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by Fleisch
October 29th, 2007, 9:44 am
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: The Witcher
Replies: 40
Views: 24632

How's the combat? Do you need reflexes, like for a FPS or beat em up game?
by Fleisch
October 17th, 2007, 11:09 am
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: What makes a CRPG good?
Replies: 6
Views: 5920

I can't play what you define as Action RPGs, so that division is important to me. And I agree with you that Diablo and its clones are a different sort of animal. And I would call them RPGs (many people wouldn't) but I agree that they are a different sort of RPG as well. Many people argue that the ab...
by Fleisch
October 14th, 2007, 10:42 am
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: EA swallows up Bioware
Replies: 19
Views: 10814

I think the main thing is that Dragon Age was announced early to appease PC fans (in the face of BioWare's increasing console development) and didn't have a publisher announced. I can understand what you are saying but a different developer might simply have not announced it yet, in which case othe...
by Fleisch
October 13th, 2007, 12:45 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: EA swallows up Bioware
Replies: 19
Views: 10814

Someone needs to go on Bioware's Forums and give Eschalon a mention.
I put it in my sig over there. We'll see how that goes. . . .

There's a lot of frantic posting going on, but I'm not sure how much actual reading is being done. :roll:
by Fleisch
October 11th, 2007, 8:51 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: EA swallows up Bioware
Replies: 19
Views: 10814

They don't make those kind of games now, but apparently they want to. And they want to do MMORPGs (presumably because they think that's where the money is). They also ate Maxis (The Sims). Their reputation among most gamers is for putting out games on a strict schedule whether they're ready or not -...
by Fleisch
October 11th, 2007, 6:12 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: EA swallows up Bioware
Replies: 19
Views: 10814

EA swallows up Bioware

Electronic Arts, the sports-oriented game publishing giant that swallowed up and destroyed Origin (Ultima creators) and Westwood (Lands of Lore), among others, has just bought Bioware (Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights). For people who were placing hopes on Dragon's Age, their PC RPG in development,...
by Fleisch
October 8th, 2007, 12:30 am
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: First post - And comment
Replies: 4
Views: 3851

I think I just figured something out about some of the RPGs I play. I just read a blog (rant) by some bloke on the Fallout 3 game and one thing he said rang true (amongst some drivel). He said "the switch between a top-down free-camera point-and-click strategy-style character RPG and a first/t...
by Fleisch
September 19th, 2007, 2:47 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: Favorite RPG setting
Replies: 17
Views: 11518

Yarrrr, it's talk like a pirate day! There should be a pirate RPG!
by Fleisch
September 18th, 2007, 1:58 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: Favorite RPG setting
Replies: 17
Views: 11518

If I could go back and change my vote now, I'd vote for Wild West. I'd like to see one.
by Fleisch
September 15th, 2007, 11:49 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Some new adventure games
Replies: 4
Views: 4532

Haven't played those. You're probably looking for a more personal reply, but here are two sites that specialize in adventure games, and have active forums where you can probably find something out:

http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/home.jsp

http://www.mysterymanor.net/
by Fleisch
September 13th, 2007, 7:17 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Eschalon Book 1 Game Question
Replies: 9
Views: 5775

Sadly they dont make many adventure games anymore either. So, there must be something wrong with me because my 2 favorite seem to be the least popular now. :roll: I'm in the same boat, of course, but I think RPGs are actually worse off than adventure games, which are making a sort of limited niche ...
by Fleisch
September 11th, 2007, 9:13 pm
Forum: Eschalon: Book I
Topic: Final Beta Release
Replies: 2
Views: 2586

Final Beta Release

Final beta in the hands of internal testers? Cool! And it popped right up in my RSS feed. We are rapidly approaching release of an actual RPG! I can hardly wait -- it's been years. (just reloaded Wizardry 8, which I see is going for $40 or $50 on eBay, as are many old school RPGs; action RPGs are a ...
by Fleisch
September 10th, 2007, 10:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 200 Users
Replies: 4
Views: 5416

200 Users

Yay, 200 users! Now everyone go out and recruit ten people to buy this game. For starters.
by Fleisch
August 31st, 2007, 6:10 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: Loki
Replies: 6
Views: 4668

Thanks, chances are it's not too great, but it's definitely not a Korean MMORPG. Speaking of that hideous genre, have I mentioned the beautiful but unintentionally hilarious Sword of the New World here? The one part of it I found amusing (other than the 18th century costumes) was the way one of the ...
by Fleisch
August 31st, 2007, 2:23 pm
Forum: GameTalk
Topic: Loki
Replies: 6
Views: 4668

I wasn't aware of that Gamesrankings site. I checked Loki out on Metacritic, where it did only marginally better (60%) (and as usual, with better reception from the public). That Eurogamer score brings it way down, but overall I get the impression it's competent if not inspired, but with potential l...