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  i can't really think of any band or artist I'm obsessed with : wtf242
  • liar. http://hatelull.shackspace.com/goninjago/haha.jpg : hatelull
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  i have every single thing Belle & Sebastian, Cocteau Twins, and Hannah Montana have ever done : electroly
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    Belle & Sebastian! : mittense
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      i saw them in concert a few years ago and it was totally sublime. awesome stage presence, excellent perf... : electroly
      • Yeah I was watching a video of them playing at Coachella a few years ago and they put on one hell of a sh... : SatansFist
      • god, i would LOVE to see them in concert. lucky! : arcane_
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        I've seen them twice in the states, once in D.C. at the Constitution Hall and once in Durham at the Carol : rgoer
        • I was in the front row too :-) Stuart forgot one of the lines to I'm a Cuckoo for our performance, it wa... : electroly
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      Why not just announce to the shack that you wear women's underwear? : wendigo
      • Yes, why not indeed. : mittense
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    Ah but do you have tigermilk electric honey original print? :P : marku5
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      Sadly, no. I only have the Jeepster release :-( : electroly
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        Do they have a new album coming out anytime soon? : mittense
        • BBC Sessions is coming out next month, but I haven't heard anything about a new studio album. : electroly
      • I had an electric honey ep till..like two days ago. Gave it as a present to a friend who is an insane b&s... : marku5
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    how does hannah montana fit into this? : arcane_
    • She is a talented pop artist with catchy songs. : electroly
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  1. Nine Inch Nails 2. Future Sound of London/Amorphous Androgynous : Master Tonberry
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    Fortunately due to the "Halo" numbering system, collecting NIN is relatively easy. Have you ever list : Schnapple
    • Yeah, I got really anal about my file tagging with NIN stuff. Tagged by order of Halo, Date, Album, etc.... : Master Tonberry
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  the only band that comes close to what you describe for me is Muse. I have all their albums and dvd's but... : marmite
  • Pink Floyd and The Roots : Chuck Walrus
  • Ditto for me. Will get around to collecting some of the singles later on. Their b-sides are incredible fo... : antareus
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  Fugazi : ass-street
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    Those 30 Fugazi Live Series albums were amazing. : kramweil
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      oh hey, missed this subthread. Saw them live once at a small college in Southern VA, was awesome : kgargonmagrix79
      • best live band i've ever seen...i have a couple of those live bootlegs they put out as well as a few that... : ass-street
• gorilla biscuits. the misfits... before 1996. when i was younger, anyway. don't really "obsess" with ... : waxthirteen
• Nsync! : Iwannaacura
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  Radiohead. I've got almost everything they've ever done, ever. : jingletard
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    On a related note, the other day I was in Costco and they have every pre-In Rainbows album of theirs on v... : Schnapple
    • Seriously? All Costcos or just this magical Narnia CostCo you inhabit? : eseiat
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  Smashing pumpkins : boring gegtik
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    Great before Darcy left. Good before Auf der Maur left. .... ???? : spiderfill
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      The latest album doesn't count : boring gegtik
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        Technically, it does since it's Jimmy and Billy and a few years back Billy retconned the band into always : hatelull
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          I'm very fond of any material post-Adore with the exception of a few songs : boring gegtik
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            For me, after Adore the major released (all two of them) were very hit or miss. Machina had some select : hatelull
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              I think Zeitgeist is pretty good. Doomsday Clock, Tarantula, Stars, and Bring the Light are all pretty s... : action wombmate
              • They don't know who to be anymore. Lost their edge : spiderfill
• The Beatles http://www.beatlesource.com/bs/to-fete.html :) : industro
• the Pumpkins Spiritualized Jesus and Mary Chain Mogwai skinny puppy (and side projects) : hatelull
• nin, radiohead, pumpkins : liquidlies
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  beethoven : entropy
  • the 5th symphony demos were off the chain! : ass-street
