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    Image of Malice Blackhart Malice Blackhart
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    And with that, I went and bought The World Ends With You. Kotaku, thanks for the heads up. I was just drooling over this yesterday and was like "Damn it! I dont have 22 for this game and shipping!"

    You've made my weekend. The game arrives on Saturday!
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    Image of Zak Strassberg Zak Strassberg
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    I'm not gonna be able to play L4D2 until mid-January or so. Should I pick it up for $30 now or do you think I'll be able to get it cheaper after the holidays?
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    Torusan approved this comment Zak Strassberg was starred Zak Strassberg was unstarred
    Image of Torusan Torusan
    12/16/09

    @Zak Strassberg: L4D1 still runs for $30 unless you wait for Steam deals, so I think that's as cheap as L4D2 will get. As for the 360 version, you might see it drop to $35. But remember this is a sale, not a price drop.
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    Torusan was starred Torusan was unstarred
    Image of Zak Strassberg Zak Strassberg
    12/16/09

    @Torusan: I think I'll chance it for a price drop after the holidays and if I have to spend an extra few bucks it's OK (also, I'm getting the PC version).
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    Zak Strassberg was starred Zak Strassberg was unstarred
    Image of bakagaijin bakagaijin
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    Just picked up TWEWY. $9.78, no tax, free shipping? Sold.

    It's been a good few days for DS games. Just picked up Zelda Spirit Tracks for $25 at Target, and now this. Gotta love the holidays.
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    bakagaijin was starred bakagaijin was unstarred
    Image of Pretty Sneaky Sis Pretty Sneaky Sis
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    GOD YES. Buying FFIV right now.

    ...But now I have to buy another $15 worth of stuff to get super saver shipping... Crafty, Amazon.
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    Image of Cptn.Rhodes Cptn.Rhodes
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    a lot of love for The World Ends With You here. Almost makes me want to look into it more, but haven't been a die-hard RPG fan in a long time.
    L4D2 has been selling for $40 a lot of places. Walmart, Best Buy, and Target have all had it on sale for that price at different times.
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    Image of corpocracy corpocracy
    12/16/09

    @Cptn.Rhodes: That's what's cool about TWEWY. It's a very different RPG than most. The combat is very twitchy and schizophrenic. And it has a lot of re-playability and it's even more fun to play if you know others who have it. I was unsure about it when I first bought it (because I felt the same way you did) but I ended up loving it. I was satisfied when I paid thirty some dollars, so for ten bucks, I say you can't lose.
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    excel_excel promoted this comment corpocracy was starred corpocracy was unstarred
    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    For the love of all good things holy if you don't have The Worlds Ends With You BUY IT NOW
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    excel_excel was starred excel_excel was unstarred
    Image of beep beep
    12/16/09

    @excel_excel: i must be the only person who bought it and thought it was kinda stupid :(
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    excel_excel promoted this comment beep was starred beep was unstarred
    Image of Sugoi Sugoi
    12/16/09

    @excel_excel: Love the game, hate the controls.

    Still, anything so creative is very hard to hold a grudge against. ^_^
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    excel_excel promoted this comment Sugoi was starred Sugoi was unstarred
    Image of WhiteSkyRising WhiteSkyRising
    12/16/09

    @excel_excel: I'll buy it for my brother for Christmas sir.

    A way to buy a present for someone else but really buying it for myself!
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    excel_excel promoted this comment WhiteSkyRising was starred WhiteSkyRising was unstarred
    Image of FearfulInsomniac FearfulInsomniac
    12/16/09

    @excel_excel: Still don't care for the crappy English name. It's A Wonderful World just makes so much more effing sense in the end than The World Ends With You.

    Kind of not feeling like picking up my own copy though. Not in one of those "Let's replay!" moods. Of course, I'd already have my own copy if the damn stores around here ever stocked the damn game. Oh well. I'll probably pick it up back at the high price of $20. XD
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    excel_excel promoted this comment FearfulInsomniac was starred FearfulInsomniac was unstarred
    Image of LiQuid! LiQuid!
    12/16/09

    @excel_excel: I wouldn't even wipe my ass with something masterminded by Tetsuya Nomura. All copies of this game belong in a landfill.
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    LiQuid! was starred LiQuid! was unstarred
    Image of ekap ekap
    12/16/09

    @LiQuid!: Woh man, don't knock it till you try it. The storyline and combat mechanics are really fantastic
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    LiQuid! promoted this comment ekap was starred ekap was unstarred
    Image of LiQuid! LiQuid!
    12/16/09

