Volourn

Considering that people have accused EA (and other companies) of being 'evil'; it's not a safe assumption to assume that he didn't actually mean they have a soul. Hard to be 'evil' with no soul. Anyways, nobody (but you) was arguing... this time.

Soul searching? Come on. EA is a company. It's a business. It has no soul. EA will make the business decision they think is best for their bottom line. Whether that is DRM or not DRM is the question.

I just Campbell's decision to make the best decision for himself over some random 'fan' on an internet message board making ignorant judgements when he doesn't have all the facts. Besdies, fans are morons who would boo Wayne Gretzky in a heartbeat if went a game without a point. L0L Espicially since fans/customers are the rgeedest, most selfish, most evil beings on the planet.

"Started with NWN2 it seems" I would look to KOTOR1 as its starting point of popularity in Western RPGs. Of course, forced party members have been around forever, and quite popular in Japanese RPGs.

I don't think players should be booed AT ALL just because they find another job. That's like booing a waiter who used to work at my favorite restuarant. L0LZ p.s. I HATE FANZ!

Again. The KOTOR MMORPG was probabl;y in the works BEFORE EA owned BIO. *shrug* Plus, EA is awesome. BEST PUBLISHER EVER. BIO is awesome. BEST DEVELOPER EVER. LA is.... well, *shrug*, whatever there.

It's guranteed to be better. At least we won't have to fight hundreds of ex farts. R00fles!

"If you're looking for a Baldur's Gate-like game why not wait for Dragon Age to come out?" Outside of being a BIo game, and having their usual BIOness, people expecting DA to be exactly (or lameo 'spiritual successor') like BG will be sadly dissapointed.

"EA can eat shist for all I care." Why you blaming EA for this? This is LA, and BIO. And, liekly was in the works BEFORE EA bought BIO. *shrug*

Sure. they have similarities; but they still aren't the same. For one thing, the Spectre's moral code is nowhere near the same as a Jedi's. And, the 'bionic powers has nothing to do with being a Spectre either. In fact, not every spectre has 'bionic power' while I have never heard of a jedi without the 'Force'. So, nope, not the same thing. 'Defender of the Galaxy' is not unique to Jedi either. Plus, Spectre's main loyalty (presumably) is to the Council and Citedal; not really the Galaxy. And, even then their loyalty is often split ie Or PC Spectre's loyalty is torn sometimes between the Citedal/Council and Humankind (just look at the ending). No Jedi would ever do soemthing like that.

"Also as I said, KOTOR had no mind control," O RLY? Did you play the game? Tsk, tsk.

Spectres have very little in common with Jedi. More in common with other 'secret' organaizations which the Jedi Order isn't.

"Besides, KOTOR characters had lots of different motivations besides brainwashing (or really corruption to be more accurate), the whole plot wasn't based on that." Huh? No. Most of ME's characters had nothing to do with brainwashing. The main character surely didnt unlike KOTOR's main character. So, are arguing for or against KOTOR here? Everything you say negative about ME works tenfold for KOTOR. L0L "No other game has ever really used a 'hag' so prominantly nor so well." I'm gonna take this as sarcasm as I'm sure Mr. Am knows otherwise.

"I don't care about "better role-playing" since every supposed choice has been a weak fake anyway." This simply isn't true. I dunno why people feel the need to lie about games. It's really sad.

Wrong. Then again, you love KOTOR which is so overrated it's not even funny. Espicially since that game's main character plot line is pushed through on brainwashing. LMAO ME > KOTOR

"American colonists didn't have the "right" to fight against the King of England, either." Wrong.

"ME is worse than other Bioware games because of DRM" DRM? What DRM? My copy had DRM! ", Volo likes it" yeah, BL sucks too since I liked it. Oh noes! DR thinks BL sucks!!!, "crappy looking graphics and from what I read dull story." Better story than most other RPGs. R00fles!

Touche.

"Arrogant, stuck on himself, never wrong, opinionated, shallow minded and so on." Compliments are always welcomed espicially for this ugly, mean guy that I am. P.S. Arrogant - yes Stuck on himself - Nah, I don't think too highly of myself. Afterall, I'm a scummy customer, and internet geek.. Two things I hate really much. Never wrong - Preach it! Opinionated - Oh noes! My crimes continue to mount against humanity! Shallow minded - Nah, I doubt shallow minded means what you intend as it does not mean 'must agree with what the majority of the forums believe'... unless the defintion has changed last i checked. R00fles! L0L0L0L0LLIP0P Marmolaid

I like(d) Anomen. I don't know why people bash him so much. In fact, he's one of the best examples of where player to npc interaction can actually lead to change and consequences in BG2. He has a solid character arc that actually lead to character growth.

'sounds worse than it seems' is not really enough to condemn someone of full fledge homicide/murder. And, the fact that the man had runs in with the law doesn't directly lead to what you are implying - that he purposefully threw his child in the fire. I can't 100% rule that possibilty out; but I'm not going in with that extreme of an assumption either. "Two years really isn't enough, in my view" So, again, how much time is enough? 5 years? 10 year? Or just burn him in a fire? Perhaps, that will sooth your need for payback... err.. 'justice'? If it was an accident, he should be order to onto probation, community service, drug/alcohol rehab, and only be allowed to have supervised visitiation with his living childuntil hge gets his life together. throwing him in prison helps nobody, doesn't send any kind of meaningful message, nor does the punishment fit the 'crime'. If it was on purpose, then I say fry him.

"With a year more development time, they certainly would have rewritten certain parts and fleshing out the characters more. Also, the leveldesign and art would have been improved, and the overall game a more polished and finished feel." Outside of being 'more polished' none of this is 100% sure. Why would Obsidian 'rewrite' things. perhaps, they liekd the writing just fine.. until people started criticisng it. Same with the characters. Level deisgn likely would have changd very little.

Palpatine > Kreia

SOZ, and DA are on my 'I WANT' list.