[Dark0ne]

Well it's that time again; middle of the university term, settled back into the swing of the uni life and been out and about socialising enough in the past few weeks that I can blag my way out of social events to stay in and game. So what games am I focusing on?

I started off with The Witcher, playing it casually while chatting to folks on Ventrillo and IRC and keeping up with the forums. I got to about mid-way through chapter two before the developers announced the enhanced edition of the game will be released some time in May. While great news that they've decided to go back and work the English game into what it's really meant to be, it's also slightly annoying. So I've stopped playing The Witcher for now. Despite some quite critical reviews I actually found the game entertaining for what it is; essentially a cross between Neverwinter Nights and Two World and I guess, going back a bit, Summoner, which I loved. If you're looking for a laid back RPG then you can't go amiss with The Witcher, just wait for the Enhanced Edition.

I was hoping to get my teeth into some games that I've always meant to play but have never gotten around to play such as Baldur's Gate and the Fallout games. Word from last month's PC Gamer in the UK said that Baldur's Gate 3 is definately in the works, and I would like to play both the previous games before starting the third in the series. I was a big fan of Icewind Dale too, which was my first PC D&D game.

But alas, the MMO rope caught me and I have been dragged into playing Eve Online. While I've been "playing" the game for the past 4 months I've really only been logging in to learn skills. For those not in the know, Eve Online has quite a different levelling dynamic to other MMO's; instead of grinding in order to level up you simply have skills that take x amount of time to learn. Learning skills gives you access to new ships, modules for your ships, research, industry, manufacturing, weaponary, etc. etc.. It greatly reduces that feeling that "everybody is the same as me" that I've gotten in games like WoW and EQ2. I'd recommend it to anyone.

[Marre_pro]

I've played EVE online , At starters, Actually the first week of playing the game everything is very complicated. But then things slowly works out and it suddenly turns into a great game. EVE does require a lot of time and seriously , The universe in EVE is...HUGE...Seriously i believe it could take days to come to one place from another. There's an downloadable demo on their website , People who have a PC should try it out

[Super-Moose]

Annoying how? Did you miss the part about the free download for people who've already got it?

[Duskrider]

Super-Moose, on Feb 20 2008, 09:18 PM, said:

Annoying how? Did you miss the part about the free download for people who've already got it?

I imagine it's annoying because once you know a major improvement is coming, there's no point in playing through the inferior version of the game. So now you have to wait for the update to get here before you finish your game.



As for Baldur's Gate 3... any news besides a general "we're making it" (surprise, surprise, it's a big enough name it would inevitably get a sequel)? Will they be sticking to the original 2d turn-based style? Updating for the new 3rd (will it be out before or after 4th) edition rules? Or will this be more like one of the "Baldur's Gate" games for the console I saw, where the only thing in common was the name?

[Dark0ne]

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I imagine it's annoying because once you know a major improvement is coming, there's no point in playing through the inferior version of the game. So now you have to wait for the update to get here before you finish your game.

Correct. I'm not one for replaying games immediately after completing it (although I did replay most of Crysis...) so now I have to wait until May to properly play the game.

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As for Baldur's Gate 3... any news besides a general "we're making it" (surprise, surprise, it's a big enough name it would inevitably get a sequel)? Will they be sticking to the original 2d turn-based style? Updating for the new 3rd (will it be out before or after 4th) edition rules? Or will this be more like one of the "Baldur's Gate" games for the console I saw, where the only thing in common was the name?

Nope, it was an aside in a general blog in the magazine. Maybe there'll be more info in this months, which I am yet to read.

[Malchik]

I played the Witcher. After chapter 2 you have to make some decisions which change the final chapters (4/5 and epilogue) quite a lot so you might find playing one game now and doing another a different way would work for you.

[jedimaster56]

I didn't know there was life outside of The Elder Scrolls.



LOL

[ninja_lord666]

jedimaster56, on Feb 20 2008, 08:19 PM, said:

I didn't know there was life outside of The Elder Scrolls.



LOL

Sure there is. There are more games available than just TES!

[haza321]

Witchers a ace game, it provided my break between Elder Scrolls oblivion, You should really get back into it, what i love is for the whole of Vizima theres minimal combat, yet im still enraptured by it, even when i was playing for around 4 - 5 *SPOILER**SORT OF**LOL* trying to get all the evidence, i am currently on my second run with the game with the Scoa'tiel instead of Order, But Oblivion still holds a dear place in my heart

[jonahj]

You've never played a Fallout game?! For shame!