http://forum.theblackswordsman.com The BlackSwordsman Forums en-us Sat, 19 May 2012 15:32:34 -0400 Sat, 19 May 2012 15:32:34 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss pjones webmaster@blackswordsman.com (Webmaster) webmaster@blackswordsman.com (Webmaster) http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80626#p80626 Sat, 19 May 2012 14:18:23 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80626 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80625#p80625
[img:2lb0avfq]http://angrypenguins.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/baby-facehugger-alien.jpg[/img:2lb0avfq]

My morbid compulsive obsession with Aliens is fighting with my protective motherly instinct on that pic. Still dunno if I should go "aww" or "eeww"![/quote:2lb0avfq]

Speaking of which, I got around to watching Aliens for the first time yesterday.
Pretty good. Liked the first one more, though.]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 13:09:04 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80625 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80624#p80624 Sat, 19 May 2012 09:24:20 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80624 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80623#p80623
[img:3maeeq56]http://angrypenguins.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/baby-facehugger-alien.jpg[/img:3maeeq56]

My morbid compulsive obsession with Aliens is fighting with my protective motherly instinct on that pic. Still dunno if I should go "aww" or "eeww"!]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 03:10:43 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=883&p=80623 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80622#p80622 [spoiler:3cgo5xjj][img:3cgo5xjj]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/360/d/6/d6ef3a1e4ab795942080e0e9202727b6-d4k8xia.jpg[/img:3cgo5xjj][/spoiler:3cgo5xjj]
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This. A million times this.

Not a big fan of the ears though o.O[/quote:3cgo5xjj]

Not a fan of what looks like a goatee But the rest's good as F.

I'm going with the first one personally, she reminds me of [url=http://bruceleeeowe.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/alien-illustration.jpg:3cgo5xjj]this[/url:3cgo5xjj]. In more cuddly.]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 03:05:44 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80622 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80621#p80621 Sat, 19 May 2012 02:32:14 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80621 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80620#p80620 [spoiler:32qm47ra][img:32qm47ra]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/360/d/6/d6ef3a1e4ab795942080e0e9202727b6-d4k8xia.jpg[/img:32qm47ra][/spoiler:32qm47ra]
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This. A million times this.

Not a big fan of the ears though o.O]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 01:28:45 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80620 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39&p=80619#p80619 ]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 00:58:50 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=39&p=80619 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80618#p80618 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:48:02 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80618 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1135&p=80617#p80617 Well I did. ]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:20:17 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1135&p=80617 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80616#p80616 Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:57 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80616 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=959&p=80615#p80615 I liked the ending . The manga itself may be lacking in many aspects , but the fights and the info along with them are quite spot-on .]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 15:25:36 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=959&p=80615 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80614#p80614 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:40:59 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80614 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1121&p=80613#p80613 Fri, 18 May 2012 05:05:21 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1121&p=80613 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80612#p80612
[spoiler:2bqk3xoy]a[img:2bqk3xoy]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/360/d/6/d6ef3a1e4ab795942080e0e9202727b6-d4k8xia.jpg[/img:2bqk3xoy] a[/spoiler:2bqk3xoy]
[spoiler:2bqk3xoy]a[img:2bqk3xoy]http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/262/7/b/Robot_Girl_by_dylancg.jpg[/img:2bqk3xoy] a[/spoiler:2bqk3xoy]]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 05:03:51 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1662&p=80612 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80611#p80611 http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/45104

It fixes a shitload of bugs and crashes.[/quote:2bw8bw1y]


[i:2bw8bw1y]Is that for pc only though? Cause I'm just simple 360 no gold or silver stuff..simply 360 [/i:2bw8bw1y][/quote:2bw8bw1y]
Well then, you are gonna lose a lot of free content. New vegas and fallout 3 are so much better with mods.

*flyable virtibird*
*underground bunker playerhome*
*extra weapons and mods*
*unique voiced companions*
*a shitload of armors*
*extra monsters*
*cazadore nerfs *]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 02:52:27 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80611 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1376&p=80610#p80610
[spoiler:cbpq5klk]omg they crashed! and it took the whole hour ep for them to get around to messaging poor owen that they never showed. Callie is all happy and doesn't know that Arizona is coughing blood, Mark who's condition is getting worse by the second and his moment with lexie which just had me cryin[/spoiler:cbpq5klk]]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 23:13:27 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1376&p=80610 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80609#p80609 Thu, 17 May 2012 21:49:54 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80609 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80608#p80608
Alright so one gripe with the game is that it starts a bit slow on the gameplay. You're limited to using only two skills in the beginning and there's 0 customization involved. And the skilling in the early game is the least of your worries, it takes a long time since you get a decent item build.

