Dragon Age

[Thief Silver]

It's not just Bioware, it's fucking everyone and it's annoying as shit that people keep making Dog-shit brown the color of choice for games. FPSes? Yep, Fantasy RPGs, god yeap. It's ugly and stupid and fuck developers for being so lazy. yes Fantasy world buildings are kind of ugly, that doesn't mean the trees and people have to be.

This was a great game and one day I'll finish reading through it. Nothing breaking, but everything done right. Well, almost everything.

[haohmaru]

You know what really pisses me off? My character is level 19.75 and I can't get to 20 because I didn't think you wouldn't be able to finish off the side quests later on. I hate poor choices like this - at least have a fucking warning saying you won't be able to go back after this. FUCK.

[bbobb]

ITT: Lots of people who haven't played previous BioWare expansions like Throne of Bhaal or Hordes of the Underdark, which were larger and better than a lot of full-price games.

Exactly. The fact that Bioware is releasing it as an expansion means there's going to be a shitton to it.

[kingoffighters]

PS - What the fuck at having to strip down for the Urn Ashes? For a game people are touting as oh-so serious and mature that's a move straight out of 12-year old fan fiction. And rendered camel toe? Double WTF and 2x LOL at anyone who kids themselves into thinking this is High Class Shit. Good game? Oh yeah. But not High Class Shit.

I guess for a game, this is pretty good stuff. But I agree with you, it doesn't really touch any of the epic fantasy. I recommend Steven Erikson's A Tale of Malazan Empire... By the time you get to book 3, it will blow your fucking mind how deep and crazy the universe he created. It literally makes The Middle Earth like a grade-school project.

[bVork]

That's awfully hyperbolic, especially when there are some significant chronology issues in that series. Lots of backstory doesn't necessarily equal depth. Meanwhile, Tolkien had reams of history for Middle-Earth that never made it into The Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion. I don't think anyone can make a judgement call on the depth of Middle-Earth until they read a significant amount of the The History of Middle-Earth series.

Or, in internet speak, TOLKIEN >>>>>>> ERIKSON AND ESSLEMONT

[Drewbacca]

I found the story interesting from the get-go. But then, I don't need the ADD-influenced pacing of a game like Left 4 Dead 2 to retain my interest. Perhaps you are different.

How about you eat a dick. Left 4 Dead 2 may be fast paced, but it's a fucking masterwork in blending storytelling with gaming action.

[Despair]

Good for you, that you enjoyed L4D games. To me they ARE what bVork described.

[YellerDog]

Drew is more right than the russian.

[Drewbacca]

It's a retarded argument altogether. YOU DON'T LIKE A GAME I PLAY SO FOR NO REASON YOUR GAME SUCKS NOW AND HERE IS SOME STUPID REASON WHY. He failed to explain why the game had merit in any way in regards to Yeller's candid critique from hands-on experience. Left 4 Dead 2 has nothing to do with it at all.

[bVork]

I liked Left 4 Dead but I did dislike the pacing of the game. It was either "being attacked" or "about to be attacked," which is great in small doses but gets wearying after a while. I don't think I ever played more than one of the campaigns in a single sitting, because I got sick of being forced to rush rush rush.

It's a retarded argument altogether. YOU DON'T LIKE A GAME I PLAY SO FOR NO REASON YOUR GAME SUCKS NOW AND HERE IS SOME STUPID REASON WHY. He failed to explain why the game had merit in any way in regards to Yeller's candid critique from hands-on experience. Left 4 Dead 2 has nothing to do with it at all.

I made a trite response because Yellerdog made a trite comment. How the fuck is one supposed to seriously respond to "the story is boring" with anything beyond "I disagree"?