LadyCrimson

It's strange, because I've read plenty of sci-fi books with humanoid but not-human races, and I like them there just fine. Don't know if anyone's read Alan Dean Foster's Icerigger trilogy, but I loved the cat-like race in it (the Tran). Their iceskate-like feet and bat-like "wings" under their arms for catching the wind on a frozen planet. And how they had a "summer" variant that would come about during that planet's warm cycles every hundreds or thousands of years or something. Anyway, when there were "cat people" in the ES series, I thought I'd enjoy playing one. But it turned out to be not that great. Oh, they're cute/cat-like enough I suppose, without being "too cute", but somehow seeing such a race wasn't quite the same as reading about them. It's not that I disliked them, but I really didn't care. I'd rather have a human-like intelligence, telepathically-communicating jaguar that looks like a jaguar, for a companion/race instead. I don't mind humanoid beast-races in games, and I still like them in novels, but it's just not very enticing to play one in a video game. Speaking for myself only, of course. In a sci-fi RPG, I'd love to have a non-carbon-based race to play. To use Foster's books again, something like the silicon-based "photovores" on the planet Prizm. Totally non-human, with varied shapes and appearances depending on their "job/purpose," rather than one single body style, but intelligent and society-driven.

Relaxed most of the day, with many cat nose-kisses to make me smile. Maybe find another film to watch a bit later, then going to bed early to be rested for Thanksgiving weekend ... it's going to be a busy one for me this year.

Of course. It's to drive people out to buy more popcorn!

If you like to play offline, Steams "don't update" checkbox doesn't work. At least, it never has for me. As soon as you switch to online mode to do anything, Steam starts downloading every single update for every game even if you have "don't update" checked. If it's a big update and you're quick, you can go to the DL screen and pause/stop them before they DL and install, but that's iffy and annoying. However, you CAN copy the entire game install of a Steam game to another place, so if you want to play a specific version of the game, go into offline mode and copy back that old version. Of course, this can be a ton of HDD space eventually, if you wanted to keep a copy of every single "version", say, and it means you have to play the game's older versions in offline mode, so it's not exactly something to do very often. (and it only works if you bought the game on Steam before any patches you don't like were put out)

If we had that many gear slots, I'd get nowhere in terms of progressing in the game because I'd spend 30 minutes after every combat in the paper-doll screen.

Yes, but doesn't matter, because...Liam Neeson is the awesome. And with the current path of his film career, I fully expect to see him in The Expendables:Next Generation, delivering the ultimate in deadpan one-liners, which would also be awesome. That one skit from Life's Too Short was an instant classic, imo.

I tend to lean towards that view of seeing Paladins (in most games) as being a cross of Fighter/Cleric, and not being all that good at either role. They're handy if you only want to take up one party slot instead of 2 and don't mind their limitations, but other than that ... I don't tend to use them or like them because I don't find them very interesting or useful. I think Paladins (again, in games....) are less about their mechanical/skillset abilities and more about roleplaying. Some people like the idea of a more "noble" or "cause" oriented class. Honor, a "good" morality code, all of that. These roleplaying qualities are not, imo, limited to having an "I believe in a higher power/God" as the only defining motivator. Hence, if they aren't the defining aspect of P.E.'s Paladins, I'm fine with that. I probably still won't use them, tho, unless they bring a lot more to the table than per average for such a class.

For me it was Dungeon Keeper1. He's had so many ideas etc. but most of them haven't turned out very well (imo) and I sorta stopped paying any attention to him. I'd love a new "god" game but for me, if it takes too much from things like Black & White, I'm likely to be disappointed.

It is. But no point for me if there's no advantage from what I already have.

Last thread ..Expendables 2. The first 5-10 minutes made me ruminate on how even "fun action" can be boring when swept in with zero initial context, but the last half made up for that with all the jokes and references. Not a better film than the 1st one, but I thought it was more fun.

Post limit, time to change the reel.

Blade Runner poster. +10 ...I'm not huge on Mexican food overall but I currently live in a spot with a lot of taquerias, some of them based on the same trucks I'd buy tacos from when I was a kid ("keep your eye peeled for truck #2, that's the best one"). I love 'em. ...great update/interview, make me chuckle.

Hm. Doesn't seem like my type of "cute" but I kinda do like the concept of the game.

