Development Info Dragon Age dialogues leaked!

[Bradylama]

Are you crazy? I'm not going to play boys that look like pamela anderson!

Pamela Anderson has big jugs, though, and dick chicks haven't crossed over into mainstream Jap games, yet.

 

[Shoelip]

The Greek men in 300 were not Greeks, they were Spartans.

Well if the two hundred twenty second greek god of war says so it must be true...

 

[4too]

Hot Wax Of The Gods

Hot Wax Of The Gods


Dg.:

... The typical Greek man being what he is, the soldiers in 300 should either have looked like they were wearing a sweater or spent a LOT more time shaving ...

The Ionia peninsula and the out lying islands have witnessed
several reevaluations of real-estate values over the epochs.

A war here, an invasion there,
one hairy barbarian family moves in
and the country club class flees to the ancient european equivalent of the suburbs,
or are relocated as slaves.
The Romans may have initiated a period of yuppy-fication for the aesthetic of the hairless backside.
Yet.
The tide of body fetishism always cycles. The fashion fascists are never at peace. Cuisine favoring baggy cottons this year, diet inducing lycra spandex the next.
The whims of the fashionable are to be placated, or adjusted to the needs of the new rich, the next barbarian to be acculturated.
So.
Body follicle propensity and body hair density fell and rose with the ethnic turnover AND remix in of wooly headed aesthetics.
Later demographic shifts, dna tendencies following the flows of dynasties, were quickened by the shaggy horse culture of the steppes.
Note.
The wax market also kneeled to service the candle needs of eastern and western Catholicism.
Another resource / cultural shortage to be contemplated in dexterous thesis's of future graduate scholars.

The technology of skin beautiful moved up town with it's clientele or to some unknown Atlantis aquatic avenue.

The mythic art of dermatology that once were
the Olympian bikini waxing skills of the ancients -
cosmopolitan Athenians, tom boy Thebians, rough trade Spartans, a.k.a. by the grander cultural branding of 'the greeks' ... live eternal. Only the address has changed.

The mythic arts of make over are not lost, moved where the money is, where the real estate resale values are trendy, are assured.

The Olympian bikini waxing skills and tanning booths of the ancients live on today.
See how every plucked and bleached, living and dead, celebrity / porn star DAILY is
featured / worshiped, in greek tragic/comic chorus by CNN, the uptown's FOX News equivalent.





4too

 

[aries202]

OK, I just meant that the Spartans considered themselves to be -eh- Spartans, not Greeks. Just as the Athenians did.

I'm just a little tired of US accounts (on film) on how things really were...when I know that most US made film sadly most times get it wrong...for some odd reason...

 

[Sir_Brennus]

*list of action RPG, action games with RPG elements, and games that really shouldn't be called RPGs*

Are you trying to make a point that there are more action RPGs in development than the market can support? Nicely done, old boy.

So, the Codex doesn't cover ACRPGs no longer? Well, didn't know that. I remember the times Saint was still around, the good old Sacred and the abyssmal Fate was covered.

BTW: I left out Sacred 2 on purpose, because I was of the opinon that it will be covered anyway. Must have been wrong.

No, not really, pal.

- Day Watch: Turn-based / Choices / Character development
- Not the Time for Dragons: Party-based / top-down / skill-trees / side-quests/ BG like combat
- Hard to be a God: Non-linear gameplay / extensive dialogue system / party based/ BG like combat
- Grotesque - Heroes hunted: NOT an action CRPG / "reminds one of the cult classic in RPGs, Planescape Torment." (from their website)

....

I could continue the list, but I am not the biased newsposter who should check his facts before posting insults or generally unfunny jokes.

If you want me to make a short characterisation of ALL those games in development for the news-section, including the information in how far these games are "serious" CRPGs, you only have to ask.

To cite Tony Crothers classic adventure game "The Aztec Tomb" :

"Examine THEN think!"

 

[Vault Dweller]

So, the Codex doesn't cover ACRPGs no longer?

