Darth Duck

About Morrowind being complex ? Well I wouldnt personally call it complex the Xbox control scheme is probably the most complex thing about it. Baten Kaitos, now thats complex. Perhaps even more so than Disgaea if your the completeist type. While there are undoubtably stupid console owners I dont think the idea that games need to be made less complex holds any merit whatever the platform. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, I disagree about Morrowind. When I think of complex, I think of open-endedness. To me, the more freedom the player has to influence the course of events as well as the ultimate outcome, or to not influence them at all, the more complex the game is. Games with tough puzzles or mental mazes are not necessarily complex (they can be, but it's not a given) ... just difficult. Difficult does not equal complex.

Umm ok.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You disagree?

My point, exactly ... and as icing on the cake, Jade Empire was BioWare! I think it's safe to say that most KOTOR fans would like to see BioWare take another crack at it. I think Obsidian did a fine job, personally, and could probably run with the ball on KOTOR III if they were given enough time to do the project properly ... but I gather from the notes and diaries of the Obsidian and LA developers, that they were not only rushed but were using graphics technology they considered sub-standard (I'm reading that into it -- they never said that in so many words, but it was strongly implied). I think the mistakes in KOTOR II were administrative, not creative, and that can be remedied. That said, Obsidian may not have the time or the resources needed to start a project of this size.

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I wanted to see the same thing in KOTOR II, but I guess that would have meant Revan would no longer have need of them, presumably because he would have been dead. I still think they could have worked in some way to do it, though.

As far as Ventress goes ... like I said, dual-saber wielding should be available to dark-siders right off the bat, but in a different (and less powerful) progression. Going straight to dual-saber wielding without having to learn single-saber technique would be typical of the kind of undisciplined short-cuts Sith are prone to. There is nothing keeping a Padawan from mastering a lightsaber form -- or even more than one lightsaber form. It would be rare, but it wouldn't be unheard of, and both Luke and Anakin would be examples of this. They were both exraordinarily gifted. Plus, weapons training is only a part of Jedi training (some would even call in the smallest part ... but not me ) -- it isn't what determines when a Padawan becomes a Knight. In any case, I didn't say they had to be Jedi Masters ... but Jedi Weapon Masters.

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Because a Jedi is not some merc or bounty hunter who doesn't have any discipline. A Jedi is discipline personified. Civilians can play around with dual-vibroblades all they like, but a Jedi wouldn't even pick one up unless he/she could achieve a level of mastery over it that an uncivilized brute of a Mandalorian couldn't even imagine. Pick up a copy of Miyomoto Musashi's "Book of Five Rings," and you'll understand what I'm getting at. Plus, it's canon for the EU. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightsaber_combat Dual-saber wielding is an advanced form of combat.

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