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No, I really wouldn't say that. That is, of course, why CRPGs fans (fans of things like Fallout especially) feel so disheartened. The games being put out arn't bad games necessarily, a lot of people loved Fable, but their not good RPGs. On top of the fact that CRPGs seem to be getting thinned out and console RPG suffer heavily from these problems. The ones that do show promise on some fronts, Hammer & Sickle or K2, get plagued but other issues. Fair enough, but if you ask anyone around here if Pirates! is a RPG, they will prolly say no (tho it does offer some of the best "Role PLaying" in recent memory :D ) It has a story and significant choices, some only to your immediate character, some to the game world. But why wouldn't you call it a RPG? (or maybe you would) I'd say one reason is because you lack the ability to significantly "build" your character. You get some options, your special skill and nationality, but something feels missing there. Hell, keep it stat based, just having some of your enemies work together in some loose fashion would be a HUGE step up. I mean, if you can have enemies try to flank you or give covering fire in RT in F.E.A.R., why not K3 or Fallout 3? I mean Silent Storm has already done some of those things in TB, to a degree. I mean, you talk of things not evolving in RPGs, what has shown less improvement (or general movement) than enemy AI? So does K1 and K2 and lots of other RPGs. So "depth" of the system really isn't the issue it seems. Frankly, not sure what is. Whats the best implementation of rules system, created for the game or otherwise, in your opinion? But, to get to your point, I agree that "Stats" won't make or break a RPG alone. Their a "branch", not the trunk, if you will. To be fair, the Kotor series combat would be alot worse of without that lightsaber sound. Sometimes the little things go far. The more you move away from "stiffness" the more you tend to go into "Ninja Gaiden" combat territory. Which is fine, could be a good game, but does that help or hurt a RPG? I mean, wouldn't stats be like getting a more powerful sword in Zelda. More and more insignificant if the player can make up for it in reflexes? Kinda prodding your view on stats a bit more.

Oh , trunk, now I get it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hate you guys I'd like to point out, it does work. A tree trunk is a tree truck, but it needs (at least) branches to be a whole tree. Me: 1 Them: 0

You essesntially covered up my marker! and I love Blanks line

Sure, thats the core, like the core of a FPS is running around with a gun shooting things dead. but, as you know, there is more too it than that. What's a FPS without a FP camera angle or different weapon/enemy strengths and weakness. What you describe is a way of making a good game, imo. Not nessasarily a good RPG. Thats why things like The Sims or Pirates! arn't called RPGs, while they do give you the "core" qualities of one, they are still missing the qualities that make them a RPG. A truck with no leaves or branches isn't much of a tree. It's obviously much harder to say what the "branches" are in a RPG (compared to a FPS), and it differs from person to person, but there still there. Not 100% sure I know what you mean by this, I see a few ways you could be going with it. Break it down a bit, if you can. Frankly, if you were sticking with TB, couldn't you effectively take care of "behavior" part with better enemy AI? I think a large problem with TB combat is that the AI doesn't generally get beyond "Swarm" or "Snipe". The computer has to make you think and devs can't be afraid of making the player lose sometimes. A la Ninja Gaiden. Obviously, TB isn't even going to match RT is "visceral" qualities.

Time zones man. It's like early morning for most of them. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea, maybe........but I'm going with Kor Qel, their just ScandiCats

Are the Euros just not going to represent?

I think they have been doing alot more than evolving, they have been mutating altogether. Via blending with other genres (FPS: Deus Ex, V:tM, Boiling Point; Action/Adv: Fable; and even things like Pirates! or The Sims to an extent, etc)

Eh, no biggies. Hawkeye and a couple of other crappy avengers and some 3rd rate mutants. Magneto lost his powers, no one knows where Xavier is, and most of the core X-men have their powers.

eh, too damn many of those guys anyways. I like how a bunch of them died because they didn't know they lost their abilities. Funny stuff.

What? You think those gases just got in the air by themselves? America can't get credit for anything....

as long as the check clears

It didn't except my area code or my closest neighbors, but I got one in the ballpark

So it is, but it must have took a second when I zoomed out, so it was just America surrounded by just a cream color. Just like in my dreams.

kool, but considering half the people here are from Euroland, it's going to thin things out. can that thing go global?

Ok, I'm a Taries. Before you call me retarded, I hate that, let me explain: Without being professionally charted I don't know if I'm a Aries or a Taurus. So I say Taries. Now you can call me retarded.

Too much info. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ok, how about just "I hate"

Little known fact: I hate you all.

Skankycat? That might be a scandinavian prostitute. " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was thinking scaredy cat But seriously, your all screwed, and not in that kinky German kinda way.

Have you seen the **** Grayson trailer/short? Pretty decent too

How about a scandicat

but, the puppies......

How about you just say: "Stop, or the next person to fight, gets nuked"

Which one is closer to Kate Beckinsale?

I'm playing a game this is 100% vampire free, so no one here will like it Metroid Prime 2

A ScandiCan or a ScandiCan't?