Nosmirc

That's one person. On a sub of 32 thousand people, with wildly varying opinions on this matter, ranging from boycotting Obsidian, to supporting Obsidian over this. That doesn't seem fair to generalize that entire group over the posts of one person. There are idiots everywhere.

Just because someone is more insane, doens't mean it's ok to be slightly less insane. I am disappointed too with the whole thing, but if this is all it takes for some people to go ballistic on Obsidian, well then how they are better than the people who started it? This is rather detracting from my point: Twitter users are often crazy and post crazy things, and one should look before jumping in feet first. This was a critical mistake on Sawyers part, IMO. EDIT: As you can see in post 20, those are the sort of things the person who complained to Sawyer posts. Not the sort really worth listening to. This matter was already on it's way out the door until they made the change. If they had done nothing, very little was likely to come of it. The mess of topics here didn't need to happen. The easily offended would've eventually find something new to be offended at.

The lesson to be learned here is that Twitter users are largely insane and should be considered carefully before interacting with. Judging by the subsequent immature, heated and self entitled attitudes we got here yesterday.... One could say the same about gamers Nosmirc. Not really. The posts here have nothing on some of the insane Twitter users out there. One of my personal favourites was the guy joking about hanging white men being used as pinatas, right after Robin Williams hung himself. Who even thinks that, let alone posts it on Twitter?

The lesson to be learned here is that Twitter users are largely insane and should be considered carefully before interacting with. The person who Tweeted at JE tweets crazy stuff all the time, and makes no effort to hide the fact that they're a hardcore misandrist, and seems to be consistently offended at stuff. This is not the sort that you should be listening to. Twitter, man, I don't know what it is, but it makes people post crazy stuff all the time, with their real names no less! Truly a strange thing to behold. Anyways, this nonsense shouldn't have left Twitter. It should have stayed there, and died there. Not to mention most of the posts here were in support of the original limerick. If they had to pick between Twitterers and backers, the answers should be obvious: Backers all the way. The truly stupid thing was it was already dying off before they made the change. The change lit off this powder keg. In terms of screwing up, this is a pretty big one on Obsidians part, IMO. At very least, they should've been putting out an official response that clearly laid out how the dealio went down when the patch went live, rather then reacting to peoples outrage then making the response.

Got some other idiotic words to include there? Come on, I know you want to say them. Here, I'll help: -neckbeard -virgin -white cis male ****lord -wailing man baby There, now you can stop being a condescending jerk.

They just happened to delete the one that was causing all the controversy? I have a bridge to sell you, just north of Defiance Bay. Top condition. But seriously, Sawyer, STOP LISTENING TO NUTCASES ON TWITTER.

As someone who didn't follow the KS campaign at all, and only bought the game when it was released, this confused the hell out of me. Thought I was missing something, that there was something special that happens with those NPCs. Now I know: just optional reading.

And lets not forget the fun times in the basement of the ruined Eothas temple. Or all the demented things that happened with the Hollowborns. More then a few families ended horribly because of them. There's a lot of dark and disturbing stories in this game, and that's just the first bit. Honestly, if someone is that easily offended by a stupid limrick, this game might not be right for them. Just saying!

But they don't speak for the entirely of that group of people. There are LGBT that are perfectly fine with it, some have even posted in this thread stating such. And when you look at the histories of some of these objectors, they're largely just looking for stuff to get mad at. So it makes little sense to pander to them. Especially since it opens Obsidian to more harassment to pressure them to change other things. There are distinct cons that are quite possible here, and standing up to bullies who try to force developers to change their content (be it from them or their backers) is something that should be the norm.

Another for the "don't remove it" camp. It's pretty simple. Those objecting to this are a very small minority. They can be very loud because of Twitter, but that's all they are, loud. One of the big perks of kickstarter is not being beholden to a publisher, and being free to put whatever you want into your game. So Obsidians actions at this point are significant. They remove it, they demostrated that these noisy individuals have sway over them. They'll start to demand more and more and more. They'll find something else to be offended about, I assure you of this. It will never end, they will never be appeased. So don't even try. This is content they can easiy avoid. Just don't look at the backer quotes. They have nothing to do with the game. Hell, there's that 3rd party patch that's floating around that removes it if it bothers you so much. The concept of that patch is pretty stupid however. We've seen some of the people being 'outraged' by this. Ian Miles Cheong is not someone anyone should pay heed to. He's a lunatic. His whole nazi past is a thing of internet legend. We see people who are full on misandrists, yet still cry foul over misogyny. Like I said, these are NOT people who can be appeased. Sawyer, if by some twist of fate you read this, bear this in mind. This isn't a thing you can win. They'll just keep demanding more and more of you until you're a wreck. Just reject them. If they're that annoying on Twitter, block 'em. You'd hardly be the first developer out there to block idiots on Twitter.

