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Hack-n-Slash

Fargo: This week our massive blowout of Champions of Norrath coverage really got me to thinking about that age-old debate: What's more fun? The in-depth storytelling and character development of genuine roleplaying? Or the pure rush of lots of awesome combat with cool items and weapons?

shaithis: Let me just preface my argument by saying outright: I love killin'.

Fargo: You do your parents proud.

shaithis: And hack-n-slash is all about killing, without all that other stuff to get in the way. Like laughable dialogue trees. So normally, for me, it's all about kills-per-second, and even kills per mouseclick. Unless you can describe the gameplay to me as "cutting a swath" through a level, I may get bored.

Fargo: Whenever we play massively multiplayer games together, I can always tell where your character's been because the livestock is dead and the women are crying.

shaithis: BUT, I also like to consider the style of the carnage. Swords? They'll do. But shotguns are widely accepted to be cooler. The original Fallout was right on: little bit of talkin', little bit of boomstick.

Fargo: You've obviously put a lot of thought into this...
and that frightens me.


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