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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 21st Jun 2006 06:21 Edited at: 21st Jun 2006 06:22
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Hey all, thought I would pose this question

Has a game ever bled into your real world life, as in did you get a tattoo of Cloud, do something crazy etc.

Here is mine

I was so obssesed with Starcraft (and still am) that I named my second son "Terran". Hey they rule

besides I don't think the wife would have gon for Zerg or Protoss
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Flindiana Jones
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Quote: "besides I don't think the wife would have gon for Zerg or Protoss "



Me Neither Hobgoblin...

Meh, I normally keep them seperate (Life and games) I do on occasion however pretend I've got video game combat moves...

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i sometimes integrate videogame names into my homework for english class

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I had Eyes on Me from FFVIII played during my wedding. 'Nuff said.


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Quote: "I had Eyes on Me from FFVIII played during my wedding. 'Nuff said"


had it been the theme from super mario brothers I would think you were off the deep end
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I sometimes hum the tunes of Mayhem In Monsterland and C&C:Generals - but thats about it.

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@Flappy: I love that toon too (for generals), you mean the main menu one, right?

I am such a video game nut, that I am willing to try and program a video game.


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Drew Cameron
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The last game I bought was Strangers Wrath for XBox. This time a year ago. Games these days aren't as good as they used to be.

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I think I'm one of the few people here that thinks most video games are crap. I don't enjoy playing games much anymore. Nothing seems original, I rarely have that same spark of enjoyment I got from games years a go, and nothing has lastability. Even multiplayer with my mates, I have to drink more lager to keep the fun factor. I'm the sort of person that never completes games, not because I'm crap, but because I just can't be arsed. Most games get a day or two of play, and then I never bother to play them ever again unless I'm really bored. This includes games like GTA: San Andreas, HL2, Doom 3, etc. GTA got a good week of play though, but that was it.

This complete lack of motivation to play games is my motivation to make games though. Almost all games I play don't have that something special, so I aim to add that to my games to make them stand apart, even if graphically they won't be able to compete. It's my dislike for computer games that drives me to make them, even if I fail at what I'm trying to do. I'm not the sort or person who will make something if someone has already done a better job. I will never make a pure racing game, cos I think LFS has already pissed all over every racing game that has been made. I'll never make physics like that, so I'll never bother making a racing game like that. I'll never make a pure action FPS, cos there are a million of them that have done a better job. I'd have to add something unique to it to make it worth doing.

So no. I think games are crap. I am not a game lover. what is game? i hate game. game is stupid.

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Oh man. That was so bitter...you just...you're just better off going home and killing yourself now dude. You've nothing left to live for anymore.

Ha, but anyway I sometimes feel the same way. After playing Vice City, I got GTA:SA and was bored of it within a day. HL2 was quality, but I never really had the urge to re-play it as alot of people did. And I was one of the only few people who thought the levels were a caged in play-pen.

I'm definatly not into gaming as I was before. There's a chance it's because I've gotten older, and it takes more to catch my interest. Or maybe it's because I played so many games, everything just seems identical.

(Seriously, FPSs have completly lost it for me. THEY'RE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME)

Sure, they come out with an FPS that has a unique twist to set it apart from the others, but in the end of the day you're still just running around rooms shooting people in the head.

I'd say making a quality game someday would be the ultimate achievement.


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Happens all the time: The more games you play, and the closer you look at them, the more cynical/bored you will become of them. The average game player hasn't been playing games for 15-20 years and 'seen em all' yet. Things are still new - you can say "Oh yes, but Halo was just a rip off of...." but the average gamer won't have played the older games.

So it's new to them.

It sounds so cynical - but I'm sure it happens in all arts - you see the "BEST" film when you're young and excited, and after that, no other film can beat it. Because it's just copying the original, iterating ever more incrementally. Same with books, music, etc.

The good news is, that there are still some new things in all the arts - it's just not the flurry of excitement that we all faced when we were new to games and everything was fresh. That, and I'm sure most of us these days don't have time to devote to playing the average RPG with 300hrs gameplay etc, unlike maybe when we were at school

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Posted: 21st Jun 2006 15:41 Edited at: 21st Jun 2006 15:47
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hehe. I still like games. I just miss the times I'd get totally wrapped up in them and play them for hours. At least it encourages me to aim high on my games. I guess I just got old. Still, have planeed to have some mates round for some gaming next weekend tho. BBQ, beers and games. That still works for me!

