Korgan
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This shit is literally worse than Hitler.
commie said:On topic, why does VoD keep posting such shit?
On topic, why does VoD keep posting such shit?
deuxhero said:Why doesn't Bioware just start making vusal novels?
sgc_meltdown said:commie said:On topic, why does VoD keep posting such shit?
He is merely the Three Dog of the post-RPG wasteland reporting on the heroic exploits of the lone designers. What adventures will these men and women tell us about next?
Baron said:Bros, I'm 36. My first game was Wizardry I (Apple IIc) and I've played every cRPG and PnP I could get my dorkish hands on since then; it's been a hell of a ride. Yet there's not a day goes by that I don't shake with fury that game designers are pitching their games at children.
It is insanity itself that my demographic, whilst minute, is not the one targeted by game developers. Just imagine the game produced by focusing on those with a quarter of a century of accumulated RPG experience! If the issue of video games and art is to be settled then designers necessarily must focus on quality, not quantity of sales.
That the technology that necessitated turn based text combat has been long surpassed is no reason that melee combat should be upgraded to more closely resemble actual combat as attempted in Mass Effect and The Witcher. Pure RPG skirmishes should take days, they should be isometric (so that I may enjoy the same close bond with my characters as I do a chess piece), and they are unchanging, a lot like my social life; a beer, a Friday night, and Deep Thought, my faithful desktop, from where I keep fighting the crusade on the 'Dex.
A) Attack
D) Defend
R) Retreat
Truthfully, it's all been in decline since we lost the wireframed walls.
Hawke said:Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
At least in Germany I've seen statistics that place the average gamer at around 30 years old.Baron said:Bros, I'm 36. My first game was Wizardry I (Apple IIc) and I've played every cRPG and PnP I could get my dorkish hands on since then; it's been a hell of a ride. Yet there's not a day goes by that I don't shake with fury that game designers are pitching their games at children.
It is insanity itself that my demographic, whilst minute, is not the one targeted by game developers. Just imagine the game produced by focusing on those with a quarter of a century of accumulated RPG experience! If the issue of video games and art is to be settled then designers necessarily must focus on quality, not quantity of sales.
That the technology that necessitated turn based text combat has been long surpassed is no reason that melee combat should be upgraded to more closely resemble actual combat as attempted in Mass Effect and The Witcher. Pure RPG skirmishes should take days, they should be isometric (so that I may enjoy the same close bond with my characters as I do a chess piece), and they are unchanging, a lot like my social life; a beer, a Friday night, and Deep Thought, my faithful desktop, from where I keep fighting the crusade on the 'Dex.
A) Attack
D) Defend
R) Retreat
Truthfully, it's all been in decline since we lost the wireframed walls.
deuxhero said:Why doesn't Bioware just start making vusal novels?
Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
Befuddled Halfling said:Mangoose said:It's funny that when he tried to get fanboys to invade the Codecks all we got were DAO refugees a la the Oblivion exodus.
What? Was there some appeal on the Bio forums to spread the word to the heathen or the Codex (or any other place)? That would reek of desparation.
The only step in DA2 that's potentially in the right direction is the framed narrative and 10 year span that lets you see consequences play out (instead of the shitty slideshow epilogue of origins).
Other than that, I wonder why he's even going to the effort of denying that DA2's been dumbed down. The Mass Effect crowd will love that. The retards who found Origins too much to handle and quit after the Ogre of Ishaal fight will love that. The fans who loved Origins but pretended to boycott DA2 (while manically posting on the bioforums), will find their willpower breaks around March 13, at which point they will cave in to the calling and tiptoe meekly over to their local gamespot. The Bio fanbois will love anything that comes out of Laidlaw's ass, dumbed down, streamlined or whatever. So why is Laidlaw even trying here?
Their target audience doesn't like to read, hell, they even hate silent PC, because they're forced to read and comprehend dialog lines.deuxhero said:Why doesn't Bioware just start making vusal novels?
Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
You had me fooled for a minute there! But when you added 'true RPG' next to 'DA2' I worked out you must be one of the Origins refugees, who are on this forum to see Laidlaw die for his crimes.
(you were kidding, right?)
0/10Hawke said:Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
You had me fooled for a minute there! But when you added 'true RPG' next to 'DA2' I worked out you must be one of the Origins refugees, who are on this forum to see Laidlaw die for his crimes.
(you were kidding, right?)
Crimes? You mean designing fantastic RPGs? I GUFFAWED heartily.
Hawke said:Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
You had me fooled for a minute there! But when you added 'true RPG' next to 'DA2' I worked out you must be one of the Origins refugees, who are on this forum to see Laidlaw die for his crimes.
(you were kidding, right?)
Crimes? You mean designing fantastic RPGs? I GUFFAWED heartily.
http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.aspBaron said:Bros, I'm 36. My first game was Wizardry I (Apple IIc) and I've played every cRPG and PnP I could get my dorkish hands on since then; it's been a hell of a ride. Yet there's not a day goes by that I don't shake with fury that game designers are pitching their games at children.
It is insanity itself that my demographic, whilst minute, is not the one targeted by game developers. Just imagine the game produced by focusing on those with a quarter of a century of accumulated RPG experience! If the issue of video games and art is to be settled then designers necessarily must focus on quality, not quantity of sales.
They don't make them for kids (there are quite a few kids' games that offer more challenge than Bioware has), they make them for the Vogels of the world, adult children with busy lives who'd prefer not to have a frustrating time. In the words of the man himself, "Now I am old and slow and I think games just get too darn hard, so the ability to instantly freeze and obliterate everyone is awesome. In my fantasy world, I don't want to be a loser who is incapable of ever succeeding." Add in a virtual husband/wife and you have a temporary relief to the mid-life blues.The average game player is 34 years old and has been playing games for 12 years.
The average age of the most frequent game purchaser is 40 years old.
Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
You had me fooled for a minute there! But when you added 'true RPG' next to 'DA2' I worked out you must be one of the Origins refugees, who are on this forum to see Laidlaw die for his crimes.
(you were kidding, right?)
Crimes? You mean designing fantastic RPGs? I GUFFAWED heartily.
You mean 'awesome' RPGs. So ... you, um, liked the demo, then?
Hawke said:Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:Befuddled Halfling said:Hawke said:The hate on this game is incredible. Anyway, while you guys sit here crying over how these games are dumbed down, I'll be owning ass in yet another great RPG <---- made by BioWare.
Btw, that says RPG. A true RPG.
You had me fooled for a minute there! But when you added 'true RPG' next to 'DA2' I worked out you must be one of the Origins refugees, who are on this forum to see Laidlaw die for his crimes.
(you were kidding, right?)
Crimes? You mean designing fantastic RPGs? I GUFFAWED heartily.
You mean 'awesome' RPGs. So ... you, um, liked the demo, then?
Why ever would you think that? I just wanked it for no reason.
I just wanked it for no reason.
You're learning fast, newfagJ_C said:I'm not on Codex for long enough to be sure, but is this guy a Drog alt?
If that's the case....'sup Drog.
herostratus said:I didn't get the drog vibe however, more like bioware skirmisher - rpgcodex has gotten some press over on the bioware social network so he's probably gonna troll us some back.