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  wow this thread needs more pictures of rarities or else im not believing any of you : feek
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    if i was home i would. i have some sweet hardcore 7"s circa 1987 that i will never ever part with. : waxthirteen
    • this is what im talking about. i dont care about shacker's mp3 collections : feek
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    I could fill up the thread with pictures of vinyl pumpkins, vinyl mogwai, vinyl spiritualized, and vinyl : hatelull
    • do it. i dare you : Deathlove
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  Boards of Canada, Drexciya : niceguynick
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    Same for Boards. Autechre as well. : deathofrats
    • niceguy & death: you'd do well to listen to ilkae. Young kid with a lot of talent. My best descripti... : milkychic
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  Does wanting to have sex with David Bowie count as "obsession"? Also not gay : voodooraze
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    I got all his old vinyl records from a neighbor that moved. Wish I still had a player to play them on : grabbie
    • Send them to me and I'll tell you how they sound. : hatelull
• I'm not as obsessive as you talk about, but that artist for me is Pink Floyd. Greatest band ever. : weevil bob
• I don't get towards obsessionist, no time or money or inclination. Completionist over Bad Religion, eels,... : Deathlove
• I would say Dream Theater : jonin
• In high school I downloaded every NOFX CD / Single / compilation / live cd. none right now. : kodt
• dredg : papaskot
• I used to have every Sisters of Mercy CD but I can't stand half the stuff now. : surround
• Smashing Pumpkins. Sigur Ros. : skizl
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  Orbital... For a while I had a running list of missing songs that I had to find somewhere =( : TheNiXXeD
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    The live DVD thing they did was actually pretty cool. Closest I'll ever get to a live show of theirs. :(... : hatelull
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      Have you listened to any of their solo work after they broke up? Long Range is pretty good - very orbi... : TheNiXXeD
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        I haven't been able to find any of it. Which one is doing Long Range? : hatelull
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hartnoll : TheNiXXeD
• The Tragically Hip! : Majuju
• Nin and Eminem : skitzo
• Spoon : trick
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  Matthew Good, Radiohead, Bjork, John Frusciante : pyros
  • The Beatles also : pyros
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    Do you have the Matthew Good Demo tapes? I've never seen them anywhere. I've heard them though and some a... : renegade732
    • I have some mp3's of a few early songs that he's released publicly, and the "history teacher" cd's. I've ... : pyros
• Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, The Melvins. : kramweil
• None, too much good music. I'd rather find a new band I like than listen to some demo tapes by a band I ... : aethyr
• Anything Phonte from Little Brother puts out. I honestly he's the greatest living hip-hop/urban artist al... : aaarrrgh
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  bjork (to an extent), fugazi, : anthonybean
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    Do you have all of the old Sugarcubes stuff? Their first two albums are freggin wack. http://en.wikip... : trevis
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      life's too good is such an incredible album. : anthonybean
      • I have all of the Sugarcubes stuff but i never kept up with Bjork as a solo artist. But i did love 'Danc... : trevis
    • wtf? o_O According to Björk, "Birthday" is a "tasteless pop song" about a five-year-old girl who has a ... : deathofrats
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  guess : Halen
  • Right there with ya bro. : Stoned Gargoyle
• I'm getting that way with Of Montreal. I was that way with Jeff Buckley, The Dismemberment Plan, and t... : Sexpansion Pack
• nin : reverend~heresy
• Screeching Weasel (lol), Fugazi, Nirvana at one point : kgargonmagrix79
• Tool. : malengine5150
• Aesop Rock : derelict515
• My obsessionist behavior ended around the time file-sharing via P2P clients died. Up until that point, : Ride-My-Rocket
• NIN and Tool : MagicWishMonkey
• The Police, Tool, and sort of 311 : flagg209
• Mozart : indosauros
• dredg, without a doubt. I have everything. : rossimo
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  Arsis. : NeoMoose
  • \m/ : re4ctor
• Luke Vibert : manero
• jason mraz : agentlead
• Led Zeppelin : Pneum0
• 311, Incubus, Foo Fighters : jackomack
• 311 I own every single album, have every single B-side that I can think of, studio versions of numerou... : ateam311
• huge Alice in Chains fan since about 7th grade. i have each of their albums with the exception of their m... : cpt_gloval
• I'm not really an obsessionist, more of the third option, but my bands are Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Fl... : Dschinghis Khan
• None. I love music and I love certain artists, but I've never taken it to the level you describe. : action wombmate
