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And I don't get what's interesting about a Fighter offering deep insights like "I am Remond of the Nine Hills and I hate Orcs! Hurrrrrrrr. Feed me strawberries to keep me happy." The Ultima companions were a compromise between interactivity (they offered some unique dialogue every now and then) and leaving all strategical aspects to the player. That post made me laugh but can you Romance puppet characters ( come on I had to ask )

I mentioned this before but the Chinese ownership through Huawei of the suggested monitoring software should be the biggest concern to people, Huawei has been linked to software espionage in the USA

I also don't see what is interesting about puppets?

Basically the law if enforced will automatically block certain websites, like Adult Movie sites (porn) You would then have to contact your ISP to get the filter removed. The idea is an underage person wouldn't be able to remove the blocking as they wouldn't be the actual owner of the ISP account. There parents would be so in theory this would stop kids watching porn unless there parents say its okay

But Oby we don't all work in Russian brothels and strip-clubs, so I admit you have an advantage

Oh, pornography in general is illegal in England? With all the breasts in your newspapers this surprises me. No its not illegal in the UK The UK is a country of hedonists, they would never pass such a pointless law

I voted BG as Viconia was in there and that was the most enjoyable Romance and interaction I have ever had in an RPG But I also liked the various character in DA1&2, NWN and Planescape so it was difficult to decide

Good one

Yeah that's the story of most of our lives, we have all these games and not enough time I am reminded of that every time I open up Steam and see the number of games I have yet to play

I would hope that this is is something that can work both ways. The reason I brought up the points with what Motorizer wrote was actually to give the party a reason to leave the dungeon. I am expecting Obsidian to give us reasons to explore the Old Paths, and as you stated, the more the better. I think that if Obsidian provides roadblocks to progress that are narrative driven in such a manner to make us leave the dungeon and the return with the correct solution to the problem of moving forward, it works better than a simple impassable lock or portal to elsewhere type solution. The funny thing about the 15 level dungeon, is that we know how many levels down we need to go to reach the end. If that wasn't the case, then leaving and coming back with some new information that extended the dungeon (like there is a path down behind a particular statue if you have a particular rune stone) would be less of an issue. Of course this could be handled with a "fake bottom" of sorts; you go down 15 levels and beat the big bad only to fine out that this was only a portion of the total dungeon and there is an entirely different area that is accessible from the 8th level that takes you to the real mega boss. Yeah leaving the dungeon to complete a quest would also work, I like it

Not really, before a person becomes a target of the ICC they have to found guilty primarily of genocide and serious human rights abuses. Not every criminal will qualify for this ignominious title so the ICC wouldn't get involved

A good and worthwhile list, Magicians End would be my favourite

You have raised some good points, I like the idea of the mega dungeon being the source of several quests that start outside it. For example you meet a group of gnomes living in caves who want you to retrieve an important ancestral artefact for them. The artefact is kept on level 8 of the Dungeon in a sealed off area that requires a key that they only give you if you agree to the quest. This concept has loads of potential

Walsie there is NO way they can link you to your past, so I wouldn't worry too much Never underestimate the effectiveness of plastic surgery my friend

If your players are 'passionate' this way about a game so to threated developer with death then you can only imagine the way they commonly treat each-other.You can leave it to fester but then normal players will be pushed out and the community will start to give you a bad name. And the whole Fish nonsense just proves how immature gaming community really is. Apparently devs and journalists included. But at least in a forum community you can ban people and ensure a level of respectability. There isn't that type of monitoring around most types of Social Media

Nice article JFSOCC But I have a solution to reduce the level of vehemence and criticism.... avoid Social Media. Its as simple as that. The author says "You can't give up on Twitter, because it's too good of a tool for interaction with your fans". That's nonsense, people choose to use Social Media as a means to communicate. What did people do 4 years to give updates? If I was a victim of abuse I would just use a website and post weekly comments. There is this real problem where people feel the need to update everyone all the time on what they doing and why they do it. And end of the day you become a victim of a tool that you don't need to use. Of course I'm not suggesting the level of abuse is acceptable but you won't change people making emotional comments so just remove the mechanism they use from your life and I promise you your stress levels will decrease

If they can, they probably will. I have a different idea how to save our children. How about better education and improving the school system? And when it comes to child pron, how about we do something to try to prevent it, instead of hiding it? Well, guess that would involve some serious work. No you right, sometimes the most applicable way to resolve a social problem is not what government's do

Yeah it is a amazing experience being able to max the graphic settings. I loved the hang-gliding, I would often do this as an alternative to the instant travel just for the panoramic views from the air

For the editor the things I linked are what amounts to a manual. For the base game, they really do a bad job telling you all you need to know. They tell you a bit, but it wasn't even until the final segment of the game that I figured out how to use overwatch. "gentle pat on the head " Okay thanks for the information around the manual. Personally I think its something they need to release. I don't mind spending time on a game but not spending time learning how the gameplay works

1.) Please no. A Megadungeon should be a mega-dungeon, not a playground for loot-fanatics and XP-messies. 2.) Epic lot yes, but please don't give it away like candy. That destroys the value of finding something awesome, also it probably destroys any background the "loot" has. Also D3s portal NO, GOD, PLEASE NO! NO! NOOOOO! 3.) I can live with that. 4.) You don't have to look up anything, you have to simply think. It's been ages since I've had to solve any remotely interesting puzzle. 5.) NO. Sorry Gfted1 but I also disagree with almost all your suggestions. In fact I would say you are joking as you saying things in direct contradiction to what everyone else is suggesting ( but it is funny )

Stupid question but doesn't this game have a decent manual, I come from school of thought that says complex games should have manuals

That's a completely reasonable and valid reason to leave Obsidian. I would believe that before I believe he was fired and left under a dark cloud

Hah. Not always true, but certainly the fierce ones only get fiercer. Heh, I used to know a girl at University who would totally vamp it up and act as the aggressive sex kitten type. She said it actually cut down on the guys that hit on her and worked as a defense. She always claimed that the average guy in a club or pub get intimidated by a girl like that, don't know how to handle it, and end up backing down and leaving them alone. I like that strategy That would put me off but not because I would be intimidated.

Sure that's one way but for many people they prefer the luxury and convenience of going to few websites and reading at there leisure what people whose job it is to review games have to say. If you look at websites like Gamasutra and Forbes they carry a load of credibility around what they think about certain games

Plenty listen to them, which is the sad and funny thing. People don't need them, can't really think of anything they've uniquely provided other than social justice outrage (woo RPS) or just funny drama. Okay so how would someone who doesn't have access to forums like these get an opinion on a new game that has been released without reading a gaming journalists review?