Recent content by Thomas Rembrandt

Gothic 1 and especially Gothic 2 with the expansion Night of the Raven is probably THE proto-Dark Souls. The second game is tough as balls, the aesthetic is dark and gritty and the combat (while simple) is unforgiving but rewarding. In fact when Demons Souls came out i kinda sniffed at it for...

Forget the movies, I'm still waiting for that live action tv show they promised. That was set between 3 and 4 and I believe took place in Corousant, let me have that please. If they really want to make that next movie, maybe get the Pirates of the Carribean guy Gore Verbinsky. He managed to...

I would recommend playing the game as a stealthy assassin. Sneaking up on enemies and one-shooting them actually adds an entire layer of fun to an admittedly pretty repetitive game. Also, play the Dark Brotherhood questline, it is really good and you get very useful stealth gear right at the...

I completely agree. Skyrim has a lot of content but the main quest lines are criminally short(although very well done, especially compared to its predecessors). And thanks to the awesome level-scaling you can complete them pretty much from the start without problems. I'm not really...

I can recommend two great adventure games: Grim Fandango and Discworld Noir. Great dialogue, awesome noir atmosphere and full of film references. However, before playing, watch at least the movies Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep to understand those. Additional: The first...

I must confess, had this been the original ending(s) of ME3, I personnally wouldn't have had a problem with it at all. Having only seen the control and synthesis endings, all I can say is: I liked it. They ended it on a (very) optimistic tone, added a few scenes that removed some plot holes (or...

If you liked Deus Ex HR you should check out Alpha Protocol. It has similar gameplay (stealth shooter, albeit 3rd person) and an impressive choice and consequence system. Patches have dealt with the bugs mostly so there is no reason anymore to not try it :) Vampire Bloodlines if you can find...

I prefer it when the good guy, after beating the big bad, takes some of the evil powers to fuel his own and goes on to basicly replace the villain ("Face Heel Turn" - tvtropes). Examples are as mentioned Arthas from Warcraft3 and to a degree Liara from Mass Effect 2. I would have liked...

I love Vampire Bloodlines but ... the last 15% of the game just sucks. Filler Combat is the worst. I love Deus Ex HR but ... see above I love Gothic 2 but ... see above Seriously, what is it with Roleplaying Games losing it in the last Act? Don't they want us to play the game again...

Send in the next wave! Spawning in wave after wave of enemies like they did in Dragon Age 2 is easily the most annoying thing an RPG can do for me. Filler combat is bad as it is (DA:Origins had it in spades) but removing any possibility for planning out tactics is just FUCKING WITH YOUR...

It's a shame really. Good NPCs are can make even a mediocre game (looking at you Mass Effect) amazingly immersive, and that is all I want from an RPG. Not instant gratification like fast leveling or cool perks/skills (although that helps of course), but the escapism (aren't we all here for that...

I would like to know how they improved the dialog system (if at all): - Morrowind's NPCs were basicly little wikipedias featuring general and local topics with no personality whatsoever. - Oblivion's NPCs were pretty much only notice boards where you got your little quest and after...

So, let's see, what kind of quests can we expect: - go to this dungeon (conveniently marked on map) and kill a certain dude in there - be a good boy and get me 10 bear asses and 15 healing potions - escort this npc to that other npc over there, if you please ... and receive this...

Avatar!!! That treehugging guilt trip with its xeno-loving traitor beeing treated like a hero bothered me to no end! They should have court marshalled that heretic (Jake Sully) and proclaimed an exterminatus over Pandora. I know, obvious 40k fanboy is obvious, but still... That was one...

I like HUB based games like Vampire Bloodlines or Deus Ex, which are somewhat in the middle between sandbox vs linear gameplay. Gothic 1 and 2 are more sandboxy but tell a linear story divided by chapters, which I think is probably the best way to make a fairly open (role playing)game...