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I would never degrade myself to view the uncouth repugnance that is "Spike TV". <_<

For a 'quasi-n00b' to be acceped by Meshugger is a rare feat indeed. The Force must be strong with you, Drac. ^_^

I hear Bao-Dur helps you with that. Why do we get a jedi who can't even make his own lightsaber ON HIS OWN? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't even think The Exile did anything but gather the parts - Bao Dur had to make the blessed thing for him!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Darque? Is that you? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Darque has been unofficially..."detained".

In the wake of IGN's Best RPG of 2004 and Best Story of 2004 awards going to KotOR II : TSL, it's clearly obvious that the KotOR franchise is all about delivering a compelling, engrossing strory w/ fun, addictive gameplay to boot. Therefore, whoever is develping K3 shouldn't waste valuable development time creating a new engine, when other aspects (story, gameplay etc.), should receive a higher priority. But, one thing is for certain; the Odyssey Engine (the current engine for K1 & k2), is already looking rather dated by today's uber quality standards. Hence, the best thing for the K3 team would be to licence an existing engine.

Wasn't Bao-Dur supposed to combine with T3 to become a mobile workbench?

When you put it like that....

::pats Sarja on back:: There, there now....we can't all be gifted. :D

::checks out Bastila and Visas:: Hot. "

Pap...er? Sorry friend, you've lost me. "

Steal, mug, kill....it ain't glamorous work, but a guy's gotta eat.

Thanks. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now you all die!

I wonder if the Sentinel actually has a better BaB than a consular this time, as it should have. The damn Xbox manual doesn't even have the stat tables like PC manuals do. <_<

I hate FPS's.

There are 63 movies and many in-engine cutscenes. There are a crap load of movies. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Indeed you are correct Maria. The vast quantity of in game cutscenes is jarring to the point of distraction.

The Final Fantasy series are soft-core RPG's designed to please the fickle masses. They hardly compare in quality to PS:T, FO 1&2, BG1&2 and KotOR. :cool:

That's fine and all, but then it ceases to be a role-playing-game, and becomes a cinematic movie.

Because the story/char. dev. needs to be dynamic enough to reward the PC's efforts - not an indurate eventuality. It's not a question of influence, as you'll find out when you play the game. It's a method to show the character arcs behind the scenes rather than first hand, thus negating the consequenes & choices of the PC's actions that would have been used for interaction.

You see Crafty, unlike in K1 where Bio fleshed out the characters through interaction and side quests, K2 employs a cut-scene movie approach when the PC is not present, e.g. two party members talking with each other as a means to develop their characters.

The story is of quintessential inportance in a RPG, as few would contest: Hence many thus far have complained about the broken, unsatisfying ending; but as I've yet to finish my playthrough (despite having logged 40 hours thus far), I cannot comment on that facet. However, what I have had the misfortune to experience is the gross overabundance of NPC exposition when the PC is not present (in constrast to direct dialogue & interaction used for character development in K1). Obsidian is essentially inserting stagnant blocks into the story thereby creating psychic distance between the gamer and the character - this merely reminds the gamer that we're playing a game (though at times it feels like we're in fact watching a movie ), instead of immersing us in a role playing experience. Regardless, no matter how engaging and well written the exposition is, it won't engross the gamer's assiduity for long, because the role-player is not experiencing the gaming universe first hand. <_<

But then it wouldn't be KotOR.

Interesting that the IGN review warrants an announcement, whilst its Gamespot counterpart doesn't.... " :ph34r: