I'm out for tonight. I've been a slug all week (and i need to crack the Star Forge in KOTOR, to prove that this game isn't better than me) so have stuff to catch up on.

What's up with you and KOTOR?  You've been talking about it alot.

And is this game the reason why Khuutra has been missing lately?

No. Khuutra just feels there isn't much to talk about on the site currently.

Khuutra bought KOTOR for me because i kept talking shit about BioWare because the only BioWare game i ever played was Sonic Chronicles for DS, widely acknowledged as BioWare's worst. So he bought me that which, aside from Mass Effect, is regarded as BioWare's best. I just tend to have a strong love-hate relationship with KOTOR, similar to the Love-Hate relationship i had with Monster Hunter Tri, except that Tri, at least, isn't glitchy as hell.

Anyone already playing, in what city are we meeting?

Heh, Khuutra and I were having an argument just now about how KOTOR doesn't mesh with what i feel is the fundamentals of game design. I complained that the game mechanics are sub-par (clunky combat, and enemies are just crawling out of the walls in the last dungeon in a way that breaks with reality) to which he replied "it isn't about mechanics," and then it just clicked... That's why i'm having so many problems with this game

Mechanics are super-fundamental.

That's not how you spell "Baldur's Gate II."

No joke. It's popularly, and accurately, regarded as their best work. Khuutra  doesn't play CRPGs, though, so I can see why he inaccurately said "Mass Effect."

I'm about to get on. Greed 3, Gate 25, City 1.

Also, KOTOR's fundamental mechanics are just fine. They're directly based on tabletop RPGs, though, so if you're unfamiliar with those I can understand why they feel "off."

I never said Mass Effect or KotOR

I just figured he would hate Baldur's Gate because it is not as accessible as KotOR, and I know he likes Star Wars.

City 1 is at capacity. If anyone wants to join in who hasn't done so, let me know and head over to City 2: I'll meet you there.

KOTOR's not that much more accessible than Baldur's Gate (it IS easier, though). I am, however, willing to accept your Star Wars explanation. /End haughtiness.

Now go finish Planescape.