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  1. Stardock's new game "Elemental: War of Magic"

    Don't look now but Stardock reads the codex =) http://forums.elementalgame.com/368295 I think the level of feedback the Stardock guys give is great and a huge part of their success. Not being dicks and treating your customers with respect rather than criminals also helps. If only we could...

  2. Review The Life-Affirming Smell of Fallout 3

    Ok I was almost read to buy this, but then I watched those youtube videos. You assign your stats out of a baby book? Seriously? I could not make up something that lame if I tried. I gave morrowind a shot to see what all the hype was about. It was a fun exploration game, but the gameplay...

  3. Review ToTheGame adores HOTU

    Ok, perhaps this is just me, but seriously…I never have understood how a +5 sword was this amazing thing. In a d20 system, assuming you are a 20th level fighter, it translates to a 25% increase in your to-hit, and a very minor (when compared with the hit points of things that are at that...

  4. Review Hindsight is 20/20 for ToEE at RPGVault

    I did not see a single thing in that interview that implied that they had to change the rules to adapt the game play. I did see multiple comments about being forced to adapt the module to accommodate the game play. Those are two very different statements. As long as you keep a turn...

  5. Review KotOR sheet rolling at GameIndustry

    It is the difference between “you must complete this plot point” and “you must complete this plot point in this manner”. Sure at the end of the day the results might be the same, but the feeling you get from them can have a large amount of variance (which is why some people only enjoy...

  6. Review Hindsight is 20/20 for ToEE at RPGVault

    Gee Volourn, don’t strain yourself with those stunning, detailed, and insightful comments. Ignoring the whole testing issue (don’t any of these developers even read their peers “post mortems”? Every single one will say: “needed more time for testing”) I thought the interesting bit...

  7. ToEE is the worst RPG ever made

    NPC’s should all be the same. Joinable, or not, they should have their own personalities, backgrounds, and motivations. You should be able to interact with them at any time, and in any manner of your choosing (limited by your character’s ability and history of course). It is icing on the...

  8. Review ToEE beaten down by GameOver

    For me, I think the reason why the initial dialog was such a huge turn off was specifically because the game raised my expectations with the multiple starts based on alignment. After all if the game goes out of its way to give your evil party a reason for going to this town, one would expect it...

  9. Define "RPG"

  10. Define "RPG"

    Wow….. Ok, trying to pick up the thread of a serious conversation in that post is difficult, but let me see if I can address some of that. Um, you just changed the statistics of the character to make up for the statistics of the player. I was not talking about an idiot savant, I was...

  11. Define "RPG"

    Right, I am not defending NWN’s combat, I brought that up to point out that the game failed as a role playing game more as a result of its interaction (well lack of interaction) with the world and story than it did for its passive combat. Which was done to back up the point that there are many...

  12. Define "RPG"

    Ok let me see if I can get this straight. The issue with any real time system in an rpg (perhaps I should say, in a game trying to be called an rpg) is the fact that it requires a higher degree of physical (and quicker mental) ability from the player of the game. This is bad because the...

  13. Define "RPG"

    Draw a line. On the left write “Character Abilities”, on the right write “Player Abilities”. Title it “Amount game play (specifically combat) relies on abilities to determine outcome”. Now draw a dot on the far left, label it “pure simulation, no player input” (sorry...

  14. Define "RPG"

    I got into this discussion a bit in another thread, but I feel it belongs much better in this thread, so I hope you do not mind me bringing it up again. While I agree that the stats of the character should be the important factor, I claim that it is wrong to “NEVER rely on the reflexes...

  15. Bloodlines Site Updated

    Hey SP (and anyone else who agrees with that logic) don’t you need a fair amount of strategic skill in a typical “classic” turn based rpg? I am getting my butt kicked all over the place in ToEE and my wife flat out refuses to play it because she can’t get past the moat house. Granted...

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