Diogo Ribeiro

Nothing wrong with this. People who may have had an interest in the games before but did not have the consoles will now be able to play the games. Hopefully, each conversion will make some use of the hardware it's going to be ported to, although I'm not expecting much beyond superior resolutions.

Do not underestimate the attention span-destroying power of shiny lightsaber effects.

Fixed.

I still remember buying the original Shining Force I and II cartridges and running home to play them. I only got Shining in the Darkness in ROM format, years after. Warriors of the Eternal Sun and Shadowrun were excellent back then. Actually if I remember correctly Warriors and Buck Rogers were conversions of PC originals. Super Hydlide, I have to admit I heard so much about how the game sucked that I never got around to try it.

Will it have some pointless technical achievement gamewise and the voice of a movie star mostly known for working on movie adaptations of a geek license?

Right on. I mean, that's why Martin Luther King wasn't a hero. He couldn't handle a crummy bullet. Now, Drizzt...

TIME TO BRING IN THE AMNESIA CLONES LOL

Drow **** envy. Mod away.

Interesting how someone using a Deus Ex avatar is posting a link to a conspiracy, or something that could lead to one.

I'm not too sure myself. Some scholars believe it's actually a railroad map. Others believe it's an exclusive shot of Mars' surface.

I was quite happy with the way the developers of DOA had made two distinct gaming engines - one to animate the models' bodies and a separate one to animate their breasts. However, as good as that was, I expect them to create a new next gen engine to fluidly animate their buttocks. I shudder to think at all those polygons jiggling simultaneously.

Me neither. If I don't look at my navel.

Sensational KoTOR Usurper.

I have mine out right now. )

I'd agree, if role-playing when applied to computer gaming was exclusively dependant of the player, except it's not. The ability to roleplay is contained in the player, but the methods and expression of said roleplaying are contained in the electronic RPG. I can't roleplay something in an electronic RPG if said RPG doesn't allow for what I am roleplaying to be expressed. Roleplaying in a medium that doesn't recognize what I'm roleplaying seriously questions if role-playing strictly depedant of me, or instead, of a process that requires player input and computer, or videogame, output and recognition.

True, and it just leads to creating doubts on many gamers. On one hand it's understandable that the market or gaming media tries to summarize a game by it's elements, as it makes for a quick reference - and avoids discussions like the ones seen on this thread. But I think instead of having become something that's actually concise, it just dived right into genre narrowing.

(w00t) Really, that's very good

Ray of Enfeeblement + Polymorph Other: Sheep + Summon Dire Wolf

Diablo wasn't meant to be a roleplaying game anyway. As a roguelike it's a subgenre of RPG at best, but a different kind of game. I don't think it's accurate to judge Diablo on something it isn't.

If you feel the Revolution might be too expensive then I think it's best you buy the Gamecube now. That way you'll have some nice titles to play and it will likely last you some time before you can get the Revolution (if you plan on getting it). Even if you don't, the 'Cube is at a very affordable price, and many of its best titles are getting cheaper. Gotta catch'em all!

I'd wait for the Revolution to come. Nintendo's next gen console will allow you to play all the Gamecube titles, and last I heard it might allow you to download old Nintendo games. Even if it doesn't, all the Gamecube software library will still be compatible. Regardless, the Gamecube is dirt cheap right now, and there's quite a number of good games, as well as Nintendo exclusives. I picked one up recently and don't regret it. I could have waited for the Revolution, but the main reason I didn't was because I also bought a Gameboy Player Pak to play Gameboy Advance games directly on the 'Cube, which I don't know will be possible to do on the Revolution (and if it becomes possible, I could very well sell the 'Cube and stick with the software). Though personally I'd try to buy a different pack. Not sure if there are others available now, but I'd go with a 'Cube + Metroid Prime or 'Cube + Resident Evil 4 paks.

My girlfriend.

Just one problem with that, though... Games don't call themselves anything. People arbitrarily put them in certain genres.

You could always PM me and tell me it sucks. That'd be fine, really.

That's okay, Llyr It thought it would be nice to just exchange ideas. Feedback was appreciated so, it's not a loss.