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You better see the post where I clarified my stance on the area attacks and power attacks. It was disappointing to see the same combo throughout the little bit of the game that I had played.

Sounds like you have learned from him. Don't go to his links!

Far Cry has a co-op mode? *adds to his list* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Beware however, as it's a mod...and apparently it's still unfinished. But, people that I've asked that have played it have enjoyed it, so Other games I have considered picking up are Full Spectrum Warrior, since it also has coop. And it sort of screams for coop since you control two squads

Games in the last 3 years that I felt were worth it? Rome: Total War Medieval: Total War Half-Life 2 Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Gooooo co-op....but also the best story/gameplay of the bunch) Hearts of Iron 2 Silent Hunter 3 Battlefield 1942 World of Warcraft Guild Wars ....and that about exhausts the entire list of games I bought in the last 3 years. Games that I felt weren't worth the money that I bought: Battlefield: Vietnam .... I'm sure I have more....but I can't see them in my game storage area.

I d/l'ed a trailer of a co-op sequence and it seems great. I'm thinking of picking up this title for that feature alone, as I just love co-op. We need more co-op games. :cool: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agreed. I have to convince my roommate to pick up Far Cry when I get it, so we can go through that co-op. Co-op even makes boring games fun. Serious Sam is ok in single player, but listening to your friend scream with you at the hordes of endless badguys running at you makes the game infinitely more fun. It's an absolute blast!

I really enjoyed Galactic Civilizations. I'm looking forward to the sequel.

No real grid? I remember there being one, and the combat was all about individual turns. It wasn't real time at all. It almost sounds like you're mistaking it for MOO3.

I felt let down by the combat, but it really seemed to have potential! I guess the higher the expectactions, the greater the fall...because it's not like it's THAT bad if I take a step back. I'm probably just better that it's not on the PC

Speaking of Mastery, I notice in KOTOR 2 you get it for both of your Jedi classes, as I had +6 to wisdom for my Consular/Jedi Master.

Luck? No kidding. At level 2??? Nice. The luck of a h4x0r

I like playing as a LS Jedi that "falls" when I play my Darkside characters. Seems more real than just being a jerk the whole game.

Hehehe. Perhaps it's like an Anakin thing.....he had the best of intentions, but his actions still brought him down the dark path

I considered the Strong Attack and Area attack to be more of the "special move" variety.

Both LOL. Overall pick actually. But I'll admit I had 6 years of anticipation for that game. For RPG of the year? I only just played a bit of Jade Empire, and honestly was disappointed that there was only one button for attacks, and it was all the same combo no matter what I guess I was expecting it to be more "action" in the action RPG KOTOR 2 is probably the best RPG I've played this year (going back to November 2004 :D), but I think it's actually the ONLY RPG I've played this year. EDIT: I really liked Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory though. It had excellent production values, the best story of the bunch, and finally fixed some of those annoying flaws we saw in the first two. Sam was much more badass, and the game wasn't as critical for you doing "bad" things, that wouldn't technically fail a mission IRL (just piss off superiors like Lambert). The co-op mode is also great. My roommate and I just started playing it, and its so much fun when you're holding your breath to make sure that sentry walking past absolutely cannot hear you

I didn't bother with Bendak, since at level 2 it'd be a touch to difficult IMO. Too aggravating anyways. I only did 2 or 3 of those fights IIRC.

You can get plenty of opposite points and still attain mastery. On my extreme playthroughs I pretty much had mastery before I left Taris.

I'm actually talking about Half-Life 2, which so far would be my pick :D

:"> It's much like reading a book I enjoy again. I do play through it in different ways and with different progressions and whatnot. 10 times is a bit extreme. I think 4 for KOTOR: the standard playthrough, where I "roleplay" the whole way; All the way LS; All the way DS; All the way LS Consular, powergaming like mad to see how strong of a Jedi I could be. Went through entire game at level 2 until Dantooine, and immediately levelled up like mad. Had close to 500 Force Points if I recall

Not me, if I have the bling to fork over for two HDTVs!

Nah, 2004. Game of the Year is so iffy when dealing with the ends of the previous year. Were previous games played enough? Were the polls done before they could be added? And whatnot

Anybody that doesn't just go through the game being evil/good ALL the time to get the mastery bonus ASAP is in my book. The worst is the people that reload because they've gotten some darkside points like it's some sort of blemish on their perfect record or something

And Moo2 doesn't fall under that category?

Game of the Year? Does a game released in November count?

Those screenies sure make me appreciate my Radeon 9800 Pro.

I guess you could say that the poor reactions to the changing influence is attributable to the game being less than finished. After all, it's "just" changing the dialogue to match the alignment (plus all sorts of stuff to make sure quest triggers are all hit properly and a ton of other stuff....but it's "simple" right :D). But yeah, I was disappointed with that part of the influence.