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• That stuff is going to be in Spore. : Arcanum
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  post apocalyptic survival real time shooter mmo : painangel
  • Hopefully Bethesda will do this. : ifallible
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    That's a good one. With no mutant-nano-bullshit. If it doesn't exist now, it doesn't exist in the game... : Porkasaurus
    • God, that would be awesome. : TShandy
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    Fallout 3, id's Rage, and Gearbox's Borderlands should all satisfy this craving you have. : PenicillinX57
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      oh you son of a bitch. If I had my way you'd be banned till the end of time for speaking of Fallout 3 if ... : lord cecil
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        FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS FPS F... : razlebol
        • with rpg elements : razlebol
  • More specifically a persistent world mmo that changes based on player interaction ala EVE but down in the... : painangel
  • I wanted there to be a Jagged Alliance 2 type of Zombie Survival Game. : Sailor of Fortune
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  There was one for the Xbox I think...maybe PS2....oh wait PS...here it is http://www.amazon.com/Tail-of-... : Boxelder
  • I have that. It is charming but very repetitive. : lacker
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  A FPS version of "Oregon Trail" : Vangoghs Ear
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    God that would rock. Especially if you could go online against other people. Of course there would be ... : Porkasaurus
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      A friend of mine and I were discussing this the other day. It'd be awesome to do as an MMO, but with e... : Vincent Grayson
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        Especially if you could go "Cannibal The Musical" an start eating people. PS, your oxen has dysentary. : Vangoghs Ear
        • Ravenous \m/ : Damodred
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          http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8531/wagontipped1lh9.jpg : Boo Pipes
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            I love the ''You lost: Paul'' part. : ArtilleryMarker
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              no one liked him anyway : Lightbulb
              • Yeah, now the Wagon can move faster. : Sailor of Fortune
          • You should write a haiku about this IN THE FUTURE. : ArB
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  Shadowrun for the 360. : Rauol Duke
  • sad but true : pyide
• Never played Caveman Games, or whatever it was called? : Omaha
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  I would like some sort of life simulator but set in first person. I could go to work, get a wife/family, ... : klearlyunseen
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    I've always been a little disappointed that no one has tackled doing an RPG in the Western "open" format ... : Vincent Grayson
    • EXACTLY! too bad I dont have a badass team of developers :( : klearlyunseen
• Tron 3.0 -- with the new Unreal engine it would look amazing. : Jobos
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Humans : theamazingrand0
  • Played this on an amiga when I was younger, had to constantly change floppies... ah the memories : xxx2xxx
• An open ended, interactive survival game with rich world simulation. Something like Crysis/Trespasser wit... : speon
• A detailed and authentic Western MMO could be extremely awesome. Riding horses, robbing trains/banks/stag... : MaxPete82
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  Deus Ex 2. :( : sgtsanity
  • ^^^ this and Ultima 9 : razorblade79
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonk_(video_game) close : sticman77
• I'd have to say Amen: the Awakening. : wild falcon
• Dark Sector as it was originally intended. A MMOFPS with RPG elements, set in the Unreal universe, with a... : forktaileddevil
• they can use cavemen rejoice from gh1 in the intro : CoRDS
• A real, awesome, pvp based star wars mmo. : feek
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  My best game that has never been made? |Disclaimer - i'm tired.. so not sure if i get this right (at lea... : humbleone
  • edit: As far as doing a detailed description of what can work gamplay wise - i'd probably be willing to... : humbleone
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  Max Payne 3 : Vangoghs Ear
  • Aw just got done beating Max Payne 2. I'm having withdrawels! : Koral06
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  The Secret of Monkey Island 3 with the actual intended end to the series. >:( As far as original game?... : Psigun
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    Sail...punk ? Sounds like pirates to me. : Lightbulb
    • I was thinking of the era preceding when we commonly place pirates. Around Columbus, Magellan, and all th... : Psigun
• Syndicate 3 : Drewus
• I think it'd be hard to do, but a political simulator. Starting off on the local level, working your way ... : RevRaven
• wait, never made? I played BC's Quest for Tires http://screenmania.retrogames.com/c64/01/c64_0012.html : drucifer
• Agartha http://dcmedia.ign.com/media/previews/image/agartha/bg01.jpg http://dcmedia.ign.com/media/previ... : mista mista
• Master Of Magic 2 and Stunt Car Racer 3000 (a remake from SR2000 on the aging Acorn Archimedes would be o... : cause&effect
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  Carmageddon 3. :( : SilverSnake
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    Isn't a new Carmageddon in the works? I recall seeing screenshots of if. : GodZilly
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      You mean this http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/8174 ? : SilverSnake
      • lol :( : moshman
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  There is a game like this actually. It's called, strangely enough...Caveman. It was made by Rockland Soft... : arsonide
