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Ushgarak
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NOT a simulation! An arcade game!
And Backfire, methinks you are wrong... BG2 has a far more complex, engaging and non-linear storyline than any console game.
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BackFire
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i think he meant simulations more along the lines of F1 and what not.
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BackFire
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i actually havent played that one. that may be the exception though. but in the ones ive played, storylines usually take a back seat to leveling up and hunting for items. i have actually been meaning to get baldurs gate 2, ive heard great things about it. however. i dont think any game will ever top final fantasy 3(6) as far as story line and character development goes.
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:24 AM |
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Ushgarak
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BG2 has the most amazing line in conditonal character development with several thousand outcomes depending on what or who youyr character is and what or who the five people you are travelling are (what sex is important...) and where you go at various times. It beggars belief how much they put into that game!
Neverwinter Nights is less good on that... but that is because it is more of a multi-player tool than a game; the provided campaign is nice but the design and Gamesmastering elements of it are its speciality.
I agree, a lot of PC RPGs are shallow but that is because they are just unsuccessful attempts to ape console ones. Bioware did something very different with Baldur's Gate.
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:28 AM |
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BackFire
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yeah, im having trouble getting into neverwinter nights. and when i mean character development, i didnt mean leveling them up or any of that, i meant the way movies develop a character, where you begin to care for them and see them as real people with real feeling rather then just characters in a game. thats something i think most pc rpg's lack.
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:31 AM |
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Ushgarak
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Yeah, it is because Neverwinter Nights is not written with character development in mind. It also always assumes that you are not the only hero there; the campaign is written with many parties possibly playing at once in mind. So you cannot have the player driven storylines that BG had which is a shame, but then again it is vey impressive in other ways.
So, let's see how Knights of the Old Republic turns out...
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:33 AM |
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mah
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Florø, Norway
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what about dancing games? farming sims? 
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:38 AM |
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Ushgarak
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex, UKCo-Admin
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Not enough mad Japs making PC games, for sure...
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:38 AM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Huntington Beach, CAModerator
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yeah, baldurs gate was cool from what i played, i borrowed my friends copy. it was fun. and its cheap now, i think ill purchase it sometime. or maybe get it for xmas 
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Nov 16th, 2002 12:50 AM |
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mah
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Florø, Norway
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okay; Metroid Prime. first some days back it got 9,8 on ign.com which is, together with GrandTurismo3, the HIGHEST score on ANY next-gen console EVER.
now today, what I consider an even greater happening: 9,7 on the under-rating hyper-strict gamespot.com! and EGM(electronic gaming monthly, biggest multiplatform magazine out there) editor Marc McDonald gives it 10.
without exaggerating, this points to Metroid Prime being one of the best single-player games ever. the reviews it has got is really THAT out-of-this-world gobsmacking.
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Nov 16th, 2002 01:42 AM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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i wouldnt doubt it. nintendo always finds a way to surpass peoples expectations.
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Nov 16th, 2002 01:46 AM |
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REXXXX
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Registered: Nov 2001
Location: San DiegoModerator
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I'm renting Star Fox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet right now. I've made it to the CloudRunner Fortress (some of you may know what that is if you've played the game. I think Tex did).
It's a fun game.
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Nov 17th, 2002 05:40 AM |
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finti
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A new game called the legend ofgf Robin of Sherwood, pretty cool stuff, the same as those who made Desperado a cool western game.
Robin of sherwood is very entertaining and a bit challenging
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Nov 17th, 2002 12:40 PM |
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REXXXX
Networking
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: San DiegoModerator
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Any comedy?
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Nov 17th, 2002 07:23 PM |
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ToMacco
Mr. Orange
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: A bar in Minnesota
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I asked my mother for a Gamecube for my birthday this Sunday. She laughed at me and told me I was too old for it. I disagree.
What good games do they have for GameCube? I want it because Zelda comes out next year, and I HAVE to have it.
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Nov 21st, 2002 01:30 AM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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Location: Huntington Beach, CAModerator
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mario, metroid, resident evil games, animal crossing. im also asking for gamecube for xmas.
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Nov 21st, 2002 01:43 AM |
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ToMacco
Mr. Orange
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: A bar in Minnesota
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Animal Crossing. What is that all about? I saw a comercial for it, and it looks pretty cool. It's like a real time game or something, isn't it?
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Nov 21st, 2002 02:00 AM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Huntington Beach, CAModerator
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yeah, its like you basically live a life within the gamecube. you have to buy a house and go to work, kinda like the sims
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Nov 21st, 2002 02:49 AM |
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finti
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gamecube is a no no
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Nov 21st, 2002 11:01 AM |
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mah
J-type 327 Nubian
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Florø, Norway
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ooh, its not cool-looking enough for finti.
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