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enewtabie
06/15/09

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I unlocked the P12 toy yesterday with 75 smashes. Quite the surprise. I'm glad I bought the DLC. It's definitely worth it in my opinion.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
06/15/09

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As good as Big Surf looks, I won't be getting it till my xbox stops fannying about overheating with two red lights and gives me three so I can get it replaced.

Fall, damn you, fall!!!
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
06/15/09

@Gossy... strictly 4 my ninjas: HA! I know nobody cares and chances are nobody will even ever read this, but I have resurrected my 'box from the dead! I opened that sucker up and howvere a metric fuckton of dust off of the heat sink- now it is all good!

On the sqame note, I also moved it into the front room and hooked it up via HDMI, can't believe I didn't do that sooner... sah-weet!!!
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MrBionic
06/15/09

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Man. Now I'm going to HAVE to get this. I wish I had the money :P
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Mearns
06/15/09

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The new cars are worse than nothing
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
06/15/09

@Mearns: And better than everything!
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Ecks
06/15/09

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Big Surf Island is okay, but they should have had more than 10 online challenges - and the actual map size isn't that big. For $12.99, I was hoping for a lot more, considering the original game is $19.99 now!
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
06/15/09

@Ecks: You know, when the game came out it was $60, right? BSI is about the size of 1/4 of paradise city, so it definitely seems appropriate. along with these legendary cars, 8 new buggies and more trophies, and being a large extension to an already excellent game, it wouldnt be wrong to say that $12 is too little of a price. it's overly worth $12. stop being a cheap idiot.
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Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
06/15/09

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I still need to buy this game.... GAWD WHY HAVNT I DONE IT YET!!!!!!!

*runs to shops

DAM THEY ARE CLOSED!

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
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EU_dig
06/15/09

@Ackers rhymes with Crackers: But the internet is never closed, order it, order it!
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Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft
06/15/09

@EU_dig: oh god ye! im stupid - i think its on the ps store where you can download it with the packs that come with it - anyone back me up on this?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
06/15/09

@Ackers rhymes with Crackers: you can't buy it with the packs, but you can buy the game on the PS Store. also, if you did buy it with all the packs, it would cost about $80.
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99-Luft-Balloons
06/15/09

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I don't see what's so bad about DRM!
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Phydeaux
06/15/09

@99-Luft-Balloons: This is why people shouldn't try to get "first!". Because they say stupid shit like this.
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99-Luft-Balloons
06/15/09

@Phydeaux: uhh what are you talking about? EA made this game and they tend to put DRM in their games (Burnout Paradise, Spore, Dead Space, Mass Effect, etc.) I honestly don't see why everyone bashes it and says stupid shit about it. I haven't had any problems with DRM filled games.
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Rampage
06/15/09

@99-Luft-Balloons: What the heck is a DRM?
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99-Luft-Balloons
06/15/09

@Rampage: Data Resource Management...
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(Zombie) Jölan
06/15/09

@99-Luft-Balloons: comment on the article or not at all jackass, this isn't your own private soapbox. TAY is over there ---->
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RyuuzakiBjorn
06/15/09

@99-Luft-Balloons: You fail so bad. Not only do you post off-topic, but also You have no clue what your talking about it's Digital Rights Management.
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Tuxy79.
05/28/09

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Will it be free or will it cost?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@Tuxy79.: What do you think?
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jellyfish
05/28/09

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Downloaded the demo long time ago, tried but didn't find it that interesting, but now this clip makes me want to go out and rent it, yeah, smashing those billboards looks fun :)
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aw3str1k3r
05/28/09

@jellyfish: You can find it for just 20 bucks anyway...
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saulpimpson, kicker of elves
05/28/09

@aw3str1k3r: plus he'd have to buy the dlc to play the island.
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@saulpimpson: $30 for this game is a steal.
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Dralex789
05/28/09

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Id much rather fork out 10 bucks for real content instead of 10 bucks for 3 cars or whatever. looks good.
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Eviltim
05/28/09

@Dralex789: I definitely second that, although I'm guessing that this island is probably going to be closer to the $15 range than $10. Although I could be pleasantly surprised if it is $10, which will make it easier for me to want to get.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Eviltim: I'm banking on it being 1200 points, whatever that is in real money.
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Outkastprince
05/28/09

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I'm too much of a JRPG nerd to ever get into racing cars. Maybe if they level up after epic jumps or save a princess every once in awhile I'd consider a look.
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Komrade Kayce
05/28/09

@Outkastprince:

Its exactly BECAUSE of my jRPG nerd upbringings that gets me into car games. Not burnout... thats just out of a love of high speed and crashing shit.

But things like Gran Turismo and Forza. I wondered for the longest time why I liked them so much... then I figured it out. Its RPG-Cars.

You earn money (exp) to customize and outfit your car with different options (skills) which makes your car stronger and better (leveling up) so you can earn more money (exp) to keep 'leveling' your car, or buy a new one (new character to play around with).