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    Is it anything like this, but with cavemen? http://www.wolfquest.org/preview_video.html : Drewus
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      Uh, purely if you're looking at it from a 3D survival game point of view. I really don't know much about ... : arsonide
      • I smell elk!!! : Drewus
• Battlezone 3. including good programming & netcode : DinK
• TERRA NOVA 2. BITCHES. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9686088#itemanchor_9686088 : nomaad
• don't forget Caveman Ugh-lympics! : Postal
• Looks like Tie Fighter 2 hasn't been mentioned. It's obligatory. : DinK
• return of the tentacle or something : CoRDS
• Secret of mana 2 : razlebol
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  Um, the best part of being a caveman would bashing the female on the head with your club, dragging her ba... : skynet
  • ^^^ : ThomW
• Freespace 3 End of mother fucking thread : flagg209

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  Heal the person who needs it the most. All other times be healing a heavy. : dmason
  • Would have to agree with that. The best medic is the one that can adapt fast and is at the right place at... : MrGrindy
• If it's a really close quarter combat situation then I'd rather uber a pyro. : freshyk
• Find talented and voice-using offensive players and team up with them. Watch your back for spies. : Vangoghs Ear
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  heavy is only at the top with a medic healing him : afrochops
  • nm i need sleep. : afrochops
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  This has been said a few times now but is VERY IMPORTANT If you are on a map with setup time and a med... : rosewood
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    Indeed, I find initial ubers > scout rush : IncursionZ
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      But scout rush + uber second wave is awesome. : dmason
      • Exactly. A scout rush followed up by ubers to lock down the area is the best thing to do, especially on m... : Serpico74
  • yeah people were doing this today for me and it helped us get a few ubers going on, it was awesome of the... : Mr.SEX
  • same thing applies to demomans : Flying h4x0r
  • Do you have to be below your maximum health for uber to charge faster? Normally, I can't hurt myself eno... : Grimp
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    On a similar note, it seems that just keeping a few people 'overcharged' will fill your uber meter faster... : Noobler
    • When I'm running back in the fight, I'm always charging : rosewood
  • so thats what lakren was doing : Unleashed
• I think its really a debate of effective dps(damn you WoW) Pyro and heavy... with pyro dominating clos... : IncursionZ
• Stay on one person, otherwise they are going to dart out kicking some ass and they are going to die awful... : FushigiDenki
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  After healing people who are actually wounded, I heal whoever is going to get me the most assists. I don'... : aeg1x
  • I always try and cycle through everyone and keep them aboe 100% health. Doesn't get me near as many point... : Rice-Rocketeer
• this evening i ubered a spy.. we were the only two left on our team and i had 5 hp so i involed to protec... : Flying h4x0r
• hwg guy for sure. soldier/demo next. pyro if he's clearing base, or hallways. sniper on 2fort. engineer i... : hirez
• when im running around, i like to blast everyone i go by for a couple seconds so they get the momentary h... : anthonybean
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  soldier/medic combo is unstoppable me and haiku were just building ubers after every death and attacki... : lakren
  • That was a spectacular combo. We turned the map around so many times doing that. : haiku
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  An appeal to the medics: Don't forget the little guys. Seriously, pyros and scouts need health too. I ... : heff
  • Yeah, and you guys are a quick fix too. If you can pull off healing a few while your heavy/soldier is ba... : devi| dog
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    Yup. I always do my best to heal the little guys, especially pyros. : freshyk
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      With 175 health they're not so little :) : EvilDolemite
      • 175 doesn't last too long D: : Boo Pipes
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    Medics also need to heal medics! Situation: Medic, 90% uber, charging a soldier. Medic has low healt... : rosewood
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      This happened to me in the round I just played actually. I was on fire and my health was slowly dwindling... : freshyk
      • Nothing more awkward than both medics healing each other at the same time, but yeah a medic is as importa... : devi| dog
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        Yeah, this shit happens all the time. I make sure I prioritize medics that have a really high uber bar. : Rice-Rocketeer
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          I make that: prioritize any medics over mindlessly running after your HWG guy who's at full health and ru... : AbortedFetusChristi
          • I never mindlessly run after my HWG. I think the key is to be continuously aware of your surroundings and... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Don't run into Nick Breckon http://megarust32.shackspace.com/rosewood%20is%20looking%20good!.jpg : megarust32
  • Yea, that was nasty. I turned the corner and omfg. I barely had time to switch to my gun and I was mowe... : rosewood
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  I would love to run around with a medic as a Pyro. Very few times I had one stick with me and it was so a... : skinlab133
  • You're good for an uber run, but that close Pyro range makes it hard for a medic to survive. You'd have : devi| dog
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    Yeah the medic pyro combo is the best after a heavy imo. An ubered pyro on a cap point full of players is... : aeg1x
    • I had one of those rounds when I managed to sneak by the team and pop in the middle of them all. I lit up... : shred.
