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    Image of Grind_Axis Grind_Axis
    03:26 PM

    In reply to Square Enix Already Rolling Out Paid Gyromancer DLC
    This is such a massive turn-off. I just can't stand greed of this degree and it should most definitely not be rewarded with a purchase. Up yours, Square Enix!
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    Image of Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh
    03:05 PM

    In reply to Square Enix Already Rolling Out Paid Gyromancer DLC
    The game isn't that good to compel me to want to even finish it much less buy more stuff.

    Compared to Puzzle Quest it...just wasn't as good of a game. I played PQ for days at a time, many hours per day before I grew tired of the gameplay.

    You know, it's just...honestly Bejeweled Twist (which the gameplay here is based on) isn't that fun for me I think. The pacing is slower than other match 3 games which some will say (and I will agree) that it adds a sort of ponderous layer to the moves you make and there's that extra layer of "tactical" choice. But what it gains in 'skillful' play it loses in pacing.

    I really thought this game would improve on the idea of puzzle based rpg style games but after all I just feel that this entire little "niche genre" has never improved on the original Puzzle Quest and has just been regressing steadily.
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    Image of Nulls Nulls
    03:37 PM

    @Sobersean: aka Doctor Aquafresh: Thanks for the heads up. I was somewhat interested in this game after playing alot of Puzzle Quest.

    It is nice to find out that it doesn't compare. That and this paid for DLC makes this game an easy one to skip for me.
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    Image of Hiero Hiero
    02:34 PM

    In reply to Square Enix Already Rolling Out Paid Gyromancer DLC

    Way too slow Square Enix. Way too slow.
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    Image of James Henderson James Henderson
    03:04 PM

    @Hiero: So zetta slow.
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    Hiero promoted this comment James Henderson was starred James Henderson was unstarred
    Image of ryoshi ryoshi
    03:13 PM

    @Hiero: This is the best picture I have seen on the Internet ever.
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    ryoshi was starred ryoshi was unstarred
    Image of ryoshi ryoshi
    02:29 PM

    In reply to Square Enix Already Rolling Out Paid Gyromancer DLC
    I honestly don't understand this attitude - why are extra options suddenly bad when they come out soon after a title's release?
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    Image of meowmixx meowmixx
    02:33 PM

    @ryoshi: The issue is a bit more complex.. It's a bit like ordering a four cheese pizza, paying your bill, and the second your pizza gets served, they ask if you want a fifth cheese grated for you by your waiter.

    But it costs $1 extra. :(

    I'm not sure why it's bad though, the game starts out cheaper and you get options. Buying items to enhance yourself in a singleplayer game - I don't really see how it's much different from buying a strategy guide.
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    Edited by meowmixx at 11/20/09 2:34 PM meowmixx was starred meowmixx was unstarred
    Image of twodaynojoke twodaynojoke
    02:50 PM

    @meowmixx: in normal cases the games don't start out cheaper. gamers pay normal price and then some for dlc.
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    spiderweb1986 promoted this comment twodaynojoke was starred twodaynojoke was unstarred
    Image of masshuum masshuum
    03:04 PM

    @ryoshi: These extra options are purely designed to rape the consumer's pockets. Sad thing is, people buy into it, and more worrisome yet, people like you don't see a problem with it.

    There's no other way about it. It's blatant profiteering and if people continue to buy and not be bothered by it; it's going to get much, much worse and soon entire levels will be day one DLC and real features.

    It's just like The Sims 3 undoing 90% of the Sims 2 and its expansions just so they can re-release it for the Sims 3 as DLC and more expansions.

    I honestly don't understand how it's tolerated or are all gamers Doctors and Lawyers now?
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    ryoshi promoted this comment Edited by masshuum at 11/20/09 3:04 PM masshuum was starred masshuum was unstarred
    Image of ryoshi ryoshi
    03:10 PM

    @masshuum: Here's a major hint for life: businesses? Those things that release videogamese? Yeah, they exist to create profit, not to dispense fun. Call it "blatant profiteering", I'll call it "what companies do". Continue to be pissed off that Square Enix hasn't heeded your pleas and become a charity, I guess.

    And your comment is offensively off-base - comparing offering DLC to rape is pretty fucking sick. Guess what? Nobody's forcing you to buy DLC.
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    Image of Random J Random J
    02:23 PM

    In reply to Final Fantasy XIII Impressions: Looking For XII
    I was not a fan on Final Fantasy XII. I thought the game was pretty whack. But I did like the battle system. It was nice to have an FF game feature something new. Even though, once you hit a certain level and set up your Gambits well enough - you didn't even need to be holding the controller during battles. I don't think I had to step in once during the final boss battle. The battles not interrupting the game play got a thumbs up from me. By IX, I got sick of wandering around and having the screen break / dissapear in a swirl of light / dissolve - and then a battle starting.