• The Pixies. : stuka
• pumpkins! : whereiwannab
• Pumpkins & Pearl Jam : smoove
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  http://mydocuments.orangemile.com/mypictures/empress.jpg :[ : My Documents
  • Shuukyou? : felicia
• Frank Black/The Pixies : Ely
• Radiohead : Ormsbee
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  Iron Maiden... My collection: http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMG_1803JPG_sxb32cpeecewbvpru1wy.jpg : davidc02
  • This is maybe the greatest thing I've seen on shackpics yet... : fuell
• HUM, no contest. I have vinal and cassette versions of all the albums, radio DJ promotional CDs, long oop... : speon
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  Pearl Jam : Tommy Toolbag
  • I 2nd this Pearl Jam. Although I don't have all their bootlegs. :{ : DM7
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  Pavement : Boxelder
  • word. I've seen SM I think 7 or 8 times in concert now :( : -Panther-
  • Hrm. I always figured that you were named after the bug! : Dusty_Slim
• I guess i'm not obsessed with any band. i hate demo's and live stuff because they sound terrible, and I w... : re4ctor
• Foo Fighters. I just can't get enough of the Foo, except In Your Honor kinda sucked. : Juno
• GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR : rgoer
• Oingo Boingo (R.I.P.) and Rush : Simulacrum
• I guess Dream Theater is the only one that comes close. Maybe Opeth. : Vantage
• I uaed to have an Oasis obsession but then they went shit. : connor
• Nirvana and Insane Clown Posse. Yeah I know, there goes all my cred here. : Schnapple
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  Jill Tracy : Megara9
  • ooh and AEROSMITH!!!! FUCK YEA! : Megara9
• Metallica, but even I was burnt by St. Anger. Really, Metallica is the only band that I repeatedly lis... : ConfusedUs
• PAN-FUCKING-TERA \m/ i saw them back in '94, also saw Sepultura in '93 and got a bandana signed for the t... : r3dn3ck
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  minus the bear! I'm seeing them on Sunday and cannot wait. : lakren
  • the hell : feek
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    did they have an album called highly refined pirates? i was listening to the radio over the weekend and i... : feek
    • i just looked it up and i was right : feek
    • yea and its a sweet ass collection of songs my friend : aurealis
• Sleater-Kinney. I've even tracked down as much of the obscure unlistenable Aussie avant-garde stuff from... : bipolar
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  The Weakerthans. : hirosushima
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    <3 hiro, ggs in CoD last night. : skankcore
    • I love me some Cod4 on pc with shackers. It was fun stuff. I had to bail early to work on some artwork bu... : hirosushima
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    MY GF had to cook a meal for The Weakerthans and Gob ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gob_(band) ) once. Go... : Dave-A
    • why/when? : feek
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  If I were to go by your definition, I would require too much money to be obsessive over an artist. At mo... : Rag and Bone Man
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    Note that collect doesn't always mean buy. The artist doesn't care if you torrent unofficial bootlegs... : Schnapple
    • The closest I'd come to that then would be Radiohead. That being said, Buckethead has too many officia... : Rag and Bone Man
• Nightwish : chiisu81
• Oasis Every album, every single, every DVD/concert, the 2 'cigarette' boxsets, lots of magazines, and ... : MatthewPhillips
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  Buckethead : Cyco52
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    I have probably 40+ cd's :( : Cyco52
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      lol I think he worked on something like 27 albums last year alone : mrseldowski
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        Also I love this guy. : mrseldowski
        • He's the best. I think I've discovered more artists through him than ever before. It's like playing 6 d... : Rag and Bone Man
• Anything involving Tomas Kalnoky, Isaac Brock, or Conor Oberst. : skankcore
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  Grateful Dead : Lightzout
  • ^^^^ : hirez
  • I only have about 60 gigs of lossless dead shows, need moar :( : Goncyn
• Billy Reid(http://www.verytasteful.com/music/music.html), Dual-Core(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001... : socksta
• ilkae, Hiromi Uehara Jaga Jazzist You probably need a stomach for instrumental, jazz, electronic... : milkychic
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  Nirvana, every album and single, around 90 concerts, and around 30 concert videos/avi's every compilatio... : Hattoriandy
  • holy hell, set up an ftp site, stat! : -Panther-
  • back in the early 90s in HS, I was sorta like that, although without the internet it was hard to figure o... : Antilles_Prime
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  I was all up on Incubus until A Crow Left to the Murder. I even met them once. Brandon Boyd was super c : Blake Ellison
