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uncredited. i don't remember seeing him, however. i loved la story. it was strange, that i can't argue. taks Is that the one with the freeway sign that would talk to Steve Martin? Oh, and Three Amigos is awesome!!

A lot of games have championed choice and freedom, but typically it's only a facade with superficial differences until the end when the ending plays out a little bit differently. Even a game like Fallout which allows for different outcomes in each town, does so because each town tends to be an isolated unit, in essence it's own little mini game. What I do in Shady Sands has little outcome on what is done in the Boneyard, for example. One thing that intrigues me of Bioware's upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, is that it claims to support storylines that are distinct depending on faction choice, but also distinct based on the choices you make in your own faction. Does an MMO experience, with presumably a large player base and as well, the prospect of subscription revenue, make it more financially feasible for a game developer to provide a game experience that truly allows diverging gameplay? One thing that some developers (notably Gabe Newell) have mentioned is that it's tough to have a lot of optional and divergent gameplay, because most people only play through a single player game once, and it's very easy for many players to never experience significant chunks of the content. With the idea that players get many different stories in one universe (this is good for many shared resources and content...allowing the game to overlap), perhaps they are more likely to replay though the game in several different ways in order to experience more new content (since they'll hopefully know it's there...the MMO experience means that there will be interactions with other players without having to go to a game forum or something similar). From a developer perspective, hopefully they'll play the game a variety of different ways, extending playtime and netting additional subscription fees (which would still be cheaper than buying a whole new game for the customer). Optimally, along the developer line, players will enjoy the MMO aspects of the game, and perhaps maintain a subscription and continue to play the game. I sort of went on a bit of a tangent there at the end, but I can see MMO's as being a way for developers to allow for divergent gameplay, as well as also provide a gaming experience that appeals to several different people, and hopefully expose people to other game types that perhaps they might never have known about. Any thoughts?

When in doubt put them all the way down haha.

All my posts are of the highest quality. REALLY! Well...they were until you had to go and bugger it up with this post!

I always hate how teammate AI is retarded in sports games. The 2k9 series typically allows for slider adjustments to tweak shooting percentages. This one might still have it.

Volo logic alert!!! Ever hear of history? Do you give the will of the human being such a low regard? If their will is strong and they had enough of being under the boot heels of a tyrant they will rise and remove them by force. American and French Revolutions to name two. In England when the people had enough of the absolute rule of a monarchy, they removed his/her absolute rule so now, they have very little power. Now they have parliament who hold any real power in that country. The people of Russia suffered centuries under the Czars until they had enough and removed the entire family line by force. Only to be replaced by another oppressive system which by the way had been replaced by a less oppressive system. People who are oppressed after awhile will eventually rise and remove that oppressive system. Given time the Iraqis would have done the same. You realized you picked 3 rich nations right?

Well, definitely looking forward to this one. I can wait until Christmas though

sweet spoilers!

I think the title of the game would indicate otherwise!

Could be that lovely radiation

Oh well then I don't know haha.

Yeah I usually go out with some friends to a bar to watch them.

Games that aren't picked up by TV stations become pay per view games. On the plus side, I am pretty sure every single Oiler game is available on television.

I'm guessing as lame as it is, it's done to reduce the killing of children.

I doubt it. EA makes their money on the console market. Things like economic recession are probably many times more significant than DRM for the small pie PC market that EA deals with. (And yes, the PC market is small pie for EA, coming straight from the mouth of John Buchanan who was at the time the University Liaison for EA doing a recruitment drive at my University).

/nitpick Muffin

That also had to feel good haha.

That must have felt good

And stepping on traps and dying.

You might have been able to save yourself some time if you downloaded DirectX, by the looks of it.

I definitely agree with temple of trials. I could see someone not so much thinking rat killing in the cave as a tutorial perse.

Complaining about the tutorial being too easy??? HAHAHAHA. I call that grasping at straws.

Haha, I find the community quite entertaining over there. The dreams of building your own battleship and tormenting space...... I think a lot of people will be disappointed (but I still think following a WoW formula, which annoys these people, will be greatest chance of success) but I don't care because I don't care for what they want haha. Moisture farming for the lose.

Steam is awesome.

PC version through and through naturally.