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That review is indeed pretty bad and sounds a lot like '13 years-old douche' but the fact that the first 3 reviews get the game an average of 5.0, doesn't help the game nor Obsidian. Or maybe I'm just overtly negative today.

Haven't played Mass Effect 2, but seeing the Geth higher than some pretty well-known and well-regarded villains is rather jarring. Maybe the sequel added a new layer of depth to those mooks?

I assumed so, considering that Duck and Cover credited you for the tip. Now let's get back to hoping that Fallout New Vegas doesn't use Fallout 3's voice actors.

How was Dragon Age or F3 flawed hype machine? I assume he means that reviews tended to emphasize the good and sweep the flaws under the rug. Granted, I actually think that both games are good and they would have had good reviews regardless of the hype of the publisher. Funny thing is, I prefer Dragon Age, but I think it's the game that has less mainstream appeal and that probably suffered a bit more in the reviews compared to Fallout 3. As for Alpha Protocol, there's nearly not all that hype, in part because the graphics are dated, in part because SEGA & Obsidian don't have the same prestige as EA & Bioware and Bethesda, and in part also probably because of the reduced mainstream appeal. I, however, am against the 'ooooh, reviewers are corrupted, so let's not take into account when a reviewer brings up a flaw'. If a reviewer points out something he considers a flaw, it's fair, as long as the review is informative and gives people who read a good idea of what game they're going to play (or not). I also think more feedback is always good for the devs, even when they screw up a game badly (which from what I've seen isn't the case, though the bit-tech reviewer seems to think otherwise).

I've just been thanked on NMA for posting the news on The Vault, which basically amounts to stealing the news from funcroc on my part or.. something. I think I'm slowly beginning to understand the nature of web 2.0.

Let's just hope that Obsidian's dialogue can push them

I think there is a great difference between looking at what people have done, and having the experience of doing it yourself. I could say that Bioware had the luxury of looking at what Gears of War did right, and adding their own RPG twist to it. I've seen loads of bands live, but I was still a nervous wreck when it came to my first gig. Their is no substitute for experience. @Oner, I haven't seen that. It's just something that struck me as unfair. While I don't think your comparison is totally fair I understand what you're trying to say.

WHAT THE HELL??!!!

And so it will be sabotage. Thank you gentlemen.

Point is, Obsidian had the luxury of looking to what Mass Effect did right and what it did wrong too, not too mention that's it's far from certain that there will be a sequel.

Is it sabotage or technical aptitude that governs the hacking? I need to know because most probably my first build will a be superstealthy guy and I'd prefer avoiding combat and killing as much as possible.

BUT there is a complaint in the review about the skill system being too simple so who knows. I'd prefer hearing the comments about someone who has the game and their experience compared to the reviewer before simply blindly dismissing it as 'trashing the game'.

Until I get the game I won't comment on the reviews, but the comments on the writing ARE worrying.

If anyone of you is french apparently there is a new magazine preview in the stands from Canard PC.

Nope, I haven't. I've seen Moira's faces though. Gave me nightmares. Wasn't pretty.

To be honest, after hearing a lot of people pleased with Alpha Protocol NOT being plagued with bugs and generally more polished than Obsidian's previous games (granted, the complaints about controls, ai and graphics show that they still have a lot of hard work for the next year to come if they want to become a REALLY respected studio) and the fact that there's Josh at the helm of the project (his interviews about NWN2 pretty much convinced me that if he had been at the helm of the project from the beginning Obsids could have made a much more polished game, not wanting to diss Ferret but he WAS overambitious for NWN2) with a 18/24 months timeframe (not much, but it's not nearly as bad as KOTOR2) made me a bit more optimistic. Then I hear about the game 'still not being in alpha state as far as the content goes' by Todd Howard (who sounded HAPPY about the thing, lol) and I'm a bit less optimistic. .... Which means I'll have to wait for the game to come out before judging the bugginess.

Really? I thought everyone in the wasteland looked deformed enough in Fallout 3, though that's probably because Bethesda puts quantity over quality and didn't care much if some NPCs (many actually) had proportions all over the place.

You can try contacting him via twitter.

Uhm... still don't care about him, sorry. DS9 had many faults, but the talent of the actors was not one of them.Is there a chance for Andrew J Robinson too? :3 It's just that from the sound of it, Bethesda spent all their voice acting budget on him and we'll probably have to put up with the same voice actors as Fallout 3.

Uhm... still don't care about him, sorry.

I don't particularly care since I don't even know who he is, what I hope is that the other voice actor will be on par... I really REALLY hope Bethesda learns from Obsidian from this POV, if there's anything in which Obsidian has consistently been better than Bethesda is good voice-acting.

I'm not an expert about this, so I hope I'm not wasting your time but, is it possible that GamersGate does something similar to Steamworks and uses its servers for your saved games? There is the possibility, in this case, that they noticed they broke release date and momentarily locked save games and such since it still would be a pre-order (just checked their homepage and AP was listed as a pre-order). ... I admit, this sounds far-fetched, but it's the only thing I can think about for now. Hopefully when I get the game I'll be of more help.

Do you think he had to anticipate the beard-cutting with some stores breaking the release date?

Wait.. arrested for groping a woman (and that's sad) while dressed as Captain America (and that's sadder) with a burrito in his pants (and that's even sadder) will not go to jail. I can't find the funny part of it. Ok, maybe the Captain America costume.

Third reply to a dead topic in a row! New twitter from this David Hoffman guy: Well my job is to drive relationships with N American companies and create games that have a global appeal. Hm, did I answer you?