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    SMASHING PUMPKINS! To this day, no one has Billy Korgan's vocals. I cried once b/c i had school and cou... : chorizoNskittlz
    • I got to see Smashing Pumpkins in 93 when they were touring on Siamese Dream. I wasn't a rabid fan or an... : trevis
• The Beatles Jimi Hendrix Elliott Smith The Libertines The Rolling Stones : _jon
• pavement/anything malkmus, modest mouse and nirvana. I'm not like an anal-retentive completist by any ... : -Panther-
• I used to be obsessionist with U2 until Pop came out. Was totally that way with the Police back in the d... : beastrabban

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  man the WAR hype has died here quickly...oh well. : whistletits
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    Badlands is a dead server for T4 RvR, which is causing a lot of people to quit or go elsewhere. I blame ... : walker270
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      of course its dead for T4 RvR right now. the majority of people haven't been able to play the game non-st... : mindfk
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        My level 40 has around 5 days played. I hit T4 with a little more than three days played. This is less ... : walker270
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          because my guess is that even "less than three hours a day since release" is more time than the average p... : mindfk
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            I don't think you realize just how out numbered Destruction is in T4 all the time. The fact that they ex : walker270
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              my point is how are we supposed to know what the T4 balance really is until the majority of people are ac... : mindfk
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                What I'm saying is, what we have now is a predictor to what we will have in the future. : walker270
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                  using this logic, wouldn't what we have in T2 and T3 right now be a predictor to what we will have in T4 ... : mindfk
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                    No...? How could it? The people in T4 now were ahead of the curve in T3 and in T2, but ORvR was fine ... : walker270
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                      Okay, here's T4 for you.. Scenarios: Nothing but Serpent's Passage. Probably 80% end in Order farming... : walker270
                      • the leveling is still spreading out a bit from when you were in T2 and T3. partly because some people fel... : mindfk
        • What the fuck? I've played like...20 hours, and I'm level 12. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        this is true even on dark crag...most people are on t1,t2, and t3. People are running alts to feel out ot... : whistletits
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          yeah this is another reason my main is behind you powergamer types. i got frustrated running tor anroc wi... : mindfk
          • im way behind where my guild has been leveling (5th or so highest guild on the server bitches) because i ... : oHnOES
          • i guess another cool thing with open rvr i'm not just restricted to keep rvr. A group could go fuck up a ... : whistletits
      • There were huge t2 RvR battles last night. I had a blast. At one point there were 60-70 players in Bara... : ezanga
      • i just hit t2 and with far cry 2 its going to be a while till i get to t3 : dantastic
      • well said : oHnOES
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      It won't be dead for long. EVERYONE is playing T3, scenerio pops non stop, Keeps always under attack, et... : Edges
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        EVERYONE was playing T3 when I was there, too. Scenarios popped non-stop, keeps were always under attack... : walker270
        • I actually rolled my alt when I hit T3 because it was dead. Now that I'm back on my main, T3 is busy as ... : Edges
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          or you just leveled faster than all the people who were in T3 with you? or a lot of people decided to rol... : mindfk
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            I've been in T4 for over two weeks now and it's gotten progressively worse. Also, T4 is jacked right n... : walker270
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              well when there is nothing to do in T4 because its jacked right now, might as well roll an alt until it i... : mindfk
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                No, because it's pointless leveling on a server that has no potential at the moment. : walker270
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                  so you're saying that one by one people are going to make it to T4 and then completely quit the game? eve... : mindfk
                  • That's what's been happening so far. The actual number of characters in T4 across both realms is pretty : walker270
• what does this even mean? "yeah some stuff might happen at Hallowe'en sure I guess"? : Majuju
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  In other WAR news, get ready to get out of scenarios and into world combat, cause XP gained from killing ... : Tommy Toolbag
