Hassat Hunter

Well, I am not going to shell out more money to BIO or any other company just because they spend too much money on making a game. And why? Aside from the full VO point Monte Carlo mentioned, which with I fully agree (Drakensang had this and I rather liked it, allowed for deeper convo's than most fully voiced games... and now they promise Drakensang 2 HAS full VO, and I fear for the dialogue lenght) there are the ever obvious graphics. What takes a very large amount of money, time and people these days that took less in the older days? The graphics. And really; do we need it to be so realistic? Especially if it means companies NEED 2 million sales just to afford them? I hardly doubt that. If developers can just ease back on the graphics cost, then they need less sales to make a profit, and we don't have to shelf out too much money for too little content (DLC). Remember the Cold War? All those spendings on weapons (graphics)? Would you really taken it for granted if all of it was recouperated through taxes (DLC)? Nope, I think there were demonstrations, and people wanting the spendings lessened. And now still both the US and ex-USSR have major debts because of it. Races for the best are never turning out well... @ TheHarlequin: Not quite true. Developers pay everything, they just get financing from the producer. And this might not always be enough to cover costs if products get delayed too long, or it ends up costing more than estimated. If the producer gives more financing to cover the expanses that's good, but that doesn't always happen, and then financial issues may lead to the demise of a studio. Surely, most of the times this also means the loss of finance for the publisher, but not always. And sometimes it gets even more complicated; Remember the producers of Duke Nukem Forever sued the developers because they want their money back. @ Mamoulian War: Exactly. Wait for GOTY/Gold, and you get a lot more bang for your buck. Sadly enough this can only be done for popular games, less popular will probably be unfindable if you wait too long .

What... here? No! No it can't be! Yeah, I know. Staggering ain't it...? Except for the map and other goodiees in a boxed version. And you still have to DL new DLC in the future, probably forcing you to replay DA to access it (unless you have saves handy or can continue after the main campaign is over). And if Gold doesn't include them by then I suppose modders added them in (same happened with the IWD salesman in BG2). So if I wait, not only is it cheaper, I get a more complete story in one run etc. Maybe I am just old fashioned though and like a X-pack more that takes place *after* the main story instead of added inbetween.

Yeah, and the suggested fix is using a mod. But since you're on the X-box...

Looks like the thread diverted from DLC to DRM. As with several others on the earlier pages of this thread I keep out buying my copy of DA till a Gold edition which will have all DLC-content, instead of having to purchase them like this. Hopefully also including the gigantic pool of pre-release DLC, bonus DLC, item DLC, unlockable DLC and stuff that makes the avarage consumer loose track. Seriously, there are like 12 unlockable bonus items already? And spread all over the place? As for the ingame NPC, that's just extreme bad marketing. I know what Alanschu said but a NPC shipped with the game asking you to buy "new" content can't do anything but make you feel ripped, like it should have already been in the game at the start. If it was just about getting attention, how about having the UPGRADE button show DLC too? With the trend of release date patches I am sure most people will check for updates as soon as possible, and if the updater shows "Warden Keep" as downloadable for a price besides the free patch, surely that's plain enough as it can be without having to resort to stuffing ingame NPC's with immersion-breaking messages. Sure, you still get flak for a release date DLC package, but less than a NPC ingame saying "BUY my content, that isn't in the game unless you pay $7 but was planned otherwise I wouldn't stand here pulling you in for it!" which does imply intentional cutting. As yes, the BG1 X-pack did too (BG2's not). Oh well, will give my opinions on DA in a year or 2...

Developers also spend time in making choices count, different endings, and different lines with each character depending on how you want to deal with them. I think the developers took their time to put in excluding missions (different fractions), so it's definitely 0% likely you see all the content in 1 game. Or 2 games. Probably not even after 3 games, even if you did all 3 JB stereotypes now. Is that a flaw of the game, that you cannot enjoy a part of the game just because you choose to kill Mr. X instead of saving him, even if the devs spend so much time in the story you get when you save X, in the exact same game, even if you paid for the saving X. content? Or is that actually one of the strengths of any RPG? As for the major discussion above: I usually play my first character as myself (pick lines I would say, pick the sides I like most etc.), only then a second game and forwards do I roleplay a character, or just pick the other options to see what happen...

