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  has it unlocked yet on Steam? : AlexXdude
  • I got mine at circuit city for 39.99... didnt steam this one. but im just upset that the FOV is ghetto... : chilln
  • No, should unlock sometime today. Needs the countdown timer TF2 had. : dael
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    Just unlocked but it's spitting out some error for everyone. Blast! : JarEme
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      I'm downloading it now from Steam. I love reading the forums, makes me want to kill people. : AlexXdude
      • Yeah, they need to chill out and go make a sandwich or something. That's what I did. Mmm... turkey 'n ry... : JarEme
• Holy shit! I am calling it now, Dutygate 2007! : Fred Garvin
• COD4GATE!!! : trOmblyj
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  Does anyone fucking care anymore? If a game uses an odd FOV while natively supporting widescreen it was m... : avatar_58
  • Dude FOV 90 = fun! : Fred Garvin
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    no seriously, It feels like you are looking down a periscope. You cant see anything/anyone to your rig... : chilln
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      I didn't notice anything in the demo, and after the countless COD4 threads I've not seen any complaints. ... : avatar_58
      • Now that it's out, expect a full force bitchfest to commence in the next 36 hours. : walker270
  • Too busy fighting about Driver Wars : Slowtreme
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    current gen : dantastic
    • I don't make the terms I just use em. it's all the same to me anyway, considering a game that looks like ... : avatar_58
  • "Tons of older shooters used all sorts of strange views" obviously not ones i played. : flasher 907
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  you can change the fov to 80. On PC it makes it so much better. : Iwannaacura
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    command is cg_fov i think im at work. : Iwannaacura
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      Ya, that's the command, I've been changing cg_fov to 80 but every time a new level loads it resets back t... : vynn
      • I also added cg_fov 80 to this file but I still have to keep changing it manually after every load C:\... : vynn
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  You can enable the developer console in the PC version. I wonder if it's possible to change the fov from... : CrustaR
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    hey CrustaR i may buy this on Steam when it unlocks. How many people are playing MP : AlexXdude
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      I don't know. I don't really have time for MP these days. :[ : CrustaR
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        :( Does it run well atleast? : AlexXdude
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          Yeah, I'm running it in 1280x1024 on all high with little drops in framerate every once in a while (8800G... : CrustaR
          • That's cool. I think I'll get it, since I finally have a day off tomorrow. I'm still running on an X2 380... : AlexXdude
• Yeah, it's pretty noticeable, but oh well. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  let me get on those fuckers too. : ultramega
  • you are a narrow minded twat waffle : dahanese
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  COD4 at 90 FOV 4:3, looks so much better. I am tired of DEVs doing this shit. http://www.173rdairborn... : gmd
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    Crap shadows, poor lighting, and you can see texture seams. Photorealistic my ass. : Fred Garvin
    • Depth of Field looks fake as well : gmd
  • Yuck, that looks terrible. : CrustaR
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    When you tape your two clips together, isn't one of them supposed to be upside down so you can flip it ov... : hawke
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      That's not tape. It's a clip designed to hold the two magazines about 1/2" apart. You just pull the one o... : zohar79
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        AAAHH. I thought that could be the case, but it looked like the one on the left was about an inch or so... : hawke
        • The one that isn't currently feeding the rifle is lower. That's intentional/by design. : Dslyecxi
    • He's a noob : Ravenkettle
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      you're thinking too much. you detach the empty one and then shove the full clip in. why do you want to ... : vassili_zaitsev
      • Yeah, I was surprised to see a U.S. soldier doing that. Normally it's with the big AK-47 clips. The po... : hawke
  • it's obviously fake, his knee pads aren't on his knees. : flasher 907
  • Crysis looks better. : SockMonkeh
  • lol, the kneepads around the ankles. Those issued ones are such shite, they never stay up. : Magus
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    bright side about carrying that much shit on your back is that you'd never have to worry about getting sh... : vassili_zaitsev
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      An AK bullet would pretty much tear directly through that pack and hit him in the back anyway. It's not l... : AlexXdude
      • ...or is it?? : Majuju
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        don't they wear kevlar vests anyway? the pack would prolly slow the bullet down so it would hurt very li... : vassili_zaitsev
        • Yeah they do, but still, I don't see that pack offering much resistance to an AK round. Either way, t... : AlexXdude
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          My buddy went to Iraq right when all the madness started. He said they had more people than they had kevl... : Ctrl-Phreak
          • Nitpicky, but kevlar is the soft armor. Plates in that case would be the SAPI composite stuff. Plates are... : Dslyecxi
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          Even a level III-A kevlar vest (30 or more layers) won't do an awful lot of good against a round from an ... : menkey
          • I find it very odd that he doesn't (as far as I can tell) list what level those plates are. Level IV plat... : Dslyecxi
        • The pack would do precisely dick, unless the bullet hit something like an E-Tool, knife, or other hardene... : Dslyecxi
  • FAAAAAAKE ! : barichnikov
• it's obviously not affecting sales, i don't expect they'll ever stop as it gives them a performance boost... : gokart.
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  A lot of developer narrow their FOV to minimize Z-fighting at a distance. Z-buffers are great for prev... : RomSteady
  • get out of this thread with your logical reasoning :) : mafu5150
  • It's too bad though that lower FOVs seem to be causing more vision problems for people, at least that is ... : Chod
• lol how much lower can they take this shit : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Shots bellow. It never even occurred to me to try the console. Damn its a huge difference too. Ignorin... : smacknca
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    90 FOV feels too high in this game, I went with 80 which to me looks like a 90 FOV in other FPS games. ... : vynn
    • yea i wasnt jibing with 90, but i only tried for a few moments. i beat the game yesterday so it will be ... : smacknca
  • The FOV 90 shots look ridiculous. And not in a good way. : mittense
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  This thread is fucking ridiculous. The field of view has so little impact on anything that it hurts me to... : mittense
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    i'm not sure how you can classify "some people get really dizzy and throw up at lower FOV" as "so little ... : electroly
    • Did that happen to you when you played Call of Duty 4? Or did it happen during Half-Life 2 and you're gen... : mittense
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      What does that even mean? I've never understood this. If no one told you it was FOV 65 you'd never have k... : avatar_58
      • I got nauseous playing HL2, and every other FPS with a low FoV. : Old_Fart
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    Well I'm done with FPS until something greater than 70 becomes the standard. : Jonathan
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      That'll show the devs. Way to take a stand. : mittense
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        Well I'm not buying games I can't play... not a stand just a practical matter. : Jonathan
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          You can't play because of the FOV? Why? : mittense
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            I get sick... HL2, Bioshock, Oblivion, Star Wars Battlefront (on split screen only...) and Halo 2 (but no... : Jonathan
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              just a question but have you gotten your eyes checked? sometimes that's just needing a new prescription. : dahanese
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                Yeah I jumped through a whole bunch of hops around the bioshock release and my eyesight isn't perfect but... : Jonathan
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                  Oh fun fact Oblivion third person seemed to be ok... : Jonathan
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                    Why though, it's all 3d movement. I don't understand how having a 3d character VS 3d arms appear changes ... : avatar_58
                    • I'd guess it's something to do with what the brain/eyes expects to see? I don't know why. : Jonathan
                  • That's because you're feeling a bit disoriented in the first person view. A higher FOV helps eliminate th... : vynn
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                  huh, well, hopefully the FOV tweak for BioShock will help you out when it releases. : dahanese
                  • Yeah that's why I've still got a copy rather than giving it away. : Jonathan
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                    the FOV hack that was available right after release works great, how will the official FOV tweak differ? : vynn
                    • well i was talking about the 360 FOV but i'll detail anything when the update goes up. : dahanese
    • All the Halo games, TF2 and Bioshock default to 75 FOV. When you chasecam people in TF2 you can tell if t... : vynn
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      doesn't the ability to set it to 80 alleviate this? : aethyr
      • I'm on a console mostly these days... : Jonathan
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    i don't know what kind of shitty eyesight you've got, but completely negating all peripheral vision isn't... : gokart.
