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10/16/09
But, the hardened bitter relentlessly "let-down" part of me who has flushed hundreds of dollars down the toilet looking for something even mildly entertaining in this genre is saying "they're going to take even the most fundamental things that make this genre fun and completely suck the soul from them in an attempt to cash in somehow on wow's success, as unlikely as that sounds, they'll figure out how to do it."
Time will tell. #apb
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10/16/09
It might be. But not as against the NDA as sending screenshots to Kotaku.
10/16/09
Hated for life :)
But seriously, niicccccccceeeeeeee! #apb
10/16/09
You could always, you know, read the NDA and see if it's against the rules.
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10/16/09
Actually, I don't remember if I registered for it, so I'm not really surprised ... I just thought I'd release a little anger. I am quite interested in hearing what people think about it, though.
10/16/09
I just looked at the form now and I'm pretty sure I never filled it out before. But I looked at my empty inbox with contempt first as well. #apb
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10/16/09
Unlike most people who applied and were just hoping for a chance to play it early for free, I was hoping to help figure out any of the problems that may be there, but ah well. Hopefully there'll be at least some people who got in that actually know what it means to be a beta tester and will be useful. #apb
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I might give it a shot.
10/01/09
Sort of like waterboarding, but with more talking and less gargling.
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10/01/09
Yes, this nascent species of gamer is one who rolls from one beta to the next. However, they never seem to find enough time to actually play retail releases. Certainly not when they spend almost every waking hour searching through the internets for the trails of upcoming betas and learning the methods of their entrance. One they set their site on one, the hunt is on.
Whether it be creating accounts at websites; inflating their qualifications in the application questionnaires; keeping a keen eye on their email for entrance notification; signing up for paid services; pre-ordering at specific retailers; buying a game they don't want that includes beta access for another game; or the classic...carpet bombing registrations with numerous entries, these gamers will stop at nothing in their pursuit of their prey.
The beta gamer is a rare but loud breed. You can find them on any board or blog boasting of entrance into their latest conquest. But don't actually look for them in the final release of a game. The beta gamer long moved on to other pursuits.
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@DarkGildon: Admiral Ozzel would like to give you a little bit of advice on that...
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I have my fingers crossed on this one!
10/01/09
09/18/09
IE: gaining territories, setting up criminal front-end businesses/ police stations, recruiting members/officiers, gathering resources (cars, money, drugs, respect, media awareness...).
Right now it looks just fine and fun, but it needs more for you to keep on coming back like a WOW. a multiplayer GTA isn't all that compelling. a MMO GTA is. i'm not sure if they've said what exactly you'll be doing in this game besides the driving, shooting and running.
because, honestly, every game has that. what else you got,APB?
at this point, I'm more interested in The Secret World.
09/18/09
I may have completely misunderstood that, but it sure sounds better than nothing but deathmatch as the video seems to suggest.
On a separate note; this is one game that I think would do well as a cross-platform title. Nothing fancy going on, the city looks simplistic, and GTA-style games work great on all platforms.
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There is no substance in this video!
09/18/09