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Well, my point is just that, while I enjoy a good joke about the French, I find it's just a result of their performance in WW2, which represented a huge change in modern warfare. The only completely boneheaded thing they really did was Maginot line IMO.

I haven't played too many of them, but I loved Link to the Past, as well as Ocarina of Time.

If by cursing, you mean wishing me well and being exceptionally happy for me, then I agree

Just ****ing agree to disagree for pete's sake.

I was able to get Italy into the Axis shortly after the fall of Paris. I was also able to get Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria into my alliance as well. Unfortunately, thost damn British staged a coup in Yugoslavia, installing a not so Axis Friendly government. So I figured I'd make them pay and invade them. Ended up pushing right into Greece and helped Italy conquer it.

Haha, your avatar totally messes me up.

I liked it up until the point it decided it was actually an action movie in disguise.

I'm probably getting a new computer in the near future (when I get back from my vacation in the Domincan Republic "), so I'm going to put off on most games that are computer intensive. Not that my computer couldn't handle them, but I have plenty to enjoy in the meantime.

I think that was the problem as well. I usually check to make sure my quotes are okay, but it slipped my mind that time. As support that I'm not in his camp, earlier I was in a dispute with him about whether or not Doom was an improvement gameplay-wise over Wolfenstein 3D.

Heh, what did I miss?

Actually that could be a very viable alternative for multiplatform games. Makes a less informed parent's job much easier. Though we'd need blueray drives in our computers, and we still aren't at DVDs as the mainstay yet.

You misunderstood my post. When I was talking about the accelerator, I was referring to within the same game (in this game Mariokart). I understand that two games with completely identical control schemes can have very different gameplay. FPS games are a prime example. You're accusing me of something I didn't say. Citing games like Arena and Daggerfall and comparing them to Morrowind doesn't mean anything to me, because I never said if those games do or do not modify gameplay. I couldn't even attempt to claim that, as I haven't played two of those games. Never said that. Nor am I taking Battlewookiee's side. I just agreed with him on one aspect. I'm not saying games like Mario don't have advances... I didn't realize the quote markers were incorrect at the time. And I'm well aware that all it takes is one. Not that it matters because I can't change them now anyways.

I actually wouldn't be too surprised. Imagine a bundle for a game that came with the computer game right on the same disc.

It depends on what the spell does. Contingencies in BG2 most certainly added to the gameplay. Denying this is simply simple. I would agree. Because quite clearly it's an issue of semantics, and what I interpret gameplay is different that what you interpret. Having characters that have different moves and styles doesn't reflect additional "gameplay" IMO. I still play the game pretty much the same way. It's not like the punch buttons are now kicks, or that the block button has me doing an attack. It's just different moves, with a strategy that is used for the particular moves. Just like how I don't consider playing with offensive Ottawa Senators to be a gameplay difference over the Minnesota Wild. And I don't dispute that different fighting games provide different gameplay. A game of Street Fighter is quite a bit different than a game of Tekken.

I played through Half-Life at 320x240 as well.

I'm curious why this question is being asked.

Hehe, taking out police helicopters with shotguns.

Give it a try. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't consider adding a new spell in a game like NWN a change, nor a new character in a Street Fighter game a gameplay change. The only difference between Peach and Donkey Kong is their speed and handling, but you still play the game the same way. I think an appropriate analogy to this is that playing an NHL game as a high octane Ottawa team is a different gameplay experience than a defensive minded Minnesota team. Even though I still push the same buttons to do the same things. Given my experience with racing games, I don't think there's been a whole lot of changes to the racing dynamic. Most Wanted could probably represent a change in the paradigm, but not most racing games. I agree with Battlewookiee on this aspect. I haven't played Arena, so I can't comment on that. I agree that I don't think core mechanics have changed a whole lot in video games, but I don't necessarily think that that is a bad thing. Hades is complaining about it, but for some reason I doubt he'd be terribly unhappy if someone made a game (with a new story of course) that was a carbon copy of how Fallout played.

Same as in Mario Kart where Peach drives in a totally different way to Donkey. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think you're stretching to say that this is a gameplay change.

Now THAT is a wierd resolution

Yes, because if you remove the cross-hair, you immediately get a true-to-life simulation of the events that took place on the eastern front in World War 2. The amount of hypocrisy is staggering. Go go soil erosion. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'd much rather have the realism in a quicker shooter game. The realism in Red Orchestra adds to the game. I agree with his sentiments that the hours of walking didn't really add to Morrowind. I'll say it again, Red Orchestra is a solid experience.

Wow. Are these people just screaming for their mods to be shut down?

What monitors support it? I have limited widescreen experience, but I find using resolutions, even widescreen resolutions, that the monitor isn't designed for results in hideous scaling.

Doomsday NWN2 Oblivion That's all I can think of at the moment.

That's a bizarro resolution.