[sachmo]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
If eye-candy is more important to people than storyline and gameplay for people here ... if folks prefer appearance over -substance- ...

.... IMO that's sad. 8(

...

Ok.... No where did i say I like the Bioware games because of eyecandy.

Bioware games have 'substance'

I just don't see why that game is being developed when the current crop of Role-Playing/Adventure games are fantastic.

Would you pay 49.99 US for that game?
When you can spend 19.99 and pick up Baulders Gate 2 ?
Or 9.99 and pick up the icewind dale games...
Hell, 4.99 and pick up the AD&D boxset with the eye of the beholder series,,, pools of radiance.. etc if you want some throw back.

Or the Kings Quest,,,or Wheel of time or...wizardry...

Icewind dale II will be out soon.

There are many many RPG Games out there.

Well off again...

Yes, but the problem with most of the above games is that the story is hard coded. Of course you are free to do what you will during the game, but eventually you have to beat the foozle and win the game. What the new Malfador games looks like is that the user is going to have the ability to, if they are so inclined, mod the game and play the entire Wheel of Time series if they wish. Or Game of Thrones. Or whatever. Now that, I personally consider superior to every game you mentioned.

P.S.-since I don't have the HD space (or probably the hardware overall) to play the new generation of games, I can't speak for them. Everyone seems to be enjoying them right now, and that's great. I'm still a bit skeptical about what people call "great" these days. When you have so much crap shoveled on you, eventually a meodicre game will appear to be "great" to some...but I digress.

Puke- I read that NetHack used to be called Hack in the old days. Even more of a clue about the gameplay!

EDIT:
[rant]Wheel of time DOES NOT deserve to be mentioned with these other games!! It was a first person shooter with a plot. Dang game really cheesed me off! [/end rant]

[ July 24, 2002, 23:38: Message edited by: sachmo ]