Gorth

So, I made my way to Thaymount.... Somebody must have had a lot of fun coming up with the stuff in the academy. Just listening to the classes on soul splitting and merging One question though. I know the game isn't really linear, but I still wonder about a journal/quest entry from the Ashenwood (sp?). I think I got it from the corpses of some Malar followers, lying in the snow, but I am not sure anymore. One is about the blood (from a vicious beast) and the other is about finding a possible survivor. I found the blood, but doesn't really need it, since I chose the "good" option helping the sick tree and I found two men, one of them dying. I offered to help his mate, but he seemed determined that letting him croak was part of a natural order. With friends like these and all that Still, those two things seems to have got stuck with superglue in my journal. Are they still "removable" or should I give Cantousent a hard time? Edit: Btw. the Skein was awesome

I am just curious as to which version will be/is available down here... This game really needs some checking out. If it is the "censored" version, I'll have to look for overseas imports

What is that? Isometric. Where is the immersion? That game definitely needs to be played in first person perspective! Looks nice. Still no idea what it is though...

There is no easy answer to this one. The problems of the Balkans are way older than WWI (the Turkish invasion of Asia Minor and the Balkans should be reasonably far enough back in time). As for recent history (WWI&II), maybe somebody forgot to ask the people who lived there what they wanted, united or not? When you do commerce with a nation that is at war, you are actively supporting that nations war efforts, pretending to be neutral or not, supporting both sides of the conflict or not. I would say it is fair game to go after them. If the socalled "neutral" partisans exposes their civilians to harm under the pretense of neutrality, shame on them. Even more so if it is deliberate for propaganda and dubious justification purposes. Just my NSHO

Tombraider: Legends was a decent enough game Tombraider: Anniversary unfortunately wasn't Still, I'm looking forward to the continuation of the Legends story... unless they stick to the Anniversary way of doing things (i.e. all ledge climbing and weird boss battles. Incredibly boring)

And there was much rejoicing So, did it result in much manly group hugging/acrobatics, throwing of shirts to the cheering crowds and endless rivers of beer after the game?

Arghh, I remember that one! Goes away, humming... dum dum, dum dum dum dum. dum dum dum dum... *Pop!*

Hmm, Flame opponent, Raise dead thread, Gorths hideous laughter, Very thick skin... you name it

Right you are

Well, if you put it that way... can't say that I disagree, a simple "it is not safe to rest here" would do. To be honest, the no party member death unless entire party killed usually bugged me more than the endless resting thing. If I hadn't gotten the information from the forums here, as to the why the curse mechnism was implemented, I would just have thought it a gimmick to put the player under pressure to finish the game asap (which is my personal reason for disliking it). Of course, not having finished it yet, I have no idea if it sticks with you until the end.

What you didn't know about cats. They *are* alien!

It was hiding behind the minimap A keyboard shortcut like the other bars would have been nice though. Off to Ashenwood...

Come up with obvious solutions? Probably not. If I had a silverbullet that eliminated game balance issues and still kept players happy, I could probably end up a rich man. Or work for blizzard/bethesda/whoever makes games that appeal to a large demographic. Worth the development time to implement? No idea, since I haven't followed the games development, i.e. no clue how much resources went into it. If I should hazard a guess, a simple compromise between PST and BG2 might have been more cost efficient (i.e. only rest in certain areas or constantly being ambushed in unsafe places or both). Ah well, they had an idea, they implemented it. Odds are, I will find it more aggravating than fun, but not enough to ruin the overall experience. I wouldn't be surprised it there was a hack around somewhere already to disable the curse. Speaking of which... help! I closed my spirit meter bar. How the heck to you open the thing again? I checked the manual, no help, options -> keyboard shortcuts, no help.

My memory is getting a bit fuzzy regarding this part by now... isn't there some kind of stat bonus that only T3 can get on the yacht?

@Volourn + Gromnir: Points taken. I can't say if I agree or not, since I haven't completed the game yet (suspect I still have quite a bit of way left to go) Maybe I should have made it a more elaborate "how?". It was a question to Volourns "it *could* have been handled much better" part. Assuming it was to prevent players from sleeping and rebuffing I was just curious as to how to handle that much better. The curse doesn't bother me YET, but then, my spell caster have so many spells at these levels, that running out of ammunition doesn't happen very often, hence less need for resting compared to low level play.

I suspected as much. I noticed earlier in the game, that not everything is linear in this world... what a refreshing change No big arrows that says "This way -->"

How? Ok, made my way to the Skein. I am desperate to finds a certain old hag, so I can slit her throat... anything to make her stop "singing" >_ Got a few good laughs on my way down there though, especially the genasi prince and his experiences with ogre brew (made of fermented rodents among others) and the battle where my pet lich decided to help me out. All for the glory of Imaskar of course One thing left me puzzled, but I might revisit that if I make it back to the suface alive some day (with my sanity intact), and that is a girl in a cabin who seems trapped in a dream, hopelessly in love with Gann. I almost didn't believe my ears in the cabin btw. playing that music, like from an old vinyl record

:sad: Completely illogical, but it is spelled out :sad: I miss the teary eyed smilie too. As for favourite soundtracks, I guess most of my favourites are from 8 & 16 bit games. They may not have had 5.1 surround features, but those composers were creative enough to overcome the technical limitations of the hardware and create classics. Most stuff featuring Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Paul Norman, Anthony Crowther, Ben Daglish & David Whittaker Honorable mention to Jim Cuomo for the "Defender of the Crown" sound track. As for recent games, favourite soundtracks would be: VMBL, IWD, PS:T, Fallout & Kotor2. Since I have only started MotB, I can't really add it to any list yet.

Yeah. I remember complaining about the box art showing Kreia with two arms, yet you spend most of the game having a single armed Kreia. Clearly a case of misleading advertising

So, finally you confronted your lycantrophobia! There is no such thing as an unkillable werewolf. Currently splitting my time between Europa Universalis III and Mask of the Betrayer. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has to take the backseat for a while, at least until completing MotB.

Indomitable Guided Missile System Or was it Isaacs Greater Missile Storm? The D&D version of cluster bombs

Oh, but it does. It costs you a lot of your social standing among your fellow forumites when they know that you are doing evil deeds while pretending to be good... How can you even sleep at night?!? Anyway, notes duly taken regarding usefulness of disintegrate. Edit: Atrocious spelling.

Got it about a week ago. Fiddled around a long while with character creation and a few trial runs in the barrow. Now playing "for real", currently in Act II

Yeah, in the face of such adversity, the game should really have been M rated. Mature audiences only I just started on Act II and I am having a blast so far. Playing a Spirit Shaman/Storm Lord I dissed Gann and kept Okku in my party. While not having the sheer size of BG2, it still boasts those lots of little detail that makes it a good experience so far. At the moment, I have decided to put the curse on the "back burner" so to speak, as I would like to play the game first without having to look over my shoulder for my innate octopus. That shouldn't be a problem though, as I suspect a lot replays in this one. Once I feel comfortable with the curse, I will probably play as a soul devouring anti-good something. I do suspect a bit of familiarity with the game is necessary before trying that path though. Btw. is there a point in fighting the content of door no. 3 in shadow Mulsantir? I got my butt handed to me repeatedly and decided that no reward was worth the number of reloads.

So, it might be worth the wait and get a computer in second half of 2008 instead of first half? Yeah, I know, there is always something new coming up soon, but I consider motherboards (and sockets) to be the backbone of a new system.