HoonDing

A combat system as in Ubisoft's Prince of Persia: Sands of Time series would've fitted the Witcher 2 (especially Warrior Within). That game featured proper counterattacks, and enemies even dared to attack the main hero en masse rather than taking turns. Of course, it would require CD Projekt to stop pretending completely that the Witcher is an RPG.

I am all for this. But that's mostly what goes on even in this subforum? But, our dumb trolls are better than their dumb trolls!

Getting back again with Liara after sleeping with Jacob. The fight with that other Spectre chick was neat, although the plot-forced-stupidity of initially trusting her was annoying. I didn't like that fight with the Spectre. She was supposedy badly wounded and had lost so much blood... yet still turned out as Supergirl. She was also the worst Vanguard in the galaxy. If she had bothered to charge into Shepard's face like any self-respecting Vanguard, she would have won the fight immediately, especially with her double layer of armour and barrier.

It wasn't difficult to keep a high combo in Arkham Asylum even with enemies around carrying knifes and stun batons, since you could dodge forever without losing your multiplier. What made it really easy was enemies just attacking one by one. The real fun in Arkham Asylum was screwing over a group of armed goons without them even noticing you.

Alice is gonna rock. Especially since I have the game pre-ordered. YEEAAAAHHH. PSM gave it a poor review too. I set mine to download from Origin earlier. So it's too late for me to back out. I just hope that my opinion will be higher than theirs. Not sure what people were expecting, really. The first game wasn't exactly OMGWTFBBQ!!!11!! by any means. It stood out not by its gameplay and level design, which were both mediocre at best, but by the art direction, sardonic humour and unique take on Wonderland. If Madness Returns can deliver the same, it will be worth my money.

Sugardaddy Bean.

Getting back again with Liara after sleeping with Jacob.

Alice is gonna rock. Especially since I have the game pre-ordered. YEEAAAAHHH.

I've unexpectedly been having a lot of fun with FO:NV lately, so now I'm waiting for Old World Blues. Considering the hacking debacle at Bethesda though, who knows when it will come out.

Serious Sam made Duke Nukem obsolete long ago.

DS2 and its expansion took you across the entire continent of Aranna. Ehb is west of Aranna.

Why hack Bethesda? I thought everyone liked them.

It's certainly the best non-FPS WWII-themed game out there, along with Velvet Assassin. Bit over-the-top at times, but never excessively so. Also, excellent use of colour and great music. RIP Pandemic.

Fallout 3 changed gameplay, but at least moved the setting to the East Coast. Dungeon Siege 3 takes place in exactly the same setting as the first game (Kingdom of Ehb) and even re-uses some locations, along with changing gameplay. I can imagine the butthurt is even greater this time.

Why so angry? Did you get kicked from your guild yesterday?

Just give me my WSAD for movement and mouse for camera control and I'm happy. I can't think of any recent ARPG on PC that doesn't do this, but Dungeon Siege 3. I really don't get it... even Daggerdale, another console port, has this.

In the prologue and chapter 1, Witcher 2 combat is about as good as Arcania. Enemies swing weapons around like idiots -> Geralt dodges and hits them in a back. In the chapters after that, it's about as good as Dragon Age 2. It just boils down to activating Quen, spamming the left/right mousebutton until the adrenaline bar is full, and pushing the Awesome X button. Against bosses that use your own cheesy tactics against you, either spam bombs or use daggers. There's not much to like, really. It was more entertaining in the first game, where new animations would unlock the more you leveled up your styles. The first game also managed to capture the superhuman speed and reflexes that witchers are supposed to have, whereas in the secodn game Geralt moves around as a geriatric.

Can't wait for Jim Sterling's review.

I finished Honest Hearts. Pretty good, only complaint is I went in there at level ~34 but before it ended I reached the level cap. Are the two coming DLCs going to increase the level cap to 50? I miss the ka-ching! sound, not to mention still have quite some unfinished quests in the Mojave hanging.

So why are you defending Dungeon Siege 3 again? (also, New Vegas true to original BIS games in gameplay and style? Are you feeling alright?)

It was even worse in Mass Effect. Some developers simply cannot into Unreal Engine.