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I never found ME to be any good. Technical issues aside and silly things such as achievements (Who wants that crap anyway?), i found the story and characters to be very lacking, and very mediocre. The soundtrack was ok though.

People, people. I would like to point out, while some game actually manages to achieve a perfect "10", there are some shortcomings. The writing might be iffy, the soundtrack bland or there are some balancing issues with the gameplay. But still, it is worth its ten. But this time, the VO, the soundtrack, the 3D audio, the gameplay, the presentation, and the lasting appeal is simply unparalleled within the game genre. For me, it is simply impossible.

I assume that you work for a gaming mag, since you claimed that you've already played it. For someone who actually haven't managed/bothered to finish a single GTA-game since GTA2 came out (2D, yay!), are there any features beside of multiplayer, that would be of any interest?

Believe, it will come true. Not only the final verdict was a "10", but it manages to do the same within every category (Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Gameplay, Lasting Appeal). Discuss

I just want to point that one out as well. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

CrashGirl: I can highly recommend the "Realism Graphics"-mod, that can be found here. My performance got even better with this mod. Apparently, there has been some serious tweaking done on the shaders. Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2

1.2kW powersupply? Soon you'll be drawing the same power as a sauna

Stream-processing? While it isn't as general-purpose as the Cell, i see some similarities in chaining several special purpose processors.

Think "fork-bomb"

I have to agree with random n00b, "artistic ambition" really isn't very specfic at all. What is it that would make a game artistically ambitious? Krezack answered the question well enough, but i can give a comparison to modern movies. Take "Taxi Driver" or "Apocalypse Now!", movies that many consider to be one of the best ever, but are they entertaining? Certainly not, compared to most comedies and action movies, like Die Hard and The Terminator and The Predator. Those two movies by copppola and scorsese are some of the most entertaining movies I have ever seen. I think a problem here is the definition of entertaining, entertaining means something more along the line of giving pleasure to the person being entertained and I derive gobs of pleasure from coppola and scorsese. If anything artistry should be viewed as the highest form of entertaining. Anyway, I like how the people who had to tell us what 'artsitic value' is, did so by using equally vague terms or by showing us something of artistic value. Doesn't really help any of us self-proclaimed art-illiterates how to recognize art. Ah, but now we're close on entering the territory on whether a certain piece art can objectively better than some other. Let's save that for another thread, shall we? It's Biowares time to shine here. Oh, and for the guys claiming to be art-illiterate. Just enjoy your favourite music, architecture, movies or games (no matter what blah Ebert says, games are art). They are art in any way.

As an fanboyish **** of the Wii, i am now going to spam his mailbox

This thread is Lulz-a-ton. /Lulzamon

Opeth - The Lotus Eater (from their upcoming album: "Watershed") Hmm, clean soft lyrics over blastbeats? Sure, i gues...

Now i know why Obama speaks with a such beautiful and naive manner. Apparently, he hasn't met the guy in the smokey room yet. Hillary and McCain met him aeons ago ...AND YOU HAVE MEDDLED WITH THE PRIMAL FORCES OF NATURE! MR. OBAMA! ...AND.YOU.WILL.ATONE.

Still no news about exit polls or whatnot?

Bulbasaur?... //EDIT Apparently, he has tentacle-thingies....

Zing! /end thread

Heh, my girlfriend was the one who got me into anime in the first place. Her: - "Wanna watch an animated series called 'Hellsing'?" Me: -"Uh, what's that all about?" Her: -"Vampires and those who hunt them, rated adult for gore though, but the story seems interesting" Me: -"Sure, why not?" And the rest is history.

Down to 24 issues.

Heed this man's words.

I have to agree with random n00b, "artistic ambition" really isn't very specfic at all. What is it that would make a game artistically ambitious? Krezack answered the question well enough, but i can give a comparison to modern movies. Take "Taxi Driver" or "Apocalypse Now!", movies that many consider to be one of the best ever, but are they entertaining? Certainly not, compared to most comedies and action movies, like Die Hard and The Terminator and The Predator.

I would say that Troika would be the Coen brothers, but without the financial backup and business sense. But hey, Coppola makes sense too

Bioware have excellent production values in their games, other companies should look up to them when on how to make a good presentation of their game. While their games certainly are entertaining, they do lack any kind of insightful writing (heh, most games do that anyway) or take major, like Xard put it, artistic risks. Taking that into consideration, it's easily summed up: Bioware provides me with great entertainment. They're the Spielberg of the RPG-industry, and Obsidian is Scorcese or Coppola.

I expect it to go through 3-4 iterations yet. If 1.0c1 will be released before fall, then color me suprised.