Orogun01

I would say Torment is one of the better ones to start with.

Dice rolls, the others are dodge rolls. Edit: The Last Remnant sucks, what kind of cruel game punishes you for grinding? That's like punishing you for playing the game.

QTEs as a gameplay mechanic is alright; QTEs as the arbiter of winning or losing is a pain in the ass, specially when the game has nothing to do with them and they are just there to make killing bosses cinematic. The best analogy I came up with to explain why QTEs are bad is this: Imagine a fast track runner; is objective is getting from point A to B as fast as possible. With some effort they are on first place and just when they are about to get to the finish line some idiot throws a bunch of garbage on the track. Suddenly they have dodge all that crap and stay on their feet or they will lose the race. That's QTEs, crap they throw in between the player and their objectives. On the note of bad mechanics; rolls are the worst mechanic conceived for a game ever.

Cuz it ain't COD

I don't know if Chef will be there, there shouldn't be a problem with any other character.

How is this blasphemous? JUST TELLING It LIKE IT IS! Bethesda games have better mechanics than Pirnaha Bytes and the Gothic series is bad.

Oh come now, did you not see the longing glances he and Dr. Beverly Crusher would share? Of course, but it never really went beyond friendship (unless I missed some episodes), and I think Obsidian wont have problems writing that sort of thing. I don't normally french kiss my friends; normally.

I don't know why but this thread makes me feel like a perverted priest taking confession.

Just one thing; developers don't hold the power. This industry is saturated with people, some of which are insanely talented and some that are not who love the medium and desperately want to work on games as a career. Publisher hold the capital and so they know that without them the game never gets made, workers they can find everywhere. Kickstarter has upset that balance a bit but it is a method based on public trust and I don't believe it to be reliable. I agree with everything else.

There has to be market for the low budget games; just like there is for the movies. It is hard to turn a profit on smaller games because games rely almost solely on sales revenue.

I think that larger studios would have to be willing to lower their production budget and make less stellar (technologically) games that aren't massive productions. IDK if that Pandora's box can be closed, specially with big yearly juggernauts on the horizon like COD. It's very likely that everyone is still trying to find their yearly franchise. Just look at what Ubisoft is doing with AC.

I like this thread.

You have "sucker" written on your forehead maybe?

There's the X-men games by RavenSoft; I liked those.

As per usual, there is the intro guide to VtM:B (I liked how you wrote it): You shouldn't play Malkavian on your first playthrough, is a very different experience that may confuse if you don't know the story. It also takes some previous knowledge of the story to fully appreciate(translate) the Malkavian dialogue. If you're planning to do more than one playthrough, two suggestions: Try out the Clan Quest mod and put some space between your playthroughs. I don't know why but whenever I restart the game after I completed it I'm still on the mindframe of my previous character which somehow ruins my current one. After I wait for a bit I can get into the game without trouble. PS: I'm kind of jealous that you get to experience the Haunted house for the first time.

I believe D&D doesn't translate well to video games, it denies player's agency and it turns combat to auto resolve based on stats. You only have to look at how every WRPG company has moved away from it and into hybrids. Dungeon Crawlers make me claustrophobic and seem more like a version of hell than a game, try to vary the environment some more instead of everything being a square. I also preferred NWN2 over BG, if only because combat wasn't as grueling. VTM:B is my all time best RPG ever.

I'd say he's already there, he might even have an edge in a few areas. Perlman is the voice of Fallout, which is huge. But Vin voiced two very good Riddick games, and is actually the founder of the studio. Perlman is the leader of a tough as nails biker gang on TV, Vin is the leader of a car racing gang in Fast and Furious. Perlman is Hellboy, Vin is Riddick. Both have comic books. Honestly it's a pretty close comparison. As awesome as Ron Perlman is, Vin has the edge - everyone knows who Vin Diesel is. That will only last until Ron Perlman starts on his own Fast and the Furious.

I agree with you, also i'm not sold on some of the casting choices; Gamora and Drax specifically. Edit: Also I just remembered that this is the Wuss thread and not the Movies.

On an related note, cat meat tastes just like rabbit. Food for thought, hint hint.

Just BioWare. Orogun you won't get offended now that Alan has told you will you....remember you promised you wouldn't ..... Well, I'm slightly offended that you thought I wouldn't keep my promise.

I usually prepare all my cooked food for the week on Sundays (free day) then I just have to heat it on weekdays. Saves me from the tiring task of cooking after a day's work. To be honest I don't know if it's because I'm foreign and my previous diet was all natural but I can't really digest heavily processed food all that well. Though I suspect that the people growing up on it just have become accustomed to having blood on their stool.

Just out of curiosity, could you tell me what companies have you worked for? If you aren't under an NDA and if you feel comfortable with saying of course. I won't take offense if you can't or won't. On the topic; maybe KL has realized that AAA as its stand is unsustainable and has jumped ship. Edit: On retrospective, I remember how different the shipped product was from the preview gameplay. There seems to have been a lot of features that were reworked or scrapped that could have ultimately pulled B:I from bland and into the realm of interesting.

I remember reading that article a while back and watching his videos on Big Think and his IFC series. Ever since then I refer him to my friends as the "inspirational rock guy". Edit: He sucks as a musician though, but I still like him.

I think in the cases of "proven" men like your examples there is no need for chest pumping as they know themselves, potential and limitations alike and have nothing to prove. People experience things either introverted or extroverted, where the latter values action and sensation more than rationale. So they tend to act first and then think but they gain a lot more world experience and as a result have a better defined character. The modern world(at least in privileged countries ) has sheltered their youth for fear of their safety, they have been neglected outlets for their impulses which has led to some strange behavior and a skewed view of the world. So you have a good amount of people that don't know themselves, with defense mechanics that they have developed while in a repressive institution, who are now being exposed to the world. Suffice it to say that they don't know how to cope.

Pretty much. The idea that "educational efforts don't really work" is absurd and easily disproven by the fact that you have savage apes elevated to the status of neurosurgeons because of educational efforts. The whole of human civilization is based on the transmission of knowledge so claiming it doesn't work is... not very well grounded in reality. But one does not need to find such grand examples—the awareness raising and educational approach to sexual health in the last few decades has worked pretty well in reducing the impact of STDs, especially HIV. But hey, let's tax sex outside of marriage! Because those dirty pigs must pay! smh edit: seriously what's with font size changes? Education; while being important is useless nonetheless when there isn't a healthy alternative to high calorie foods. You could have people go to schools and try to educate in proper eating but as long as the vending machine in the corner is still choke full of candy and other crap it is all moot. The problem isn't just education and the public but the hold that the Food industry has over society.