I personally have ran the game with two PS3 controllers, but simply just plugging a PS3 controller into your PC won't suffice. You need specific drivers and software to get them to work correctly. I'm using a program called Motioninjoy ( http://www.motioninjoy.com/ ), which has performed flawlessly for this purpose, since it can emulate the 360 gamepad, which makes jumping into a game designed with the gamepad in mind a quick and easy affair.

Kudos to that guy. For successfully trolling not only users, but several internet gaming sites. Bravo. I thought it was obvious it was a hoax. All they did was come up with a lie about the game (unhappy dev! That's believable right?), sprinkle some truthiness on it, and bam, you have a troll. It's sad this hoax was so successful. Various sites really should reexample how they do things, as this is about as unprofessional as one gets. This doesn't even count as a rumor. It's like like they knew someone on the inside who's giving them info. It's not even "A friend of a friend says this" If you can't confirm the source, then don't go assuming it's someone on the team.

I would guess the reason why console games appear to 'blow' PC games out of the water is a concious choice on the part of the developer. Ramping up the graphics can be pretty expensive, and if the lowest setting is too high, you'e just limiting your customer base. In terms of potential, PCs will always be ahead of any console, thanks to the ability to upgrade components. Consoles are stuck until the next gen of consoles come out. But noone really wants to exceed the PC's current limits. It would potentially limit accessiablity to the game.

I personally thought the minigames were some of the best ones to date. They made sense logically (as logical as a ficitional representation of hacking and rewiring gets anyways) And I love how time doesn't pause when you do them (unlike, say, Fallout 3..."Wait guys, I need to pick this real quick, then tap at the turret control for a sec, kay?") Don't get how locks have alarms on them and EMPs effect them (Come on, they're not even electronic locks...and it's a crappy wooden door for crying out loud!), but that's a bit of a minor thing. The best part is that they're largely optional. There's only so many that you need to bypass to continue the plot, so you could just emp those, and leave all the safes and computers.

*Delurks* How in any form is that a fair comparison? By that measure, most games have poor graphics because they still don't measure up to Crysis. That's like saying your family sedan is worse then a speedster. The thing is, they accomplish different goals. One is to go crazy (and impractically) fast *Crysis*, the other is meant to accomodate a family *AP*. Just like not every car needs to match speed of an F1, not all games have to meet Crysis level of detail, especially when you have static hardware considerations to account for (ie Consoles). Furthermore, by having a lower level of detail then Crysis, you open the product up to more customers, as not everyone necessarily has a PC that can run Crysis efficiently. That being said, while AP's graphics are not mind blowing, they convey the message just right. More detail wouldn't really have enriched the game anymore. I would say that I almost find the character models to be more appealing then ME2 character models. Myself, I loved the game. I was kinda worrying at first reading the initial reviews, but was prelexed by the polarity of them. Something didn't seem right with the reviews. Considering other games that scored much higher, with just as many if not more issues, it didn't make sense for AP to be so low. Are reviewers basing scores on the companies past? "Oh, a bug! Of course, it's Obsidian, when have they NOT released a buggy game? Note: Game is very buggy. DONE!" I bet if Bioware had release this game like this, it would be getting 8.5 or higher. Which is silly, since their writing has been pretty meh lately, and at times, cringeworthy. Not to mention the jarring transition from no swearing, to everyone swearing like it's a sailors convention. And the gameplay for AP I would rate higher then the first Mass Effect, by far. Why...I might even say it's better then 2. In fact. I will. The only time I really enjoyed combat in ME2 was as a Vanguard, and that's because you turned into a friggin' missile. Which didn't get too boring for me. In AP, I actually had to deal with NPCs that tried to flank (when the environment allowed for it...). I had to use all the abilities (which had seperate cooldowns, take that ME2!) to survive and win some battles. And the C&C...woo. My second play through, I kept a character alive that I killed on the first one. And it stunned me, because I never realized what really was going on the first time. A definate "wait what?" moment. The only real problems I had with the game was: -No quickslots. Would be nice to bind skills to the number keys rather then having to switch them -Cover system works, but sometimes does some weird things such as preventing one from shooting, even when there's no reason you could not -Mouse control is still a bit rough Aside from those things, it was otherwise a great game. And I ain't gonna jump on the "OMG bad AI!" wagon since....AI hasn't improved much for some time, why would you expect it to be any different here? WOuld be a nice surprise if they were really really good, but I won't hold it against the devs for that. For what it is worth, I found the AI was fine. btw, the melee and back away move by NPCs is to knock you off balance, then put distance while shooting you. They only do it when you get too close to them, or if they are a close ranged build, like with a shotty. For the TL;DR crowd, comparing AP to Crysis in terms of graphics is a silly comparison, as one would have to say every game has bad graphics since they don't compare to Crysis. And AP isn't nearly as bad as critics make it out to be, whatever their reasoning. Sour grapes I suppose.