Story and Games

[A Black Falcon]

Like what, KOTOR? Haha, yeah right.

It tries, but does not succeed. As I said a few days ago...

... I meant to talk more about other things, but I don't know how much good going over the annoyances in KotOR would do... let's just say that KotOR tries the more technological (3d, etc) route in its gameplay and storytelling but doesn't do as well as it could because of it's mediocre engine (yes, when it's done well 3d these days can do better than 2d. But good, well-done 2d is preferable in a lot of ways to mediocre 3d... (I'm not saying KotOR should be 2d (with the kinds of compensation techniques they (esp. Tornquist) talk about in that question), it seems like a game better done in 3d... really, it should have a great 3d engine and really good graphics. It doesn't have quite either one of those possibilities... but what it does it does well enough that I forget that sometimes, and that's a mark of a great game. Really, my biggest irritation is probably the combat... I want to control all of them effectively (you can't, really), and I want the game to REMEMBER repeating commands -- I shouldn't have to re-tell the character to use the power attack every time I want them to use it! It should be like BGII or IWDII and have an option to repeat that action until you choose a different one!). The flaws of the graphics engine are secondary because they are just good enough, and the writing is good enough, for me to mostly ignore it.

No, not even close. MGS 2 and 3 especially have the best-told stories in a game, ever. None of your little PC rpgs can ever hope to compare.

I'd say something, but it's impossible to be civil when someone says something as completely and utterly ignorant as that, so I'll just let it go... as long as you apologize for insulting a game YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED.

And especially not a game as widely recognized as incredible as Torment. This is no 'no one's heard of it' game here, it's one widely recognized as right at the top of its class (games with great stories). The only one I've heard compared to it, for sheer volume (and quality) of storyline, is Xenogears.