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Yeah, DF, for one. R00fles!

They tell you about this stuff in the manual, as well as in previews, reviews, message boards, etc. before the game was released. While I'm not 100% in favor of the method, BIo made that design choice so those who didn't want to read chocies could just click on the most likely response for their character and get on with the 'cinematic story' or the killing.

"Note to devs: ignore the fans." I agree with this statement.

Still NHL 08, and 09. Finishing up my league's season 4 playoffs and the ASG with 08. Playing club games, and other leagues I am in games with 09. Having fun with BAP, and franchise mode in 09 depsite how extremely toiugh it is to score since I think the goalies cheat. L0L Online EASHL games are much more stable now, thankfully. I still dissapointed my early stats got screwed with; but oh well. 'Tis is life. It is all about the future, BABY!

"the books if you actually took the time to read them, were well written, and did elaborate on the background of the main storyline greatly that being said, it was a poor way to implement such aspects to the storyline, and did detract from the gameplay" So, you agree, the story was poorly written. It doesn't matter how well the books themselves are written - that's an absolutely poor way to tell your story hence poor storytelling hence poor writing.

L0L MW is horribly written. And, I didn't rush through to beat it. Writing (and verything else) was so horrible I simply quit. I think people who think MW's writing is good really don't know what good writing is. Finding books lying around that tells you background stuff is NOT good writing. ie. Show do not tell is the best way to get a story across.

"but if you felt like reading, the the writing was at least good, and if you didn't feel like reading you could skip it. " PST's writing was good overall; but it wans't uniformly good. That's a myth. My previous example of the wall of text detailing the BW is a fine example of poor writing. Some of the charcters are poorly wriiten ("OMGZZZZZ! FIREEEEEEEEEE!"... Of course, there's examples of great writing too... most anything dealing with Dak'kon for example. I just don't believe the myth that PST's writing is above approach. It isn't. Not even close.

"To say ToB isn't BG3 is technically correct" It's not just 'technically' correct. It *is* correct. BG2: TOB. 'Nough said.

"This love of sequels really annoys me. I mean, I can understand execs loving sequels, but seeing the customers repeatedly clamoring for more of the same gets on my nerves. Every time I hear someone talk about "franchises", while referring to games, I get urges to be violent." That's silly. Any intelligent consumer should want more of something they enjoy. I enjoyed the Bg series so why wouldn't I want 'more of the same'. I like apples. I eat apples. I will continue to eat apples. I like BG series. I play BG series. I will continue to play BG series. "Bioware certainly doesn't have the will do it, considering the games they released after BG2." Yeah. Games just as good, and pretty much all of them better at role-playing than BG2. *shrug* "Would you name a few?" Obsidian, Squaresoft, EA Developers, Lionhead Studios, Microsoft, LucasArts, Atari CD Project, etc., et.c. And, no, I don't care how much you think x company sucks. Or that y company has never made a BG style game. Guess what? BIO never did either before BG. They were making medical software for macaroni sakes! "And the BG saga is over." Nope. The lack of imagination I see on forums supposedly based around companies who make fantasy based games dissapoints and confuses me. By using our IMAGINATION, there's tons of ways to continue the BG saga. But, *sigh*, the lack of imagination is humourous.

A lot of deja vu here... " As for this topic: We already had a Baldur's Gate 3... it was Throne of Bhaal." Nope. TOB was an expansion to BG2. Unless you think BGG3 would follow up two 100 hoursish games in BG1, and BG2 with 30-40 hours. L0L TOB was originally intended to be a full fledge sequel. But, it wasn't. It's an expansion. "Too many years have passed and only the Bioware/BiS of old could pull it off." Simply not true. Espicially since BIS was just the publisher. And, there are plenty of companies who could do it now.

L0L Wall of text. The biggest criminal for bland of wall text is PST. *cough* bloodwar wall of text *cough*

"ToB is BG3." Nope. It's BG2: TOB, expansion to BG2: SOA. This is undisutable fact. Intentions mean nothing here only actualities. A BG3 has potential to be awesome game. And, the BG/Bhaalspawn story doesn't have to be over. Does everyone here lack imagination? That's weird since fantasy is ALL about imagination. Use it guys!

"You're wrong. Morrowind was even worse." You're wrong. Daggerfall was even worse.

"Exposition in Mass Effect, for example, is generally atrocious." No.

