Brisk Sales For Oblivion

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  I want to get into the Skooma Den in Leyawiin but it's never open. =( : helvetica
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    I broke in and got arrested for breaking into a drug house... : quietb0y
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      I broke in and was gonna try to pickpocket some skooma from the druggies there, but they were always watc... : Languid_Heap
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        fuckin paranoid junkies : Dante
        • hehe, I picked the lock to get in, then pickpocket all the junkies even though everyone was watching me, ... : TargetTestDummy
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  man. I wish i could have my character sit down and smoke a fat bowl. How come skooma is a potion anyway... : headless
  • I really loved that about Gothic. Being able to buy and smoke blunts that increased magic stat points or ... : Judicator.Khas

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  I've heard the Fighters Guild is recruiting again. Not a bad way to make some money, if you've got the st... : xpaladin
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    You look like someone that's comfortable in heavy armor. : jason bergman
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      How about you make some potions? Man, I find this incredibly offensive. Like...FUCK YOU, asshole - I'm : Rice-Rocketeer
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        Look at the muscles on you! This is a little creepy when guys tell you (not gay) : CapnChaos
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          You look like a bright one. : buroja
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            You look like you're handy with a blade. : Grimmadog
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              your the sneeky looking type, aren't you. : italiano3d
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                You look like quite the acrobat. : 69shots
                • You smell of dead things! : Rich McNinch
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  What do you suppose the fine for necrophilia is? : nandu666
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    For first offense? : Simulacrum
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      Lets assume... no. : x-eyd|mary
      • 500 septims : italiano3d
• Emperors have been assassinated before, but this... : Mondo
• you got some nifty fingers what have you been getting in to? : diub

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  Why are they trying to take it back? : mrwolf710
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    I don't know, they just sent an email saying the were sending a return slip. I think they may have me con... : 69shots
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      Rumplestiltskin! : Rich McNinch
      • Rumpleforeskin : johnny skidmarks
    • Eggbert..? : pixxelpimp

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• I like how this game is so accessible to many player but hardcore RPG guys can still like it. I really h... : DinK

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  What exact CPU is that? A 2.0GHz Athlon64 is much different than say an Athlon XP 2000+ If it is an A... : DinK
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    or he could go with an agp gs version of the cards and wait on the new mobo/cpu tech to come out before s... : italiano3d
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      Thanks for the reply guys, I have an Athlon64 3200 (or 3500, the equitant to a 2.0 Intel) I had my eyes o... : Big Luke
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        Get the nvidia card first. It'll have a way bigger impact on performance. : voodoochildtm
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          Cool, thanks for the reply. : Big Luke
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            Newegg is selling x1800 xt - 512mb for about $320 - that would probably be a better video card (per firin... : Dessicator82
            • the extra money for an X1900 might be worth it since it's more future proof with WAY more shader power. : DinK

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  Well considering the game was sold out in every store in east tennesee for 2 weeks straight. i'd think it... : italiano3d
  • I can vouch for that. It was sold out. : driller
• Even if half those copies sold in the first month... that's a lot. : Magus
• Right, but realize that you don't make 1.7 million copies of a game unless the sales merit it. Remember h... : Schnapple
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  They'll break a million sell through the first month. Easily. : GeorgeB3DR
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    yeah, I would say half the game stores I visit are sold out of Oblivion right now. : Matto357
    • i was lucky to get my copy. i went to 4 stores before finally getting to one where they we just then stoc... : kbnerd
• I went to every store in the Bay Area a week after it came out. Every store was sold out completely, incl... : oatmela

