'll be in the game, maybe she won't. - 'The white-haired Chick' remains 'the white-haired Chick' for the time being. Any thoughts?

I'm more impressed by this interview than the above preview. The interviewer seems to have been reading our questions.

Admittedly, Manaan was my least favorite world. Nonetheless, I do applaud someone for trying to make a new planet rather than just endlessly rehashing previous used ones; for a galaxy of a thousand thousand systems or whatever, key events sure seem to happen on the same worlds a lot.

Hey, they were training Selkath in the Dark Side of the Force. Maybe one of the new Sith Lords will be a talking fish.

They're here, but they're 'Libertarian' moderators. So long as you don't turn the board into a House of Porn or something equivalent, you'll be just fine.

The end of the Bastila romance was actually the only part I really liked. The first game I played, I didn't even know the romance existed; I chatted with Bastila without hitting on her (since the options for hitting on her were so godawful), but I never got to the 'kiss' before the Leviathan. As such, when I announced that I loved her in order to save her on the Star Forge, it was actually a really effective moment because I didn't see it coming. Probably still my favorite moment in the game, and why the Carth romance has always lacked the 'punch' of the Bastila romance, IMHO.

I now declare this thread derailed beyond salvation.

Well, it's made pretty clear at the end that she has some pretty strong feelings for you....though whether that's just strong friendship or love, it's hard to say. Which suits me just fine.

Which game romances have you found trite and uninteresting? Which have you found enthralling, if any? For example, the BG2 Anomen romance was flawed from the get-go because Anomen was such an incredibly self-absorbed twit. The Aerie romance was flawed because she was constantly whining and crying about her wings until you wanted to hack off her limbs, too, and give her something to REALLY whine about. By contrast, I really like the Fall-From-Grace 'romance' from PS:T. Everything is implied; any feelings that are there are hidden for pretty much the whole game, but you can kinda sorta detect their presence as you go along. Perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but I like it much better than the typical teenage infatuation romances of most Bioware RPGs.

i used the bald black guy once because he kinda reminded of Mace Windu. he looked good in the black robes, too B) He also makes one of the best-looking Revans if you're playing Dark Side.

Story. The combat might be salvageable, but I don't want it saved at the expense of story.

But she's blonde. How can you expect a blonde to be a master of military strategy and tactics?

Yeah, you've got a point. I doubt we'll get many chances to work as a fluffer in TSL, either.

Never played Fallout 2, I presume?

Can't say I'm surprised. I can't remember ever seeing a Mandalorian female, and those campaigns against the Republic kept the Mandalorians cramped together in tight quarters, forcing them to shower together, wash each other's backs, give each other massages, etc. Kinda like the Spartans. Get your platoon to become butt-buddies, and they'll fight to the death for each other. INGENIOUS!

Probably. But I hate that cop-out sh*t, so I hope not. I'd almost rather he/she didn't show up at all then do that.

Ming the Merciless does not rescue puppies.

It is the destiny of bald Asian men with facial hair to DOMINATE the GALAXY.

The long-haired guy is a pretty boy. Not my conception of Revan at all. I'll take the guy with the scar, thank you very much. That or Ming the Merciless.

The Internet Movie Database, which also lists voice acting roles for video games and such, pretty much makes it clear his involvement with Star Wars ended around the time of Return of the Jedi. Not a single Star Wars-associated thing since the early 1980's; yeah, I'd wager he's distancing himself from it. Can't say I blame him. I'd do the same thing in his shoes.

No on both counts. He was probably too pricey....or perhaps just freaking sick of Star Wars.

Minus the Ewoks singing 'yub yub', I hope.