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Like what the other peoples said, I'm fine with weapon degradation so long as it's not akin to STALKER's, ie, you can't fix your broken stuff. What I'm expecting is a repurposing of the alchemy system in Oblivion towards repairing in Fallout 3. You find certain parts and gadgets and you combine them with a weapon or an item to repair it. That seems like the most straightforward option, besides multitool-like all purpose parts. Honestly, Fallout's applied skills were a little weird in that the vast majority of them didn't need any equipment to work. You could just fix a broken power generator with some know-how and your bare hands.

As I read it, Fallout 3 takes place 200 years after the bombs dropped, which puts it roughly 40 years after Fallout 2. This makes the implied abundance of super mutants halfway across the country rather preposterous given the facts in the other Fallouts (even if they are the remnants of the Master's army, they aren't immortal, and most should logically be dead after 120 years of wandering). And also, because my computer is somewhat dated in the processor department, it's heartening to know that it's definitely coming to the 360.

So Quantic Dream is making a Blade Runner game, eh?

In the wild and magical land of Europe they're selling a DVD with all the currently released PC games (1,2,Tactics) but be warned, I believe they do not come patched. Otherwise, they used to sell 1 and 2 in a dual jewelcase. Check Amazon.

From the descriptions I've heard, it doesn't seem like Oblivion w/ Guns at the moment. But it's not settled just yet. We won't be able to separate Oblivion from Fallout 3 until the extent of improvement in regards to the dialogue system is revealed. The combat could be just like Oblivion's and I wouldn't care. What I will not brook is a hotlink-style dialogue system in any incarnation. That's probably the only thing that would truly break the game for me.

More variety in regard to character creation in NWN2 would be greatly appreciated. Has anybody fixed those half-elven faces yet?

I might be sold on "hand held nuclear cannons" if it was more of a dirty-bomb type of thing, which would be slightly more plausible and workable. Mini-nukes... not so much. As much as I might give Bethesda the benefit of the doubt, it does appear that while they're trying to maintain retro-future aesthetics on some level, they seem to have largely abandoned the "Science!" aspect of Fallout. But I could be proven wrong.

I'm having one of those nights where everything you want is completely beyond your abilities. Blah.

From the looks of it, they may well make an engaging and fun game, albeit one that probably won't be considered "Fallout". I'm interested, but the spin from Bethesda and the anti-spin of the community are making things difficult to judge at the moment.

Sounds pretty good, but it's easy to dress up something ****ty and make it sound great. We'll see. Anticipation meter indicates - > not total disaster.

Being that BG2 is long and fraught with several games worth of replay value (whereas NWN2 only lasted about 2 playthroughs before running dry ) it's probably my favorite game of all time, slightly above Fallout 2. Also, I listen to a lot of music while I play my games, and BG2 might just stand out in my mind because I've played so much of it and thus so much music is associated with it in my mind.

Yeah, the planar handbook and those books pretty much describe Planescape in 3.5, and you have to remember that Torment was more about Sigil than anything else, and Sigil is now a universal D&D location.

Meh, Joanna Newsom's better, and probably more talented. Can't say, never heard these kids. Server's being judgemental, so I'm only able to host one song. Buck 65 - I'm Gonna Do Ya

Dude, there's a plastic surgeon every few blocks in Brazil. There are a lot of Brazilian supermodels. Just evil people, generally.

Who?

Depends on what context you have. Kingdom Hearts, to me, screams "let's just throw random **** into our game for coolness' sake." For all its flaws, Lionheart at least had some semblance of plot cohesion, at the beginning. Something like that, but better, would be optimal.

Sure, sure. According to Joystiq, official release date is October 12.

That's why you should listen to Ambient music. No beat, no distraction.

I was a fair bit lost at the outset and was sporadic in my play schedule, so at first I really didn't get into Torment. The restrictive character classes, the lack of variety in the weapons, the lack of armor and the reams (and reams, and reams) of dialogue put me off. But as I got farther into it it got better, and I really enjoyed the ending, despite being completely ****ed (being a thief and all) and having my wisdom and cha 2 below the threshold for non-combat victory at the end-game. It was a good game, and I'm sure it's great when one experiences the full reach of the options and paths in the game, but the first 75% of Torment is too boring to me to justify going through with different characters and fully wearing it out.

You should go, if not just to catch a glimpse of the solid dome of air pollution obscuring Athens from the sea.

It should be noted that she's good-aligned and apparently ONLY 15! Some sickos in the modding community. Looks asian, too. Perverts perverts everywhere. I was looking to add NPC mods to my BG2 game but the whole 15-year old romance thing threw me off as well. But since I've worn BG2 down to the bone now I suppose I'll give it a try if it's really that good.

From the sounds Feargus were making, I'd say yes.

I remember the Fade CNPC mod being particularly well written (it only goes to the end of BG2, reportedly they're working on ToB content, but I wouldn't hold my breath). Dark Ritual adds a bit of fun, but can really unbalance the game in your favor. Unfinished Business restores some cut content, not a lot, but it's certainly worth the few bugs it introduces into the game. Also, there are some CNPC behavior and dialogue mods out there too. I don't have linkies atm, but Dark Raven might. She's usually around here complaining about something.

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