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      I'm a computer graphics developer. I'm incredibly sensitive to any graphical oddities. I would have never... : mittense
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        really? i recognized it right away as being the same as bioshock/halo3, which iirc are also 65. : gokart.
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          How do you recognize it? : mittense
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            The sensation is sort of like trying to peer through a small window that seems to be farther from you tha... : Johnny Law
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              But technically all games are like that. Your monitor is NOT inside your character's head in most games. ... : avatar_58
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                It's not impossible but, using Call of Duty 4 as the particular example, everything within the game is de... : mittense
                • Honestly it is tough to describe but it is instantly noticeable. It is exactly like low refresh rates on... : Chod
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                except the height of the player doesn't have anything to do with FOV. : vynn
                • No, but the whole "my view isn't where I'd like it to be" arguement is false. You cannot tell what FOV it... : avatar_58
              • It's not a matter of the monitor being inside the character's head. To some extent it's a matter of ho : Johnny Law
            • That's a very good description. : abrasion
      • thinking so highly of yourself has blinded you to how wrong you are. I loaded up the game for the first ... : Luminair
  • Amen, brother. I've put FOV-whining in the same sad little bucket as console wars, HD format arguments, a... : Dave-A
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    Do you wear horse blinders in real life? : tree8
    • Yes. I got them from your mother. I got nothing. : mittense
• I support FOV whining. Too much time in the Quake(s) tweaking for maximum damage effectiveness. Quake... : Downforce
• Yet another reason devs are loosing interest in the PC as a platform. : byorn
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  People claiming a low FOV doesn't fuck things up, don't know goddamn shit. http://www.youtube.com/watc... : abrasion
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    Really? Please. Educate me. : mittense
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      OMG why not click the url in the same post? : abrasion
      • Because it was a sarcastic response to your ignorant statement. : mittense
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      The less annoyed, less passive-aggressive response is that the FOV doesn't mean jack shit for a lot of ga... : mittense
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        of course it means shit if a. it affects people enough to be sick b. it affects people enough to b... : abrasion
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          Did you even read my post at all? I at least watched your video. : mittense
          • Yes I did read your post, IT IS STILL MAKING PEOPLE SICK, clearly there's a problem here. It's really ... : abrasion
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    Looks like a high FOV fucks things up, too. I don't get it? : crummynz
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      Because he doesn't appear to have a background in 3D theory and 3D graphics programming. There's no unive... : mittense
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        Lets get this I am a 3d programmer so I know wtf"" out of the way. So am I, and I fucking hate low fov : moshman
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          Why? I'm trying to get actual reasons here, I'm providing mine. : mittense
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            But you're sounding like a painter who claim vomit green was the intended colour when people says it look... : Jonathan
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              Are you saying that vomit green isn't a sexy color? : mittense
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                Well I'll say that COD4 looks very nice when the picture isn't moving. : Jonathan
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                  I will add that I never played Call of Duty 4 on my old 1280x1024 monitor, so maybe it has something to d... : mittense
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                    Oh well my 26" 1920×1200 says that size doesn't matter... : Jonathan
                    • Size doesn't. The aspect ratio might. : mittense
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                      How close do you sit to that? Monitor size and the distance you sit from it must have as much to do with ... : menkey
                      • Yeah. The size is kind of huge. I know people who have a 30" monitor who can't play FPS games on it whats... : mittense
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                        Well sitting very close (3 ft) to it increases the time I can play but I still end up worse for wear, I'm... : Jonathan
                        • That seems really far away to me, even 3 ft. Have you ever tried sitting even closer, or is the screen ju... : menkey
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                    Why do people interpret disagreement as disliking around here, I can think of maybe 2 posters I've ever h... : abrasion
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                      I didn't interpret your disagreement as anything. I interpreted the fact that you indirectly said I "don'... : mittense
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                        The problem is that you're basically ignoring the significant factor to us - how we react to the FOV. I r... : Jonathan
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                          I'm not ignoring it: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15544201#itemanchor_15544201 : mittense
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                            I don't see how your theory that the rendering engine makes the difference rather than the FOV isn't easi... : Jonathan
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                              A field of view in the range of 75-105 should all work relatively well for an FPS, in theory. If changing... : mittense
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                                Also, both Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4 shipped with a field of view less than ninety. That's not a... : mittense
                                • I honestly believe it's got nothing to do with them thinking 'what's best' I firmly believe it's a case o... : abrasion
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                                Well technically this whole issue is "mental" because I'm getting motion sickness from sitting down... bu... : Jonathan
                                • Well, I'm not trying to discourage you, I'm just validating my point (just because I'm clearly in the min... : mittense
                      • Don't take that opening post as gospel, it's just laying down the groundwork for my post and frankly it g... : abrasion
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            it makes me feel constricted, regardless of game type or even graphical application. : moshman
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              That's fair enough. I don't feel that way. I've provided reasons, and I'll stick to them. But I still ... : mittense
              • I think the fact that people feel ill at that fov and patches have been applied to games to get rid of th... : moshman
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                No we aren't. You have repeatedly ignored the WE GET SICK aspect every time. Guess what if low FOV caus... : Chod
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                  How many people have gotten sick from Call of Duty 4? I know a bunch of people did during Half-Life 2's v... : mittense
                  • I get ill in a variety of engines that are low fov, source based games, Halo engine games, Bioshock made ... : Chod
      • Off Topic. It's fun in TF2 because when you view through someone elses eyes when you're dead, you also... : hawke
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      That's correct, hence the industry standard 90 FOV for all FPS games, it's about how humans view things w... : abrasion
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        It's clearly not an industry standard. Bioshock, Call of Duty 4, and Team Fortress 2 all shipped with dif... : mittense
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          What is this, please? Have you been playing games for 1 year or something? The rest of us have been play... : abrasion
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            This is like arguing with a five-year-old. : mittense
            • Yeah, arguing with a 5 year old is rough.. I hope abrasion is handling it alright. : TreMetal
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              Err not really, people are feeling sick and finding this change detracts from their gameplay but because ... : abrasion
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                Abrasion, please, you don't know the history of FOV. I do. : mittense
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                  "I'm right, you're wrong," If that's not arguing like a 5 year old, I don't know what is. : jonas54
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                    I'm not saying I'm right, I was trying to provide actual reasons why I think a reasonable field of view s... : mittense
                    • the bottom line is that devs have their 'design choice' and that's the default, but MAKE IT FUCKING ADJUS... : Downforce
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                      and what they're saying is, if it makes you sick so you physically cannot play the game, how is that not ... : electroly
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                        I'm not saying it shouldn't be adjustable, it absolutely should. But the people who get sick aren't the r... : mittense
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                          agreed. i think you're on the same page as the rest of us and we're arguing over nothing. the crux is g : electroly
                          • Let's argue about penis size now. : mittense
                        • And 99.9% of people out there that buy CoD4 don't know or care about FOV. : Fred Garvin
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              It really is, you should just stop now. : Ebu
              • Oh, you meant abrasion. : Ebu
            • more like a group of five year olds who are all somehow more informed than you, even though you work in t... : gokart.
