HoonDing

I found that FO3 is very easy, until two Deathclaws suddenly pop up out of nowhere and rape my level 30 character (with all but two skills maxed out) in seconds before I know what's going on. Or even worse, albino radscorpions. That said, giving a perk every three levels + making perks harder to achieve would make the game more challenging for a while. Especially perks like Sniper or Better criticals... those perks effectively end the game combat-wise. And maybe the Grim Reaper Sprint perk (aka Win Button) should be removed from the game altogether.

Melee combat never really became easy in Risen. Lizards could kill you in two hits if you screwed up no matter what, and considering one fought groups in small quarters in the final chapters this happened all the time. Just like in Gothic 3 where groups of wilderness animals could rape your character in seconds even when you were level 50. Easiest way to win the game in Risen is maxing out Ice crystal & swords. That way you can simply freeze & shatter everything. In a way Gothic 3 was more challenging since it took much longer before one became strong in magic... and first time one played the game one had absolutely no idea how to boost Ancient Knowledge quickly.

Why was Zaeed free and not Kasumi? Isn't Zaeed's mission about the same length, if not longer?

Toughest squirrel ever

Can't anyone just finish Dune Nukem Forever?

Even a wannabe mage is forced to take sword training since staves suck bigtime in comparison. I learnt this the hard way when I had to beat some scoundrel to get out of Harbour Town. Took half an hour to slowly chip away his health bar while he could 'kill' Lincoln Burrows in two hits. Melee combat is simply horrible without at least 5 ranks in swords.

So from what I've read, this game is similar to Total Overdose? Insane stunts & numbers on the screen and all that?

I'll just point out that Guido Henkel had nothing to do with the development & release of Drakensang. He left the gaming industry in 2000. He's known for the Realms of Arkania trilogy.

Have you played the game? I do not really understand this comment. The only thing that felt lower budget about Drakensang compared to a stateside release, was the incomplete voice-over. Unlike the Witcher, there weren't any major issues with performance, bugs & crashes at all... because the game was foremost made for a German audience (and won German RPG of the year).

of DA:Awakenings.

Interestingly in the Qu'ran, Satan did have free will since he was not an angel, but a djinn. Maybe in the Christian Bible, God created Satan to test humanity. And of course, humanity kept failing these tests all the time.

Heh. Sounds like secondary schools in Antwerp or Brussels here. Brussels may be the capital of Europe, it's an even bigger cesspool than Paris. I loathe having to travel to that stinking city for hours each day for work. O tempora, o mores.

I'm surprised people abroad even drink Stella. It's hardly considered more than sewer water here. I've never been much a fan of Belgian beers. They tend to be too sweet for me. I want more bitter hops and/or richly toasted barley, not something that tastes like some apricots have been rotting in it. Duvel Most Belgian abbey beers have a bitter, blond variant too, as opposed to the dark, sweeter kind. Best beers though are the 'trappist', that are only brewed in abbeys. There are only 7 of those: Orval, La Trappe, Westmalle, Westvleteren, Chimay, Rochefort & Achel. Westvleteren, IIRC, can only be bought directly from the abbey.

And yet we'll still play it for laughs if it's a guy being raped.

German language fail.

Funny that her surname happens to be "Chavez".

Was Putin a KGB field agent, or did he just have desk job?

I find it funny how such a sweet, innocent, girly character can ultimately solo the end battle of ToB. Of course, with lots of cheese involved, but still.

Belgian beer. /thread (Hey, it's pretty much the only thing I can be proud of in my country)

He mentions Chris & Colin were extremely slow & disorganized designers, and that much more content was created than could be put in the game. Hence, Interplay management pressured him to kindly force them to finish the game... which he hated, so he left Interplay shortly after the beta-phase of the game was completed. It seems that without Guido's Deutsche Gr

Awesome link. DSA & Realms of Arkania rule. Anyway, the lad was the Producer of the game, hence his influence on the overall development of the game was indeed the greatest.

"Using Geth technology?!" Tali disapproves (-50) Legion approves (+10)

Set his tactics to dual-weapon sweep when surrounded. Two-handed fighters were untouchable in my vanilla game. Unlike that useless piece of crap Alistair that always died five seconds after taunting. Armour seems to be doing diddly-squat in the game, no matter how high the number. Maybe there's some kind of damage scaling or a random roll on the armour rating. Who knows. One is better off with high dexterity fighter that doesn't get hit.

Ex-KGB to me still sounds better than ex-actor or failed businessman.