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Games that significantly influenced me and which I will always adore: Jazz Jackrabbit (1 and 2 are equally great) Fallout 1 (I first played this in year 6 so it was a very unique experience) Half-Life 1 (Made me start to enjoy shooters... plus the science in the game was weefun) Deus Ex 1 (I used to go around quoting the game... hell I still do... it also inspired my interest in chemistry) Planescape: Torment (Sent me on a philosophical rampage at one point) KoTOR1 (Got me interested enough in Star Wars to watch the movies... the old 3 were good, the new 3 were ****) Age of Empires 1 & 2 (Seriously the best RTS's ever) Games which I adore but wouldn't say influenced me overly much me: Baldur's Gate 1 Icewind Dale 1 Fallout 2 System Shock 2 Vampire: Bloodlines HL1: Opposing Force Jedi Knight 2

Aqua - Roses Are Red Tehehehe.

I disliked Cain and felt the constant flashbacks were an annoyance which ruined the flow of the present time plot (one which I loved - the "new" enemy is so much more cooler than the Cylons).

She? Terry is a guy. Anyway, yeah, I liked Thief of Time. The whole time-slicer monk idea was cool. It's my second favourite - The Truth being first.

Hahaha really? You didn't take a silly tour did you? I always climb onto their backs when I go there (which is rarely ever because it's full of tourists).

One of these days, some random company nobody has heard of will make a 2D isometric RPG that looks beautiful and is deep and innovative. It'll take us back to our roots, we'll all praise it and all will be right again in the RPG world.

Eh. I spent today doing job interview stuff and playing BG2. But I'm going hiking in the Blue Mountains tomorrow.

They just didn't feel complete to me, so I find it hard to describe them as anything other than "good" (KOTOR2 that is).

I hate the forced restart. But if you get the "Restart now or in 10 mins?" option, just drag it to the bottom corner of the screen and you'll never see it again.

Haha yeah. I just listened to "I'm so excited" by The Pointer Sisters. The movie clip gets rather interesting at about 50-55 seconds in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DcNPFWhbk Then there's Total Eclipse of the Heart, I Will Survive, Dust in the Wind, Time After Time, I Want to Know What Love Is, etc... ah <3 nostalgia.

Planescape: Torment had the best romances of RPGs so far (they were subtle, though). But then, I don't suppose you'd know that, right? I wasn't even aware KOTOR1 had romances. KOTOR2's could have been good but they were as buggy and unfinished as the rest of the game. BG2's romances... well I guess there's kind of something for everyone? LOL except girls who just had Enema.

For one dizzying moment there I thought I had been outed. I love you. Never leave.

Haha yeah. I've been digging up all the old 80's stuff. I know it all off by heart, so I think the 80's had more of an affect on the 2 years of life I spent in them than I thought.

**** me. And I only just started to read his books. "The Truth" was an absolute miracle of fiction!

To Vista proponents: Justify to me why I, an average Windows user, should change from XP to Vista. Consider that XP is stable and essentially bug-free, while Vista is simply growing stable and bugfree. Further consider that Vista offers no new innovations in word processing, gaming or multimedia compared to XP. And don't go quoting "dual cores" and "64-bit" like you actually know what they mean or could actually name a way they've made your life as an average user easier. Vista may not be bad as such. What it is is redundant, bloated and for all intents and purposes, unnecessary.

You read their secret evil plan diaries, did you? Drat. No, level 1 is at the least an average citizen - a farmer, a mage's apprentice, a baker. Plenty of real-world knowledge and no doubt some experience, at least 2nd hand, with the horrors and wonders of the world. And while at the least they are an average citizen, at the most they are a hero in the making, and nothing about that shouts "I just figured out which way to point a sword. DUUUUR" to me. None (or very, very few) of the existing NPCs in the D&D universe started out as the "level 1 is a fresh out of the boot camp" types you describe, so why should all the heroes players create suddenly fit that type? Don't mistake any of this for the omission of levels. But level 1 shouldn't mean "I can't tie my shoelaces, oh look a goblin nicked me and because I'm a wizard that means I'm dead. Pitty - if I was a warrior, I could swing my 2-handed sword at it all day and miss!". Oh so playing a game about magic is fine, but playing a game which directly claims to be about extraordinary people is somehow bogus? Super DND it may be, but only in the sense that it acknowledges there is nothing normal or ordinary about somebody who will go on to fight the extraordinary such as dragons or powerful wizards - because it simply is NOT something every person has the ability inside them to do. You know nothing about whether or not this will make characters more uber (especially considering how uber they are now, which you so easily forget). From what I can gather it's more about a partial redistribution of power so that there's a more fluid and consistent experience for the entire game. And finally, no it won't play exactly the same as 3rd edition. If you want 3rd edition, play 3rd edition. I mean really - how could it possibly affect you in any way if you think there's nothing wrong with 3rd ed you can't fix with current rules or house rules? The first few levels may not be the make/break point in 4th edition. Perhaps the entire game will be a struggle as the first few levels were? Who knows. What we do know is that it is a DIFFERENT game, and that it should not be strictly compared to previous editions because of this. After all, what made you think the level system of the previous editions was so flawless and perfect? That they didn't change it? Weak argument, that.

I just reviewed some mods for my latest run through of BG2 (it'd probably only actually be my 4th or so). I actually quite like the Gibberlings 3 mods. For the most part they seem logical and restrained (biggest problem most mods have is being unbalanced). Contemplating playing this (slightly?) overpowered class with Ascension installed: http://www.gibberlings3.net/geomantic/ but it might be just a little too overpowered, even given its penalties. Have a job interview tomorrow so I should hit the sack. Ciao!

It doesn't change your post really, but I edited mine - for the record.

I guess there's a twisted merit in that. Perhaps if people didn't take these shootings so seriously the future shooters wouldn't find it so "glamorous".

Obviously you have never went through the shopping craze of Cabbage Patch dolls and Tickle Me Elmos. It's been 6 years and I still can't decide whether or not you're the elaborate troll account of somebody with infinite patience.

That's because you enjoy long romantic walks along the beach and sitting for hours staring into your lover's eyes.

Hahahaha. She makes a strong case.

I agree. I think it's the easier course of action. But I bet Wizards of the Crapper will manage to screw it up somehow. EDIT: But on topic: From the perspective of a CRPG, it's good that these changes are occurring. They give plenty of plot material to work with, regardless of how much they might bastardise the setting - I mean, if WoTC decrees it must happen, make lemonade out of lemons, right?

I think it's more that D&D core rules are something close to peoples hearts and they don't want to see them bastardised. If you were actually discussing some part of Aliens you were working on I highly doubt they'd act rude towards you. So you should totally start discussing Aliens.

If they don't put in melee then there's no point in 3rd person view. Even with melee it's entirely doable Deus Ex style. What's one up is that Josh hates the "shoot right in their eye but still miss due to dice roll" system, so we'll hopefully see Deus Ex's wonderful targetting system.