Recent content by stirfry247

FO2: Miria as your wife. Incredibly annoying dead weight.

I think Spiderweb software does a great job for a small developer. They made series like Gene Forge and Avernum. The graphics are incredibly dated but the games are pretty open and non linear. They cater to a niche market but are still going strong after years of work.

Obsuficate makes you pretty much invincible against normal enemies but if you pump it up at the expense of combat abilities some of the bosses are really hard. I had to cheat and reassign points on my nosferatu when fighting Brother Canker because he was really beating the hell out of me and I...

I think everyone including me is burnt out on Tolkinesque fantasy. The developers deliberately defied many stereotypes about elves, dwarves, mages, golems etc. but it's still Tolkienesque so it's not going to be as refreshingly as something like Dark Sun or Planescape or even steampunk...