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Personally, if Levine was as important to its overall design as it seems, I think System Shock 2 by itself warrants a very high regard for the guy. He could spend the rest of his career making porn versions of Solitaire, and even then he would still be one of The Awesome Ones. And anyway, System Shock isn't the only good thing he has done.

Propagandhi - And We Thought That Nation States Were A Bad Idea I can't stop listening to this.

Kojima will probably be in the top 10 too. And perhaps Ken Levine because Bioshock is in fashion. Gabe Newell will be there for sure, as well. Also, Sakaguchi and Carmack. Oh, and Warren Spector. With these and yours we have the 10 places filled. Personally, I think Doug Church and Yasumi Matsuno both deserve a spot, but they won't get one. Edit: Well, I just checked the latest entries, and Ken Levine has shown up, already.

Done and done.

Actually, that's not the one. the one I'm talking about was in a street off the beaten path, had almost no customers, and the owner seemed like he was actively trying to not get customers. And if my memory doesn't fail me a two flavour cone was something like 4 euros. Also, still better than any ince cream shop in Rome.

If you are on the internet and you're not complaining, then you are not doing it right! Ok. The best Ice cream shop is in Rome and I'm furious with all the other ice cream shops because they're not as good as the one in Rome! In fact I'm going to boycott all other ice cream shops until they're as good as the one in Rome. That'll show them! I'm sorry but the best ice cream shop is in Firenze not Rome, and is managed by a guy who always looks like someone just killed his pet.

It seems to me like there is two tiers among the levels of power behind the curtain, with Linus and Widmore being less powerful upstarts who are trying to take definite control of the island. The really powerful ones are Alpert, Hawking and, of course, Jacob. It seems to me like these three have always been dismissive of Benjamin Linus, and as for Widmore, I think he rebelled against the rest of the Others, in order to take the island for himself.

LIES! It is easily THE best chase scene in gaming history. I had trouble getting through it at first because I couldn't stop giggling and laughing and thinking "NOWAY!" Anyway, humour can go a really long way in making a game work. Most adventure games had seriously atrocious gameplay that was completely and utterly mitigated by the awesomely funny writing.

The bald guy already guessed Nathan has abilities. I also agree with Oerwinde's girlfriend on Parkman's capture. It's like the show is written by mentally impaired people.

The Volourn is correct on the language thing.

The only games I've played extensively, with regenerating health, were Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War. In both those games, the speed of regeneration made everything a lot more boring and challengeless than it needed. While CoD4 kind of maintained the fun due to the different set pieces it threw at the player, Gears of War was made even more repetitive and dull by the regeneration, than it would be without it. Where I'm going with this is that health regeneration being good or bad is, probably, simply a matter of implementation. Also, bad health regen doesn't necessary break a game. All of that said, I have yet to play a game where I felt health regen was well implemented. Edit: Also, I wouldn't call GoW and CoD4 outstanding proof that medkits are a thing of the past. If anything, they're proof that regeneration needs to be fundamentally changed if it's going to work.

Yeah, and don't forget the planet eating reaper, physically indestructible reaper, the old, cryptic, manipulative woman who accompanies the lead character and is secretly in control of the reapers, and the legion of the fat reaper appointed bounty hunters that go chasing after the main protagonist because of the price that's been set on their head. wot?

Glad to hear that, maybe i give it a shot I found Shadow of Chernobyl to be pretty punishing as well.

She's talking about game developing costs, not store prices.

Saying that something is indisputable just because the majority agrees with it is hivemind like. You can have whatever opinion you want, but if you're going to claim some point of view is unassailable you should have a defense other than "the majority says so". But I am pleased you agree that I am correct.

Behold the all encompassing power of the hivemind.

I am aware of that and I mentioned it in this thread, already. "The gaming world" is an entity that can't (won't?) do much other than point approvingly at the products with best brand management.

Wata twiist! That would be just sad. Having each of the 3 games have different protagonists would give them room to be a bit more creative... Why would Bioware want to be more creative when they get all the sales and critical acclaim they need, without it? I think you pretty much nailed their setup there. Predictable yes, but not boring. It an entertaining space adventure action, not a nobel prize winning novel. It doesnt have to redefine sci-fi to be an awesome game. No, but it should at least be engaging, and the plot I'm predicting sounds like an instant snoozefest, which coupled with the poorly written characters and the middling action gameplay, doesn't sound like awesome to me.

It's fairly obvious that ME2's plot will be about the robots controlling the galaxy, with Shepard faking his death, to go underground and all rebel and stuff, so that the good fight against the powers that be can be fought. Boring, trite and predictable just like the first game. At least they're going for thematic unity across the trilogy, I guess.

So is the island kinda like the Heart of Gold? Does it require very low probabilities to work its magic or something?

12th century? Someone should turn The Old Man And The Sea into a strategy game using the new Total War engine. Epic fishing struggles are the future of gaming.

Maybe D'anna was a lesbian apostle found only in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Or something.

I saw it with my mum the other day. It was hilariously awful.

Cake - Ain't No Good It's an awesome song to play in Audiosurf and I'm now its elite champion.