Did I say that? Did you miss relatively recent Space Siege, Avencast, Paradise City, and Argonauts newsposts?

- Day Watch: Turn-based / Choices / Character development
- Not the Time for Dragons: Party-based / top-down / skill-trees / side-quests/ BG like combat
- Hard to be a God: Non-linear gameplay / extensive dialogue system / party based/ BG like combat
- Grotesque - Heroes hunted: NOT an action CRPG / "reminds one of the cult classic in RPGs, Planescape Torment." (from their website)

I wasn't impressed by these games and haven't seen any good coverage worth reporting, but if you feel I missed a good article, give me a link and I'll make proper newsposts.

Btw, that doesn't look like BG-like combat to me, but maybe I'm biased or something:
http://www.crpg.ru/modules.php?op=modlo ... &pid=10389

I could continue the list, but I am not the biased newsposter who should check his facts before posting insults or generally unfunny jokes.

Everyone's a critic, eh?

If you want me to make a short characterisation of ALL those games in development for the news-section, including the information in how far these games are "serious" CRPGs, you only have to ask.

Ok. Will you please make short characterizations for all RPGs in development, "including the information in how far these games are "serious" CRPGs"?

 

[Jora]

Day Watch got a thoroughly negative review in a Finnish gaming magazine last month. The reviewer stated it's much worse than Night Watch (which he liked). He said the characters are unbalanced, there's not much tactical combat and most of the gameplay consists of running around in abandoned buildings looking for a way to trigger the next cutscene. The translation is horrible and some of the dialogue options are still in Russian. The reviewer ended his trashing saying there's no reason to buy the game no matter how much you crave for good tactical SS fun. "Get UFO: Extraterrestrials or finish Silent Storm for the millionth time."

 

[Vault Dweller]

Most reviews agree that the game sucks ass.

Gamer Node:

"Day Watch has an interesting concept and some neat spells, but its buried underneath miles of poorly translated text, poor AI (stupid pathfinding problems -- ugh!), lanky animations, obvious graphical glitches, and a poorly implemented RPG system."

PC Gamer UK:

"Completely broken and utterly idiotic in almost every way."

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/daywatch

 

[Sir_Brennus]

Most reviews agree that the game sucks ass.

Gamer Node:

"Day Watch has an interesting concept and some neat spells, but its buried underneath miles of poorly translated text, poor AI (stupid pathfinding problems -- ugh!), lanky animations, obvious graphical glitches, and a poorly implemented RPG system."

PC Gamer UK:

"Completely broken and utterly idiotic in almost every way."

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/daywatch

Well, ATM I tend to agree. I preordered my game 3 months ago, but the idiots from Atari Germany (akella's partner over here) pushed back the release date time and again. I "demo tested" a version with russian voice-over and (horrible) english subtitles.

I played it till the third quest, but I don't think it is acceptable to judge such a complex game on a "inofficial" version. I liked Night Watch BTW, because I am a sucker for the Silent Storm engine and I am really into this mystic-nazis stuff like it was in the game. Also liked the different endings.

P.S. Will do some more research and assemble some links for news on the aforementioned games in the next two weeks. It may take a while, but I will do so.

 

[Ryuken]

Don't forget about Larian Studios' new RPG as well. Beyond Divinity sucked but DD wasn't bad for its time. They will even include moral dilemma's apparently, and yeah, they are also using the Gamebryo engine, Speedtree and Meqon physics...

 

[Severian Silk]

I think someone should make a sitcom where Volourn moves in with DGaider.

 

[denizsi]

So, the Codex doesn't cover ACRPGs no longer?

It's fascinating that you can reach such conclusions out of nowhere.

P.S. Will do some more research and assemble some links for news on the aforementioned games in the next two weeks. It may take a while, but I will do so.

Finally doing what you should have in the first place.

