metadigital

This is the funniest thing I have seen this decade. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree! Sounds like Fionavar ha something in common with HK-47! :cool:

Anticipation is the best course in the meal of enjoyment.

Yeah, this is about my 6th time around too, just finally realized why Kreia saved Tobin because he opened up and told me. I'm impressed and appreciative of what Obsidian was able to do, rather than focusing on what they couldn't. I suspect that it gets criticized because it is so subtle, and that's different and unique, not at all the norm. But wow, it's my kind of story. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I "get" subtle. I work games methodically (game theory, probing for weaknesses whether logic or otherwise that might give me a winning advantage). I had Tobin, for example, dribbling and whining out his pathetic story first time through (high persuade, high charisma). As GB Shaw said of a book he reviewed for a man, who noticed the pages hadn't been cut past the first few (an indication that the book hadn't been read past that point; books were printed on folded paper and, more recently, the pages cut before sale) complained: "I do not need to eat an entire apple to know that it is bad." This game could have been incredible (operative word, "could", past tense wishful thinking): it had all the foundations for a bigger, better game that K1. It wasn't. And the flaws, to me, inhibit re-plays so much that I have been playing Half-Life 2, Rome: Total War, NwN and, indeed, K1 instead.

I think it is more a question of the structure of the dialgue mechanism. By that, I mean, that once you have (e.g. gained influence) you will have access to responses in the dialgue tree that weren't available before. This is an accepted and useful way to manage the process of talking to someone. (Let's face it, if you buy into the [Awareness] or [Wisdom] concept, then this is just an extension of that technique.) Perhaps there should be a line about Mira's family -- maybe a choken off exclamation about her parents, or whatever -- between the "Why you never kill" and "[Awareness]" lines. There are other instances, in K2 and other games, where this tactic is used, so I understood what was happenning. (Frequently a line of dialogue that will solve a "gatekeeper" type NPC is not available until a quest is performed, thus managing the flow fo events in the game by ensuring the quest is done before the NPC gate is passed.)

Especially the first one: "I'll be back."

(w00t) Oh, I don't know -- Aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-gh!

She's just misunderstood: all her teachings are just beyond her disciples. "

You mean you're not a Twi'Lek? That's another annoying thing in the games: have you seen a male Twi'Lek (like in RotJ) ? Or 4000 years ago did the Twi'Leks reproduce via some sort of meiotic cloning? I'd like to be / have as a party PC a yoda-ling (or whatever they're called -- but not a know-it-all). Nothing ventured, nothing gained. The more effort you put in, the greater the rewards: playing as a different species / class / culture / gender / whatever (hopefully) gives you insight into how those differences affect others. If you are just playing you all the time you will only learn about how you interact in a new scenario. Baley, you don't have to copulate with everything! There is such a concept as platonic friendship, like between C3PO and R2D2, or fraternal (sororal) or agape love. You sound like Billy Connolly (and his summary of the first thoughts hard-wired into humans and other animals, via the reptilian part of the brain): Can I eat it? Can it eat me? Can I shag it?

Ah, little grasshopper, I see the exotic concept of sarcasm has not broached your universe yet. Do not let it concern you, these matter of the higher consciousness, merely understand that there are things beyond your comprehension. Translation: I was making a totally different, caustic reference to the dumbing down of society in general and not a blatant sexist remark. Perhaps you missed the onus I placed on the antecedent of the sentence?

As above. :cool:

Kreia is not evil; she is the One True Prophet -- the harbinger of the Great Battle between the Forces of Free Will and the Tyranical Force of Fate! :angry:

Judging by the completely expedient philosphical underpinnings of K2, I would have to agree with you; the net value added by completing this game is approximately zero: no benefit and no penalty. It felt like a diversion. Will they do it again? Why not!

Um, the closest I can say is Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty (even though she was more suited to Goddess of Lust and Passion " )

No -- Green. Aaaarrrrggghhhhh......! -------------------------------------------------- What is your Quest? What is your favourite colour? What is the velocity of an unladen swallow?

I couldn't find a walrus, or a seal / sealion, so how about a shark: - Feeling threatened - Feeling vulnerable - Adopting a victim stance - Preying on others - A devious character, one that uses others, a shark Unless you had some other interpretation, like a Beatles song, perhaps?

There is the slightest corner-glance of the top of her face when she stands up in the morgue, too.

Freedom I can deal with. Mindless and endless and pointless, I am a little less partial to. If it wasn't for the boots of speed (and my magic-resistant whatever race she was, so that I could actually wear them and still half see) then I would have given up even sooner. " I got sooooooo bored I started running/swimming across country to get to some -- any -- interesting encounter.

All comparisons are odious. - Proverbs 141

Voices? Do I hear voices again? Listen, me -- I exist and you are a phantom, a spectre, a poltergeist -- a figment of my imagination. ... because we all like nice, clever games like Dungeon Seige, AD&D, KotOR, NwN and Cthulu which have violence only when it is absolutely necessary ...

Haha okay Can't say I usually like his acting, but somehow he seems so very.. different from his usual self in Gladiator. Don't you agree? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll agree to almost anything as long as I don't have to sit through another Master & Commander advert. (I nearly returned my special edition X-Men 1&2 set when I found that ad on the second movie ... and it was for the cinema release, too!) I thought the late Oliver Reed stole the movie, anyway. If you want to see a proper gladiator movie, the classic Spartacus (starring Kirk Douglas, 1960) is the definitive film.

Yep, to expand: I like the depth of interaction with the NPCs; the fact that there are responses that require / use abilities (Wisdom, Lore, etc) and dialogue choices have ramifications (alignment penalties), together with some of the most competent dialogue (as in real speech) I have had to read.

Hmm. Average salary in the UK is c.3k Euros, I guess. Though that doesn't really tell you much, as the regional deviations are quite large. Then again, I'm surprised our PS2s are not more; it isn't known as RipOff Britain for nothing... "

...and it used to say 1.3 posts per day, last week.

I was more cheesed off than anything. I could see the map points and I even went completely around the entire complex twice (clockwise and anticlockwise) looking for !secret! doors, with (obviously) no success. Not removing the map points demonstrated to my satisfaction that the game had not been completed for quality to my satisfaction. :D

Where's he come from Nose Planet? If mucus was Force vitality, this guy would kick Yoda's little green buttocks. When he wakes up he can smell the coffee .... in Brazil.