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I recall Gaider coming out and saying that the 11 month timetable was entirely a Bioware decision. I'm inclined to believe him. To further your theory, some concept art of Hawke that's reminiscent of Inquisitor garb exists. The inquisition plot is apparently quite old. And with DA2's ending, I can't help but think it was partially designed as a prologue for what they planned for DAI.

Encountered three bugs in my Alien run last night. None gamebreaking, all kind of weird. First one is in the second encounter with the alien. You have to hack a door and he's stalking in the vents. Well, I hacked it and the moment I did out he comes. I rush through the door and start pounding away at the controller to use the elevator. It takes a while before the option even appears, and immediately after it works, I get stabbed through the back by the tail. During the loading screen I was debating whether that was scripted and I'd be dealing with it on the next level or it if was a bug and I'd end up dead while loading. Thankfully there was no death, but it wasn't intended behavior. Got into combat with an android I couldn't see. Turns out he was in the next room over running into the wall between us. I got an achievement for escaping that combat without any damage. I also encountered a couple fresh-in-box androids in a storage room. Combat music starts up, I figure I'll hide in a closet just to see what happens. A couple seconds in, an androids yanks me out of the closet, I do the QTE, and pull from its grasp. It immediately drops all hostility and then walks back to faceplant against its now empty, but still sealed, glass case. I could do no damage to it.

I saw Gone Girl and the entire time I thought to myself "Rosamund Pike would make a perfect lead for an Alien film." That's just kind of how my mind operates. Reminds me of Sigourney Weaver.

Have you come across any tedious areas yet? One of the reviews I read said that the good parts were dragged down by a bunch of walking around with nothing happening. That's what I was referencing positively as the long atmospheric opening. So far all I've done is seen a few lights go out, turn on the power in a few places, and read journal entries. Nothing has happened. I've played almost an hour.

Haven't played any of them.

After Smelter Demon is the Old Iron King, and then Fume Knight if you got the DLC (lol don't get me started on the Fume Knight, literally 75 tries to bring him down, and that's with using summons). If you return to Smelter Demon's location then pursuer shows up. You also get to fight 2 pursuers at the same time after you kill the last boss and go back to the throne room in Drangleic Castle How is the DLC? I'm really thinking about getting it. And are you telling me that it's integrated into the game's normal progression?

I started Alien: Isolation and it gives an incredible first impression. Graphically I forgot last gen was this capable. It's building up good expectations from the start with little environmental details you can play around with, a long atmospheric opening even before any enemies are found, and promises of metroidvania openness with locked doors I won't be able to access until later.

The first fight would be the optional one. I don't remember the one after Smelter at all. Hmm...

Still running through Wright v Layton. Still loving it, it's one of the best for either series. Just bought Alien: Isolation, haven't checked it out. I need to grab the Dark Souls 2 DLCs and I'm proving that I hate myself by going through Neverwinter Nights. So I've got a full plate of late.

I'll remember that if I ever see you in a climate change thread.

I bet he's not even really Irish.

Origin isn't only EA games. https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/browse/ubisoft Admittedly, Ubisoft seems to be the only other publisher I can find on board with them. Activision, Namco, 2K, don't seem to.

How did I not discover Supernatural before now?

I liked how Invisible War handled it. I thought it was clever.

Star Wars canonicity is a complicated affair. Suffice to say though that TOR is in the same boat as both KOTORs officially.

LOL. XD You think I'm joking? Is it so wrong that I want to strap on a nuclear device and extort some Reapers to rescue Saren?

We probably will, so that's not saying much. The patient was sent home while symptomatic. I won't be the least bit surprised if one of the family members comes down with it. But you're still right the situation doesn't warrant it. There's no reason to think this is going to become an epidemic on US soil. It's an excuse for fearmongers to ply their trade and complain. I say this living near Dallas. My sister visited that hospital last week. Of course, her husband is a germaphobe who talks about burning clothes even when there's no reports of deadly viruses in the city. That's fun. :/

There's a massive gap between content cut from an early script, then implemented later as DLC, and content cut from the game itself to sell as DLC.

Unless it turns out that it's being developed as a serial-numbers-filed-off Farscape fangame, I don't see myself giving it the time of day. I might pop into threads of other people discussing it to make some off-topic snarky comment that only displays the bitterness I thought long gone. But that's like the limit.

The only problem with a female Exile is that Disciple is terrible. The Handmaiden is Kreia's daughter, for crying out loud. Edit: Is it just me or does that sound like Wil Wheaton with something caught in his throat?

I am only allowed to tell you two things. But by telling you that, is it a third thing? There is a Keep beta and I am in it.

How dare you use that name here. I'm sticking with my headcanon where that's a brainwashed handmaiden.

How dare you use that name here.

Escapist isn't claiming this, it's reporting on a Slashdot post. Which comes from a user submission, which is talking about a winbeta.org post. I never understand why people don't actually follow these links to their source before linking them. Winbeta is the only one doing any actual reporting. They should be what's linked.

Even I'm tired of ranting about Mass Effect 3. I just want to put it in a box with the prequel trilogy and forget it exists.