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Starpoint Gemini 2. It's currently early access alpha. I'm enjoying it, worth a look if space games are you thing. I enjoyed the first one once it was fully patched. Game plays like Starfleet Command/Star Wolves, with rpg skills and perks. Trading/mining/pirating/bounty hunting all seem like valid paths but it's still too early to tell how valid. Graphics are nice(no X-rebirth). Ships tend to be to brittle though, I'm hoping they are beefed up as I prefer the fights to last longer. There is currently more than enough ships/upgrades to buy, pirates or freighters to pirate. Plus random mercenary missions. However while you can currently buy carriers, I don't believe the ability to launch them or hire pilots for them is implemented, a shame yes but still a feature I'm looking forward to using. It is ALPHA though, don't expect a campaign yet or a feature complete game. Even in it's alpha state, there is enough here(IMO) if you liked the first one or the Star Wolves series to would recommend it.

Good to see a little bit of sanity in the end(even if it was by accident). Hopefully it continues.

Some videos for those that are interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypKKr44ZHcA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokUlSgItD4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUSkSRs6Uo

I'm really enjoying it. My biggest complaints so far, is the campaign map slowdown. And of course as always the AI. I agree, it's well done.

If any of you are having trouble playing Rome 2, ATI and Nvidia have both released new drivers and CA have released a patch. Some graphic slider you should change if your having bad slowdown in battles: Sky: This caused quite a lot of FPS slowdown on my PC. Unit Detail: The difference between High and Ultra is manly for render distance, Ultra means further away troops rendered at top quality. However when zoomed in, they look identical. This kills FPS. Setting everything High, with textures on Ultra with 2x anti-aliasing gets me 35-50 FPS during battles. Nothing changes the campaign map though...

I just thought Gothic and PB had a pretty big following in Germany. Either way another game from PB whatever it's called, is welcome.

Doesn't PB have the rights to Gothic back now?

Well I for one would be fine with Michael Beihn companion DLC.

Dead State Demo at PAX. Go forward to 3:45:00 for the start.

Shogun 2 in prep for Rome 2 tomorrow. Also played a bit of Organ Trail, fun little game and the Consortium beta.

Thanks for the info. Graphically this game looks impressive, the slower, less flighty combat also looks to be better. Have they said anything about multiple PC VO? Because getting a voice that sounds right across human, dwarf, elf and Qunari... would be difficult.

The idea of the dragon keep is a good one. So can we expect The Citadel for the ME series? Or just a RGB slide.

Quite true. I still don't get why it can't be toggled. I wasn't fond of Hawke or Mike(AP), and having an option to mute just them would be preferable.

I ordered a copy from Dungeon Crawl. They're shipping an import version this week, though it admittedly is a little expensive at $65. Cheers, will give the site a look.

So for laughs I watched that DA anime....The option to not have Cassandra around would be an incline IMO. Must admit though, I'm not a fan of anime in general. Some questions still need answers for me: Is gameplay and story again separate? Is there any decent branching in story, or is it linear? Is it the players character, or are we directing bioware's character?

Bloody Australia and it' 'low violence' version that is still two weeks away.

Damn those pics are nice. Great xenon ships look like that, when I can't pilot them..... Come on X universe modders.

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I wonder how many teenage boys are going to try and claim unsuccessfully they are transgender to get in girls locker rooms. I know I might of tried it at that age. Until the mention of drugs and surgery popped up. "I wasn't perving honest!" "Was just exploring my transgender side". Being serious now, there isn't one groups opinion we haven't really heard, that is of the girls he'll be sharing toilets with. Might not be such a problem now, but as he gets older it will be. I know it's not fair but many girls will be uncomfortable with that. Is it fair to make a whole bunch of girls uncomfortable for the one boy who feels he is a girl?

Finally some combat footage. Seems like they've droped DA:O combat altogether and gone for a TW2/Two worlds type gameplay. They need to stop drumming on about tactical combat, this game will be about reflexes more than tactics(judging by that video). Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, just different.

Absolutely stunning graphics. Completely forgot about this, time to dust of the old X games to get back in the grove. Still sounds like you can't pilot multiple ships, but if we get an actual crew, with interesting characters, I can live with that. I'm thinking a pirate first run, just because it will be interesting to see if what they say about the game is true. Would make being a pirate much more rewarding.

Dragon Commander, seems pretty good so far.

I someone that enjoys good 'evil' options, murder, theft, betrayl, genocide etc. But I don't see a reason for rape. You murder someone because they are in your way. You steal something because you want more wealth/power. You betray someone because you dislike said person, or you gain something from doing so. You commit genocide because either a) you hate a race, or b) your using it to gain power, or both. What would you gain from rape in an rpg? A child would be the only possibility, and their are better ways to get that. People don't rape for power(political/land)/money, they do it because of uncontrolled lust or for a power trip(domination). I enjoyed being a cannibal in FO:NV going from town to town depopulating them. Eating the important NPC's wasn't intelligent, but it was very amusing and gave gameplay benefits. Rape isn't intelligent 'evil', it is not amusing to me, nor would it give any gameplay benefits. So on that basis I don't see worth in it's inclusion. Now 'if' the writers want to include NPC arcs around the subject, that's a different matter.

Meh is my opinion on DA2. I sit in the middle, don't particularly understand the vitriolic hate, nor the defending or praising of it. To me it's distinctly average. While I do prefer the original and Awakenings to DA2 I don't just want to see a revert to them. Still waiting for actual information about DA:I, it seems absurd that we still haven't seen a gameplay video. All we've seen is an in engine trailer. And rather than ask where is the gameplay? People bitched about Morrigan's facial features. *Sigh.

The important thing is, do you think it will stop if people do nothing? Do you think it's plausible for everyone to not react? If not, is it still a productive thing to allow it in some capacity? You honestly think doing something will stop it? You think an impassioned cry for truth, fact or good behaviour will be rewarded with a change of heart? But why do you care? Would it really matter if I called you a 'lying scumbag'? Do you think anyone here would believe me? Or do you think that the common sense of the other posters here would win out? And what do you think you could say to stop me trolling you? Given I've seen this happen only to see the topic re-open several days later, I'm not seeing a big loss. Sorry. If the topic is wanted enough, interesting enough it will return. Debating the troll achieves nothing but your own continued frustration and wasted time. It also derails the thread even more. Which is also a valid method of dealing with them. It's called not caring. It's realizing this is the internet and someone isn't worthy of your time. This isn't an e-peen contest. Nor is it a crusade for something, it's a damn forum/twitter feed. Neither does debating them, they leave because they get bored or banned. Not because of some crushing argument delivered.