    @ekap: I never said I didn't play it. I did. I borrowed from one of my friends with no taste in games. I played it for like an hour and then threw it away. He got all pissy when I refused to compensate him for his "loss," even though I did him a huge favor. I guess I'm gonna have to find a new friend to borrow Final Fantasy 13 from... I'm running out of friends with poor taste. :(
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    LiQuid! was starred LiQuid! was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Wyatt Andrew Wyatt
    12/16/09

    @ekap: Indeed, there were a ton of interesting things to that game. Changing difficulty on the fly, changing your effing level on the fly, on in the sake of getting better drops. The fashion thing isn't really as deep as it looks, though, but the controls are really quite fun and challenging. However, for the untrained, it's like patting your head and rubbing your stomach.
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    Andrew Wyatt was starred Andrew Wyatt was unstarred
    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    12/16/09

    @LiQuid!: eh WHAT.
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    excel_excel was starred excel_excel was unstarred
    Image of jjohns17006 jjohns17006
    12/16/09

    @LiQuid!: You borrowed a friend's game, and then threw it away without his permission? And then call him "pissy" for him wanting compensation from YOU destroying one of his personal belongings?

    How on earth did someone like you get a star on this site?
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    LiQuid! promoted this comment jjohns17006 was starred jjohns17006 was unstarred
    Image of LiQuid! LiQuid!
    12/16/09

    @jjohns17006: Because believe it or not, there are thousands and thousands of games out there in existence that don't suck, and I actually LIKE some of them, discuss them intelligently, and usually with kick ass punctuation to boot! Crazy business!

    And yeah, people should know better than to lend me games that suck. I'm unforgiving.
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    LiQuid! was starred LiQuid! was unstarred
    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    That 10 bucks is the right price for FFIV. Just bought! Thanks Kotaku!
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    SuperSonik was starred SuperSonik was unstarred
    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    Ten bucks for the best original handheld RPG of this generation?

    There's no reason for anybody to not own The World Ends With You. None.
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    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was starred mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was unstarred
    Image of eclipsegryph eclipsegryph
    12/16/09

    @mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Yeah, I'm going to have to agre with infamyRISE here. I bought the game and just... couldn't get into it. I appreciated it, and I think it was well done, I just didn't like playing it.

    My wife, on the other hand, ended up loving it. Different strokes, I suppose.
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    eclipsegryph was starred eclipsegryph was unstarred
    Image of kyosen kyosen
    12/16/09

    @eclipsegryph: Yeah I thought I'd like it but just couldn't get behind it. Think the combat just wasn't fun to me.
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    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta promoted this comment kyosen was starred kyosen was unstarred
    Image of mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
    12/16/09

    @kyosen: On the other hand, I thought it'd be silly and pretentious and it actually turned out to be the best game I've played on the DS since Mario Kart.

    Most people who didn't like it didn't play far enough through the game to have a vested interest in continuing. They quit because they don't like the combat, or the story doesn't seem to be going anywhere, or the visual style is bizarre.

    Oh well.
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    mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was starred mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta was unstarred
    Image of kyosen kyosen
    12/16/09

    @mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: The visual style and story were superb, not to mention the music. I wanted to like it, just found that I rarely wanted to play it when I had it.
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    kyosen was starred kyosen was unstarred
    Image of Sarre Sarre
    12/16/09

    In reply to Left 4 Dead 2, DS Games Go Cheap At Amazon
    world ends with you is one seriously great game, at $10 its a steal
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    Friedhamster promoted this comment Sarre was starred Sarre was unstarred
    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    12/16/09

    @Sarre: No kidding. That game is worth the $30+ it released at.
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    Friedhamster was starred Friedhamster was unstarred
    Image of holidays! cat holidays! cat
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    Here is hoping that this marks better DLC support for L4D2 than L4D got. I'd still be bitter about it if I had paid full price for L4D.
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    holidays! cat was starred holidays! cat was unstarred
    Image of Mox FcCloud Mox FcCloud
    12/14/09

    @holidays! cat: I actually paid full price, twice, still not bitter about it. I loved l4d on 360, and more so on PC. Though I skipped l4d2 on 360, I'm tired of paying for dlc.
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    holidays! cat promoted this comment Mox FcCloud was starred Mox FcCloud was unstarred
    Image of shibbybypass shibbybypass
    12/14/09

    @holidays! cat: I paid full price on the first one and waited a whole month for the second one to drop. I got the second one for $29.99 at gamestop on PC and I think I got a heck of a deal.
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    holidays! cat promoted this comment shibbybypass was starred shibbybypass was unstarred
    Image of holidays! cat holidays! cat
    12/14/09

    @shibbybypass: I waited for a Steam sale for both titles. It has kept me happy thus far!
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    holidays! cat was starred holidays! cat was unstarred
    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    So I buy one and get close to nothing and 2 gets this so soon?