Edit: Well said Tinker. I do have the same problem with music and film as well. Damn, even with people. Small talk becomes more of a chore the older you get. Another example is going out on the town ... you try to get into pubs before you're 18, you're finally 18 and you have some awesome nights, and the rest of your youth you spend getting hammered trying to have that same great night again. It doesn't happen.

Luckily we can take up new hobbies like embroidery, pole vaulting and taxidermy to fill the void.

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David R
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Posted: 21st Jun 2006 15:50 Edited at: 21st Jun 2006 15:56
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I fully agree with Fallout, and what he said is pretty much identical to my own thoughts - games these days are absolutely useless, and this is what give the inspiration to create my own.

The commerical games scene is dying in respect to originality - I've seen, what, 2 games in the last 3/4 years that really truly stand out as original and interesting. Indie games are definately getting cooler and cooler though. Even though it isn't exactly original, I was hooked on Armadillo run for a few days at least - that's a game that I really enjoy - and put its commerical counterpart (as such) Pontifex II to shame - AR was much more fun and original, and generally more interesting.

So no, I'm not a games nut. I never play games - hardly ever. Apart from the odd couple of multiplayer games (gmod,AOE and HL)

Games are going to have (another) big slump soon...

EDIT: A few games do have me very interested though. Project Dimitri from LH is ne of the long haul games I've been waiting for now. That and spore are the only remotely interesting/original games that I can be bothered to think about. Is it a coincidence that most of these [better] original games are made by older people though? (Pete Molyneux, Will Wright, Peter Stock)

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Quote: "Luckily we can take up new hobbies like embroidery, pole vaulting and taxidermy to fill the void."


Actually in my case, it's leatherworking, project making and guitar playing, but each to their own

Every so often though, you find something that just takes you back to the freshness. Something like "My Neighbour Totoro" (anime) or "Katamari Damaci" and "Cloud" (games) or even "Doctor Steel" and "Rob Dougan" music - and it's all good again Sometimes, you just need to stop analysing it all, and just enjoy it with a childlike innocence (Not beer though - childlike innocence and beer shouldn't mix )

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Quote: "I love that toon too (for generals), you mean the main menu one, right?"

They're all very good - especially the GLI tunes...

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@David R

I played Armadillo run too for a while! Spent a few hours making some massive constructions and even bought the full game. Haven't touched it sinse, but the originality definitely won me over for a bit. Aside from that, Live For Speed is the only real game I play because it's an unashamed simulator. It doesnt try and be anything other than a dead realistic simulation of racing, and has awesome online multiplayer.

@Tinker
Agreed again. Every now and then things do still grab me. Classical/orchestral music is my newest music fix, for example. Mine new hobbies would be Nitro powered RC cars and fitness/weights/health/food/cooking etc. There're two new motocross circuits near to where I live now, so I'd be tempted to get into that if I had the cash. As for games, I'm thinking about picking up Oblivion soon - I'll try and look at that through naive eyes and see how I go.




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Hmm...I think I now I see a reason to be glad that my mom restricts my video game intake a lot...I am NOT sick of FPSes, (Never owned one...), possess one commercial RPG, and one or two racing games...now suddenly I'm a lot less sorry.

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Quote: "I think I now I see a reason to be glad that my mom restricts my video game intake a lot"





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That evil merciless cruel mom is probably doing you a big favour.

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Definately, mainly games are for when I'm angry at coding...then I have a little playand something will spur me backinto writing again (probably the thought that one day I will do better).
But your right, the last game I really loved was max payne.

...But if Spore lets me down I may give up all together.

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I can be easily entertained and I've found that GTA:SA is an excellent stress reliever after a long, hard day of work.

And i think as far as lack of originality goes, the same thing can be said for the movie industry.

Snow Wars is making its return, check out the Game Design Theory board for more info...
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Quote: "That evil merciless cruel mom is probably doing you a big favour. "

Believe me, I no longer think she's mean, now that I think about it more. I just hope Spore is not a let down...if it were I think I'd have to go on a rampage.

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Quote: "The last game I bought was Strangers Wrath for XBox. This time a year ago. Games these days aren't as good as they used to be."


