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I realized the series is not for me - in fact Persona 3 burned me out on the genre (mostly) for good. 70 hours of grind in a randomly generated 200 level dungeon (all of it very similar) to see the outcome of a story that ultimately collapsed in on itself and amounted to nothing was the most soul draining experience I ever had in my 18 years of gaming. Haven't touched a jRPG for any length of time since. I admit that my tolerance for level-grind in JRPGs has diminished from what it was in the 1990s (when, for example, I got the entire roster of one of my multiple run-throughs of Final Fantasy III (VI) to level 99). That said I've tended to find the SMT games less reliant on grinding, but its still there and in some cases required (particularly early on when you don't have enough Macca to just summon what you want from the Codex for fusing). That said, I liked Persona 3's story - didn't really feel let down by it and I didn't mind the way the dungeon was set up either; after the first 10-20 levels, there was a rinse/repeat approach to levels, though.

While I agree with you that SMT IV was a big letdown (and shouldn't ever be put in a 9/10 score), if you don't like SMT:Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4, Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army or Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon then the SMT series as a whole is probably not ever going to be for you. Because to me those were all excellent games that I enjoyed playing multiple times.

Well in a normal Roguelike, I'd expect the world and the character to start over. What I can't tell in this case is if the character is completely starting over or not (since, in theory, the same entity should be brought forth each realm). My guess is "yes" but it'd be kind of neat if you did carry over something from the old world.

Kinda curious where that came from as well. As near as I can tell there were some stunt people on fire for the opening of the games, but no actual sports that set people on fire. EDIT: Found it, it wasn't a competition sport this time but an exhibition sport called Oert Jalymdagan Chabandes which involves riding a horse while on fire (can't find more details atm).

Westerns were the dominant genre for US movies for about 30 years. I doubt Superheroes are going anywhere anytime soon (particularly given that they dovetail into the existing and perennially popular "action movie" summer film and, like Westerns, can combine with other genres to create different approaches to the material).

Interesting, though, is that it appears to be the permadeath of that world itself. The Core ressurects the player in a new-world, starting the player from the beginning. What's unclear to me is if the player starts over or if the player carries over stats (I can understand items being lost with the old world).

Yes, this does look to be one to keep an eye on.

Mine was US III aka Japan VI. Then picked up II aka IV which I didn't like as much. Didn't like VII, VIII, IX or X as much as VI (III) but did like them (even VIII which was much maligned at the time). I think I've played all of the first ten in some fashion, plus X2.

I enjoyed watching the contestants trying to navigate the new courses. I think its a good thing for the series to not just continue churning out winners each year because they don't try to make things more difficult as contestants adapt to the courses due to familiarity.

Didn't see it posted, but Bioware is having a voice actor contest for Andromeda: Full info: http://blog.bioware.com/2016/08/30/explorers-wanted-contest/

But in the US this wouldn't be derived from the second amendment and would have to do more with local law and regulations, I'd think.

My understanding is that Topware/SouthPeak was sued by Interplay for trying to use the Battle Chess name for a new game and infringing on I'play's IP. Supposedly Topware/SouthPeak was trying an end run to usurp the trademark believing Caen couldn't afford a legal fight. I'play won $200,000 out of it; which they put towards Battle Chess 2011 (which may or may not have been planned before the lawsuit, don't remember). This went to Kickstarter because the original 3rd party developer Subdued Software had some financial mismanagement and they didn't have the money to complete it. The end result was Battle Chess: Game of Kings completed by Rebecca Heineman's Olde Skuul (which I think is made up of former I'play employees/creatives) Dunno what happened with Black Isle and BIMAR aka Black Isle Mayan Apocalypse Replacement Program (which IIRC was a replacement for the Fallout MMO/Project V13 when they lost the Fallout license entirely).

Planescape is a D&D (Wizards -> Hasbro) IP. Did InXile buy Torment off of Interplay for the Tides Title. I think the press release said - Earthworm Jim, Freespace, Giants, Kingpin, Messiah, MDK, Run Like Hell, Sacrifice, Battlechess, Clayfighter, Dark Alliance (but not Forgotten Realms), and Descent

Seems like they've decided to abandon the previous film's storyline entirely.

September 23 is the premier date for Macgyver. Since James Wan directed the new pilot episode, I'll probably give the first ep if I remember.

