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[Roshambo]

Ignorance rears its ugly head again.

I would never be so ignorant to say that any game is great because it sold well. But Bioware achieved a total package, critical acclaim, sales, etc, and I can hardly blame them for not wanting to toy with the formula. Every company is in business to make money first, and make people happy second. Sad, but true.

Amusing enough, sequels fail when they aren't what the fans want. Sad, but true. To those who have a clue, deviating from a formula is what kills off most game series. Of course, I'd lay money on the fact that you're too young to remember most of them.

And honestly, PC RPGs are not all that common (thankfully, I like FPSes too). I take a good RPG where I can get it. And god, I loved KOTOR. That was a compelling game.

This is by far the most asinine and idiotic part of anything you've said in your previous post. PC RPGs are around, you just need to know where to look. Oh, I'm sorry, were you expecting just the mainstream RPGs and wouldn't touch anything past 5 years old? It certainly would explain why you're gushing over KotOR, despite the fact that people have done better before (except in terms of graphics and the Star Wars license), and without the BioWare brand ego. Just because the game might seem gold to you becauseit is one of a few games you've played in the genre, that doesn't mean the game is exceptional to the genre. Check out RPGDot and RPGCodex for some accurate remarks about the game.

Heck, I like console RPGs too. I liked Morrowind. I thought Anachronox was great. I dunno, I just think that you guys are kinda rough on these developers. I dunno, maybe I'm too tolerant of the so called RPG lite, mass market driven (Anachronox very much excluded) RPGs, but I think you could do a lot worse.

There you start to touch upon the subject. Fallout isn't "RPG lite, mass market". It certainly didn't get popular because of someone's hype machine and vapid gameplay.

Pardon if you've heard this one before, but I wouldn't trust Lockheed to perform brain surgery.

It just isn't their thing. That parallel goes the same for BioWare and Fallout. I've already said this before. BioWare isn't interested in anything remotely turn-based or like Fallout. It would only be a big-name franchise for them to exploit, and their only work that isn't licensed is, guess what, real-time combat. It doesn't take much imagination to see how it would turn out.

And then for you to insist Fallout should be put into their hands, despite all that, well, that is where I call you a liar again for claiming to be a Fallout fan, as you're wanting to add further insult to the license. You're expecting people to accept Fallout being turned into something that would hardly resemble Fallout, just because a developer is good at what they do and not because they would be someone who treats the titlw well. Now's the time for you to get it through your thick skull that Fallout's design is nowhere near what BioWare does. If you're saying that Fallout should be like what BioWare does, do humanity a favor by castrating yourself with a wrecking ball and depart from these forums now.

So I state again, you're going to have to try a lot harder for anyone here to accept that BioWare is in any way, shape, or form a good choice as developer for Fallout. If you're just going to fanboy for BioWare, then this is by far the wrong place to do so. Go onto their forums, where such Romero idolization would be appreciated.

 

[Tannhauser]

Bootcut, I believe you had said that you were going to withdraw from the arguement. It's bad form to go back on your word.

 

[Bootcut]

I'm sorry to have been misleading, but I only meant that I accepted that his counterpoint obliterated my take on the movie analogy. However, I will withdraw from here on in, frankly because I don't want to continually be insulted by people who can't argue without personal attacks. I'm a sensitive guy, what can I say. To those who were a bit nicer, more patient, thank you, but I'm probably not going to be posting here anytime soon. And don't get me wrong, because I know this will be followed with X amount of good riddance posts and the like. I think you guys that are a bit more patient are great. I fully understand where you're coming from with the BioWare mass production engine thing. But to understand isn't necessarily to agree, and I'm not going to continue to visit a community that reacts with such insulting comments to someone who refuses to agree with them. So, I'll see you guys around. Happy trails!

 

[Tannhauser]

Believe it or not, Rosh was being a bit more gentle than he could have been. Though, you don't have to leave because of one argument, you still have the right to hold your opinions. It might be taken from this episode that you should be prepared if you are going to put up a fight.

 

[Ancient Oldie]

Now's the time for you to get it through your thick skull that Fallout's design is nowhere near what BioWare does. If you're saying that Fallout should be like what BioWare does, do humanity a favor by castrating yourself with a wrecking ball and depart from these forums now.

LMAO!! Holy Fucking Shit!!! We need a lightning bolt icon implemented into this board for comments like that. Shit, I can hear the thunder reverberating in my room after reading that post.

One positive thing you can say about Bioware is that it has at least improved the console RPG genre. Most of the Japanese RPG's released stateside are basically the same battle engines of the 16 bit days with similar prepubescent love/intrigue ridden crap that has been regurgitated from game to game like a cheap spanish soap opera rip.

However, some of their better games are only seen in Japan. Luckily, with translation groups and emulation, it's possible to play some decent console RPG's and Strategy games.

If only the Langrisser series were released stateside... *sighs*... but I digress...

So yeah, what would you all say to Fargo's InXile (or whatever) picking up the Fallout license?

 

[Big T]

Now's the time for you to get it through your thick skull that Fallout's design is nowhere near what BioWare does. If you're saying that Fallout should be like what BioWare does, do humanity a favor by castrating yourself with a wrecking ball and depart from these forums now.

LMAO!! Holy Fucking Shit!!! We need a lightning bolt icon implemented into this board for comments like that. Shit, I can hear the thunder reverberating in my room after reading that post.

How bout :lightning: ?

 

[Montez]

Believe it or not, Rosh was being a bit more gentle than he could have been.

I was thinking the same thing when I read Rosh's first post. This is why it pays to lurk a bit before posting - anyone else would have realized that Rosh was being unusually nice and thought to themselves, "Damn, I got off easy - maybe I'd better not tempt fate by continuing the argument".

 

[Roshambo]

Oh, dear. Whining and martyrdom.

I'm sorry to have been misleading, but I only meant that I accepted that his counterpoint obliterated my take on the movie analogy. However, I will withdraw from here on in, frankly because I don't want to continually be insulted by people who can't argue without personal attacks.

You seem to be able to string the words together but the monkey behind the wheel is obviously jerking off instead of working the controls. I believe you had started it first, now drop the pathetic act. The only people you might have had sympathy or agreement from would be with BioWare or Interplay's forums. Oh, dear. One of those is down, and I have a feeling I know from whence you came.

I'm a sensitive guy, what can I say. To those who were a bit nicer, more patient, thank you, but I'm probably not going to be posting here anytime soon.

And don't get me wrong, because I know this will be followed with X amount of good riddance posts and the like.

At least you're bright enough to realize that your brand of mental masturbation isn't exactly desired here.

I think you guys that are a bit more patient are great.

Thank you. I'm a very patient and helpful fellow. That is, until someone decides that they just can't help but reach into the mental equivalent of their diaper and scrub their diseased brain feces upon my forum.

I fully understand where you're coming from with the BioWare mass production engine thing. But to understand isn't necessarily to agree, and I'm not going to continue to visit a community that reacts with such insulting comments to someone who refuses to agree with them.

You were just insulted because you posted flamebait. If you're too stupid to understand that, then by all means, leave and never return. Trust me, you will not be missed. In fact, ignorant little monkeys like you do nothing but serve for amusement because your thinking process is far too insipid to be trusted with anything more complex than hit the spacebar like a crack rat, click on the enemy, and drool like the head of cabbage you so well resemble.

So, I'll see you guys around. Happy trails!

Hopefully not. By the way, does your mother have a health insurance policy that covers post-natal abortions?