Seriously. Sounds weird, but true.
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Mike Newlad
05/28/09

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Imagine if Burnout's DLC was Liberty City. They wouldn't have to include all the storys and stuff - just the city as a place to use all the cars etc. It would surely make financial sense for company's to reuse their content like this.

Obviously it would be cross promotional advertisment for them. They could then licence Paradise City to Rockstar - it would save a fortune on development costs.
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saulpimpson, kicker of elves
05/28/09

@Mike Newlad: burnout is EA, GTA is take 2.
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Mike Newlad
05/28/09

@saulpimpson: Hence the Cross Promotional advertisement I mentioned.
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AEREC
05/28/09

@Mike Newlad:

You do realize that Burnout and GTA4 run on entirely separate engines right? As well as being made by two separate companies?
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@AEREC: He means remake the whole thing for burnout.

@Mike Newlad: When i play burnout, i love the driving, graphics, physics, and all the controls and everything you can do in it. then when i play GTA4 right after it, GTA4's driving seems extremely lacking in every category in comparison, however, i think the addition of people makes up for it.... I'm sorry to admit it, but it is really fun to hit people with your car in GTA4. If it were implemented into Burnout paradise, I swear i'd play it all the time(like i do). They dont even need to add blood or anything, but if they also added people to cars, so we could have people flying out windows when you crash too hard...it would be the best driving game ever!
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n00b_pwner
05/28/09

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lol Tommy Noob
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LllusionX Mailed the Fission
05/28/09

@n00b_pwner: You pwned him.
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nerdwa
05/28/09

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Aw... I heard him say "after you purchase"
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@nerdwa: I don't think ANYONE thought this was going to be free.
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Hartia
05/28/09

@nerdwa: b4 they said it was free
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Outkastprince
05/28/09

@Hartia: Seriously? We just got burned.
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(Zombie) Jölan
05/28/09

@Outkastprince: it was originally going to be a minor thing, but after all the work and stuff put into it, they decided to sell it, which is fine by me.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

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finally, a reason for other people to get back to playing Burnout again. Although admittedly, I've kind of given it up lately for CoD4.

And... er... Lost Odyssey. (Which I got given because the person hated it, and I remembered why I never bought it after renting it in the first place, but I'm driven to finish at least one JRPG in my entire freaking life-time.)
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Arc-
05/28/09

@MrBionic: if you really want to Finnish a jrpg may i suggest Final Fantasy IV or VI? both have great stories and IV is pretty easily finished.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: I had IV on the DS, but fell into the same trap I always do. I spend too much time looking for the secrets and then get bored to death, and then put it away for too long and then come back to it and can't remember everything and then end up in a boss battle I can't beat and then I get frustrated and never play it again.
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Arc-
05/28/09

@MrBionic: damn.. well then; you might also like IX.. its pretty straight forward and finding secrets isn't too hard and its quite comical so it holds ones attention quite well
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: I did play and love IX, but my PSOne stopped working before I could get any further than a quarter of the way through.

My problem now is, I don't have anything that will play IX, and it's almost impossible to find!
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Arc-: However, I AM going to finish Lost Odyssey. I swear it. I'll somehow find the will to get through the whole "Run a dozen steps, stop for cut-scene, talk to person, stop for memory scene (thank pete you can skip them), run a few steps, fight battle, have a cut-scene" thing.

It's like they almost don't even want you to play the game.
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innuendo
05/28/09

@MrBionic: Maybe you don't like JRPG's because you don't bother to play them? The best part of LO was the memory scenes, absolutely fantastic writing in every one. It really pulls you into the story.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@innuendo: I don't not like them, I find it impossible to finish them. I don't know what part of any of what I said up above said "I don't like these".

As for not bothering to play them, everything I wrote is about how I play them TOO MUCH, in that I have to go everywhere and find anything and it's a compulsion, which eventually causes boredom. Boredom is far from dislike, however, and I have played just about every top-tier JRPG out there. (Except the Vesperia and Star Ocean series).

So yeah, you kind of missed the point there :)

P.S. I go back and read the memories afterwards, but when they come up while I'm playing, it utterly and completely rips me out of the experience.
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Thriceborn
05/28/09

@MrBionic: Same here: I go back and read the memories later. The writting and presentation really is well done. I love the choice of fonts and how the text appears based on the style of the memory. It isn't complex (really good looking powerpoint could do it I guess) but it fits perfectly so I love it.

Must go back and finish:
- Revenant Wings
- Persona 3 FES (the FES expansion itself)
- Persona 4
- Lost Odyssey
- Blue Dragon
...
Last RPG that kept me hooked from start to finish was A Dance with Rogues mod for Neverwinter nights and before that it was FF12.
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MrBionic
05/28/09

@Thriceborn: I put over 400 hours into FFXII and STILL didn't finish it.

Le Giant Sigh.

So... many... hunts... and... pots... and... things.
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