I do too ! Thats the problem, I have only ever seen good endings.. just once I really should see what happens when you are a bad guy..

I see I'm in good company here (pun intended).

Yup. One of the few games I played both sides on was ME2, to see how badass Shepard could be.

Just to clarify my earlier "that's fine with me" reply, this post is more along the lines of my reasoning
I am not one of the " hahaha consoles ROLLS EYES I couldn't give less of a shit they dont have any good games anyway" type posters that have replied in here.

I just spent $700 on a pc last week, that is my new gaming system and graphical upgrade for the next few years. I probably will buy a next gen console too, I'm just not in a hurry to get one.

I'm using one now, though my gfx card is kinda mid-ranged.
6 playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 2+TOB since 2002, none of them are evil lol

why are you using a midranged graphics card if you don't care about graphics and advancement?


edit- argh i screwed up that quote

Coz my 8800GT blew up and I always get the most value for money card. And hope it lasts for 3 years or more. Though they rarely do, not because I wanna change the card, but because they die off.

I'm guessing getting along with the mad monk(that guy at the beginning with the dwarf companion) would be easier if I were evil...but then again, it'd be hard to recruit and KEEP Kahlid and Jaheira if I did that.

Go solo with a Kensai/Mage, don't have to bother about alignment, party and stuff anymore.

Yeah but I LIKE the interactions sometimes. I wish I could take everyone in my party.....shite would be so cash.

Good. Won't have to constantly upgrade my computer to run new games.

Games can be made scaleable you know....so they run on older hardware as well....even with newer hardware around.

This. I'm happy with this.

Although I agree it's nice to see graphics push on further and further, and I'd like to see that trend continuing, I at the same time feel that the last decade or so it has come at far too great a cost at gameplay/innovation. Gog especially makes me aware of that, when games like Star Control, to me, show games I can have infinitely more fun in than some of the more recent incarnations, despite its dated graphics.

Also, SC3 versus SC2 shows that 'better graphics' is far from always a good thing. Take MMO's as example.
World of Warcraft, in most ways, was based on outdated graphics the day it came out. EQ2 which released a month before, had higher graphics, based on more bips and blops and whatever the armors consisted of making it incredibly intricate, and at the same time incredibly crap to run, and, what disturbs me more so, was that it blended an attempt at realism, with other things (like the hair) which clearly did not come close to that realism in any way.
World of Warcraft on the other hand was stylized. From the beginning it didn't attempt to be the creme de la creme of graphics. Instead it used what it had, and artistically created a world that looked good, with characters that actually seemed to be placed well inside of that world.

And it's the last type of games, that stand the test of time *far* better than the ones that try to graphically highstand imo. I have a hard time playing any game from the past that was known for it 'graphical superiority', because by now, those games aren't any more. And a lot of the flare of those games is instantly lost with it.

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Ok ranting now and lost my train of thought, but it's in there somewhere, partly, and maybe, one day, if I remember, I may finish that though, if it doesn't feel outdated by then.

why did you have a low end computer with an 8800GT in it?


I'm really bored.

Yeah, i know. All i'm saying is i didn't feel the need to upgrade my gaming rig for almost two years now. And i'm content with current graphics in games. No news is good news.