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I can't stand RPGs that are meant to be action based. I think it's a flawed concept. RPGs as a system, blow for action. I hate Diablo just the same. Overlord didn't pretend to have the RPG section. It was pure action adventure. Fable and Overlord both attempt a british cartoon humor style of art design, only Fable's attempt at it came across as a political cartoon with no context. The humor in Overlord was actually amusing. The humor in Fable was grating. And if I'm going to play a game who's only upside is fighting? I'm going to be playing Dead or Alive or a multiplayer shooter, not a hack and slash. To get me to like a hack and slash, you need to have at least 1 of the following 3 items: 1) Good humor 2) Good puzzles or just generally thought provoking concepts 3) Good atmosphere The fewer items you have of each, the more you need of what you do have. Fable had nothing. Overlord was amusing, it had strategy and puzzles, and it did very nice plays on the traditional fantasy stereotypes.

I'll justify this statement better after lunch, but I'm putting it out for general response right now. Overlord was everything Fable did wrong done right.

God, how I hate Fable. Most people don't seem to catch on, but what it tried to present early on is an ambiguity of heroism and inspiration. It came across as idiot stoner philosophy. Even evil men can be heroes, because they inspire people! *bangs head on desk* I can only imagine what that was like when they came up with it in the office. Dev1: "Well, we can't come up with any remotely original ideas for the hub of the game. So, we're going to make it a school. Perhaps an adventuring school." Dev2: "Hmm. Sounds good, sounds good. WAIT! I've got it. Make it a school for heroes!" Dev1: "But we want to give good and evil equal exposure, why make it a school just for heroes?" Dev2: "Who says evil people can't be heroes? Y'see, hero is an ambiguous term. Even mice and ants can be heroes. Everything can be heroes. An evil person can be a hero simply by being great and inspiring others to be great!" Dev1: "Wouldn't that just make him a villain? What's wrong with just making him an adventurer and leaving out the boorish pseudo-philosophy?" Dev2: "Look, dude, I had Starbucks today. I'm deep. I know what I'm talking about."

Requesting permission to speak poorly of Fable.

Microsoft's "Games for Windows" has shown absolutely no progress in benefiting Windows as a games platform outside of just making things operable better with Vista and having consistency. It's done nothing. Games tend to stick to the platform line they originated or are otherwise traditionally on. This is assuming there's not a big screwup on one companies end like what ended Nintendo and Square's relationship a few years back. KOTOR has been a notorious Xbox franchise, they're not going to make the leap to PC native when its main success has been on consoles. And KOTOR III isn't going to be an MMORPG. If there was a KOTOR MMO, it would be more akin to being called KOTOR Online. I think Square Enix is the only company that ever incremented a non-MMO main series number to title an MMO game.

I drank 13 beers in a four or five hour period a couple of months ago. My friend, who stopped at 12, got sick that night but I only got dizzy after laying down. Spread that out over the course of 16 hours, I think there's room for some booze. And I was already fine the following day.

I was over a friend's house yesterday. He recently got a 360 and has been buying quite a few games for it. He only had one old Xbox game out. Fable. And his profile icon is Fable. He tells me he really enjoys it because he can appreciate it for what it is, "an RPG Hack and Slash."

I bought Gunslinger Girl and Gundam: Stardust Memory DVD sets. I've seen a couple episodes of Gunslinger Girl, but this was mostly an impulse buy. Stardust Memory I had on VHS an age ago. Anyone here have opinions on Gunslinger Girl?

You do know that 64-bit OSes can run 32-bit apps, right?

Fable was obviously too deep for Sand.

I enjoy McDonald's on rare occasions. The burgers are nice when I like my burger a little salty. The burger sizes are generally small for when I don't feel like eating much. And they were the first restaraunt to have good chips. Though everyone has good chips nowadays.

I would sooner presume KOTOR III to be an Xbox game. Initially.

I would have considered purchasing it if they finally implemented touch attacks applying sneak attacks. Wait, wrong thread. Same idea, though. If they had implemented features that target my interests. Batch file renaming, skinning, that issue where if you change your resolution then change it back your icons go all over the place. Most important would have been streamlining and lowering the OS's default footprint. Customization Organization Performance

But did it change the way you viewed gaming?

That game was awesome and epic.

I just bought the Doctor Who - Key to Time Collection. 10 1/2 hours of Tom Baker as the Doctor goodness, including a serial written by the late Douglas Adams. Opinions coming as I finish each serial.

I did use the medstation against him, actually. The thing is that he didn't go for that one. He went for the one outside, which I had already hacked.

Protoculture Collection is the entire remastered set? Well, crap, I have the first 4 parts (discs 1- seperate. I'd save only about 10 dollars getting the second half over getting the set.

I'll take you seriously.

I agree with Nightshade. I see too often people exercising what seems like a chimera of entitlement and ignorance. This looks kind of like one of those times. Though I guess this case sways more towards ignorance than the other. Just because equipment is capable does not mean it should be encouraged or considered supported, especially if there's reason to forsee problems or technical limitations that need to be overcome. However, this guy construes it as a lie?

According to wikipedia, a Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law game is being made using the Ace Attorney mechanics! Capcom will distribute it and it will feature Capcom character cameos (like the TV series had Hanna Barbera cartoon character cameos). That is so awesome. Edit: Shortly after I type that I find boxart. And a surprise... it's a PS2 game. http://kotaku.com/gaming/first-fridays/dev...wout-297771.php

HOLY CRAP! Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is one awesome game. I've only finished the tutorial case and the first full case, but I'm hooked!

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney showed up on my doorstep 2 days after I ordered it and 3 days early. Guess what I'm playing?

Not really, they're basically gone after the Macross Saga. Well, you lose 90% of the plot for the first half of the series. Chances are, the first movie will be the Macross saga, if not the first trilogy. That's assuming it's a retelling, which is most likely won't be. Robotech was created as a bastard, they kind of have free reign to go nuts with it. When you're making a movie using source material that's not even true to its own source material, you don't really have to be true to that. It's not even particularly internally consistent. Mainly I just think Robotech is a bad property. Macross is occasionally a good property, the original Macross series and Macross Plus. But a Robotech movie will most likely completely ignore the themes from them (especially Plus).