Aegeri Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) I've never even heard of Fallout before today. Look at the latest releases for the xbox or PS3 this week. Heck, look at the last six month's worth... out of all those games, how many are turn-based? How many are straight first person? I'll grant you that there are still games being made that have 3rd person cameras but those will be going the way of the dodo pretty soon. I'm not going to bother mentioning PC "games" because who really cares about those. People don't want to waste time waiting for "turns" to end, they just want to shoot zombies or whatever and have red appear all over the screen. It's the nature of the beast and I think some of you guys may feel a little left behind. I thought this post by "milesforeman" was pretty idiotic. And yet, also very funny. So very hillarious, because just within the last six months Lost Planet (A 3rd person shooter) was released on the Xbox 360 and was one of the most successful games on the system. Med Total War 2 has both turn based and real time strategy components and has done extremely well also. There are numerous turn based games coming out on the consoles, such as Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2 on DS and such forth. Edit: And also, the best selling recent jRPG was Dragon Quest VIII, which is completely turn based. Edit2: And those forums are a complete and absolute wasteland. It's just so beautiful. Edited April 20, 2007 by Aegeri Boss: You're fired. Me: Ummm will you let me have my job if I dance for you? Boss: No, I don't think so- Me: JUST LET ME DANCE *Dances*
karka Posted April 20, 2007 Author Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) ~7500 posts! Obsidian forums look pretty dead when you compare it with Fallout forums. I think it's a good thing. Edited April 20, 2007 by karka
Jorian Drake Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 i made a small collection for developers/newbies, wanna also share it with you http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=682089
Lord Tingeling Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 YOU CANT STOP THE ROCK "McDonald's taste damn good. I'd rtahe reat their wonderful food then the poisonous junk you server in your house that's for sure. What's funny is I'm not fat. In fact, I'm skinny. Though I am as healthy as cna be. Outside of being very ugly, and the common cold once in the blue moon I simply don't get sick." - Volourn, Slayer of Yrkoon! "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque "I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin
Jorian Drake Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 YOU CANT STOP THE ROCK LOL i love your sig "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque"I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin
Lord Tingeling Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 (edited) I like the Volourn part better, to be honest. Throw it down 4 da old skool, son. Edited April 20, 2007 by Lord Tingeling "McDonald's taste damn good. I'd rtahe reat their wonderful food then the poisonous junk you server in your house that's for sure. What's funny is I'm not fat. In fact, I'm skinny. Though I am as healthy as cna be. Outside of being very ugly, and the common cold once in the blue moon I simply don't get sick." - Volourn, Slayer of Yrkoon! "I want a Lightsaber named Mr. Zappy" -- Darque "I'm going to call mine Darque. Then I can turn Darque on anytime I want." -- GhostofAnakin
Dark_Raven Posted April 20, 2007 Posted April 20, 2007 ~7500 posts! Obsidian forums look pretty dead when you compare it with Fallout forums. I think it's a good thing. Yes very dead and that is sad. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Deraldin Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 The posting rate there is insane! It's a little fast to keep up with. You try to post something and there are three more posts by the time you finish your own. You read a four page thread and by the time you get to the fourth page the topic is now up to 6 pages...
Dark_Raven Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 Its fast like the NWN2 boards at Bioware. Keeping track of where you are at is insane. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Diamond Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 They even have a "What is an RPG?"-type topic now. Should have happened sooner or later.
Diogo Ribeiro Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 They even have a "What is an RPG?"-type topic now. Should have happened sooner or later. Fun times. Although the topic often pops up in the Elder Scrolls forums too.
Jorian Drake Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 They even have a "What is an RPG?"-type topic now. Should have happened sooner or later. Fun times. Although the topic often pops up in the Elder Scrolls forums too. but thats no wonder, really
Deadly_Nightshade Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 Well I signed up, although I technically it's an alt... (I forgot my original username, password, etc... ) "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
Dark_Raven Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 They even have a "What is an RPG?"-type topic now. Should have happened sooner or later. We've had many discussions on this topic here. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Tigranes Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 Frankly, I'd rather post here and occasionally look there. Fora on crack are painful, and sometimes it gets rather silly with everyone posting one-liners. One-liners in excess is beautiful, sort of like a shipwreck on an island. Any discussion of substance going on there? I wonder when we'll get any sort of real info on FO3. 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)
Dark_Raven Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 I have yet to see any devs post there yet. I do see them browse the forum on occasion. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
karka Posted April 21, 2007 Author Posted April 21, 2007 As they use the same forum software with the Obsdian's forum, It's a good stress test for Obisidan forums I think.
Diamond Posted April 21, 2007 Posted April 21, 2007 As they use the same forum software with the Obsdian's forum, It's a good stress test for Obisidan forums I think. You mean a good stress test for Bethesda forums, right? Or Invision PowerBoard.
Dark_Raven Posted April 22, 2007 Posted April 22, 2007 Things are starting to quiet down. The Fanatics have ranted their say for the most part. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Jorian Drake Posted April 22, 2007 Posted April 22, 2007 Things are starting to quiet down. The Fanatics have ranted their say for the most part. lol but some Beth mod deleted the original votes for Bioware and Obsidian here: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=681655 see? Originally Obsidian was first ,Bio second, and way behind was Beth after the extinct Troika
SteveThaiBinh Posted April 22, 2007 Posted April 22, 2007 The moderator editing that poll so that Bethesda came out on top of the surviving developers was absolutely hilarious, and unfortunately played right into the hands of those with nary a kind word for Bethesda. They're still miles behind Troika, of course, but Obsidian was clearly in the lead in the second, Troika-less poll, until they were 'merged'. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
Jorian Drake Posted April 22, 2007 Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) The moderator editing that poll so that Bethesda came out on top of the surviving developers was absolutely hilarious, and unfortunately played right into the hands of those with nary a kind word for Bethesda. They're still miles behind Troika, of course, but Obsidian was clearly in the lead in the second, Troika-less poll, until they were 'merged'. Yup, and now all the beth-fans go there to vote, even if they don't know Fallout at all I wouldn't care if they would win the votes if that would be made fair and nice, but editing the votes was quite... drastic Edited April 22, 2007 by Jorian Drake
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