Sepharo wrote on Mar 21, 2012, 21:58:

Fion wrote on Mar 21, 2012, 20:31:
For those who don't understand why everyone is up in arms over this, here's a good video explaining it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6M0Cf864P7E#!

That's a great explanation video, thanks.

So for someone who's only played the first one and a 1/4 of the second what does happen with the Rachni? They seemed to be the primary example that kept coming up as something where your choices would matter across multiple games.

edit: Ah nm, couldn't resist heading to the wiki. Spoiler: blurb in ME2, blurbs in ME3 and a decision to spare yet another queen which affects (with a twist) whether or not they're in your war assests or not.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on Mar 21, 2012, 14:18:
Great, cause listening to whiners on the Internet sets such a great precedent. Either you believe in the work you released or you don't. By capitulating to the whining idiots (I have not yet seen the Mass Effect 3 ending but I can't imagine any ending that would warrant the level of outrage we've seen), you tell people that by screaming loud enough, they can just get whatever they want. Stand by what you made.

panbient wrote on Mar 19, 2012, 10:33:
As much as I'd like a BG3, I think the timing of this announcement is indicative of industry attitudes towards Kickstarter becoming some sort of free money genie so long as the idea is popular.

Fion wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 21:04:
How can this incredible game not have an 85 at Metacritic? Sure the first few days were rocky but over all New Vegas is WORLDS better than Fallout 3 (which has a 91). Not to mention it's easily the best Obsidian game.. ever lol.

Darks wrote on Mar 13, 2012, 10:12:

Ripperjack wrote on Mar 13, 2012, 10:05:
Since when did games start at $60?? Bloody EA and their price gouging!

Yea, the whole 60 dollar thing is getting out of hand. And yes EA and Activision are fricking responsible for this happening. Greedy bastards!!

Beamer wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 13:51:
I'm all for actual DLC. And I don't care if it's day one or not - if it's something that sensibly wasn't part of the game then fine, doesn't bug me. I'm a bit of a rare DLC buyer, anyway - I bought Undead Nightmare for RDR, I bought two or three of the Fallout 3 ones, I had the GOTY for Oblivion so I played that DLC (and I think bought Shivering Isles), and will probably buy anything Skyrim throws my way.

But gun colors? Really?

Ventura wrote on Mar 13, 2012, 22:18:
I'm almost shocked, I actually expected more positivity around here.

A mate set up a 7-day trial account for me, and I'm actually enjoying it. Ok, so I've only played for about 3 hours, but it's a Star Wars fan's wet dream.

Fair enough, I might be sick of it in another few days though.

Oh, and it's already only $58 from BigW out here in Australia. That's pretty cheap, so soon.

Bucky wrote on Mar 13, 2012, 13:02:
Origin still crushes framerates if you have the overlay turned on. It did this in Dead Space 2, and it's even worse in ME3. Once I turned it off, everything ran nice and smooth.

vrok wrote on Mar 11, 2012, 22:00:
The point was obviously that story has little relevance to shooting, the namesake of the genre. It wasn't about singleplayer vs multiplayer.

Singleplayer is just something that id doesn't do very well, at least since Doom 2 (a Romero game), so I brought up the multiplayer. It so happens that multiplayer also makes it easier and far more obvious to judge quality of gameplay mechanics and design in an FPS.

Fantaz wrote on Mar 11, 2012, 17:04:
A lot of ppl would disagree with you, and even think the opposite of your example given with Valve. In my eyes ID was the true great innovator, pioneer and the greatest game company of the 90's, and Valve was simply copying ID. For Valve, mods like Counter-Strike greatly contributed to the success of Half-Life and I think if ID would have opened up more to the modding community like Epic Games and Valve then they could have had a mod hit which would excel their games also.

nin wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 12:20:
Roger comes across as a bit of an attention whore. It was so bad, he played 100 hours of it....poor Roger!

Scottish Martial Arts wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 14:16:
Well I tend to agree with Roger, but that doesn't stop me from playing games as much as I do. As Dmitri said, gamers don't play games because they're art: they play them because they're entertaining. If you're looking to experience something with the depth and meaning of, say, the Iliad, you're going to read the fucking Iliad, not play Mass Effect.

Ozmodan wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 11:10:
Did not seem to learn anything from my perspective. Vashjir, the sea area is basically useless. Nothing there, no reputation to gain, nothing. How can you add an area like that without putting something in it that is usefull?

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 12:25:
The other being after slogging through 2 again I'm left with the same feeling I had the last time, The entire plot is essentially playing therapists to your companions to try and gain the best possible outcome of them surviving the final battle solely on whether or not the player coddles them with their own personal issues that are in no way, shape, or form, even remotely tied into the plot itself.

Cutter wrote on Mar 1, 2012, 22:53:
Lilz! "Oil has run out!" yet there are a shit ton of vehicles and super advanced robots around he has to use and fight.