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Thu Nov 12
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Reply if you want the video podcast back as much as I do! #talkamongstyourselves
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"YOUR FATHER WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR DESTROYING THE IMPERIAL RULE!" #talkamongstyourselves
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My friend is playing DA: O on the PS3, and he can't find the finger bone token he needs to get into the hideout in Dust Town in Orzammar. He said he's gone into the slum house and killed and looted everyone, but didn't get the token. Any suggestions?
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I have a ton of games that I bought from 2-3 weeks ago up to now that remain unopened. They are:
R&C ToD and QFB
Infamous
Mirror's edge
MUA 2
Batman AA
I got a slim PS3 last week. Just realized that the tax in this state is 8%. Damn. I cant figure out how to fill in the warranty form either. When I want to make a claim, how do I go about it? Give them the serial and date of purchase so they can gauge if it's covered or not?
I'm downloading the GoW3 demo at the moment; it's at 45%. Got it after I preordered the GoW3 game but I thought that the collection and D9 BR had it too. Maybe the collection has it in the package as a voucher and the D9 BR has it on the disc. Kinda interesting that D9 was supposedly to be a Halo movie and now we're getting a Sony game on it.
My roommate is playing MW2. I played a while last night with him and it was alright. I'm still not sure if I want to get it or not. It's one of the games that gets hype but I'm not sure why. They local gamestop manager told me that they had 438 preorders for that game, which is big number for such a small community. I still dont own a copy of MW or W@W but maybe I'll buy it since my little brother likes shooters and it'll be a good present if he does well in his exams.
Some games I bought that get no loving would be prototype ( it was cheap and I already finished it via friend's copy), demon souls ( boring ) and blazblue (I suck at it).
The game that I am most addicted to right now would be Borderlands. The last time I felt like this was when SF4 came out in Feb. I dont think I played a game so much like I did with SF4. While borderlands is a lovely game full of bugs, I dont think it'll last me like SF4. I have Uncharted 2 and it's just sitting there, and has been so when Borderlands came out more than 2 week ago.
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09:38 AM
360 - 30%
wii - 20%
psp/ipod touch/ds - 15%
pc - 5% #talkamongstyourselves
09:34 AM
PS3: 95% 10%
PC: 0% 85%
DS: 5% 5%
Wii: 0% 0%
PSP: 0% 0% #talkamongstyourselves
09:03 AM
I'm playing Modern Warfare 2 & Dragon Age: Origins on the PS3. I was playing Borderlands (PS3), but COD has taken over satisfying my FPS needs.
Also, I'm playing Super Mario Galaxy again, just when I need a break. #talkamongstyourselves
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I'm catching up on last generation titles that I missed. #talkamongstyourselves
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I'm also slowly getting through UC2 but yeah, it may take a while at this rate. The joys of being a student. #talkamongstyourselves
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Dragon Age on the PC (the way it's meant to be played :) ), Kingdom Hearts 358/2 (almost beaten), Fallout 3 and Lost Odyssey on the 360, FFX and ICO on the PS2. #talkamongstyourselves
10:01 AM
But soon I'll be playing on the PS3 Ratchet and Clank again, as well as some Tekken 6 and maybe get around to finishing brutal legend or play some Borderlands co-op or Uncharted 2 MP if my friends are playing. if I get Episodes from Liberty City this weekend then that too.
I'm not playing MW2 simply because it's just not my type of game. #talkamongstyourselves
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What would happen if Mega Man killed Shang Tsung, and then Kirby swallowed Mega Man?
Discuss.