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• 50 hours, level 14 I think : johnny skidmarks
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  how can I know how many hours? (is there some kind of console command) : omontero
  • your save games will have time played. check the save/load menu. : pyide
• 40 hours, just hit 25. : Simulacrum
• I've played about 22 hours with this Imperial Assassin and I'm Level 6. : wunderbred
• 74 hours, level 35 (self capped), 8 gates shut, 44 nirnroot, 949 potions made, 40 souls trapped, 6 master... : Downforce
• 70 hours 41 minutes 55 seconds @ level 20 : Languid_Heap
• 50 hours, level 15, I think. : jason bergman
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  90 Hours, Level 26 ... I think. : Rich McNinch
  • Ooops 114 Hours... somehow. Level 27. : Rich McNinch
• 40hrs, level 16 : Mercador
• i'm level 35 with 70 hours. : kbnerd
• 105 (you fucking pussies!), plus all the time I spend that ultimately led to death and reload, which I gu... : nudel
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  38 hours, level 14 : MikkleThePickle
  • also, I'm only on my second town : MikkleThePickle
• 17 hrs, level 13... I hop all over the map. : kevp
• Total of about 85-90 hours. : Ebu
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  DNF delayed about 80 hours. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Almost 41 hours. Level 23 now. No end in sight. : freshyk
    • Meant for root post. I was going to post ":(" to GB3DRs. : freshyk
  • In the grand scheme that is DNF delays that is nothing! : grandmasterlee
  • If for absolutely nothing else, you've gotta give George a big heaping helping of credit for his sense of... : buroja
• 95 hours, level 37, and I'm proud to say I have yet to complete any of the major quest lines. :) : Arcanum
• 31 hrs, lvl 15 : Magus
• 52 hours, lvl 28 I levelled very slowly at first. dunno what happened. : Supine
• 56 hours, level 14 : baron calamity
• 51 hrs level 14 i believe : mankeroo
• 70-something, level 31 as of twenty minutes ago. : WaterSign
• Character I: ~135 Hrs. Level 43 Character II: ~13 Hrs. Level 8 : buroja

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  Not from me they don't! :) : nudel
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    I second that. Cancelled WoW for Oblivion, freeing up $15/mo to spend on racing stripes and rumbly glass... : Rich McNinch
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      ironically when I had played Oblivion for a while, I started to wish it had a co-op multiplayer aspect. I... : Schnapple
      • Coop would be sweet, but then the game would be too easy. "You set them up I'll knock them down" : pebui
    • Oblivion had me for a good 10 days, now i'm happily back in WoW. : Pneum0
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  Which is a shame since Oblivion is more entertaining. : johnny skidmarks
  • You are so right. : Drewus
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  Is this the troll that makes me like WoW? : ProdigyXL
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    I don't play WoW and have never even tried it, I just find it funny and sad how Blizzard make the same mo... : shack_konto
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      They (Bethesda) also spent a fraction of what it costs Blizzard to produce and support WoW. Apples and or... : dewdman
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        That is true. Also, Blizzard spent an equal amount of time on WoW. And I don't think you'll find anyon... : jason bergman
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          Except for EVE... which is certainly better than WoW. : gndagger
          • if you like it better then wow, it is better then wow. If you like wow better it isn't. : italiano3d
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  Then hopefully Bethesda releases an MMO Elder Scrolls game. : 5150Joker
  • I'd be easily pleased with an Arena multiplayer mod for now. : kabron

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• yes and it's da bomb! They didn't made it though; Headfirst gets the credit for that. It's a 6-year-long ... : kabron

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• I'll settle for a pair of expansion packs -- for now. :) : Killrig
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  I'd love to be able to travel back to Morrowind, see how much has/is changed from the time of ES III. Th... : RyDogg1
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    I'm hoping that the next one will have the entire landmass modelled, so we can do exactly that. That'd b... : timmie
    • I might never leave the house if that happened. I got the feeling that kind of game was sorta implied as ... : xpaladin
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      this one is pretty close. lots of space left for expansions and modders at least. : pyide
      • damn link : pyide
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      http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2441/mapoverlay6gv.swf freaking altpostform :/ : pyide
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        So which of those landmasses hasn't had a game yet? : Magus
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          Most of them. Morrowind also only covered the island, Vvardenfell. : Syixxs
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            didn't arena and daggerfall cover all of tamriel? : pyide
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              Arena = Tamriel Daggerfall = High Rock & Hammerfell : i_mon61
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                daggerfall is still the largest elder scrolls game. i haven't played it in a while, but i'm pretty sur... : pyide
                • and i'd be wrong. damn i have a bad memory : pyide

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owrxZlrPQWY&search=gray%20fox : johnny skidmarks
  • Ahahah wtf?! : Rich McNinch
  • AHAHAhaaha.. : voodoochildtm
  • hahahahahahha, oh god. : Matto357
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  Three things. 1) It's an xbox 360 "proof of power" showcase. 2) It's got "next gen" design. 3) It's... : xpaladin
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    1 and 2 have little to do with the success. most of it is because its a REALLY REALLY good game. though g... : Maarten Goldstein
    • I would. It has the best rain and weather effects... and well "immersion" of any game I've played on the ... : Simulacrum
  • No. More like what Maarten said. : slickdoody
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  graphics + open ended gameplay. it's really something that can appeal to about anyone. : thebigbeefsandwich
  • The improved quest/destination management (over Morrowind) helps, I'm sure. No more diverting to do a si... : Arcanum

