the reason is the game is tired and old now. UT99' was innovation at the time cause only then there was tribes counterstrike and team fortress. multiplayer back then didn't have many mode of multiplayer in most cases only deathmatch and this game placed all the fun multiplayer types and made it into a fun package.

the problem is that everyone else changed and they haven't. game now in days have a multitude of multiplayer options. Ut still has its realtively same guns and pretty much same gameplay. and now wasn't the best time valve displayed their CS new and TF2. while halo 3 was underway and so was Cod4. these just conspired to kill Ut3. if they maybe waited two years it may have had better result but the main problem is they need a total revamp new mode new weapons.

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Unlike many here i have to say that mass effect was probably the most dissapointing of bioware games.

to get what i mean play baldur's gate or kotor and then play mass effect. the charcterization were rather weak this time a round. sure they talked about thier past like all of them but their comments in conversation with other Npcs were almost non-existent. there was no just outstandiung character. in baldur's gate you had minsc in kotor you had hk-47 in jade empire you had the black whirlwind. each one had a memorable personality and your just missing that in mass effect.

the side quest were much weaker as well. most were explore planet and eliminate the people there. there was no human connection no quirky characters. the enviroments were weak as well once you go to close quarters it is the same the same room with boxes moves into different places. in essense there was little to no difference between one planet and the next.

the main story was fine I liked it seemed a little more cliche than kotor or jade empire. but the main quest was fun.

all in all it was medicore not great. hopefully they will fix those problems the second time around.

mjarantilla

"Go for the eyes, Boo....GO FOR THE EYES!"

"Butt-kicking for goodness!"

"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, watch out, I'm big!"

"What? Boo is outraged! See his fury! It's small, so look close. Trust me, it's there."

"I have lost myself in your words but Boo thinks you're just ducky."

"Despair not! I shall inspire you by charging BLINDLY ON."

"Boo will have clean wood shavings, you evil bastards!"

Gawd I love Minsc. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

gotta love him. one of my favorites

Protagonist: I seek entry to the asylum. Can you help with this?

Desharik: Spellhold? Why would you want to go there? Hardly a sociable place for decent folk.

Protagonist: I... I need to be admitted. I need... I need help. I need to be confined.

Desharik: You wish me to have you thrown into the asylum? That is certainly an odd request, through not in itself an indication of madness. What are you trying to accomplish? I can indeed have people committed to Spellhold, but why would you request it?

Protagonist: I am clearly deranged. Look who I travel with! Minsc, meet the Pirate Lord!

Minsc: Pirate Lord? Such a name does not conjure images of righteous behavior. Stand still a moment and let Boo have a look at you.

Desharik: Er, why is your friend pointing a hamster at me?

Minsc: Boo will soon have you figured out. You certainly seem friendlier that I would think a Pirate Lord would be. And where is your peg?

Desharik: My--- what?

Minsc: Your peg, A proper pirate has a peg, whether a leg, arm or... uh... some other expendable extremity. And a parrot.

Desharik: A parrot?

Minsc: Certainly! As I have my Boo, so too must you have your parrot. Boo likes parrots. They could wrassel.

Desharik: I've seen enough. Congratulations, you are on your way to Spellhold. You are clearly a danger to the general community. By the gods. I think I'm stupider for talking to you. Stupider? More Stupid? Get them out of my sight, all of them! They may all have this disease of the mind.

it things like this I that are missing in Mass effect. need more fun and charcter interactions

Unlike many here i have to say that mass effect was probably the most dissapointing of bioware games.

to get what i mean play baldur's gate or kotor and then play mass effect. the charcterization were rather weak this time a round. sure they talked about thier past like all of them but their comments in conversation with other Npcs were almost non-existent. there was no just outstandiung character. in baldur's gate you had minsc in kotor you had hk-47 in jade empire you had the black whirlwind. each one had a memorable personality and your just missing that in mass effect.

the side quest were much weaker as well. most were explore planet and eliminate the people there. there was no human connection no quirky characters. the enviroments were weak as well once you go to close quarters it is the same the same room with boxes moves into different places. in essense there was little to no difference between one planet and the next.

the main story was fine I liked it seemed a little more cliche than kotor or jade empire. but the main quest was fun.

all in all it was medicore not great. hopefully they will fix those problems the second time around.

so the current line of thinking is

A. Microsoft has Lots of money

B. Microsoft has paid for DLC for GTA4

C. SE has delayed the PS3 version for the XBox360 while things like last remenant is coming before.

D. therefore Microsoft paid off SE

this is mostly conjecture with a small amount of circumstantial evidence. I think it is possible but till you see the income statement OF SE with a LAbel of Microsoft sending money this is not a fact.

The Wii may not be a fad (Watch Nintendo's E3) but the DS was, and it's over. It sold like crazy at first, but steadily the PSP beats it. The PSP is more multimedia based and gives you everything you need for the road in one easy platform. On the other hand the DS just has games, that also aren't techincally at the level of the PSP.shadowlusterx

...so 70 some million is a fad... out selling the PSP still in World wide figures still just compare the NPD and the media crate weekly you will realize that the DS is still increasing its lead. Nah the DS has many years left in its life. it just reached the saturation point in japan. which not only sold more than ps2 in japan but also is only losing at 10k a week to the PSP.

the DS will stay in its position it has the most software sales and the most developer support. PSP's greatest problem is developers aren't willing to place much on it cause of the horrendous software sales. it has done well for a first attempt in a monopoly of nintendo but no way any killer app or functuality will make it above the DS. cause it is so far in the lead and these systems are spiriling out kinda system. once you get steam you keep going you lag behind you get further behind.

hmmm let see i would have

halo intro theme

MArio galaxy most if not all of it

BEyond Good and evil intro theme

Donkey kong country 2 most of the temes

FF VII sephiroth theme

eh that is it off the top of my head

edit: oh yeah forgot hikari from Kingdom hearts

[QUOTE="ballistic3188"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]roleplaying in WoW isn't the same as a single player game. Your roleplaying comes from roleplaying your character within a group, clan or party. Its the interaction with players that is really more important than with the world itself.

EDITED because it was a little too quote-tastic

blue_hazy_basic

the problem is then counter strike or call of duty 4 are then charcterized as RPGs. cause the interaction of characterization is done in the person rather than with the world. most WRPGS you can play out your character in JRPGs they tell what type of character you are some heroic emo guy. in WOW you aren't anything you can say you are some peasant lived on farm that was raided by orcs. but the world will not reflect that. you are player x a nobody with no face or charcateristics.

yes i have. infact started a 4th ed D&d. you create your characters and you make a back story. the thing is that world will reflect your action in pen and paper world. I saved the village from a magical storm they will no longer be in the magical storm from the same guy i killed just 5 min. ago. my decision are done interecting with NPCs (aka the world) so i am characterised by my interactions to the world. even then the Dm at least all my dms solidify my back story by bringing characters from the past i laid out or even heading into a region where my past states i come from.