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  1. Monte Carlo
    QFT Dave Gaider used to write good dialogue for games until he started worshipping at the altar of Buffy. The original BG 1 / 2 games had a decent balance between a serious quest, some moving stuff and gonzo moments. Little brush-strokes of humour is needed, because traditionally Obz goes for some serious themes.
  2. Monte Carlo
    I sympathize. Even though I was the one who posted the thread, I wouldn't have many good answers of my own. I mostly read history stuff. This threads usually turn into a "I read more esoteric fantasy than you do" competitions.
  3. Monte Carlo
    Dolphins must be eradicated.
  4. Monte Carlo
    Never gets old for me, but hey, if you want to play Captain Average III then horses for courses.
  5. Monte Carlo
    Hey mstark I feel your pain, but I genuinely think they'll share when they've got something worth sharing. Then again, I'm not much of a techie type myself so I'm probably more patient and only want to see crunchy stuff my little brain can process.
  6. Monte Carlo
    Yes, you are being impatient.
  7. Monte Carlo
    I want to be an amoral, raffish, outrageous mercenary scoundrel, a bit like Nicomo Cosca from the Joe Abercrombie books. “My name is Nicomo Cosca, famed soldier of fortune, and I am here for dinner.”
  8. Monte Carlo
    Srsly, Joe Abercrombie. If you like GRRM you'll like Joe.
  9. Monte Carlo
    I am touched that my awesomeness prompts such elite photoshoppe action.
  10. Monte Carlo
    And there was you accusing me of talking out of my arse. I've read interviews where senior industry people have cited it as a major reason for concentrating development on other platforms and concentrate on ever more intrusive DRM.
  11. Monte Carlo
    The idea pile? No, the slush pile.
  12. Monte Carlo
    They've put romances in BG1, and act of heresy so awful that I wouldn't touch this with a bargepole.
  13. Monte Carlo
    You gotta love logic like this :D Bottom line: "pulls an absolute statement out of arse" "I've chosen my side" Dude, put it any way you like, be as rude as you like, be as smart as you like. I couldn't care less. There's a pro-something-for-nothing faction and one that's honest. That simple, and you've chosen the less-than-honest one. The smart-alec rudeness is all about your denial that your argument is based on dishonesty and, I presume, you do not consider yourself a dishonest person.
  14. Monte Carlo
    Thought I'd try a bit of comparison. Insurance fraud in the auto accident arena increases premiums from honest motorists. We all still drive, but we have to pay a little more so thieves can enjoy a little extra money. That's OK then.
  15. Monte Carlo
    Hey, thanks.
  16. Monte Carlo
    This thread doesn't belong here, it belongs in computer and console. Tacking it onto P:E the way you have doesn't really change that. It's a subject that's been kicked to death more than Romance. It's also a subject that breeds more mendacity and dis-ingenuousness than any other. Bottom line: some cheapskates want something for nothing. Other folks don't. The first group kill creativity and innovation. The second do not. I've chosen my side.
  17. Monte Carlo
    These threads always go wrong because of smart-arsed pro-piracy arguments. I particularly like the way they dress their greed up as some sort of freedom-fighting altruism.
  18. Monte Carlo
    Depends what jurisdiction you're in. Anyhow, it's still theft.
  19. Monte Carlo
    Pointing out that DA2 was crap is so obvious it hardly bears repeating.
  20. Monte Carlo
    No. It's just (for me, of course) a question that doesn't need answering. In a Mech-warrior game it could be interesting, in a fantasy CRPG not much so.
  21. Monte Carlo
    PE Paladin's sound like Commissars or WH 40K inquisitors. Which is cool.
  22. Monte Carlo
    One man's drink is another man's poison. Wow, I can't think of a more pointless, enjoyment-sapping mechanic in a CRPG.
  23. Monte Carlo
    Look at this plush, number-obsessed avatar of terror! A mauve monster with a faux-Eastern European accent in a dinner jacket! He *is* the terror that flaps in the night!
  24. Monte Carlo
    I blame the Cadbury's caramel bunny personally.
  25. Monte Carlo
    And this, I suppose, is the basis of the counterfactual assumption that historical armour was drab and boring to look at. As you've pointed out, it was anything but (most of the time). khaki uniforms were pioneered, iirc, by the British army in the Boer War. Boers wearing green jackets sniping on the veldt were at an advantage over the red-coated line. The history of camouflage is fascinating, but fatally O/T. If you think about medieval armour and warfare, colourful garb makes complete sense. You have a load of men clad head-to-toe in armour attempting to kill each other. Their only tactical recognition insignia are shield devices, crests on helms and patterned surcoats.
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