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JLocke wrote: SaltyJon wrote: Earthworm Jim ROCKS! I've been playing Dragon Age, but I force myself to not play during the week.  I'd likely fall behind in classes if I did. I loved Dragon Age as I was playing it. However, after the fact, I don't have much desire to play through it again. And I honestly don't know why that is.

Dunno.  I'll probably try to play through as each class at least once though, plus I'm looking forward to Dragon Age 2 now.

Gamemako wrote: James wrote: And the writers of Planescape: Torment are involved in other games, including Fallout 3 as well as an expansion for Neverwinter Nights 2. You mean Chris Avellone and Feargus Urquhart of Black Isle Studios (now of Obsidian Entertainment, which is pretty much just Black Isle reorganized). Chris and Feargus were not involved with Fallout 3. They were, however, involved in Fallout 2 and the upcoming Fallout: New Vegas. James wrote: And yes, try Planescape: Torment.  It's less action and more story and doesn't feature cutscenes.  I forget how many words it contains but I gather it's a record for any game. There are a few CGI cutscenes. The alley, for example. But yeah, mostly words. Lots and lots and lots of words.

Ah, I'm sure Chris was involved in Fallout 3 (not Feargus).  But I have just checked and you're correct.  He's writing for New Vegas.

He was involved in the cancelled Fallout: Van Buren project too though.

And I was getting my wires crossed.  I was also referring to Alan Miranda who now runs Ossian Studios in Burnaby, Canada.  He was producer of Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal and Neverwinter Nights.

I hope I'm not the only one who's been playing Telltale's excellent Sam And Max games- I just finished Episode 15 and can't wait for Episode 16 (the Season 3 finale) out in a couple of days. Very very highly recommended for fans of intelligent and funny games, but I recommend you go all the way back to Episode 1 as there are plenty of gags, story threads and characters that won't pay off fully if you don't start from the start. (Well the start is actually the 1994 Lucasarts game Sam And Max Hit The Road but you don't need to go back that far, Episode 1 of the Telltales series is sufficient ;) )

Portal = all kinds of win. 

Also, reinstalling S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow Of Chernobyl right now, been far too long since I played this.

Any Colour You Like wrote: progkidjoel wrote: Also, reinstalling S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow Of Chernobyl right now, been far too long since I played this. I approve of this. Just make sure you patch up, it's got more bugs than your average rainforest.

I have a list of custom mods somewhere, there was a particular one (about 2 gigs in size) which removed all the known bugs and updated all the textures. I still have to get Call Of Pripyat.

I mostly just spend my time exploring/doing side missions in RPG's, so length usually isn't too important, as long as it's not OOT repetitive.

^I wasn't overly impressed by either, but they're pretty fun games. I have to check out Bioshock 2, actually.

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crimson87 wrote: crimson87 wrote:     FINISHED!!!   Now Playing

That games' a masterpiece.