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  That's not the last quest in the Fighter's Guild, but if you're talking about the Blackwood Company cave : helvetica
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    Yeah, that's what I've tried at first but for some reason they keep coming nonstop... : Mercador
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      make the difficulty slider move left : kevp
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        can't, 360 one... But I did it this evening, magic bow ftw ! : Mercador
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          There still is a difficulty slider in the 360 version. I've used it before. : YamatoTwinkie
          • Really ? I haven't notice that. So I guess I play at normal. : Mercador
    • Hmmm, where exactly are you? Are you on the quest where you have to make the one Blackwood Company guy su : helvetica

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• my speed and agility are maxed out (add enchanted item buffs on top of that and they are both about 115) ... : kbnerd

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• I wish I had screenshots enabled for that one arena battle where I was arrowed in the junk. Quite comi... : rthsmshr
• Beautiful! I'd hate to be nearby when the vet removes that. : nudel

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• You run much faster over time. but walking always seems slow. : quietb0y
• Boost your speed stat. Wear light armour or wait until you're a Master of Heavy Armour (where it no longe... : nudel

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• You can still click it if it's grey, in case you didn't realise. It just means you've seen the immediate ... : nudel

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• Planning on giving Fallout 3 a miss, then? : buroja

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  Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion : Haku-Jin
  • Even though it's a sequel, each Elder Scrolls game (not counting the spinoffs) have been revolutionary ga... : hadokennn
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  Too bad. This could have *easily* been an Ultima game. Ultima 9 was very near this (not as polished, of... : GeorgeB3DR
  • I sincerely hope EA pulls it off. The original U9 preview in PC gamer was so exciting. U7 world and dep... : hadokennn
  • I agree, this game does feel a lot like Ultima 9 and it was released in September - October of 1999. The... : Hugh G Wrecksion

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  30 hours and I have yet to see a bug : -Panther-
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    the pathfinding is pathetic, and bigger mobs get hung up on stuff pretty easily.. i'm sure you've seen th... : Pneum0
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      yeah havok is one big bug. I would think letting a huge mob walk through a tiny door would be a bug. Wait... : italiano3d
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        you cant hook any mobs on trees or rocks in wow and shoot them without them being able to hit you back.. ... : Pneum0
        • no because only the characters have realy collision detection in wow. the mobs have a very small collisio... : italiano3d
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  24 hours and i've had 1 crash, and 1 bug. In comparison, i've yet to play a game other than Half Life ... : Drewus
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    I've crashed atleast 6 times now in 75hrs of play on 360. Console games aren't supposed to crash... ever ... : 00kewk00
    • Halo used to crash my xbox alot =/ : italiano3d
• Yeah, the game crashes quite consistently for me. :( : Magus

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• Sure, why not. No matter how good it is, the people over at NMA-Fallout will bitch anyway. : qtseng

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  Theyll always argue that they could have sold more if not for piracy. : jarek99
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    And even more if they had gone with CD instead of DVD. : LexLuther
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      I, and I'm sure many others, are so very pleased that this game was released on DVD. : Killrig
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        And it's still doing insanely well, too. Maybe this will finally get companies to start doing more DVD r... : Arcanum
        • Two things 1. The kind of gamer with a PC good enough to handle this has DVD-ROM. It's more of a given : Schnapple
    • CD?? thats ancient. Have fun fitting 5 gigs onto like 8 discs, lol... : headbone
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  I'm curious, what kind of protection does the game use? : zehh
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    I dont think there is any... im pretty sure its DVD9... but thats about it. Never looked... long as its n... : chilln
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      If it was starforce we'd have heard about it by now : xpaladin
      • yeah no starforce. Im just excited for all the expansions/mods created. I totally see someone making a... : chilln
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      Disc is 4.18GB so it should be DVD5 : Schnapple
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        wait, a game as rich and comprehensive as Oblivion is only 4.18GB? Not even DVD9? Thank god Blu-Ray i... : johnsto
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          The only type of games that currently need the extra space are things like the Final Fantasy series that ... : pyrogen
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            But PS3 can produce 'cinema-quality graphics' so they won't need FMV! : johnsto
            • mmm. blue-ray technology baby. : chilln
            • they get the best of both worlds. The scenes are called in game cutscenes with cinema quality but are act... : kevp
            • No they need the room to fit multiple languages on the discs :| The guy who did KH2 said he ran out of : ghost in my shell
            • Interactive FMV. Wave of the future. : Rich McNinch
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    I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's securerom. : jason bergman
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      i remember reading that it was securerom : kbnerd
      • securerom 7, pretty sure : odin318
    • well i know a few people who just need a burned dvd in to play. : nandu666

