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I can vouch for the overpoweredness of alchemy/smithing/enchanting in a combo. Already damning to the balance is getting only smithing and enchanting; alchemy is there just to overshoot whatever balance remains, but you could also just buy +smithing and +enchanting potions, though they'll not...

I prefer completionist as a better descriptive term for myself :wink: Anyway, it's all in an attempt to get my dragon armor fully upgraded, and since I've taken enchanting, blacksmithing and alchemy, it means getting the three of them up to 100 in the end, enchanting items with +alchemy...

It's mainly the maintenance that gets to me after a while. I don't mind the dungeon crawling, fighting stuff is still fun and, if you don't use your best skills, still a bit of a challenge sometimes at higher levels. Looting gets increasingly boring and tedious though, but I've more and more...

I'm not going to install the patch. How can I get best around to that with steam? I know there's an option to sign off on automatic updates, but if Bethesda wants their game to be updated, it'll be updated regardless of what I tell steam. I could run Steam in offline mode, but it seems I...

Just to throw in a comment on that: I am a guy with a bow, enchantment and blacksmithing build (and also conjuration, and sneaking) currently on...I don't remember, think it was level 26 or something. Also, I've been playing on the highest difficulty setting from the start. As of yet, I'm not...

Yeah I get that, the disillusion of the American dream and all that. But does that really make a good premise for a game people are supposed to play for fun? Just sounds like a great set-up to depress people. Sure, you could also make a game build around the dreary life of a Chinese sweatshop...

Never played GTA IV before, only all the other ones, so I thought I'd finally give it a shot. I'm not adverse to sandbox games, and I liked the previous GTA's, so I thought I'd be in for a good time. At first I thought it was a pretty good game. Interesting main character, well fleshed out...

Good grief, I just downloaded the Skyrim Quakecon footage by torrent. I finally get what audience they were going for with the incessant dumbing down in every new incarnation of the Elder Scrolls. It's not much different from watching onlookers of a drunken bar scuffle, a bunch of hooligans...

On that cue, the game is currently available on steam for a paltry 5 euro, down from about 20 euro. Though I guess anyone in this topic already owns the game, anyone who doesn't own the game should immediately get it, and play it.

Currently playing at the highest difficulty setting, and I can tell you, the amount of praxis points don't change. As long as you're more prone to the stealth approach, get a few Ghost (500+) and Smooth Operator (+250?) bonuses, you'll be swimming in praxis points. Most skills I took, I took for...

Another victim right here. Just couldn't stay away from clearing another room, finding the next objective, and getting more of the story. Currently in Hengsha, second visit. The game reminds me somewhat of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. The shooting is similar, in that you're pretty damn...

After a long period of no gaming whatsoever I thought I'd give Red Alert 3 a shot. After the tutorial and a few minutes into the first mission I quit the game. The cutscenes are still pretty much the same, but I just can't take the art and style of the rest of the game. It used to be that...

Took him awhile to get Robinson Crusoe right but in the end he did. And he got Frederik I von Hohenstaufen, or Barbarossa, surprisingly fast.

Gothic I and II are definitely to be recommended. But it sure as hell isn't easy to get someone to play them these days. A roommate of mine is generally pretty tolerant of old classics, but he couldn't quite stand trying to get the hang of Gothic I. The control scheme is, without doubt...

Its bloom the poor man's HDR lighting. Usually a game offers an option to shut bloom off, but that often doesn't improve visuals either as then you'll suddenly have a game with entirely inadequate lighting. There are probably some instances where bloom has been handled correctly, but more...

Holy crap. Doesn't anyone proofread over at IGN? The article is full of errors. Also, strangely, all the screenshots in that article look horrible. Character models and textures seem like they are from a few years ago already. On a story note, I wish they would've just let the Darkspawn be...

Started a second run through Dragon Age: Origins, cause I wanted to go on with Awakenings afterwards. I don't think I'll actually finish this game though, not again. Playing a mage this time, and it's rather horrible how easy it is. Fireball, and all the normal things die, crushing prison...

Right, I've been playing Gothic 3 for a while now, as stated above. I have the urge to rant, so here goes. This is after around 10-15 hours of gameplay. Gothic 3 is a flaming pile of shit, or perhaps more eloquently brought, an unlucky crossbreed between designs from Far Cry 2 and the original...

Finished Gothic II and its expansion. Had a great time. Just installed Gothic III. Right now, I just don't like the switch they made. The way the game starts has to be one of the most horrible experiences yet achieved in gaming history. The intro is alright, but then it all breaks down. It's...

Gothic II Gold. Holy cow, that game is hard. First time I've played it, and it certainly took awhile to get used to the still wacky control scheme. Not as bad as the first game, which I've played through twice, but still not a system that comes to you intuitively. It does work pretty well...