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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 4:53:19 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 4:55:47 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 4:57:00 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 4:58:13 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 5:02:57 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 5:07:26 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 5:39:08 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 6:46:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

i've tried to give NeverWinterNights the same chance as BG but ultimately its just not as good. Still havn't finished the original module



Same here. How they could have forked up a sequel to BG is beyond me, but they did.




Well, Bioware's stated aim with Dragonage was a return to their roots of RPG design. They've achieved it completely. 100% and without any sort of reservations.

Up until DAO, my favourite computer RPG of all time was Baldur's Gate 2. Nothing has ever come close to it before now, but DAO is there.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 7:09:02 PM   
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i've tried to give NeverWinterNights the same chance as BG but ultimately its just not as good. Still havn't finished the original module



Same here. How they could have forked up a sequel to BG is beyond me, but they did.




Well, Bioware's stated aim with Dragonage was a return to their roots of RPG design. They've achieved it completely. 100% and without any sort of reservations.

Up until DAO, my favourite computer RPG of all time was Baldur's Gate 2. Nothing has ever come close to it before now, but DAO is there.

Sterling review, T. I'll be ordering it forthwith.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 7:23:23 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Terminus


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ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk


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ORIGINAL: Nikademus

i've tried to give NeverWinterNights the same chance as BG but ultimately its just not as good. Still havn't finished the original module



Same here. How they could have forked up a sequel to BG is beyond me, but they did.




Well, Bioware's stated aim with Dragonage was a return to their roots of RPG design. They've achieved it completely. 100% and without any sort of reservations.

Up until DAO, my favourite computer RPG of all time was Baldur's Gate 2. Nothing has ever come close to it before now, but DAO is there.


Glad to hear such a positive review.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 7:44:06 PM   
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Starting the search for Sixth form colleges. 16 yo angst and stress breaking out!


Had to look that up. We don't really have that kind of thing here, although some people use community colleges in that manner by going 2 years then transferring to regular university.


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 8:11:22 PM   
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Well, Bioware's stated aim with Dragonage was a return to their roots of RPG design. They've achieved it completely. 100% and without any sort of reservations.

Up until DAO, my favourite computer RPG of all time was Baldur's Gate 2. Nothing has ever come close to it before now, but DAO is there.


On my list....hopefully old high school buddy (whom i played both BG and BG2 with once a week back in the day despite being on opposite ends of the coast) will be able to cut some time out of his schedule and maybe we relive those glory days.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 8:40:39 PM   
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Something about the paper and dice AD&D really engages my mind and keeps me busy pondering and planning.  These days, AE is more than capable of engaging those strategy receptors in my brain. 


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 8:45:32 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Terminus

I just did something I haven't done in over a decade: stayed up all night playing a computer game. That's how fantastic Dragonage is. When the first fully-grown dragon landed in front of my party, I felt about as significant as a flea, and my weapons about as powerful as a snowball in a blast furnace.

Thank you, Bioware.


They've been good at that. When they first included a full-blown dragon in one of their games (BG2) it took me quite awhile to figure out how to defeat that beast...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 8:59:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		DAO is a bit more "grown-up" than BG2, though. There are some VERY nasty choices to be made along the way.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 9:16:38 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 9:20:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		They have a nice selection of what they call "origins stories". You select your class and race as you'd expect, but then you also select a background, and that dictates the first chapter of the story. There's six different origins stories.

Very interesting way of doing things.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 9:30:31 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 10:05:16 PM   
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Hic!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 10:07:08 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 11:14:35 PM   
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So you meant Empire:TW ? As E:TW was released in Feb, I thought you meant the next TW iteration which I heard rumors about that it would be Napoleon:TW.

It's quite possible that they have managed to fix E:TW by now - they have (after all) had 6+ months to do that. I just haven't checked if that's the case. There was one thing that was very good in E:TW (even if the game as a whole was bugged) and that was the naval battles. To call them immersive is a massive understatement. Beautiful as well.

Dang, now I feel bad about stepping on your hopes



Yes, I was talking about Empires (didnt even know about the Napoleon one). Hopefully, theyve squashed all the bugs by now. I just checked and you can pick up a copy pretty cheap. I usually tend to wait until the price drops a bit before buying. The last game I got right out of the gate was Red Orchestra.

Question for you guys. The specs say a 2.6 processor. Mine runs at 2.39 (single core.....yes its a little long in the tooth). Do you think I'd have issues running it?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 11:16:16 PM   
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Hmmm ... I just took a quick peek at the E:TW change-/patchlog. It actually seems that they have fixed most of the things I had issues/problems with. Guess I have to give it a new chance. It's 3rd in line after AE and DAO though.





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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 11:16:51 PM   
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I think you made Onime cry now...


Yes, I'm a tad sensitive to having my dreams and hopes shattered.....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 11:20:09 PM   
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It is a nice paced day here


Yeah well, nothing moves fast where you are. Even the gators take their sweet time crossing the highway.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/12/2009 11:21:47 PM   
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G'night gents

Hic!


Well, that didnt take long.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/13/2009 12:27:39 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/13/2009 5:10:38 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/13/2009 7:42:30 AM   
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Good morning!


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/13/2009 7:45:18 AM   
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I liked Empire: Total War. Lots of people didn't, but I did.


I had all "Total War" games starting with "Shogun"... loved them although AI was (always) very weak...


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 11/13/2009 7:58:11 AM   
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