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  Soliders are so underrated. Isn't that what the valve guys used w/ medics? I think it's because solider... : Boxelder
  • Also I don't think you should heal the pyro much at all. Pyros are defense and medics are for offense. ... : Boxelder
  • oh yeah, one last point. Soliders can hurt themselves so you can build up your uber kinda cheaply with t... : Boxelder
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  Heavies and Soldiers take priority imo. Demoman and Pyros coming in at third. Demo's just seem to have ... : ImageOmega
  • The scoreboard is super important there. I've been medic for a bad heavy and it is no fun. : Serpico74
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  goddamn this game is good fun. it's been awhile since i've had this much fun playing online : Mr.SEX
  • also nick breckon is a jerk unless he's on your team and then he's awesome : Mr.SEX
• Heavy for just pushing forward in general. Pyro for breaking apart choke points. Soldier for distant se... : Wombat Woo
• An ubercharge is a costly thing to lose, so keep yourself alive. Sometimes that means letting the hwg di... : egg5hen
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  The key to being a good medic: Heal the good (other) players. Healing the others is a waste of time a... : alias
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    yeah i like when you are healing a heavy(who's mowing down ppl) and some scout's by you spamming MEDIC!! : gyokuro
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      unless the HWG is under heavy fire and definitely needs the steady stream, why not? your healing gun seem... : AbortedFetusChristi
      • yeah thats true u can pick up uber points by healing him : gyokuro
• I heal whoever is most critical for completing the current objective Failing an ideal target for that,... : Gauss
• Communication is key. It's best if you can voice comm with whovever you're healing to make sure they kno... : bcyde
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  Not sure if it's been mentioned, but earlier tonight, on Granary there was a medic who seemed to have per... : AndyGoin
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    It's a good idea but players with the uber effect can still get knocked around via explosions and even a ... : Wombat Woo
    • I realy hope pub players learn to target turrets better soon. :/ : Boxelder
• I'd say that the pyro is not always greater than demo/soldier... if you're trying to bust some sentry gun... : Grumbeld

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  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That's fucking HILARIOUS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    The funniest part is that it seems like he glances around at the end, like he's saying: "Wut?" : Rice-Rocketeer
    • exactly like "Hope no one saw that..." : VegasX
• Ahaha, I chuckled. That's awesome. : MaxPete82
• awesome :D : humbleone
• Haha, awesome finish. : ahlee
• the head turn kills me : haccess
• omfg, haha that was amazing. : InfoBiter
• oh my lol. : skinlab133
• I PLANNED THIS : thief
• I can't seem to stop replaying it. : creeping-judas
• Oh my jesus, that is freaking hilarious. : soggybagel
• It's like: Skate - THUD- whoosh-CHILL. : creeping-judas
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  That tops this one http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/3847/posts/100687.aspx : marmite
  • ahahahahahahhahaha, is there a link somewhere with funny ones? : klearlyunseen
  • I dunno... I lol'd pretty fucking hard at this : Solstice
  • LOL. Oh my emotions! This one is definitely funnier! : ImageOmega
  • Funniest one I've seen yet. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • haha PWND is right! : kanix
• I cant get over how funny this is, ive replayed it 20 times at least : klearlyunseen
• I actually lol'd. : AbortedFetusChristi
• at first i was, "oh a video game skating...how can this be funny" then i LOL'ed : gyokuro
• awesome..... just awesome. : paravis
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  http://skate.share.ea.com/profiles/2101/posts/263033.aspx OUCH! : Solstice
  • seen that before, but oh my, that hurts : Postal
  • holy fuck, that's going to sting. : chazums
  • Holy shit ouch. That's much more gruesome than it should be. : knitemare
  • That's like a curb stomping but worse : ( Yeesh. : Athlon7
• lmao : Mansmells
• hahaha, that is great : Magus
• 10 / 10 ... LOL : Holesinswiss
• oh my god i cant breath hahaha : Noobler
• awesome, awesome : Zero|DPX
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  They might as well shut it all down now, this guy just won and will never be beaten. : Serpico74
  • seriously, the game is over : JINKY
• rofltastic. that is l33t skills there. : Downforce
• Hahaha damn, I wonder if that is what he was trying to do? : nomaad
• FUCKING EPIC WIN : TastyWheat
• That is all kinds of cool. : chazums
• fucking lol : moshman
• Winner, shutitdown : supermonkeyballz
• ROTFL : razorblade79
• lolcano : Daggoth
• That's hilarious : ColoradoCNC
• Holy crap! Amazing! : dmason
• wow. was that supposed to happen? : naabster
• hahaha thats hilarious : sikander
• Haha cool. : thejm4n
• aahahhahahhahahhahahaha : JINKY

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  Gears is better graphically. I found parts of the single player in Halo 3 very tedious and annoying. : soggybagel
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    I found parts of Gears tedious and annoying. Sad part is I want to go back to it at some point. : Sylvanus
    • So did I. Actually I found the big tough blind thing to be annoying. The rest of the game I thought was... : Rotten Deadite
  • Yeah, I've already felt that in the beginning of H3. Go here. Now go back. Now go back there again. : ra1n
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  Only one has Master Chief. : MoreVespeneGas
  • Master Chief is poorly designed. : Jobos
  • Master chief is fucking lame if you ask me. : razlebol
• I dunno, but the first few minutes of Halo 3 were not impressive to me. I'm by no means tossing it aside... : devi| dog
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  i like gears more because it's third person and the view doesn't make me sick like halo 3's low fov. : pyide
