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what you're saying is true QTE killed AP for me. and the animations in NV almost did the same. I guess I like post apocalyptic future more than I like generic fantasy settings. although I wouldn't want a similar combat system in TW2. DA2 is enough. I'd like TW2 to keep the original's combat system with minor tweaks.

I'd say get rid of it completely.

I can't help it, guys. the animation in this game is really very bad. reminds me of old monsters like Anachronox, Giants and the like. most of the cut-scenes rely heavily on your imagination and then there's the lockpicking minigame, custom spells, hopping horses... oh boy, I was thinking about getting it after listening to you guys give praises to it, but I don't anymore

thank you, detective, now I'll be able to sleep at night

that's what a good company should be doing. correcting others' mistakes and rubbing their faces in it

oh, I'm too weak to do it... I never played Diablo II on hardcore because I would snap if I were to lose my char after one death

why?..

I found AP better than most MGS games, of course those are awful save for the first one, so that's not saying much about AP still, it had it's moments. the problem is, Obsidian doesn't know how to make action or stealth games.

I always considered Obsids' games their own, just look at NWN or KOTOR, their versions differ greatly. actually, I really hope Obsidian will never produce an original game again

that's my ppoint. I have a ... "feeling", that Obsids' version of DS will look and play exactly like Gothic

I think DSIII will be as close as they can get to a 'Gothic' game

well, there's a chance they learned something from Obsidian or they can hire a bunch of Obs's designers to do some heavy lifting EDIT: hey, you're right, the European Commonwealth! it could be a great game without attaching the name Fallout to it, would make a great prequel.

ahaha, Tale, you crack me up

still doesn't make much sense to me, Josh, since both have the word "sell" in them and then there's this:

what's up with the "shipped=not sold"? don't retailers buy the game from the publisher? (as you can see I don't know anything about selling stuff, so it does sound stupid to me, when they say Beth made 300 million without selling anything, but "shipping" it, I mean, what's the difference?)

with a couple of additional programmers they're more than capable of building a game of the same size and quality

same as repairing. in the weapons inventory there's a "Mod" button on the top right under the "Repair"

there's no level up button as far as I know, the game forces you to lvl up every time EDIT: ugh, Gfted1 already answered that well, as for weapons, even the crappy ones are enough to oneshot most humanoid foes, I just can't make myself not to shoot in the head

oh, I got here pretty late, so I guess my advice isn't gonna really help anyways, I worked night shifts for 7 years so I do have some experience to share the biggest problem was to stay awake. I kept struggling for years, you'd think that after a couple of years your brain gets used to it... well, it never does but there are ways to go around it. the most common tactic is to take short naps throughout the night, 20-30 minutes every hour will do wonders. after a couple of weeks of this self-torture your brain shifts into an alternative mode to help itself. actually, three's a whole system based on this (the Uberman schedule, I believe), when your brain gets used to it, it becomes easy to sleep only 2-3 hours a day and still feel fresh. of course the rest of your body doesn't get the much needed rest, and it can hurt you in the long run. coffee never helped me, eating did. make the meals small but eat often. every hour or so. don't stuff yourself. this isn't exactly true. people gain weight because their body thinks it's starving. when you eat only two or three times a day, your body gets used to it, and every additional meal, especially when the meals are far apart, gets treated like the last before a very long break, the body then switches it's gears and "hoards" 80% of all food, putting it into fat. the trick is to eat often. this applies for everyday eating, if you're dead serious on controlling your weight it's better to eat 5-6 times a day, always make sure you're left a little hungry after every meal. this way your stomach keeps working all day long.

right now I can't even get the GECK to work, it crashes every time. I'm just gonna pretend it doesn't exist

he didn't say anything was wrong with the combat. only that playing a rogue it was hard. he didn't like the camera and button mapping

Convinced of what, that the combat is easy? I'm afraid h/c mode will become more of a nuisance further down the road, so I'm gonna make the game hardcore on my own. combat is going to be easy no matter what I do sadly, I can't figure out how the GECK works and I don't want to use mods made by others. I decided not to use companions, not to explore too much until I get to Mr.House and Caesar. set END to 3, forget about weapon skills and spend skillpoints on medicine and explosives instead. never use VATS of course.