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As best we can with the information provided. Critical acclaim, mixed with sales, is a pretty strong argument. If a game is considered by major publications on every Top game of all time list, in addition to public opinion. Do many people, as well as publications, consider Enter the Matrix as one of the greatest games of all time?

Ah, but if you're basing your experiences on Canon, aren't you metagaming them? You, as a newbie Vampire that is told many times by Nines Rodriguez that you cannot beat the werewolf, had little inclination to think that you could harm the werewolf. I thought you hated metagaming.

I'm talking about the older games like the entire Ultima series. Or the Gold Box games. And which game is PNJ? I didn't care that Sion was invincible, and it's clear not many other people did either. When you say "we all," you should really rephrase it to Hades.

Stop being obtuse. I don't like the Sims, but I can still recognize that it's a good game. I don't like High Heat Baseball games, but I can still recognize that they are good games. Pretty much every game that Blizzard has made has been a good game. Including the ones I don't like, like Warcraft 2. It's no surprise that Starcraft is one of the best selling games of all time, on any platform. **** games don't sell 9 million copies, and become the second best selling PC game ever.

I wasn't told to run away from the haunted mansion. I was told to go INTO the haunted mansion. As for the graveyard, I was asked to protect the place. I was also asked to investigate the chinese theatre. The only person that told me to "go away" was the gargoyle itself. As for the movie monster mania, it was some red-shirt NPC with a 2-bit part. Not Nines Rodriguez who, after I insisted that we fight more than once in the conversation with him, reiterated that we have to run. Not Nines Rodriguez, who was an NPC that was established as being important from the opening video, and very integral to the plot.

WHAT????!??!

I was talking about other games. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wasn't responding to you.

Not many of them are followed by encounters where you do ZERO damage to the enemy. And no, I don't know of many incidents in Bloodlines where NPCs tell you to run away. Please enlighten me.

You're right, but at the same time, one could consider the enemy as a challenge and attempt to beat it. A player would only be at fault if he NEVER tried the above option and just kept fighting it 20,30 times. The problem was that many RPGs (esp. JRPGs) have enemies you cannot initially harm, or are seemingly immune to many normal attacks - but are eventually defeatable, whether through regular tactical means or more scripted actions. At least Troika can get credit for not holding your hand through it such as "TIP: WHY DONT YOU TRY THE DOOR?" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's just it, they gave strong hints. Niles spent a good chunk of time telling you to not fight the werewolf, and that you had to run.

I know several FPS that contain "invincible" enemies till you meet certain requirements. How do you know you should not activate those? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good point! ++BugCount; Being told to NOT fight and to RUN right before hand was a good indication IMO.

It was a puzzle. And something done to make an already simple game a little more challenging.

I question what tactics are required to beat the werewolf. I have already made videos to demonstrate how rather straightforward it is to get into the door.

I don't care much for their games either. Doesn't mean they aren't a high quality production studio.

No we don't.

I think Blizzard is one of the highest quality developers out there. THey're still supporting Starcraft with new patches, and it's 8 years old! They offered a free online playing service for their games as well. Excellent production values on their games too.

The old games such as Ultima are absolutely laden with bugs. I'm not sure why people like the buggy mess that is Ultima 7.

That was a bad design bug because as a gamer I know werewolves are not indestructable in the White Wolf game. No creature that can get into direct combat with the player should be indestructable by any weapon the player has. Sure it can be tough as nails but not indestructable. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Fixed! Sorry I couldn't resist!

Why would we want to ask you that? No. I don't recall saying that I would either They don't.

*Sigh* That was a reply on Lovewolf's "if the objects are quite obviously linked to the plot"... in this case this key was not. If I had stored it somewhere, who knows I could even link it with the door I needed to open. Is that me being an idiot? Maybe...but I wonder how many gamers will recall the use of that one item with a name like "Iron Key" 100+ further into the game... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Exactly. A hardcore bug.

Bingo. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I also liked the degree of assonance present ^_^

Twice!

Unbreakable in normal gameplay, but not to player stupidity. If you are going to be stupid, live and die with the consequences. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So, the player is an idiot if they dropped a "Rusty Iron Key" they found at level 1, which would then be needed at level 50 to open one particular chest in the end game? There's two extremes there, hand holding by not allowing quest items to be dropped, or screwing the player over completely... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That would be asinine design.

Edmonton weather isn't that bad at all. I was a bit disappointed with how warm it was when I got back from the Dominican Republic. I was hoping for cold cold cold while I was gone.

Like some given keys. Tried to drop all for some testing and couldn't drop one because "quest item"... due to the lack of a decent name it took me quite some time to figure out for which of my quests I needed that one... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmm, they probably intended for it to be obvious. BugCount++

Slighty paraphrased? How about FORGED! I never even mentioned typo's... never notice them in a game nor being bothered by them... what DOES bother me is unfinishable quests/gamebreaking bugs/exploits and heavy graphical issues/CTD's <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not forged at all. Your posts clearly indicate that you believe typoes are bugs.