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Did you know you're rather awesome? I just wanted to point that out.

And yet you were fine with KOTOR.

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The problem with Vista is not that it is a hog, or that it is worse than XP. Relatively speaking, Vista is as big a system hog as XP, and in terms of features, it's probably a bit better than XP. However, jsut a bit better really doesn't cut it, if you want to get people to change to a new, quite expensive OS. XP was a success because it was significantly more stable and secure than 98SE, which made it a worthy upgrade for a lot of people. I still use XP because it never, ever crashes and I've never had any security issues with it. Why would I spend an ungodly amount of money on Vista if I'm already happy with my current OS?

The idea is that a used game is exactly as good as a new game, while, say, a used car is a lot worse than a new car.

Not in any way.

I think so. I never tried it, though. The best Pinball games ever were the Digital Illusions games.

Elder Scrolls MMO? That feels like a really bad idea and really good idea at the same time. 1 s4w a MUdcRaB +odaY. i Ki11ed i+ Phor l0oT.

I think that, as far as graphics are concerned, NWN's engine was very good in the lighting department, what with having great spell effects and real time lighting. Everything else was rather underwhelming, however.

You're forgetting Advanced Pinball Simulator. The best pinball game on the Spectrum. Also, I think the awesome Micro Machines games were by Codemasters. This thread is awesome, by the way. It has been a long while since a thread was as active as this one.

Well, this sucks.

Now, what the hell was so good and not one dimensional about Canderous?

Not a movie I've watched recently, but the Alien box set is available here for 13

And KOTOR was a degenerate version of BG2 in more ways than one.

Off topic: This reminded me of some work my mom did in advertising many, many years ago. She once organized a consumer test with blind testing to evaluate Portuguese beer drinkers. In Portugal there are two big beer brands, and almost everyone either drinks one or the other, which they swear by religiously. Well, as everyone can imagine, what the testing showed was that no one could identify their favorite beer by tasting only. No one. It was all exclusively about brand recognition.

I would love it if Obsidian started organizing round tables on game design, either in a podcast or in a blog. Like, one a month or something. I'd imagine it might even help Obsidian employees become better at their jobs.

I don't hate KOTOR, I just think it was ok, with some noticeable flaws. Just like Mass Effect. Regarding level design, ME is almost the same as KOTOR with levels consisting of a peaceful zone and a combat zone attached to each other. The main difference in level design is that, given the nature of the combat, the level design in ME affects the way combat develops, while in KOTOR it really just provides ground to stand on while fighting. As for art design, it's generic sci-fi stuff in ME and generic Star Wars in KOTOR so I really don't see what you're on about. I guess ME is better because it uses a snazzier engine which allows for more detailed textures and models. In KOTOR, I liked the Wookie planet with the huge tree trunks.

I think KOTOR's flaws have been pointed out to you by me, and by other posters on several occasions. Among those were the writing, the very limited scope of the planets, the stupid morality system where you are either a saint or a force bully, the combat, and the general lack of challenge. Mass Effect is KOTOR with better combat and more mindless filler.

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Wow, must have been some time since you bought your last PC Yeah, it was bought in 1999, the year I started uni. After that, all I ever did was upgrades, in practice. The keyboard is the only thing I still use from that PC. I lurve it. @Deraldin: And you're right about that. Driver problems for graphics cards are really a question of public perception. AMD has similar problems with their processors. Even when the Thunderbird was thumping the Pentium both in performance and cost, customers still saw AMD's processors as less reliable than Intel's.

Considering the majority of gamers use Nvidia cards that Google fight result is to be expected. I don't have a preference one way or the other but I still have never owned an ATI card, except for a Rage IIc that came bundled with the last PC I bought.

Storm of Zehir's soundtrack really is awesome.

Generally I have to agree with your assessment. It would be nice to have such customization and while I am really trying to like AP it seems its just not going to be the game for me. However, in Deus Ex, you were stuck with one character as your PC and that game turned out really well and was a great CRPG. So keep your options and mind open about AP you never know. Is that advice you're following, yourself?

Obsidian is working on Aliens and AP. Also, supposedly, there's a new fantasy game they're working on, which should come out only after Aliens. How would it be possible for Obsidian to be working on another expansion?

Morgoth is like bottled sunshine.