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You're magical to me.
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I don't want to wake up because I'm happy here.
Izrand Allure
A JRPG-style WLW romance adventure. Monsters have invaded Izrand! Heroes Vivica and Lynette find love and despair as they seek to save a continent.

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In my tradition of being late to the party, I'm just now starting Dragon Age: Origins.

I wonder if the "Brand New Character for each game" is better than Mass Effect's "Same character through-out three games." I think it might be, but I haven't played through all the games, so I don't know.

author=Red_Nova
Bioware has said that DA:O is the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate. I haven't played it, but anyone who didn't like Baldur's Gate probably won't like DA:O either.


I never played Baldur's Gate, but growing up, my brother did, and seemed to really enjoy it. :P

author=Marrend
I've tried playing Dragon Age - Origins on several occasions, but, I dunno. It was like, I had to force myself to play the game, and it just wasn't fun. Fallout Tactics was kinda like that too. I was able to play through only so many of the missions before it started to feel like a chore.

*Edit: Saying that, I was able to play through Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2! My experience with ME2 was a bit on the sour side, though, as I felt terribly denied in regards to Jack's loyalty. Which lead to her, and another teammate, die in the ending sequence of that game.


When it comes to Western RPGs in general, I have to keep playing them regularly to enjoy them. If I don't stick with it, I find them hard to pick them back up again. A couple of years ago, I started Mass Effect and got several hours into it, but then I got into a Gam Mak mood and stopped playing, and when I came back to it a couple of weeks later, I couldn't get back into it. Even having said that, I still want to play the game (and prolly the whole series) but I'll have to start from the beginning to get back into it.

In my tradition of being late to the party, I'm just now starting Dragon Age: Origins.

Wow. Yeah, Bioware goes to extremely impressive lengths by making your choices affect things like that ^_^ It's really cool, and I can't wait to see how it affects the story.

I also feel like this is a good game to play while thinking about writing dialog, as I want to improve in that area and the game seems to do it very well.

I know you play a different person in the second game, but are you going to be playing a completely new person in the upcoming third game, too?

Post-Contest Version

Sounds like these changes fix the only (very small) problems I had with the battles. ^_^ I'll have to do another playthrough and see how it feels :D

In my tradition of being late to the party, I'm just now starting Dragon Age: Origins.

I went with a Human Warrior, which locked me into the Nobleperson origin. It was hard for me to choose between that or a mage, so I may do a second playthru as a mage someday :)

I literally got nothing done today. This hasn't happened to me in at least a year... I don't like it.

We all need a lazy day every once and a while to recharge our creative batteries. I wouldn't let it get you down.

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You are not. You are not at all.

Pizza's Products

Your pixel art is fantastic, Pizza! I especially love the maps. They have a very Earthbound crossed with fantasy sort of feel.

I'm drawing my own tilesets for maps in my current project, and I feel like I have a lot to learn. I hope to one day be at least half this good ^_^

Is “This Game Is Just Taking Too Long To Complete” A Viable Excuse For Players For Not Playing A Particular Game

Yeah, given that for most of us making RPGs is a hobby, and there's no way we can churn out games at anything approaching triple A speed, I'm sure the hype downgrade is a very big issue.

But that's what I love about the Subscribe feature. A game I haven't heard from for a long while will get a big update, and then I'm excited about it again! And even if it takes forever to get completed, when it is done, I'll know, and be able to try it out as soon as it's available!

author=Blindmind
“A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever.”

― Shigeru Miyamoto

Very much this! The quality of the game shouldn't be sacrificed just to get it out while the hype's still big. In the end, I think people will flock to a good game even if the hype has died down. I've been known to be overly optimistic, tho :P

When you write, how much do you base the work, or yourself on existing fiction or writers?

It's a common thing. As someone who's dabbled in both writing and drawing, a lot of what I wrote or drew was initially very much based off who inspired me and what they created. Like Liberty said, there's nothing wrong with that as your not getting into bad habits where you deliberately sound like the person all the time.

As long as its a stepping stone to finding your own voice, it's perfectly fine, in my opinion.

The end is near

I feel like you make every moment count, so even if the game is short, it's time well spent. ;)