Bioware is actually quite bad in this regard, if you go over their past games. The Baldur's Gate series for instance killed off most of the evil party members between games and stuck you with a 'canon party'(sucks to play evil in Bioware games). And your reward for beating the Baldur's Gate Saga? The knowledge that…

I don't think the Abrams movies were ever intended to appeal primarily to Trek fans, sadly. Much of the Trekkie-ness in the films reads like Abrams and Co read the cliff notes version of what people who don't watch trek know about trek: superficial pop culture things like tribbles, redshirts, and Kirk as a…

It's just another crass marketing ploy by Cryptic. Even if you like Minsc & Boo, it's anothing to get worked up about. Cryptic pulls crud like this all the time. heck, the Founder's pack you can buy for the game (think that's what it's called) straight out advertises the ability to make a Drizzt clone.

If Star Trek Online is anything is anything to go by, it's best to avoid anything Cryptic puts out right now.

WoTC has been cashing in an awful lot on Baldur's Gate Nostalgia lately. Wish I could say I approved, but the way they have been going about it just irritates me more than anything. The strange fixiation on Minsc aside (they also released a comic on him as well recently)...they also decided to make Abdel Adrian from…

Gene was quite the womanizer, something a lot of people overlook.

Sometimes I feel like the only one who played this series.

Of course, the creators can do whatever they want with their game, but that doesn't shealter them from criticism either. Many people prefer the older, tentacled version, and IMO the introduction of the new design seems a bit incongruous, which is a perfectly valid thing to level criticism about, considering the…

It seems like a bit of a stretch that the Prothean beacon would show you visions of the cycle before the Protheans though, as opposed to the Protheans themselves being harvested. More puzzling in ME2 where the collectors were added to the vision, obviously to foreshadow *spoilers* that the Collectors were Protheans.…

I wonder if Pallando and Alatar will be present, I'm not sure if they had gone to the East by this point or not, but it would be cool to see all five of the Istari.

Again, It's not that I don't think they are iconic, just that Kratos and Sweettooth are somewhat inappropriate. Kratos belongs in gore fests like God of War or Mortal Kombat, not in a game designed to appeal to a wide age group such as Smash Bros. Earlier Sweet Tooth I could see, but the new one seems a bit grim, even…

"Um, maybe you should do some research on them. Start with:

Yes, I agree, it would be offensive, but I think there is some sort of equality in including abrahamic gods instead of letting Kali sit with a dunce cap in the corner with all the dead religions. Besides, if they can put Kali in a thong, they can put Jesus in a game with other gods.

"You dont treat ignorance with respect just cause a lot of people subscribe to it.

1) I think you may be partly right. However I do think it has a lot more to do with Orientalism and playing it safe with christians than anythign else.

"Luckily things dont become fact just cause a high quantity of people want it to."

I shudder to think what will happen if we get the writing of Skyrim or Oblivion with spread out over a map size comparable to Arena.

Lets not forget a lot of the old-testament stuff. God himself does a lot of smiting, there are also mortal religious figures such as Goliath or David, Angels, and monsters liek Behemoth. I'd say there is plenty to choose from there, IMO.

I agree that graphics should be secondary in games. However, I find the style of art-no doubt inspired by that Star Wars cartoon show going on now- to be jarringly inconsistant with the previous entries in the series. I intensely dislike it, and I can see why it would put a lot of people off of the game.