Not sure I understand who is being dissed here. Is it that ESO, a professional game, looks no better than a modder effort? Or that this modder effort isn't looking better than an MMO? It is worth adding that all of this is still WiP and not using final meshes and textures, and it looks a shit-load better playing than…

Nope. My understanding is that they just got the prior mod (Morroblivion) knocked off of Nexus or something for breaking their ToS. You're not allowed to lift their assets from one game and use them in another, which I'd say is a fair enough request. This game is using entirely new assets made in Morrowind's style…

It's the entire game, although remaking is a better verb than porting. Bethesda has already said that they don't condone the use of their assets (which is totally fine) in any mod for a different product. Instead, they're remaking things in such a way that it's either a newer version or, in some cases, an improved…

Pretty sure that Stone & Parker said the same in a dev video a little while back. Their favorite episodes are just the kids playing around, and that they wanted to capture the feel of those episodes for this game.

Turns would have also worked. If it's an exhaust vent, it doesn't need to be a straight pipe. Go 30 meters, hook right 5 meters, go up another 50 meters, rinse & repeat until finished.

Really? I remember a loud backlash against an Elder Scrolls MMO; makes sense considering all these years we've had Todd Howard saying that Elder Scrolls (as a franchise) is special because it's a 100% single player experience.... therefore, there'll never be an MMO or any sort of multiplayer.

I think he could certainly pass for an Abrams-verse Klingon.

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Actually, they were pretty damned puritanical. Or whatever the opposite of puritanical is, because the Puritans actually fucked at every opportunity they could, in every way they could imagine.....

I would suggest waiting a bit. Maxwell is supposed to be right on the horizon (March). At the very least, wait until the next price drop (AMD already forced Nvidia to drop prices recently).

Except that isn't a case of an adaptation not following source material. It's a case of an adaptation completely subverting source material above and beyond what a bad fanfic would do. Here's one of the many deaths of Optimus Prime as listed on the TF Wiki:

You don't even have to do something else, just play a different game. Something without online requirements/support.

Well, here's the thing, people have played the pope. Over the course of the game's patches, there have been a variety of exploits and minor tweaks that have allowed people to temporarily play as the pope, the heads of holy orders, and landed mercenaries (Varangian Guard, Mamluks). The pope's character handles all…

A) isn't happening because Paradox is split into different teams. They have four at the moment. There is a common pool of artists, scripters, and coders who float between the different projects though.

If you compare their four titles (Crusader Kings, Europa, Victoria, and Hearts of Iron), you'll see that one of these is not like the others. That one being Crusader Kings 2. Since you play a person, it's an entirely different set of mechanics and considerations than playing the abstracted soul of a nation.

It's on Steam for 14.99. If it was 9.99 I'd say to consider buying it, but you should put it on your wishlist and wait for a sale. The one issue is that you have to run Steam in Admin mode to play. Not sure if this is a Windows 7 issue or applicable to other OS's.

I'd actually argue that it was DA:O that was the spiritual successor. Obviously it's not futuristic at all, but it's far more traditionally RPG than Mass Effect was... and KotOR was a very traditional RPG. Mass Effect was more like Jade Empire.

Well, that's to be expected. This game was the first wave of normal/non-heroic Star Wars media. Which is to say Star Wars media that doesn't revolve around Jedi or someone of comparable importance. You were an elite... for a clone; still little more than a tool to be used and disposed of. Some of the best stuff I've…

If not a direct sequel, then at least a spiritual one. Damn it was fun.

I'm going to piss myself laughing if Disney's official expanded universe guy deems ToR non-canon before the game is shuddered. Hopefully KotOR 1&2 survive the purge.