Grunker
RPG Codex Ghost
A good review FOR GREAT RPG-JUSTICE!
I like, Andy.
EDIT: By the way, Horsie, do you happen to play 2v2 in SC2?
I like, Andy.
EDIT: By the way, Horsie, do you happen to play 2v2 in SC2?
StrangeCase said:Congratulations on noticing that the decline of the RPG is as strong and steady as ever, but ME2 isn't really treading any new ground. Even if it did, that would be a much more appropriate subject for an editorial than a review.
POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:it doesn't mean I think of a game as automatically bad for not being one, and from your posts, I get the impression that you do.
POOPOO MCBUMFACE said:I do see your point - that because of ME2's success, this is what people are going to hold up as the pinnacle of RPG gaming from now on
relootz said:ITT the codex defends a consoleport third person shit shooter.
Grunker said:relootz said:ITT the codex defends a consoleport third person shit shooter.
ITT relootz showcases the usual amount of butthurt.
Alexandros said:Well, it took me long enough but I think I have finally figured out the Codex. There are a few people here who actually care about RPGs and proper games, and then there's the 12 year olds who all have consoles, play dumbed down games all day and only come here for the lulz of GD.
This is the only explanation that makes sense to me, because I can't think of any other reason for people to bitch and moan about proper PC games on the basis of some miniscule change and, on the other hand, praise the game that is decline incarnate.
Seriously, it makes me absolutely mad that some people would have no problem ripping a hypothetical Baldur's Gate 3 a new one if it so much as changes the colour of an armor set, then be all "cool story bro" when a game like Mass Effect 2 violently rapes the RPG genre up the ass.
And don't give me that "good for what it is" crap, if a game calls itself a RPG it should be judged as such.
Grunker said:So you acuse him of being a PC elitist and then use an elitist argument to counter his?
I don't agree with him but that was a terrible attempt at a counter-argument, as well as one hell of a strawman.
Baldur's Gate 2 is p. good btw
Grunker said:So you acuse him of being a PC elitist and then use an elitist argument to counter his?
obediah said:Hah! You're coming in all "PC Elitist" and then you drop Baldur's Gate as your hammer?
Alexandros said:removes most of the RPG stuff
Clockwork Knight said:Eventually, the streamlining will make these games so distant from RPGs that no one would be able to call them so with a straight face, and we'll be back to the "Action games = sex" era. I wouldn't be so worried.
There's only so much content you can strip and still have it resemble the original content, after all.
obediah said:I weep for your optimism.
Clockwork Knight said:obediah said:I weep for your optimism.
Well, it's either that or /wrists
Heroes VI is announced, turn-based strategy exclusive to PC but there are fewer resources and you can convert cities:
Mass Effect 2 is out, removes most of the RPG stuff and it's pretty much a popamole shooter:
At the risk of sounding a bit , I don't get it. If someone can explain it to me, I'd be grateful.
Serious_Business said:Of course, you can still cry that it labels itself as a "rpg" and so on - but that's merely a label.
Of course you won't get nuance or thought provoking moments, but shit, that's never why you were there, so who cares?
Games, especially mainstream games, are entertainment, so it's high time Bioware dropped the "we are the deep writers of the industry" bullshit that will frustrate everyone that is priviledged to have more culture than a 19th century russian serf.
phelot said:Hell, they've apparently already started with DA2.
Clockwork Knight said:phelot said:Hell, they've apparently already started with DA2.
Considering it's another Bio game, released a short while after ME2, that was to be expected. And, like with ME2, this could be a good thing.
Eventually, the streamlining will make these games so distant from RPGs that no one would be able to call them so with a straight face, and we'll be back to the "Action games = sex" era. I wouldn't be so worried.