(Retrieves Shop Vac to clean up exploded brain bits) #talkamongstyourselves
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[www.somethingawful.com]
Also, it is said if Megaman absorbed Kirby's power at the same time Kirby swallowed Megaman, it would create a singularity that would compress the entire gaming universe into a single pixel. #talkamongstyourselves
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I'm definitely leaning towards Borderlands right now. #talkamongstyourselves
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But then my view on that is skewed since I'm practically gay for anything Batman, it was still a damn good game. #talkamongstyourselves
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Best RPG I've played in years. I've managed to put over 20 hours into it so far despite wanting almost nothing to do with gaming as of late. #talkamongstyourselves
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Unless Bayonetta dethrones Borderlands. Or wait... when is Final Fantasy XIII out? Still same game year, or later? #talkamongstyourselves
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I never actually got around to AA. I played the demo, s'about it. #talkamongstyourselves
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Fuckin' sold. Why didn't anyone say this sooner?! #talkamongstyourselves
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As far as what will win overall GOTY by publications and what not, I think we'll see a split between Uncharted 2 and MW2 with PC publications picking Dragon Age. #talkamongstyourselves
08:31 AM
It can be an improved version of the final fantasy gambit system, or it can be a completely tactical rpg, or it can be made to feel more like a single player version of wow. It's fairly versatile.
It's probably best on the PC, but the 360 version is rather good too. I can't vouch personally for the PS3 since I haven't played it on that system.
Either way, it's more of a KOTOR quality rpg set in a non-traditional high fantasy universe than it is mass effect, both in terms of quality and story and combat and the general sense. #talkamongstyourselves
08:35 AM
Okay maybe not. #talkamongstyourselves
08:37 AM
Did anybody else forget that that came out this year? #talkamongstyourselves
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"Wait, that's... oh my God, that's KotOR. Oh my God. Quickly, someone bring me my credit card!" #talkamongstyourselves
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I see you like huge, character driven games, though. A wo(man?) after my heart. #talkamongstyourselves
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Yeah I'm into that but I don't mind other stuff too, Halo and KZ2 are just fine too lol. Huh? If your asking if I'm a man then yes. #talkamongstyourselves
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Sacred 2, however, is my real GOTY. #talkamongstyourselves
09:52 AM
I dumped full retail on it first day because:
1. I liked multiple vehicle classes to choose from and race against and huge tracks like in MotorStorm.
2. I liked the open world, collection and online challenge aspect of Burnout: Paradise.
3. TORNADOES
I was led to believe that the game was the best of the above two put together, which got me excited, until I got my hands on it.
Vehicles within classes aren't balanced save for having one meant for on-road racing and one for off-road. Multi-class racing, save for motorcycles and ATVs, doesn't happen until late in the game apparently. The open world is way too open and is proof positive that you CAN have a world in a video game too large to enjoy, appreciate and explore. Online challenges weren't like Burnout's where you'd go with a group of people from one location to another in order to do stunts or whatever, it's just more races.
My biggest let down was that the tornadoes are scripted, only in a couple of races, never in free roam, and don't actually pick up any of the racers. Matter of fact you can race right through one without consequence. But it'll pick up and throw things from the side of the road at you.
It's long, but it's unnecessarily long. I'm still going to tough it out for the 1000 but it's certainly the last time I'm ever going to drop full retail on a game that's not a AAA title right at launch. #talkamongstyourselves
11:15 AM
It's really the same reason it's currently in the shadows of Uncharted 2. It's a fantastic game, but either people don't know about it, or in some cases, people actually can't buy it, because earlier on it was sold out everywhere B&M. (although online retailers didn't seem to have any issue) #talkamongstyourselves
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Wynne: Alistair, do you ever feel bad about what you do?
Alistair: What? Assassinations?
Wynne: It's such an awful thing to do, killing people while being paid for it. You must feel bad.
Alistair: I'm so confused.. I think I may cry... Can I cry into your bosom?
Wynne: What?! No!
Priceless.
Disclaimer: Rough quote from memory. #talkamongstyourselves
08:04 AM
Ouch. #talkamongstyourselves
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My copy won't be arriving until next Thursday, but I want to see who else is/is thinking about getting the game.
