Recent content by tur2n

Thought a bit about this. If you want to have more versimilitude in your dialogues, you should do away with global counters for "sarcastic", "honest", and so on. I think they are meaningless. I usually have a distinct way I respond to each person in my life. I'm more serious when talking to my...

While the basic gameplay may have always been the same for every entry in the series, the execution varied. I never really liked the combat in WC 3 and 4, and I felt that was due to a lack of polish since it probably took a backseat to the production of the FMV. Prophecy was more gameplay...

Half the problem is bad writing. A better dialogue mechanic might be welcome, but when the writing is good, like in Planescape Torment, the exposition vendor approach works well enough for me.

Well done Graham.

I miss 1995 piracy.

Better than apples, but not oranges.

Not enough axes.

I wouldn't recommend it, it will just tarnish your memory of the first game. It's Kotor I with slightly improved gameplay and an overambitious plot that goes nowhere, because the game was rushed and is unfinished.

I prefer it when Shamus writes a column when he really has something to say, rather than a forced one every week. Also, I wonder why there's a new iteration of Civilization and Heroes of Might and Magic every few years, while Master of Orion is dead and forgotten. Master of Orion 2 with a few...

I immediately had to think of GTA III and GTA: Vice City. They went from a mute, nameless hero to Tommy Vercetti. And I loved it.

Reboot let's us pretend DX:IW never happened - so I'm all for it.

Obsidian has yet to make a good game, and I didn't particulary like Fallout 3 either. So I guess I'll give it pass.

Indiana Jones.

Weak article, especially the last part. Columbine would've happend with or without guns or games? I think so, too. But I doubt they would've killed as many people with just improvised explosives and a few knives. This doesn't make any sense at all. How many people own cars compared to how many...

What's wrong with the Bourne movies? I kinda like them.