I think you mean "Rogue One: A Drow Starring Story"...

I wish. Sadly I had to get rid of my pc game boxes (and a lot of my console game boxes and dvd/bluray boxes) for space reasons.

You probably shouldn't have called her a weight when you tried to pick her up.

The metric system is awesome; everything divisible by ten. Soccer, on the other hand, still sucks. Inductive reasoning tells me that Soccer must not be divisible by ten.

Who is this list aimed at? Are there really that many people who'll watch Twitches and then Evil Dead and think "Yeah, that was a completely satisfying double bill"? Why is it "32. Chucky" instead of "32. Child's Play"? None of the films in the series were called "Chucky". Halloween, House on Haunted Hill, Amityville Horror, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Evil Dead - original or remake? The list doesn't indicate. So here's some I've seen and enjoyed, in no particular order: The Mummy (1932) The Innocents (1962) The Haunting (1963) Nightbreed Psycho (1960) The Others (2001) The Thing (1981) Prince of Darkness Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Messiah of Evil Dawn of the Dead (1978) The Mummy's Hand Evil Dead (1981) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Army of Darkness (1992) Bubba-Ho-Tep The Blob (1958) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Witch (2016) Insidious The Ring Ringu (The RIng) The Grudge Hausu (1977) (House) The Abominable Dr. Phibes Dr. Phibes Rises Again Videodrome The Fly (1986) The Whisperer in the Darkness Pirhana (1978) Die Farbe (2010) (The Colour) Scream and Scream Again The Haunted Palace (1963) Re-Animator From Beyond The Wolfman (1940) Masque of the Red Death (1963) Spider Baby Phenomena Schock (1977) (Shock) The Beast Must Die! Frankenstein (1931) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) The Exorcist Paura nella città dei morti viventi (City of the Living Dead) L'aldila (The Beyond) Quella villa accanto al cimitero (House By the Cemetery) Dèmoni (Demons) Noroi no yakata-Chi o su me (Lake of Dracula) Chi o suu bara (Evil of Dracula) Insidious The Conjuring Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Halloween (1978) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Alien Night of the Hunter (1955) Frogs Phase IV Night of the Living Dead House of Wax (1953) House on Haunted Hill (1959) Homicidal (1961) Puppet Master Puppet Master II Trick 'r Treat Fright Night (1985) The Birds Hellraiser Island of Terror Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro (Goke, The Body Snatcher from Hell) Grizzly (1976) Jaws (1976) Prophecy (1979) The Shining (1980) Abby Rose Sugar Hill (1974) Bones (2001) Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Two on a Guillotine An American Werewolf in London Wolfen The Howling Poltergeist (1982) Candyman Lord of Illusion Eyes of Fire (1983) Day of the Animals The Black Sleep (1956) It Follows 28 Days Later... The House of the Devil Amityville Horror (1979) The Dunwich Horror (1970) It's Alive (1974) Ginger Snaps El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone) Ju-On: The Grudge Uzumaki Macabre (1958) The Burrowers Marebito The Last Excorcism What Lies Beneath

I'd go for it; my original run through NWN2 was cut short by a broken ankle and a broken computer and a broken laptop. It was a bad year. Now I have a laptop to play it with (assuming I can find all the discs again) but modern laptops don't come with disc drives, and external disc drives are a pain for long-term laptop playing, IMO.

Welcome aboard!

I enjoyed it. Wasn't the greatest game ever made, but it was fun. I liked it and it was liking it that got me to pledge to Wasteland 2.

He'll make his wall into a series of walls in a lattice pattern across the country... ...he's going to make America grate.

My pledges to W2 and TTON were fueled by liking the pitch and thinking "yeah, I'd like to see this made". Realistically I only played two InXile games - hated one, liked the other, so its not like they had a track record with me like Obsidian. Nostalgia wasn't a factor - I firmly believe you can't go home again. Much like with PoE, my expectations for W2 were not very detailed "party based, isometric post-apocalyptic game". Overall I ended up liking it - in as much as I've played it (still haven't played it to completion yet). But since W2 wasn't out when pledges for TTON came up, my pledge was really based on "does this sound good" not "OMG! A sequel to Planescape: Torment (without Planescape)!" or "Man another InXile game! Boss!".