 

[Kingston]

Hey Jora, I haven't read any Finnish gaming magazines in quite a while. I do remember Pelit being quite an honest and high quality magazine, but it started to show some hints of the retardation that plagues the gaming press. Is it still any good, or is it just another pr/hype magazine nowadays?

 

[Jora]

Hey Jora, I haven't read any Finnish gaming magazines in quite a while. I do remember Pelit being quite an honest and high quality magazine, but it started to show some hints of the retardation that plagues the gaming press. Is it still any good, or is it just another pr/hype magazine nowadays?

Well, they're still honest and haven't given in to the temptations of "World Exclusice Rights if You Give the Game a 7+ Page Hype Preview" deals. I certainly don't read it for their RPG reviews, as they adore Oblivion and Bioware's hits while being harsher towards better games like Arcanum and Bloodlines.

Although they're slowly moving away from a review-based format to a more feature-based magazine, they still cover a wide range of games from Halo and Guitar Hero to Ultima 5: Lazarus and Mount & Blade. Space Rangers 2, for instance, got a glowing review from an assistant and in the same issue was an editorial by Nnirvi explaining why its design is so solid. They chose Silent Storm as the game of year of 2003 and Oblivion for the last year.

It's still a quality magazine even if you don't always agree with some of the reviewers.

 

[Shoelip]

I think someone should make a sitcom where Volourn moves in with DGaider.

"Mister Gaider! What are we going to do today?"

"Get away from me you freak! What the fuck are you doing in my house?!"

"I'm your room mate. Rooflez!"

"I'll never drink again!"

*Canned laughter.*

 

[Sir_Brennus]

I think someone should make a sitcom where Volourn moves in with DGaider.

"Mister Gaider! What are we going to do today?"

"Get away from me you freak! What the fuck are you doing in my house?!"

"I'm your room mate."

"I'll never drink again!"

*Canned laughter.*

Okay. THAT was funny

 

[Shoelip]

Hm, I just realized I screwed up big time on Volourn's dialogue. There, fixed it.

 

[Slith]

I'd always thought the Spartans were the least gay of the Greek city-states.

 

[Shoelip]

I'd always thought the Spartans were the least gay of the Greek city-states.

"Least Gay?" Are there degrees of sexual orientation? Didn't know that. Seems to me that the Spartan man's lifestyle would be rather condusive to homosexuality. I mean, a bunch of virile young men forced for the first thirty years of their lives with hardly any female contact, constantly training together, day after day, sometimes nude and oiled...

 

[Oarfish]

constantly training together, day after day, sometimes nude and oiled

That and the fact it was considered a civic duty for older Spartans to screw them in the arse.

 

[Zomg]

Did they do the full bugger or that thighs-pressed-together thing? I'd think habitually putting penis to asshole before antibiotics would not be fun for very long.

 

[Shoelip]

Well, that's why someone needs to build a god damn time machine!

 

[kris]

constantly training together, day after day, sometimes nude and oiled...

I don't know about you, but this wouldn't make me homosexual. It would on the other hand make me crave for a shower.

 

[sabishii]

constantly training together, day after day, sometimes nude and oiled

That and the fact it was considered a civic duty for older Spartans to screw them in the arse.

That was more of an Athenian thing, IIRC (Edit: I was kinda right):

[12] I think I ought to say something also about intimacy with boys, since this matter also has a bearing on education. In other Greek states, for instance among the Boeotians, man and boy live together, like married people;5 elsewhere, among the Eleians, for example, consent is won by means of favours. Some, on the other hand, entirely forbid suitors to talk with boys.

[13] The customs instituted by Lycurgus were opposed to all of these. If someone, being himself an honest man, admired a boy's soul and tried to make of him an ideal friend without reproach and to associate with him, he approved, and believed in the excellence of this kind of training. But if it was clear that the attraction lay in the boy's outward beauty, he banned the connexion as an abomination; and thus he caused lovers to abstain from boys no less than parents abstain from sexual intercourse with their children and brothers and sisters with each other.