Preview Fallout 3 - that's some funny violence!

[Jasede]

Kreia, err, Kotor 2 is full of nicely written twists and turns. Also, Volourn can say what he wants, I think Kreia is -the- best NPC ever, bar none.

That said, it's still not a good -game-. Unlike PS:T you're forced to fight hordes of enemies 24/7, without any challenge in the fights too. The only reason to play Kotor 2 is Kreia and the semi-black/white universe it paints, with interesting characters like Kreia, Atris or the Exile.

They should have made it a book instead!

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

Really? Because I thought one of the coolest things was how you could choose whether Revan was male/female and light/dark and have it make a pretty big impact on the story. That's some decent scripting right there.

Isn't that basically what I said?

Oh. I thought you had meant that it was just cool that it was based off a dark ending to the first one. My mistake.

 

[bryce77]

Yeah, Kreia was definitely Avellone's best work since Torment. He was decidedly... less inspired with what he did in NWN2.

zomg conspiracy theory: do u guys think the excessive time he's spent playing WoW affected his skills when it came time to work on NWN2?

 

[Volourn]

"Yes they did. The heads of Black Isle Studios were the ones who formed Obsidian Entertainment."

BIS does not eqaul Obsidian. Period.

As for Kreia, she is an okay character but so overrated. She was sorely one dimensional.

"I hate the force! LAWRR!" *yawn*

 

[jiujitsu]

Fallout 3 is sounding worse and worse. How are other potential RPGs doing? All I've seen lately is Fallout 3 news.

 

[Cronstadt]

"Yes they did. The heads of Black Isle Studios were the ones who formed Obsidian Entertainment."

BIS does not eqaul Obsidian. Period.

Do you know fuzzy logic?

 

[Edward_R_Murrow]

Fallout 3 is sounding worse and worse. How are other potential RPGs doing? All I've seen lately is Fallout 3 news.

Age of Decadence is coming along nicely.

The Witcher looks good enough. I like how everything has a consequence, although it might just be Diablo with some minor story branching. Hopefully not though.

Mass Effect could be decent enough. At least good for laughs and slightly better than your garden variety shooter, even though it isn't "supposed" to be one.

The Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion looks pretty much like a hack and slash.

Sellout: PoS 2 still sucks.

 

[bryce77]

Upcoming RPG's that look great:

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (the first official expansion pack)

Planescape: Purgatorio (a single-player module for Neverwinter Nights 2)

Age of Decadence (for whenever it comes out)

The Witcher (looks like awesome-sauce)

Persona 3 (a continuation for one of the best JRPG series around)

Dragon Quest 9 for the Nintendo DS (same as above)

Final Fantasy IV remake for the Nintendo DS (ah, sweet polygons)

Lost Oddyssey for the Xbox 360

Crysis lewl

 

[M0RBUS]

Crysis looks great. I'd sooner buy it than buy FO3... At least it assumes what it is: an FPS, and looking at Far Cry, it's probably going to be great.

 

[bryce77]

oh i didn't mean that Crysis will suck in any way shape or form. i've been watching the new gameplay vids posted on GameTrailers and the game is shaping up absolutely amazingly.

 

[Fat Dragon]

I always thought Crysis looked like a very promising game, but I've never got interested in it, mainly because my computer could never run such a graphical powerhouse.

 

[sabishii]

I was going to mention how there are tons of violent movies that aren't hilariously funny...

But then I remember when I watched the new Die Hard movie and everybody in the theater kept on cracking up EVERY SINGLE TIME a car flew through the air and Bruce Willis and his sidekick dodged it. Maybe society evolved and forgot about me (us?).

 

[Lurkar]

I was going to mention how there are tons of violent movies that aren't hilariously funny...

But then I remember when I watched the new Die Hard movie and everybody in the theater kept on cracking up EVERY SINGLE TIME a car flew through the air and Bruce Willis and his sidekick dodged it. Maybe society evolved and forgot about me (us?).

DEvolved. Society DEvolved.

 

[Rei]

LONG LIVE THE NEW FLASH!

This is retarded.


PS ATM I'm trying to replay NWN2 but the script and the characters are goddamn stupid and naive.... I can't belive the same people created FO and PS:T and this turd...

NWN2 is a piece of shit.

In what sense?

 

[Cronstadt]

Literal.

 

[M0RBUS]

NWN2 sucks because it's an hack and slash game. Point done. It has some nice things, and maybe a nice atmosphere (even if generic) but that's all. And since hack and slash games are pieces of shit, NWN2 is a piece of shit with some strawberries scattered over it... Don't eat the strawberries though, they taste like shit.

 

[fastpunk]

NWN2 sucks because it's an hack and slash game. Point done. It has some nice things, and maybe a nice atmosphere (even if generic) but that's all. And since hack and slash games are pieces of shit, NWN2 is a piece of shit with some strawberries scattered over it... Don't eat the strawberries though, they taste like shit.

Out of curiosity, how would you describe NWN1?

 

[Diogo Ribeiro]

NWN2 sucks because it's an hack and slash game. Point done. It has some nice things, and maybe a nice atmosphere (even if generic) but that's all. And since hack and slash games are pieces of shit, NWN2 is a piece of shit with some strawberries scattered over it... Don't eat the strawberries though, they taste like shit.

Out of curiosity, how would you describe NWN1?

No strawberries. Just shit all over

 

[Micmu]

Out of curiosity, how would you describe NWN1?

D&D Diablo

 

[Kingston]

So the humour, in a nutshell, is Terminator-styled Jackass Itchy and Scratchy.

Hasta la Vista (DX10!), Baby.
+:skate into a wall:
+A mouse killing a cat.
__________________________
= Fallout lulz

 

[bozia2012]

KOTOR2 is technically a ripoff of PS:T - and this makes it a great game.
BUT only for one playthrough - to *know* the story and the characters.

NWN2 OC is also made for one playthrough. Just thinking about the first chapter makes me quiver. Funny thing is that you can slit the throats of your homies during the duergar attack but you can't tell Neeshka and Khelgar to fuck off. Because you gotta have a ROUGE and a FIGHTAR in your company...

 

[Amasius]

Every FO3 preview increases my desire for some funny violence. :evil:

 

[VonVentrue]

I have basically given up reading Fallout: PoS 2 (vulgo: Fallout 3) previews... They're either written by a bunch of teenagers or brain-dead "journalists" bribed by bobble head figurines...

Bethesda's quotes clearly show the approach they took to this game. And the "upgraded dialogue system" sounds incredible beyond belief. A perfect game for everyone but Fallout fans and RPG gamers.

 

[Shannow]

I was going to mention how there are tons of violent movies that aren't hilariously funny...

But then I remember when I watched the new Die Hard movie and everybody in the theater kept on cracking up EVERY SINGLE TIME a car flew through the air and Bruce Willis and his sidekick dodged it. Maybe society evolved and forgot about me (us?).

In case you missed it. (Some codexers have been alluding to it quite often and I think I first heard about it here.)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fAYnc_-ddlw

 

[User was nabbed fit]

If development of Fallout 3 continues sailing on this course – 2008 could prove to be an Epic year for RPG fans.

Epic failure, amirite?