Llyranor

Did metadigital just admit to being Hades' alt?

Hmm, replaying HL2 to see if it convinces me to get Ep1 or not.

This will bring roleplaying from WoW to a whole new level! Yar yar hump hump!

Why are you quoting me, infidel?

HL2Ep1 needs freaking coop. COOP. Stupid Valve.

Let's see.... RPGs - Neverwinter Nights 2 - Pretty much at the top of the list. First off, MCA. Second, NWN seems like it'll be improving the toolset in virtually every possible way. Modding will pretty much take most of my gaming time once this is out. - Tactica Online - PvP turn-based tactical 'RPG'. From reading the gameplay mechanics on the website, it sounds like a winner. - Dragon Age - While Bioware's previous titles might have been a tad too mainstream (leading them to being unremarkable, perhaps), they've kept producing solid titles. Hopefully, DA will be a step above. 4 full-time writers is quite a nice move from Bio. - Gothic III - Playing G1 right now, with G2 waiting just after. Quite impressed. I find G1's world much more 'alive' than Oblivion tried to be. - Bioshock - After Oblivion kinda flopped in the emergent gameplay side of things, it'll be interesting to see how Bioshock fares. Granted, I haven't played SS2. FPS - Armed Assault - Successor to Operation Flashpoint. That is all. - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 - Hmmm, undecided. Wargames - Take Command: 2nd Manassas - Pretty awesome American Civil War wargame, from the demo. Despite having no interest in the setting, the gameplay alone just made this a must-buy. - Combat Mission: Shock Force - The WeGo system is very nice for uncompromised large-scale tactics. PBEM should be fun. - Navies at War - Most ambitious naval simulator ever sounds cool. - HistWar: Les Grognards - Napoleonean game with up to 500,000 units (represented by 50,000 for a 1:10 ratio) with proper Orders of Battle, Command & Control, doctrines. - Europa Universalis III - If HoI2 is any indication, this is as good as bought. RTS - Supreme Commander - Though I'm losing interest in RTS and leaning more towards wargames, this will probably make for a fun coop campaign. Probably not something I'd play longterm, though. - Sins of a Solar Empire - RT4X sounds ambitious, but I'm wondering if the gameplay will bring it above the RTS genre (which I'm pretty much getting fed up with) as a whole. A big part of mainstream gaming is getting boring. I'm looking more into indie and more obscure developers who don't compromise their gameplay for the lowest common denominator.

I've finished the game and can't recall a single remotely memorable character. Except for Boromir, for the mere fact that he was Boromir. Anyone else would have been irrelevant.

Aww, isn't it sweet how Hades has become more open-minded? Don't you feel so much better about yourself now?

I'm much more likely to end up getting a Rev than any of the other consoles. There just needs to be some must-buy titles announced first.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/07/red-stee...reens-revealed/ Looks nice. Pretty cool how the player can tilt the controller and tilt the gun at the same time. Maybe not very smart, but cool nevertheless.

And you will buy Fallout 3.

Fallout 3 is going to get rave reviews like Oblivion is whether or not it lives up to 'Fallout'. You'll try to resist at first, but then all the positive impressions will be hitting up. You'll give and buy the Collector's Edition. This is *known* to you.

Haha, looks like someone's going to be buying Fallout 3.

A no-brainer a year ago, perhaps, but I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed HL2 as much had I played it these days.

I'm glad you bought the game ^_^

I'm trying to assess whether 20 bucks for 4-6 hrs will be worth it. Though, then again, it's HL2, a game I was quite impressed with (my favorite action-based straight-out FPS). More condensed content could do it some good. Hmm. HMMMMM. It's kinda stupid that it comes bundled with HL2DM and HL1:S-DM, one of which I already have and the other which I could care less about. You can argue that they're bonuses, but I'd rather have the game at a discount price.

Yeah, upon furthering pondering, I won't be getting this game. HL2 Ep1's fate remains undecided.

I have a Athlon 2.8, 1 gig of RAM, and a 9600XT. Game ran smoothly at lowish settings. I didn't even dare try higher settings.

I was to hang a dwarf head from my armor.

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It's not really roleplaying if the voices in the game really exist.

Yeah, NWN2 should offer a lot more diversity in terms of area building. In any case, yes, modding *can* be a chore, but it doesn't *have* to be. It really depends what you're focusing on and for what reason. I just like to go with the philosophy that if I don't enjoy modding it, then the player probably won't enjoy going through it. Of course, it doesn't always apply, either way, but it helps you keep on track of why exactly you're making a mod in the first place. Who are you making the mod for?

Don't PM him. It's a trap!

I've found that the 'work' can be tedious if you make it to be in your design. If for some reason your mod needs 'boring' parts in it, making them isn't going to be much fun, either.

Yeah, but they don't have armor.