There's a special place in my heart for the classic Sierra adventure game intros. With the shimmering Sierra logo and that same music.

Really, can you people not see the sarcasm in his words? He rescinded his "total prick" comment in a mock-apology that along the way calls Kotick a jerky boss and compares him to Darth Vader, for pete's sake!

@Tiller: Actually, though, it also depends on whether you played the PC or the console version, as there were changes made to the combat "style" make it more console-control-friendly.

@Tiller: I also respectfully disagree. The combat was my single favorite aspect of DA:O — one of my favorite games in the past year.

@Kobun: But the ranking is based on average total time played. So as an average, it doesn't really matter that the sample size is small — it's a per user average anyway.

@BrilliantGreen: Are you honestly trying to say that Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Team Fortress 2 are "generic FPSs"?

Bioshock and Planescape: Torment both have world-consistent explanations of how "respawning after death" works.