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I considered picking this game up again....but Hearts of Iron 2 stepped in and said otherwise :D

I knew once I saw the season that our division stood the best chance of having our top team be third, on account of us beating the crap out of each other

I think I preferred the Dominance skill over the Dementation skill in combat. But Dementation was great in dialogue.

But if many more people rent action movies over drama movies, a conclusion that action movies are more popular can be made. It's as empirical as we can get. I think it's more presumptuous to assume that people request lightsaber colours because they all understand that creating a more dynamic world is difficult. I understand that there will be exceptions, such as the example you describe with renting a movie. But that's a single instance. I was being more general. And I never said that the failure of the game should depend on a timelimt. However, I don't mind it if it is transparent, as is the case in Fallout. Though the game probably shouldn't "end," except for the fact that the game really isn't all that good when it comes to separating you from the Vault people. This covers much more than just the timelimit though. Once the Vault is gone, the game is over.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a "time" thing (and if it is, it does have to be smart about it). I like the fact that Minsc got pissed off at you in the original BG if you picked him up in the party to go looking for Dynaheir, then never did that. I don't like that he would still get pissed off when the timer ran out right as I entered the Gnoll Stronghold map. The quest probably would have been better served if the timer was ignored the closer you got to the stronghold. Or perhaps if it was abstracted that if you started going in the opposite direction, then he'd get mad. People can bitch and moan about something like this, but to me the solution seems obvious. If you would like Minsc in your party, then you're going to have to do what he is asking of you. It seems absolutely retarded that you can assure him you will look for Dynaheir, and then never do that, and have him still follow you around. If you don't want to be "burdened" with looking for Dynaheir, don't recruit Minsc.

"He" being ferret?

How has the pathfinding been rewritten? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am not sure I understand the question or what isnt clear. The pathfinding AI has been gutted and been re-written from line 1 by the kommander. I am not sure how else to be clear on that. heh. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was curious if there was any information about how they were implementing their pathfinding. You say it's been rewritten.....and I'm asking in what way.

There are two types of people in this world....those with loaded guns. And those that dig.

Can you watch your favorite movie over 100 times? I can't do that either. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yup.

How so though? YOu'd need one for each planet.

Or people were hesitant given that the game didn't exactly ship in stellar condition, code wise.

How has the pathfinding been rewritten?

Why was it directed at me? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because I completely misread your post I guess it was more towards Rhomal "

So $50. x 100k = 5million. Seems like a lot but minus the retail stores cut, minus a few million from development costs, then the developers cut... I dont think the publisher made much to brag about. And thats assuming all 100k units were at full price which we all know isnt the case. Here in Boston about a month after release it dropped to $39. from $49. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 100k units is not that much at all. I don't even know if it made 100k...I remember seeing a number a while ago that had it around 80k.

As an Oiler fan I have to watch my team play Calgary, Colorado, Vancouver, and Minnesota 8 times each.

I agree, and find the game world to be more interesting if it seems more alive.

That it is. I do stealth kills with it as much as I can, mostly in Grouts Mansion. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Where did you get the Katana for Grout's Mansion?

I think it struggled to sell 100k units.

We are cursed men. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's not the memory that is the problem. It's just the type of person you are I guess. I have an excellent memory, and usually have no problems remembering the details of a plot. But I can still play through a good game many times. In my mind, a good game is a good game

Actually, Diablo doesn't have respawns unless you leave the game.

They were a huge fan of Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns too. But I think I recognize more Monty Python references than anything else.

You could use the wilderness skill to decent effect, even if you put zero skill points into it. Though you likely needed a boost with some attribute modifiers though. It rolled a die of some sort (d20 I imagine), and even if you failed one time you could keep trying until you succeeded.

I don't know....I heard about the game long before it was out...when it still had multiplayer. PC games don't tend to be marketted all that much to begin with.

It's just rhetoric during election campaigns. The current Liberal Government has lots of dealings with the United States. It's just stupid fear-mongering. It's a stupid thing to do because it's not like the US president isn't going to hear about it.