Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: The Escapist is still horrible.

[quote name="Worm"]<a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_244/7258-The-Last-Masquerade">http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_244/7258-The-Last-Masquerade</a> [quote]It was possible, for example, to complete much of the game using only its dialogue options, and the characters actually had interesting and unique personalities rather than just serving as ciphers that handed out quests.[/quote] [quote]Worst of all, some fights were unavoidable, which was frustrating if you had focused on social interaction; and the game's last act eschewed the social side entirely, instead focusing solely on fighting.[/quote] I was going to point that this first statement was kind of disingenuous, but then he went ahead and did it. I can only imagine his pacifist vampire he had worked out in his head. The rest of it is basically impressions anyone could get from playing the game for a few seconds, and he sums it up with informing us that they just needed a little more time but probably shouldn't have used the source engine, STUNNING INSIGHT. Too bad Troika couldn't use their Diplomacy skill to MAKE A MASTERPIECE.[/quote]