HoonDing

Well, as long as Specialist Olin is included...

The game has been lying around here unused for about a week, but I am planning to play as a Mage first time through. I'm looking forward to the shape-shifting.

Eh... surely not John Howe, the famous Tolkien illustrator?!

Character creation is similar to Mass Effect's. Not many options... nudie patches & improved body models will have to wait until the creation kits are released. I was hoping to make green Elves like in Oblivion, but I doubt that will be possible.

The ending is why you install Broken Steel. Then again, I was okay with the ending the first time. I was level 20, and had explored the entire map + finished all quests, there was no more reason to continue running around shooting things.

As far as female sidekicks go, I'd say no one beats Sophia Hapgood from Indiana Jones: Fate of Atlantis. Or maybe Nicole Collard from Broken Sword.

Can't Zenimax just buy them out or something? Oh, wait...

I've seen some flying Deathclaws and body parts suddenly come falling from the sky. Most epic moment was an entire bus dropping right in front of me outside the National Archives. I think it came flying from the Capitol Building... there's usually a fight going on down there.

But Leliana is no Alyx First Girl Wins

To be fair, apparently the Xbox port IS horrible. Eurogamer should just do a separate review for PC, that's all.

That isn't a joke review, is it? ... "With so many quirks and flaws in the RPG basics, it doesn't help that the game looks absolutely terrible." Huh? Then again he reviewed the console version..

Vectorman: Fun platformer that was originally on Genesis, but can be played on PC under form of Sega Smash Pack (which also includes Golden Axe, Phantasy Star II & Sonic).

Am I weird because I always play RPGs as a female when possible? Insert Freudian crap here: ________________________

I managed to finish the game without any further incidents. There's a few nice new twists at Malachor. Guess I should now replay as a male Exile. Apparently there's some interesting drama added involving the Handmaiden & Visas.

There's a factory somewhere with Chinese ghouls and a funny radio station. I get mine over there.

Have you run into mirelurk hunters yet? Now those things are really bad-ass at low levels. There's a metro station somewhere full of these mudcrabs, I believe.

Looks like the Borg Queen. Hawt.

I have no complaints about diminishing quality... I always manage to play some diamonds in the rough - Drakensang & Divinity 2 were two quality RPGs that I've played this year. Risen will probably be up there too. I just wish there were still quality adventure games made. I can't remember anything remarkable being made since Dreamfall (and that game was only remarkable because it coming out 7 years after TLJ)... Broken Sword 4 was a bitter disappointment as well. White Birds Productions didn't really deliver either... Beno

I'm surprised there is no "Sourpuss" achievement for someone who doesn't pursue any of the romances.

Most unknown Bethesda game is Zero Critical, a point-and-click sci-fi adventure game... I'm not sure whether they developed or published it, though. Probably the latter.

The past is in the past. Lots of talent left after Morrowind. Bethesda is now basically the LucasArts of the RPG genre.

"First Knight", "Witch Gone Wild", "Easy Lover", "Wine, Woman, and Song" ... That should spawn a few hundred romance threads at the Bioboards.

Sheesh, so the Alienage is basically the Warsaw Ghetto, huh? I have a feeling those nazi humans are really going to suffer at the hands of my City Elf rogue and/or Elven necromancer.

Girl in the tower From KQ VI.

Oh my, how embarassing. It seems the science section of the paper I read was a bit out of date.