    Bullshit, I still refuse to buy this.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was starred D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was unstarred
    Image of breadtruck breadtruck
    12/14/09

    @D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: Chip away at Valve's mighty foundation with your spoon.

    Who knows, you may single-handedly topple the company with your boycott.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! promoted this comment breadtruck was starred breadtruck was unstarred
    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    12/14/09

    @breadtruck: I like how people react to me like I'm butthurt simply because they all got butthurt by me saying I won't buy a game.

    I think it's bullshit they basically lied about Left 4 Dead and abandoned it, quickly making 2 what one should of been. If you all like to pay money to get treated like shit, go ahead, not my prerogative.

    That being said, do I hate Valve? No, I find it hard to even dislike them, giving how much I like Steam and TF2. Regardless though, may the company by Valve or Activision, when bullshit is done, I will take it for what it is, and not what company made it.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was starred D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was unstarred
    Image of †Wracken† †Wracken†
    12/14/09

    @D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: Didn't l4d1 get crash course as a DLC content?
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! promoted this comment †Wracken† was starred †Wracken† was unstarred
    Image of idlevagabond idlevagabond
    12/14/09

    @D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: When I bought L4d what I got was a great game. You didn't? seriously l4d2 is awesome and feels like a more complete game. that said l4d was amazing.

    So more equals better. You don't have to buy it, and no one really cares.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! promoted this comment idlevagabond was starred idlevagabond was unstarred
    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    12/15/09

    @†Wracken†: Crash course was a joke.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was starred D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was unstarred
    Image of D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    12/15/09

    @idlevagabond: If you didn't care, you wouldn't of made that comment.
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    D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was starred D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! was unstarred
    Image of idlevagabond idlevagabond
    12/16/09

    @D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!: internet fight! seriously though I will stop feeding you.
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    idlevagabond was starred idlevagabond was unstarred
    Image of Dangsterr Dangsterr
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    Free on the pc, 800 points on the 360
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    d_r_e promoted this comment Dangsterr was starred Dangsterr was unstarred
    Image of DirtyColossus DirtyColossus
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    I don't really care for 4+4 coop. Because at that point would it only be for one campaign out of the 6? That would be pretty stupid.
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    DirtyColossus was starred DirtyColossus was unstarred
    Image of Xerran Xerran
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    Valve should make L4D2 cross platform. Xbox 360 and PC gamers playing co-op together would be awesome and expand the community.
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    Xerran was starred Xerran was unstarred
    Image of ashlar ashlar
    12/14/09

    @Xerran: the logistics of that make my brain hurt
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment ashlar was starred ashlar was unstarred
    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    12/14/09

    @ashlar: Not only that, but it'd be completely unfair.

    I remember reading that it was tested before (it may have been Halo or Halo 2), and the Xbox players were at a huge disadvantage to anyone who was even halfway decent with a keyboard and mouse.
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    spiderweb1986 was starred spiderweb1986 was unstarred
    Image of Xerran Xerran
    12/14/09

    @ashlar: They already did it with ShadowRun and Lost Planet so why not?
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    Xerran was starred Xerran was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    12/14/09

    @Xerran: For the reasons that spiderweb1986 stated. As much as people might like to believe otherwise, keyboard+mouse simply offers too great an advantage over someone using a controller in FPS games.
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    Edited by -MasterDex- at 12/14/09 3:14 PM -MasterDex- was starred -MasterDex- was unstarred
    Image of R3dAc3 R3dAc3
    12/14/09

    @Xerran: In ShadowRun, 360 players got a HUGE aim assist to compensate for a PC gamer's better mouse controls. Besides, Valve (Steam) wouldn't go for it, as Xbox Live is a giant cash cow. Notice how the DLC for L4D was free on PC, but had a price tag on the 360?
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment R3dAc3 was starred R3dAc3 was unstarred
    Image of oogabubchub oogabubchub
    12/14/09

    @-MasterDex-: Yeah, but would that really be an issue in Campaign games? I don't think I'd be too upset if my teammates played well. I can understand not doing that for Versus, but otherwise, I don't see why not.
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment Edited by oogabubchub at 12/14/09 3:41 PM oogabubchub was starred oogabubchub was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    12/14/09

    @oogabubchub: Remember that you're also scored individually so even though it wouldn't effect the game so much in a straight forward co-op campaign, the person/s using controllers would be at a disadvantage as far as getting a decent score goes.
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    Image of ARCH_27 ARCH_27
    12/14/09