  • Man from Metroid to Halo to Jericho I see so many people talk about fov making them sick. I guess I'm... : MoreVespeneGas
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    Gears is 3rd person? I did not realize that (saw the hype, had no 360, avoided it to keep myself from wa... : rosewood
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      Yeah, and it's really good. : ra1n
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        Unless you don't like it, like me. I won't suggest it's a bad game, but it's not for everyone...after ... : Vincent Grayson
        • So does Halo 3 feel like molasses then? : soggybagel
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        I hate 3rd person gaming though :( : rosewood
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          It feels like first. The character is to the side, and stays there. : EvilDolemite
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            Yea, it's basically a 1st person game through the eyes of an imaginary parrot perched upon the shoulder o... : Ebu
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              Do you get an x-hair? : rosewood
              • Oh definitely. You hold the Left trigger to zoom slightly and aim totally like a first-person game. : EvilDolemite
              • yes. Everything about it is the same as a 1st person shooter except you are looking over the shoulder of ... : aeg1x
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                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjgEisc-Cs When you walk it's third-person, but with FPS controls..dur... : EvilDolemite
                • The controls are excellent. Gears kind of sucks in the storytelling department (like 99% of games out the... : Serpico74
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              I consider it a first person shooter the only difference being blind firing. That said my adament belief ... : lord cecil
              • what do you mean by "playing it like FPS" ? : papaskot
    • well it's still a shooter, over the shoulder style like RE4. you should at least give it a rent somet... : pyide
    • Did you not see it all at themelon? We played through the entire game coop during the shackmeet. : InfoBiter
    • It's really good rosewood, and has great dynamic co-op. : EvilDolemite
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      It's really fun! : Serpico74
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        We should do coop sometime, samizul on XBL. : sammyl
        • I haven't played Gears in ages. I'm down. : Serpico74
    • Actually most of the shooting is done either FPS or really zoomed in so you barely see the character, IIR... : sammyl
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  What value is there to these x vs y comparisons? : geedeck
  • lol... x is always equal to y. You might have to do a few things to it though. : devi| dog
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    about as much or mroe value as asking what the value is? : fufux
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      No really, what do we get from constantly comparing and ranking sometimes vastly disconnected things? : geedeck
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        So you are trying to say the rating system in place is worthless? We rate games across all consoles rega... : devi| dog
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          Well, not worthless, but I do feel like it shouldn't be given as much weight as it generally is : geedeck
          • I would agree with this, I think the last review I took a look at was Wing Commander about 10 years ago a... : devi| dog
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          Yes, I would absolutely say that the rating systems we have for games is (almost) worthless. Game review ... : rock elf
          • lol wow, you've broken something. Social impacts of each game? I mean, I agree with the ratings thing, ... : devi| dog
      • Ive no idea. Personally I think its this mentality that keeps people from enjoying what would be an other... : VegasX
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    I just wanted to talk about something other than money, sex or my total disrespect for humanity on here f... : ra1n
    • Who do you think hates religion more? Master Chief or Marcus? : devi| dog
  • I read nothing more into it than his opinion on which is better, which is just fine. He gave it without s... : Entity
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  Gears has a superior control scheme for the console. Both are painfully generic. Halo has more fun and un... : Damodred
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    PC elitism at it's best! : paravis
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      What kind of PC elitist plays console games? : aeg1x
      • the worst kind. : paravis
      • The self hating ones, who keep it in the closest, and play and enjoy the games, even as it eats away as t... : Jackass1233
  • Get out of here Stalker! : Toth21
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  I enjoy them both, they're great. Gears mp is far inferior to Halo 3's, but both are still great fun over... : Magus
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    I wouldn't say inferior. It's a very different type of gameplay. : EvilDolemite
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      I would say inferior. Lack of gametypes, cramped levels. It's still fun, but H3 is leaps further in regar... : VegasX
      • Except in Gears my character doesn't feel like a lard ass who can't make it to cover 5 feet in front of h... : Toth21
    • Sorry, I meant features, not gameplay. : Magus
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  I want to make a game that consists of single teapot in a single room. It would have full global illumina... : lord cecil
  • that game already exists. it runs only on beos though. i remember when people would clamor over how many ... : j0nchan
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  gears is a good game, but has some seriously annoying flaws that keep it from being par with halo for qua... : gokart.