That aside, once you've got a decent item build and got a couple of skills to choose from, you're ready to have a lot of fun. The game is really easy at first and you can run around with any build you want, but soon you'll have to make some choices about your spell build and you'll probably end up trying to get items that serve your primary attribute as well as vitality, because naturally having more hp is pretty handy.

Crafting is pretty fun! And I'm starting to like the auction house since you can pretty much find everything you need there. Gems, crafting items, scrolls to upgrade your smith or the gem guy... The real money auction is not yet open, I'm sure they'll need to tweak it a lot to make it work.

About the presentation: I don't like the blurry graphics, some might but if you have a problem with it, find a sharpening filter for the game and it looks a lot more like a game I'd play. One thing I love is how easily accessible the lore in the game is. You just click on a journal scroll and it starts reading immediately. Also if you kill a new enemy you'll see a "New lore!" button in the right bottom of the screen, and by clicking it you'll hear some trollish lore about the creature. Beats the codex crap that's in all the bioware games these days.

Some thoughts about the plot, difficulty curve, bosses etc., act by act:

SPOILER ALERT

Act I

[spoiler:3si4pt7r]Pretty easygoing, but then again so was Diablo 2 in act 1. A lot of stuff you might remember from the previous Diablos, like King Leoric, Lachdanan, Adria and even Gharbad the Weak. As far as the scenery goes, I think they did a fine job. Just love going through catacombs and cathedrals and graveyards.

The boss fight was pretty epic, it's the good old butcher, though I'm not sure if Blizzard took the idea of the hook attack from DotA since a hero called butcher had this hook that could drag opponents to him. Oh well, was a pretty nice bossfight nevertheless!

And I reaaally liked the ending cinematic for this act:

[youtube:3si4pt7r]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqaUxSvAVdc[/youtube:3si4pt7r][/spoiler:3si4pt7r]

Act II

[spoiler:3si4pt7r]Alright imma go out to these deserts and rape some foes. Oh wait I'm getting raped! Well that's okay, I just switch my build a little and it's all cool. Yeah apart from the starting shock this act is pretty easy. Not much to say about it though, it was a nice act as far as the story goes, lots of trollish characters, like mr. obvious-betrayal. The bossfight vs Belial was pretty fun, had me running a lot.

Although not as good as the previous act ending, here's the cinematic ending for this chapter too:

[youtube:3si4pt7r]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7liSrcK54j0[/youtube:3si4pt7r][/spoiler:3si4pt7r]

Act III

[spoiler:3si4pt7r]Starts out nice with some variety, you're running around the castle walls defending the demon siege attack. Act 3 was a lot of fun, I even died my first death (mainly due to my own greed, went chasing a treasure goblin and got jammed between dozens of big monsters ). The final boss Azmodan was a disappointment, like the easiest bossfight imaginable. This might be because I was the wizard, might be a lot harder with a melee class.

And after the boss fight Adria betrays us and Diablo is summoned once again, Leah being the vessel. Kinda saw this coming, but Diablo's plot never was about surprising plot twists. Following a pretty cool cinematic:

[youtube:3si4pt7r]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fR-5PXsgVs[/youtube:3si4pt7r][/spoiler:3si4pt7r]

Act IV

[spoiler:3si4pt7r]At this point I was feeling pretty eager to finish the game so I did the last act in one sitting. And this time I actually ended up dying a lot, and encountered the hardest fight in the game (or at least felt like it); Izual. The problem was that one of his attacks onehitted me, so I just had to hope that he wouldn't hit me. But yeah I ended up winning him when I changed my spells to a pretty defensive build (3 defensive spells in total). Diablo himself was a fun bossfight although I didn't die to him. The only boss that managed to kill me was Izual xD

And the ending cinematic for Diablo III, nothing special, it's your typical game ending troll cinematic. Though yes Tyrael is pretty epic.

[youtube:3si4pt7r]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn8nj_VLy_o[/youtube:3si4pt7r][/spoiler:3si4pt7r]

Finally: Blizzard, what the hell is up with a wall of text credits with no music!? Explain to me!!!]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:16 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=870&p=80608 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1726&p=80607#p80607 No one, absolutely no one in the history of mankind went nuts over the Avatar movie.[/quote:tkirachf]

[i:tkirachf]True very true [/i:tkirachf]]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 20:42:57 -0400 http://forum.theblackswordsman.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1726&p=80607