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"Desslock" <desslock@thisoutpcgamer.com> once tried to test me with:
> "Knight37" <knight37m@email.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9607E21A587E8knight37m@130.133.1.4...
>> "Desslock" <desslock@thisoutpcgamer.com> once tried to test me with:
>>
>>> Liked them all. I reviewed both KOTOR and KOTOR 2 for PC Gamer - my
>>> KOTOR2 review is in the upcoming issue. The original KOTOR was
>>> more polished, and I don't think a lot of the additions to KOTOR 2
>>> (like breaking down and crafting items) really added much other than
>>> more busywork, and KOTOR2 was obviously very rushed out the door --
>>> but I thought the plot and dialogue in KOTOR 2 were superior (even
>>> though they were strong points in the original game). I've always
>>> liked "Black Isle"'s dialogue (particularly Chris Avellone's
>>> writing). I gave KOTOR a 90%, and KOTOR 2
>>> something-I-can't-say-until-issue-is-out (but slightly lower).
>>
>> Cool. I own KOTOR1 and have played it some but it has never really
>> completely grabbed me for some reason. WoW has a lot to do with it.
>
> I think both KOTOR games are slow starters - the early parts of those
> games really don't give you a good feel for what the rest of the game
> is like -- combat gets a lot more interesting once you have sabers
> and Jedi powers. I tend to prefer open-ended, non-linear RPGs with
> cool gaming worlds - like Morrowind and the old Ultima games (and the
> Gothics) - at first I really disliked the really artificial,
> restrictive environments in the KOTOR games. But ultimately the plots,
> dialogue and combat are pretty great.
Hmm I guess it hasn't really taken off yet for me then. I remember
Planescape Torment was a slow starter but once you found Pharod, and
especially after you met Ravel, it got great. I'll give KOTOR1 some more
time and maybe by the time I finish it KOTOR2 will be patched up.
😉
>>> But I preferred Gothic 2 over the KOTOR games, or any RPGs that have
>>> been released in recent years.
>>
>> Also have G2. I am so early into it I'm still killing those goblins
>> or whatever they are right after you leave the tower. I got this game
>> back when I still had the old athlon 850 and it just wasn't up to the
>> task of running it so I quit and just recently got a new PC and it
>> runs much better
>> but I'm a WoW junkie so it along with almost everything else is
>> waiting for
>> that addiction to subside a little.
>
> Definitely give it a try when you need a break from your WoW fever.
> It's basically like Morrowind, except with a more dynamic detailed
> gaming world (with NPCs having daily schedules, like the old Ultimas)
> and better combat. The combat and interface take a while getting into,
> but I ended up really liking the more action-oriented combat system.
I really enjoyed Gothic 1, I ended up getting hit by a bug and didn't feel
like replaying a bunch so I never saw the very end of it but I got pretty
far into it and the NPCs always impressed me.
>> WoW is my god now. I also like COH and regret not buying it back this
>> summer when it was popular and everyone else was playing. Of course,
>> back then I was burned on PC gaming in general and was more into P&P
>> RPGing.
>
> WoW is pretty great. I picked it for my "editor's choice" blurb in
> the Game of the Year in the PC Gamer awards.
Yeah, Gamespot gave it GOTY, I think it deserved it. Although HL2 is also
pretty damn cool. But I'd give it to WoW any day.
>> But I can't afford 2 monthly fee games so WoW is going to win over
>> CoH for me I'm afraid. At least for a while. I may pick it up again
>> after I got a 60 toon in WoW and the City of Villains is out.
>
> I'm ridiculous about subscribing and then never playing, so I guess
> I'm the best type of customer - no server bandwidth taken, and cash
> delivered, heh. Right now I'm paying for 2 City of Heroes accounts and
> haven't had the chance to play in about 4 months. I have a SWG
> account for Jump to Lightspeed. I have a Vendetta Online account
> because I just reviewed it for GameSpot. I have a WoW account, and
> another copy of the game with a 30 day account I haven't set up yet,
Oh man they must love you. My wife would literally kill me if I tried this
stuff. I actually have buddies that play in WoW that do this kind of thing,
I know that they are 2-boxing in WoW and also have COH accounts. I'm not
sure what else they have going. I have done 2 MMOG's before at once but
realistically I only have time to devote to one.
My gaming bill is pretty high though, considering I buy several games per
month, even though I'm really not playing many of them. Of course, I get
them on bargain price. Like Deus Ex: Invisible War for $10, which I think
is well worth it, the game is decent.
> and haven't played for about a month. I'm going to play a ton of it
> over the next few weeks though. The server with my main guys is one
> of the first ones though, so it's got an annoying Q sometimes. Any
> server suggestions if I start of a newbie?
They just opened up two new RP servers. I don't recall the names but there
was a message about it on the main screen. If I were starting over I'd pick
one of those. I'm on Argent Dawn, an RP server, but it's pretty crowded. I
don't usually need to wait on queues but lag can be a bitch near Ironforge
during peak hours.
Thing is, I don't think it's my responsibility to pay for Blizzard's poor
server management. If they have too many people on a server they need to
move them. And that means moving their characters. Not saying, "Sorry,
guess your SOL!"
I also have some Horde alts on Thunderhorn that I play occassionally.
Thunderhorn is a "normal" server. Low Pop. But it's just flat out boring
compared to Argent Dawn. I can never find people to group with. Hell, I can
play for hours and never see anything in the /1 General Chat. You can't
play for 5 seconds on AD without seeing chatting.
>> EQ2 just hit at the absolute wrong time for me. A year or two from
>> now if it's still going and there's nothing else better out and I'm
>> tired of COH and WOW then maybe. I think I could enjoy it, but I also
>> think that I'm maybe a bit too "casual gamer" to really see all the
>> good stuff in there.
>
> I think EQ2 is being hit pretty hard by WoW. John Smedley's letter
> praising WoW seemed pretty unusual. The one really positive thing
> that Sony's doing is the subscription package -- getting a
> subscription to SWG, EQ2, EQ and Planetside all for $20 is a pretty
> amazing deal.
Yah, I wonder if my EQ toons are still alive, LOL. Sometimes I think it
would be fun to revist Norrath. But then I remember the grind.
I do think $22 (what I saw on their web site) is a good deal for that many
games. If I could get Wow thrown in too for $30/month I'd be SO there.
> But I just find, aside from the significant expense of multiple
> accounts, it's just really hard to play more than one of these games
> at once, since they're so time consuming.
Agreed. To get anywhere you have to devote at least 15-20 hours per week
and that's almost all of my free time.
> By the way, I'm surprised someone remembered my real name (in the
> subject heading), since I haven't used it in my game writing for a
> while.
Heh, I don't think I ever knew it.
I just wrote a preview of Dungeon Lords.
http://www.gamechronicles.com/previews/pc/dungeonlords/dungeonlords.htm
Have you tried the press demo they sent out?
--
Knight37
The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
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