LadyCrimson

Definitely old-skool and custom ports.

People have different notions of what "silly" may consist of. Opinions differ and we aren't all going to agree on the importance or validity of this or that. But sometimes those threads/suggestions we may disagree with still encourage discussion/debate and bring up new ideas in the process, so I see nothing to be alarmed or disparaging about for the fact they simply exist. We've got a long time before the game will be in our hands...may as well have a chat. And some cookies. Mm. Jerky and cookies. I've made myself hungry.

Since Arcaum is another one of those games that I started but never got very far in, I have no real knowlege of what that example means. I'm not a very big "role player," in that most of the time when I'm playing, I'm playing ... myself. So if background/past is largely ornamental, it's not terribly important to me to have it. If it's stat enhancement of some type, I tend to just see it as that ... a stat/skill choice. I know, I'm lacking in imagination sometimes. But it would be interesting/I would enjoy it if there were a myriad of background/past choices to choose from, and that your choice had an effect on the game in a way more profound than a NPC comment here and there or even stat bonuses/negatives. I'm not sure Obsidian has the timeline or resources to have very many of such depth, however, and I'm not sure having just a few options would feel satisfactory....vs. having a lot more "stat only" options but little effect on the gameworld itself. But yes, I would enjoy it/it would be cool, I think.

No cats? Blasphemy! Away with you. Ponies I don't care about. Jerky is a must, however. I want it available at merchants. It's good traveling fare when you're on the go. +5 to health, too.

Good point, and I'd agree. I definitely like to feel surprised vs. "yup, knew that was coming." I feel for the writers these days ... sometimes I think the audience has become so savvy overall that it must be pretty difficult to think of even more variations. I actually enjoy it, at times, where the antagonist is known from the start, so it's never who it is that's a mystery, but just the details of how you're going to set your own trap to outwit/stop him/her. I'm thinking of a Sherlock vs. Moriarty dynamic or something more along those lines.

So, gongal, what are your aged and wise desires for the game, then?

I am so pumped for BL2 at this point. So...so....pumped. I swear, between that and Project E (and cooler weather!)... the past couple days ... mentally I'm like a jack rabbit on steroids. Must ... sleep.

pls nooo y personally hate dungeon siegue III, (btw i love dungeon siege 2) I'm going to guess that just because the Onyx engine may be used doesn't mean the game has to look like a visual carbon copy DS3.

I've been really really curious about this as well. The gamebanshee article mentioned some kind of new or cool or whatever rendering process, and I'm champing at the bit to know what that means. Heh. The more I look/read around, the more I'm getting the feeling it'll be something like ... 2D backgrounds and 3D characters. But don't quote me on that. I could be completely wrong.

I'd like an NPC who hefts two Henry rifles and says "This oughta do" just before I enter a cavern full of enemies. Why he's with me and why he'd say that I leave up to you.

What Tale said.

Hm. Well, I'm not personally interested in having my own children within a game purely for the sake of emotional drama alone. Even in a game I'd be a lousy parent, never going home to see the spouse and child because I'm having too much fun traveling, looting, and saving the world. Thus for me I'd find the option rather pointless. However, it could be an intriguing idea if something like having a child (or something else) had some kind of high consequence continuity across sequels. Episode1: romance, child produced. Episode2: choices you made previously = a young adult child who could be an actual party traveling companion Episode3: choices you made could mean your adult child has become an antagonist or leader of the game world (and so on) But! ... I think it's something that's likely far too complex and far too much work. So....while it has potential possibilities, I think that type/level of continuity is best left to long book series rather than games.

I'm not always a huge part of the daily action around here but this is why I like this community so much and why I always come back. Props and hugs to community for the sentiment and to the team for the tribute.

Pre-loaded Borderlands2, wasted time on the internet. Had a shirt poked full of holes by a cat constantly standing up to claw my shirt in a demand that I pick him up and hug him. Now going to play some LAN with the spouse, which will likely make me giggle again and ruin my gun aim.

This forum has a time limit on being able to edit posts. I don't remember what it is offhand...an hour maybe? Anyway, on the topic ... agree that the sleeping/memorizing is an annoying mechanic for a number of reasons and I wouldn't cry if it wasn't used. I'm pretty used to "mana/energy" concepts and I'd be fine with that kind of system, as long as it wasn't super-easy to refill your mana all the time. I do not, however, like cooldowns. They can be ok for certain types of games, if they're not too long, but if they're very long cooldowns what often happens is you end up almost never using them, because you're always thinking "might need it around the next corner." And then the next corner. And the next. So .. Short cooldowns (a minute or less), fine. Very long ones ... no.

I'm beginning to realize just how often "I don't care" about details like these. I just want a solid, fun, immersive rpg with rich dialogue and memorable characters to romp around in.

I was on those. I think. It had a dark background...so long ago can't remember if it was Interplay or not, or what my nickname was. But definitely for BG1. If I thought about it hard enough I might remember some of the names of the folk there. But I didn't go the "newer" boards once they changed from the old threaded one. (Edit: or maybe I did, but didn't stay long...sheesh can't remember)

1.5 days until BL2. Project Eternity has been great to obsess over as a distraction, but it's not coming to my PC any time soon, so I want those bazillion guns. Still trying to convince hubby to start out with the Commando/Axton, so I can stare at that handsome pixel .... face, yeah, that's it ... when we play.

Quality and replay value over single playthru time, for me. Altho, if the quality/experience of the first playthru leaves me completely blown away so at the end I'm practically left open-mouthed drooling, then I tend to be a little less demanding about replay value. Also, I tend to be slow, so whatever "most" people end up thinking it takes, time-wise, I'll likely end up doubling or maybe even tripling it.

To me, it's not a tea party without a Mad Hatter. Thus, this game needs a Mad Hatter. He can pull Boo's out of his hat.

Don't generally care about oodles of books per se, but I do like non-story lore, statues with info-plagues, legends, decoration-lore (tapestries, rugs, designs on items that seem linked to said in-game legends), and so on. I also like the decoration aspects because sometimes I get tired of going into places/exploring where apparently every single dweller in each city (or whole world) buys their pottery and rugs from the same store.

Beta testing as a reward tier (and in general) is always fun in my book. And Pop, your sig is constantly making me think you're writing these really long posts, for just this flash-instant of time between blinks. It's made me chuckle at myself a few times tonight.

*reads post* Nope, those don't ring an immediate bell. ....yay! For once, I don't qualify for an "old" category. Seemingly, I'm a whole year too young. Y'old farts! edit: nvm...need sleep. heh

I'm definitely a single-player when it comes to rpg's, so I don't care/want it myself. But as always, I certainly don't have an objection to it being there as an option, either as a high-level stretch goal for this round, or if that's not feasible in Project E, used as a sequel incentive or something.

Going to add my voice to the "no" chorus. I doubt they'll have trouble filling in the battle-cry, exclamation, and occasional npc bits, and that's largely what I'm expecting/envisioning for this game. Don't get me wrong, I do love good voice acting in games and the voice acting can be extremely important in allowing me to connect with the characters as I sit there watching their lips flap over their teeth for long minutes. So I appreciate good VA work and what it can bring to the table. But for Project E., don't want the full voice treatment. There's enough of those already these days.