Dungeon Siege II

[WarLocke]

I played roughly 4 minutes. Couldn't stand it, so I went back to Diablo.

Anyone else feel that most games these days are way too "cartoony"? I mean, Diablo's graphics are old as hell, but the mood and atmosphere in the game surpasses most of today's RPGs'. It's so gritty and dirty. Today, most games are all pretty and polished. They just don't evoke any *real* emotion, because it looks like something out of a Hanna Barbera-cartoon.
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What you need to do is either get a hold of Conker's Bad Fur Day (Nintendo 64 I think), or the remake, Conker: Live & Reloaded for the Xbox. I rented the latter and it's a totally awesome acid trip. It's cuter than any Mario game and it's disgusting and offensive as all hell. Unfortunately, the remake has all the cursing bleeped out, so it seems like every fifth word is a honk/twang/bleep.

But the combination of the so-cute-it'll-rot-your-teeth world, with the raunchy humor (for example, I've already hooked up a king bee with a big-boobed sunflower he wanted to... pollinate - and this is after getting the queen bee's hive back because there was noone to protect it after she kicked the king out for adultery) and over-the-top pop culture references (Terminator hay creature thingy omg) results in a game it is impossible not to laugh at/with.

Also, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone is a really kickass and gritty game I picked up for $18. I'm told it plays alot like the Two Towers game, but I wouldn't know.