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Ok, ok :D Anyway, Does anyone know of any new RTSs that are coming out soon (to pc)? I am in the mood for some decent new action. Sidenote: MS Seems to have released Mech Commander and Mech Commander 2 source codes a few years ago. There are some nice campaigns for them if you are intrested in some 30+ ton monster battles

Buhu, Decent Rums are rare here (other than Malibu, if you can call it decent or rum). Not to mention over the top priced. Want to trade some for Vodka and Raki?

Computer or Table Top game wise? I think I will have to concede the point to WH40k Marines. If we are allowed to get into books, then RAH's Marines are the best.

Dunno, Maybe I was expecting a lot but I really thought the first level of the game would be around the time of my goat exam, doing small tasks in the Vault, seeing the inside of a Vault full blown for the first time. Instead All I got was about 20 lines of Dialogue from dad and then an escape mission that happened after a sleep of 4? 6? years that didn't even have alternate paths, maintenance hatches and so on And don't start me on those "totaly rad" roach infestation inside a sealed Vault...

Oh no doubt about it Syraxis, It is like a light flavored, slightly fruit tasting, spicy and smooth beverage. You just consume it without realising how much of it you have drunk and then the bottle is finished while you were not looking...

The problem is not Dad but having to go trough a specific linear chain that is based on your son and father" relationship's strenght to get to the ending. The whole story (as it is told now) is about your dad, your dad and your dad. You are just a little pawn in his game. If Bethesda had offered alternate paths that linked to the main story trunk at some points (Like a Rivet City Questline where you decide to forget about dad and settle in Rivet City. However your "actions" in becoming a RC Citizen; namely exposing a criminal and taking over his whatever shop. Whatever being based on your highest skill; A gun shop, a machine shop, a clinic and so on) start an innocent chain of quests that get you trading and searching pre-war stuff for Rivet city and what do you know? One of the places you raid for this stuff turns out to be your dads prison... You are stuck with him again! and from a totally unexpected chain of events you are back on the main story trunk Beth could have created such alternate story lines (That any writer can mass produce rough draft by half a dozen in a few days) that would make the game a much more better experience. Even with their usual level of dialogue, a "complex" seeming interlocking quest chains would have made the game much much better compared to all those unrelated quests the game has at the moment. I guess, whatever Obsidian decides to do, I would like to see their work presented in a interconnected way. The quests could all be normal bland stuff but if they can weave them well even bland stuff can crate a good tapestry.

Err.. But it is true? As Thomas you stand back and headshot the tangos with rifle while Ray charges and kills the rest. Or in more cramped areas you try to headshot while ray cleans the place . Besides Bow&Arrows, and Knifes are only useful on (some) solo parts. Ps. Ray also sucks becouse it takes ages to reload those Prime Rangers while Thomas does not need reloading Pps. Thomas does need to rest after stubbing his toe every other step but anyway i like rifles Ppps. Thomas has the cooler weapon trick Pppps. Thomas also

Dunno, is it sexist then? But that only means hating other sex or so the dictionary says and so on. Dunno what came over me but ill stop trolling now. (I hopee )

I really wish Obsidian will go and rip off from new GTA a bit for this game. The whole doing odd jobs to live by, then getting access to some bolder jobs with bigger payoffs then save some of that cash to invest in some locations (a general store or a gun shop or maybe a machine shop?) which in turn gets you into contact with more troubles (aka quests). I know this sounds a bit tycoon like but such a system could have meen a nice addition; "your" shopkeepers greeting you with respect and so on. From the beginnig to the third game (tictacs included) we have been slaving for others. Isn't it time to battle for our own needs?

You racist! You just cant stand Lesbians! Confess it!

Oh come on, no game can be worse than Bayonetta! The whole jump from this lateral pipe, do a wall run then swing around that pole while shooting thing looks fun. Besides I like Tarantino films :D It is in the vein of Overdose / BloodRayne but has the move around a lot gimmick. BTW Did you see the Just Cause 2?

Purkake: The Dreamfall did suffer from some weird development problems i think. They knew what they wanted to do with the game and its ending but somehow the game seems to have changed hands at 3/7 from the start and the last 1/7 was done. the rest was just filled with idiotic filler content which felt (and was) extremely rushed. I am not disputing the goodness of the original script but the version we have in the game.... It just makes me want to forget it for wounding the setting and both stories so much...

You really like living dangerously by baiting nerdrages don't you?