    XIII's battle system looks like it shares a lot in common with X-2's, with a little bit of X's. Looks interesting.

    Really can't wait to play this game.
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    Image of Random J Random J
    02:21 PM

    In reply to Hello Final Fantasy XIII's Cactuar
    Cactuar now has a little Cactuar bitch with a flower to pluck! Awwww... *wipes tear from eye*

    I wonder if Jumbo Cactuar will make it in the game as an Eidolon...
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    Image of BahamutNeo BahamutNeo
    11/19/09

    In reply to Supreme Commander 2 Dated For North America
    Shaping up pretty nicely for an Alpha build. Looks like a must buy for RTS fans.
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    Image of Jonn Jonn
    11/19/09

    In reply to Hello Final Fantasy XIII's Cactuar
    Jumbo Cactuar,

    It's staring at me. At my soul.
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    Image of PhatsMahoney PhatsMahoney
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    The fact that her name is Lightning is still something that I'm having a hard time swallowing.
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    Image of Suzaku Suzaku
    11/19/09

    @PhatsMahoney: It's not her real name. It's a codename.

    This has been stated thousands of times.
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    PhatsMahoney promoted this comment Suzaku was starred Suzaku was unstarred
    Image of PhatsMahoney PhatsMahoney
    11/19/09

    @Suzaku: thanks for 8 different people telling me its a code name, I didn't believe the first 5. Doesn't make the name any less awkward.
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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    "instead of constantly bitching about colored arching lines traveling between the characters and their enemies."

    THIS. i hated that shit with a passion myself. it almost made the game feel less natural and more mechanical.
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    Image of Ueziel Ueziel
    11/19/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: You could turn that off you know.
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    zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ promoted this comment Ueziel was starred Ueziel was unstarred
    Image of SedaKhold SedaKhold
    11/19/09

    @zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ: There was an option to get rid of those lines
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    zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ promoted this comment SedaKhold was starred SedaKhold was unstarred
    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    Mmmm, Fang, Snow and Lightning....

    What? I'm not thinking anything dirty! I just...like them.

    :cough:
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    Image of mr_godot mr_godot
    11/19/09

    @Rachel Fogg: I willfully admit that Lightning is already the subject of fantasies.

    LET THE INNUENDO THREAD BEGIN
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    Image of ibunkun ibunkun
    11/19/09

    @mr_godot: yeah she is kind of cute °-°" . add some lulu in there with a bit quistis and whipped cream,cheetos, Castroil 0W40 motoroil, Black&Decker Waxer..... Carbonite .'THIS is tsundere paradise i think .
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    Image of mr_godot mr_godot
    11/19/09

    @ibunkun: ...tsundere? They aren't tsunderes. Maybe Lulu, but we don't know enough about Lightning and Quistis definitely isn't.
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    Image of ibunkun ibunkun
    11/19/09

    @mr_godot: i know it doesnt fit exactly but quistis looks like ^-^ still one of the top looking females in FF to me. edea got something to
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    Image of mr_godot mr_godot
    11/19/09

    @ibunkun: Quistis was probably one of Squaresoft's more blatant pockets of fan service. She was a sexy schoolteacher with glasses and a whip who had a crush on the main character and was inexplicably only a year older than him.

    I mean, come on.

    I still love Quisty dearly, though.
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    Image of ibunkun ibunkun
    11/19/09

    @mr_godot: women mature earlier than men ^ - ~ that strict appearence made her great. lightning has a determined strict appearence to, thats why she reminds me of quistis and lulu....not really the looks of her
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    Damn I still need to beat FF12
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    Image of 7ucky 7ucky
    11/19/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: Hahaha, you and everyone else. Where'd you leave off? It's been over a year, but I still vividly remember how my party is upper 60s near the top of Pharos. Sooo clooose!
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/19/09

    @7ucky: I'm still in the sewers. :(

    #speakup
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    Image of mr_godot mr_godot
    11/19/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: No, no. You really don't.
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    Edited by mr_godot at 11/19/09 1:13 PM mr_godot was starred mr_godot was unstarred
    Image of WhiteMåge WhiteMåge
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    I really like that place in the first shot because I always think it's the calm lands.

    ...500 years after Final Fantasy X, the now-prominent(on another planet) Shinra corporation has broken off into another division with similar twisted goals back in Spira...
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    Image of Torusan Torusan
    11/19/09

    In reply to More Images From Final Fantasy XIII
    Excited. Though, I'm not digging the onscreen text and HUD layout so much. It's kinda... noisy. I expect options.
     Reply
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    Image of deetwo deetwo
    11/19/09

    @Torusan: Looks like the same HUD display that's been in final fantasy for years.
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    Image of Torusan Torusan
    11/19/09

    @deetwo: You should take a look at the release date announcement trailer. It looks worse.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/19/09

    In reply to Hello Final Fantasy XIII's Cactuar
    YES!
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