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              Now you know how Abrasion feels, lawl. : Magus
              • Now now gents, no need to go harsh on him, it's just an opinion - but I sure as shit know how he feels - ... : abrasion
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        we need to evolve our eyes to FOV 110. Played 110 throughout the quake series. It works. : paravis
        • humans can see approximately 180 degrees. : cpt_gloval
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        There is no industry standard. : Fred Garvin
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          Yeah 99% of games just used FOV 90 for about 10 years, no standard at all. : abrasion
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            No, Fred is right. There is no industry standard. But a lot of FPSs tend to all use the same engines. And... : mittense
            • Yeah, that comfy sweet spot of 90. : abrasion
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              A projection matrix is a projection matrix, regardless of the engine. A field of view other than 90 degr... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
              • I've been playing shooters from day one and it doesn't bother me. : Fred Garvin
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            What I am saying is there are conventions that people follow because others have done before, but there i... : Fred Garvin
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              Oh man I actually sighed when I read this Fred, cmon - I don't want to be one of 'those guys' with you - : abrasion
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                One thing you need to get, that you and the rest of the FOV bitchers don't and that's that you are the mi... : Fred Garvin
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                  I won't deny we're in the minority of people noticing it - infact I don't even get sick from it. My qual... : abrasion
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                    So, why put the time and testing into a feature that only a fraction of players will use? : Fred Garvin
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                      Huh why put the time and testing to add in an option to change FOVs like the console or something? If th... : Chod
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                        Well they have to test everything at both FOVs so that's twice the testing... : Jonathan
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                          if they make it a smooth slider instead of either/or that's INFINITELY MORE TESTING OH GOD : electroly
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                            See my answer below Mr. Genius. : Fred Garvin
                            • as a software developer i'm well aware of the testing involved in seemingly simple features, i'm just mak... : electroly
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                        You have to write the code for it, you have to make the GUI for it, you have to do testing to make sure i... : Fred Garvin
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                          No you do not have to waste all of your time doing a full fledged test on that. It's an optional unsuppo... : Chod
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                            And how exactly do you do that on a console game? PC is a different story and most FPS games already give... : Fred Garvin
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                              You have on an options menu of which most consoles have some sort of, and have it an advanced button or s... : Chod
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                                Sigh... it still costs money and time. Believe me I got more worthwhile features than FOV settings shot d... : Fred Garvin
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                                  this is where I disagree. adjustable FOV shouldn't be a feature up for debate. maybe this is a trend deve : Downforce
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                                    Got proof that it's a "trend"? People always bitch about FOV around game sites so that's not really a val... : Fred Garvin
                                    • hahaha. touche on the black bars comment, guilty as charged. however, technology is fixing that and progr... : Downforce
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                          how did id do it so well then? use quake 2 code for all modern games or something!!?! FFS, just make the... : Downforce
                          • There is no trend. The Shack is NOT an indicator of the game buying public at large. : Fred Garvin
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                  The main issue is many of these games coming out with unadjustable FOVs. Fine if you want to have a lowe... : Chod
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                    How many PC games allow adjustment in the menu system? Now, how many console games? IT's just really a no... : Fred Garvin
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                      Most pc games do not but most pc games where this is an issue have a console. Console games are a terr... : Chod
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                        Your idea of trivial indicates to me that you have never gone through a complete dev cycle and had shouty... : Fred Garvin
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                          No, I've worked on plenty of programs over the years implementing features and testing them. I've implem... : Chod
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                            "Trivial" features that were for public consumption, not some internal app and had to pass certification ... : Fred Garvin
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                              Yes as a matter of fact I did. : Chod
                              • Then I can only say that it must be nice to wield that much power. Let me know how many trivial features ... : Fred Garvin
                      • I wonder why console development apparently overlooked adjustable FOV entirely : Downforce
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                If there is something I know, it's not to try and discuss a point with Fred. : razlebol
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                  Hahaha, you really should talk fanboy. : Fred Garvin
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                    See? No point. : razlebol
                    • Got a totally valid point if you actually read the thread, but hey don't let your chipped ego get in the ... : Fred Garvin
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  I believe Crysis' defualt FOV is 60. O_o : Mikuya
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    Yes. It is 60. You can check it with r_drawnearfov. : SlamDunk
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      Since we're on the subject... my Crysis demo weapon model close up shots: http://xs221.xs.to/xs221/074... : SlamDunk
      • wow, thats a sexy model man : Mikuya
  • Based on this trend I expect we'll be playing with an FOV of 1 in about 15 years. : aeg1x
  • con_restricted 0 and then cl_fov to adjust it. I'm liking 90 @1440x900 (16:10). I had to make my piece... : smacknca
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  They're down to 65 and 75 these days because 90 would seriously warp the environment, which is not that n... : SpaecKow
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    i do completely agree about the warping. is there nothing that can be done about it? simulate a spheric... : smacknca
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      If you're using a widescreen monitor, Bioshock may have had a narrower field of view despite the numbers ... : menkey
      • ah ok, yea im playing on a widescreen. so even though it says 65 its actually using a diffenet number? ... : smacknca
    • Technically speaking what they're doing now is trying to accurately simulate the front ninth of your visi... : SpaecKow
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      peripheral vision is wide, but the actual range of vision which you can focus on is much, much smaller th... : GloriousCow
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        but your peripheral vision is much more sensitive in dark environments and to small changes in light or m... : cpt_gloval
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          yeah, without our peripheral vision bears would be sneaking and eating us all up! : SpaecKow
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            i know you're being sarcastic but i bet i that part of your vision is more important than you know. it's ... : cpt_gloval
            • oh sure but when we're looking at a game most of the screen is in our central focus, so I'm just saying i... : GloriousCow
  • warping is a small price to play for the added peripheral vision (how often do you stare at the sides / c... : pyide
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  Am I right in thinking that as I own both a widescreen monitor and a widescreen HDTV I won't ever be affe... : marmite
  • It affects both exactly the same. : TrptJim
  • I guess I just never noticed then lol. I've been playing FPS since Quake 2 and I've never noticed a sudde... : marmite
• blah when i play games under 90 degree fov, i keep finding myself wanting to find the control that zoo... : cpt_gloval
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  If I were a developer now I would just have code to change all FOV values fov-30 so that when we set it t... : SockMonkeh
  • the thing with that is a lot of us know when the FOV is unconventional just by looking at it or playing f... : cpt_gloval

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  You're asking us to attack a Jew? : RomSteady
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    Grr... I ain't joking man =(. He's so god dammed but hurt on the subject and I want him defeated : Malku
    • There is a certain breed of fanboy that you'll never be able to convince. : RomSteady
  • aw shit, i better go hide. hmm, that oven looks cozy... : Korban
• I can't help you :( : dognose
• Dammit! Can I give you his email or something? What Malku needs is a list of different positives and neg... : Malku
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  That is part of the reason I have a PS3 and good computer, all the really good games will be on PC eventu... : baronzemo78