I agree with this whole heartedly. Last game I got (that I bought) was DDO. Prior to that we go back to never winter nights (hey I will give most games with actual D&D content a chance). few games encourage me to buy them I will try demos alot of times but that is it. Games I still play are all pretty old Starcraft, Alpha Centauri, Railroad Tycoon 2, Pharoah, and every now and then I go back and play Bards tale or wasteland again. Find most of the time now I am playing emulated games I used to like. I cant stand FPS games in general, I loved Wolfenstein 3d when it came out and every thing since then has seemed like hey its got better graphics but so what. Games to me now focus far less on enjoyable game play and more on great graphics and sound (kind of a dragons lair effect). I still love games though and can sit till the wee hours forgetting what damn time it is with a game of Heroes of M&M 3. A good RTS will usually get some play from me or I will at least give the demo a shot.
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The last 'Video Game' console I owned was the Atari 2600. I soon bought an Atari 800 (computer) and I have been playing 'Computer games' ever since. I have played the occasional modern console unit but I have always found that Computer games have much more depth and the computer has so much more capabilities that it's not fair to compare CG's with VG's.

'Console Gamers' are IMHO Brainless Zombies with no desire to 'Educate' themselves on the wonderful world of computers. (no offense intended, it's just an opinion.)

ok, flame me if you want, Cheers!

Edit: My fondest memory of my 2600 days is getting over 10,000 points on Kaboom! by Activision.
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Quote: "'Console Gamers' are IMHO Brainless Zombies with no desire to 'Educate' themselves on the wonderful world of computers. (no offense intended, it's just an opinion.)"


Don't see how they are different. A console is essentially a computer that only plays games. And most of the popular games are cross platform anyway. Almost all the best programmers on this forum own one newer console (PS2, xbox, gamecube) so I don'think "brainless zombies" is a good word to describe the talent this forum houses.

"IMHO" I think it's more people like you who have started off old skool and refuse to acknowledge the things modern consoles offer that PCs don't.

(Or just refuse to move on in general. )


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Quote: "'Console Gamers' are IMHO Brainless Zombies with no desire to 'Educate' themselves on the wonderful world of computers. (no offense intended, it's just an opinion.)"


That is absurd. There are rewarding things on console as well. For one: consoles are much cheaper than PCs. I have a high-end laptop, but I hate installing games as they always leave trails of crap behind. And sports games are *not* as good on PC as they are on console.

What's so bad about having both consoles and PCs? IMHO people who claim such ignorance are just like the old grannies who refuse to buy a cell phone.

Quote: "I have played the occasional modern console unit but I have always found that Computer games have much more depth and the computer has so much more capabilities that it's not fair to compare CG's with VG's."


What you're saying is that computer games have more depth than console games? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. There are great, average and right out crap games on both. I would venture to say that there is *more* crap on PCs as there are no licensing and quality restrictions a developer needs to go through to get published.


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Actually that would have to be the one remaining sore spot...the absoulutely no Consoles policy of my mom. I would so not mind an N64, with Mario 64, Mario Kart, and the two Zelda games...Classics.

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Personally I only like consoles for sports games, seeing that mostly I play RTS or RPG's I greatly prefer a PC. I have a game cube, I got it for destroy all monsters and it came with 5 zelda games. I do play super monkey ball with the kids but rarely use it at all.
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I'm not a fan of consoles on the whole, but I see their place in the market. The thing that bugs me most about them are FPS games which cannot be played with a console controller well. The games are always dummed down with very weak AI and easy skill settings to make up for the fact its harder to control. GTA is another example, where aiming and shooting is much better in the PC version. I also hate the way the games are often up to twice as much casheesh.

However, I have had fun playing pro evo with my mates. The best thing about consoles is the multiplayer aspect on the same machine, and the fact they can be put in a social place (i.e. the lounge connected to the tele where everyone can join in).

I've only ever owned a Mega Drive. PCs do it for me as an all in one entertainment, work, internet, office device, so I'm unlikely to own a console again, but I wouldn't diss them as pieces of kit. I would still say to anyone though, if you can afford it, it's much better to own a top of the line PC.

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The good thing about consoles is if you buy a game you know it will work. No worrying about if your video card is supported, you have enough ram or whatever.
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Quote: "Has a game ever bled into your real world life, as in did you get a tattoo of Cloud, do something crazy etc."

Something crazy? Mwa ha ha. All the time, my spoken dialect of choice is so completely full of video game references that it disturbs some/most of the people I speak with. I'll be having a perfectly normal conversation then I will use a term that is more or less VG based and who ever I'm speaking with gets spooked. (Concerned person thinks "Ahhh. He played to many video games and it made him insane?!?")

Do I play a lot of video games? (Both PC and Console.) Yes... yes I do. Do I play to many? You can never play to many!


