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I'm actually looking forward to Mass Effect 2

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Thread derail, *spoilage*: TW ending was indeed superb; it left the just right number of questions while giving answers. I initially thought that the masked man was Geralt himself or some clone of Geralt but I couldn't really get a good look. What is the consensus on the assassin's identity on the boards atm?
 

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Yeah, the ending in ME didn't do much for me. Then again, the rest of the game didn't either. Think I actually enjoyed Jade Empire more, and there you can have a menage-a-trois with two hot chicks, not just ugly-looking-alien lesbian sex.
 

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[quote="Raapys"Think I actually enjoyed Jade Empire more, and there you can have a menage-a-trois with two hot chicks, not just ugly-looking-alien lesbian sex.[/quote]
Obvious bullshit.
 

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You can in fact romance two girls at once in JE and it is suggested they sleep with your protagonist. Or do you refer to the "enjoyed" part of his statement?
 

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Dark Individual said:
What is the consensus on the assassin's identity on the boards atm?

spoilage.

That it's just some random assassin that had witcher-like traits. Possibly the product of the escaped Witcher secrets that somehow passed through more than just the Salamander's hands. Maybe a rogue witcher from another school, or maybe even from the school that entirely went rogue themselves(although many dispute this due to the fact he's dual-wielding, making him unable to do signs which would mean he's not a conventional witcher).

There's a plethora of theories being thrown around, but two of the few that are widely disputed is that the Witcher is Geralt himself (due to many issues, including the fact he doesn't look at all like Geralt). And that the Witcher is Berengar (for the same reasons it couldn't be Geralt.)
 

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Jasede said:
You can in fact romance two girls at once in JE and it is suggested they sleep with your protagonist. Or do you refer to the "enjoyed" part of his statement?

Still no sheep's somebody should make a lawsuit against Bioware for oppressing sexual minorities by not giving them equal options in games.
 

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ME ending is cool. I mean, sure, it's cheesy and Hollywood-ish, but it works. You look at Shepard standing there with his gun, planet in the background, music kicks in and you cant help but wonder how bad-ass you look :) Any ending that leaves me with the "giev sequel NOW" feeling does its job. ME did it.

I agree. Mass Effect, even though its quests were mostly average, had an interesting universe built up around it and the cutscenes, writing and voice acting were suitably epic. For those reasons, I am looking forward to the sequel.

The Witcher is a superior RPG and a better game, though. While Mass Effect had better voice acting and a more coherant storyline, The Witcher just seemed to me to be more grown up. Mass Effect was like a popcorn action movie, but The Witcher was more of a novel. It showed more potential, and an ending that just seemed more artistically done (a really cool fight scene, compared to ME's tough talking and posing).

I hope you guys are making a Witcher 2. Any confirmation on that?
 

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Matt7895 said:
yarpen said:
ME ending is cool. I mean, sure, it's cheesy and Hollywood-ish, but it works. You look at Shepard standing there with his gun, planet in the background, music kicks in and you cant help but wonder how bad-ass you look :) Any ending that leaves me with the "giev sequel NOW" feeling does its job. ME did it.

I agree. Mass Effect, even though its quests were mostly average, had an interesting universe built up around it and the cutscenes/voice acting were superb. For those reasons, I am looking forward to the sequel.

The Witcher is a superior RPG and a better game, though. I hope you guys are making a Witcher 2. Any confirmation on that?

Yes, yes, the ending was great. Too bad it took until Ilos for the game to pick up. The fucking middle part was mediocre. Thank Noveria and Feros for that.
 

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fastpunk said:
Matt7895 said:
yarpen said:
ME ending is cool. I mean, sure, it's cheesy and Hollywood-ish, but it works. You look at Shepard standing there with his gun, planet in the background, music kicks in and you cant help but wonder how bad-ass you look :) Any ending that leaves me with the "giev sequel NOW" feeling does its job. ME did it.

I agree. Mass Effect, even though its quests were mostly average, had an interesting universe built up around it and the cutscenes/voice acting were superb. For those reasons, I am looking forward to the sequel.

The Witcher is a superior RPG and a better game, though. I hope you guys are making a Witcher 2. Any confirmation on that?

Yes, yes, the ending was great. Too bad it took until Ilos for the game to pick up. The fucking middle part was mediocre. Thank Noveria and Feros for that.
Noveria was good, feros and artimus tau sucked and...yeah. The planet where either kaiden or wrex or ashly dies, its the one after the middle three was a good planet.
 

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I bet if Bioware is ambitious enough, they will release side-off games based on the ME universe which can be space-strategy or Freelancer like space flight simulation. The codex knowledge in ME is expansive and interesting enough to create such games, even though 90% of it doesn't have anything to do with actual ME gameplay (completely opposite to the Witcher).

Maybe even an online Mako racing game. That'll probably kick Big Rigs Over The Road Racing's butt.
 

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Stolen from an unknown /b/olshevik who stole it from somebody else.
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TW = overrated.. Immature, poorly written, subpar combat, aone dimensional main character, a forced role, etc.,e tc.

