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Because they aren't making Fallout 3 they lack the ability to create a Fallout 3 that is balanced? And no, don't go saying "of course not, because they cannot release a Fallout 3" because you know that's not the point. We're talking whether or not they'd have the talent and ability to do so, not the opportunity.

THat's because Crime is perceived as a bad thing. The association is still the same. When they want to lessen crime, the decrease the crime value, not increase it. I'm stuck on THAC0 and the other basic rules, because they are indeed the basic rules. A player can't even really participate in any game without you explaining what THAC0 is. I don't think it's more intuitive because it is inherently necessary. Nor do I find it intuitive because I have played games were higher AC is better in the past. I think it's intuitive because someone with zero familiarity with the rules can look at two AC values, and state which one is better without much thought at all (which is what intuitiveness is). It's not a chicken and egg experience. It's taking a look at the affordances set in a society. If people recognize that an increase in a value is an increase in that attribute, then they will apply this rule more universally. There's no way you can honestly expect to take a random group of people with no D&D experience and have any significant portion (or I suspect any period) instantly associate a lower AC value as being a better AC without additional reasoning. Once the person starts thinking and putting the pieces together, even without help, we're outside the realm of intuition. Speeding tickets are bad, and people want less bad things. The association is still the same. We want to decrease how much speeding tickets affect us, so we decrease the number of speeding tickets. In the AD&D world, we'd want to increase the number of speeding tickets. Good luck trying to convince me that people see AC as being a bad thing.

Except something like that cannot be falsified. A sample size of one is less than reflective anyways.

Take a group of people that have never seen D&D before. Tell them that their "attack rating" is 10. Then increase that value by 5. Ask them, did your attack rating improve?

Lancer, you seem stuck on AoO. Yes AoO is messed up and stupid....but IMO it's not something really required to play the game with the ruleset. Again, show me a society where improving a value is naturally associated with a decrease in that value. I think people aren't really sure what the word intuitive means.

"You must Gather your Party before venturing forth." Though it was very dumb that Torment let you warp your whole party around.

Well, in a game like WoW it's unlikely that you'll ever play with much more than 5 other people anyways.....unless you get to the endgame and start doing the big raid groups.

Is your disc damaged?

I suppose. Though Arena Net doesn't provide it for free out of the goodness of their hearts. Their plan is to release many, many expansions and make their money that way, rather than through a subscription fee.

Carth only existed if you picked lightside Revan in KOTOR 2. Otherwise he was dead. They allowed Bastila to die, because it was quite an exceptional situation for her to die. With Carth, he's always gone if you go Darkside Revan. With Bastila, MAYBE she's gone if you go Lightside Revan.

I loved the Death Star run. I cranked up my speed as fast as possible to make it more intense. I remember thinking I had to avoid stuff too, until I realized that there were parts that were literally impossible to get through without doing it.

Though I wouldn't say that WoW is "light" on the action. D&D Online is definitely not for someone that wants a hardcore following of the ruleset though. I'm not sure why that'd be an issue for price.....

Given the fact that Source supports TNT2 chipsets, it should run. I'd suggest contact Valve and perhaps ATI.

I'm wondering what the issue is here. It doesn't take long to install it, nor uninstall it. I play pretty much every demo of a moderately big game just in case.

Heh, and there is a Cow level in the original diablo!

It is being done, but very rarely. Usually this is quite a bit in the process then to seek any potential publishers (S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Submarine Titans, Crashday just to call a few) I have never heard of a publisher agreeing without seeing abit of the game. Thus increasing the risk that devs. put alot of fluff (graphics) in their production to please these publishers, where-after there is not enough time for the actual load <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Most games do need design documents and preproduction to entice publishers. I just don't feel PNJ is in this state. I'd say their third, unannounced project probably is though. If that's the case though, then I doubt there's any money, and there isn't much certainty in the game coming out. If no publishers like it, then nothing was accomplished by making the PNJ forum, or for any of the developers to even talk about it. Why are there QA people working on it? And where did Obsidian get all of this money to work on it? Has it been completely self-funded?? In the mean time Mr. Sawyer will laugh at us, knowing the actual truth.

I have heard good things about Urban Combat. If I can find Wildfire I'll probably see if I can pick it up. I'm pretty sure some online distributor is still selling it somewhere.

Still. They'd need money for it. I just can't see money being invested in something over a mere verbal agreement.

Back onto Jagged Alliance 2, has anyone played Wildfire?

This is why, if you choose DS Revan in Kotor 2, the Republic Admiral chasing you is not Carth Onasi. If you chose LS Revan, then it's Carth following you around.

Excellent! I will remain optimistic until I see that it sucks though :D

I was considering either doing a murder investigation, or perhaps a spinoff of the Saw movie where you were trapped in a cell, with 3 other NPCs trapped in cells. You each had notes that explained what you needed to do to survive. While talking you can persuade people to help you, etc. etc. Getting information on people to exploit (or help) them. It was all about creating trust with the people, and trying to get them to distrust each other. You could either be selfish (one of the conditions of escape was to be the only one left alive), or try to help everyone else win the "game" that they were in as well.

Not familiar with Mistland, though I'll remain optimistic, since I'd like a new JA game. According to them (and Strategy first), they are also making a "true" JA3 in addition to JA3D.

For what it's worth, I actually didn't mind Freelancer's mouse look. Meh.

Given the word cap and size of the room, they shouldn't take very long to go through. I considered signing up, but had enough on my plate getting acquainted with my new job.