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Rodi, here are a couple of mods you might want to check out. I haven't tried them yet, but I'm planning on checking them out when I'm through with exams. Francesco's leveled creatures/items mod AFLevelMod Level Slow or Slower Oblivion That first one is actually the second most downloaded mod on planetelderscrolls after BTmod. Karimi, how is Jade Empire? I remember really looking forward to its release and then it seemed to get a somewhat lukewarm reception. Is it worth picking up?

I could be wrong, but I don't believe it changes anything if you wait to level. I think all of the skills that you increase after you are able to level go toward your next level. The point though is to increase as many skills as you can of the same attribute before leveling so that the attribute increase is greater upon leveling.

There really isn't any difference between your major and minor skills other than your major skills start higher and they control when you level. You want your major skills to all be combat related even if you plan on using mercantilism and speechcraft more. This way the difficulty of your opponents will be related to the increase of your own combat abilities. For example, speechcraft wasn't one of my major skills, but I used it on just about everyone I came across and now it's one of my highest skills. If it had been one of my major skills I would have been screwed because my level would have increased way too much without my combat abilities also increasing. I don't think the fact that you have to make your major skills combat related (preferably based on similar attributes) detracts anything from the game seeing as there really is no difference between major and minor skills. Alternatively, you could just install one of the many mods that reconfigures the level tables.

I just finished reading the complete graphic novel. To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, just not nearly as much as I'd hoped. Out of Boneville and The Great Cow Race are by far the best books in the series followed by The Dragonslayer and Treasure Hunters. The more action oriented parts I didn't think were nearly as good. I think the biggest let down was that Thorn and Fone's relationship wasn't really developed any further past book two or three. Phoney and Smiley shine throughout though. Jeff Smith should do a series on their crazy exploits in Boneville. Now that, I think, would be a big hit.

If you already own a 360 I'd probably get it for that as it'll look much much better. The downside being the controls and limited mod capabilities.

Hey, I was right! Check out Ragnar's most recent blog posting here. I'm glad that he doesn't seem disheartened by some people's responses to the ending.

It's possible that the monks don't want the undreaming, and they were just unaware of the consequences of whatever it was that the did would be. Some guy in Funcom's forums was calling the place where that weird guy with the fire was The Winter. Is that really The Winter? I thought The Winter was just that small, white world where Faith was. Are they connected? I have a gut feeling that people are going to be upset about the end of the next game too. I'm almost certian Ragnar will leave something open, though not nearly as much as in Dreamfall. After all, one of his favorite movies is Lost in Translation. Who wasn't thinking "What the hell did he just say to her?" at the end of that movie the first time seeing it?

Thanks, I can't believe I couldn't figure that one out. Probably was because I was just thinking about other computer games. There are so many references in this game. Another one that occurred to me yesterday, is the Victory Motel a reference to LA Confidential? It seems like a bit of an odd connection, but they do have the same name and function. That's a really interesting theory, Hunter. You might be onto something. The using of bodies makes sense, but I don't think Cortez is a bad guy or that what you did in the first game was wrong. After all, April helps April in TLJ, and if there's anyone who you can trust to tell you the truth you'd think it'd be your future self, right? Not to mention both of the Kin in Ardadia help her, and all of the magical creatures who need separate worlds have somewhat cheesy prophecies about her restoring the balance, though there's also a negative side to the prophecies which hasn't come to light yet. Possibly the reunification of the worlds? It occurred to me that Brian might really not be bad or hunting the Kin. Things certainly don't look good for him, but that's part of the reason I think he might not be all bad. There really isn't any concrete proof either way, just inferences. Regardless of whether or not he is or isn't, I'm almost positive that the White Dragon isn't dead. There's still more mystery to be uncovered between her and April for her to be dead.

Jurassic Bark is a very well done episode, but it's hard to watch.

The load screens only really bothered me during the last chapter which was essentially one long cutscene. Talk about breaking the mood.

I would agree with you for the most part about the gameplay. I really liked that none of the puzzles really felt out of place or just there to extend the life of the game. When I replayed TLJ a couple weeks back I was annoyed a number of times by a few needless and repetitive puzzles. The part where you infiltrate WATI, for example, I thought was great. But, Dreamfall could have without question posed more of a challenge. I think the only time I was actually stuck was on that musical puzzle when you first arrive in Arcadia, and that was just a bad puzzle. There should have been more inventory based puzzles. One obvious place where it would have been easy to insert more of a challenge is in the 8th chapter when April is trying to get Zoe out of Friar's Keep. It was sort of a cop-out that all you had to do was run back and forth between the keep and the Roper's stand to get various potions. I'm hoping that next time around they'll keep all of the great stuff like the 3d exploration and sneaking, timed situations and death, and the what not, but also add more difficult puzzles and more of them. Essentially, a happy medium somewhere between TLJ and Dreamfall. I thought one of the strongest points of the game was the way it presented the story (which in and of itself was great). There were so many great and cinematic scenes. A few examples: the part where you infiltrate WATI and Damian gives you instructions as you go, the part when April and Kian first meet and the point-of-view switches back and forth, the entire "Crossroads" chapter was amazing, and how Faith's story was told on the datacube (reminded me of Boondock Saints). Dreamfall really was more like playing a movie than a game, but I'm fine with that. It excelled at what it was. It's hard to get down on it for this too -- Full Throttle anyone?

