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Bioware didn't create a massively populated world, with free content additions. I'm willing to bet that they will both have quite different playing experiences.

Hmmm.....I have a Bioware games night every second Saturday. Perhaps I should flip a coin as to which one to do. They both have their appeal

Weapon Preference was usually something with burst fire, target priorities were usually a target in my general direction, and the weapon mode was full freaking auto

I just enjoy highlighting your inconsistencies. For the record, what CRPGs do have a "standing guard" order (that works the way you want it to?).

Hmmmm. How "hokey" is it. I won't be able to restart until I get home, but if it's not too silly, I might enable it.

If you haven't already bought a GameCube to play this game, I doubt you ever would have.

I agree with Moose. It seems to be all about the memory with respect to people I have seen play the game. You don't get anywhere close to the same game.

Can you even use the computer while your party is in combat? Fallout didn't have Standing Guard either ^_^

The upcoming RTS is Empire At War.

Agreed. I loved TIE Fighter. I found X-Wing much more difficult, but I would have been younger at the time. I also enjoyed X-Wing: Alliance, the first two (and I suppose the third) Jedi Knight games (never played Dark Forces), and both KOTOR games. Battlefront was OK too. Though flying sucked ass IMO. I'm anxious about Empire at War. I like building Death Stars and Star Destroyers and having huge fleet battles....but I didn't care so much for the ground combat.

I've never played with the aliens. The second I see Sci-Fi, I cringe and select Realistic.

*ding* teh winnar! His PC probably wasn't doing anything because he was fumbling with the controls.

Should be: Query: Should I kick the pitiful meatbag into space, Master? "

I looked back at your posts and I didn't see where you specified which type of system you were going to run WoW on? I wouldn't run it on anything less than a 2ghz system with 1gb RAM and a nvidia 6600 video card otherwise it's gonna be choppy and not enjoyable even with all the settings set to min.. Going through Ironforge alone would lock your PC up if your system couldn't handle it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing like a little hyperbole to start the day off. And places like Ironforge are less annoying now, because it's not the only place with an auction house. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok. Ironforge is still a problem even with the auction houses in Darnassus and Stormwind. I'm not saying the game won't run unless you have those specs just don't expect anything above 25 fps and about 10 in Ironforge. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I still disagree. While my roommate does have a 2 GHz P4, he only has 512 MB of RAM and an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. If he turns down details, it still runs pretty good. The biggest thing about the Ironforge areas though is RAM, as a friend of ours has the exact same computer, but 1 GB of RAM and gets much better performance in the high popluation areas. I can play the game at very high details, though I do have an Athlon64 3500+ (2.2 GHz I think) and 1 GB of RAM. I only have a Radeon 9800 Pro though. I don't think the game is too demanding video wise.

Isn't SOE (Sony Online Entertainment) the developer (and publisher) of Everquest? According to IGN they are. So they are both the producer and the developer. Regardless, only EQ has that many expansions.

What exactly is he doing?

One-hit-kill is probably a bit too overkill. I like "realism" not realism if you know what I mean. I wish there was a way to limit Bobby Ray's selection, as I think it'd be neat to have to survive mostly on the loot. I had the "drop all" though because I think it is silly in games when I kill a guy with a particular weapon that I think might be useful...but he doesn't drop it. As for my game, I'm going to restart it. The airstrikes are a bit too much, and I think it takes away from the tactical aspect of the game. It seems every fight has me taking cover (i.e. running like a madman) to avoid the airstrike. And they come in too fast and too regularly. I don't think they'd be able to airstrike me within the first 5 minutes of combat every time. They must have an amazing airforce. I do like that I don't need to go through the QA to get my skills though, and can just pick them when talking to IMP. I've played the game already so that's a bit less important. I did resist my urge to pick the camoflage trait though

I looked back at your posts and I didn't see where you specified which type of system you were going to run WoW on? I wouldn't run it on anything less than a 2ghz system with 1gb RAM and a nvidia 6600 video card otherwise it's gonna be choppy and not enjoyable even with all the settings set to min.. Going through Ironforge alone would lock your PC up if your system couldn't handle it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing like a little hyperbole to start the day off. And places like Ironforge are less annoying now, because it's not the only place with an auction house.

Meh, it wasn't that bad if it just stayed with $10,- each months, but now you ALSO have to buy expension packs every 3 months or so, and small "Boosterpacks". They even wan't to bring this Boosterpack-bull to other games not MMO, like BF2. We are all doomed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow has been out for over a year now, and the talk of expansion is still probably a year away. Furthermore, you can continue to play the game without the expansion anyways.

Eh, No... It was a space sim like Elite and such... Where is the cross-genre stuff? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There were some RPG and adventure elements. Upgrading your ship with money accumulated with missions accessible with xp gains through combat and mission/quest solving; exploration and loot hunting, NPC conversations, influence with factions, etc. The only thing that bothered me about Freelancer is that I couldn't walk around as I wanted. Plus the learning curve for me was steep at one point. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The "RPG elements" you describe have been in space games long before they were in Freelancer. Freelancer is pretty much a very nice looking Privateer. I certainly wouldn't say it's "cross-genred" lest we start tossing the term around a bit too liberally.

I did find a sound detector and a sweet SMG at the beginning. I actually like the "drop all" because I was looking for intense realism. I wasn't able to put my guy's stats all to 100 though, unless I used the external IMP utility. But I could probably find one to do that in basic anyways.

I wanted to spice things up. I've already seen a new weapon (The silenced MP-5SD3)

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Mods-Addons...nce-2-Mod.shtml I think people have been making unofficial patches. They've included Mercs and weapons from Unfinished Business (which I never did get to play unfortunately), and also airstrikes. Air strikes = scary! I'm thinking about restarting. I've only done 3 fights, but 2 have had airstrikes and they blow you around pretty good if you're in the blast. I've only been in one, so we'll see.

In other news, I'm playing with Airstrikes on (don't remember that option before...it might be part of the mod) and wowee are they nuts. We got hit with one just outside Drassen Airport. Hopefully they'll be less frequent now that we've taken one of the airports. In any case, it's 1300 hours and we just secured drassen airport. Shouldn't be too long to secure the rest of the town. Gus is pretty sweet at this stage of the game...fighting guys with pistols.

I couldn't remember, but it makes sense that a high wisdom will help me learn other skills faster. In any case, we've touched down in Arulco, and met with minimal resistance. I was able to procure an MP5SD3. It's integral silencer should come in handy for someone stealthy like myself. I was also able to snag myself some sun glasses, to compliment my nightvision goggles at night. Interestingly enough, we got off to a shaky start with Gus himself clipping Barry with a shot. Grizzly also took a glancing blow as he was ambushed inside of a house. He and I made short work of that guy. All in all though, it's been the Gus Tarball's show. Hopefully we can get to Drassen Airport before the end of the day is out.