  • But can you admit that it would not be flushing your money down the toilet to buy a 360? I have a PC and... : Malku
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    That's such crap. All good 360 games will be on PC, but PS3 games won't right? : Fred Garvin
    • If the 360 had a HD-DVD drive and didn't RROD I would have bought it. I bought the PS3 to play blu ray mo... : baronzemo78
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  Alot of PC ports from the 360 are just terrible. GEARS I am looking at you! : D45hiz
  • Yes! Yes! You!! Email me!! Send me examples!! i'll message my email to you! : Malku
  • I thought Gears was supposed to be a decent port? : crummynz
  • What's wrong with the Gears port? You can tell me. : CrustaR
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  forget him, let him play his pc games next year after he upgrades his video card yet again while you are ... : metalremains
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    by "next best thing" I assume you mean the new Xbox 360 unit he gets back from Microsoft Warranty Service... : Schnapple
    • LOL, Burn! :) : coyoterys
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  God... I have work soon... I need feed back.... =(. I love you all for helping me not to love. It's n... : Malku
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    Well he's kinda being dickish about it but he has a good point - if the 360-exclusive games don't interes... : Schnapple
    • Yes. He does have a good PC... But he claims that the PS3 is going to have a great many more great titl... : Malku
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  Here's how you win this argument easily: you don't do it. he's a moron. you will never win. : EvilDolemite
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    Often times... I think you're right... But do you have an opinion on why a 360 is not a complete waste of... : Malku
    • because i have fun with the 360 and xbox live pwns : FrayLo
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      Of course, I have tons of opinions, but they apply to me and probably you, and not him. He's obviously r... : EvilDolemite
      • I'm taking part of that as a quote. Thank you for supporting my cause : Malku
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  Patience young jedi, you will not convert him over night. This is a long process so the way to go is : dael
  • I love you... God.... Damn.... If I was gay I'd be unwrapping a condom right now.... : Malku
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  this kind of post would never have lasted back in the day. you guys are getting soft. : virus
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    Why? Pimping the 360 and bashing the PS3 is fair game on the shack. : baronzemo78
    • I'm with you there but he also goes by the name of wej. : Chip Munk
• Well... I am off to work... If you wish to help me further (and I thank you all very greatly) then messa... : Malku
• 1) you get an xbox 360 List of 360 games that will never make it to PC: DOA 4 Dead Rising Crackdo... : fleabug
• Please, don't bother. Some people just don't respond to logic. : silentw
• Wir müssen die A_Juden00 ausrotten! : Lunatic Angelic
• I believe I may have enough. Now I Just need to present it. Thank you very kindly and thank you Schnapp... : Malku

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  Never played any Mario game before. I bought an N64 but Mario 64 looked kinda fruity after playing Quake.... : Dave-A
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    What....the fuck.........You've never played SMB3 either? : Drewus
    • He's definitely not the only one. Regardless of how good this latest tired incarnation of Mario is (the ... : wytefang
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    You've never played one? As in, not even as a friends house out of curiosity? You mean, you've never purc... : warcrow
    • Well, I was probably too old to jump on the NES train, and I don't think Nintendo was as big in Australia... : Dave-A
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    find a snes, super mario world, right fucking now : Dravenport
    • if he has a wii, it's on the virtual console along with super mario 3. : pyide
  • How did this guy get past security? : tfboc
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    I was a child of the PC as well, but come on man, Mario! You didn't even play the original 2D games or a... : Chris Remo
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      No, I never played them. Oh wait, I did play Donkey Kong in the arcades when it came out...does that coun... : Dave-A
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        No, it has little relationship to later Mario games in gameplay terms. : Chris Remo
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          just attempting to introduce a little levity into the situation there, good sir. : Dave-A
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            Heh, Remo wasnt trying to sound rude or anything. I think he's just trying to say that the games really d... : warcrow
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              i know, he's such a serious fellow, with furrowed brow and anguished demeanor. : Dave-A
              • He has good intentions--honest. ;) : warcrow
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          Really? I would say that Super Mario Bros added some big features (like most games after it), but that i... : adpalumbo
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            The experience of playing SMB has pretty much nothing in common with the experience of playing DK. I mea... : Chris Remo
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              What describes the different experience, though? Maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't think it's o... : adpalumbo
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                you could compare donkey kong to the original mario bros (even that is a bit of a stretch imo), but not s... : pyide
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                  I just don't know what prompts somebody to say that. I'm fully prepared for some one to convince me that... : adpalumbo
                  • no, i wouldn't agree. mario bros. actually shares some gameplay similarities with super mario bros. lik... : pyide
      • Do you own a Wii? You can pick up some of the earlier Mario games on the virtual console. : warcrow
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        You're making me so so so so so sad with this. : perstephanie
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          chin up! i've had a good life. : Dave-A
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            How could you--you havent played a Mario game in your life! :P : warcrow
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              the first time i saw an NES was like in...1989 maybe? Didn't know a single person who owned one prior to ... : Dave-A
              • What we're saying here is no one before that time had a good life. It's a little like Jesus Christ and hi... : cdbeckman
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            Just promise not to die before you rectify the situation. You can't die yet. YOU HAVEN'T EVEN LIVED. : perstephanie
            • does jazz jackrabbit count?? :( : Dave-A
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      I don't think he said he was a child of the PC - I'm guessing his age along with less interest in the NES... : MoreVespeneGas
      • I did all of my gaming on arcades and Apple ][s, then PCs after 1990 : Dave-A
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        I'm a good chunk older than he is and I had an NES and played Mario Brothers games. : Old_Fart
        • In Australia though? : MoreVespeneGas
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    Did you grow up in the Middle East? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • yes, the middle eastern suburbs of Melbourne! : Dave-A
  • What kind of horrible abusive household did you grow up in? : Boxelder
• I fucking hate you. : gmd
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  Maybe I will find a TRU tomorrow... : perstephanie
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    best buy, gamestop should all have it tomorrow : gmd
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      Yes but I want the $25 gift card so I can tell myself it's okay to buy two games. : perstephanie
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        oh shit I already reserved it at gamestop I didnt know this. : gmd
        • :( sad. You might's reserved before they announced that deal. : perstephanie
  • i'll be going there tomorrow at 6 for my $25 gift card too :D : Korban
• Fuck. Can I afford this? :| : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I've been playing Sunshine and SMB3 to get hyped for this tomorrow. Good to hear this news though. : sm00v3d
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    You're playing Sunshine? I feel bad for you. : Link.
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      eh it gets a lot of undue hate. It's not the best but not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. : sm00v3d
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        I agree. Plus the 'secret' levels (the retro platforming ones) are worth the price of admission, no doubt... : skankcore
        • yeah I call them cracked out jumping puzzles but they are damn satisfying to beat. : sm00v3d
        • It still has some of the best water visuals I've ever seen. : atom519
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  You're making me want to buy a Wii again. STOP IT!!! : angrytaxman
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    Zelda + Metroid 3 + Mario = obvious purchase : gmd
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      I played about 50% of Zelda the first time I had a Wii (sold it on the shack after not playing it for mon... : angrytaxman
      • I played zelda almost 30 hours straight until I beat it. I am a whore for zelda games : gmd
      • lol : MoreVespeneGas
      • Though it had GC graphics, zelda on the wii was great. I beat it and then beat it all 100% so fun : itsjeff9
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      not to mention the rest of the lineup over the next 3 months or so Mario Kart Smash Bros Resident Ev... : sm00v3d
      • fire emblem is out heh. resident evil in 2 days : barichnikov
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  Agreed, so far it's fucking amazing. I have to believe this thing is going to go huge on sales, there is ... : cdbeckman
  • btw, I didn't play Mario games as a kid, Didn't own any nintendo consoles, and only played the old marios... : cdbeckman
