Llyranor

I'll pussify *you*. In any case, the story outline doesn't really say much. Is it more or less compelling than being the child of a dead god, or an immortal amnesiac? Can't really tell.

I am currently in search of a storyline

Refresh my memory, was Dak'kon a Githyanki or a Githzerai?

Well, YOU stole *my* storyline, jerk.

Win.

Win. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1216213971004625060

Guess what Gabs does for a living!

Why the crap did I click on this thread? WHY?????

it'll be interesting to see how they pull off emergent gameplay. Go go radiant AI!

Hmm, hadn't noticed a demo was out. <3 Battlefront

You mean, like spears and crossbows? In any case, it's Bethesda's business model. If there's profit to be made and idiots will shell out money for it, there's no incentive to do otherwise. The trend isn't new. You can already buy items or whatever crap in other games already. You can whine about it or sue Bethesda, I guess. EDIT: Besides, Bethesda's bolder than you think http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.p...howtopic=340806

Well said, pixies. It's about time citizens stood up for the wellbeing of mainstream America.

Whoever's 'fault' it is doesn't matter. You're entitled to Oblivion and its patches, not to officially-supported addons. It's Bethesda's business and they call the shots (whether influenced by a third-party or not also doesn't matter, though we all know who that third-party is). Heck, how hard do you think it is for someone to make a armored unicorn mod for the PC version?

Because the repercussions of favoring the PC community over the 360 = bad business.

Hmm, I never needed to enchant any of my items, I found enough of them lying around (from important NPCs/bosses, I guess).

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday ^_^

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is now available, both at retail and through digital distribution via http://www.paradoxplaza.com

Who the freaking crap collects strategy guides?

Theres a big differance between addons and content that should have been in the game when it was released but is taken out and then sold separately to the customer as a "special bonus thingie" of some sort. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, lots of features from various xpacs were supposed to be in the vanilla in the first place. This is nothing new. "That's a cool feature/idea, but let's leave it for a xpac/sequel." As you say, though, this has the potential of setting a bad precedent, but armored horsies aren't what's going do it. Multiplayer, toolsets, there are already games out there that only offer those functional features only in xpacs. That's already a worse precedent.

You jerk, you just ruined Total War for me.

Yeah! And all those Digital Distribution modules from Bioware are scams, too. And those freaking expansion packs, man, why should I pay more money for additional content IF I ALREADY BOUGHT THE GAME????? WHY DO THOSE COMPANIES FORCE ME TO SHELL OUT MORE MONEY???????? WHAT KIND OF INDUSTRY ARE WE IN THAT I CAN'T EVEN HAVE A SENSE OF FREE WILL??????????????? And then I ate her.

Mount & Blade shareware. The game is pretty fun, but I'll fully explore it (at least, as full an exploration as lvl 6 will go) before I decide whether there's enough content to justify a purchase. Also, Gothic II demo, which convinced to be on the lookout for Gothic1/2.

Oh, I love the combat. Been messing around in the arena in the last while. What I'm intrigued about is the rest of the game - the 'sandbox' part. I'm wondering whether it's compelling enough in the gameplay sense, or if it might just end up portraying a sense of pointlessness.

Is the sandbox part actually compelling, though?