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I meant that, I just didn't type it. They've always been remarkably resilient in my experience as well. #amusement
09:10 AM
Why? I dunno. Just do it. #amusement
09:07 AM
So fucking glad I subscribed (although I'm in contact with the editor in chief from time to time as the servoce leaves a lot to be desired, like late deliveries and little info. Also, the price of subscription that's displayed on the mags website doesn't take VAT into account, which is...puzzling to say the least. All in all though, the mag itself is FANTASTIC, and completely different from what you may have come to expect from "gaming" mags.
AND THERE'S BOOBS IN EVERY ISSUE (stylishly shot, but boobs nonetheless!!)
EDIT: Here's what I'm talking about
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You can interact with everyone you come across and build relationships and even get married! Translation: *Dance. Dance. Thumbs up. Play lute. Show trophy. Flex arm. Puppet show. Dance. Play lute.* Everyone in the entire town now loves you and will follow you incessantly and adore you for the rest of the game. You can also marry anyone you want in town because of your 30 second dance session. Congrats!
You can even have relations with your wife and start a family, coming home from adventuring to spend time with your family! Translation: You go upstairs with your beautiful wife and lay her down, ready for a night of passion. The screen fades to black...
Wife: "Oh, I love a big, bushy bea-"
Random man from town that wandered into your bedroom: "This finger looks very lonely without a ring on it!"
Female shopkeeper, who also is in love with you for your 30 second dance breakdown: "Why don't we get married?"
You: "Uhh...who the hell are you and why are you, my children, 2 guards, and the jewelry shop owner all watching my wife and I have sex?"
You can be good or evil! And aside from which temple is destroyed, the choice won't make one bit of difference and can be reversed at any time! Murder? No problem... just give us a few gold pieces. If you don't have enough gold, we'll accept you going and shooting beetles in a cellar for a couple minutes.
Your appearance is dynamic based on your actions! If you use nearly any food item, you will get fatter! Just like real life, the only way you will ever lose it is by finding and eating the one piece of celery that spawns per produce stand per day!
And many, many, many other things that were annoying, disappointing, or even outright broken. "Legendary" weapons that were generally terrible. Game-breaking and experience-wrecking glitches (Hello, my lifeless, non-moving, statue of a child that will disappear when I try to save you in that one mission.). Boring, unbalanced growth trees. Disappointing, overpriced DLC. Poorly done co-op, etc.
It was just all a giant letdown of mediocrity in what should have been an amazing game. #fableiii
06:58 AM
My god, I'm a genius! No! Think about it.
Igor as a gypsy! Meet him in the velvet cart. Middle age tarot cards. You can fight some unholy cleric using his persona.....to be the Pope.
The Crusades are explained! #fableiii
07:54 AM
08:06 AM
It's a good game and all, but it should have been a great game. Disappointment is, unfortunately, the most accurate descriptor for it.
09:24 AM
I never had any glitch problems, and the weapons never bothered me. Aside from that, you are correct. A fun game that doesn't live up to what it could--really should--have been. #fableiii
10:36 AM
The growth trees and combat were my biggest issues. There comes a point in the game where you max out your abilities far too early and at that point combat is also far too easy. Once you become that powerful you are literally left with what amounts to little more than running around the world map. #fableiii
04:26 PM
As for the glitches, I ran into quite a few, and most of them were just really annoying, rather than fully game-breaking like the abbey one or the ones (due to the game's mishandling of quests from guards or the bard singing while running through towns) that left players unable to run, interact, or even access the menu to teleport elsewhere.
The biggest glitch I ran across were two glitches related to my kids. The first of them caused my child to just become a statue pretty much. My kid just stood out in the front yard, unmoving and silent, no matter what. The second was when you're given the Hobbe's Cave quest to save them. My kid didn't follow me out of the cave when we got to the exit. I tried to go back in, but it said if I did, the quest would be exited. Since my kid wasn't with me, walking to my wife wouldn't complete the quest. I couldn't leave the area or do anything without exiting and failing the quest, so I had to. My child died from it. Then I fell through the ground while walking to the next area and had to hard reset my Xbox. #fableiii
04:43 PM
03:39 AM
Still haven't finished Fable 2 for that matter. #fableiii
04:02 AM
How could you not finish Fable 2... it was a nice short story... if you couldn't finish a short story how can you possibly finish any game at all. #fableiii
04:08 AM
And I won't get excited yet for the game, sure I enjoyed Fable 2 but concept art changes and ideas change. So I'll wait till we get to see more stuff before I blow a load. #fableiii
05:06 AM
@Fyro: way to be judgemental. It wasn't enjoyable around the arena bit. I just couldn't be bothered after that. I mean I complete games long or short if they interest me, if not they just lie there months after. Last year Mirror's Edge, LBP, Resistance 2, GoW2, PoP, Eternal Sonata (PS3) took my time really. This year Brutal Legend looks like something I'll finish at some point slowly besides having got platinum on both Uncharted and Borderlands, about 50% in Tekken 6, and 10 hours into Dragon Age. We all complete games we like, but to those who collect like me, we buy games more than finish them - I'm sure there's plenty above the 25+ age group who do that. #fableiii
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It depends on the season, during summer I go on holiday for a month or two - just in time to be back for Cannes, won't really be gaming as much enjoying the scene.
During winter I'm not very sociable because well there's not much to do if I'm not at work or there's no real event.
As for Dragon Age, a friend got a copy Sunday (he's more busy with deskwork, so we swapped copies - will give him mine which arrived yesterday), so been playing that on the laptop during the long waits in the rain, believe me when it's raining unless they tell you go home you're just gonna wait and do whatever after 30 minutes. #fableiii
10:10 AM
I don't the guys thinking I play too much realize that you can easily get platinum in these games with minimal effort. I put more effort into MegaDrive games than these. I wouldn't even say I'm great at gaming, just I play what I like, finish them to the max and the rest sit collecting dust. #fableiii
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03:34 AM
1: Does it work with Quad Damage?
2: Will it float?
3: Will it blend?.
Also, I want to see what happens when they shoot just a cart, or the original DS through a wall, I've heard those buggers can be quite resilient (both).
04:35 AM
06:43 AM
Yeah those things are tough. I tried to disassemble mine a while ago, got annoyed at the Nintendo screws and took a hammer to try and break it open (I avoided the screen though). The damage was merely cosmetic and the thing still works. #amusement
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09:55 AM
I dropped my DS Phat on carpet and it snapped.
In comparisent I was once riding my bmx with my gamecube in my bag (used to take it to a friends house for PSO nights) and I didnt know my bag was undone, it fell out and landed on concrete, while I was going pretty damn fast, it scratched, sure, but it worked like a dream. #amusement
11:03 AM
*I had to MacGyver new battery contacts using a twist-tie after I left some batteries in there and the contacts rusted, but that was my fault, so it doesn't count. #amusement
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