LadyCrimson

I love humor in games, but of course what one person finds funny, another may not. I found Xan's chr. shouts to be hilarious, but others may have found them whiny and boring. I tend to prefer more subtle humor in RPG's, things that can be more open to interpretation, than outright slapstick. And too much humor in any one area/place/situation can be overkill. Like, one or two tombstones in a graveyard with something funny on them, that you had to 'read' all of them to find, great. Every single tombstone having an attempt at humor ... not so great. imo.

Sounds pretty much like me, except I do have a spouse. On the rational end, you have to consider "what if I end up not even liking the game?" Not whether it's a good/bad game, but perhaps it just won't end up suiting your personal tastes. My pledge is based on how much I'm willing to support Obsidian's desire to make an independent IP even if it turns out that I don't like/don't play the game itself all that much. Obviously I'm hoping/expecting I'll love it and play it to death, but one never knows. Aye, same. Plus photography gear.

Subjective. This thread is becoming very circular. I'd like to see more suggestions for actual solutions/compromises and less commenting on whether or not other people's personal preferences for how they like to play a game are right or wrong.

Have to remember we've been skipping most of the side quests. We haven't had to "grind" exp. in the sense of the Diablo's, say. Last night we did some side quests, gained a couple levels. Will do one or two more and tackle that quest/boss again at lvl44 ... the boss will probably be lvl46 then, but the rest should be easier. I do know someone who tried that questline at lvl42 (solo, not co-op) and failed (15 attempts). The main thing I dislike about the sidequests is still the backtracking. In BL1, I felt like you entered a new area, could get a bunch of new quests, and if you did them all before leaving that area, when you were done, 98% of the time you didn't have to go back for anything. In BL2, not the case at all. In this type of game, backtracking should be left to a minimum, and they failed.

Someone beat ya to it this time, C2B.

I....pledged way more than my rational brain said I should, but so far have resisted pledging as much as my emotional brain wants. That troll tier has been tempting me all day, however. Sigh. Way I look at it: --how much can you afford? (either lump sum or spread out over a few CC payments if you have one etc.) --how much are the rewards really worth to you vs. how much support you want to give? --how much would make your spouse murder and bury you in the basement? It can be pretty easy to talk yourself up higher and higher (the "And if I do pay $110, it's only $55 to the $165 tier" line of thought)...one just needs to be careful not to talk yourself into doing something you might regret financially later.

I can record them while they're going, but then I pretty much can't use my computer for anything else (like my own gaming), since my secondary/lesser PC probably couldn't handle recording video for so long. I did record some pieces of the IWD2 yesterday, but not anywhere near all of it. A couple hours maybe. If the gaming session on Monday isn't for hours and hours I might get that tho. If I remember. Heh.

Reload! lol

Off for a late fall picnic/walk while it's still sunny. With some treats for the ducks, geese and squirrels. Always gotta take the critter treats.

"Are you winning yet?"

I can't comment on the actual difficulty/design of that game, but the video is hilarious.

Story-time with Adam! ...I'm glad he's reading some of the text out loud, because I can barely read any of it. Even at full screen.

I want a troll.

Hubs and I started the Wildlife Preservation quest path at lvl 40, reached the boss fight at lvl 41, and .... totally failed. Boss monster was lvl44 and the skags were often multiple 43 & 44 Fire/Shock BadAsses. We knew it would be hard since we were a bit underleveled - we had originally thought maybe we'd level up enough on the way there. Wrong. Took us a long time/many deaths to get to the boss arena. We tried almost everything, including me staying "up top" to Revive hubs and be support as he ran around below. I'm pretty good at getting 2nd winds but too many of those and death becomes inevitable. After about 25 hard deaths each, we quit. Meaning, we have to run the entire long path back again since the only loading-save point is at the beginning. Heheh. Not sure how to get better gear, nothing that drops has been worth a darn for the past few clvls. Hopefully the 2nd run attempt will be the charm.

I want his t-shirt.

I'm not generally into "steampunk" or modern weapons in fantasy games, but I *do* like the explanation/story around why they're created and used in P.E. (anti-mage anti-mage-shield). To me that makes sense, within the framework of magic fantasy...to have researched/developed a tech in response to a magical defense that is/has become troublesome to troops. So I'm cool with it. I don't think we'll be seeing "guns, guns everywhere" or anything.

I'm not sure what I want more ... the Update, or for Adam to actually start playing.

I like the comic relief moments.

My main personal point is that I want multiple save slots. I certainly don't think anyone, on either 'side', has suggested that you can't save at all or something. But multiple save slots/files ... where I can choose to save in this slot, play for an hour, then choose to put the next save in a new slot, creating a new file. There are numerous reasons why I like/prefer multiple save files, and most of them have little to do with wanting to "cheat" the game/combat all the time, every 5 minutes or whatever. Anyway, that is what I want, and that is what I've had the impression that the 'anti-save-scumming' folk do not want. Thus, we will never see eye to eye. If I'm wrong on this, please correct me.

My PrintScreen button is getting a lot of use today. I liked the level-scaling answer ... fits my notions, at least.

I'd love a feature like that in many games, not just RPG's. Especially if it could then save a log of all your notes, perhaps, to a txt file or something. In the "old days" I'd use up whole paper notebooks writing down information on quests, trades, skills, item locations/info, etc. Still have some of them in a closet, heh. I don't do it anymore, however. Too much work and too easy to Google-Fu the most vital info these days, if I really need it. Still, it would definitely be cool to have it in-game and keep you immersed within the game because of it.

If I lived in S. Calif. instead of N. Calif, and they did something like that, I'd be there. Standing in a corner acting like a useless giggly fangirl, but there. I haven't been able to convince hubby to move south yet, however.

If it's important/comforting to you and one of your ways of honoring/remembering a loved one, that's what matters. There's nothing frivolous, pathetic, or silly about wanting to do that. I'm sorry to hear about your father, Cant. Hugs.

No chat that way though... You can pop out the chat window too. I just don't since I'm less interested in that part.

I lol'd. Many times. I popped out the video window but yeah...it's hard to focus on both equally.