Really, you didn't like the voice acting? I thought it was pretty good. I enjoyed Zoe's accent. Have you played the demo for Keepsake? Now that game has some voice acting that makes you want to kill yourself.

Dude, did you guys go to Tim's town? [edit] I was referring to the fact of the moment, but I just realized that your character in Animal Crossing isn't an animal, so what the heck is the fact about?

Yeah, I thought about Brain some more after posting, and I think you're probably right. I realized that they did show part of the prophet's face at one point, and if I remember correctly he did not have a beard. I still think he's up to no good though. I mean, sure he's a lot nicer this time around, but what about that deal at the beginning, the feeling the White Lady had when he arrived, Brain's comment after watching Zoe disappear, and what the White Lady said before whatever it was that happened to her? Sure, it's possible that he's still a good guy, but I think he's rather suspect. I mean, who else was there in the Dark People's city? Really the only other options are Crow or one of the Dark People unless someone was hiding on the airship. In reference to what you said about April in the other thread, yeah, she turned out to be not so bad. When you first play as her I was a bit disappointed, and thought she was the same bitchy April from the last game, but I was wrong. Ragnar did a really good job developing her character. Who wouldn't feel biter and lost after what happened at the end of TLJ and the events that followed? I'm guessing that what happened to her at the end will be the turning point for her, and in the next game she become a bit more like the April at the beginning of TLJ, except less old of course. That brings up an interesting question though, I wonder how many years are going to pass between Dreamfall and the next game? April is what, 28 or 29 now? I think your theories are pretty sound. It also occurred to me that there might be more to Zoe's "mother" as well. I can't remember exactly so I could be wrong, but didn't she say that if she got Faith to let go that the dreamcore would die or go off the wire or something? It seemed to me as if she was saying that if she got Faith out then WATI wouldn't be able to release the dreamer, and yet three months later they do. It's quite possible that I misunderstood what she said though. This is quite unrelated, but does anyone know who the other sidekick is that Crow referres to? I couldn't figure that one out. Maybe it's no one.

wow...... I just finished it. It is fantastic. Sure, it isn't the hardest game, but the story and the way it is told is absolutely incredible. I'd imagine that a lot of people would probably disagree with me, but as far as I'm concerned it has a well earned place in the top ten adventures of all time. Here's a new thread for spoilerific analysis of the game.

Dang it, April is still a whiny bitch. What a let down. Plus, her character model isn't the greatest.

This game is fucking unbelievable -- but the combat sucks something fierce. I just got to the fourth chapter, and I must say that it has exceeded all of my expectations. Granted, I successfully kept myself in the dark leading up to the game, so nothing has been spoiled and I didn't really know what to expect. The graphics are incredible. I honestly wasn't expecting them to look as good as they do. The score is amazing and fits the game like a glove. The voice acting is also dead on. It doesn't suffer from any of the pacing problems that plagued its predecessor. In fact, it has some of the finest story telling that I've ever experienced in a game. I also love the fact that it doesn't beat you over the head at the beginning of the game to get you caught up on what happened in the last game like so many other games do. Dreamfall actually plays like a stand alone game, and does so very successfully. Of course, if you haven't played the first you're missing out on a lot. There have been numerous occasions already that I've gotten goosebumps after meeting an old character, visiting old locations, and just hearing about what's happened in the world over the past 10 years. I can't wait till I meet up with Crow again. It's amazing. I love it. I wish I didn't have to work tonight. The bottom line is, BUY THIS GAME. Oh, and the fighting sucks, but there's usually a way around the harder fights.

Yeah, I'm just going to get the original collection to start with, and will probably pick up the sequel later in the summer. Now I've just got to decide whether or not I'm going to pay five more dollars to get a hard copy, or just get it off Steam.

Yeah, it starts out incredibly slow, but once you get out of chapter three it picks up and the number of 20+ minute monologues is greatly reduced.

Has anyone gotten it yet? ebgames is driving me crazy. They still haven't gotten the PC version, but somehow they managed to get the xbox version yesterday. I called Best Buy, and after spending a couple minutes just trying to get the guy to get the name of the game right he said that he doesn't think they even carry it. Of course, it's possible that he still entered the wrong name. argh! I'm so pissed. I've been working on getting my school work done early all week for nothing. [edit]bah, I just talked to the ebgames guy on the phone again. He says that it's not on their ship list for the next two day, so they probably won't get it till next week. What the heck is up with that? You'd think if you pre-order something they'd at least try to get a copy to you the same week. So, I broke down and paid way to much to get it next-dayed from amazon. bah. I hate you ebgames.

Yeah, The Sting is an awesome episode. Actually, it was one of the first episodes I ever saw.

Yeah, that episode is pretty good, but that's still only one episode.

Never mind, I just got a call from ebgames and they said that it'll be in tomorrow. Can't wait.

Futurama. Off the top of my head I'd say that he's in The Day the Earth Stood Stupid and Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV.