Purkake

Gromnir, Boo and co. will cry.

I don't even have an XBOX and you already named a "method" after me? Should I be flattered?

Not making it up as they go along CONFIRMED! It will all come together in ME3.

It will be a silent spring.

Screw the OC and jump straight into MotB, there's more story and less annoying battles there.

I guess we will have to wait and see, won't we?

The MP and the SP are the same, you play through the campaign like in D2, your buddies will be bots(I guess) unless some of your friends jump in and take control of them. That's how I understood it.

Go look at the gameplay videos and make up your own mind. People's definition of "good" varies pretty drastically here. I'm pretty excited for it, though. Then again I'm also excited for Just Cause 2.

It's not like it's on national news, you need blue alien butt for that.

It should work like Diablo II if that tells you anything.

I was speaking of the dialog. Also most of the time it's just bad not cringe-worthy.

I would actually like to see some more video with different characters, the ones so far have pretty much all been "I'm crazy/angry and like to kill stuff" which doesn't really make for interesting introductions.

Going by the bits and pieces from the Gametrailers review the character design is uninspired at best and the writing makes me want to reach for sharp objects. Then again I haven't played any HALO games so maybe that's normal.

Fast edit was fast. Anyway, I'd be more open to a wider array of NPC personalities to choose from if I could actually choose and not be forced to act like a space-nanny carting around all the scum of the universe.

Rome was way awesomer, with all the weird units and stuff.

A character doesn't need to be annoying for someone to dislike that character. A character that you hate can still be a well written character. I'd wager that Patrick Weekes actually likes writing of the character and how she's added and portrayed to the game, because of the reasons why he dislikes the character in the context of the game. I didn't say she was badly written. A well written annoying character is just as annoying as a badly written one, if not more. Why make characters deliberately annoying and then force you to at least keep her on your ship? I can already imagine the dialogue options when meeting her: -"I'm coming with you" 1. Sure, as you can tell from my companions, I love crazy people. 2. Whatever, the ship's over there. 3. Even though you are obviously sociopathic and will betray me at the first opportunity, why not?

I think I'm starting to see a pattern here...

Why would anyone add a character engineered to be super annoying to their team, I do not know. Maybe she's the special "masochist option"?

Out the airlock!

That silenced pistol alone should be worth $60, not to mention the flashbacks and audio tapes you pick up. BTW, the last Idle Thumbs had a really awesome/hilarious ODST section.

I guess now Maria really doesn't have a leg to stand on. SZ is apparently the Ashley of ME2. They need to do more of those "sacrifice someone" scenes so I can get rid of all the annoying people.

Bu...bu...but the multiplayer?

I ignore them.

She's edgy, you won't see her running to Shepherd's every command, she does what she wants when she wants it. That's the kind of woman she is.