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well if we're going to go negative on FreeSpace 2 by FABIO 07/29/2004, 10:15pm PDT i'll go ahead with saying that I didn't understand the love for the Syndicate games. The concept is great: send your ruthless corporate cyborg hit squad to gun down all opposition while employing brainwashed meatshields. My experience with it was hardly that though. All the elements like guns and killing people seemed to be secondary; the game seemed to be all about the brainwash-o-tron or whatever that thing was called. Not like brainwashing an army to gun people down for you, but brainwashing people so you could brainwash more people. Didn't it work out that the more people you had brainwashed, the more powerful your brainwashing became allowing you to brainwash more resistant people like police and enemy agents. I could have watched my slaves take bullets for me, but I needed them alive so I could brainwash those valuable police. I remember the first four missions for me just being my team running around tagging people to brainwash until the whole map was brainwashed and I just gave up iout of boredom. Syndicate Wars hooked me with the building demolition action and amazing at the time graphics, but then I quit once I realized that the game simply would not let you cut loose and just jump in and have fun blazing away with abandon. It was mandatory that you complete every map perfectly, finding and collecting every last possible hidden bonus scientist and cash horde or else you'd be fucked later on. . That other analogy was right on, it was like FFX if you had to collect every ultimate weapon to beat the game. Fuck that. And fuck OCD aficionados. That trend is seriously going to be the death of fun in games someday.

FABIO's forum arrogance article by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/26/2004, 2:36am PDT     FreeSpace 2, etc. by Bitter 07/28/2004, 12:02am PDT         that run on sentence needs trimming NT by FABIO 07/28/2004, 12:11am PDT             Ya think? NT by Bitter 07/28/2004, 1:03am PDT                 Yes, so why did you post it? NT by FABIO 07/28/2004, 4:31am PDT     Syndicate Wars by Bitter 07/28/2004, 12:05am PDT         Re: Syndicate Wars by curst 07/29/2004, 9:44am PDT             Re: Syndicate Wars by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/29/2004, 10:51am PDT                 well if we're going to go negative on FreeSpace 2 by FABIO 07/29/2004, 10:15pm PDT             Re: Syndicate Wars by Black Hitler 07/29/2004, 11:43pm PDT             Re: Syndicate Wars by Bitter 07/30/2004, 3:38pm PDT     Planescape: Torment by Mischief Maker 07/28/2004, 12:39am PDT         Re: Planescape: Torment by Lurker Shoomoser 07/28/2004, 5:34am PDT             A decent man descends into desert... NT by Lurker Shoomoser 07/28/2004, 5:45am PDT             Re: Planescape: Torment by Worm 07/28/2004, 6:47am PDT                 Re: Planescape: Torment by Unbitter 07/28/2004, 1:53pm PDT                     Nothin': just wanted the names consecutive like this by Bitter 07/28/2004, 11:47pm PDT             Re: Planescape: Torment by curst 07/29/2004, 9:46am PDT                 Re: Planescape: Torment by Cog 07/29/2004, 11:13am PDT                 Re: Planescape: Torment by Gubbi 07/30/2004, 4:37am PDT                     Addendum by Gubbi 07/30/2004, 4:41am PDT                     Re: Planescape: Torment by Bill Dungsroman 07/31/2004, 2:44pm PDT                         Yeah, cutscene spells were annoying too. NT by Worm 07/31/2004, 4:04pm PDT                             Re: Yeah, cutscene spells were annoying too. by Debaser 08/01/2004, 4:34pm PDT                                 Planescape question by FABIO 08/01/2004, 9:20pm PDT                                     YES, STUPID FUCKER. ALSO: NORDUM IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON HARD CUBE by Snurf 08/01/2004, 10:05pm PDT                                         I think all my spyware and browser hijacks are spilling over into this site by FABIO 08/02/2004, 2:09am PDT                                     Re: Planescape question by Debaser 08/02/2004, 8:38pm PDT                                         Re: Planescape question by Cog 08/02/2004, 11:46pm PDT                                 Best thing about those Final Fantasy-wannabe spells by curst 08/01/2004, 11:23pm PDT                                     Re: Best thing about those Final Fantasy-wannabe spells by Bill Dungsroman 08/02/2004, 12:47am PDT                                     Re: Best thing about those Final Fantasy-wannabe spells by Debaser 08/02/2004, 8:41pm PDT     More positive thinking! by curst 07/29/2004, 5:40pm PDT         Re: More positive thinking! by FABIO 07/29/2004, 9:24pm PDT             You're full of ass! by ROFL-MEISTER 07/29/2004, 10:02pm PDT                 Except for the jump-puzzles. NT by Mischief Maker 07/29/2004, 11:53pm PDT     Re: FABIO's forum arrogance article by Mischief Maker 07/29/2004, 11:54pm PDT         Re: FABIO's forum arrogance article by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/30/2004, 3:11pm PDT             FS2 by Mischief Maker 07/31/2004, 5:05pm PDT                 Re: FS2 by Bill Dungsroman 08/01/2004, 8:51pm PDT                     Re: FS2 by Mischief Maker 08/02/2004, 5:24pm PDT                         Not me, MM. by Bill Dungsroman 08/04/2004, 7:54pm PDT                             Well aware of that by Mischief Maker 08/05/2004, 12:37am PDT                                 Re: Well aware of that by Zseni 08/05/2004, 11:09am PDT                                     Re: Well aware of that by THE GUY WHO MAKES JOKES ABOUT STUFF 08/05/2004, 12:22pm PDT                                     Re: Well aware of that by Mischief Maker 08/05/2004, 1:21pm PDT                                         Re: Well aware of that by Zseni 08/05/2004, 2:03pm PDT                                             Re: Well aware of that by Mischief Maker 08/05/2004, 10:42pm PDT                                                 Re: Well aware of that by I need clarification 08/05/2004, 11:43pm PDT