Volourn

"How many of them did you actually play back then?" Maybe half of them since most of them just came across as boring even before picking them up.

"It is okay for PC games to be buggy because developing a game for PC is developing for dozens of different systems. Developing for a console is developing for a single system. That's why console games have always been less buggy than PC games. " No. No, it's not 'okay'. Espicially since many bugs on either console or PC have nothing to do with the system but the game itself. "Good luck patching that." Don't be ignorant. Console games get patches. Again, consoles are basically full fledge computers now. "they weren't always like ths. consoles didn't have a harddrive, y'know. there was no sucj thing as a "patch". if the game was buggy - tough luck, play something else." Welcome to 2010.

"No, it just makes you easily satisfied. ....muahahahahahahha.... ahem, yes. " I'd say the guy who believes a retarted rnager and a stupid hamser are the best characters of all time is the one easily satisified. Just sayin'.

"Zork (1980) Sword of Fargoal (1982) (dungeon romp, like 20 years before IWD2) Matrix (1982) (Gridrunner on LSD) Fort Apocalypse (1982) (Choplifter go home) Reach for the Stars (1983) (my first real xxxx game) Oil Barons (1983) (yes, it was an effin big box with maps, counters and all) Archon (1983) (battlechess, go home) Jumpman (1983) (most fun platform game evar) Boulderdash (1984) (addictive as...) NATO Commander (1983 first "real time" strategy game. Bloody awesome too if you had the disk version) Summer Games (1984) (slayer of joysticks) The Lords of Midnight (1984) (first humongous open/sandbox world 1st person crpg and strategy game hybrid I remember) Ultima IV (1985) (Not the shiniest graphics, but an interesting plot and a large world to explore) (sadly, I don't have my map and ankh anymore) Racing Destruction Set (1985) (racing was never this fun before, nor after) The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985) (still having seen a combat/action game that beats the "feel" of the moves and blocks) Little Computer People (1985) (yes, Activision invented "The Sims") Populous (1989) (being a god is quite fun)" Kiddin' right? there's *maybe* 3 or 4 games on that list I'd considered even good let alone 'classics'. L0LZ

"The words 'console' and 'patch' should never be uttered in the same sentence. " Why? Consoles are basically computers anyways so to expect them to be bug free while hinting that it'sm somehgow okay for PC games to be buggy is silly.

It's the internet.

Portal. The entire gimmick sounded dumb. I have never bothered now will i ever bother to play suck a silly game. Poor example of a popular modern game.

"There's as much if not more crap out there right now than there was back in 97-01." Doubtful.

There was som muchc rap released back then. People ount maybe half a dozen 'classics' and use that as prove yet ignore the hundredfs of games releaed thatw ere crap. Not to mention, many of the so called 'classic' were crappy themselves.

"The time between two servings of vanilla ice cream is usually the best time to talk about vanilla ice cream, no?" Actually, I never really talk about ice cream. heck, I never have vailla ice cream. R00fles!

"Nothing terrible, tastes ok, but eh how much can you say really - it's vanilla ice cream." A lot, apparantly, since people keep talking about them.

Disagree. Overall, quality of games has been improved. Oustide of a handful of classics, older games simply were not as good. "Whether you want to admit it or not, Microsoft started the downfall of gaming when they developed the Xbox. " Simply not true. Custer's Revenge was made well before xbox came out. Case closed.

Really, guy? All this silliness because of such a miniml statement? OMG Get over it. Anyways, to add to the fun... let's get this clear again. Nowhere in that statement does it suggest that if you like DA1 you will 100% like DA2. Silly geeses.

Ultimitatly, it's your chaarcter's moral code that will help you decide. Or your own if you do not know how to reply.

"It was a fallacy because it assumes that DA1=DA2 which is not true." Your statement is a mega fallacy because it makes wrong assumptions about what that post was stating. Sad, really.

If you liked DA1, you will likely like DA2. If you loathed DA1, you will likely loathe DA2.

"Good luck with your future trolling, kthnxbye. " You don't know what trolling is. You want trolling? Go to www.rpgcodex.com. Your whining doesn't change the fact that 'immersion' is a horrible shock word that is meaningless 'cause in the end it is frivilous and tells nobody about a game. Just like epic. Meaningless.

The fact that immersion is subjective makes it rather worthless to use in any sort of argument since you can't debate soemthing that is inherently point of view based. It's a meaningless descriptive that is basically random.

*shrug* Immersion.. A word that is basically meaningless much like epic, C&C, and other silly stuff. The guy in the game is less than 1% of the game - just ignore it. Is it really worthy of emo whining on the net?

"China, you're a disgrace." and so on." This line doesn't prove the writer is bashing Chinese civilians that have no power or influence but is bashing those who have the power to do this. ie The gov't. Don't look for bigotry when it's not there. there's enough real bigotry that exists to battle including real bigotry against the Chinese let's not make stuff up.

"The fact of the matter is they have little to no impact on anything. Especially on the main storyline." That's a lie. Your origin can effect so many things it's ridiculous. This has been argued multiple times before. Do a search. One clear exmaple is how only human males only can become kings of feralden human femalesm need to be tricky to get the honour of being queen. Dwarven nobles can also become king of the dwarves depending on the CHOICES you make. Origins in DA gave a lot more depth and variant play experiences than the silly strongholds in BG2 yet I bet the usuals would praise the strongholds to high heaven as an exmaple of BG2's supposed awesomeness. Even though they add absolutely NOTHING to the story, and only give you extra loot. Big deal. And, you can normally go through them with a different class anyways.

"I think it's peculiar to talk of a country in such a way. Let's just say that large (I think) parts of Chinese government are to blame for this. Don't forget that China is not essentially a democratic country, I bet most of the people living there would not approve of people being detained in this way." Who is blaming the Chinese civilians? Why would we blame the people who have no power and influence over Chines gov't decisions? L0LZ

China. China never changes.

"C) one data point does not the majority represent" This isn't a democracy. Majority is irrevelant when determining if a game is a 'buggy mess' for me. I couldn't give a crap if it was buggy for others since that doesn't effect me.

"I've stated why that's a crappy design goal that will result in a flop." Like DA, right? Right.