Volourn

Bio doesn't publish; but they pretty much finance their own games now. They did it with JE,a nd they're doing it with DA. As to why? Not only do the make games people want to play; they have been on the ball business wise as well. People keep making a big deal about how much money they have, and how long they've been around or how powerful theya re. They seem to forget that BIO wasn't always a big wig. All we have to do is look at Troika. BIO has existed for 10 years. Troika existed for 7 years I believe when it crashed, I believe. On top of that, Troika's pedegree in the amrket had spanned over a decade beforee they were formed and that still didn't help. BIO is awesome because they know what they are doing.

1. Outside of screenshots, lots is happening with NWN2. We know there are horses, subraces, the tilesets are more malleable (one example is that types of trees cna be used on any tileset), there will be at least 3 npc party members/henchmen, there will be more control over henchmen (the exact nature is unknown), we know the basic overview of the story and starting point. There's more; but that's the basics. 2. Your wish didn't come true.. I'm still here. 3. Gothic 3 (I disliked the ealrier ones; but G3 looks like a possible winner), DA, JE2, and the EA sports games. 4. No problem. And, as a bonus gift for your return: http://pcmedia.ign.com/media/news/sound/infogrames.mp3

Gah. NBA 2005 is the only 2005 EA sports game I played, and hated. Shooting in it was horrid as you could be wide open and miss. Heck, you could outshoot your opponets on a 2-1 basis, and they'd have an 80% S%, and you'd be like 25%. LOL I played it for a bit, and gave it away. <>

There will always be room for improvement; besides the amrket palce hence the customers are conditioned to expect new consoles every 5-10 years (general time line; not exact) so I'd be surprised that there isn't at least a scheduled release for new consoles by 2015 at the latest. As for the Dc; it bombed 'cause it sucked. X-BOX 360 may not be as powerful as PS3; but I doubt it will suck.

"MVP Baseball is another story. My infielders will refuse to pick up a ball right next to them, why someone else will run across the entire field to get to it." Huh? That must be the x-box version. I'm playing the PS2 version, and my fielders do their job. I play on All Star Assisted Fielding. I love MVP Baseball 2005. Best baseabll game since the second version of Triple Play, also by EA. I'm 130 games into my season. Doing good; but not great. My biggest beef is that scoring runs outside of blasting a homerun (though homeruns are hit at a reasonable pace) is sucha friggin' chore for both me, and the computer. Heck, My team ERA is like 2.5 (if that), while I score about the same. Makes my picthers look awesome; but even this late in the season my best RBI man has 60 RBIs which really, really sucks. Heh. I find the AI pretty good both my teammates, and my opponents. My own intelligence drops a good 100 points when I have a rally going ie. bases loaded, no one, and somehow land up scoring no runs because of moronicy poor base running decisions, or swinging at bad picthes after being patient enough to take two walks in a row. It's like I get way too eager for my own good. Grr.. Anyways, great fun. :D

"then people will be going whats an Xbox360 in 6 years time." 6 years from now, the next genertaion of consoles will be on their way to being released so people will be starting to say 'xbox 360 and PS3? what are those?', anyways.

No thread 'til now because the series (outside of game 5) has been boring. Detroit may have dug themselves a big hole with the game 5 loss as well. I can see them winning one game in SA; but two? Very doubtful.

"Right now I'm playing Fight Night Round 2. Before that I've played NBA Ballers and FIFA Street." Hmm.. That could be it. I prefer the sports games that are more sim thana ction. Perhaps, they don't take those games as seriosuly so they throw naked ladies in it to seel them. As for Fight Night and its naked women inbetween rounds... well.. isn't that how REAL boxing does it? In that case, they're being true to the sport. I play the REAL sports games like Madden, and the like so they actually concentrate on the sport. Ha.

FO:BOS was pretty fun despite how much it got slagged. It was actually more challenging than either BGDA. I haven't played D&D Heroes so I cna't comment.

"Enough with the 'hip' music and half-naked girls in my sports games already, EA!" Huh? The 'hip' music is common; but outside of cheerleaders ta half time; there aren't any half naked girls in the game and even those aren't 'half naked'. What EA Sports games are you playing? "Apologies" Don't apologize. Apologizing on the net is for cowards, wusses, and losers.

I never mentioned you at all. I thought I was decribing PETA....

"While I may not agree with all of PETA's methods, I do believe cruelty towards animals should be prevented and those guilty of it punished in a court of law." PETA are hypocrites. Just recently, 3 of their members were charged with animal cruelty, and PETA defended them. Of coruse, these particular ones *could* be innocent; but they won't be the first. Not to mention, all the other inhuman things PETA has been guilty of. Not to mention, anyone who values animals over humans is pathetic as far as I'm concerned.

1. The golem is deadly. Don't attempt unless in a party, or feel like pushing your luck. It does a good 20-30 damage per hit, has 2 attacks each round, and rarely misses. And, running doesn't help usually due to its special power. 2. Expect an another area overview from ch1, and a charcter bio of an npc that doens't join the party; but is pretty important...

DOing anything on the basis of the scum known as PETA make sone look weak, and a member of the blind following the blind sect. Anyways, I don't boycott companies as a matter of policy. In fact, you cna say, I boycott boycotts. And, for some reason, I have nothing but good experiences wiuthc ompanies except one or two minor things not to worry about.

Cool. And, at 40th level, I'm sure you did. Hehe.

"Areas!" Ok. "Ooh..I used my Rogue\Fighter\Weponmaster Hafling!" Send me an email when you can detailing your experience including plusses, negatives, typos, and bugs! "I'm gonna restart it with a low level character..Level 40 is kinda easy...." LOL :D I'd say so. "

Is there anything else you freaks would like to know. Monsters, areas, items, or anything else?

Eh. I don't think that's a list of Best Games at E3; but a list of PC games at E3. Are any PC games that were shown at E3 not on the list? R00fles! :D

"Magical Volo is right. It took me less than 20 yrs to complete as well. Closer to 15 for me." Damn. :D

Both the 30+ and 20- times are a tad stretching. And, no, BGDA is not mroe replayable than JE. Only a foolish non role-player would think that. JE has different ways to complete quests, different interactions with npcs (both in party and out), different ways to approach battle which is the only thing that BGDA2 does as well and in some ways better. People seem to be mistaken about the character models. Theyw er enever meant to be different characters. They're no different than the character models found in other RPGs. The player decides how to role-play his character; not some silly character model. And, no, BGDA2 is not 20 hours. It's closer to 15. It took me just over 16 hours to complete. Meh. Either way, the point is, BGDA games are fun and Visceris agrees.

"Length wise, not a whole lot shorter than Jade Empire." BGDA is no longer than 10 hours, and that's pushing it. BGDA2 is about 15 hours if one is lucky. JE is 20+ hours with some speed demons who seemingly get it done within 15 or so hours if they're actually telling the truth and actually do what they say.

You purchased them; I'd have thought you'd know. They're premium modules.

"Hahaha, now that explains why Volourn always has to overcompensate in every discussion on these boards: he's a shrimp in real life!" "Also, I am now certain that eating too often at McD does damage your brain.." Nah. The only thing that damages my brain is posting on the 'net. Only dumb people waste time on message boards. It's true, and we all know it.

BGDA games were fun. Fun, fun, fun. So much so that Mr. Visceris beat the first one several times at the minimum so we all know he likes them. And, yeah, Atari owns BG for the PC.

"BWAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA! *snicker*" I'm glad you enjoyed the PM.