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Yeah I'm relatively impressed with some of the lady NPC that can join your party, they aren't an Isabela but there backgrounds and objectives look fun enough I'm playing through DA2 for the first time and Isabela... is kinda one note to me.... Everything is "Sex" or how important she is. And overall her 'long term' goal is kinda boring as well. Sure, she can be hilarious with Merill but other characters have more depth to them. Although they don't seem to have the depth that was put into the DA1 companion. Her liberated and sexualised personality was one of the many things I liked about her, also those pirate boots...yes those pirate boots There's a difference between liberated and sexualized person.... and "Basically only talks of sex for the whole game" But that's not true, she also spoke about her aspirations to get her own ship and return to the sea and she supported Merill . She also discussed what her objectives were. I am not nitpicking but there was more to Isabela to just sex talk

I'll certainly be buying it. BioWare games have always given me my money's worth and then some. I think possibly this is because I try very hard to enjoy games on their own terms as the games themselves present them, instead of forcing them to stagger under the too vast orb of my own expectations or marketing hype. Well said, that summarizes why I am seldom, if ever, truly disappointed by any game. I look at games in there own context and also I ask a simple question " am I entertained by playing a certain game". If the answer is yes then the purchase was worth it. Of course if a game like BG3 is ever released then I would expect it to live up to its predecessors

I can add two more people to your poll who vowed never to buy another Bioware game again, one is Majek. And the other one I won't mention because I don't want to hold him to his vow if he relents and decides he wants to purchase another Bioware game People should be like me, I never say never. I use words similar to "unlikely"

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt Cats hunt - its what they do. They're obligate carnivores and as they can't produce etinol, taurine, and arachidonic acid IIRC and they have to get it from the flesh, organs and/or bones or prey. Or cat food. But while you can take the animal hunting out of the cat food, you can't take the animal hunting instinct out of the cat. But murder is murder, and what about the long term psychological consequences when Kitty realizes all the lives that he/she has ended? Just because Kitty is an animal this needs to be considered...don't you think?

Yeah I'm relatively impressed with some of the lady NPC that can join your party, they aren't an Isabela but there backgrounds and objectives look fun enough I'm playing through DA2 for the first time and Isabela... is kinda one note to me.... Everything is "Sex" or how important she is. And overall her 'long term' goal is kinda boring as well. Sure, she can be hilarious with Merill but other characters have more depth to them. Although they don't seem to have the depth that was put into the DA1 companion. Her liberated and sexualised personality was one of the many things I liked about her, also those pirate boots...yes those pirate boots

http://www.destructoid.com/review-valiant-hearts-the-great-war-277017.phtml Is it just me or does this game not look amazing? Watch the video as well on the link above

Nonek I've said this before and I'll say it again, you really write well and make your posts both exciting and interesting. Its a rare talent What do you do for a living if you don't mind sharing?

I find your shallowness sickening. Just because you do not find him attractive does not mean he should be unable to partake in romance. Perhaps he wouldn't be so forlorn if someone would just show him some basic kindness. Also, I think the ghost part is figurative. You funny, if I knew you were a proud promancer I would take you seriously and respond accordingly But Cole is some sort of spirit, see the link below http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dragon-Age-Inquisition-Gets-Details-About-Cole-the-Spirit-Screenshots-448038.shtml

That may be a valid SJ campaign but the reality is Romance is also about aesthetics..and Cole fails miserably in that department. Also I don't think many people would relate to him since he is basically a spirit, see below "He is a ghost in the shadows, walking unnoticed through crowds. He can slit an enemy’s throat before they even realize he’s there, and slip away, never to be seen again. Those few who do notice him soon forget he ever existed… and Cole isn’t certain that he does exist," Bioware said about the new character.

Yes I did read those links but 20 or so people discussing a possible Romance, and many people not supporting it, isn't a reason to suggest that BSN Romance discussions are about incest or that such discussions are numerous

Its good that you moved so swiftly to prevent said murder, what would happen later when kitty gets older and reflects on its life. Imagine the guilt

The reason he looks dead-ish is because he's some kind of Fade entity (probably) weirdly bound to the body of a dead mage. And he won't be romanceable in the slightest, because he basically has the mental outlook of a child and Gaider has explicitly said multiple times that a romance involving him would be foul and repellent. Just to dispel a little bit of the ridicule. given the numerous demands to romance your sibling in da2, am suspecting that the "outlook of a child" would not dissuade a significant % o' the bsn population from requesting that corpse-boy be romanceable. so, while you has managed to possibly dispel some o' the ridicule, we suspect that very shortly we is gonna be getting all new fodder worthy o' even greater contempt and derision... at least if history is telling us anything 'bout predicting bsn reactions regarding romance. HA! Good Fun! Numerous requests for incest, really Gromnir? Really..... Can you provide some links? A few people asking on BSN is not numerous Hyperbole has always been your strong point..its one of things I find entertaining about your posts

