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I call that dark humor. You bring up specific examples. That's good, but also misleading. As anyone who's taken stats 101 would know, there are always outliers. There are always instances are exceptions. When you look at the big picture, BIS games tend to be darker and aimed at a more mature audience than Bio games.

Yes. And I'm a Bio fanboy. You're just wrong.

It's also a matter of style. I'm generalizing here but Bioware and Obsidian/Black Isle have different design philosophies. Bioware tries to make their rpgs as appealing to the general gamer as possible. They tend to take the safer route by having clearly definable good/evil choices and play around with themes and story plots that are mora palatable to younger gamers. They place a heavy emphasis on humor and on simpler roleplaying choices. They follow a formula that works and sells games. Black Isle/Obsidian rpgs tend to be darker and more mature. Their games are more morally ambigious and require greater player introspective to fully enjoy. They tend to experiment more with their story structure. Bioware has more and a greater variety of fan types than Black Isle/Obsidian, but those that are loyal to BIS/Obs tend to be more rabid because they see themselves as more sophisticated than Bio fans. I like both (all 3?) companies and their games in anear equal manner. To answer the question, NO. I like diversity. If Bio made K@, they would have mada K2 more of the same. If you want to see A KoTOR sequel by Bioware, play the Baldur's Gate or NWN series. The story design for those games are similiar in structure to KoTOR.

I loved the concept of Rebellion despite its poor execution. If they can combine Rebellion with Total War, that would make a pretty sweet game. More Rebellion and Total War, less Galactic Battlegrounds and C&C.

Well, you just missed the single best one. Get it NOW. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agreed.

That's just dirty.

You do realize that "kotor" in the Malay and Indonesian languages means dirty.

My favorite games list includes side scrollers on the Nintendo, EA sports titles on the Sega Genesis, and PC rpgs. I guess that makes me a true gamer. But the only games I follow the development on are rpgs. I'm only speaking for myself and not on gamers in general. Though I suspect most will play muliple genres.

Then again, the codex has a venomous editorial bias against rpgs not headed by Tim Cain. Especially those that are connected with Bioware. Well, atleast that's how I see them frame their news flashes. I'm probably wrong.

Baldur's Gate. I was expecting a Diablo clone.

Impression from initial playthrough: BG> BG2> FO> FO2 Opinion from hindsight: BG2> FO> BG> FO2

addendum. So that Hades wouldn't call them out on messing with D20 core rules.

So they wouldn't have to deal with WOTC. So that they can create their own RPG universe. So that royalties wouldn't cut into their profit margin. So that they can have more say in publishing decisions. Plus plenty more reasons.

In either case, Bioware wins.

The Fallouts oozed with better atmosphere and style, but the BG's were superior in gameplay and fun.

TSL's soundtrack uses an orchestra but I still prefer KotOR.

Tony LaRussa Baseball 95: A baseball game w/o sortable team/player stats. NWN: Uninteresting OC and clumsy radial menu system Ryne Sandberg Plays Bases Loaded 3: Removed season play feature. No Ryne Sandberg. WTF?? None of these were flat out horrible games, but they were quite dissapointing.

It wouldn't be because of his assigned script would it? Maybe you had it set on stationary?

PC version bug fixes. But is it worth buying again I wonder? Also, aren't PC releases generally buggier than console releases? Ugggh.

Hades gets a gold star <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you not played the Super Smash Brothers series?

The workbench should be tied to the PC's abilities.

1) Jolee Bindo 2) Yuthara Ban 3) HK-47 Jolee is as deep a video game character as any that has existed. Period. You can name Dakkon, or any other Torment character, and I

Well you ARE in the STORYLINE forum and talking about the STORYLINE is in general going to have SPOILERS cause it is talking about the STORY. I mean, what do you EXPECT when you come into the STORYLINE forum? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This topic was moved here from general discussion.

I concur on all three counts. Plus, whether the game is "buggy" or "testing the limitations of the x-box", it does not have a very smooth ride. It is also an incomplete game. I still liked it though. Liked it very much.

No they don't. *cough*Neverwinter Nights*cough* *cough*THrone of Bhaal*cough* <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Notice I wrote can and not will. And notice my full paragraph: Bioware has three games in my all-time top six. They have the track record, the autonomy, the talent, and the size to create games that can meet bloated expectations. But for the record, NWN is not included on my all time list.