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Volourns alter ego? Personally I want to see some interesting companions, but if they do that, they'll most likely make them unkillable, which in turn will cause huge amounts of bitching and create balancing issues. Or second to worst case scenario (first case being none) we could get killable SOZ like cohorts.

Hopefully its not all marketing spin, and they are actually putting some effort into fixing some of ME weaker parts. For those interested and missed these on the ME boards: Gamespy preview Game Informer 1up Ve3tro?

No, it really IS that bad. Afraid not. Oblivion is both highly overrated by its fans and underrated by its haters, much like its creator.

I agree but Bethesda was probably afraid that removing those elements would infuriate Fallout fans. I don't really think that is going to cause them to lose sleep. Its more likely that they thought, what's the point in buying the Fallout IP if we don't use any of the groups/creatures that were in Fallout? Apologies thought you were one of those people that actually believed that. But I wouldn't play that mod, give me a FO mod from the NWN2 toolset or the upcoming DA one and I would be interested.

I'm so glad you don't decide the future of Fallout.

One thing the new trailer showed me, Claudia Black = No go for Morgan romance.

Didn't ME have a trailer advertising blue alien sex? Its just a marketing strategy not aimed at traditional Bio fans(because lets face it, they already have their dollar), one that will most likely boost sales.

I've been surprised by the raging this trailer has caused, people really need to step back and look at what this is, I mean its called the Violence trailer, so surprise surprise its violent. But now we have the 'hardcore' complaining thats its all blood and sex, completly forgetting everything thats been previously said/shown about the game, do you all have 3 second memories? If I showed you all a 90 second trailer of dialogue from Oblivion would that make you all believe that it was the second coming of 'Planescape'? Or if I showed you 90 second trailer of AP that contained gun battles and sex would you all make the same statements? Something tells me no....( I hope) Then there is comercial failure comments.... One thing I agree on, not their best trailer....

How about we leave DRM discussion in the DRM thread? Personally I was very impressed with MoW, I wasn't too sure about it after playing the Bio modules, but Ossian did a great job with MoW. To tell you the truth I enjoyed it more then SOZ and recommend it to anyone that has enjoyed NWN games. Hopefully we will get a few more adventure packs in the future.

Bethesda would want F:NV to be like their take on Fallout, so its pretty much a given that its the Gamebryo engine.

My bad, should of explained better, I had checked the screen shots and it looked interesting, what I wanted to know was whether it was just hack n slash, or if it had action and an emphasis on NPC interaction. However reading the forums: After reading that, I'll keep an eye on it.

Dues Ex & IW.

Gothic 2 was German, so good games can come from there. But then so did Drakensang.....

Seemed promising until: So is this series like the Diablo/Sacred games?

It would be lucky to sell as much as NWN2, games like this (NWN2 DA:O etc) will never be huge sellers. I'd be surprised if a torment sequel hits over 1 mil even if it got 10s across all major outlets(which doubtful). AP on the other hand will hit at least 1 mil, with scores of 7-8, if it got 10s.....

How about we not turn this into a fanboy showdown?

That's good IMO. The only issue is that the new things they tried follow the same 'CINEMATICK" / emo approach. That is just a low blow.

KoToR 2 wasn't really buggy, it just had a lot of content cut. NWN 2 had bugs problems, but I think OBS got most of the content they wanted in, the main problem with NWN 2 was performance.

Thanks for the tip, sounds good.

Damn rain, it looked like the race was going to have a good finish, with Glock about to put Button under pressure, and both Red Bulls storming through the field. Lesson learnt though, you can't start the Malasyian race that late next year.

E.Y.E That alone got me interested. (Minus the French narration, no offence, just prefer English) Woot. Also during the video, you see a conversation where it looked like multiple answers were present. Another +. Ok that would be disappointing but, I can look past it. For a game I have never heared of before to day, I'm very, very(x10) interested.

Classic.

Definantly, impulse bought, Mount & Blade, Nexus: Jupiter Incedent and UT3, all impulse buys on Steam, those weekend sales are killers. Last physical impulse buy was Crysis Warhead.

Language? You are kidding right? You telling me, most fantasy games don't sound like DA:O.... Don't know how camera enters into it, since LOTR was a movie(haven't played any of the games)..... Art direction reminds me of Witcher, NWN2 etc, in other words fantasy, I've haven't seen anything that makes me think LOTR ripoff. I don't know if said features are good or bad, I haven't played DA:O. I don't think BIO thought, "hmmm, gift giving is super popular with people lets put it in" I believe they think that it adds another layer to character interaction, that their core fans, the ones that have watched DA:O for the 5 yrs it been in development will enjoy. You just have to go on DA boards and read, 1000+ romance/NPC threads vs 10 combat threads. You might not enjoy the romance aspect of this game, that does not make it 'crap'or'stupid', it makes it an aspect of this game you do not like, something that should be pointed out though, is you are not required to take part in it, you don't have to talk to you team/group members, if interacting with them annoys you. Apparently you can even solo it if that was your hearts desire, you might get your ass kicked a lot though. As for NPC interaction/Cinematic presentation I will disagree, character interaction is what I enjoy most, I do find it fun, I also feel that a well presented story, with well written and interesting characters, is more 'artsy' and enjoyable then a game focused on combat. See differnet tastes. Do I prefer BIOs latest offering compared to there past, I think you know the answer, but in the end its just an opinion, one of millions. But remember I play BIOs games for story, characters and in game choices, not its combat. For someone like you(I'm assuming here) combat is a big part perhaps the biggest part of an RPG, I can see how a game might be less enjoyable if its too easy. Do I think DA:O has the 'bestest of best' animation no, is it serviceable yes, could it be improved yes. When they showed off the demo at NYC, one of the posters said she gave Alister a decaying arm. He didn't seem to like it. I would be worried if he did. The dog might of enjoyed it though....

Its not a RPG without it.