[Loneiguana]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

People play for different reasons. While I've played all the TES games (excluding Skyrim, which I recently purchased...) I've always preferred BioWare-style RPGs because, to me, they're like novels in video game form. Cinematic, great scores, moving character moments. It's less about combat mechanics and loot, although they are still a key part of things. It's like being part of something, part of a story. Whereas Bethesda games aren't like that at all. Generally for me it's "tedious time sink" where other folks see gameplay, and I never really feel like I'm a character, the hero, rather just more of a guy sitting at a chair at home trying to raise my avatar's stats by angling my character in a corner of the mage guild basement while I tape my spacebar down to raise an athletic skill while I sleep (I literally did this in Morrowind ). It's a grind.

Different strokes for different folks.

That's the world we live in. It's like 15 million people watching American Idol while 400 thousand watch The Wire. I happen to think The Wire is a far better thing to watch, but I'm in the minority.

I just replayed Baldur's Gate 2 (off of GoG.com) and loved it all over again. Still one of the greatest RPG's you can play. If the encahced edition of BG1 goes up for sale on steam, I am going to pick it up.

/I love Skyrim too