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  S H A C K H Y P E ! ! ! : ThomW
  • This one is justified though -- a true successor to Mario 64! : Yanks
  • She's such a fickle mistress. And she really gets around during the holidays. : Ajax
  • We're going to reach extreme proportions here. But, honestly--this game's hype isnt going to die quickly,... : warcrow
  • It's deserved. : cdbeckman
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    I think that term is bullshit. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13418285 : brickmatt
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      I agree. People just use it as a way to discount opinions they don't like, or to justify their poorly-re... : Chris Remo
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        Exactly. It's a catch-all bullshit phrase that means whatever the user seems to want it to mean. People... : brickmatt
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          brickmatt wants to nuke something? OMFG S H A C K H Y P E ! ! ! : Ajax
          • that's nukehyping, totally different. : Dave-A
          • Ahaha, fuck me. The bold with italics did me in. Totally loling here. : brickmatt
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        Shackhype is more the fact that the Shack likes a game for a week or two usually then its gone. : Chod
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          Did you read the post I linked? I address your point. Basically, gamers moving on to the next shiny bau... : brickmatt
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            I'm too lazy to go research it, but I thought the term Shackhype came about originally because of a resur : Ajax
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              I think the origin is due to either Silent Wolf or roushimx. Silent Wolf was doing his usual Xbox/PC OMF... : brickmatt
              • I would think it originated from Tribes 2. EVERYONE bought it, mainly due to the potential of the gamet... : Don Vito Corleone
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            I don't know about you but everything new doesn't automatically get a zomg this is a must have from anyon... : Chod
            • From anyone or everyone? In any case, most of the time people respond with unreasonable levels of intere... : brickmatt
        • i think true shackhype is when people feel the need to justify their purchases and say it's the best thin... : Mr.SEX
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          Well, how long should people keep playing and talking about the same game? I mean that's just how it's g... : Chris Remo
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            And as soon as someone makes a post about an old game they love, someone will call shackhype on that. He... : brickmatt
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              LOL tomservo and Deus Ex. That's not Shackhype, that's myopia. That's as bad as me and Porsche Unleashed! : Ajax
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                What about us and TIE Fighter? =( : brickmatt
                • I give the nod to NFS over the TIE Fighter games because honestly I haven't played any of the dumbed-down : Ajax
              • Best NFS game ever!!! : cltcprd
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            New games come out every week but rarely is it that so many new games are so actually worth it. I mean t... : Chod
            • That's kinda typical though, isn't it? Summer drought with a bunch of new games in the fall. This year,... : slax0r
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              Okay, but so what? People still have no reason to keep talking about games they've already purchased and... : Chris Remo
              • One thing I've learned here is that people fear change. If a game is awesome, it always has to be awesome... : Dave-A
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                That is what hype is though. Not saying it's bad or anything but the Shack Hypes things way more than ju... : Chod
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                  That's not what hype is, that's what normal behavior is. It is perfectly normal for a large body of peop... : Chris Remo
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                    On this I disagree, I'm not familiar with any group of people that every week or two to start ramping up ... : Chod
                    • I wasn't responding to that. I was responding to the thing about "the fact that the Shack likes a game f... : Chris Remo
            • wassup everybody!! Hello! i hope everything is well on this day for you!! if you know anything about m : Ajax
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      I'm just kidding. I'm going to Toys R Us tomorrow night just like everyone else. :) : ThomW
      • liar! don't conform! : Korban
    • Why? A game (or console) is eagerly awaited and talked about, other people feed off of that excitement,... : SiW73
  • I use the deadly power of Shackhype to trick people into buying good games. It's just the grease on the : Boxelder
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  i'm gonna grab this on my lunch break tomorrow i think. i can't wait. : nandu666
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    TRU told me they wouldn't be selling it until five o'clock. what kind of faggot shit is that. : [fry]
    • Really? wtf : Yanks
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      welk, bb just told me not today "we'd get sued [if sold early], it's not out till tomorrow" : nandu666
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        You should have forwarded them Nintendo's official press release saying the game was released today. : Chris Remo
        • Link to said press release in case of bullshit tomorrow... : manlyman
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        Heh--that's exactly what they told me today. : warcrow
        • weird : MoreVespeneGas
      • no tru here the only one i know of around here is a "tru kids" in topeka : nandu666
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  Oh shit!! I just got the Remo-Bubble-Bee Powerup! : warcrow
  • haha yeah that thing is awesome. i love how this game looks@ : Mr.SEX
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  I've never played a mario game, with the exception of the original mario bros game (and not very much of ... : trOmblyj
  • what kind of a freak has never played a mario game. shame! shunning! shazam! : Dave-A
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    I bought the SNES, N64, and soon a Wii JUST to play their respective Mario games. They are all that good.... : u sir name
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      people love hating on it, but sunshine was still a fun game. not a classic but i still enjoyed it. : pyide
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        This is how I feel. I put many hours into it (never finished it), and had tons of fun playing it. Hell my... : angrytaxman
        • I actually got all 120 shines, what a waste of time that was. After that, even years later I could not st... : pyide
        • yah it was probably the first Mario game I never finished... it was a good Mario game but not great. : Shadowdane
  • get on the vc and get that shit man! you are missing out. : nandu666
  • I played SMB like crasy on NES, and I played SMB2 and I hated it, but it's all I had. This will be only t... : Slowtreme
• haha yeah it just sort of makes you happy while you're playing. i'm at the same place you are when you p... : Mr.SEX
• is this post better then i think it will be? : Ziz
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  Time to play some Mario 64 VC to kill time. I wonder if Wal-Mart will have it at midnight... hmm : itsjeff9
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    I'm doing the same thing. My brother's going to Wal-Mart at midnight to try and get Assassin's Creed, an... : slax0r
    • My Wal-Mart had Galaxy this afternoon. I am weak. : Chris Faylor
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    Hmmm, Should I go at midnight or wait until 5 pm for a 25 dollar discount? 2hrs until Mario sounds awful... : jabuck
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      There's a 25 dollar discount? I think if any game is worth full price, it's this one. : slax0r
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        You still have to buy the game full price, but you get to use the 25 dollar discount card on your next pu... : itsjeff9
        • Oh, I never go to Toys'R'Us anyway. I had to look up the acronym. : slax0r
    • I hate dumb people, I called wal-mart and they said they had the damn game and then I get there after a 2... : jabuck
• Remo: Spout some hyperbole about this game for me. I have to wait until after work tomorrow to play it... : vile
• I hate all of you that got it early. : jabuck
• The stars that you collect get (I've only got two!) are super shiny and make you happy to see them--like : Chris Faylor
• It's awesome. Until I got to the 3rd galaxy. Oh God, motherfucking underwater levels. : Chrrs
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  • I've seen a few (not that I need one, had one since launch) at select stores usually by my 2nd visit with... : itsjeff9
  • I saw people lining up for a Wii on Sunday. Overnight. Almost a year after the system launched. Fucking i... : Chris Faylor
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    It's crazy -- I mean I spent 6 hours outside last November for it and I probably have played it for a tot... : Yanks
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      You didn't like Metroid Prime 3 or RE4? : AndyGoin
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        Didn't buy RE4 as I played it on GC and I haven't gotten to MP3 yet. I still have to bring myself to play... : Yanks
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          yeah but metroid prime 3 and mario galaxy aren't really just good games, they are system sellers and a bi... : Mr.SEX
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            I'm not sure MP3 is the system seller you think. It sold well, not spectacularly. : derelict515
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              That may be, but to at least some of the "hard core" gamers, it's a system seller in the sense of I'd buy... : Conan
              • yeah exactly. i thought it was one of the best games i've ever played and one of the reasons i bought th... : Mr.SEX
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          Oh yeah Zack and Wiki is good. RE4 is still fun times and I played through it on the GC as well. It's c... : AndyGoin
