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08/10/09
I think my next run through of that game, I am going to play as a female. I mean, might as well, if I am going to be staring at the back side for so long.. plus I didn't know that you could make them so hot.
Although.. I need to first be pulled away from Fallout3 and Halo3. That's the only thing about a great game(s).. I haven't devoted this much time to a game(s) probably since Front Mission 3 for the ps.
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I maxed out Strength, and my character (I played a female character, sue me) ended up looking like a steroid-infested mutant with a giant head and muscles the size of wild boars. She was so repulsive to look at (especially after the spire, when your character gets put in stupid-looking armor and has their head shaved) that I was forced to downgrade my strength to level 2.
I maxed out Will, and my character glowed so much she looked like a human lava lamp, and I'm pretty sure it actually scared people away just being NEAR her. So I downgraded my magic, too.
I maxed out Skill, and nothing really happened. I think she got taller or something, but it wasn't major. It ended up being that I had to focus entirely on firearms for the second half of the game, because my character was too weak physically and magically to be of any use in those schools.
Either way, they should've made your character's design a legitimate CUSTOMIZATION, instead of a PUNISHMENT for wanting to have a character who can actually survive endgame combat.
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And besides, the choice in play here is "have a character that doesn't look like a braindead mutant, or be able to beat the game". Not a really fair choice, in my opinion. :[
08/10/09
Which makes me wonder how they can tribue to character customization when Fable 2 barely had any.
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So true!
I still remember how I give up Elder Scrolls Oblivion with its 3 pages worth of customization sliders, none do anything more than letting you fine-tune how hideous you look.
08/10/09
White Knight Chronicles lets you get at least CLOSE to having a character who doesn't look like an in-bred freak of nature, so I can give their character creation system some props for that.
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Oh, and nickel and dimes you to death on DLC.
08/19/09
However, there's something else to be said for popcorn muscles that don't do anything.
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I need to go back and play Fable... bought it and put it aside after the first night.
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Touche my good man!
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As for map packs: I've only bought those for both Rainbow Six: Vegas titles, but I can easily justify those by the price per hour. Spending $10-$15 on content that gets played dozens of hours makes the price per hour quite cheap.
I try not to buy games right as they're released unless they have co-op or multiplayer that my buddies and I want to play. Trading games in is a hassle since I'd have to drive to the city and get hardly anything for my games, and renting games is completely impossible over here (in Holland) and that has made me a cautious buyer, so I only buy what I know I'll like or is worth the cost, and even then I shop around and often buy in the UK where prices are frequently better.
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That is the shirt that is already available in the preview program. The writer of the article chose to use that shirt not Lionhead.
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Other than that, yeah, future games will probably contain stuff that gets unlocked.
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Come on MS, get your act on.
08/04/09
The Monkey Island clothing is themed much like Star Trek or Infamous in Home
08/04/09
Yes, even though MS is new to this (somewhat of a stretch) but it is pretty unacceptable if there are exact chun li, chris and sheva costumes available in HOME.
This gives me a thought: Will timed avatar costume exclusives be MS's next venture?
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Personally I reckon you should get clothing thrown in with games. It'd at least encourage you to visit Home, or do whatever you do with your 360 avatar (what do you do apart from make it dizzy)
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If it is possible, great. One example is Capcom's SF4; you get a shirt depending on how much you've played the game/finished the trials. Granted, these are just shirts with the SF logo/Kanji splashed on them, not a costume akin to an ingame character.
Another way to make people go in HOME is by providing statues/miniatures/furniture available by completing certain parts of the game, like Capcom's RE5 where you get dolls of the game's characters after you complete a certain difficulty.
Admittedly, after getting both of these unlockables from the games, I did go into HOME just to look at the shirts/figures. Im pretty sure other people did as well.
Game specific lobbies arent to shabby either.
08/04/09
Now if you could go into a game lobby in home to meet your mates and play the actual game from there it may be useful but it would have to be really seamless and FAST otherwise I'll stick with XBL Parties...which also allow cross-game...hmm, actually, screw HOME!!! :-)
MS Avatars may be pointless but at least they're always around.
08/04/09
except the difference is that the only people who can see Cole's outfit are the same people who are wandering bored around Home after sitting through the 5 minutes it takes to start it.
At least with the MS version you can see what another player is wearing all the time, just by quickly browsing through your friends list and in every avatar supported game or activity.
What they both have in common is that it's still idiotic to pay real money for virtual clothes.
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So I can walk around like a billboard promoting what ever brand of clothing I prefer which has the company name/logo plastered all over the front, making it okay for them to overcharge on an otherwise pretty cheap piece of clothing?
Awesome.
Just like real life.
08/04/09
I can see the potential for unlockable gear and I could be induced to buy certain items for my avatar if they're really unique and well-implemented, but the cheezy Steampunk and Recessionista gear is just lame.
Off topic side note on the preview: Netflix playback is vastly improved and rating games is a great idea. Can't wait for games on demand.