Jerykk wrote on Oct 29, 2011, 02:06:

That's a nice idea, but it doesn't work in practice because you get metric tons of "repair hammers", so degradation becomes utterly meaningless and nothing more than a chore.

That's a problem with implementation, not the concept of degradation itself. If they wanted to make degradation more meaningful, they could just remove the hammers and force you to repair your stuff at workbenches, ala Dead Island. Or they could make the hammers very rare. Or some combination of the two.

People are too quick to dismiss concepts and mechanics based on poor implementations, even when the fundamental ideas behind them are solid. Degradation can add a lot of depth to a game, as long you implement and balance it properly. Sadly, Bethesda sucks at all things pertaining to balance.

Creston wrote on Oct 28, 2011, 19:05:
Obsidian hired Jorge Oscuro, the guy who made Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul, one of the most popular leveling fixes for Oblivion. And I think his handywork is fairly evident in the game, in that it's set up almost exactly the same way as Oblivion. Stick to the roads, and you're safe, but start straying and you'll get your ass handed to you in a hurry.

Kosigan wrote on Oct 12, 2011, 21:40:
It's alright Relic. You guys rock anyway. <3 Homeworld

Doma wrote on Oct 12, 2011, 15:23:
Obsidian should do Fallout 4 with the Skyrim engine.

Anything else would be silly.

netnerd85 wrote on Oct 8, 2011, 12:55:
Have any of you bought Hard Reset yet?

Sepharo wrote on Oct 2, 2011, 21:01:

I impulse bought it and now I feel dumb because it has bad DRM and I don't think I'm going to like it because while I knew it was strategy and turned based I didn't expect it to be so verbose.