Recent content by vengerofthelight

As a "core" gamer of the last two decades who has never given 2 whiffs about reviews (except Zero Punctuation; very entertaining, and I've even taken him up on a few recommendations, but I also love plenty of games Yahtzee hates :P ), I can definitely see where word-of-mouth is seen as very...

So. Good game. The things the game makes me hate (but not enough to ragequit) are signs of strong design, in my opinion. Bats being one of them. I can't believe how many times with a huge string of health at this late stage of the game I've died/failed because of freaking BATS...

Call me crazy, but I think Yahtzee actually -liked- Diablo III, if only a little.

After my first character's first 10 minutes, I decided I'm never picking up a white item ever again, and I still have more gold than I need. :) Also, I second the whole, "don't play the same class twice." Honestly, most people are going to find the build that suits their playstyle with one...

... *jaw drops* *has fanboy panic attack* omgthankyouthankyouthankyouforlettingmeknow

I'm not sure what you mean by "Baldur's." If you're talking about the old games (Baldur's Gate, TotSC, BG II, Throne of Bhall), then I agree; awesomesauce. Remakes? What, now? Also, it occurs to me that I may have been less than clear: good games that take absurd piles of money and time to...

You're old. >.> <.<

Yes. Also, if you do like "hack, slash, loot," this game is awesome. You do not, so I would consider looking elsewhere. My personal favorites include Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura and pretty much any Bioware Computer RPG. @ Art Debate: Are we debating who said what, or are we...

GW is like D3 in that respect. Sorry if I didn't get that across clearly. :) I wasn't aware that Blizzard was trying to clean up the skill buttons problem. I think that's likely a step in the right direction, but retroactive change is usually harder than just releasing a new game...

Quoted For Truthery.

That's a brave statement to make. For the record, I made a similar statement to my girlfriend yesterday, to which she replied, "But is that worth $60?" To which I answered, "If it creates, at minimum, 60 hours of wonderful enjoyment, then it's just as good as when we go to the arcade, except...

My hope is that combat will become a little more strategy/puzzle-like after Act1/Normal difficulty, but simple point-and-click murder is standard fare for all three games in the beginning. In D2 my skill choices were pretty much automatic based on what I wanted to invest in from the get-go...

Mmm. I love Baldur's Gate (that mod where you can play the entire series from start to finish with the same character in the updated Infinity Engine is so ridiculously awesome it defies convention) and Icewind Dale (even the first one :P). However, I'm pretty sure games like that are why...

Excellent point. My comparison to Open Battle.net was a little slanted; most of my Open Battle.net was played with people I knew IRL, so the only "hacks" we used were Mods all of us were using. Nice. Sounds exactly like what I want. :) Awesomesauce! Interesting. I'm already used...

It really is a shame, too. The gothic horror Blizzard achieved with such poor, play-doh graphics was truly impressive, and now we have the ability to render incredible digital art, and this is all we get?