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I don't know, I haven't played the game, so I can't make any comment on how vanilla the story is, but as long as there isn't a reveal of a cybernetic incredibly ancient menace that wants to destroy all that lives for the lulz I'm fine.

As for stances I guess I'll just try to be as manipulative as possible with third parties and enemies and strictly professional with handlers/allies (I'll probably end up without having romanced a lady ).

According to the developers theoretically every choice is viable, though of course, I imagine that being aggresive with every character will mean that some potential allies will end up trying to kill you. As for my planned playthrough, I'd like to fiddle with the game a bit before deciding but I'm tempted by a stealthy/almost pacifist (meaning I'd try to go through a level without alerting anyone/just using tranquilizers) playthrough. Of course, if some jerk REALLY deserves to be killed.. eh..

Well, I'll have to decide between a cleric and a fighter then. I'll shuffle a bit through the Forgotten Realms gods.

Probably a joke/mistake, from the early leaked videos, and various information it should have been a 3rd person over-the-shoulder action-rpg (while obviously it would have had different mechanics tailored to the setting).

Well... everything except those things that are still under wraps because of NDAs and all that ****.

Doubt it Ausir, for now we have no word on any pre-order bonus in Europe.

No gameplay video 'till now, though since there's been a Bethesda's press event in Las Vegas a couple of days ago, they may throw us a bone or two in May. Mind you, most probably the real 'meat' will come during and after E3.

Honestly, I doubt it. A developer wouldn't say 'it needed another XX months of work' when they just wanted to release it in a better window.

Can't really afford looking into Ebay just for an online P&P campaign, I guess that the Baldur's Gate manual will have to suffice. I'm actually sure there are Forgotten Realms manual from the 2nd ed. freely available on the D&D website (or at least, they were) since I downloaded one.

Some pretty unforgiving comments on Obsidian there. Anyway, I doubt the game was really THAT close to being finished, especially when I recall a developer saying that they needed to work on it at least another year.

The only thing I did with the GECK was playing a bit to change the Initiate's armor (no T-45d but rather a normal Combat Armor), so I don't know how much help I can be but I can point out a few things : 1 - One good way to ask for help for a Fallout 3 mod is to visit the Nexus and Bethesda's forum, since the community there it's obviously the most expert on these kind of things. 2 - You'll probably want to post the final (or even WIP if you desire) version on the Nexus and some other big modding sites. As far as I know the Nexus is the biggest and it usually highlights new mod, so as long as the description is clear and you put a couple of images here and there, you should manage to grab some attention with the finished mod. 3 - There are already plenty of radio mods on the Nexus so you should definitely download some of them and contact the authors for know-how and copyright issues (I use a mod called More Where That Came From or something like that that adds 100 50's songs to GNR, and greatly reduces Three Dogs talks, since it also adds spots taken directly from the Fallout 3's viral website, civil security's tape recording etc.). Hope it helps.

Any word on alignment? Will we tell you our alignment in private Blank? Will you even use them? I have a couple of very rough character concepts in mind, I see if I manage to flesh them out into something interesting and then choose. I may also just recycle a few of unused NPC from my prematurely dead D&D FR campaign and just roll with it though. Hey, if Obsidian can do it with Van Buren, I can certainly do it with a D&D campaign.

I don't know, I already think we have a decent picture of the game from dev diaries and previews, both the pros (extremely varied gameplay and good cinematic storytelling with a focus on C&C) and the flaws (lackluster enemy AI, animations, etc.). What I don't understand is the excessive focus on graphics (yeah they're not on Crysis-level, geez, could we please stop talking about them?) and some absurd complaints like Thorton sounding like a jerk or absurd Mass Effect comparison (you see? hacking? MASS EFFECT!). To be honest though, since I'm essentially a selfish person, as long as the game satisfies me I'm fine.

Well the screenshots I posted here aren't old.

I must admit I don't see where's the ugly and dated engine in the screenshots. Last game I played running on Unreal has been Batman : AA (never finished it though, since my brother sold it before I could ) on the X360 and it was only marginally better (mainly better animations and slightly better textures/models for characters). Though, I admit I never did really read any reviews, so maybe it was panned for its graphics.

Well i DMed a campaign in the 3.5 version on the FR, precisely in the Sword Coast, so, while the details now are a bit fuzzy, I'm familiar enough, I just will need to refresh myself a bit (and probably read the 2nd ed. manuals about the setting). Fortunately I believe a lot of settings manuals were (are they still?) available for free on the WotC D&D website (I distinctly remember dling a manual about the northern coast just because I wanted to get a better feel of Neverwinter).

I can't really see anything except a larger version of his forum's avatar and that he apparently likes Fallout New Vegas and Hayao Miyazaki. I don't have Facebook however, so that's the most probable reason.

I'll try to look into the dvd of Baldur's Gate (and BGII) since the Trilogy edition didn't came with a printed manual (they also didn't put Tales of the Sword Coast, and Throne of Bhaal is only localized, and trust me, I'm still bitter about it).

I'll try to think of a decent character concept.. is there, perchance, some streamlined manual for AD&D 2.5 somewhere on the net (I'm talking about legal means of course)? While I've played both Baldur's Gates and Planescape Torment I'd still like to see if I can get a better grasp of the mechanics.

Other two new previews : Telegraph NowGamer Apparently the Telegraph thinks that dialogue sucks. Ouch. P.S. : Be mindful of the spoilers in the NowGamer preview.

Oblivion had a rack of 95's. Back, front and all over. Greatest crpg ever. And so forth. hmm. Oh, right. Also Bioshock. Bioshock was overrated but not a bad game by any shot. As for Oblivion.. uhm..

Nice fault sillogism here. Still, I mostly agree with you about dull and boring games (I used to like action games before regen health) so I don't want to start a discussion. Was basically interested in 'The Witcher 2 goin' mainstream and dull and boring'. Was hoping you could at least say something like 'no inventory limit + you can make potions everywhere'.

How exactly?