"International" means "national" in the US. They assume that anything that applies to them, applies to everyone else, and if it doesn't, it doesn't for a reason that doesn't concern them, being as they are clearly foreigners and are just being different for the sake of being different.
Baldur's Gate reminds me of Diablo, which bored me away from the entire genre.
If you haven't played Baldur's Gate you should know that there are a number of differences between Baldur's Gate and Diablo. They really aren't even in the same genre.
Diablo is very similar to the Rogue-like games. You get the same random map generation and monster respawning. There is an unlimited amount of experience and gold to be collected. This makes it very easy for those whose only goal is the get the levels upon levels, and extra animations. The plot feel like an afterthought for the most part. It really should be categorized as an arcade game.
Baldur's Gate is not an arcade game. They have actual writer's who compose the plots for Baldur's Gate which are interesting and varied. The gameplay is centered around these plots, and as such there aren't wave after wave of undead to be blasted. Once you have visited a place and cleared out the nasties, they are gone when you return. This puts a limit on the experience and gold to be collected with the same tactics.
One is presented with a wide variety of choices in party members, all of whom have quite detailed backgrounds, and personalized plotlines. They interact with the world based on those backgrounds.
Baldur's Gate is an RPG and nothing like Diablo except on a superficial level.
Even on the superficial level, Baldur's Gate looks much better than Diablo. Every area is hand drawn as a whole. Diablo uses the repetitive tile approach and gets pretty boring fast.
The lost tax revenue concept really pisses me off. The money that isn't spent on software isn't being thrown away is it? That money is being spent on other things, and probably (gasp) creating other jobs.
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Are you proposing that there are languages that could be considered not to be shitty?
"International" means "national" in the US. They assume that anything that applies to them, applies to everyone else, and if it doesn't, it doesn't for a reason that doesn't concern them, being as they are clearly foreigners and are just being different for the sake of being different.
If you haven't played Baldur's Gate you should know that there are a number of differences between Baldur's Gate and Diablo. They really aren't even in the same genre.
Diablo is very similar to the Rogue-like games. You get the same random map generation and monster respawning. There is an unlimited amount of experience and gold to be collected. This makes it very easy for those whose only goal is the get the levels upon levels, and extra animations. The plot feel like an afterthought for the most part. It really should be categorized as an arcade game.
Baldur's Gate is not an arcade game. They have actual writer's who compose the plots for Baldur's Gate which are interesting and varied. The gameplay is centered around these plots, and as such there aren't wave after wave of undead to be blasted. Once you have visited a place and cleared out the nasties, they are gone when you return. This puts a limit on the experience and gold to be collected with the same tactics.
One is presented with a wide variety of choices in party members, all of whom have quite detailed backgrounds, and personalized plotlines. They interact with the world based on those backgrounds.
Baldur's Gate is an RPG and nothing like Diablo except on a superficial level.
Even on the superficial level, Baldur's Gate looks much better than Diablo. Every area is hand drawn as a whole. Diablo uses the repetitive tile approach and gets pretty boring fast.
The lost tax revenue concept really pisses me off. The money that isn't spent on software isn't being thrown away is it? That money is being spent on other things, and probably (gasp) creating other jobs.