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    Image of Slanzinger Slanzinger
    11/21/09

    In reply to Assassin's Creed II Review: A Season For Masterpieces
    Very good review, and very accurate. Esp. on the control criticism; I was getting the problem with "wait, he just went left and I swear I was pointing straight ahead" quite a lot. Me and housemate played it for the majority of today (Not sure how far we actually *got*, but still has been incredibly enjoyable)
    Although there are still little glitches which we just had to laugh at. For example, during a particular mission involving a large battle between two factions, we saw a large group of people running in a circle. Turns out the combat AI had simply bricked, causing a series of enemy-ally-enemy-ally etc to chase after each other in a perfect circle (broken up on stepping in front of one of them). Was a thing of wonder to behold.
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    Image of hot_heart hot_heart
    11/20/09

    In reply to LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review: Nuke The Mini-fig
    I enjoyed the other LEGO games but something about the original Indiana Jones one just didn't do it for me. It had some cool stuff but it had too many annoyances.

    From what I've read elsewhere, the redone levels aren't an improvement whatsoever. In most cases, they sound worse. So I might skip this one too.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    11/20/09

    In reply to LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review: Nuke The Mini-fig
    Seriously, I have no idea what everyone is complaining about with the camera. Other than LEGO Star Wars II: DS (which invented several new ways to suck, including the time I fell through the map and landed in a pit below the Death Star where I _could_not_die_), I've never noticed anything goofy with the camera. Of course, I've never played coop, so maybe it's something that only pops up when you've got two players running around in different directions.
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    Image of Sustenance Sustenance
    11/19/09

    In reply to LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues Review: Nuke The Mini-fig
    Sounds like more of the same. And in this case, I love the same.

    Playing the original LEGO Star Wars was more fun than watching the movies (at least, I-III). If the movies had been based on the game, and not the other way around, they would have been much better. Gotta be a paradox in there somewhere...

    I agree about the camera, though... the depth-of-field can be a serious pain in the ass, especially in "The Original Adventures".

    Oh, and "The Complete Saga" froze on me several times. Specific, repeatable crashes = no bueno!
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/19/09

    In reply to Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Review: Deja Vu in Space
    What I don't get is that George Lucas insists that almost all video game material is canon. At this point, just how many Jedi were running around during the original trilogy? According to the movies, it was just the 5 (Luke, Obi-Wan, Darth Vader, Yoda, & the Emperor).

    According to the games they were all over the place. *sigh* Just another reason to pretend that nothing outside the original trilogy ever happened, despite Lucas adding Hayden Christensen to the ending of Jedi.

    *Disclaimer: I'll still play and enjoy the games. I'm not anti-fun. I just don't think it's necessary to add it to the lore, like most video game tie ins aren't added. Although, I'm not 100% opposed to the KOTOR games being canon.
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    Image of iam118 iam118
    11/20/09

    @Paul_Is_Drunk: right because its completely impossible for jedi to hide for years when they have an entire galaxy to hide in? Sorry, even the mighty empire is not THAT thorough.
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/20/09

    @iam118: You seem to be missing the part where these Jedi are somehow either Darth Vader's apprentices or fighting for the Rebellion in the background during the original trilogy.

    You tell me you honestly watch the original movies now and think to yourself, "Oh, Starkiller is in the background somewhere making imperial fleets crash land on planets while the Rebellion is losing battles to AT-ATs?"
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    11/19/09

    In reply to Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Review: Deja Vu in Space
    Battlefront BELONGS on consoles and screams for a proper, solid online mode.
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    Image of DrunkAus DrunkAus
    11/19/09

    In reply to Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Review: Deja Vu in Space
    This game makes me mourn the loss of Battlefront III and what could have been.
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    Image of InconspicuouslyConspicuous InconspicuouslyConspicuous
    11/18/09

    In reply to Assassin's Creed II Review: A Season For Masterpieces
    Do you think I should play the first before I give into this second one? Anyone? I mean from reading this, I'm still on the fence but I might roll to the side of must-get...

    Totilo, nice review sir...
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    So did these guys leave Blizzard North after Diablo 2 came out, or we they shown the door because Activision-Blizzard wanted some of their people on the development team? My Google-Fu isn't getting much right now.
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    The random vendor is supposed to be a gamble. Thats why its represented with dice as the logo. They made it clear thats its a gamble
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    Image of Grandleon Grandleon
    11/18/09

    @NoBullet: I haven't played this one, but the gambling merchants in Diablo 2 were a great way to blow all that gold that wouldn't fit in your stash much later in the game. It wasn't something you used when gold was still precious early on.
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    Image of TitillatedOcelot TitillatedOcelot
    11/18/09

    @NoBullet: And Fahey made it clear that he didn't like that feature.
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    11/18/09

    @TitillatedOcelot: He only hated it because he got an item he cant use. Hence, a gamble. Its a ridiculous negative on the game. Youre either going to be lucky or get something crap. Dont mark this as a negative because you got a crappy item.
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    Image of lojer lojer
    11/18/09

    @TitillatedOcelot: He also made it clear that he loved the feature.

    That's gambling for some people. Huge highs / depressing lows.
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    Image of TitillatedOcelot TitillatedOcelot
    11/18/09

    @lojer: @0xC001D00D: @NoBullet: @Eastwing: @Quazifuji:

    Personally, I loved all the discussion this has generated!

    Now I have to spend more time with the game and see what I feel about it. I've run across the vendor, but I was reluctant to gamble with my spoils as well. Time to roll the dice for me.
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    Image of SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington! SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    Man, I have to abstain from getting this game until the multiplayer version (or MMO version, whichever they are working on) comes out. Diablo clones are much more fun to me playing with other people than alone.

    Though I wish that Mythos had been Flagship's first "main" game and Hellgate wouldn't have even started to be developed until years later (years after it started development). That game had CLASSIC written all over it.
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    Image of subnet6 subnet6
    11/18/09

    @SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!: I agree, I'm really sad that we may never see Mythos is its original form.
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    Image of MrGOH MrGOH
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    It's a fun little game for us OCD lewt collector types.

    Was I hallucinating, or are a good deal of the sound effects and even the music taken straight from diablo? I swear the moody guitar strumming is the same as the town music in the original.
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    Image of EolirinX EolirinX
    11/18/09

    @MrGOH: Considering that the same guy composed the music for Diablo 1&2 and Torchlight, it shouldn't come as a shock that they sound similar.
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    Image of MrGOH MrGOH
    11/18/09

    @EolirinX: I wasn't shocked, the similarity was sufficient to make me think it might possibly have been the same music. I dug it the most, though.
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    Image of Karlott Karlott
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    I love the dozens of comments decrying the lack of multiplayer as if it's the end all opinion on why the game will fail when there is, in fact, still many thousands of players who play Diablo 2 single player.
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    Image of WhiteMåge WhiteMåge
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    Took you guys long enough to talk about this game. So sad that big name everybody-heard-about-it-anyway MW2 overshadowed it for, what, two weeks?
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    Image of Slothboy Slothboy
    11/18/09

    In reply to Torchlight Review: The Fate Of DiabloCraft
    He hates and loves the Random Item Vendor, as he hates and loves himself.
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