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I don't know where this image is coming from, but I have recollection of some infantry making a killing on a tank ... hmm, was it the last BF2 review in PC Gamer? Apparently it is not that difficult, as long as it's one tank and a shedload of men ... :D

Talk about creating a blood feud; you have modelled the problems inherrent in Middle East peace process in your civ!

A very clever shot into the barrel, whilst another jumps on the gun and spears the tankmen inside ...

Sure they did. They couldn't have a god controlling the Earth if the world was so screwed up, now could they?

The oldest cat in Britain is of unknown age. It's owner found her in the garbage twenty-seven years ago, last January (I think), and she's still going strong.

Because you think you have the right to tell me what to do, is how. I call it like I see it.

Your avatar has gone from laughing to retching ...

1. It's on par with most games released now, because of the writing and general production values. :D 2. "Addressing the gameplay"? What, exactly does that mean? Bigger fights? More enemies? More feats? More Force Powers? Weather conditions affecting combat? What? 3. S'funny, they speak highly of you ...

That's called dejarik. And don't ask me how the hell I know. I just do. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Because you've been on these fora too long ... :D

You're forgetting two very important facts: 1. Jodo has no more say over what can be psted here than I do

This is perfect proof of why psychology is a dangerous soft-science for non-scientists to wield as some sort of tool. Are you actually suggesting that the only difference between two individuals at opposite ends of an IQ test (for example) is their attitude? Horsefeathers.

You need to be a half-thingie, with some magic resistence, otherwise the boots of speed blind you and you can't use them. (I fluked this the first time.) I wouldn't play Morrowind without boots of speed, it's too boring. BTW, have you seen this: beat Morrowind in 15 minutes Dammit, I'm almost going to play Deus Ex again ... must ... finish ... sequel ... first ...

If you don't think GTA was well written, then you haven;t played it. I stopped in the newsagent the other day, and the GTA:SA strategy guide wsa there, and it is about 100 pages long, including half-a-dozen different characters interconnected missions (and therefore narratives), and five maps. Who died and made Jodo the king of the world? Stick your opinion in your hat, oh mighty intellect. How is posting the equivalent to "shut up" any less spam than a legitimate conversation? Buffoon.

1. Probably, yes, as I missed it when it came out. My economic rationality is that the game is delivering a similar quality of gameplay, such that I am continuing to play it (apart from when I am attending to matters on the forum), so I see it as an equivalent value as other games that have achieved this. 2. Okay, answer that question, in relation to my original point, which was I would prefer to explore different narrative streams rather than different coloured hats. 3. You seem unduly shocked. Much the same way an AI Expert System learns, the process is self-correcting over time. Hence, the more I use the system, the better information I get out of it. The risk is therefore deminishing over time, with the greatest risk being at the start of the process, which is easily masked by the purchase of a game I would buy on (publisher or developer) reputation, and comparing. 4. I don't understand how you can argue that good writing just isn't worth it, and yet list it as a requirement. It isn't consistent.

And I would, in a civilzed manner, point out that you don't appear to have grasped the importance of writing, nor the fundamental aspect it plays in a narrative-based entertainment medium, like a game. Let's try a quick test. Take away the story. All of it. So what do you have left? A big open are where you can interact with only unscripted objects. Online co-op and PvP games create their own (rudderless) narratives by the kinetic interaction of the various contributors. And what is the major complaint about MMORPGs? Lack of narrative. See? Writing is the bit that holds everything else in place; having better writing may not be a first requirement to the gamer-in0the-street, but it certainly would be missed if it wasn't up to standard. And, back to my original point: better writing is the best investment, dollar-for-dollar, (to the point of deminishing returns); not least because the cost of writing is a substantially less, as a component, than most other elements (apart from voice actors :D).

I don't know what that means. Let me point out the inconsistency for you. Writing has "no grab value", yet you are "a story person". If writing has no "grab value" (sic), then you would hardly be looking for it, now would you?

1. Sure the price affected my purchase. Why woudn't it? And I found out about it by reading reviews and taking recommendations. Are you going to include arguments about trust relationships in your voodoo economic model? 2. I see. So you would play K1 as many times as there were different lightsabre hilts, as opposed to the

I wonder why this topic hasn't been stickied, yet.

As long as he isn't in control of any lethal weaponry ... D'Oh!

What we need is codified rules regarding the extra cards. There is no way to prevent someone from just making up a card +/- 10, duplicating ten of them and adding them to their sidedeck.

Writing might be paramount to you. I consider it important but hardly paramount. And a look around here will tell you that some people place it way down on the priority scale below hooded robes and hilts. The point is it's not a universaly truth, it's just what you find important and as such carries no more weight than what someone else might find important. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hooray! We've reduced the "everybody knows you're wrong" and "your ideas are totally unfeasible" to a question of preference and a decision based on opinion, and equally valid (by implication). I maintain you are underestimating the role of writing in general, and in a game in particular, but I am willing to let it go if you desist from attacking my opinion as invalid.

No, don't be so ready to jump to conclusions. I know I must be in the minority, but I read all of a thread before posting. And this, being part SEVEN, has been a long time writing, and I have had to read through some unworthy drivel, without once making a snide remark. The Search function is also your friend, even if you don't follow normal netiquette and lurk first.

Thanks. I can keep this up for days.