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I don't know what the hell that game is (though the screenshot screams NEO-GEO), but it immediately made me think of this movie.  Fastforward to about 45 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROMTzJsfOI
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Wow.  I've never been so sick that I couldn't play video games.  Actually, I find excessive amounts of video games to be what keeps my mind off of the symptoms.
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I got the game at launch.  It's a lot of fun, but I have to play mostly on GameRanger because the connectivity issues are too severe.  Supposedly that's being fixed sometime this week via a patch.
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Taya is bad, bad, bad.  Especially on Ouch!, she's going to die far too easily.
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Audacious.
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No.  I played Neverwinter Nights on AOL back in, like, 1994-96.  Eventually they took the game offline and replaced it with some MUD called Crystal Quest 3 or somesuch nonsense.  I'll take my EGA graphics over black and white text any day.  Almost.
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If you like Defense of the Ancients you may like Demigod.  Be warned, though, the game in its current state has severe connectivity issues.  I can only play online using GameRanger right now.  Supposedly a new NAT facilitator is being included in the next patch that they expect to fix most connectivity issues.
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Left 4 Dead Survival mode is better than RE5's Mercenary mode.
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The Last Stand whoops my ass.  I haven't been in a team that's gotten silver yet.
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Freedom Force. ugh.

Loved it, and I don't think I'm alone in that.
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It looks like a lot of those games were removed from the list.  Wiki is user-driven, and relies on its users to maintain the integrity of its information for the most part.  We correct ourselves pretty well for the most part.  Also, every entry is supposed to be backed by a source and ones that aren't are noted at the top of the page usually.  It's not that difficult to use Wikipedia correctly.
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I don't care if it's single player or not--I just want a -good- Phantasy Star game period.
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i also forgot thief came before system shock. and yes, there are many games which were subpar he made. But SWAT4 and bioshock were unique or important in their own ways.

I don't know of any games he's made that qualify as subpar.
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Still man, you spoke of it with such certitude, the only possible options are either you're a prophet, you're making the game yourself or you travelled to the future and came back.

This is true.  You'll have to guess which, though.
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introducing Jude: the gaming prophet

This is based on other games Ken has created that were then picked up by others.  He creates fundamentally good games that are easy for other developers to pick up on and continue, but they're usually not as strong as the original title.  See:  Thief series.
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Oh well, you can only use 12 force members at a time. Also depending on your strategy some of the force will be better then others. If your a baiting kinda guy like me then brass gunners are perfect for you.

I can't download the save file chef, could you re-upload it? Keeps giving me an error.

Brass Gunners are garbage.  In fact, all the archers are garbage.  May is passable because she can move further than two squares.

Anyway, are you guys actually planning on promoting at L40?  My assumption was that there ultimately wouldn't be enough experience to go around for it, but I guess it all depends on how quickly those levels roll out once finally promoted (which would be pretty quick).
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I'll get it, and it will be good, but it won't be as good as Bioshock.  I'm more interested in whatever Ken Levine is working on next.
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Yeah we thought about that and chef and I thought we'd pick Eric. Karna is easily the better choice, she usually turns out to be my best character, but that's why we aren't choosing her. I never pick Eric, so it might be more interesting this way.

Toe-to-toe Eric (Pegasus) and Randolf (Baron) are fairly even stat-wise, but Eric wins in mobility and the Valkyrie/Mist  Spear (for its range) is better than that earth axe you make out of mithral (I don't remember its name).  I'm assuming you won't be using cursed weapons... in which case the Evil Axe is way better than the Devil Lance.

Edit:  Found a chart on GameFAQs that might assist in decision-making.

Final Stats - If promoted at 20 with best weapon for character

            HP          MP          ATT         DEF         AGI
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Bowie       103.5       18.5        102.5       90.5        58
Sarah       88          67          106         73          59
Chester     102         0           0           75          65
Jaha        87          0           100         95          60
Kazin       80          84          66          58          85
Slade       94          55          98          83          72
Kiwi        40          0           96          99          55
Peter       107         0           120         88          56
May         66          0           90          60          63
Gerhalt     91          0           108         85          63
Luke        90          0           89          73          69
Rohde       82          0           90          85          51
Rick        89          0           94          89          73
Elric       89          0           88          67          58
Eric        108         0           103         89          75
Karna       104         84          109         61          68
Tyrin       79          84          73          61          71
Randolf     95          0           105         96          61
Janet       91          0           80          66          62
Higins      97          0           96          75          62
Taya        76          88          65          53          72
Skreech     90          0           92          70          65
Frayja      85          74          85          60          58
Jaro        95          0           94          70          72
Zynk        86          0           108         89          62
Gyan        92          0           100         101         53
Sheela      82          65          94          61          63
Claude      73          0           110         112         51
Chaz        85          90          70          63          58
Lemon       97          0           101         91          66

Chester's stats are missing for some reason.
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Who are you going to choose at Creed's Mansion?  My recommendation is Karna, because she'll be the easiest to level up with heals when she's not owning face with her fists.  She's the best Master Monk, period.  If not her, then Eric because he's the only centaur that's any good and excels as a Pegasus Knight.  I typically snatch up everybody but since you can't Egress there will be no way to get the others at a competitive level down the road.  Tyrin is the only one who I kept as his default class, because he gets all the best wizard spells while Kazin is losing the pathetic Blaze tree to pick up awesomeness like Atlas.  Kazin's spell progression as a Sorcerer isn't as good as Tyrin's, but it doesn't matter because you'll end up with Atlas 2 eventually.
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Last post by me in here for the next little while. Just figure I'd actually sort of... Make it clear that I'm not just making retarded maps.

Two maps and a video clip are enough for now. Time for me to buckle down and work now!

I'll make a devlog tomorrow while I'm at work so that I don't go Silver4Donuts on you guys.

I think your intro could use more text and cliches.