Meh, I bought GTA3 in the stores when I was like, what, 12 or 13 or something. Why should the owner care? And I am not particularly homicidal now, nope. Actually I have been far less violent since I started gaming than before. But if selling such games to underage was banned, what would happen is that their parents would buy said games for their children. Because; why should they care?? Well, unless it's one of those whacky parents that try to pass said law, but they seem to be pretty rare. So in the end it's not the games, but the parentship. Maybe they should have tests to test how good parents people would be and ban them from having children if they fail? Hell, that would be a good idea everywhere in the world, not just Germany.

Stop threatning to make a restoration project of your own and make one, dammit! You promised us to work on it already by now... guess you're word isn't worth much?

I find it sadder I lost my ability to kill children in games. Also; it's of course obvious BS, like any of the anti-gamer laws trying to ban stuff.

Some people here never heard of GOTY or Gold editions. And patching up re-releases is unfortunately not all that common yet. The BG-pack and IWD-pack still forced me to manually download all patches (like that outrageous free expansion called " Trial of the Luremaster". Seriously, Black Isle. What where you guys thinking, adding free additional content to a patch? ) Also; the director's cut probably is intended for people like me, having never played The Witcher, and being willing to do so, but never found a hardcopy in a store .

A Chainmail +3. Pretty nice to have 2 off in BG1.

Well, encounter plenty, don't remember that many. This one I do remember though: *Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swordcoast. I saved after defeating the Wolfwere leader, and died opening his chest to a fireball trap (Imoen had too low skill to detect, had no thieving potions left ). Obviously I reloaded my save. Odd was however that my PC remained dead (and that didn't end the game)! Every time I had a mapchange his corpse would be spawned along the rest of the members. With no means to resurect I decided to load the quicksave, losing about 1.5 hours of progress . Then when I left the island I saved after the cutscene, and ended up loading that save later (died again). Each time it loaded the cutscene though and the person that should walk to me didn't. And after I killed him inside he still would remain standing outside. I finally decided to attack and kill him (civilians didn't care, only 20's hitted, took 15+ minutes) and take a second unique very nice armor. Aaah, bugs... aren't they fun?

Do it already... sjeesh. Or do we have to whine to you about being slow and lazy aswell?

Had the same issue, and it kept happening (with my save from that area), unless I used a save from when I was inside the cantina (before loading it up again). Do you have an alternative save nearby?

Yes.

Yup. However it did surface in the BG's. I remember the end of BG1: Assassin casted a cloudkill in BG's Red Light District, about 20 girls died .

Deus Ex! Hilarity ensued.

The game isn't very clear on the requirements but in order to start you HAVE to have Visas equip a lightsaber (and then need 2 spares for yourself).

Good old days of LA Adventure games (and no, I never beated a single one without a walkthrough either, unlike most recent adventures). "Your mother wears a toupe!" "Coming face to face with me must leave you petrified" "Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!"

Also; 80% of the bugs Miltiades reported are from VANILLA TSL. So they say nothing at all about TSLRP stability.

I just read Eidos plays the Sad Panda because the previous Tomb Raider (Legend) sold 3 million, so 1.7 is a severe drop from that. But what do you expect milking a franchise???

1.0b8 is playable enough, if you know the workaround for all known issues (alot of them now posted on Mantis; like the HK-blackscreen, press 1 at Telos, exiting the HK-factory, the 2 crash/block issues on Nar Shaddaa). Should help pass the time till TG finishes.

If you sold T3- That's intended game behavior. You probably didn't piss off/please the exchange enough (the slavers on the ship is only one of the requirements for the call). Check with the bat in the cantina area. If you really think you got hit by the "called without being called" bug (which *should* be caused by reentering the EH after the slavers, which is something you didn't do from your description) use the KSE to confirm or deny (and if confirm fix it). It's all described in the sticky FAQ...

Probably smoke-related. Tune down some graphical options (especially soft shadows) if the DisableVertexBufferObjects=1 tweak for the KOTOR2.INI doesn't fix it completely already.

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Being a fan of Bloodlines a new WoD game (offline) would be great too. Otherwise; steampunk suggestion wins, with a DX like game as third (but they already make that).