#phantasystar0 #talkamongstyourselves
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[www.finalfantasy13game.com]
We'll find out tomorrow, but for now I'm all about the speculating.
I'm gonna say...PAL Demo. :D #talkamongstyourselves
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Western release date(s)? They said they'd nearly finished localisation the other day so, perhaps.
I'd rather have some more information on Vs XIII instead though, seems every new thing I hear about XIII puts me off it more and more. Sadface. #talkamongstyourselves
07:47 AM
Probably be a release date though! Which is almost as good haha. #talkamongstyourselves
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@iamspoo: Nice to know I'm not the only one. #talkamongstyourselves
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No really though, it isn't. At least I don't think it is... #talkamongstyourselves
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11/11/09
Note: For the duration of this rant, I'm not going to be talking about dedicated servers. That's a legitimate complaint for most PC gamers, and I think it's a separate issue from what I'm talking about.
Seriously though, where did all of this come from? Seems like a month ago, nobody had any major problems with it. Now all of a sudden, everyone's crying foul about how the "Culladitty-heads" will kill gaming (As Arc so eloquently put it), how the game is overhyped, and how it couldn't possibly be one of the best selling game of all time.
Am I REALLY in a minority when I say that I bought, and really enjoyed, the game? I find that almost impossible to believe. Modern Warfare 2 is not a bad game. It just isn't. That of course doesn't mean everyone will like it, but Infinity Ward can't be accused of half-assing it or turning out a game they didn't obviously work very, very hard on. Everyone seems to be latching onto MW2 for being "just another war game".
Here's how I see it. Every other war game is "just another war game". Modern Warfare, both the first and second, are the war games. I'm not a huge FPS guy, for most of the reasons people are decrying Modern Warfare 2. Bland repetitive multiplayer, generic single player, etc. In my experience, CoD is the franchise that strays from these complaints. The single player portion of MW2, while very short, is masterfully paced and tightly constructed. The story's a little ridiculous, but I had a good time with it.
The multiplayer, dedicated-server complaints aside, is literally the only FPS multiplayer component that I enjoy at all. I hate most multiplayer FPS's because I absolutely cannot stand playing what feel like the same matches over and over again, with nothing ever changing. MW1 took steps to fix that with a pretty respectable character progression system that added a very fun meta-game to the multiplayer. MW2 improves on that in every way, and it's the first multiplayer FPS that I can see myself playing for more than a day or two. Like the single-player, the character progression in multiplayer is very well-paced. You never reach an MMO-like slog of hours of play with no upgrades. You will unlock something almost every round, be it a new camouflage pattern, a new perk, a different attachment for your rifle, or what have you. I can see the more hardcore players complaining about a lack of balance in perks or killstreak bonuses (Airstrikes etc.), but all of that serves to make the game infinitely more fun, for me, than any other FPS game on the market.
As for whether or not it was overhyped, well, of course it was. What big game isn't nowadays. Not much I can say about that, other than that I think it holds up as a game regardless of the hype.
And on the subject of it's sales. I generally don't like talking about this stuff, because if I enjoy a game, that's all I care about. I don't give a shit how well it sells. Speaking to people I know though, who range from pretty hardcore gamers to casual Maddenites, Modern Warfare 2 is going to be big, really big. Every one of those people either already has it, or will be buying it before the week is out. I could not have said the same for Halo 3, or any of the other games that MW2 is touted as competing with. Again, I don't personally care all that much, but if you asked, I'd say "best selling game of all time" is not as outrageously unlikely as some seem to believe.
*deep breath* And that's it. My rant. I just wanted to illustrate that it's possible for someone to buy, and really enjoy, Modern Warfare 2 without being an idiot or a *gasp* "casual". I'm very much looking forward to Assassin's Creed 2 next week, I finished Borderlands last week, I did buy Brutal Legend mostly out of loyalty to Tim Schafer, etc. etc. you see where I'm coming from.
End rant.