I really have to agree with you on this one friend.jboking said:I'm a bit torn on this one. My biggest issue with Bethesda, aside from bugs, is that the writing tends to feel uninspired and the dialogue forced/faked. The one exception to this rule was New Vegas, but New Vegas wasn't written by Bethesda, it was written by Obsidian. Bioware writing isn't the best, and it is often cliche(as if Bethesda's writing isn't), but I still find it better than Bethesda. However, gameplaywise, I would almost always side with Bethesda. The freedom is what gets me every time. I just don't feel Bioware has anything even comparable to the levels of freedom you feel in a Bethesda title.
As I said, I'm torn.
sFirefilm said:Yay, I am necessary!Aureliano said:Interesting question, but mechanically this didn't feel much like a debate. Rather we got two guys who are firmly entrenched in their opinions, neither of whom making any ground with the other. If you care about story, your choices making any impact in that story whatsoever or deep character arcs you go with Bioware. If you want to be able to go off the rails, do whatever you want and roleplay whatever you want in a pretty sandbox but don't care so much about the story then you go with Bethesda.
Ultimately I think this all points to how necessary Dan (or whoever they have as the referee of the week) is to the NRA debates as well as the idea of actually trying to undermine each other's points for the sake of some overall goal.
Oh my gosh you totally won the secret contest of today, which was complement Dan! Yay for you!JaceArveduin said:sFirefilm said:Yay, I am necessary!Aureliano said:Interesting question, but mechanically this didn't feel much like a debate. Rather we got two guys who are firmly entrenched in their opinions, neither of whom making any ground with the other. If you care about story, your choices making any impact in that story whatsoever or deep character arcs you go with Bioware. If you want to be able to go off the rails, do whatever you want and roleplay whatever you want in a pretty sandbox but don't care so much about the story then you go with Bethesda.
Ultimately I think this all points to how necessary Dan (or whoever they have as the referee of the week) is to the NRA debates as well as the idea of actually trying to undermine each other's points for the sake of some overall goal.
Well of course you're necessary! You've got to have at least one sexy bastard to make a show work
really? sweet! did I win anything?Firefilm said:Oh my gosh you totally won the secret contest of today, which was complement Dan! Yay for you!JaceArveduin said:sFirefilm said:Yay, I am necessary!Aureliano said:Interesting question, but mechanically this didn't feel much like a debate. Rather we got two guys who are firmly entrenched in their opinions, neither of whom making any ground with the other. If you care about story, your choices making any impact in that story whatsoever or deep character arcs you go with Bioware. If you want to be able to go off the rails, do whatever you want and roleplay whatever you want in a pretty sandbox but don't care so much about the story then you go with Bethesda.
Ultimately I think this all points to how necessary Dan (or whoever they have as the referee of the week) is to the NRA debates as well as the idea of actually trying to undermine each other's points for the sake of some overall goal.
Well of course you're necessary! You've got to have at least one sexy bastard to make a show work
Lol, the prize is winning. It's kinda a meta thing. Basically I just like being called a sexy bastard.JaceArveduin said:really? sweet! did I win anything?Firefilm said:Oh my gosh you totally won the secret contest of today, which was complement Dan! Yay for you!JaceArveduin said:sFirefilm said:Yay, I am necessary!Aureliano said:Interesting question, but mechanically this didn't feel much like a debate. Rather we got two guys who are firmly entrenched in their opinions, neither of whom making any ground with the other. If you care about story, your choices making any impact in that story whatsoever or deep character arcs you go with Bioware. If you want to be able to go off the rails, do whatever you want and roleplay whatever you want in a pretty sandbox but don't care so much about the story then you go with Bethesda.
Ultimately I think this all points to how necessary Dan (or whoever they have as the referee of the week) is to the NRA debates as well as the idea of actually trying to undermine each other's points for the sake of some overall goal.
Well of course you're necessary! You've got to have at least one sexy bastard to make a show work
Well damn, I feel like I've been ripped off! I'd retract my earlier statement, but alas, I'm not a liar.Firefilm said:Lol, the prize is winning. It's kinda a meta thing. Basically I just like being called a sexy bastard.