GhostofAnakin

To be honest, I skip his posts because of the font. Which is too bad, since he may or may not have something intelligent to add.

Atris does drop hints that she may have had a hand, one time or another, in the Exile's training by the way she seems to take it so personally that he left her and the Jedi in order to follow Revan and Malak.

Actually, I meant I wouldn't care either way, since I play both. So my response would have been the same if you said the complete opposite, replacing "making console RPGs" with "making PC RPGs".

While that does make sense, one thing to consider is that perhaps along with cutting the content, Obsidian (and Lucasarts by default) decided to move away from that idea and perhaps now Darth Traya is indeed Kreia's Sith name, rather than just a title that any "betrayer" can adopt. Or something like that.

That's a good point. Just because game companies start integrating certain aspects of the JRPG model doesn't mean they will adopt all aspects of it.

I think me and my roommate both got off scot-free. He didn't have a single major bug with his Xbox version, and I didn't encounter any serious bug with my PC version.

Didn't I pretty much say that one post directly above you?

I didn't say you were blaming things on Troika. I was saying that Troika can't blame their going out of business on the market or its trends. No links, sorry. But one of the main guys (Leonard Boyarsky or something?) stated (I'm paraphrasing a little) something to the effect that if they could do things differently, they'd have brought in guys who were strictly management or had experience in management. Because it was effectively game designers trying to also do the management side of the business, which they weren't equipped for. Thus, they didn't plan well, they didn't maximize funding well, and they didn't prioritize well since they didn't have a person with management background or strength helping run the projects.

Troika is gone because Troika wasn't very well managed from the business and management side of things. They even admitted so much in one of their final interviews, so I don't think you can blame or attribute the "changing trends" of the business on their failure.

I wonder how much speculation this could cause if seen by the wrong people (ie. Bastila Skywalker). :ph34r:

So Akari, tell us about yourself. Wife? Kids? Pets? Weird fetishes that keep the rest of the guys in the office ten feet away from you at all times? What's your favorite game? Who is your favorite co-worker? What's Feargus really like as a boss (he hasn't checked the forum in ages, feel free to give your honest take :D )?

The Exile supposedly wasn't. From the various conversations I took it that what made the Exile so special was his ability to bond with others so quickly, including in the Force. Which in turn, I suspect, made him that much more powerful in the Force since he could draw of others' Force strength. But from what I gather (which kind of directly contradicts how powerful the Exile is ingame at Malachor V), strictly on his own Force ability, he wasn't supposed to be anything special.

The only ones I can think of that are in development (or rumored to be) that pique my interest: Oblivion NWN2 Dragon Age Fallout3 After that, there's probably some other ones I'll pick up if the mood strikes me. But those are the 4 that I'll more than likely buy regardless.

Apparently my searching skills have diminished. Maybe my search skill is directly related to my poor charisma skill. <_<

To debate whether the PC RPG market is dying/dead?

I. Hate. You You should see some of the PMs she sends me. :ph34r: I. Hate. You.

Not enough Obsid regulars own NWN to do that now?

No. Luckily for JE, my current roommate has a XBox. But he's likely moving out and/or will not likely be buying a XBox 360 or PS3, which means if I want to play console RPGs I'll have to dish out the cash.

I had that happen one time when the Mandalorian died during hte Zakkeg battle. I'm not sure if that messed up the quest or not, but I couldn't ever prove I defeated the Zakkeg when that happened.

I was just wondering, because you made it sound like BG didn't have ANY of those on the list. And personally, I rather prefer the party interaction that the newer games have. That's one of the things they do much better than the older games.

Pre-generated? Yes, you were Revan, but you could customize your character as male or female, different ethnicities, and different classes. How was that any different from Baldurs Gate where you were the Child of Bhaal regardless of whether you wanted to be or not? Or FO2 where you were the Chosen One regardless? I'm just not seeing this one since I don't see the difference.

Or you could just do a different part of that quest first, allowing T3 to go up in experience and then when you level him up, make sure to put some in demolitions.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Who you rolling your eyes at, old man. You'll be the guy ahead of me in line (while I'm chatting up your 18 year old daughter, of course).

I guess I just disagree with calling games like KOTOR and JE a trend towards JRPG style games. Admittedly I'm not very familiar with JRPG except for the FF series, but don't KOTOR and JE allow a LOT more flexibility in terms of character creation, and open endedness in comparison to actual JRPGs? Just wait until you get to the last third of the game. It becomes quite linear, and desolves into one big fight fest with very little story remaining (in comparison to the first 2/3 of the game).

I've seen and played both versions (my roomie has XBox, me with PC) and in both instances you get DS points if you leave Kumas up there and set the charges.