Recent content by Victoly

Put the game's difficulty up. This improves the experience by a lot; the default difficulty is so pathetically easy that it really takes a lot of the fun out of things. I for one think it's silly that you have to play a hapless wit who'll sell his or her own soul without a thought to...

I don't consider any of the World of Darkness games to be "horror". They're more about playing as a monster than being afraid of them - they are to a horror game what an Anne Rice novel is to one of H. P. Lovecraft's stories. More "gothic fiction" than "horror". I'd suggest the following...

It was easy to see that coming. The mere mention of the word "feminist" gets a lot of (mostly male) gamers worked up into a tizzy and they just have to share their oh-so-original opinions on the subject, whether or not those opinions happen to have anything to do with the actual topic of the...

Alignment != roleplaying. Alignment is a pretty dumb system overall. It has its uses, but they are few.

At a glance I was also more worried about Wail of the Banshee than Devour Soul. Save or die effects are always tricky to balance as a DM, so be careful with both of them. Rather than just nerfing the abilities, my advice would be to offer the players an in-game opportunity to "research" their...

Adding to the chorus: I also thought imahobbit4062 was the one who came off as a jerk. The OP was fine if you're able to rub two brain cells together enough to realize that he was posting an opinion/review and not a dictatorial imperative. The price seems a little steep for me, at present...

Except that the entire development team left Blizzard, and then Blizzard waited several years before re-starting Diablo 3 from scratch. Jay Wilson's Diablo 3 has nothing to do with Max Schaefer's Diablo 3, and so Schaefer's comments about his intentions for Diablo 3 have absolutely zero bearing...

Nah, I had a good amount of fun with D3, but (like you) I also think it was flawed. Not "boo hoo I expected the second coming of Christ but all I got was this pretty good video game, omg I have been BETRAYED" flawed, like many seem to think. It was about what I expected. I'll probably come back...

Did you even read the article you just linked? That was according to Max Schaefer, who LEFT BLIZZARD IN 2003. Quote: "Schaefer left Blizzard North, taking a sizable chunk of Blizzard talent with him, to form Flagship Studios back in 2003." Now, did you read what I actually wrote...

Oh, and for those suggesting that the plot was a big draw for the first two games in the series? It's time for a reality check. The plot for the Diablo series has never been a strong point; you're just noticing that now because you're no longer eleven years old. The first game had very little...

It doesn't matter whether D3 is an MMO or not. It's a pointless argument. A red herring. Let's recap: DioWallachia said that D3 developers could have learned a lot from "other games". Ruzinus asked, "What kinds of other games?" DioWallachi suggested D3 devs ought to have learned from...

It saddens me that a video like this even has to be made - that people are so often so dim-witted as to not realize that you can criticize something you love, and need to be reminded of the basics of thought. Thanks as always for phrasing things so entertainingly, Jim.

To be fair, my original post was very sardonic, so it's partially my own fault that my point was missed. I agree that the label "feminism" has gotten a bit of a bad wrap, but A) this thread gave us a definition to use for the poll and ensuing discussion, and that definition was a very...

And clearly the actions of one feminist speak for the entire group. Just like how every Christian in the world thinks that homosexuality and birth control are completely unacceptable.

I'm fairly confident you missed my point. I'm not saying that anyone here is sexist because they refuse to identify as a feminist. I'm saying the logic being used to avoid identifying as a feminist is flawed. They think they shouldn't HAVE to fight for equality, so they're not going to. That...