BruceVC

Another game that sounds fun, thanks for the tip

I hope that you were ironic, coz in order this is basically: 1) Nathyrra in NWN 1 2) Bêlit in Conan the Barbarian (a Howard character, in fact) 3) Morrigan in Dragon Age I was thinking more Viconia and Isabela with a twist but your ones work just as well

I hear you but I would still prefer a weapon ( those pig men need to die), it can still be very scary and tense with a weapon. For example what about striking a balance between a FPS and a game like Amnesia where you have a weapon but only 12 bullets? Hence what I wrote about ammunition being critical to this type of thing working well: That's part of what made old school Resident Evil games work, the constant worry of "crap, I'm almost out of ammo". I've never played any Resident Evil games, you obviously recommend them?

Nah I would rather bond with all my good friends, like you, on this forum. Imagine how miserable you would be if we couldn't discuss the importance of Romance in PoE

I had a vision and ideas for some companions A seductive and salacious female dark elf who is an outcast from her underground realm who attempts to draw you to the side of darkness and help her reclaim her ancestral power and wealth A voluptuous and exuberant female pirate captain who is interested in destroying all current pirate lords and leaders in the region and doesn't care who she has to manipulate to achieve this objective A swamp witch blessed with unparalleled beauty who joins your party and tries to influence you to summon an ancient and banished god.. this could lead to the next event in the PoE gaming world Clever and original companions hey guys

I hear you but I would still prefer a weapon ( those pig men need to die), it can still be very scary and tense with a weapon. For example what about striking a balance between a FPS and a game like Amnesia where you have a weapon but only 12 bullets?

Nice, let us know what you think of Blackguards and W2. No need break the NDA just some high level perspectives

It's true, but weapons detract from that. Part of what makes Amnesia so great at keeping constant tension is the fact that you're completely helpless in a fight. All you can do is run away and hide, you have no means of fighting back. As soon as you put some kind of weapon in the player's hands (and, to the best of my knowledge, there will be weapons) part of that tension is eased. You can still have the tension of the unseen horror (a xenomorph in this case) hunting you that can appear anywhere and any time (making the motion tracker your best friend, as it should be), like in Amnesia, but putting a gun in your hand takes away some of the fear. On the other hand, if they make the enemy AI smart enough (a big if), and the xenomorphs quick enough, and limit your ammo enough, it could make for some great frantic battles where the xenomorph is hopping around from floor to ceiling at lightning speed and you're trying to shoot it when you only have 5 bullets left. They absolutely have to get the amount of ammo you can find in the game right for this to work. If ammo is plentiful then that will pretty much destroy all the fear and tension in the game completely. I hear you about the increase in tension in a game like Amnesia with no weapons but its also unrealistic. I'm busy with the latest one now and even though the house is full of guns and the protagonist is a skilled hunter he doesn't think to take a weapon?

Shame poor you Don't worry I'm still your friend

That looks amazing, I would love to do that hike. Imagine the view, I wonder how they get supplies to that teahouse? Probably airlift ?

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/07/world/asia/rodman-5-craziest-moments/index.html I have been watching the hilarious and concerning antics of Dennis Rodman around his trip to North Korea. On a serious note I know he isn't very clever but is he also demented or on drugs? I was watching the latest interview on CNN with him this morning and what he was saying didn't make sense..it was embarrassing

I would go further. I think that since controlling more than one character is confusing we should only play as the protagonist, pausing should be eliminated since it ruins the flow of the game and abilities should be replaced with real time hack-n-slash/shooting mechanics to reward player skill. That should do it! Brilliant suggestions, I hope Obsidian heeds your erudite words

I really hope that PoE is a multiplayer gamer that also runs on next-gen consoles. That would be ideal and very convenient

That doesn't help if I'm trying to sleep. Woldan wouldn't the ideal solution to be able to do weights while you are sleeping? Like some kind of sleep walking...that way you'll get rest and keep warm?

Yeah I saw it 3 nights ago and enjoyed it

Thanks, man. The hardest part isn't the pain, but I can't focus on anything properly. I can't do anything for more than about ten minutes at a stretch, so I'm flitting from article to article and TV show to TV show. This would an interesting pehmo... phenomenon... if I was more awake. Well you have my sympathies as what you are experiencing doesn't sound nice at all

Nice, I hope you paying her or its slave labour which is outlawed in most countries Oh and welcome to the forums

Walsie what actually happened to your back? Was it an accident? My understanding is that it was an elaborate practical joke involving a dozen chinamen, a zeppelin and a french prostitute gone terribly wrong. You funny Nep

Walsie what actually happened to your back? Was it an accident?

I had never heard of it before but it looks great for pastas, thanks for the tip

So I'm excited as one of the presents I received for Xmas was a Biltong Maker. Biltong is a great South African local food product similar to jerky just much better http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltong http://www.yuppiechef.com/mellerware.htm?id=7611&name=Mellerware-Biltong-King-and-Food-Dehydrator&ref=search So today I've started making my own Biltong, I'll let you guys know how it goes. It should take 3 days to dry out so I should be able to sample it on Friday

It does boggle the mind. I wonder if someone can explain how this game could raise so much money...is it old school fans prepared to pay anything for that nostalgic journey or is it the sales pitch? Does this mean Sci-fi is the way to go for KS projects ...what's Star Citizen secret that allowed such prodigious funding It's really very simple. Their fundraising has been going on for over a year now which allows them to keep increasing the number of backers. The average amount per backer is just over $100 but I would guess a lot of backers have only backed for half that (me for one), the rest made up from the monthly subscription for their backer "inside" look at the design and development of the game. There will also be a number of avid fans that have purchased multiple ship packages which can quite quickly add up to hundreds of dollars. The fact that they are very active on the forums helps also. Mostly it's as I said, time. With a very good developer presence on the site. Makes sense, thanks for the information

I would also argue that Sunni dominated countries like Saudi Arabia have been friends to the West and assisted in the War on Terror. It wasn't always the case from 2001 -2003 but when Saudi Arabia was targeted by Al-Qaeda they changed there attitude towards extremism and starting acting directly against Al-Qaeda. They have been instrumental in preventing several attacks against Western countries. They didn't do this because they love the West or were concerned with protecting our concept of Democracy but they realized that the ideological objectives of Al-Qaeda threatened there way of life and there rulers. So alliances with the West made sense

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-06-fan-made-morrowind-remake-is-shaping-up-nicely Holy smoke guys but check this out, Morrowind is being remade using the Skyrim graphics engine by dedicated fans and modders of the Bethesda community. Its going to be called Skywind. They have 70 people working on this project. It may be old news but its awesome news nonetheless You guys must watch the video to see how they doing