*Thinks for a second* There haven't been to many Retail games released recently that I've really been excited about. I spend most of my time buying older software (Just snagged new 'sealed' copies of Steel Panthers, SU*27 Flanker, CyberSpeed & Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall for 3$ also managed to lay hands on new sealed copies of: WAR Inc., Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, The L.E.D. Wars, Damage Incorporated & Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny. And purchased a used (But still in they're original box) copies of Steel Panthers 2: Modern Battles & Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command (1939-1999). Mwa ha ha, I'm going to be busy! )

There have been some interesting new Retail games I've purchased lately. ObsCure (Played with two players this game is great), Shadow of Destiny (An interesting Adventure game.), Silpheed: The Lost Planet (Any sequel to Silpheed is a must play IMO), Shadow of the Colossus (The Colossus's really do seem huge...), Kingdom Hearts (I did not expect this game to be the amazing game it is!), Kingdom Hearts: Chain of memories (Many say the card system sucks and your better off chaining sword/key strikes. But I think it's brilliantly unique, and easy to use.), Metroid Prime. (My first thought was, oh no they've converted it into a mindless FPS this'll be bad... But a great job was done with this title. It still retains much of the exploration of Metroid & the control style is interesting.).

That’s just naming a few. There Are good new games coming out. (I have great hope for the Wii, Revolution was a better name , it's new control mechanics could allow it to produce otherwise impossible gameplay experiences.)

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I play games alot, but the only ones I really play for long periods of time now are RPG for story value. Gameplay is pretty much identical in games now.

As for the original question, I have liberi fatali, one winged angel (AC version), jenova (AC version), and a few FFVII piano collections on my MP3 player.

I used Championship manager for my GCSE maths coursework (don't ask).

I've also used references to games for gags and names in creatve writing when I used to do English.

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i used to play lots of games when i had my ps1/ps2 but on the pc its rare that i should play any games that arent related to either the battlefield series or the hl2 engine, and currently all i play is gmod since its very fun and im hosting a server for it , but i agree with alot of posts above that most games these days are just the same old thing, and i notice that alot of games are going down the mmorpg route even if they arent, such as bf2 that has essentially a leveling system and unlocks, wonder what will be in the next in the series :s, but from the publishers perspective, rpg`s make the most money so they will continue to push out the same old games untill they loose money.

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I actively reference Unreal, Civ4, Galciv 2, Rome: Toal war, EE, and various lesser games in my life. I once told someone the entire tech line of Civ4 to prove that the bronze age was before the middle ages to someone.-_-' The "craziest" I have ever gone is write a 50 page mini-story based on a game of Space Empires 4


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At one point I had my hair like Cloud's. <_<

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I agree with a lot of things that have been said in here, ESPECIALLY the fact that a lot of games are just copies of other games with different shapes and stuff. But I must say this: I refuse to get rid of my LOZ: Collectors Edition for Gamecube, it's mostly for OOT and LOZ original NES game...love that stuff. And I'm trying to get my N64 back so I can get Mario '64 on it...and a couple other games. Also, I liked MK1, MK2, and MK4(never played 3, hell, have never seen it) for the Sega. I like the older games, even though I really started being a "gamer" in the Nintendo 64/PS1 days(time is blurred for me, the time-line I'm setting up is probably terribly deformed) days, I still fell in love with ATARI games like centipede and Galaga(or was it Galaxian? Somethin like that...the fun ship game where if you let one ship get captured, then blow up the enemy that took it, you get two ships at once )...Oh, and before I finish this up, gotta mention Super Mario Bros(the old one)...love it. I guess you could call me a gamer who hates most newer games. I could talk about older ones all day...seriously...I've done it before .

Oh, and to point out one thing that makes me a game nut...I saw a cool symbol in FF:Crystal Chronicles(one of the family symbols) that me and my brother really liked, and we plan on getting that as a tattoo at some point. Although we were also tossing the idea of getting the Strength Stealing Symbol from a manga instead...


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Quote: "I had Eyes on Me from FFVIII played during my wedding. 'Nuff said."

Awesome!
Heh heh, I played the little piano version for my Aunt's wedding and all the old people were like "Oh, what a pretty song!" Had no clue of its origins. 'Twas a secret victory.

