Judge Hades

There is no significant dialog in Diablo to count for number 5. Also most of the Diablo's actions is based off how fast and how often you press the button. More player based reaction than character based reaction. So it misses on 3. Haven't played Diablo enough to determine if it has dice rolls or not, beyond damage, but it might have number 4 secured. Due to the limitations of character creation I have to give it a .5 in the first catagory. 2.5 out of 5, is rather piss poor in my opinion, but a game needs all 5 for me to consider it a real RPG.

My Checklist for a RPG. Character Creation: I need to be able to create my character in some way. I dictate his or her skills, his or her abilities, and possibly his or her general appearance. Character Development: I am not talking story aspects here, but actually having the character gain experience and power which increases his or her skills and abilities during gameplay. Success and Failure are Character Dependent: The actions in which the player does succeed or fails based on the character's skills and abilities and not the players. Simulated Dice Rolls: There needs to be a certain level of randomness and uncertainty. Story Driven Interactions: The character should be able to talk to NPCs, gain information, develop in story, and they such. Interactions like this are key in proper story telling. These are things that are just off the top of my head. If I think of more I'll post them.

Without any modifications it would have to be Baldur's Gate 2, without the Throne of Bhaal .

So is there any challenging CRPGs in the horizon? I don't see any.

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Here you go! http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/5977/sounds/yoda-meg.wav

Epiphany, that would bea good compromise. Frankly that was what I was expecting the ending in KotOR 2 to be.

Shown is better.

How's what?

It would be best to stop this word association thingie. It gets the mods a bit pissy. I mean if they banned such things in the Off topic forums, they will most certainly be grumpy seeing it in the normal forums. Oh, my turn. DEVIL!

Bard's tale? SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW!

The point is don't blame Obsidian for making a bad choice. Live with it and move on.

It is not sad. It is a form of population control.

Nah, I prefer to have sex with those of the opposite gender and at my own age (plus or minus 5 years). At least you have something in common with Michael Jackson.

Is that your favorite tree? Is its bark worse than its bite?

There are jokes and there are jokes that cross the line. That one crosses the line in my opinion.

You messed it all up. Boing is not the antonym of Spam. Mods, this thread needs a serious locking.

Um... WHo in their right mind would have a GeForce 2 in their system nowadays anyway?

YAY!

SPAM! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> PING!

BLARGH!

Yep and if KotOR 2 didn't have rampant leveling and forced you to play a Force user it might have been a game worth buying.

Why not Obsidian? Give them actual time to finish the game instead of a 12 month rush job and they would do a great job of it. Oh, that's right. You are an X-Boxer who believes they have to have perfect games. You have a console. Consoles have limitations. Deal with it.

My thoughts exactly.

I will never join the dark side! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!