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Who's arguing ? I'm setting you straight since you felt the need to chime in about Morrowind. Which is already a different design to KOTOR and thus covered in my original post. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, you aren't agreeing with me, and you are taking issue with the points I'm making, so that equals arguing, doesn't it? Let's see, what does dictionary.com say? argue: 1. To put forth reasons for or against; debate:

One last reply before I'm off to watch Seredipity. Not in the same way KOTOR does. Without Bastila or Kreia respectively you wouldnt even have a story in KOTOR and KOTORII. That is the difference and thats why it would require a change in the design. Since I said from the start it would require a redesign if you wanted to kill off characters at will, your simply stating the obvious since Morrowind dosnt use characters in the same way as KOTOR. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. If I'm "stating the obvious", then why are you arguing? Doesn't that mean you are wrong? 2. You seem to have an incomplete recollection of Morrowind. If the PC killed a critical character, then you were warned that the game was incompletable. That seems like a perfectly reasonable way to manage it in any other game, even a sequel to K2. It soon gets old killing NPCs for the fun of it, when you have to re-start the game to finish it afterwards ...

Pathetically Irritating?

It depends on your definition of "bad", and "auto-forward" ... if you are auto-forwarding free offers of cheap, natural viagra and ciallis, then you are a naughty little boy and not the messiah.

What does that have to do with anything ? I already said that it would require a change in design and using the same method as Morrowind would be a change of design. If KOTOR continues to use the characters are storytelling vehicles then they will be protected until they are no longer required (like they were in KOTOR). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What it has to do "with anything", specifically the ability of the PC to kill any NPC, is that Bethesda used characters to tell the story (amongst other devices), just as every RPG does, so the fact that one game allows the PC to retard the story by killing off critical players shows that there is no reason it cannot be done. Someone didn't get up on the right side of the bed this morning ...

Perfectly Inane?

You're a vigilante?

9. While you will all share a good laugh exchanging quotations, everyone will feel dirty afterwards. This is exactly true. However, I wasn't quoting, I was directing attention to the previous body of work ... Okay, it's true, it was a cheap gag. It's a fair cop and society is to blame. (0H N03z!!11 Goodies quotes!)

Yes, but they have been filled with Hydrogen, so be vewy, vewy careful ...

It didn't seem to bother Bethesda when they made Morrowind.

I played the Halo demo, and promptly uninstalled it (the nag screen only stiffened my resolve). I have no interest in the game or any follow-on franchise, such as the film discussed in the link you provide. Also, I did not comment on that thread. Generally, films made from games are awful. My point in starting this thread was not to say "Ooo! THIS FILM spin-off WILL BE DIFFERENT!11", but merely to dispel the initial rumours that it would not be based on the game at all (virus not demons, Earth not Mars, etc), as well as the initial supposition that this was due the over-bearing Christian fundamentalists in the primary market. I still expect the film to be no better than a reasonable way to idle away an hour or so, but I must say that any protracted period of exposure to 'The Rock' and what he calls acting is tantamount to torture, so I have no high hopes for the film overall. It will be yet another cash-in on the (now entering high diposable wealth demographic) "Generation X" (which is just the name given to "the generation after the Baby Boomers which doesn't seem to have any distinguishing characterists that might give us a decent name"), like The Brady Bunch, The Addams Family, The Dukes of Hazard, etc. The fact that it is a game-follow-on means it doesn't have to be any good at all to be better than just about EVERY other in the genre (okay, the first Tomb Raider wasn't completely awful :D). So, No, I think you have totally misunderstood the point of this topic and are misunderestimating me, to boot.

Follow that imagination!

This was posted on slashdot last week: Why Microsoft Hates Blu-ray from the daggers-drawn dept. posted by Zonk on Friday October 07, @18:40 (Movies) An anonymous reader writes "The private feud just became public. Apparently, Gates yelled at Sony's CEO because the new copy protection Blu-ray has adopted would prevent players from streaming content to the Xbox 360. Since the PS3 will have Blu-ray support but the Xbox 360 only has a plain DVD drive, this means PS3 will be the only console that can play HD movies. Also, Paramount just announced support for Blu-ray and Warner Brothers may also jump ship. Will VHS vs. Betamax turn out differently this time?" Slashdot Stories for 2005-10-08

You're wicked, you. A nod's as good as a wink to a blind man.

Um ... where the fsck is Archie? I see he was online this morning, but he hasn't posted anything to explain what's happening with the game or even sent out an email. I understand if he's got things more urgent to do, but a curtesy note is not a lot to ask. This thread is due to the meltdown of OBS-3, due mostly to the total lack of leadership shown by Archie.

Ah, the old double-double-double-double-bluff trick, eh?

Winter results are IN. Check your post and / or the first page.

You can kill Bastila, too. But I am (and you are) just being over-punctilious. I would like more depth to a game I play, and this includes the companions: especially (as has been stated before) when they are compulsory. But if they can't even deliver a completed game, I think it's pure fantasy to expect a deep game. "

... from a great height, into a carefully-placed glass of water ...

3D glasses for T3H win!

I think you mean KotOR:TSL, not KotOR; after all, in K1 the PC was able to kill off every one of the companions, except HK-47 and Canderous.

*Bookmarked*

Vacuum tubes?

Good. Good.

Mind games? I don't mind games. Actually, I do mind games, but that doesn't mean I don't mind games, if you know what I mean. (Apologies to any English-as-a-foreign-language board members.) (Notice I resisted the temptation to include the US in that description.)