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• Good job : jonin

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  I found all those series boring, even Diablo 2 (I loved Diablo 1). Im loving Oblivion. You just need a de... : omontero
  • Basically this was what I wanted to hear. Thanks I'm gonna pick it up probably. And don't worry my comp... : the rizzo
• well it's an RPG so what do you think. : deadfish
• The options here are quite broad, with good blends. Yes, it's an RPG, but it seems pretty cool that you c... : Downforce
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  I love Diablo and Diablo 2, even to this day. I couldnt get through BG2, although I played through NWN an... : johnny skidmarks
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    oh, and the best part is the game is totally non linear in terms of choosing what yo want to do next. : johnny skidmarks
    • once again thanks, i'll be picking it up tomorrow more than likely. : the rizzo
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  buy it, I think i would like it more if i wasn't trying to play it like an rpg so much. : nandu666
  • Same. Just restarted as a brawler and the game is very brisk and un-rpg like. : Ebu
• I think you'll like it. Oblivion is more action-based than the typical text-fest RPG. : Magus

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  you can jump mid air over the rails and lootthe hanging on fire corpses john woo style. : italiano3d
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    and then fall to your death. : Simulacrum
    • Nope you just land on the other side of the tower rails. So long as you have good enough acrobat skills =... : italiano3d

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  Let me guess? Playing it on a AMD XP1600+ with a Radeon 9500? Crappy computer = crappy experience. : omontero
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    Radeon 9250 PCI FTW! : guido anchovy
    • ^^ ^^ Yikes! : omontero
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    It's a AMD 64 3000+ with Geforce 6600GT.. the 360 looks much better, and i like the controls on the 360, ... : R.Cade
    • Condemned style melee combat for the win. Ranged spellcasting and markmanship not so much on the 360. : Simulacrum

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  Halo sucks. : tyrelhill
  • You heard it here first, folks! : Chris Remo
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  too bad it missed the launch date, though : ballystix
  • well since the supply of 360s was low this will help its numbers since it isnt a game thats been sitting ... : madtothemax

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  I'd bet it's 2/3 360 sales and 1/3 PC sales. They'd sell more 360 copies if more people had a 360. They'd... : Schnapple
  • according to Eurogamer, it was like 55 - 45 in favour of the 360. : aaarrrgh

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• Ya its one of the missions that you have to do for a daedric gods. : jason28
• yup. it's actually difficult to do that quest without getting caught : kbnerd

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  what patch? what needs patching? : Downforce
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    suicidal house sellers for one and the fence in the imperial city not buying/selling. There is a user ma... : quietb0y
    • also it would be nice if the guard npcs were smart enought to realize they have been shot by accident and... : quietb0y
    • lol : lord_omega
• expect apatch to the summer or so.. lol. vacation time to the team i suppose now bastards :( : swebarb

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• This has happened to me a lot. Or: "Bye, nice seeing you." They stand there for a couple of seco... : Rice-Rocketeer

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• I'd like to know also. : sanchez

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  Hey BC what is this I keep hearing about Fallout? Are these unofficial murmurs about a Falloutinspired ga : Lightzout
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    Bethesda has had the rights to Fallout for quite a while, and they are currently devloping. : Sexpansion Pack
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      Fallout 3 in the same engine as Oblivion will have A LOT OF CUPS FILLED. : xphil
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        I must be halfway done with my current character. Mostly done with main quest, I think, and I'm also par... : Rich McNinch
        • Didnt mean for that to be a reply. Here: I'll fill lots of cups when Fallout hits stores. Cups of JIZZ... : Rich McNinch
      • Mmm, instead of a horse, you can ride a bhramin cool fusion powered car! : pebui
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    Here is the press release http://www.bethsoft.com/news/pressrelease_071004.htm I can't find it online... : baron calamity
    • Please let there be wrist crossbows. Yes I know its a DeusEx reference but Fallout seems like the best pl... : Lightzout

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  They made it out side the house but couldn't break the addiction to play with other people. I guess t... : baron calamity
  • Guilty; I actually did it at the last lan party I held. heheh. : xpaladin
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    What's worse is bringing your computer and just listening to mp3s. : Grimmadog
    • Or watching porn. : zehh

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• Yup that is neat, glad their hard work is paying off for them. It really is a great great game. : Scotty22

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  Yes - this is the first game in a decade that had real ability to be played for more than 20 hours, and r... : DarkFriend
  • Guess you never played the Baldurs Gate series, eh ? : voodoochildtm
  • *coughMorrowindcough* : Arcanum
  • Diablo 2? : cr00kedview