It's honestly something of a mess since it's unclear about what will corrupt you and how much of a corrupting influence it is outside of food, but at least in Fable 2 you can actually see your purity/corruption level. Apparently, it still exists in 3, but the meter is hidden for whatever reason. (It's also renamed to "Primal", if the wiki is to be believed) For all I know, though, it's probably a severe bug. Ah well.

That aside, I never did play any Metroid Prime games past the first. The light/dark mechanic from the following ones seemed interesting tbh.

Sounds like Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. That was an interesting game, I didn't care for the ammo mechanic for the light, dark and annihilator beam weapons but the rest of the game was neat.

Played some more System Shock 2. I am now just past the part I stopped at the first time I played, which was to purge the radiation from the coolant tubes on Deck 1. Yeah, I definitely know what I am doing now and paid more attention to the mechanics this time.

Dr. Polito (for anyone who has played the game, yes, I know who she actually is), told me after I got rid of the radiation that the Many were--to paraphrase--bringing out the big guns now. Oh boy, I can't wait for whatever fresh hell awaits me!

They say System Shock is like Deus Ex. Can you confirm, Rader?

Kind of? I hear others say the same thing. I have actually played very little of Deus Ex, but from what I have seen they are similar in some respects. Both are FPS-RPG hybrids (at least, SS2 and Deus Ex), both are cyberpunk and have similar aesthetics, and both seem to have some similarly functioning mechanics and controls (the extent to which I can't say for certain). But one stark difference is that System Shock is decidedly more horror-themed.

But since I have played a modicum of Deus Ex, I cannot entirely confirm the extent to which they are similar.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been hearing as well.




CONFIRMATION COMPLETE. QUESTIONNAIRE TERMINATED.

I fired up the Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition and created a party. That took almost 2 hours!

A neat thing I noticed that Mark Hamill does one of the voices added by the Heart of Winter addon! I had to use him for my Paladin.

Please tell me he said "I have a bad feeling about this.",

I picked up my first Fire Emblem game the other day Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest. Once I get my 3DS out of layaway I'm going to play it, FE:Warriors and Metroid: Samus Returns.

I played a little more Icewind Dale EE today. I don't think I'll keep at it. The 2nd edition D&D rules that make spellcasters so useless really gets to me.

But I did discover another diamond. Another of the voice actors added by Heart of Fury is Vanessa Marshall (aka Hera). She does my favorite voice in the game.

A fine choice of game!

Having completed the Spire section, I find some of my enthusiasm for Fable 2 diminishing. Still got the dlc to do, so I might be able to push myself back into the game.

And having spent far too long talking about it elsewhere, I've fired up KotOR

I FINALLY found the Amiibo I've always wanted. Meet Lucina, I've been wanting her for a LONG time ever since she was released for Smash Brothers on the Wii U.

Girl Marth

Nice! Always fun when you finally find what you're looking for

Totally---I'm also looking for other Fire Emblem Amiibos like Chrom, female Corrin and Marth. Honestly I wouldn't mind having an Amiibo of Camilla from FE:Fates if they made one. Well there's this statue of her that looks promising.

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Yeah - *hrrm* - think I'll pass. Looks a bit too promising for me if I want to actually do stuff in my life...

I was going to say how uncomfortable that belt looks but then I noticed that her entire outfit looks like it's made up of scraps fished out of the local costume shop's dumpster. But then I've seen book skirts ruin an otherwise fine design so.

Anyways, tried a bit of Fable 3 before running over to ESO and it got me thinking about how much Fable 3 ended up disappointing me. I discovered the reason 2 felt more...home-y was because Fable 3 was a lot more railroaded (or 'streamlined'), with skill and other upgrades such as job promotions, expressions, and the ability to buy homes and businesses all locked behind the main quest progression. Because of that, it almost felt like you had to rush through half of the game in order to unlock everything. In spite of all the improvements, it was ultimately a less enjoyable experience. No wonder I was so hard on Skyrim, I went through that before.

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Yeah, Khajiit was expecting Fable3 to be more like Fable2, but what we got was something different. This one couldn't ever put his finger on it, but something about the game just wasn't as charming as Fable2.

Tried playing the Division on my laptop, it works but I need to upgrade my video card. Looks like I need to take a trip to Best Buy Wednesday.