The reason he looks dead-ish is because he's some kind of Fade entity (probably) weirdly bound to the body of a dead mage. And he won't be romanceable in the slightest, because he basically has the mental outlook of a child and Gaider has explicitly said multiple times that a romance involving him would be foul and repellent. Just to dispel a little bit of the ridicule. Thanks Tajero, that is interesting After hearing that he has just been moved up in my list of potential party NPC Its probably a good thing he can't be Romanced because you know what they say .... "Necrophilia is dead boring "

Yeah I'm relatively impressed with some of the lady NPC that can join your party, they aren't an Isabela but there backgrounds and objectives look fun enough

You're still buying this aren't you Monte? Seems to be a big market for these games regardless of this content and a lot of people keep buying them. Case in point: Perhaps Obsidian should take some pointers from BioWare, by appealing to the mass market instead of a niche market with their next original IP. Of course Monte will be buying DA:I Haven't you realised its cool to bash Bioware games around anything you can then still buy there products when released Oh and I'm not sure if you are joking but the whole mass market target makes sense, that would be a Romance objective for the next PoE

I thought it looked better when it was last posted a couple of days ago! (Last page) Nobody commented on it when I posted it /foreveralone EDIT: nobody other than Gromnir Yeah I hear you, its almost the same as nobody commenting if only Gromnir comments and it can be depressing

... The west does not understand the middle east. Never has, and all indications are it never will. I think the more salient points is does the middle east understand the middle east?

It is if you don't take responsibility for managing your own government 3 years after the invading force pulled out. Maliki was advised what he needed to do, it wasn't complicated.... " integrate the Sunni minority into your new government ". But he failed to do this, can't blame the invading force for that.

I agree, I can accept that there are some cases of historical bad planning by Western countries in some places in the world but I long for the day where people stop blaming "colonialism and Western intervention" for the state of there countries when in fact the main culprit for many dysfunctional countries is corruption and lack of good governance

It's the most tragic thing. People are wasting human resources on doing exactly the same **** in video games industry, instead of concentrating on making my life better. Biggest waste of our time. Bester I know you have no issue with Pirating but what's your view around hackers and people that exploit some lax security like this CDPR incident?

Real-time first-person AI exploiter. Or maybe enemy circler...probably should add tile-based, as otherwise that would describe Dark Souls, as well (though supposedly Dark Souls 2 is better about this.) Regardless, one of many examples of why turn-based is the superior system. Yeah the definition gets confusing But you right, the game is really entertaining and that's all that matters

This weekend I got into Legends of Grimrock, and I'm really enjoying it. I am only on level 5 so its still early days. This is the first time I have played this type of RPG, what do you classify it as? 3D with tile based movement ? I never played games like M&M before, anyway it look me an hour or two to get into it as the gameplay is obviously very different to other RPG like NWN, Gothic or DA But now I am loving it, I enjoy the tactical aspect to combat and how you use the grid movement to attack certain enemies in a strategic manner. Its funny but in the beginning of the game I was battling to find 2 keys, I went onto the Steam forums and saw several posts with people also battling to find these particular keys, The suggested help was that the one key was in this room where 3 skeletons come out of these alcoves. So I went back to this room and searched it thoroughly and still no key, I was about to stop playing the game because I thought "this is a bug and I'm not going to start again" but then I went back to the map and saw an area I hadn't explored. I subsequently went there and found the key. So the moral of the story is "don't always believe what people say on Steam"

I find the objective of ISIS almost completely fanciful, maybe they got inspired by the developments in Crimea but there is absolutely no way they will ever be allowed to create an independent state in the region. I wonder if there leaders actually believe they can do this or do you think these types of campaigns are more about fund raising and gaining new volunteers for there cause? Allowed by whom? The only people who can effectively stop them are the people in the way. Because the great British public just cannot be bothered. Well there is a long list of people who won't allow them to create an independent state in the region, these include Syria\Iran, Iraq\Iran and most Western countries correctly see the creation of an ISIS state as a destabilizing factor for the entire region

I generally don't read anything he posts, but sometimes I take a cursory glace over his topics. But no influence whatsoever