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Corret me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the grudge between Interplay and Bioware over royalties, licensing/distribution agreements etc., not between BIS and Bioware. Always thought the latter two got along well

No HK-47 Will suggest that you kill the meatbag and then take possession of its belongings. B)

Slightly reminiscent of Orphans of Doom, yes, but try listening to the Baldurs Gate II theme from his webpage... That would be more than just borderline Basil Poledouris lookalike.

Which tune from Conan, the main theme (Prologue/Anvil of Crom) ? Just curious. I have both the Conan soundtrack cd and the IWD2 game, I'll do a comparison one of these days, if I get the time for it

It will probably be the first quest, with some 'revelation' or similar that the guy who has your light sabre is a Sith. Then you'll kill him to get your lightsabre back. Or something. I hope it isn't as utterly predictable as that... That would make the most sense to me. Or maybe you don't meet dark jedi early enough to swipe one? Aren't they supposed to "personal" ? Or can any jedi pick up any lightsaber and use it, just like a screwdriver ?

If they made Kotor2 a post-apocalyptic crpg set in the ruins of Taris, I could live with one big planet Fallout 3: Return of the Jedi Likelyhood for it to happen is a singularity though...

*Clap, clap clap...*

^^^ Those sunglasses *do* look like something out of Blues Brothers, don't they ?

Royal Pain! Knew that there had to be royalty somewhere in there... B)

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. Darth Vader is backing Luke Skywalker towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs away. He looks around, but realizes there's nowhere to go but straight down. Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what happened to your father. Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed him! Darth Vader: No... I am your father! Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible. Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know it to be true... Luke: NO! Darth Vader: Yes, it is true... and you know what else? You know that brass droid of yours? Luke: Threepio? Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him... when I was 7 years old... Luke: No... Darth Vader: Seven years old? And what have you done? Look at yourself, no hand, no job, and couldn't even levitate your own ship out of the swamp... Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star! Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade Federation Droid Control ship! Luke: Well, it's not my fault... Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me... my father never gave me what I wanted for my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark Lord of the Sith...waahhh wahhh!" Luke: Shut up... Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time I was you're age, I had exterminated the Jedi knights! Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's Canyon Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor... 10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open... Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer... right here baby! Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step towards it. Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid... I don't know whose you are, but you sure ain't mine... Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates, then plunges down the shaft. Darth Vader looks after him. Darth Vader: Get a haircut!

Five worlds ??? That wouldn't happen to be Dantooine, Tattooine, Kashyyk, Korriban and Manaan ?

Heh, that would also be a solution, them sneaky Sith The thought that you didn't have to fight them never entered my mind, being a big bad Sith lord and all B) Just thought it a "dead" end for hopeless students and too ambitious apprentices.

What is Corthosis Weave ? It wasn't exactly explained in the game, other than as a reson for a blade not falling apart when sparring against lightsabers. Apparantly all swords in the universe is made of it, so it can't be particular uncommon. How did this end up being a discussion about lightsabers... ? Oh, yeah, because lightsabers had a damaging influence on the use of and balancing of other skills

^^^ You're probably right. One wonders how much artistic control they are going to exercise. Hopefully not as bad as the one imposed by WotC/Hasbro whatever on DnD seems to be...

They do have a rigorous training system. Perhaps they have different categories of tests for students. Deadly and utterly deadly ? The Sith training program is not only a combat training program, but also hones lobbying, scheming, manipulation and backstabbing skills. As Hk-47 (is that Hk as in Hunter Killer ?) would have said, Extrapolation: Master, perhaps you could convince the meatbag to send another student for that test and you could end up with one that is only deadly ? He didn't actually say that, but I'm sure he would have... Just an idea

Ok, I'll eat part of my words, perhaps BIS' jokes weren't "better", but more "appropriate" for especially mean/evil situations. My favourite dialogue is still between Minsc and the Pirate Lord on spellhold

If I remember correctly, the story said you had been exiled, without the trappings of a Jedi, hence, no noticeable forcepower nor lightsaber (wonder if you are still wearing the same robe ???). Having no clue about lightsaber construction, I could imagine it would take some skill (especially if you haven't done it for a long time) and some equipment before being able to build a new one. This might be Obsidians "gimmick" for allowing balanced lowlevel play, it might not. Could be a long wait until 2005, unless they start announcing something substantial to really disagree about

Perhaps Ok, so perhaps not for the endgame exclusively, but you do have a problem with a game where you get a tool that will slice through any door, lock or opponent in the beginning of the game. Not really much point in having the game in the first place, if the problemsolver is handed to you immediately. While a lot of the 14 year olds are going to be pissed at not being able to play Kotor2 diablo style, it would be more challenging not having all you need from the word "go". But since I read in the article that you do get to wait quite a while before you get the saber, I'll rest easy and look forward to the game. Compromise is not always a bad thing (unless you are an airtraffic controller)

Couldn't have said it better myself... On the subject of who should do FO3: On another subject: Lets just say, their target audience was probably 5 years older than Biowares. The products they developed themselves, IWD1+2, FO1+2 and PS:T had a lot of very well written dialogue (even the jokes were better), graphics that were way more "dark" and sinister, and music that was slightly more melancholic than f.x. Biowares games. Also a noticeable lack of hollywood style happy endings. I'll lean back, watch other posters and then probably remember a lot more

A guy named: "Chris Avellone" was quoted in the EGM article... sounds familiar somehow B)

That would be "Force Feedback"

Thanks German is my second language, english only my third...

You wouldn't happen to have the original german "untranslated" version ??? I gave up (laughing) when I saw Bioware as Organic Ware... :D

^^^ Cute smiley!

if it uses the game engine but isn't the game, then what do you think it is? You are being mean now So you are playing Good Mod/Bad Mod...