Now that that's out of the way, I'll get on to the discussion at hand. I would guess I'm still relatively young in comparison to a lot of you guys, and may be partially in that category of new gamer who hasn't experienced all the old games to recognize copycats. I've just started in the past year to get really bored of gaming in general and really only enjoy a couple of favorite franchises and some of the games that try to accomplish something (Psychonauts, Indigo Prophecy, etc.).

I often find myself looking for freeware releases or ebay auctions where I can get some classic games that I missed out on. Could be games I missed out on this generation (FFX, Ico, etc.[didn't have a PS2 until recently]) or stuff from way back when, like Grim Fandango(Best. Soundtrack. Ever.).


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I don't want to toot my own horn, but ever since I've had the ability to freely borrow any game I want for as long as I want, I've been rather jaded. It used to be that when I bought a game, I sat and played it and beat it.

Now I'll take a few games home, play them for a few days, lose interest and go back and borrow others. I've played through almost every Xbox 360 game, every Xbox game that caught my fancy, and even played some real stinkers just to see how bad they were.

I believe that this is entirely my fault--- if I can't be bothered to complete games any longer than I can't complain. However, I'm really getting tired of having "unlockables" for games that I rightfully own and pay for. I don't pay good money to have a crippled game--- I play to get everything, so I want everything unlocked!

*jaded*


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HAHA!!

quote from MY mom...

"Why is he jumping on theres heads like that? Doesn't he know he can break their necks!? God son next thing you know your gonna be jumping on kids at school"

haha mario ; ;... the only thing i could play for a while was "word muncher" on an old mac, and "1080 snowboarding"

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My cynisism also started when I could borrow any game I wanted from EB for three days (it was an old policy, they don't do it any more, last I heard).

When you have a whole shop worth of games to choose from, you start playing the good, the bad and the ugly - and suddenly you realise that a lot of the difference is just marketing and a pretty box. I'll definitely agree that there are some that just shine over and above all the rest, but it really does take a lot of the veil from your eyes when you realise that game X which mag Y says is the bestest thing eva!! is actually nothing of the sort, and is just as good as something that's been out for years

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OddMind: My Mom suggested the same about Diablo 2. Like I'm gonna go outside and start shooting fireballs at people...


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Quote: "when you realise that game X which mag Y says is the bestest thing eva!! is actually nothing of the sort, and is just as good as something that's been out for years"


Neverwinter Nights comes to mind. Biggest disappointment of my life. Way over-rated. Baldurs gate was far better in every respect.

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I thought NN owned, but probably because I was used to playing 3e instead of advanced.


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Quote: "Neverwinter Nights comes to mind. Biggest disappointment of my life. Way over-rated. Baldurs gate was far better in every respect."


Wow! although I loved Baldurs gate the NWN editor and the ability to play user created mods made this game worth its weight in gold to me. I got to play adventures of mass destruction and ones where I sat around all night in a tavern listening to the local gossip only to get rolled by a group of harlots when my drunken character stumbled out into the alley (I think I had a good time, the dwarven ale was mighty strong that night)
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Quote: "Wow! although I loved Baldurs gate the NWN editor and the ability to play user created mods made this game worth its weight in gold to me."


Oh, indeed - the editor was utterly amazing! But the single player campaign was not up to BG or BGII standards

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Quote: "Oh, indeed - the editor was utterly amazing! But the single player campaign was not up to BG or BGII standards "


no it certainly wasn't, but I dont think that was the main selling point of the game.
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The editor was indeed excellent.


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Wow! although I loved Baldurs gate the NWN editor and the ability to play user created mods made this game worth its weight in gold to me"


Yes, ok the editor was great, but the battle engine and single player campaign sucked. I play RPGs for story, which was severely lacking. Henchmen were one-dimensional and you could only have one which was a pain when using the editor to make your own stories. Oh, and you couldn't control them.

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Sorry, in my neck of the wilderness the console gammers I know do not have computers or have one and make emergency calls to ask "How do I copy a file to floppy?" or "the computer keeps saying it has no room left on the HD to store files What can I do?" (hmm, empty the recycle bin?) Sure enough there is always 20gig of junk in there. lol

If you are computer literate you can cross platforms (to consoles) with ease and feel free to do so. the other way around does not and will never ring true. I'm surprised you people have never witnessed the 'computerphobia' "omg what do I do to play a game on the computer" syndrome.

anyways, my post was made in jest with a fair amount of sarcasm. Sorry if I offended any Brainiacs who swing both ways (comp/console)

nuf said. Cheers!

P.S. Sorry for the hijack, but some replies needed a response.
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