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Deus Ex and Deus Ex Invisible War for 2.5

Note that dogs and enemy's lieutenants can still recognize you even when disguised, so having stealth will help. It certainly will make for a more interesting experience for a stealth character over all, if they pull it off.

Space Siege was published by SEGA wasn't it? And it was an ARPG. I doubt the connection was deeper than that.

That's because you're not a real man. REAL MEN AREN'T ASHAMED OF WEARING FUNNY HATS IF THEY HAVE POWERFUL STATS! AS I DID IN DRAGON AGE! ROAAAAAAAAAAAR!

It all depends on the game and the situation. It would be silly for us not to re-use and expand on our code, but if doing so hinders the quality of the game then we'll have to look at other solutions. Interesting to know, and thanks for the quick answer!

Now that's a more general question to devs, and as busy as they are, I'm not sure if they'll answer but.. will you try to use a similar type of 'no loading times' solution for all the Onyx-based games or is it just for Dungeon Siege III?

The 'manga-girls' and 'bikini-clad bimboes' have actually been staple of western rpgs for a LOT of time.

The only things we know for sure are : 1) It will be story driven. 2) It won't be as dialogue heavy as other Obsidian's game, while there will be bantering throughout the dungeons. 3) There will be choices & consequences. This is all we got from the devs.

Hopefully we'll hear about how the core mechanics work soon-ish.

They made that clear from the very beginning and in almost every preview. The game didn't even have a subtitle until SEGA decided to add it.

Wow, that last preview just made the game sound really bad. Hopefully it will not be as streamlined as they make it sound. And.. important decision are still to be taken? Really? When the release date is apparently set in early 2011? Doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.

God, that was painful. Granted, the press overexaggerated it and made it look like Italy was a glorious team stopped by an evil referee (while in reality, the 2002's team was mediocre at best), but still... grrr.

Didn't know that. I'd be curious to know the reasons.

He was? That's news to me.

RandomNPC preview. Got it straight from GameBanshee. Apparently they noted engine improvements.. good to know. He confirmed that armor wasn’t just about damage resistance this time, that players could deck themselves out in an enemy uniform and bypass the grunts of a hostile faction. Another interesting bit.

Multiplayer.it describes the demo played in more detail. Apparently it begins in some woods where the presenters fought some spiders, then they went in a dungeon populated by skeleton and in the end fought a sort of samurai-skeleton with a blue aura called Drakomir (wtf?). For now they say that we don't know much about the content, but the lighting and engine were particularly impressive. Their fear is that the game will be much less interesting if played in single player (and from the look of it, I agree, that's one of my fears too). They also mentions that every class has its peculiar animations, and the ones they saw were all well done (no more Alpha Protocol crouch walking? looks like it). Oh, they also mention that apparently the Archon doesn't only have fire spells (blue fire, apparently) but also healing spells, that were used during the boss fight while the Guardian was busy beating the crap out of Drakomir.

From what we've got you can play solo, but the game definitely encourages party gameplay and co-op in particular. Guess you'd better wait for a developer's answer though, that's just what I ended up thinking after reading the previews, doesn't necessary equals what's in the game.

I was under the impression that all the GTA games were ported over to the PC with a good deal of success. Why would RDR break from that? That's kind of the point. As far as I know (feedback from the net and my friends too) GTA4 port blows.

Hopefully, as we can disable the kill cam in real time we can do it in VATS too.

Soon.. how soon? Considering it's Blizzard we're talking about, Dungeon Siege III may even come out before Diablo III.

It's looking good. Hopefully the quest structure and plot are good, and the action is varied enough to keep the game entertaining even after hours. It also looks like this time Obsidian isn't going overboard with ambition, though I hope it doesn't backfire and that the game doesn't suffer from a lack of ambition.

Could also just be a Mass Effect bug. IIRC the PC port had some problems with some sound cards. Probably going to the official forums and checking a faq or running a search would be useful.