I don't understand what being improbable has to do with following the story line? Most great games I've played are improbable - doesn't change the impact the storyline has.
The person I quoted missed something important, why the story line didn't make sense to him (possibly even watering down the event he described in my opinion.) Probability of the script taking place has zero relevance.
Done.
As for the spelling, that's how the anime/J-RPG community has written her name so nothing wrong or nerdy about it.
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Although the emotional connection was not there, that character was epic and their endingdid not do their efforts justice.(s)
You realize you don't have to die at the end, it is possible to make it to the jump point before the star goes supernova.
If you want to put Freespace and Freespace 2 on the list you go with the pilot in the opening videos of both and everyone onboard the Colossus in 2
The reasonWell, I understood that, but it just seemed still very strange that such a patriotic person should suddenly align with the terrorists.
And I still think the plot of COD4 was head and shoulders above MW2. I mean, one person taking over a nuclear submarine and launching one and only one nuclear missle at a city on American soil, and then escaping. Like they say on Monday night football "c'mon man". It also seemed so artificial that almost every choice in the game was not right vs wrong but choosing the lesser of two evils. Almost like they were trying too hard to make a gritty, morally ambiguous game because making tough choices in a game is cool or something.
Being improbable to me is a problem in a game like MW2 because it is set in the current time period, with normal human characters. To me a game in this sort of setting should have a fairly realistic plot that could actually happen. In other words, it is not a fantasy game.
Obviously something like Skyrim, set in a historical past with many different characters is very improbable too. But it does not bother me in that setting because it is a fantasy game.
Angel's death in Wing Commander III.
They made it worse by having her killer reveal it to you and taunt you with it right as your carrier was retreating from the system. If you went after him you could kill him but your carrier wouldn't wait, so after it jumped you were left flying around in space for all eternity. (The game seriously didn't end, it left you to fly around thinking, "Maybe they'll come back for me!" They don't.)
(not spoilering because I don't believe the game even works on modern hardware)
Okay, so why do we need spoilers for games that came out like 15 years ago? Sorry, but if you haven't played those games yet, too bad.
The reasonWhile no where as deep as Hideo's often guide needing story arcs, it was all there for the player to take in.Shepard (sp?) aligned with the terrorist to create a new war - a war that could create funding for his branch of the government and in a sense give him, a freaking leader of soldiers, a purpose. Think of the story line for Metal Gear Solid (all of it - the whole Patriot System.)
I'm not trying to argue your opinion on what the series is, but for starters - it isn't set in current times or even in current reality. Outside of using names of real branches of governments - that's all about used from real time. The game is set on a parallel time line (If I recall it the trilogy takes place in 2015+)
And if you don't think a single person/team can infilitrate an enemies base, launch warheads (not neccessarily nuclears) and then escape - you should really read more history books. The story line was well written with events that explained how all the incidents occured. The only inprobability of the whole story line was taking shots to the body and just hiding behind a wall to regenerate haha.
That is precisely the point. It was a nuclear warhead. Not even the crew of the sub could launch those without proper codes and remote authentication. But anyway, this is getting off the topic of the thread. If you liked the plot of MW2 that much, good for you. I still have a different opinion.
Not an individual character but I felt bad killing the inhabitants of the xvart village in BG. They'd just scream and swarm my party without any real chance of survival.
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Although the emotional connection was not there, that character was epic and their endingdid not do their efforts justice.(s)
You do know you could jump out after covering the convey as much as possible and win without dieing?
Please read my reply above and use spoiler tags.
Plus, read the spoiler tag in my original reply.
Where are you getting the bit about being dishonored if you manage to actually reach the jump gate before it goes supernova? I don't remember anything at all in the you live ending to that effect - really, it only changes like 1 line in the cinematic. And it makes no sense otherwise - it's an exploding star, the ships you were guarding couldn't possibly reach the gate in time and were dead no matter what you did.
in SW: KOTOR 1...i really liked her.Bastilla
That is precisely the point. It was a nuclear warhead. Not even the crew of the sub could launch those without proper codes and remote authentication. But anyway, this is getting off the topic of the thread. If you liked the plot of MW2 that much, good for you. I still have a different opinion.
in SW: KOTOR 1...i really liked her.Bastilla
I was able to save her playing light side.
Planescape: Torment -- your earlier incarnationDdeionarraTheme music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUt84LyH2JIused and betrayed her, leaving her trapped in the fortress of regrets