Atreides Posted April 29, 2006 Posted April 29, 2006 Rising expectations, decreasing utility blah blah. Spreading beauty with my katana.
Dark_Raven Posted April 29, 2006 Posted April 29, 2006 Good old times are over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That they are. There will never be a great game Like Fallout or Baldur's Gate. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
LoneWolf16 Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Good old times are over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That they are. There will never be a great game Like Fallout or Baldur's Gate. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep. And this ^ is why. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Cantousent Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 PS:T is a great game and, years later, no other CRPG stacks up to it. Of course, I always have an eye out for one that will. In the meantime, there are some great CRPGs out there. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
Volourn Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 "PS:T is a great game and, years later, no other CRPG stacks up to it" Over the eyars, as much as I like PST, there's been about 20+ games that not only stack up to it but also surpass it. These games hail from the 80s to the 90s to the 2000s. PST is overrated. Good (even great at times); but overrated. My argument is this: When I can turn on the tv, and watch a daytime drama do an amnesia storyline with superior writing, dialogue, and acting it's hard to take PST as serious as I otherwise could. PST's greatest strength and where few games (with the possible exceptions of BG2 and BL) are the awesome characters. Peace, and war. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
Tigranes Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 watch a daytime drama do an amnesia storyline with superior writing, dialogue, and acting I need your cable company. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
mr insomniac Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) since there was no actual acting in PS:T, and comparatively little voice acting, nearly all emotion had to be conveyed through text and left to the imagination of the gamer. To say a soap opera has better writing is just wrong, and makes me wonder about your imagination. EDIT: oops, was replying to Volourn's comment. Edited April 30, 2006 by mr insomniac I took this job because I thought you were just a legend. Just a story. A story to scare little kids. But you're the real deal. The demon who dares to challenge God. So what the hell do you want? Don't seem to me like you're out to make this stinkin' world a better place. Why you gotta kill all my men? Why you gotta kill me? Nothing personal. It's just revenge.
Volourn Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 (edited) Have you guys actually watched a daytime drama or do you just go by the 'ol 'it's only for stay at home mom types' or 'i once saw 5 minutes of a dramatic scene and it was too overwrought' opinion made by many? "nearly all emotion had to be conveyed through text and left to the imagination of the gamer." A gamer shouldn't have to imagine emotion. The writing should convey. That said, I'm not saying PST sucks. There were plenty of emotional/drmaatic moments. I'm referring to the amnesiac story most specifically. As for my (lack of) imagination, no need for me to defend it. After nearly 2 decades of role-playing/dming , I think my imagination is in a good place. Edited April 30, 2006 by Volourn DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
alanschu Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Regrettably, I have seen daytime dramas. I was exposed to the horrors that were "Another World" and "General Hospital" while growing up, and have had to sit through that schlock on occassion in recent years as well.
LoneWolf16 Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Girl I know made me watch a good 10 minutes of General Hospital. I woke up screaming for a few nights afterwards... I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
Dark_Raven Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 PS:T is a great game and, years later, no other CRPG stacks up to it. Of course, I always have an eye out for one that will. In the meantime, there are some great CRPGs out there. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOLZ It does not even come close to being in the same league as Baldur's Gate or Fallout. The two games are master pieces that will never be duplicated again. I will spare all, since you all know my opinion on PST. I never liked the PST game world to begin with which was already a strike to that game before I played it. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Atreides Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Now don't get all emo on us. Spreading beauty with my katana.
StillLife Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 PST is overrated. Good (even great at times); but overrated. My argument is this: When I can turn on the tv, and watch a daytime drama do an amnesia storyline with superior writing, dialogue, and acting it's hard to take PST as serious as I otherwise could. PST's greatest strength and where few games (with the possible exceptions of BG2 and BL) are the awesome characters. Wrong. It's greatest strength was allowing you to define who your character was in meaningful ways. That's why you can't just compare it to a linear work of fiction and leave it at that. Sorry. You lose. I echo LoneWolf's assessment on soap operas too, they are terror incarnate. Please don't abuse PS:T with such an inhumane comparison Volourn. BTW(not directed at you Volourn), how is being stuck with a bunch of Gauntlet and Final Fantasy clones any better than being stuck with more games that are similar to the classics mentioned in this thread?
Darque Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 PS:T had far stronger characters than BG or Fallout. Though Fallout 2 is still the best rpg from taht era. "
ramza Posted April 30, 2006 Author Posted April 30, 2006 Why am I the only one to dislike the Fallout games? They really stink... "Ooo, squirrels, Boo! I know I saw them! Quick, throw nuts!" -Minsc "I am a well-known racist in the Realms! Elves? Dwarves? Ha! Kill'em all! Humans rule! -Me Volourn will never grow up, he's like the Black Peter Pan, here to tell you that it might be great to always be a child, but everybody around is gonna hate it.
StillLife Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Why am I the only one to dislike the Fallout games? They really stink... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GTFO! Do you just mainly prefer fantasy?
WinterSun Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 No, I don't like Fallout either. It's the tedious combat which does it. master of my domain Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.
kirottu Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 No, I don't like Fallout either. It's the tedious combat which does it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Combat was good until you fought in city. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Dark_Raven Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 PS:T had far stronger characters than BG or Fallout. Though Fallout 2 is still the best rpg from taht era. " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Amusing. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
kirottu Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 DR, you cannot judge the game if you haven This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
LoneWolf16 Posted April 30, 2006 Posted April 30, 2006 Regular like clockwork " <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Annoying me too, and I'm patient to an unhealthy degree. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
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