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Lets see you strafe with a bunch of metal armor on, Crim :P

Anyways, my thoughts on the video are that the graphics look mediocre at best but I can do with not so hot graphics as long as the gameplay is there. The combat looks like it'll be pretty fun.

You would see me do just that. I used to run 10 miles with boots and combat utilities on, wearing a 40-60 pound pack when in the STA Platoon (aka Scout/Sniper platoon) in the USMC. Pretty sure I could strafe with 20-30 pounds of metal armor on. Besides that, some of those people in combat weren't wearing metal armor.

Eh they look like they strafe a pretty decent speed to me. At least fairly realistic.

Edit: Plus I'm pretty sure metal armor weighs more than 20-30 lbs. Wikipedia says 45 and one site I found that sells that kinda stuff said 80.

Depends on what the armor is made of, what kind of armor it is, and regardless of weight; if it's displaced around the body well enough, some of the weight can be negated.

For instance, I learned that there's a huge difference between letting the pack rest on your lower back and hips vs riding higher on your back - especially when tracking through the field in 80-100 pounds of gear; 6 canteens of water, 6 MRE's, a Prc 77 radio plus crypto gear, maps, yada yada.

You know, they should implement that in games; if you are stronger, you can strafe with heavier loads at a faster rate than someone who is weaker. I think that would be cool.

Think that was UO. Other games simply don't let you carry any more than a certain amount. NWN2 slows you down too based on how overloaded you are, per strength requirement. Probably some of the most interesting and realistic character-based game mechanics still happen in good AD&D games.

I think that it's kinda funny that most gamers like games like WoW, and that's why they're successful. Then on the other hand, you have us; we bitch just as much as the carebears did when games were hard, except we're all like "Make life suck!" while they were like "It's a game, make it 'fun'!"

You're right, but it's not because I want it to be harder, really. I want a game that makes me feel like I'm in Real Life to most extents, except that I'm able to lop people's heads off, raid, pillage, and be named a conqueror for it. If that was possible in RL in this day and age, I'd be all over it like flies on shit. However, that age has long been dead...so I look for it in games to give me a sense of "belonging."

*Makes note* Don't be Crim's neighbor incase he sleep walks over to my house and thinks he's Conan still.

*Makes 2nd note* If I do end up as his neighbor, dont allow him to play MMO's just before bed.