cogadh: I'm not necessarily a fan of the crazy homophobe's work in general, but his work on this game was fantastic.

captfitz: okay, first of all, HOLY F*** YES PSYCHONAUTS
He's a crazy homophobe? But what about that scene where Ender naked wrestles some dude in the shower?

PoSSeSSeDCoW: He essentially said that the people of the United States should revolt because the government is too friendly to gay people. I'll try to find the quote.

Nalin: They do seem lifeless, huh. Anyways, it is very action packed, with lots of enemies jumping around at you. In the game, you can wield a weapon in your left and right hand. The left mouse button fires the left hand weapon, and the right mouse button fires the right hand weapon. Targeting is done via the mouse wheel. You scroll it to switch between the enemies on view. You can also manually, but you will be jumping around and dodging so often that it is easier to just swap targets with a quick flick of the wheel.
The fun part is when you get your powers. Powers can be equipped to your hand just like your weapon. Your powers can also unlock a second ability that you can choose between. Your speed power can unlock a time slowdown. Your shield power can unlock a personal shield bubble. You can move a single enemy around with your levitate ability, or lift up multiple enemies and toss them to the side. And more for your other powers.
The game really makes you feel like a powerful demi-god, but you are still very vulnerable to attack. The later game is all about using your abilities to annihilate hoards of enemies will minimizing the damage you take.
A flaw that most people originally touched upon when the game was released is the fact that your powers level up by using them. This is fine in and of itself, but all you need to do is spend a little while spamming your powers into a wall to have them reach max level.
Anyways, it is one of my favorite games, so I would recommend you pick it up. The only thing you have to worry about is the steep-ish system requirements. I remember it chugging a bit on my GeForce 6600 back in the day. Even today, maxing it out chugs my 8800 GTX a bit.

cogadh: That's just what was in the Wiki article on him, I couldn't find the exact quote that PoSSeSSeDCoW referenced.

cogadh: Here's a sampling of his "work" as it relates to gay marriage an homosexuality in general:
"The first and greatest threat from court decisions in California and Massachusetts, giving legal recognition to 'gay marriage,' is that it marks the end of democracy in America. These judges are making new law without any democratic process; in fact, their decisions are striking down laws enacted by majority vote."
"Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books, not to be indiscriminately enforced against anyone who happens to be caught violating them, but to be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society."
On same sex marriage: "potentially devastating social experiment"
On same sex marriage rights: "Any homosexual man who can persuade a woman to take him as her husband can avail himself of all the rights of husbandhood under the law."
On gay rights activism: "gay activism as a movement is no longer looking for civil rights, which by and large homosexuals already have."
That's just what was in the Wiki article on him, I couldn't find the exact quote that PoSSeSSeDCoW referenced.

Zeewolf: Too bad these are also the only decent PC-games they've released. :-)

cogadh: I wonder if we will see any of Majesco's other... less popular... titles on GOG, like Blow Out or Jaws Unleashed.

chautemoc: The URL for this thread pertains to the Advent Rising release -- I think somebody at GOG was a little excited. ;)

CaptainGyro: Uggh I can't stand Orson Scott Card (as a person, not as a writer. Never have read any of his books)

soulgrindr: PS/ I know it's be against the "good" part, but i have a strange desire to try out Jaws Unleashed as well.. gog needs a "bog" section where they sell bad old games for $1.99 or something...

CaptainGyro: Uggh I can't stand Orson Scott Card (as a person, not as a writer. Never have read any of his books)