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09:02 AM
Then we'll see console gamer fanatics defend how paid DLC is somehow better than free DLC. Probably something along the lines of "PC elitists always feel entitled to everything". Yeah, that's it. That's always the scapegoat sentence they use for everything.
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There are problems with how they told the story (or didn't tell it). I think if the gameplay wasn't so good it would have been reviled. But the gameplay is good.
Pawns in Shepard's revenge plot. On veteran difficulty, I got a little shell-shocked, a little PTSD. Never enough cover, too many people trying to kill you, never really understanding why I'm killing other people except because I was told to, dying and dying and dying. The betrayals of trust. Seeing peoples eyes as I killed them.
Makes me feel a little sick, recalling it.
12:48 AM
That should just about sum up the comments.
12:55 AM
/irony
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11/23/09
IWNet provides stricter control over content. It stifles a modder community from gaining online acceptance (in theory, anyway), which could prevent other people from making money off their product or worse yet, enjoying a game without a chance of being charged. It prevents people from ostensibly making 'profit' from running a server that they don't get a dime from (server rental business possibly, who knows?), and hell, possibly provides market research numbers and tidbits of pure marketing information to be put to better use to future games. Hell, its' not that hard to believe they gain a similar benefit as those silly club-cards. How long does the average person play? How long after they buy it? In what demographic? Who buys the most DLC? Hell, who knows? In the end it doesn't matter. Kotick wants it, that's all that's important. (It sure as HELL can't be DRM--it's hilariously poor as one, or anti-cheating, which it's no good at).
I hate to sound like a doomsayer, I really really do, but I'm pretty much expecting Modern Warfare's quality to decline sharply. I'm expecting it to be bled dry. That's how Actvision does its business. You think Treyarch was bad? Just give it a year or two, where CoD5 will be remembered as 'not as bad as ____'
I kind of hope it doesn't turn out this way, but honestly: Everybody here knows Actvision. They're almost comically upfront about wanting to suck their playerbase dry. (Oh hi there Guitar Hero series). IW knows where it gets its money--and those who might not feel that way? Either they're not around much anymore, or they won't be.
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Captain Obvious away!
11/23/09
EDIT: Oh, and the crab people. Don't forget them.
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You can't escape us.
11/23/09
@crabperson: Your mother says "Hello."
MUA HA HA HA! (Boy was she delicious)
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And no, "Badass" is not a personality.
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11/23/09
1) Price and the Nuke
Did he just... fire a nuke? I know the common myth is you can go to Russia and buy weapons grade plutonium like it was a loaf of stale bread, but how the heck did he fire a NUKE? Maybe he can read russian, but their security can't be that lax for a nuclear device... can it?
Possible resolution:
Is / was Price actually working with Mr. You-Know-Who and that's how he knew how to launch the nuke? If so, did the producers at IW watch too much Alias? (Price's mother is the real mastermind behind the whole thing, but she's not really evil because she was doing it to protect him! Or was she?!?)
2) The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming... from... where exactly?
Last time I checked, The US has Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, and the biggest oceans in the world on the left and right. How exactly did the Russians get an invasion onto American soil...? The amount of troops streaming down must mean they have a base of operations close enough they can send troops carrying planes constantly...
Possible resolution(s):
Ferry across the Bering Straight, take over Alaska with the rest of the country not noticing (hey it is Alaska), stroll through Canada (those Canadians are mighty nice people) and just setup camp at the Canada / US border?