"The Doctors worked on a game called "Battleground Infinity"." Was being published by Interplay. " And back then BG wasn't a multi million franchise." Interplay paid a lot of money for the license, and after the debacle of DTU, they had a lot riding on their next D&D game. A lot of pressure to put on a newbie developer. " If some new developer wants to make an RPG, fine, create your own IP" BG is/was not BIO's own IP..... This doesn't change the fact that there are talented companies out there outside of BIO/Obsidian fully capable of making a BG3 that is good. "but I don't want some amateurs messing around with the mighty BG!" DOCTORS. Doctors were hired to develop games. HA!

Why do you FAIL? I don't like Bethesda personally; but others do. Plus, Bethesda is far from the only company out there. It's plainly fanboyish to say only 2 specific companies can make a certain game. With that kind of attitude, Interplay never would have hired some doctors to make a RPG in the first place because they were 'incapable' of doing so. L0L

Equipment history in BG series (and NWN series for that matter) were fun; but in the end absolutely irrelevant to my enjoyment of those games. Maybe reason #985,000....

"Baldur's Gate saga ended over 7 years ago with Throne of Bhaal. There's no reason to continue that storyline." Simply false. Use your imagination which, btw, is what these games are supposed to be about. L0L "Only Bioware or Obsidian are qualified to make a real BG3." Absolutely baloney.

ME's dialogue is awesome. Sure beats BG's. R00fles!

Um.. instead of quitting entirely, why not play out your contract and then join a new team as free agent? Hmmm.. Anyways, EASHL seems to be working smmother now so it is safe for everyone to take part. My stats are still sabatoged but hopefully, I cna fix them through sheer skill and determination. R00fles!

"I suspect the same is happening with Blair." He was popular enough to keep getting the office. "No. Blair's still unpopular." If he was so unpopualr why was he in office for so long? Blair was not as universally hated as some claim not even after the Iraq War. Heck, his repalcement's failure thus far just shows that Blair was a good PM. *shrug*

Grade 1, IIRC. I followed her into the girls' bathroom. Got into some trouble for that. Funny enough, she was one of my best friends, too. HAHAHA! P.S. yeah, grade 1 is rather young for 'crushes'; but *shrug*, what can ya do?

Huh? Britain did just fine with Blair as their PM. At least the party, and voters thought so. R00fles!

"it's the same with every EA sports game" Nah. 09 is a lot more buggy than 08 certainly was. I'v enever really had a problem with Madden either. Those are the only two EA games I've really played online so *shrug*. Until they get the EASHL issues fixed, I'm just gonna avoid one fo the features I was really looking forward. Certainly hurts an otherwise awesome game.

Here's part 2 to the 'awesomest post ever' (typos included): I'm the first one tod efend NHL 09/NHL 08/EA from the likes of Abiner, and his ilk; but as much fun as I'm having with NHL 098; there are quite a few annoying problems - espicially in the online sueprstar mode. 1. Everybody knows about the stat reset. Beforehand, I was 7-6 with very good stats, and since then I've been 2-10 with lacklustre stats. Will EA have a way to fix such unfairness? At least give me a full reset. L0L You reste my good stats so reset my bad stats. L0L 2. The game freezes a good amount when loading up a EASHL game. This makes one suffer losses. About half my losses from before and after the reset ar ebecause of this. I should be something like 7-4, and 2-6 respectively before/after the reset. Interetsingly enough, once I'm in the game, it';s very stable, and I don't crash. Ever. It's dumb to suffer a loss because you crashed when you didn't even get in the game yet. 3. Computer should take more penalties. Thanks. I often get slashing penalties with stick left (which is fair); but the computer nearly never does. 4. The following issue is more a rant against the peons you get stuck playing in the game. It's common fact that user goalies tend to be worse than computer goalies so it's annoying when someone gets stuck with goalie they'll quit. This, for soem reason, often happens against me which means I'm stuckl on a team with a human goalie trying their best but sucking versus a computer goalie who makes theft after theft. L0LLERZ@ Overall, it's a very fun game; but it certainly has issues. P.S. EA, fix my stats! I'm a stats ***** - but fair one - and, I hate it when my stats don't reflect my actual level of play. At least in 08, when you did crash before the start of the game, you didn't get an auto loss for it. Urgh. I mean, with my 2-10 record, I am still somehow managing a +1. That's because half of those games I lost when I didn't even play! HAHA!