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As far as I know and what I heard from the writers them selves, the wiki definition is pretty much spot on. Low Fantasy strives for realism and believability above all else, while High fantasy is more about being epic and grand. Though WoT has connection to the real world mentioned throughout the whole book, so it is speculated that the world we live in now is from an age that has happened long ago in the WoT world.
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So gutted about the WoT licenses, giving them to Red Eagle was such a waste.
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Oh, I get what you are saying, there is a reason it is called low fantasy and yes it obviously has it's market, but it's just not for me. For me fantasy is getting to those grand moments, where there are epic fights, or unbelievable things happening, it makes the hair on my arms stand up. I just couldn't find any of that in ASoIaF. To be honest apart from Silmarilion(which is awesome) I found LotR to be ok. The kind of fantasy I like the most is in the vain of Wheel of Time. WoT was my first fantasy book and it was what hooked me to the genre. Since then I read many great books, but sadly ASoIaF just wasn't one of them(for me). And to steer back to the topic, I think it would be wrong to change genres in PoE as it was sold as the spiritual successor of the IE games.
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ASoIaF bored the heck out of me, read book one, stopped reading it after the first third of book 2(same for the tv show). I am just not in to low Fantasy, I don't see the point of it. If I am going to read something that is real and gritty, I'll pick up a historical novel or something similar. There was an interview with G.R.M. in the Rolling Stones magazine, in which he described how he felt about Tolkien's works. Here is the quote: "Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord of the Rings had a very medieval philosophy: that if the king was a good man, the land would prosper. We look at real history and it's not that simple. Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy? Did he maintain a standing army? What did he do in times of flood and famine? And what about all these orcs? By the end of the war, Sauron is gone but all of the orcs aren't gone – they're in the mountains. Did Aragorn pursue a policy of systematic genocide and kill them? Even the little baby orcs, in their little orc cradles?" Who cares about tax policies? Is that the point of the story, does it add anything to it? I personally like to read epic fantasy and I expect the story and characters to be fantastic. I do not go in to an epic fantasy or sf book and say "man this is totally not believable".
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^ No one saw nothing, you hear!
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Awesome channel.
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Wow, 10 months! That is unbelievable for a game that large. While it may not be the best IE game overall, it is certainly my favorite. It was one of the first games I ever played as a kid (the first IE game) and while it took me a long time to finish, it inevitably sharpened my fangs for all the games to come. Comparably the BG series was a breeze to finish when I got to play it. I can only wish that the soundtrack, atmosphere and combat of PoE is anywhere near as good as that of IWD2.
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/call-of-duty-player-loses-match-calls-in-swat-team-on-opponent/1100-6419164/ This happens to a lot of League of Legend streamers too. It's kind of ridiculous.
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Well it is German.
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Lol, I still remember when DA2 was going to come out (while I still visited BW forums) the fans were asking can you romance you sister/brother. The funny thing is that lot's of them were serious and were saying how it would add realism to the game. I'm cracking up as I'm writing this.
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I have the logitech wave keyboard/mouse combo I got as a gift with my computer over 6 years ago and it still works great. Though I did have to put wd-40 in to the mouse left click sensor to get rid of the annoying double click(it seems that over the years it gums up and gets stuck and so it produces a double click when you only click once).
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New PC Gamer interview with Josh.
Sarex replied to Starwars's topic in Pillars of Eternity: General Discussion (NO SPOILERS)
Now you get to cast them during the fight, happy days. -
Wasn't wolverine healed from a single cell, how can you beat that? Now the real question is who would win in a Rune King Thor vs. Golden Years (Pre-Crisis) Superman{or Superman Prime if you think it's the stronger iteration}.
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Looks like we are getting the 600 dollar 8 core. http://www.techpowerup.com/196158/intel-core-i7-haswell-e-to-launch-in-q3-2014.html