The only thing it really has going is B00BIES!.

Seriously, it's an okay game much like KOTOR series; but simply overrated with the rimjobs it receives.
 

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Volourn said:
Seriously, it's an okay game much like KOTOR series; but simply overrated with the rimjobs it receives.

I actually agree with you; there's much that isn't so great about TW. However, I guess what took most people by surprise was how good a game it was considering how unknown the developers were. Sort of 'Out of nowhere!'.
 

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TW = overrated

Actually, it didn't receive loads of great reviews when it was released. Nothing compared to the ratings Mass Effect got. Same with sales.


How so?

poorly written

The English translation was, but I heard the Polish version was quite good.

subpar combat

I thought the combat was the best of any RPG I've played. And what are you comparing it to? ME? Where you just hold down a button until the enemy is dead? Lol.

aone dimensional main character

What does aone mean?

a forced role

Lies. There were several choices and consequences, and different endings. If TW was forced, then so was ME.

The only thing it really has going is B00BIES!.

ME had boobs too.
 

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"Actually, it didn't receive loads of great reviews when it was released. Nothing compared to the ratings Mass Effect got. Same with sales."

I'm not referring about elsewhere. Just the Codex. We are on the Codex, right? I guess I could have been specific so I'll take aprtial blame for this miscommunication.


"How so?"

Sex cards. 'Nough said.


"The English translation was, but I heard the Polish version was quite good."

Well, I can't judge something I didn't see. Well... I can, but in this case I won't. Obviously, I played/play the English version.


"I thought the combat was the best of any RPG I've played. And what are you comparing it to? ME? Where you just hold down a button until the enemy is dead? Lol."

Wasn't completely horrible; but not that impressive. And, I doubt you can beat ME with just holding down 2 button.. espicially since you'd be slaughtered quick if you did, and your weapon would overheat.


"What does aone mean?"

Being cute over a silly typo in an otherwise serious post/response? A one.


"Lies. There were several choices and consequences, and different endings. If TW was forced, then so was ME."

Only thing forced on you in ME characetr wsie was the fact you had to stop the big baddie tm. Other than that, you had free reign on how your character acted, spoke, etc. For esseence, ME is often described (by BIo themselves even) as 'Jack Baur In Space tm'). But, the cool thing is, you can be anything but that if you chose to.

In TW,you may have choices but theya re no doubt coloured by the main character himself (largely due to being pre exisiting). It's a problem that BIO will likely with their Sonic game. No matter what choices you get Sonic will be Sonic. Same Geralt.


"ME had boobs too."

But, outside of lovesick puppies, and those who want to ban anything even remotely sexual, it was not a large focus of the game. In fcat, even take the lower end of 'game times', ME is about 10 hours, and the 'sexual scenes' are 2 minutes tops.

On the other hand, TW has a card game based around boobies. Not that I mind the pics as I'm always a fan of b00bies; but it was handled immaturely. That doesn';t mean I didn't enjoy that part of the game - afterall, I did say it was'all it had going for it'. L0L


" However, I guess what took most people by surprise was how good a game it was considering how unknown the developers were. Sort of 'Out of nowhere!'."

Welll.. while the dev is relatively unknown (in NA, anyways); the game itself was pretty hyped including by BIO themselves on their website. The game was pimped for years before release - so much so people were inkling to put it in the 'vapourware' era. L0L


"ME had BARE ASS OMG IT'S CORRUPTING CHILDREN."

L0L Yo don't know me well if you think bare ass or b00bies bother me. I quite enjoy them thank you.

P.S. My biggets problem with the game is like G3 while both are pretty fun.. they just didn't keep my attention to the end. I have to continue, and try to actually finish the game.
 

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it is funny to hear from Volly how TW is an immature game and how Geralt is an one-dimensional character while he loves ME.

TW had choices & consequences, retard. Something Bioware games don't have anymore.
 

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TW was made with the following budget:

1 bucket full of fish(tuna)
8 pencils
half a computer
19 american pennies.

That is why two worlds sucks.
 

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"TW had choices & consequences, retard. Something Bioware games don't have anymore."

L0L, You implying that game slike BG had more than current BIO games? You ar drunk. You could argue that TW has more C&C that ME; but to say BG does is just baloney. ME is still the better game. And, it has tons of chocies that matter in ME.


@gamefan: Two Worlds is underrated.
 

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Volourn said:
@gamefan: Two Worlds is underrated.
It isnt even rated because its a piece of shit. The game doesn't even work because of graphic hic ups and everything else is complete shit i dont even want to get into it.
 

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Volourn said:
And, it has tons of chocies that matter in ME.

While I agree that ME has more choices than BG, they are purely cosmetic ones. So please, tell the codex some of those choices that mattered so much in ME? Because I remember the main quest being pretty linear, except for the fact that you could choose the order of the planets you needed to check out.
 

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"The game doesn't even work"

Worked for me. *shrug*


"So please, tell the codex some of those choices that mattered so much in ME?"

Been there. Done that. Do a search.
 

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