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    It seems they are making gutshot reaction changes :/ : pancake humper
    • Not really, they're just making sure people play the game like they intended it to be played. I haven't s... : Bamii
  • Yes, I read that as well and it got me really excited. World RvR is the coolest part of WAR so it's a goo... : Bamii
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    Except there's diminishing returns for killing the same player over and over, so it's still not going to ... : jonin
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      I think the main reason people will not get involved is that they are not guaranteed a fair fight in open... : byorn
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        Forget "fair", they're not guaranteed a fight, period. :/ Not until something's done to scenarios to make... : Damodred
        • one issue with world rvr is if you dont have a mount they take a long time to get to and then theres the ... : dantastic
  • When soloing or in a small group, I agree that helps, but I'm not sure that even doubling the renown xp r... : ezanga
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    awesome. every time i go to world RvR which should be a lot of fun, it's a ghost town. : dantastic
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      Sounds like a lot of you guys are on terrible servers. World RvR is thriving on Phoenix Throne, especi... : Tommy Toolbag
      • I might just do this. CURSE YOU TOMMY TOOLBAG! : Majuju
      • you mean turrible servers.. : jonin
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    Keep takes suck for melee classes. It's just range classes nuking each other until the door actually bus... : Edges
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      So get on the ram and help bust down the door? : Tommy Toolbag
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        I'm on the inside! :| : Edges
        • Get a cannon. Or if you are a tank you can guard the caster on the wall. Or you can block the door with... : Nihil ME
      • I did some ram to door action lastnight and busted up 3 keeps :) : whistletits
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      Get a siege weapon and assist with that. Use your oil-counter ability if you're a tank and keep your ram ... : Syixxs
      • Also, take care of guard respawn, and if you're a tank, put guard on the DoK who's swinging at the door a... : MisterPhoton
    • If you're a tank you can at least be a bodyguard bot. But really if you want to participate you have to ... : Penis Brittle
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  no. we just have been busy. I don't care if all the people who do nothing but complain leave. its da... : hamachi
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    seriously, i'm having a blast still because there ISN'T that constant push to be maxing out the efficienc... : mindfk
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      Same here. WAR's casual scope is perfect. You don't need to devote hours on end to have a blast. : Link.
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        yup. I can veg out for hours or just do a few PQs and SCs. last time I was on I did nothign but tome un... : hamachi
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          I fucking love the Tome. the tome is my bestest friend. : MisterPhoton
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            Also, everyone should install the WAR Achievement Helper addon from Curse. It takes like 5 minutes to run... : MisterPhoton
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              Doesnt that kind of, you know, take the fun out of it? : KxRook
              • nope, because how often do you sit around with no armor on? : MisterPhoton
            • Oh hey, also if you want to get the achievements for adding people to your ignore/friends list just make ... : Penis Brittle
  • I agree. I'm having a blast. : hirez
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  so yesterday I asked what RvR was and people explained it. why is WAR RvR "real" pvp and WoW battlegroun... : grendel
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    Bias aside, -Scenarios = WoW Battlegrounds. Instanced PvP -ORvR = non instanced PvP. Keep Sieges. Ba... : TheNiXXeD
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      Warhammer PvP feels tighter, too, because it was *designed* to be a PvP-heavy game from the ground up. I... : Majuju
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        In WAR, you gain renown experience for participating in various PvP activities. After level 12, you can ... : capt tripps
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          There are renown trainers in the cap cities. : walker270
          • Well shit. Are they guild? I bet I know how they can get more RvR. : capt tripps
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  i see both points but mindfk is completely correct in that a majority of destro is NOT 40. when the majo... : greydog
  • gah wtf this was supposed to be a reply to mindfk and walker270 above.. : greydog
  • Badlands is still classified as a "high pop" server -- warning message and all -- even though it doesn't ... : walker270
  • exactly. scenarios are retarded and shouldn't even be in the game. : mindfk
