Yes, I realize that BioWare made both lists. For the same thing. If you've ever played a BioWare game, then you know what I'm talking about.
No, I do not know what you're talking about. Bioware writes better dialogue than any of the other companies you've mentioned, period.
He was taking a jab at the Dialog Tree, or in the case of mass Effect 2, the Dialog Wheel.
Despite there being three answer choices, end result is getting punched in the nuts. For all the great voice acting, when it comes to choices, there really is not right answer to taking a left hook to the jewels.
Yes, I realize that BioWare made both lists. For the same thing. If you've ever played a BioWare game, then you know what I'm talking about.
No, I do not know what you're talking about. Bioware writes better dialogue than any of the other companies you've mentioned, period.
Some of their choice options are stupid as all hell. Sometimes you can't even choose if you want to do something or not, but only how much you want to do something. And sometimes they just drop the ball and make you go "what the fuck Bioware?"
Examples(SPOILERS!)
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OT: Oh, and the gameplay and multiplayer is done by Free Radical, the guys who made Timesplitters.
Firepowered: Being an Italian, and having travelled my share of Europe, I can assure you Shamus that all the stereotypes are true :)
..Even the french lovers?
Er... Actually, that's the only one I haven't confirmed yet :) But british cuisine is indeed quite bad, and it's definitely true that us Italians are tossers.
And you forgot, in hell you get assaulted by 500 heavies with Natascha every second of every day, and they're all standing within range of at least one dispenser.
Firepowered: Being an Italian, and having travelled my share of Europe, I can assure you Shamus that all the stereotypes are true :)
..Even the french lovers?
Maybe I got a duff one... ;O) Aaaaaanyhow - Loved the comic! Although it's made me realise just how convoluted and plain daft Final Fantasy storylines are. S'pose it's all in the telling though, right?
This is the best Stolen Pixels yet, perhaps only giving up the crown to the original Gamepunx Magazine gag. I feel vindicated for waiting out all the Valve jokes now :-P
I dunno, I think "I'm an underwater football player created by ghosts who travels through time to fight my dad, who has become Satan" is a better story than "I am a space marine, aliens are bad"...
But this is still one of the best you've ever done, Shamus :)
Stolen Pixels #241: The Gaming Afterlife
When gamers die, where do they go?
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