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I didn't mind it, after all that talking a pure dungeon crawling felt good, but it could have been more varied.Then again, I spent most of my time there running around like an idiot trying not to miss any quest items.

Unless that temptation is sweets, I can.

Why would I read the spoilers before finishing the game?

Why, re-reading threads full of spoiler marked discussions is so much fun! As jaguars4ever put it: it's like a thread within a thread!

Tell that to Tom Hall. He turned to MMOs too as I recall.

I'm gonna be nice and pretend you guys didn't argue over which JRPG Obs will be making a sequel for.

Sorry, Hungarian.

Marburg gets more awesome with every video.

Shouldn't that be Science? About 30-40 Science? Fine by me, I always tag it.

You mean Kali because Shiva is a man. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Maybe you can distill water with Survival.

It was in China.

Then shouldn't the game's intro have killed him for you?j/k

GameStar.

I hope you realize he was joking. BTW "Cover system is everywhere" should be read as: Cover system is as seen in every other game. Anyway, glad to be of service.

Avenges his family, uh-huh. Great story, uh-huh.

Since when are nuclear holocausts awesome?

There are some really cool rendered shots of an armored Mike here and there, where and why did SEGA hide those until now?

That would be fun. If only because of the reaction of all the fans. Be they fans of Final Fantasy, of Obsidian, of Square Enix, of JRPGs, of WRPGs, it would rage from everywhere Imagine it: an astronaut wakes up one day, looks out at Earth and sees it glowing red from all the manifested RAGE.A-W-E-S-O-M-E.

Or a sequel, with AERIS waking up all alone in a mortuary discovering that she's the only one of the old party alive and has a talking Chocobo with a drug addiction problem as a partner! Also, the combat system will now involve the use of cover and you will have to possibility of choosing your approach between melee, stealth and magic (the equivalent of guns in a shooter for simplicity's sake, yeaaaah!). No dialogue skills and actually no choices at all and an outdated graphic engine on top of that. .................. I'm just bored. Give the chocobo a hood and Aerith a splinter of Sephiroth' sword and I'm sold.

What about poor Tim Curry? His voice was the most wasted one. And Jim Cummings and Steve Blum, and Chris Edgerly and and... Hey, Mark Meer was in Dragon Age, hehe.

It was an indie project before Valve bought the game and hired the staff.

A ****load of info, take two: *goes off to eat lunch* *comes back 20 minutes later* So: Review stuff He's hoping for free roam in the sequel Code-breaking mini game is the mos annoying Varied and clever missions - see slight spoilers 2nd-4th line Cover system is everywhere, works well (and that's roughly all he has to say about combat ) Martial Arts animations are superb, dynamic, and they convey the force of a punch or kick very well Excitingly intricate plot threads Very pleasantly surprised by the DSS, similarities with ME's system end with the vague response descriptions AP beat his reservations and was an immersive game Main characters look good, but minor actors (guards, terrorists etc) are clones, though both graphics and animations were noticeably improved since the October delay, but could still be better Movement, especially the enemies' is clumsy, and disappearing bodies are slightly disillusioning Environments are varied and most of them are atmospheric (special mention goes to the luxury yacht and a Tai Pei hotel), safe houses are spectacular (his favorite's Rome) Some walls have low-res textures, explosions and muzzle flashes are ugly, destructible environment is limited to (barrels and) fugly trucks If it weren't for graphics and animations, the score would exceed 90, but "we have to be content with a world champ story, lovable-hateable characters, fun gameplay and innumerable choices. This is enough to be a good game, but it remains to be seen if AP will be a successful game." Gameplay info Missions that haven an Alpha mark influence the overall plot Sniper rifles, so there you have it Screenshot indicates a simultaneous (in this case, video)conversation (or a speech?) with up to four people (shown in that instance are Scarlet, Mina and two guys who stand too far from their webcam to see) 10-10 AP/level + a few extra points for some side missions Martial Arts is either required for, or is a non-lethal take down method, not sure which If you choose your words carefully, you can end up having several handlers helping you on one mission Appearances deceive, some characters respond well to a different stance than their looks suggest, so dossiers are important You can find (or in case of e-mails, intercept) incriminating info sometimes, which you can use to 1) blackmail the poor sod whom it belongs to 2) sell it to the highest bidder 3) forward it to Scarlet In case this is new to some people: 3 ammo types/weapon The game's biggest weapon is information Acquiring info beforehand can change the course of a conversation (/Detailed) Maps and stuff can be bought from the Clearing House Slight/throwaway spoilers (vague situation examples and the like) One major spoiler

He had five pages, and only one that isn't filled to the brim with useful (and more importantly, new) info is the first page with the basic premise. Ran out of space I guess.As for the destructible environment, "it's limited to (barrels and) fugly trucks" and disappearing bodies were slightly disillusioning.