Is it a shooter with RPG elements or an RPG in which combat is played in real time?
I want the ability to pause during the combat to issue orders, is it possible?
Do I need to play with combined mouse and keyboard controls, or can I use mainly mouse controls?
Do I have the ability to zoom out the area, like in Dragon Age, or the game has a third-person perspective from behind the shoulders of the main char?
Is it worth to play it before ME2, or should I pass and play directly ME2?
ME1 or KOTOR or KOTOR2?
Other worthwhile RPGs in the 2003-2009 time range?
I was forgetting: I'll play on a reasonably specced PC.
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Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 09:33:56 AM
Is it a shooter with RPG elements or an RPG in which combat is played in real time?
The first one.
QuoteI want the ability to pause during the combat to issue orders, is it possible?
Yes...though it is different than Dragon Age...you issue orders but the AI still controls the companions. I found the system rather difficult to use myself and just let them sorta take care of themselves but that could just be me.
QuoteDo I need to play with combined mouse and keyboard controls, or can I use mainly mouse controls?
Combined mouse and keyboard.
QuoteDo I have the ability to zoom out the area, like in Dragon Age, or the game has a third-person perspective from behind the shoulders of the main char?
The second one.
QuoteIs it worth to play it before ME2, or should I pass and play directly ME2?
If you have not played ME1 yet I would get both and play straight through. However ME2 is a bit less of a RPG and more of a shooter. Just FYI.
QuoteME1 or KOTOR or KOTOR2?
Different games IMO. KOTOR and KOTOR2 are definitely classic RPGs like DAO while ME1 is an action hybrid. I think they are all very good but...be careful about KOTOR2 I think it is wonderful but it is a flawed masterpiece. It could have been one of the greatest games ever but they released it before it was done and it will remain forever as something half done.
QuoteOther worthwhile RPGs in the 2003-2009 time range?
Dragon Age? :P
Bethesda games and Jade Empire.
mmmm I think I'll pass: I hate hybrid action and RPG <_<
That's why I steered clear from Bethesda games, although they're usually regarded as very good games :cry:
thanks for the info, and yes, I hate quoting too :P
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Hey Pedrito, how did that Home Theatre situation work out for ya?
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 27, 2010, 09:47:00 AM
Hey Pedrito, how did that Home Theatre situation work out for ya?
Well damn I forgot it! You were right in solving my problem!
I found in the box an addendum of a couple of pages to the manual that explained extaclty how to connect a game console via component cable, just like you said in the thread.
You are hereby awarded a Pineapple Pizza Slice for taking the pain of registering to the Yamaha website and solving a problem a lazy fellow Languishite wouldn't solve.
:hug:
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Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 09:33:56 AM
Other worthwhile RPGs in the 2003-2009 time range?
On the PC, Neverwinter Nights 2 and The Witcher
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 27, 2010, 09:57:01 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 09:33:56 AM
Other worthwhile RPGs in the 2003-2009 time range?
On the PC, Neverwinter Nights 2 and The Witcher
Witcher falls in the "action-RPG" category I don't like
I' should try NWN2, it may be my cup of tea
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Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 09:56:28 AM
You are hereby awarded a Pineapple Pizza Slice for taking the pain of registering to the Yamaha website and solving a problem a lazy fellow Languishite wouldn't solve.
:hug:
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Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 10:02:50 AM
I' should try NWN2, it may be my cup of tea
It's similar to Dragon Age, so if you liked that you will probably like NWN2. Can play with only the mouse, can zoom out or play 3rd person, lots of interesting characters to join your party, interesting and long storyline, can pause combat to issue orders and put them in a queue, huge list of spells and abilities you can use, lots of different classes, and lots of different locations to visit and explore. It's great. And the first expansion pack, Mask of the Betrayer, is almost as good as the original game. Didn't like the 2nd, Storm of Zehir, at all however. There was no story at all, very dull.
So its more a shooter huh?
I may have to get the 360 and not the PC one then...
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on January 27, 2010, 10:41:54 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on January 27, 2010, 10:02:50 AM
I' should try NWN2, it may be my cup of tea
It's similar to Dragon Age, so if you liked that you will probably like NWN2. Can play with only the mouse, can zoom out or play 3rd person, lots of interesting characters to join your party, interesting and long storyline, can pause combat to issue orders and put them in a queue, huge list of spells and abilities you can use, lots of different classes, and lots of different locations to visit and explore. It's great. And the first expansion pack, Mask of the Betrayer, is almost as good as the original game. Didn't like the 2nd, Storm of Zehir, at all however. There was no story at all, very dull.
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Hm, Mass Effect 1 was action-y, but even I, who sucks at shooters and other action games or RTS, did absolutely fine (on easy level). I think it fit in well with the sci-fi plot (though the excessive amount of rover driving in side quests was a bit much).
Quote from: Syt on January 27, 2010, 11:23:35 AM
Hm, Mass Effect 1 was action-y, but even I, who sucks at shooters and other action games or RTS, did absolutely fine (on easy level). I think it fit in well with the sci-fi plot (though the excessive amount of rover driving in side quests was a bit much).
Especially up sheer cliff faces. Ugh.
Quote from: Syt on January 27, 2010, 11:23:35 AM
Hm, Mass Effect 1 was action-y, but even I, who sucks at shooters and other action games or RTS, did absolutely fine (on easy level). I think it fit in well with the sci-fi plot (though the excessive amount of rover driving in side quests was a bit much).
Yeah, thats what my friend moans at me when I consider getting the 360 version, he played it but found the rover stuff to ruin the game.
Pedrito, get Fallout 3.
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2010, 04:15:14 PM
Pedrito, get Fallout 3.
:huh: Either you didn't read the thread, or you're kidding me. :hmm:
Fallout 3 fits almost perfectly the genre of games that I don't enjoy playing...
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Quote from: Pedrito on January 29, 2010, 05:26:08 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2010, 04:15:14 PM
Pedrito, get Fallout 3.
:huh: Either you didn't read the thread, or you're kidding me. :hmm:
Fallout 3 fits almost perfectly the genre of games that I don't enjoy playing...
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Sorry, I thought you were looking for an RPG that just had action elements, which Fallout 3 is. It doesn't allow one to eschew violence almost completely (like Fallout 2 did, for instance), but there is plenty of role-playing. Far more than, say, DA:O, which is just a series of fights.
FO3 has lots, of fights, for sure, so it isn't exactly what you are looking for (if I understood you right), but so does NWN.
Another question: is ME (or Fallout 3, or ME2) playable with a gamepad on the PC?
Because what really pisses me off is the whole mouse+keyboard control mode, I never really managed to get used to it.
If this is the case, I could give those games a try :shifty:
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FO3, yes.
ME1, no. Yes with a mod/patch
No idea for ME2.
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 09, 2010, 10:20:18 AM
FO3, yes.
How many buttons do you really need for FO3...I have a SNES pad that's been USBified; if that would work, that might be the way for me to go.
Unsure if you could move.
Get a 360 controller.
I have a couple of questions about ME myself
1. The AI allies seem to be pretty stupid, I have just left the Citadel for the first time and these guys are constantly getting killed in battle. They don't seem very smart when it comes to finding cover, even when I point them right at it; anyone else have this problem?
2. I am having problems finding a good volume. The characters voices in the game are much, much lower than their voices in the cut scenes. If I can hear them in game it is absurdly too loud when a cut scene comes. I don't see a voice volume setting in the Options. Any ideas?