Recent content by Archwright

3rd person Sandbox games littered with chest-high walls backed by a strong cover system. The RockSugar of the modern video game. I hope that no game mechanic starts to trump all. Nothing would drive me away from games quicker.

I always appreciate the AIs that don't feel like they're running a script. I never had a problem with the AI in RE4. The actual AI may have been terrible for all I know, but the game designers did a bang-up job with enemy placement. They never had Ashley run through terribly complicated...

Magical Character Sheet. Your abilities are limited to what can be described in the given system. For instance, D&D characters cannot use technology. You lose any skills and knowledge that you cannot describe in terms of the game. Anyone with the sheet can modify it, and therefore you...

Double post. See below.

Muramasa Demon Blade. Damn that game is boring. Too easy on easy, just annoying on hard. It has tons of backtracking like a Metroidvania without any of the sense of adventure.

That's a whole 'nother mess. Most people can accept transvestism. Mulan to save her country; Thor for the lolz. My experience the general population and transgendered spouse indicates that the mainstream is not ready for transgendered characters. I'm pretty sure any game with one as a...

I support what I feel is his, and our right to modify our consoles like we do our cars. Not everybody does it, and only select people can do it without voiding the warranty. That's all I'm really after. The people who bought the PS3 for the Other OS feature should be made whole. This is...

... This battle was already won, GeoHot. It was already won, because the idea of leasing somebody a console or a game is absurd. But you fucked it up. You fucked it up by running away and tampering with evidence even though the truth would have set you (and all of us) free without a...

I've started to get some pretty good DPS via two-hand, with Might of the Sten damage runes and the Berserk tree. Even so... I couldn't step with the mages for damage for the first several levels. In the end, I definitely think that Mages have a better juice/damage ratio than warriors. I'm...

Qualify "Looks homo." Thedas has (or should have according to the canon)totally different stereotypes about sexuality. The only characters that came across to me as obviously interested in the same sex were Master Wade and Herren. (Ok, I don't include the NPCs that flirt with you first, like...

Classy, I like it.

Shapeshifting. I'm a bit of an actor, I put on different faces, mannerisms and styles of dress as often as I can.

Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time had really bogus pacing, and really isn't any fun to replay. Pokemon (original) lacked balance in a painful way. Bioware needs to learn how to motion capture faces and emotions. KotoR I & II need completely revamped combat engines. KotoR needs a more...

My dog is a 25 lb welsh corgi. I see no plausible situation where I would not be able to save you both. I mean, seriously, he fits into almost any space. My dog would probably win out if it came down to it, though. He's never been put on probation on the Escapist. Edit: noun confusion...

In most applications of Satanism, Satanists worship Satan in the same way that Buddhists worship the Buddha. Which is to say that they do not. Religion and worship are commonly seen together, but they are by no means inseparable. edit: Clarified first sentence. edit addition: The...