          • Me neither. I want SMG probably more than any other game that was released so far this year and will be r... : Yanks
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            Zack and Wiki is fun, but it should have come out at a slower time of year. it kinda got burried, and I ... : Boxelder
            • I think the biggest problem was the retailers just weren't carrying enough copies of it- and I mean Best ... : Borzoi
          • the games are already coming......there's genuinely more variety coming this holiday season on the Wii th... : Borzoi
  • Found mine in a Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve last year. WTF? : slax0r
  • I saw some in Target a few weeks ago, but that was it. I guess I don't really go to retail stores very of... : feek
  • I had never seen one in store on the shelf until I was passing through a small town on my way back home f... : K1Bond007
  • I saw a few at a best buy last week, but likely only because it was a tuesday when they got a shipment in... : ttyRazor
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  I got to play 2:30 hours tonight. Good thing too since I'm out of town for work until Sunday starting tom... : Serpico74
  • All of the end of world boss levels are great as far as the platforming goes. Some real quality stuff.! : MacemanInTW
• Dude, i agree - this game is the shit. I totally love it so far. Unbelievable polish : kainen1
• Dammit. No joy at Wal-Mart. Guess I'll have to settle for tomorrow. : slax0r
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  It's funny... I haven't seen a single negative comment from ANYONE who's played the game on any site or m... : vile
  • it really is great. i can't help but smile the whole time. and it's just so CUTE sometimes! : cygnus
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  Question: how is co-op? I'm specifically thinking of playing this game together with a GF, and I'm wonder... : gwarek
  • I haven't used co-op yet, but all you can do is collect the stars that float around with the wii mote sen... : itsjeff9

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  I wonder what Bean has to say about this. : pigvomit
  • I've seen the preview, and I was a fan of the original Killer Bean animations (even the first one where t... : Bean
• i'd watch that (on dvd) : snicker-snack 2
• i couldn't help but watch that. and not think of something like this. but yeah still thought it looked co... : Ziz
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  Oh wow, he's back. The Killer Bean stuff sold a lot of Hash's Animation:Master back in the day. : SiW73
  • I own/play around with A:M and did the Gfx for my web page with it. According to the FAQ, this new Bean ... : capt tripps
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  It looks terrible. I can't believe this guy spent 4 years maxing out credit cards to make a cheesy deriva... : systatic
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    I hope you are joking, seriously. The amount of dicipline needed to make something at that quality at tha... : jbury
    • ...and thus, way above the average consumer's level, which confirms this as a fun, creative, impressive b... : gijoehosaphat
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      Look, I never said it didn't take a lot of work and discipline. I'm saying it looks stupid. : systatic
      • The premise is bad, the character designs are bad, the writing is bad. The only thing impressive is his c... : systatic
• wow. Killer Bean. Man, that takes me waaay back... This guy got a lot of publicity from his original vid... : lowpoly
• !!!!!!!!!!!!! : SockMonkeh
• God that voice acting : phobium
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  This was all great and everything when I did the first couple of vids but you'd seriously think he'd have... : sKetchflow
  • stop being so beanist. : Silent Wolf
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  there was another video/movie of this? this first i've seen or heard of it. : Ziz
  • back when the internet first turned on : gmd
• They look like penis heads. : CRasterImage
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  he wont make any money off this unfortunately. not enough anyway : hobosapien
  • Unfortunately, I'm inclined to agree. If he breaks even, I'll be shocked. I'll buy a half-dozen copies of... : Bean
• oh holy fuck. killer bean 2 back in the day was so amazing : JINKY
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  Here's the old school version from back in the day: http://www.jibjab.com/view/107312 : malevolence
  • That brings back memories. For some odd reason, I thought it was originally done in flash. : CrustaR
  • Noteworthy : CRasterImage
  • Cool, I like it. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • theres a pretty high quality version on the page originally links, video page : zagzig32
  • Never seen it before -- still good! : Ride-My-Rocket
• Cool trailer. After reading the description of the guy's work on this film is somewhat depressing. "Fo... : yellowtexan
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  Although the animation looked good, the trailer didn't make the film look overly entertaining. : Kaerof
  • Agreed, I was bored about 10 seconds in and scrubbed through it. : Porkasaurus
• I remember the first killer bean short that he made. He can animate very well, but it's obvious that dial... : shred.
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  holy crap, I hope he can get a real job after this to help him make up lost ground. : Foxhawk
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    He had a real job prior to this. :| : CrustaR
    • That's kind of sad... but I hope this current project turns out well for him. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    He's a professional animator. Worked on plenty of stuff. Also released his own series of training DVD's : Drewus
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      I just don't personally understand. The guy made it - he was lead animator on a matrix film - despite you... : GloriousCow
      • Quite the buildup, 8.2/10. : SockMonkeh
• Get it guys? It's a shitty movie, BUT IT'S A BEAN!!! He should have made it a ninja or zombie, then t... : kingdepork
• he should do CG promos for the bulletball guy : GloriousCow
• our opinions of good seem to be at odds : RikiTiki2
• I will eat this killer bean without hesitation. : khaosman
• Wow. I remember seeing the first one around the time I was playing quake 2 and half-life 1 : razlebol
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  Any tips on getting this to work? I have Flash installed and updated, but it won't show up in FF or IE. :... : Magus
  • try here instead: http://www.killerbeanforever.com/videos.html : byorn
• I liked the original, but not sure if I could watch an 85 minute movie of it + dialog like they showed in... : byorn

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• ARHGGHGHRGHAGHATHG what the hell? anyone else? : dantastic
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  Exit Steam and delete your clientregistry.blob. Restart and you should be able to start it. : locash
  • Given how often this advice is given out, you should probably add it as a menu option. Manage Guest Pa... : RomSteady
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    already did that and i also deleted everything but steamapps and steam.exe same thing. just got back fro... : dantastic
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      still fucked. did you actually get your steam copy working? : dantastic
      • He works for Valve. : K1Bond007
  • nope, that didn't do it :( "game currently unavailable" : dael
• My COD4 is working through Steam :) : MuteMode
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  here's my steam forums post with specs: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6972254&post... : dantastic
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    Volunteer mods are not Steam employees. How big is your Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty 4 folder? : locash
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      6.25 gigs. i deleted that blob file for the 3rd time and revalidated to 100% new error: failed to conta... : dantastic
      • also that error gives me a nice "FUCK YOU IN THE EAR!" sound to it too. it might be that i didn't have t... : dantastic
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        Restart Steam and open up your friends list to make sure you've connected to the Steam servers then try t... : locash
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          friends list now says "steam servers are currently down for routine maintenance" :\ : dantastic
          • do you know it never reconnects when available even though it says it does :( : dantastic
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            They should be back shortly. Once you've connected to the Steam servers that Failed to contact key server... : locash
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              and then back to game unavailable no doubt : dantastic
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                yep back to the original error again... sweeet : dantastic
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                  Try changing your language in Steam to something like Polish, and then back to your previous language. : jruymen
                  • Yeah that fixed it for me this afternoon. It went from 100% to 70% and downloaded the rest. : AlexXdude
• honestly, i wouldn't be so mad if there was official word that they were working on this problem : dantastic
• I'm in the same boat as you, and so are a few friends on my IM. Been jumping through the hoops described... : dael
• I keep getting 'Failed to contact key server' : festivalman
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  woah.. you can get this through steam? I'm in! : heff
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    don't until this is ironed out : dantastic
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      Typical launch problems, they'll fix it soon enough... delay still sucks... was going to play tonight :( ... : dael
      • fixed doing what was quoted here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6972733&postcou... : dantastic
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  W T F how do i get back to configure the new punkbuster that got installed. i can't play online because... : dantastic
  • found it... so we have to manage punkbuster now? : dantastic
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  any updates? working yet? : heff
  • http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6972733&postcount=171 : dantastic
