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I might just give GTA IV a shot then, next time I walk past a store that has it. Thanks for the summary GDM

I've sometimes wondered if I should try out one of the GTA games. It just seems like there are so many of them by now, that finding the best "franchise introduction" seems a bit daunting. Played the very original GTA for an hour or two back when it was new. Seemed like a fairly simple 2d, top down racing game/shooter at the time.

Merging taken to extremes Can be both a good and a bad thing I suppose.

Start of old thread End of old thread Congrats Krookie... So, whats up next?

I think I'm going to cheer for NZ. There will be no end to the humiliation of my Aussie colleagues if the Kiwis get that particular "bragging right" of going through to the next round (yes, I'm an evil person)

Users... always whinging

Dear Malaik, Cowering in fear of a mere human, not to mention hiding behind shrubbery like a pointy eared tree hugger makes you a disgrace to your hold. For the sake of your family I encourage You to read through the attached application form for membership of the cult of Grimnir and consider taking The Oath. A friend.

Awesome!

>_ Playing a new round of SoZ. Gorth the Grim - Cleric/Doomguide, Keanu the Reaver - Barbarian/Frenzied Berserker, Salma Hi-jack - Rogue/Shadowthief of Amn. Taking the leadership trait and filling up with various cohorts. Chir is a current "fan favourite". Watch out Sword Coast!

What did I do now? >_ I swear I wasn't even near that place at the time!

Not saying that it is a doomed game, just that the tings that they seem to emphasize since the initial announcement has made my expectations plummet like a rock. Positive surprises still happen

It wasn't so much the combat system... I don't think it's changed much to be honest, besides adding more gore and "cinematic" flourishes. It's what I feel I can read between the lines about the game iteself, being all structured around setting up big boss battles, more effort going into minigames etc. If they also add QTE's, I'm going to hire a Voodoo priest to call curse down upon them It's like they've just got their own Polish translation of "Bland CRPG Making 101" and follow it to the letter. Reason enough for despair.

So much for trying to differentiate themselves from everybody else. Looks like their focus is all on "playing it safe". Good thing they didn't mention things like cinematic, immersive and action in the video or I might have revisited my lunch

A well thought out post. I wonder if we are going to wait additional 3 years for Kaftans reply to this?

You are late to the party... I predict a growing market for tinnitus treatments...

I think he started out, a long time ago by being a pain in the rear, but the years changed him. For the way better imho. Wherever you go now, take care.

I don't know if it is worse than Chernobyl, but it sure tries very hard.

X-Com 3: Apocalypse... I bought it originally when it was new and later "rebought" it from Gamersgate as part of their big X-Com package deal (all X-Com games, including Enforcer etc.). I think I paid like 10$ for that package including readymade dosbox configurations. Edit to add: Fallout: Tactics? : x Not sure how to "categorise" Fallout Tactics as anything other than a rts game? Edit2: Mind you, I haven't played Fo:T since the original demo was released (so my memory is a bit fuzzy on the specifics). I have the full version somewhere with my Fallout Trilogy pack, just never got around to play it.

I like FPS games who excel at the action part, Strategy games who excel at the strategy part etc. It's just that once in every 5 years, a rare gem emerges that manages to get the compromise right and create good hybrid. Unfortunately that rare gem is usually preceded by 9 disasters and succeeded by 10 hopeless clones trying to cash in on the success of "The One". I can't really think of a crpg from top of my head that got the mix (between action and "typical" crpg aspects) right, JA2 and X-Com 3 managed to get the strategy, tactical and managerial aspects mixed to my liking. A feat that is very hard to reproduce

For the first two games, I would agree, but for the third one not really. It had the best combat of the series, only rivalled by the combat in JA2. Of course, I'm a sucker for tactical use of landscape and destructable environment as well as use of all 3d dimensions on the battlefield, so I might be biased. For the severely attention span challenged, the turn based combat was optional and missions could be played as a real-time strategy games.

Ooh... denial

Just a guess (correct me if I'm wrong), you've never worked on a large software project?

Maybe the tablesaw is a motivation thing... is there a timer on the power socket in the wall?

Not to mention that nationalising corporate assets, besides making Castro go green with envy over the scale, would set a dangerous precedent. Both by making foreign companies more reluctant to invest in the US, but also because overseas nations might be more inclined to think, "They can do it, so can we" and help themselves to American assets in a dispute situation. Moving thresholds and lowering bars can be detrimental.