    @spiderweb1986: That would only cause XBOX players to whine and scream racist slurs and defamatory statements about the superior player's mother... oh wait.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment ARCH_27 was starred ARCH_27 was unstarred
    Image of TheRuiner TheRuiner
    12/14/09

    @-MasterDex-: Don't get me wrong, I agree that a mouse and keyboard are just plain easier to use for a fps, but what about people on consoles that have cranked up the sensitivity on there X & Y axis and have mastered it, I bet they would pose a nice threat to someone that was rockin' a keyboard/mouse setup.
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment TheRuiner was starred TheRuiner was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    12/14/09

    @TheRuiner: I can't say the same. You just simply can't have the control with a thumbstick that you can have with a mouse. This is because you have more control using your forearm, wrist, hand and fingers than you do with simply your thumb.

    While I think someone that's kickass with a controller wouldn't be an absolute pushover for someone using a keyboard+mouse, I don't believe they'd pose any great threat.
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    -MasterDex- was starred -MasterDex- was unstarred
    Image of The Decider The Decider
    12/14/09

    @-MasterDex-: It's about direct movement versus accelerated movement . Thumbsticks control the rate of change in a given axis, mouse has proportionate but direct control. I honestly don't know why console manufacturer's haven't had a good attempt at a one to one solution on controller yet - let's face it, motion doesn't do the trick and it's hardly like the mouse, a 39 year old invention, is the ideal system.
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    -MasterDex- promoted this comment The Decider was starred The Decider was unstarred
    Image of -MasterDex- -MasterDex-
    12/14/09

    @The Decider: I agree. Although the mouse is the better of the two, it's still not an ideal device.

    With NATAL and Sony's wand coming onto the market soon however, we might begin to see a shift that perhaps doesn't get traction in this generation but becomes a viable solution in the next.
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    -MasterDex- was starred -MasterDex- was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Wyatt Andrew Wyatt
    12/14/09

    In reply to First Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on Brings Back Bill, Francis, Zoey & Louis
    If they do make a 4+4 player campaign, they would have to throw a HELLUVA lot of Infected at you.

    It might have to go like this: Both sides start off in different areas of a map. At some point, they run across each other, most likely running towards a safe room. For each of the chapters, the pathways split somehow, requiring that 4 players go in each direction.

    That's probably not what it is, but we can hope, right? Any other ideas of how 8 Survivor gameplay might work?
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    Andrew Wyatt was starred Andrew Wyatt was unstarred
    Image of tmARiku tmARiku
    12/14/09

    @Andrew Wyatt: I like your idea. I would even pay for DLC if they put your idea up for sale. :)
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    Andrew Wyatt promoted this comment tmARiku was starred tmARiku was unstarred
    Image of Révolution Révolution
    12/14/09

    @tmARiku: Don't say that!

    What I see is something along the line of the two sides meeting up, and then having to run an ubergauntlet involving heaps of UCI, a tank, a few chargers, and just about anything else on a ridiculous scale.
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    Andrew Wyatt promoted this comment Révolution was starred Révolution was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Wyatt Andrew Wyatt
    12/14/09

    @tmARiku: I would like my idea to be for free, if something close to it were to be made. I know it would be free on PC, at least, while we Xbox gamers getting Microshafted and have to pay for everything that adds anything to the game.
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    Andrew Wyatt was starred Andrew Wyatt was unstarred
    Image of carlmarssilias_returns carlmarssilias_returns
    12/14/09

    @Andrew Wyatt: I see what you mean Shaun of the Dead style right? Or am "off base"?
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    Andrew Wyatt promoted this comment carlmarssilias_returns was starred carlmarssilias_returns was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Wyatt Andrew Wyatt
    12/14/09

    @carlmarssilias_returns: I'm not quite sure. I remember seeing Shaun of the Dead, but I don't remember much from it.
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    Andrew Wyatt was starred Andrew Wyatt was unstarred
    Image of H.A.L. H.A.L.
    12/14/09

    @carlmarssilias_returns: I believe he's referring to the moment in Shaun of the Dead where Shaun's team of survivors come across another group of survivors, then spend a few minutes comically pointing out their groups' similar compositions before heading their separate ways.
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    Andrew Wyatt promoted this comment H.A.L. was starred H.A.L. was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Wyatt Andrew Wyatt
    12/15/09

    @H.A.L.: Hm... Don't remember it, but it sounds like it would be in that movie.
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    Andrew Wyatt was starred Andrew Wyatt was unstarred
    Image of H.A.L. H.A.L.
    12/16/09

    @Andrew Wyatt: it's right before they get to the pub.
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