Recent content by goldenblack

Oh, cliques, familiars, and other currently somewhat hollow mechanics (like duels or crafting) are quite important from a narrative and long-term perspective, just noting that there are mechanics in the game which are kinda unfulfilling or only partially explored at present. That said, given...

Take a look at the following two offerings of http://www.blackchickengames.com/ If you're willing to forego VN/visual aspects, Academagia is basically "Magical Student Life Sim: The Game". You create your own freshly enrolled student beginning to enter the first of five years at wizard...

Born and raised in Dallas, so... yeah. Good lord though do they make it hard to stay a fan; I'm just barely old enough to remember the 90s dynasty, even in Texas I constantly wonder how my younger peers stay invested when all they know is the joke we've been for this entire millennium. Long...

Male; did Paragon ManShep on my first run-through for all the games, with a Renegade FemShep follow-up for the first two (was going to do it for the third, but the ending killed that motivation). I thought both actors were fine (Hale was better, but Meer was generally quite solid) though...

Never seen much hate for him either. He's not a knight in shining armor, and he's not meant to be. He, and the Grey Wardens as an entity, have only one concern: the darkspawn. Sure, he'll do what good he can along the way, but he's not going to let ideology get in the way of his mission. As...

Origins -Male Human Warrior -Pragmatic, end-justifies-means type. Howell's betrayal and slaughter of his family jaded him, dedicated himself towards vengeance on Howell and making things 'right' in Ferelden, no matter what the cost -Did all DLC -Kept Avernus alive, allowed to continue...

Restating what others said, but, other than the D&D part, you basically just described exactly what NWN 2 is. The base game's plot and characters are pretty generic, but the MotB expansion is one of the better RPG stories I've played and isn't a "save the world". NWN 2 itself is almost...

JRPG: Pleasantly surprised to see I'm not the first to say this, but Suikoden II. Fantastic, perfectly executed story on every level with tons of great characters, and plenty of things to do alongside the main narrative. Some grindiness, combat is pretty vanilla, and had a pretty terrible...

You were right to shun IV for so, so many reasons, but V is very much worth a playthrough for any classic JRPG fan, much less a Suikoden fan. It isn't quite the masterpiece II was, but it very much harkens back to it. Plot is slow as hell to get going, but it's fantastic once it finally does...

In the books, 15 years. Robert won his rebellion and seized power in 283, the books open in 298. (see http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Timeline_of_major_events) Think the show is slightly off that given age differences. Know it starts at the same date, 298, but believe Robert's...

Played through all the "core" FF titles other than 2, 3, and the MMOs; FF 4 was one of the first games I ever beat actually. Much of the series' prestige comes simply from its age, due to nostalgia and the RPG alternatives then available (especially outside Japan). RPGs were a niche market...

SNES: Tecmo Secret of the Stars Uncharted Waters (debatable, sort of an rpg/simulation/strategy hybrid) Uncharted Waters 2 Also, this was noted earlier in the thread, but Terranigma was never actually released in the US; an English adaptation was made and released in Europe/Australia, but...