I was watching this video today (sorry it is in French only)
http://www.jeuxvideo.com/reportages...est-devenue-la-french-touch-00115430.htm

It is about the "French touch" in video games and the specificity of French developers...
We got answers like "we always try to innovate and do not re-use what we previously made"(euh I will not nammed the upcomming watch dogs which is quite similar to Assassin's Creed... both producted by Ubi) or "we have a special point of view in the narration" (hrum)


Later, I taunted (nicely) a Belgium friend about belgium habits, but here is my question to Larian :

What is the Belgium touch in video games?!

I think humor.

Achel Brune and Boterhammen. Gets the creative juices flowing.

BOTERHAMMEN.

Also, Belgian*

Stutten met choco!

I think Rod means "Stuuten"

I meant neither of those non existant words.

Drinking our unparalleled variety of godly beers while writing. But that's just me.

So what is your favorite for the moment.
Curently I'm very fond of Malheur 10 and Hopus.

triple karmeliet always!

Karmeliet, yeah that is a real girl beer ;p j/k (just say that because my GF loves that to, while she normally doesn't relly drink beer)

Funny you should mention Hopus. It's a current favourite of mine!

Well, seems you have got an excellent taste for beer And Hopus is almost allways on stock at the Colruyt, since it seems not many people actually know it well

so have you written your "it's going to be awsome" in to the game yet?

Not yet, no!
Maybe I'll give Bellegar the honour...

Nah, let them make some nice theater in a abbandoned city or a amphitheatre somewhere in the woods (Dark Forest). There you can put a wicked pipesmoking maniacal scriptwriter, who is totally living in his head shouting the legendary words from time to time. :p

hehe the hermit again ^^

Tongerlo Prior and t-t-t triple Karmeliet are some of my household beers.

It's great to be a Belgian. So many good beers, so much to choose from.

And every beer festival I attend there is always something new to taste.

But some of my favorites: Malheur 10, Rochefort 10, Orval, West-Vleteren 12, Hommelbier and Piraat.

It is a shame Orval is so hard to comeby these day's.

If you can't get West-Vleteren, just buy St. Bernardus Abt 12. Its made with the same recepy as Westfletern. West-Fleteren has been brewed in the Sint-Bernardus brewery untill the "trappisten-label" decided you can only call a beer a trappist if it's really brewed within the wals of a abby.

I guess, we should be talking about beer in the chat section of the forum.

so it seems that beers are the Belgium touch, Larian you should make a great thing around beers in D:OS (like quest about how to make the best beer ever or a beerland or beer festival^^)

The fact that Divine Divinity had a great variety of beverages always made me happy. The Inns in DD (especially the one in Verdistis) were so cool.

Also, less wine more beer in game. Plebs can't buy fancy wine I say!

I think what everyone means, is that La Chouffe is actually the best beer.

way to spin a whole conversation your way bravo :

in fact not that much, I guess now everyone understood that the most important thing for belgium is BEER !!

and don't fotget chocolate.

And no "La Chouffe" most definitely in NOT the best beer.

Not bad, but certainly not best. Just a regular good Belgian beer.

Tonight, I Hopus!

Most likely not tonight, I have some 3D-Archviz modelling work to do. :p but maybe as a nightcap.