• This is exactly why i only buy Valve games on steam. Retail box FTW for non Valve games. : optic1234
• For some weird reason, I was compelled to buy this retail. USUALLY I buy Steam, but this time...I did ... : Rice-Rocketeer
• Yeah they kind of fucked this release up. First time I've ever had an issue with Steam. It decided it onl... : aeg1x
• I've been playing online all night. I'm about level 14 i think. So fun! : AlexXdude
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  if i buy this game retail, can i activate it on steam? : nyranger66
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    Q: Can I use my already existing CD-key from my previously purchased retail copy of Call of Duty (and its... : AlexXdude
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      fuck, it was $40 at Circuit City this week >:( Alex can you throw me $10? it's only like .50 cents in yo... : nyranger66
      • I just spent 49$ on it today :( sell something on ebay for 10$! : AlexXdude
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      This is such bullshit. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • what : Pink0r
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        Not really, Valve recieve absoloutely no $$$ to my knowledge from those retail versions, that effort with... : abrasion
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          I thought it was more down to the publisher to release the keys to Valve or not, Valve don't seem to mind... : node
          • I don't know of any game Valve has done this with but their own, and Prey (which happened because the pre... : crummynz

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  ze germans are already playing it: http://pc.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15541168 : SlamDunk
  • I'm in prague at the moment, any word of it selling here? : bostrov
• I only see ebgames ship dates tomorrow. I assume that means wednesday. : avatar_58
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  No. :( It will be in a week or so, though! :D : SockMonkeh
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    SockMonkeh, what are you getting? An 8800GT? : CrustaR
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      Yes, most likely. If they announce a new 8800GTS before I buy and it's totally badass I might go with tha... : SockMonkeh
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        8800GTS on G92 core should be announced the 14th if the rumors are true. Other rumors have hinted @ earl... : Athlon7
        • I'm getting an EVGA either way. :D : SockMonkeh
  • Same, my step-up is going through the process : megarust32
• No. Not till sometime next year. : pigvomit
• i upgrade this summer and my PC doesn't play it well enough to bother buying the game :( : flasher 907
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  Yes, but my pocketbook is not. This game must be added to the list of games that I will have to pick up : capt tripps
  • about to post the same thing. Too many unique games to pick up this one purely for the eye candy. It stil... : byorn
• I'll get it after I beat Mario Galaxy. : guido anchovy
• lol ask again in a year or so : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Nope, the demo crippled my system. But I just got a new Video card - I'll install it tonight and try the... : virus
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  Oddly, the actual game ran fine on my system using the autodetected settings, but the cutscenes were pure... : Johnny Law
  • (That was with the demo of course, not the full game.) : Johnny Law
  • The cutscenes I've noticed use a LOT more effects in them... I had to drop back my settings slightly so... : Shadowdane
• No <sigh> The sad thing is im getting ready to unload a couple grand in a brand new system and it STILL ... : johnny rotten
• No :( : fen boi
• For sure. : abrasion
• As ready as it'll be for awhile. : thejm4n
• Indeed, it is, oatmela! Awww, jeah. : CrustaR
• My PC would burst into flames just putting the DVD in the drive. : jonin
• It is, but I wont be buying it. : razlebol
• Yep. The euro release is a day late though. : Autocrawler
• Bah. I don't have time for Crysis. :/ Better put it, Mario Galaxy, and Assassin's Creed (haha?) on ... : DOOManiac
• No :( and never will be : red2lucas
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  i have p2-400 with voodoo3-2000 can i play crysis y/n : electroly
  • Mayhaps : Kaerof
  • Definotly : nudel
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    with or without MMX? : pancake humper
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      I heard that you pretty much have to an MMX processor to run Unreal smoothly. : CrustaR
      • Unreal NEVER ran smoothly. : Pneum0
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    HAY guys! I just got this card called a Voodoo 2... I hear it supports some new thing called 3D accelerat... : Toth21
    • it uses prerendered sprites i'm pretty sure : electroly
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      If you set HIMEM and EMM386 correct it will. : Spoetzl
      • may i suggest QEMM for better results : doomed
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      never say never. They got Doom 3 to work on a voodoo 2 : baron calamity
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        really? : nandu666
        • Really! http://geektechnique.org/blog/542/doom3-on-voodoo-2-sli : baron calamity
  • once you load the game, press the Turbo button. Should be playable. : oatmela
  • ^^ this is the computer sitting under my desk currently : father_crown
• Oh hell no... new system in January though, so I'll play it then. Maybe. : five_percent
• Yes. Ready to kick ass in high detail. : glio1337
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  Oh wait. I guess it ships tomorrow? So that means Best Buy won't have it tomorrow night? plz confirm : oatmela
  • It's in the flyer for wednesday at 2. : Pneum0
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  Quad Core - Check 4gb Ram - Check 7600 GT - :( I think Ill wait about 6-9 months and get a new card ... : nukewinter
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    I'm running everything on "Very High" (the recommended setting for my PC, and the highest it goes) with a... : Chris Remo
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      While Crytek claim it's CPU limited and benefits from quad-core over duel-core, the (fairly limited) benc... : nudel
      • Interesting, well, I assume those people are better informed than I. I'm just going by what Cevat Yerli ... : Chris Remo
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        I disagree with that article (I'll check this again tomorrow). When I ran it on the quadcore at work I w... : smacknca
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          I never saw Crysis use more than two cores at once in the demo. In fact, the only games I've seen use ... : pyrogen
          • and Supreme Commander. : pyrogen
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      big missing piece of the puzzle: Resolution? : paravis
      • in other words. Chris Remo, what resolution are you using in Crysis? ;) : paravis
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      "Down the road you can just pick up another cheap 8800GT and SLI it." *cough* MONEYPIT. Also, wtf, a q... : cdbeckman
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        I just said I'm running it on "very high" with a dual core and an 8800GT, so I'm not really sure what you... : Chris Remo
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          Well, very high notwithstanding, it is mind blowing that there is a setting in the game where that kind o... : cdbeckman
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            People didn't learn after HL2 that you NEVER upgrade for some particular game until it's actually on shel... : DinK
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              There was a day when I could just justify my computer upgrades with things other than gaming. Operating s... : cdbeckman
              • I dunno, I think you need the occasional game to come out that's just insanely demanding. It moves the w... : DinK
  • I'm in the same boat (with the exception of a 7800 GTX). Too bad I blew way too much cash on booze over ... : MacemanInTW
• No, I've waited almost 3 years to upgrade... maybe I will in another year. : Q-ball
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  Nope. I have an amd 4200 x2, 2 gigs of ram and a 7950 GT. Running the demo at 960 by 600 with most things... : baron calamity
  • a c2d rig would help you a LOT.. i have a e6600 and with everything else the same and run it at 1440x90... : Shadowdane
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    Have you tried cranking the settings to see if it gets much worse? I have a 4400 oc'd to 4800 X2, 3 gi... : DinK
    • I cranked it to high at 1024x768 and I got seconds per frame. I don't think my system is abnormally slow.... : baron calamity
• aw hell no! I've got $500 so far toward my computer upgrade : Ziz
• You know, I think it's good enough for now. I enjoyed the demo so much that I'd rather play it now at med... : Dslyecxi
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  Fuck no, but I'm not interested anyway, so we're even. I call my home Apathy House. Who would join me... : pres589
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    i will join you in Apathy House. : jackalope
    • Apathy House has another tenet! Who else here should want to live in Apathy House? : pres589
• IT'S AWESOME : TastyWheat
• Mine wouldn't even play the demo, but I put a new system on order yesterday so I should be in good shape ... : sixfoot6
• nope. i was going to upgrade just for this stuff but decided I can deal with 30fps @ 1440x900/everything... : smacknca
• No but I can play Far Cry again! : CrazyPants
• I can play the demo at 1280 x 800, all medium settings, no AA, and get 25-30 fps. But... it looks kinda c... : tashtego
• If I weren't already hooked on TF2 and Halo 3 multiplayer, I'd get this because the online games sound li... : Magus
• No, but I'm ready to play at 10fps with maxed out graphics settings. Being that it's single player and I... : DinK
• no :( : Clay
• Sort of! I can run it at high DX9 detail, but putting it at an acceptable resolution means it's a bit sl... : Lone Swordsman
• Nope! Laptop with integrated graphics. Guess I'll stick with Mario and CoD4. : cdbeckman

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  galaxy because mario is always win... except sunshine. : Iwannaacura
  • Nothing wrong with Sunshine, except it was a bit more difficult and much longer than most other Mario gam... : angrytaxman
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    I didn't like sunshine because it annoyed me. I hated the islanders. :( : guido anchovy
