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What does that even mean? You can buy modded consoles in every store? There's a guy in every alley asking if you wanna score some console mods? The bigger chains don't obviously, but there are many smaller stores that do. And there's lots of guys who get it done as well. I didn't say otherwise. Probably, yes. The percentage of the consumer base who is tech savvy, however, is probably bigger on the PC side.

I don't see what's so surprising about piracy existing on consoles. Here in Portugal everyone offers modded consoles. All the torrents of console games have to go somewhere. I'm guessing that the only difference between PC and consoles regarding piracy is that the average PC gamer is tech savvier than the average console gamer.

It's the aesthetic, the sound, the tunes, the clever level design, the leaderboards, the neverending tower, the writing even. I never thought I'd be praising the writing in a level design. It's smart and it's funny. Also, the learning curve is really awesome: you literally learn how to play the game in 2 seconds, but the physics and the way the difficulty is gently increased from level to level, ensure that you'll be mastering the intricacies of the system for ages. The sense of accomplishment when finishing a harder level is priceless.

Oh, yeah, it's only released next Monday. I am a preorder snob, but only so I can get the profanity pack. The goal of the game is to get goo to flow into pipes. That's it. And it's one of the most sublime experiences in gaming ever. Better than Portal.

I know that, as a character, Kreia, had some shortcomings, but saying she's a K1 level character seems a bit harsh. >_

World of Goo is simply brilliant. Everyone get it, now! It's only 20 bucks.

The biggest problem with both KOTOR characters and ME characters is the way they're presented to the player. Attaching their character development to level ups/major plot points made them artificial, awkward to relate to, and shallow. They're basically just a stupid metagame. The fact that Bastila is ready to be your friend/bumper of uglies, even if you keep her locked away in the spaceship the entire game just destroys any chance of her being an interesting character. And the writing doesn't help, either.

"My hatred for Linkin' Park comes from expecting the next great thing since Limp Bizkit, and getting a piece of half-baked, half-assed garbage instead." You see where you're going wrong there?

They're nothing alike, the fact that you say this probably means you don't like KOTOR. Quests - Kotor's were great, ME's were crap Characters - Kotor's were great, ME's were crap Dialog - Kotor's was great, ME's was crap Art design - Kotor's was great, ME's was crap Story - Kotor's was great, ME's was crap Leveling up and equipment were also inferior in ME. Is that enough for you? I guess you are right regarding equipment and leveling up. But other than that? No.

That's pretty awful, man. And I have a bias towards all things Swedish. Even Roxette is better.

I have to agree with Morgoth on the song. The instrumental version is quite great, while the one with vocals is godawful.

NWN2's OC, and for all its faults I'm really enjoying some of the writing. The writing is uneven but at times it really feels like it is a cut above other games. Shandra, for example, is one of the better characters in the game. She really got a bum rap from the hardcore crowd because of being forced on the player.

I don't think ME is a reflection of a new direction for Bioware, though. In fact, it seems to me like the logical progression from Bio's previous games. It's basically Kotor with slightly better combat and higher production values. For me, the technical improvements over previous games did nothing to lessen the impact of the bad writing and design. If anything, it just made all of Mass Effect's problems stand out more. The more it looks like an Hollywood production, the more it brings out the fact that everything else is still incompetent, even when compared to a run of the mill, Hollywood action movie.

I fail to understand how ME's plot is any better than time traveling lizards. They start off with the whole "Ancient Race Behind It All" schtick, and then suddenly reveal that it isn't an ancient race that's responsible for everything, but rather an ancienter race... awesome Also, character development is still the same forced, mechanical crap they've done in previous games.

That's pretty good.

And closed it is.

Storm of Zehir won't have a Dance Dance Revolution Minigame?

The stealth system sounds idiotic.

Thanks. I think every dev will make a good game with good gamer advice. Only not everybody's capable of good advice (sounds presumptuous eh?) I basically said the same thing on Bioware's forum only to be mobbed by rabid fanboys who think that KOTOR 1 is the next best thing after pre-sliced bread... Link?

The only problems with TLJ are the gameplay and the later parts of the narrative.

Or use punctuation, for that matter.

While a great game, BGE is not, in any way, an RPG.

Going by the hair I'd say that's James Brown's zombie.

Has there ever been an RPG where the main player character has to be female?

Love doesn't rot your teeth.