Enter your username and password.
Denver, 9:15 PM
Tue Dec 1
63 posts in the last 24 hours

Tip us:
Editor-In-Chief:
Brian Crecente
| AIM | Twitter
Deputy Editor:
Stephen Totilo
| AIM | Twitter
Senior Editor:
Michael McWhertor
| AIM | Twitter
Senior Contributing Editor, Japan:
Brian Ashcraft
| AIM | Twitter
Contributing Editor, East Coast:
Michael Fahey
| AIM | Twitter
Contributing Editor, Oceania:
Luke Plunkett
| AIM | Twitter
Contributing Editor, Weekends:
Owen Good
| AIM | Twitter
Correspondent, San Francisco:
AJ Glasser
| AIM | Twitter
Columnist:
Leigh Alexander
Columnist:
Tim Rogers
Please enter your email address to have your password reset.
Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.
Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.
You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.
See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.
09:10 PM
Its the same reason why in Japan folks watch US movies in English with subtitles. Folks want to hear the dialog in its original form.
Looks like they hired a total dunce for the translation work also from that small screenshots of the No Russian version.
What I can imagine about Japanese saying the Japanese version of the voices being boring is the fact that unlike our folks who serve in the military the dialog just isnt as "colorful" so to speak when turned into Japanese. Plus most of the folks who are speaking up / whining / whatever you want to call it are from the group of folks who watch films like Full Metal Jacket, Black Hawk Down, etc.
Though I do totally understand their want to have the original dialog in there also. Since its a big part of the experience and having poorly done translations and or dubbing does kill the overall mood of the game itself.
09:09 PM
09:08 PM
09:06 PM
09:05 PM
Also, the screen shot is from the best mission in the game, IMO.
08:48 PM
08:10 PM
08:02 PM
08:22 PM
07:41 PM
08:07 PM
08:15 PM
08:16 PM
07:12 PM
All I know is I hate them because they seem a lot harder to get the disc to pop out and they looked stupid
07:34 PM
08:07 PM
it looks like youre punching it out the wrong side, or the case is upside down
thanks anyways, and I felt like doing that anyways because it seemed like it would be fun to break it like that
06:39 PM
06:37 PM
*shrugs*
If you look after your games and are fortunate to get them brand new, then this new case design shouldn't matter. Because unless your using electric power drills to get a hold of your disc whilst the case is closed, or having sex with your cases - your discs should be fine and stay hole free.
06:42 PM
06:49 PM
07:01 PM
06:16 PM
Like it or not until 4.5 million people agree with you and stop buying these titles yearly, EA will continue to make a killing off their sports titles.
As a CEO of a company (in this case EA) would you put a stop to yearly releases if they were selling these type of numbers??
06:14 PM
06:22 PM
06:29 PM
However, we are going to hit a point in this world where it will no longer be an option, but rather the only choice left to make, if we are to continue existing on this planet.
Although, that will probably not be reached within our lifetime.
06:36 PM
...and I'm not even a conspiracy theorist!
07:47 PM
08:11 PM
06:06 PM
I'm not really sure what all the complaining related to these cases is about. The chance that something is going to not only poke through the backside of the case, but poke through far enough to touch the disc is tiny. Seeing as how games are usually bundled in packs of about ten in a small cardboard box I'd say the chances of this happening during shipping are nil.
Current DVD cases aren't all that wonderful anyway. I've picked up a game many times and heard the disc rattling around in the case. Needless to say that game was quickly put down and another picked up. I've also had problems with getting games/movies out of DVD cases, and there have been times when I felt as though I would break the disc trying to get it out of the case.
And if the quality of game cases is such an issue I would expect a lot more PC gamers to be complaining. Although I'm sure many PC gamers have moved onto a digital distribution service, those who still buy a boxed copy of game often find their disc is protected by nothing more than a paper sleeve.
All in all I don't see any issues with this, if this helps to cut down on the amount of materials then I'm all for it. This is right in line with the "shrinkage" of the boxes PC games come in that happened a number of years ago.
06:17 PM
Personally, I doesn't bother me much, but it seems to me that if they wanted to reduce packaging costs they'd simply make a smaller box. DVD cases are stupidly oversized as it is, so why not just reduce the height by 30% instead of putting holes in the box that expose the very thing it was designed to protect...
They do it this way, I would guess, because they don't have to invest in all new manufacturing equipment for making the boxes themselves. To me it's a half measure done half-assed.
It's not the end of the world, it's just stupid design.
06:58 PM