Nope I mean the original game. Sure the Dreamfall was also a nice story (adventure) about another girl, Zoe, but while making that game, they managed to kill everything that made the first game's romantic charms. On a completely unrelated note; I found some weird tidbits about MS raping FASA (And Bungie, and Ensemble it seems)

/sigh... I miss dear little April so much. She was just the wrong person at the wrong place at the wrong time with a mistaken identity on top. Still her journey was an epic one. Too bad they just wasted the whole concept and did *cencored* things to it in TLJ. TLJ could have been a much better game without any tie ins to the mystical crap (and the whole aspect was crap in that game) and happen as a spin off happening solely in the tech part of the cosmos... (Or even as a seperate and new setting) I am feeling sad again for another dead game

Ah, frag! not the Descent! Please no! Not the Descent! /Sob There are some things, once expoerienced, can never be flossed out of your memory. Even with bleach!

I mentioned it before, A squad / henchman control system like or even a more primitive one like (stripped of its ability commands) Mass Effect to tell those idiots to go behind that cover and stay there would be very nice

What you would like to see the usual game trailer? I thought you would appreciate something new.

Dont have a PS3 or XB360 but I am looking forward to Wet. I guess I am a sucker for that kind of "free running" gameplay (Mirrors Edge, Assasin's Creed)

As far as plot twists go, that was a real suprising one. Those guys (Quantic Dream) are one of the most creative and unique designers in gaming community. However I just don't like to see supernaturals (Vampiers, Mages, Aliens, AIs, Genetic Experiments, whatever) injected into the game anymore. It either becomes a yawnfest (farcry) or becomes so out of here that you just snap out of the game with an angry "oh, come on!" like the last half / 1/3 of Fahrenheit. Still they do seem to be able to the reception of their game. Their new title "Heavy Rain" seems to be able to do really incredible things like you can see

Umm... Those are the guns Colonial Marine Corps of Star Craft Terrans use? Starcraft Mariines>AvP Marines>>>>>>Starship Trooper "Movie" Marines (To be fair, RAH's original marines would kick all of their asses combined but those guys are in freaking Heavy Gears :D)

Guys please stop making the mistake of making us chase our tails again. Yes Fallout 1 had its problems. But it has been 10+ damn years. Can't we just advance a bit more? I will not be defending FO1 anymore but stop saying FO1 or 2 did it too and start saying how we can improve this one. Also if you missed it this is the damn Game Mechanics thread not Story (and story restrictions) one. Vats: -Getting rid of the slow motion enemies / super fast pc (You can only dial the slow mo from 90% to 10% with mods created on GECK without the source code) -Normalising the damage taken (Again you can only up this from 10% damage recieved to 90% without souce code) -Adjusting the hit and positioning calculations (You get a massive buff to hit percentages and if the buffs get too high, the game just misses the attacks. In a similar vein, the game teleports you around randomly when calculations get high due to initiating meele/unarmed attack from too far or attacking with your guns muzzle stuck inside the thing you took cover behind) -Working the Unarmed and Meele into the Vats system and making them work in ways other than basic "xxx damage to target area" script. These could be making the guy drop his weapon, interrupts, stuns (Not the paralysing palm stuns but stuns you get from closing your eyes with pain), chaining your attacks on different targets (move in hit one, step around him and kick another one then tackle the third guy without giving them clear shots) or even using cheesy maneuvers like kicking one guy onto another while you beat the last ones head in. -Extra things to be done with the system like spending (100-Ag*9) ap to check your surroundings (6 in particular) in a Iso view, -Ability to give orders to your henchman/squad, -Ability to use the things you have in your quick slots (vest pockets, fanny pack, bandoleer, other pockets)

Mech Commander 2 Baby! OH! How could I forget the sweet sound of a charging Madcats with all their weapons (2xC-PPC, 3xC-LPL, 4xC-SLRM) on alpha strike? On a more rational note the game is both a bad represantation of Mechwarrior system and a clunky RTS. Still it is one of those sub-par games that can give you immense amounts of fun if you are hooked. My 5x Amazon squad (All are Light Mech, Pulse Laser, Med Range atm and will be Marksman Specced at Ace) are running around in their Anubis(es) (Jump Jet, 1x Armor (144 Armor), 1x Single Heat Sink, 2x Large Pulse Laser, Top speed of ridiculous 130 km/h) and Destroying every coc kpit they come across. Its pathetic to see that I have a small pile of Heavy and Assault mechs and a huge pile of med and light mechs that I will not be touching at all.

Don't you love how some companies are clueless about what they are doing?

Go and whimper in a corner Purk Your AvP so called marines would paint their underwear brown at the sight of an ancient CMC 120 Power Armor and C-10 "Slasher" Gauss Rifle, let alone a modern front line equipment like CMC 425 or 660 series or those C-14 "Impaler" Gauss Rifles. (And lets not even go into those monster CMC 500 series and C2something heavy gauss rifles shall we?) PS. wait a sec... how did you jump to that sucky movie of SST from colonial marines of AvP ffs?