Would this version work a little better on Win7 than my old disc+patches version or are they the same? Disc version runs mostly fine but does have a few quirks in Win7.

READY 10 PRINT Keep calm. Wait and see. Try not to get overly excited. 20 GOTO 10 RUN .....but I want to believe in Molyneux again.

I like the way you think. That's completely what I'm hoping for in the Monk. Speed/dodge as defense but not limited only to unarmed/martial arts combat skills. Actually, what I'd like is a class where I can be like Indigo Montoya. Fencing, speed, footwork. And utterly charming, of course.

It was the music and sound effects for me. I saw some preview video or something and it was so "cute" that I had to have it. By the end I did think of it as a very artistic game. But those "yoohoos" and the great soundtrack got me to purchase. ...Tried the Machinarium (sp?) after and while it was also kinda cute, it wasn't the same. I haven't finished it. :/

Can't speak for tabletops, but with cRPG's it's felt like one big reason for the subclasses of fighters was because people got bored of "sword/tank fighters" when the format (video game) is (still) often very limiting re: enemy combat AI, options, reactions .. it's an attempt to get away from the feel of simple one or two attack option button-mashing so many games are accused of....especially, perhaps, in the more limited graphic perspective of isometric. Fighter/Mage/Thief/Cleric no longer seems like enough to many and not having 40+ different skill options and attack button combos is too "restricting."

I can't vote because I don't have enough information on class skills etc. to know whether any stated "class" is going to fit into my personal likes/playstyle. If, in the end, Monk's have a rule/skill set that sounds appealing, I'm going to play the Monk. But it's entirely possible I won't like the sound of P.E. Monk gameplay, thus I won't want to try them first. Some games I love Monks. Some games I've disliked Monks. *shrugs* Other than that, in the past I'd go with mages, but as of late I find them generally too familiar, so I'd probably go for a Ranger and leave the Wizardry to the companions.

But those germs aren't as fresh. And it's the fresh ones that are the most tasty. Er...what did I just say.

"The Victim" - I watched this mostly because of Michael Biehn, who acts and directs, along with some blondie who is apparently his current wife. Wasn't expecting great things from it - it's kind of 'grindhouse-y' I suppose, and that's about what I got out of it. Rather slow and not as gory as you might expect from such a film. I wasn't very impressed with Mr. Biehn's wife's acting abilities, either. Still, it's always a hoot to see my old crush Kyle Reese frolicking around and over-emoting in some weird movie. I have the impression that neither Biehn or his wife are trying to pass their film off as anything but a low-budget, shot-in-12-days lark, and for that, one could say it wasn't ... too ... terrible.

Going to shower and venture forth to do some required holiday prep shopping. Still kinda sick, so I'll try not to breathe on anyone, but sometimes things must be done. At least I don't have to hand germ encrusted cash or paper checks to the poor shopkeepers these days.

As an aside, I'm not sure if it's been stated how much the Soul stuff will affect warriors in P.E. I think they have said it could be used to perform super-human abilities. If they're going to have a basis that even warriors will utilize it for casting defensive or strength and speed enhancing type spells or whatnot, then that alters things as well. But it still turns things away from being a pure fighter, imo, in terms of defining class.

Hence why I said shield bashing or whatnot. Defensive moves such as counters/blocks are fine, if they make some sense for gear equipped. But I'd disagree that only fighting/not fighting = not having the class at all. They could, for example, get a much larger bonus to AC/damage mitigation from the same armor then others, to represent their high stamina/pain tolerance in terms of survival/tank. I like taking a warrior and beating the game doing nothing but hacking with the sword and not using the given abilities, focusing largely on defense vs. offense. It's a challenge. Personal likes. To be clear, I'm talking about fighters who can/are wearing the heavy, full armor get ups, with maybe the giant shields. If we're talking fighters who generally don't wear major/full armor (for speed), more like the stereotypical Romans/Greeks or something, it changes the concept in my head a bit already....so it kinda depends on the gear, for me. Perhaps penalties to some abilities for wearing certain types of gear.

Botanicula was a really cute/fun game, glad I gave it a chance. Those types of games aren't great on replay value, imo, but they can be tons of fun the first time or two. Edit: someday I'm going to have to get The Last Express from GoG and finally get to play it (originally, way back when, it always crashed on me at this certain early point in the game, so I never got very far....