  • you can skip the cut-scenes in gears. : pyide
• how dare you question Microsoft's advertising dollars! : Senor PoopyPants
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  I enjoyed Gears more. The action was more fun, the pace was more exciting and consistent, as far as I can : Serpico74
  • That said, Halo 3 is still king as far as options in console FPS multiplayer go. I still have issues with... : Serpico74
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  as far as both games side by side in their entirety, H3 takes it easily. Firsts: 4 player coop over live... : paravis
  • A big first for me was how smoothly 16 players can be climbing all over that 'Elephant' movable fortress ... : crockroches
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  To each his own I guess. Gears was atrocious imo. Bought that on the hype, learned my lesson. Every ti... : crockroches
  • i agree 10000% : mankeroo
  • You forget the part where Quake is way more fun than Halo. : Serpico74
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    halo 3 has been out for 2 days. it's too early for me to say it's that good blindly. and it took me w... : pyide
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      kinda sad. Ever thought about trying the theater mode or forge among other things? These are definitely... : paravis
      • oh yeah, those are awesome. i've definitely fooled around with theater quite a bit already, and blew up s... : pyide
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  i am getting frustrated with the response from the controls in halo3. its just too slow to respond. im ... : CoRDS
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    what sensitivity do you use? i find them a bit too twitchy at 6. : pyide
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      default. i dont mean the sticks i mean the whole thing. : CoRDS
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        that's weird. they seem very responsive to me. could it be a wireless controller problem? : pyide
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          its hard to describe, its not a controller problem, its just that the game feels sluggish : CoRDS
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            like movement speed? halo has always been pretty slow. or framerate? it does seem a bit sluggish at times... : pyide
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              no like in a battle. getting out from a vehicle and trying to get the hell out of harms way. things just ... : CoRDS
              • it's always been like that though. : -=kodiak=-
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  i enjoyed the gears storyline more. the halo story is getting very old and worn now. time for something n... : bradsh
  • yeah gears was totally original too! : VegasX
• Nahh, I like co-op better in Halo 3. : locater16
• I'm liking Halo 3 more so far (i'm on the 6th level in the campaign). The setting, story, pacing, etc is ... : Mansmells
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  I prefer Halo in every way. I'm not a massive fan of most of Halo's art design, but I'll take it any day... : Chris Remo
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    i find gears of war's movement to be incredibly fluid even with the cover system. sure it 'sticks' you to... : pyide
    • what do you mean your getting stuck on doors on Halo 3? Are you playing with your eyes closed, or do you ... : Jackass1233
  • About the art design, I agree. And the "chunky" design of everything in Gears, including characters, was ... : rock elf
• FOR SOME OFF reason the first few levels of Halo look like ass (except the first one). The indoor hangar ... : Cygnus X-1
• the narrow FOV in Halo3 is really frustrating... you constantly lose guys because they can get out of you... : TPSReport
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  Hey guys Ive only played Halo 3 for 1.5 minutes and I have to say Gears is better ;) : VegasX
  • "ok so the thing about halo 3, you won't really like playing it, te whole way through, but trust me when ... : boring gegtik
• Gears' action is more visceral, and halo3 is more "rated T" compared to GEARS. they both a good at what... : X-GOUKI
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  I just started Halo and I agree. Honestly I think Resistance is more fun than both. : MagicWishMonkey
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    ^^^^ HERECTIC! : X-GOUKI
    • It's actually a lot of fun co-op, not sure about single player. I like having a nice variety of weapon... : MagicWishMonkey
• Halo 3 is my first real attempt at playing this series. The first area of the game is a reject lost le... : ghost in my shell