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Anybody who has Zetterberg is insanely giddy though!

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA. I'll admit, I missed you jags That movie was on just the other day. Come on, make my millenium!

I don't understand this answer. When I play Gothic 3 it has NO loading times..? I don't care if the game takes a week to start up (or when you reload a save), I just don't want to be constantly interrupted when I'm playing because I want to go in and out of a building. I am talking about in-game loading times, of which Gothic 3 (and Gothic 2.. and Gothic) has none. How about The Witcher? I don't know....a week is a pretty long time...

Hmmm, if it is a KOTOR MMO, I'm still interested!

I could see Gagner has being a player to build the team around. He's still a bit small, but so was old school #99. Not that Gagner is the next Gretzky, but Gagner definitely seems to have hockey sense beyond his years. His anticipation and ability to read the play seems pretty good for an 18 year old playing against men. I'm excited to see where his career takes him. Hopefully it's donning the Oil Drop because I think he's going to be a special player.

I Sam Gagner and Andrew Cogliano!

Hahaha I knew where you were going with that after the 6th word!

So these games raised your expectations beyond what Torment provided? Do either come close to threatening Torment's position as your second best RPG?

Not sure what this has to do with customizing how your character looks. And since you were alleging that there were inherent issues that existed in the 1990s that prevented a game like PST from having a customizable character, I'm not sure if your comment here has any bearing on anything. Especially seeing as other games released before PST have allowed for the blank slate character. Baldur's Gate may not have been as text heavy as Torment, but it wasn't exactly lacking in the text department either. I remember metadigital posting that voice work isn't even that expensive, and it also doesn't require copious amounts of disc space either (which we have way, way more of than we did with even CDs). Torment has TNO be who he is because it was what the creators of the game wanted for the story they wanted to tell. This still exists today. But hey, even though your standards have risen, it's still obviously not enough of a flaw to drop Torment out from the 2nd best RPG ever in your books. I'd love another game that could take the place of my second favourite RPG of all time.

Maybe for you, but I have higher standards. Based on what?

Text doesn't take up much space. Especially if you're just using a standard char for a letter. A standard CD with nothing else on it can hold roughly 681 574 400 characters on it (assuming 650 MB CDs). I also disagree that games having defined characters is not fine and dandy today. I'd love for a game to come out today that enthralled me as much as PST did.

I have a hard time believing the fact that the game was created in the 90s was why players were stuck with TNO in PST.

And that is why it is the second best CRPG I have played. Also it is also a game made in the 90's. We have somewhat better tech and better designs since then, you know. I have a hard time believing the technology of the 90s is why players were stuck with TNO in PST.

I only saw the second and third period, but it looked like the Oilers played well. Hopefully they can keep it up and build off of this game.

Well, the return of the Mullet! Always the Oilers fan, but the defense is getting pretty beat up. Just play hard boys!

Mask of the Betrayer Half-Life: Episode 2 Portal That's it for now I think.

That's exactly what I just thought!

Yes I know it's a good point. I said it No doubt people have missed me.

I agree that there is no sense being negative, because it won't really make a difference. At the same time, I can understand if people are disappointed about the possibility of it resulting in a change of direction for Bioware. If games like XCOM and Quest for Glory were the ones that got someone hooked on gaming, then unfortunately the industry right now is a bit less than "awesome" for them. But like you said Hurlshot, being jaded towards the people that ARE enjoying the gaming industry the way it is doesn't accomplish anything. I'm sure many of those people wouldn't be too interested if adventure games and RPGs were the big thing. Well, given how little RPGs are actually on the market, I'd almost think people would want "cookie cutter RPGs reusing engines." Wouldn't an RPG fan rather some IWD type games between the Baldur's Gates, rather than waiting for a long time between games?

Strangely enough, my time away from the board has obviously made me insane, as I wholeheartedly agree with Volourn's comments about playing games that you want to play.

ET:QW shouldn't even be compared to the BF games, but to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. I thought W:ET was a lot better than BF1942. I played the Quake Wars demo, and it seems much faster than the BF series to me. I should give it another go, but I'm the kind of player who likes to find a good sniping spot and pick players off one by one. I find that's incredibly hard to do in many of the faster paced shooters. I vaguely remember you sniping me a few times in BF2!

Thanks guys. I have exams to finish up this week, but I'll probably pick the game up.

Hey everyone, Are there any issues with using the downloaded version of NWN2 with a retail (since I can't find a downloaded version on Direct2Drive) version of Mask of the Betrayer. Thanks.

This game was insanely, insanely fun. I just finished it, and it was a blast the whole way through!

Mr. Wistrik is correct. There are a lot of jumps in the Half-Life games that require you to crouch after jumping. The way crouching works in Half-Life is Gordon pulls up his legs, so while on the ground this kneels, but while jumping, he tucks his legs up in order to make some of the tougher jumps. Cheers.