Oblarg
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Listening to Enlighten the Darkness by Angel Dust.
One of the few concept albums I actually enjoy.
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Goes without saying, but I agree with the 'delay won't hurt' idea.
After KotOR2 (not that it was obsid's fault), I don't think many people on these fora would disagree.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausible_deniability
Just because the president isn't told you exist doesn't mean you're unaccounted.
So being an "plausibly denied" agent of US imperialism is better than being a unaccountable murderer and enemy of the people?
Oh... wait... they're the same thing.
Anyway, that video is old, I've seen it before.
I love this guy.
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I just don't want to be penalized in-game for not wanting something looking that ridiculous.
If using it offers greater functionality then of course you are going to be penalised by not using it. Whether or not you like the way it looks is irrelevant.
Obviously, that's why I'm expressing my disappointment.
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A scope on a handgun = terrible.
For concealability, yes. For shooting things that are far away, they are pretty good. That is why there are many of them made for revolvers and semi-autos with a variety of mounting methods. It just needs to be an actual pistol scope set up with proper eye relief.
I just don't want to be penalized in-game for not wanting something looking that ridiculous.
A pistol with a scope isn't very spy-like, and honestly, it just looks goofy.
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Consequences look great. I love the way the plot seems to develop (intercepted email of Grigori selling you out is golden).
This game just keeps looking better and better.
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Are there any missions in which the only weapon you can take is a pistol, due to its concealability?
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The pistol laser sight looks incredibly goofy. All I want is a simple laser sight mounted under the barrel. A pistol scope on a semi-auto looks very overkill.
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Can't believe this one hasn't been requested yet.
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^ That gives me an idea...
You need connery for Bond.
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Stagnant Progression - New Eden
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Revolvers are old fashioned and inpractical. I doubt a spy would use such a thing these days.
Revolvers are extremely practical and dead reliable.
AP's firearms are a little on the "fantastical" side of realism, but video games in general tend to be pretty forgiving about how ammunition is loaded into weapons. You pick up endless magazines of ammunition and it magically gets sorted into full mags by the time you need to reload. Yippie!
Yeah, right. But a real Agent would look silly when engaged into close combat, say within a house. I mean you get one shot with your revolver while your opponent can pour 7-8 shots with his Glock 19 into your direction in the same amount of time.
Ever heard of a double action revolver?
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Is The Anti-DRM Champion Stardock's action too intrusive?
I don't know who or what Stardock is.
Somebody mentioned online activation for patches, though? Well that's no better than any other form of online activation, is it? I'd certainly call that intrusive.
But I also think Steam is intrusive (for exactly the same reason). I really don't like the concept of online activation. You wouldn't accept it for a music CD or a movie DVD, now would you?
Funny that the champions for no-DRM implemented this then.
Obviously they felt it was enough of a concern that if you wanted to patch your game, then you needed to do a quick validation in order to download the game.
This discussion has nothing to do with CDs or movie DVDs. That's a red herring.
Really, you only have to validate your game if you want to download additional content for it, and even then it's not restrictive at all.
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"Aperture Science, we do what we must, because we can" lalala
now listening to nothing
Currently listening to ARK - Burn the Sun
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Currently listening to: Conception - The Last Sunset
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Graphics have really taken a jump forward since some of the earlier releases.
Keep it up, obsid.
The only graphical issue that bugged me at all was some of the lipsyncing.
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I'd like to see alerted enemies actively searching for Mike, and I'd like to see enemies in combat both using cover and attempting to flank mike so as to get a shot at him while he's in cover.
Also, better reaction time, and less idiotic standing around.
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I won't buy Core i 5 or any other new component the moment it comes out (It would be far from the situation in which "things are settled"). However, now that Intel told that they will discontinue Core 2, it would not be wise to buy it at the moment, either. Furthermore, Core i 7 is too high end and resource-hungry (Core i5 seems to be going to have more modest profile). In any case, the timing doesn't seem to be good for a new PC. I'll wait and see till everything is settled as I have written twice already. The same thing goes to Alpha Protocol. Its success would depend mostly on the console market and I don't think whether my modest self buys it on its release date or not matters much.
The i7 will come down in price pretty soon. My next comp is going to be an i7, probably a GTX 285, and tri-channel 6gb DDR3 1600.
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Off Topicnewegg, google, and wikipedia are your friend if you're looking to build a computer.
Thanks but, as I wrote, I did my research. Searching for further information doesn't quicken the time for Intel to release Core i5 CPU and for other makes to release compatible parts, for example. What I have to do is to wait till things are settled and, as I said, there is no hassle for me.
Really, you won't want to buy an i5 the moment it comes out. It's good to stay one generation behind the top end of current technology, you get the best performance for your money that way.
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This thread is reason enough for Obsidian to make the story in AP based on personal motivations rather than geopolitical ones. More individual antagonists motivated by greed/love/lust/hate/revenge/etc. and fewer organizational antagonists motivated by politics, please!
I actually had the opposite response. This is why I think working on real-world games with real-world problems and themes is important. People are more likely to take games seriously if they deal with actual problems instead of vaguely displaced angst.
That's one of the parts I'm interested in about AP since RPGs are too often taken as mere escapism rather than some experiments about real world issues which make the players think. As far as I can remember, I think games which took the closest approach to this were Deus Ex series.
However, I haven't upgraded my PC for so long time that I need to build/buy a new PC. After I made a brief research on this, I've found neither Intel or AMD has a clear roadmap and I guess I'd better wait till things including the upcoming Windows OS are settled. Since my current computer is still good enough for daily tasks, there is no need for me to hassle, either. I guess I'd better spend my time on other things than gaming for a while. Even if AP is released as scheduled, I'm probably not going to buy it, at least, till next year due to the "technical issue".
newegg, google, and wikipedia are your friend if you're looking to build a computer.
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The Bourne Identity (really the entire series) is basically all about one guy trying to figure out who he is (personal motivation) within the context of the CIA engaging in sinister neocolonialism (serious, real-world political stuff).
I don't think these things are incompatible or at odds at all.
They're not incompatible, but the former is more important to the films than the latter. You have to focus more on the personal motivations than on the sinister neocolonialism.
Let's create the worst fantasy setting ever.
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This is becoming too interesting and innovative.
Get back to the generic and the cliche, people.
One of the characters has to find an elf-made sword of unfathomable power during the journey.