Forum: Politics & Religion
July 8th, 2008, 12:31
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Replies: 105
Views: 4,668
Manifestly so. There’s an amusing irony in the…
Manifestly so. There’s an amusing irony in the term "global village"; its proponents suffer from the same localised myopia that so often afflicts their real world counterparts. The Internet is no…
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Forum: News Comments
July 8th, 2008, 11:21
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,877
Your argument is that gameplay options are a "bad…
Your argument is that gameplay options are a "bad thing" because they make development/QA more difficult. Development issues are irrelevant to the end user; it's the features provided that matter. As…
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Forum: News Comments
July 8th, 2008, 10:51
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,001
Dunno… it depends on your personal qualifying…
Dunno… it depends on your personal qualifying criteria for a Diablo clone. Apart from the games you've mentioned the following titles have been released in around the last twelve months and are…
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Forum: News Comments
July 7th, 2008, 14:28
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,877
Sounds good all round.
Very true and one…
Sounds good all round.
Very true and one of the more interesting aspects of Eschalon especially in contrast to some recent RPGs where the difference in character builds is often merely cosmetic….
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Forum: News Comments
July 4th, 2008, 12:29
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,137
In the correct usage of the term "innovative" I…
In the correct usage of the term "innovative" I certainly agree. That is: it took an existing design and significantly improved on, without fundamentally changing, it. Specifically Diablo took the…
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Forum: News Comments
July 2nd, 2008, 10:26
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,261
You know that has always been a bit of a mystery…
You know that has always been a bit of a mystery to me. I doubt that the franchise has any significant mass-market appeal; certainly not in comparison to the more accessible high fantasy of The Elder…
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Forum: News Comments
July 2nd, 2008, 10:08
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,014
Yes, the compass wasn’t just a crutch for lazy…
Yes, the compass wasn’t just a crutch for lazy players but also crutch for lazy quest design. Quite often extremely lazy and nonsensical quest design. However I do recall one interesting exception to…
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Forum: Politics & Religion
June 27th, 2008, 14:48
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Replies: 105
Views: 4,668
O rly? Regardless, the treaty was simply an old…
O rly? Regardless, the treaty was simply an old turd wrapped up in a new ribbon. We already had a public debate on the treaty when it was called a constitution. After wholly undemocratic re-run of…
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Forum: News Comments
June 26th, 2008, 17:59
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,563
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Forum: News Comments
June 23rd, 2008, 10:57
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,111
By the same reasoning Rise of Nations is very…
By the same reasoning Rise of Nations is very similar to Civilization but that wouldn't change the fact that they're different genres. The scenario-based gameplay of AoW is a different experience to…
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Forum: News Comments
June 20th, 2008, 16:19
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Replies: 29
Views: 2,443
It’s obviously a very polarising feature. I’m as…
It’s obviously a very polarising feature. I’m as old school CRPG as you can get but I’m still in the no camp. This sort of busy work simply isn't fun. I bought Book I and thoroughly enjoyed it ('twas…
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Forum: News Comments
June 20th, 2008, 16:13
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,111
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Forum: News Comments
June 10th, 2008, 16:12
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,111
Well MoM is a fantasy 4x but there are major…
Well MoM is a fantasy 4x but there are major differences between MoM and Civ. MoM's combat is considerably less abstract than Civ's: unit's can be grouped into parties and combat is resolved in…
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Forum: Off-Topic
June 4th, 2008, 10:40
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,670
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Forum: News Comments
June 3rd, 2008, 11:47
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,418
To an extent, it depends on the source book…
To an extent, it depends on the source book you're consulting. The Realms of Chaos supplements were uniformly horrific, the rulebook was rather generic and plain, and there were occasional attempts a…
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Forum: News Comments
June 3rd, 2008, 11:28
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Replies: 77
Views: 4,503
Neither would I because it doesn't require a…
Neither would I because it doesn't require a mainstream publisher to produce a successful high quality PC title. In fact the current mainstream business model is fundamentally flawed and it's their…
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Forum: News Comments
May 30th, 2008, 17:01
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,418
Funny 'cause it's true. Anyone remember when…
Funny 'cause it's true. Anyone remember when Warhammer used to be synonymous with *gothic* fantasy? These days it's more like Heroes of Might & Magic but, unlike the Heroes series, Warhammer isn’t…
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Forum: News Comments
May 23rd, 2008, 11:03
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,632
Indeed, 'rougelike' is the snuggest fitting…
Indeed, 'rougelike' is the snuggest fitting categorisation for Diablo, but for some reason the contemporary press didn’t make that connection and thus the world was saddled with the inaccurate (and…
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Forum: News Comments
May 22nd, 2008, 13:54
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Replies: 3
Views: 783
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Forum: News Comments
May 20th, 2008, 18:06
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,677
I’d qualify that slightly: without *believable*…
I’d qualify that slightly: without *believable* motives using *well chosen* words there would be no emotional impact. Tolerance for quantity is relative to its quality. With that in mind I inclined…
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Forum: News Comments
May 19th, 2008, 12:47
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,575
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Forum: News Comments
May 19th, 2008, 11:49
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,388
My gaming system isn't connected to the 'net at…
My gaming system isn't connected to the 'net at any time and I find the irony of being forced online (i.e. warez central) to validate a single-player game hilarious. Any software with the sheer…
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Forum: News Comments
May 15th, 2008, 12:27
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,779
Seconded, in some ways modern graphics actually…
Seconded, in some ways modern graphics actually detract from the game. It's similar to the oft-cited difference between reading a book and watching a movie. In the latter the artist's vision…
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Forum: News Comments
May 12th, 2008, 15:09
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,559
Interestingly dragons originate as snakes,…
Interestingly dragons originate as snakes, probably pythons. Apart from the implausible size, Pliny the Elder's description of dragons is essentially that of a serpent which kills its prey by…
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Forum: News Comments
May 12th, 2008, 14:24
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,857
One button? You mean Space Siege requires actual…
One button? You mean Space Siege requires actual user interaction to play?! Sounds like they've increased the complexity of the series since Dungeon Siege then. Gas Powered Games should take care not…
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