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ exactly my gripe w/ Sunshine : RikiTiki2
  • That was a winnar in my book! : atom519
  • Sunshine was awesome. : David Craddock
• my next game is Mario Galaxy. but yeah i've got so many other games i could be playing that i've never fi... : Ziz
• Galaxy, definitely galaxy. : FushigiDenki
• I'd go with Galaxy, personally. Nothing against CoD4 (I will be picking both up actually) but I've played... : qwpeoriu
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  Mario Galaxy. COD4 is fun, but I won't be playing it through again. : pigvomit
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    playing it on veteran is making me cry =/ : Iwannaacura
    • With all the games out/coming out this season, I don't have time for frustration. Normal mode for me. ... : pigvomit
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    COD multiplayer is fantastic though. : FormerHPB
    • Yeah, it was pretty fun for a console FPS. If single player is his focus, i'd still go with Galaxy. If ... : pigvomit
• CoD4 single player is awesome! Multiplayer will keep it in my 360 for a long time. : pun][sher
• i ordered mario galaxy. i agree with ya on the lack of wii games. i'm counting on galaxy to renew my f... : flasher 907
• what you haven't played Metroid Prime 3? btw get Mario Galaxy. : Shadowdane
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  COD4 is a really refined, intense version of something you've probably played a lot of. Mario Galaxy is ... : Chris Remo
  • call of mario galaxy. : xxiv
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  if you haven't touched your wii since xmas, i think it's time you thought about selling it. dumping anot... : vassili_zaitsev
  • If he wants to play Mario Galaxy and he already has the system, how is it any different than buying a $50... : yAak
  • What difference does it make if he already owns it? He's not "dumping $50 into a system," he's spending ... : Chris Remo
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    Id wager about 80 percent of us Wii owners are in the same boat... waiting on Mario Galaxy to make the sy... : bozer
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      I'd wager your 80% estimate is far far far from the truth, as I doubt 80% of Wii owners play video games ... : yAak
      • What I'm saying is they are waiting for the game of their choice and they aren't playing much of anything... : bozer
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    You hate for the Wii astounds me, what did it do to you? Really, You can tell us. :( : DM7
    • killed his dad, raped his mom, etc. etc. : perstephanie
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      i wouldn't say what i just posted was bashing the wii specifically though. had he had this problem with ... : vassili_zaitsev
      • Wii sports wasn't supposed to be a game with a ton of long-term playability, though. It's fun to bring ou... : perstephanie
      • The system isn't for you, just accept it and move on. I'm sure there are a lot of cars you have no inter... : Chris Remo
      • note to self: never invite vassil over for any games : hamachi
  • But dumping $50 into it will magically turn it into a system he *will* use. The Wii is awesome and is gra... : perstephanie
  • The WHOLE POINT of owning a Wii is to wait for these 1st party games. : DinK
• Buy SMG now, and buy COD4 used when you're done. The SP is good and the MP will probably have a decently ... : tashtego
• galaxy. : perstephanie
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  Buy Galaxy at TRU and use the $25 giftcard you get with it towards COD4. : Prozium
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    this is exactly what I'm doing. well not exactly, I'm using the $25 to pick up assassin's creed. : qwpeoriu
    • ^^^ This man knows what's up. : pigvomit
  • Oh hell yeah. Im going to do this and get Mass Effect : bozer
• COD because we're all playing that, TF2 and Halo 3 on Live. Swithcing between all three is really fun. Ke... : bozer
• obvious choice, GALAXY : GBeer11
• Mario all the way : grabbie
• I got both, but if I had to choose, I would go with galaxy, hands down. : cdbeckman
• CoD 4 was amazing the first playthrough, but the seams show big time on the second tiem with harder diffi... : Boxelder
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  thanks for helping me make up my mind. It should be obvious which direction im headed in. : agentlead
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    You plan on saving the money and getting high instead? : ieGod
    • i get high regardless of buying video games : agentlead
• hmm something fresh and awesome vs a regurgitated regurgitation. I'd go with Mario. : paravis
• SMG seems more interesting : ovrlrd
• COD4. Nuff said. : Sgt_Boomstick
• cod 4 /sniff : rudius
• Mario Galaxy! 'nuff said. : DM7
• Get Call of Duty 4, and then in three weeks when all the shackers stop playing it you can go buy Galaxy : alarm cock
• UR MR GAY : Judecca

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  When does it come out ? : r3ckless
  • 20th : Degenerate
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  wow, you fags have lost interest in ME already? :( : g0nk
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    no one liked YOU to begin with! : slickdoody
    • ps. strip club in game scene.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWXD9qaz8fs : g0nk
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    your thread was collapsed the second you pasted several video links into the OP. embedinator users hate ... : biskits
    • oh i'm sorry, it's my fault you use that? *rolls eyes* : g0nk
  • overhyped : aeg1x
• It looks like a really fun game. I plan on getting that or COD4 next. : Jayx77
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  WTF? Was the Krogan sliding instead of walking in a couple of those shots? : Fred Garvin
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    think it was one of the "powers" you can have, he was in "stasis" : g0nk
    • But still moving, weird. : Fred Garvin
• This game is going to own! : adhy
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  None of those videos make it look interesting. If it wasn't for the fact that it was made by BioWare, I w... : slickdoody
  • Everything seems kinda generic when I watch these. =\ And over dramatized. Combat sounds iffy, I hope it ... : kelerian
• i don't know if it's the encoding or what, but the framerate / performance looks all over the place, even... : pyide
• It's awesome so far. About 9hrs or so in and having a great time so far. : Crw22
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  Is this coming to the PC? : SockMonkeh
  • No mention of a PC version yet. : Fred Garvin
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    expect to wait at least a year and more likely 2 : derelict515
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      that makes me very sad. : Merlin13x
      • The good news is Mass effect is planned as a Trilogy, and since Bioware is now owned by EA, it's extremel... : SolrFlare
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  one man must stand up to find his destiny in a world beset by evil before it is too late in this action p... : SpaecKow
  • Don't forget the ancient alien prophecy that is just about to come true. That never happens in sci-fi ga... : riptyde
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  :/ The weird blur/warp effect of the character looks off or maybe it is just the hitching causing it t... : byorn
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    I think it's just hard to tell because you're not the one controlling things. I've had the same thought ... : action wombmate
    • true, but it is still not the best design if you can't visually tell what is going on screen. Oh well, th... : byorn
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  So, who is going to start this game as a chick and go for the lesbian love subplot? lol. : Magus
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    can you do that? shit I'll do it. fuck it : Degenerate
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      Yes, but all the girls in this game are of age, just fyi. :) : Magus
      • god damnit : Degenerate
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      Not only can you do it, As a Male you have the potential for a romantic relationship with several of the ... : SolrFlare
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        Not that I'm gay or anything but the fact that it doesn't allow for male-male romance and does allow for ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • Yep : Kaerof
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          Well, the "lesbian" romance is with an alien who is not technically female, although they appear similar ... : Vincent Grayson
          • shes not female? so your saying she has a dong? : duncandun
        • I agree. Kind of a lame copout. That said, that "romance" scene that was released and put on YouTube wa... : Chris Remo
        • yeah. : jackalope
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          I think you're all missing the fact that male-male romance is GAY! : Ravenkettle
          • there's really no arguing this : Clay
        • Yeah but not surprising. The gamer demographic is mostly guys who like chicks, and girl-girl seems more ... : DinK
  • I will play a female because I always do in games, but I will not actively seek out that plotline. If it ... : Evil Benius
  • I did in KOTOR with my character, Mulva Pink. It was hot. : Merconium
• Holy shit. Now THAT'S SCI-FI! Awesome. God I need a 360 : ( : Athlon7
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  *{THREAD HIJACK]* What class are you guys gonna be? I'm gonna be adept! : Rice-Rocketeer
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    FUCKING SHACKTAGS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Looks more like inept to me. : Majuju
      • oh, snap! : chazums
  • Either soldier or a combo class, for the first playthrough. : Magus
  • I don't know yet :[ Probably soldier or vanguard : Noobler
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    which ones the stealth one? : duncandun
    • Infiltrator is the soldier-engineer combo, sniper/hacker : Ravenkettle
  • Infiltrator for me. I'm interested to learn more about the unlockable classes though. : Aragoat
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  I'm super-sad tonight, because I'm sitting here looking at my copy, and I have too much work to do to pla... : Gonzo
  • We all pity you for having a copy of Mass Effect : Ravenkettle
  • ur mom : cdbeckman
• What's the difference in the classes? Is it like Soldier = shoot stuff, adept = use powers, vanguard = bo... : Clay