  • My feelings as well. Holding or attacking keeps isn't fun when every single fucking Order character is r... : Moonbase Commander
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    Allowing Order to catapult ahead through levels? Seriously? This is the weakest argument I've seen. Al... : Tommy Toolbag
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      Before the one month mark things were significantly more even than they are now. Order had an advantage,... : walker270
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        So Destruction was comprised of WoW fanboys and those who thought they'd be solo dps monsters, beating al... : Tommy Toolbag
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          Doesn't that sort of retarded generalization belong on the official forums? : walker270
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            there are no official forums. : porp
            • And now you know why. : Moonbase Commander
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          that's how i'd describe it, yes. destro players on badlands continuing charge into packs of 5+ order sol... : greydog
          • All I know is Phoenix Throne is populated and balanced. I feel bad for you guys on Badlands who are seein... : Tommy Toolbag
    • unless you're playing on badlands, you won't see it. the comments were directed at mindfk and walker270 ... : greydog
• hrm.. update on server transfers: http://herald.warhammeronline.com/warherald/NewsOverview.war If they : walker270

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  I never even finished my copy. I got bored having to restart missions all the way from the beginning. : ashkie
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    I love it, but my disc is scratched and I can't get any further. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      What are you gonna do??? : CrustaR
      • Ghost Busters! : Zolneirz
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    same here. Anyone know what the trade in value is normally for an opened ps3 game? : .frame
    • depends on the game, but if you're thinking GameStop, think again : I7 SilverFox
  • That's what did it for me. : Ebu
• I disagree : EvilDolemite
• shut it : jedi_27
• You are so wrong! It's my favorite game this year hands down. : atom519
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  nice troll. : Lawgiver
  • nice 'troll' troll. : stratedge
• You're nuts. I thought it was great. It was the first non PSP gta game I finished. : FormerHPB
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  It was just like the other games, except more streamlined, and in a gorgeous engine. What did you find no... : tomservo
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    The writing, the missions, the replayability, the targeting system. I did really like the car physics ... : Sexpansion Pack
    • Having to maintain the relationships was a terrible idea. I really liked everything else about the game ... : Horn
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      Also to be completely honest I think that Godfather game on the PS2 and XBox 1 was better than GTA IV. : Sexpansion Pack
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        O_O I will have to check this game out. : tomservo
        • The writing and plot are not great or anything, but the actual combat is a lot more fun. And since the ... : Sexpansion Pack
        • Do you have a wii? Godfather: Blackhand edition is probably my most played Wii game. It's not great but... : Horn
• It was a great game, but I don't feel like it deserved the ludicrous amount of praise it got. : sevogajre
• In retrospect, you're are wrong, about EVERYTHING! : voodooraze
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  in what aspect? The environment was absolutely stunning. Every corner felt like it was different. Near... : redfive
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    I'm really excited that Saint's Row 2 is coming to PS3 as well. I had fun watching my friend play the fir... : tomservo
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      Mainly rent 2 for the stupendous 2 player single player coop. So far I've been jumping between my friend... : Jenings
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        but at the same time they also got rid of some of the stupid stuff from SA - Gone is the weight lifting /... : dedgecko
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          I don't the cut-scenes are as compelling in SR2 than GTAIV, but I will say there are some excellent holly... : Simulacrum
          • something is wrong here - cut-scenes are as compelling - s/b cut-scenes aren't as compelling ? I'm muc... : dedgecko
• In retrospect, it was too damn long, but plenty of fun mixed in with the meh. It's hard to overate it for... : node
• GTA IV was, technically and graphically awesome, but it was boring when you put it next to Saints Row 2. ... : Masem
• It was about 30 or 40 missions too long. Actually I wouldn't have had a problem with the 90+ missions if ... : qwpeoriu
• The Alderney missions kinda fell apart, but all in all it was a great game. I would buy a game where I ju... : tashtego
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  I keep getting disc read errors. I can't wait to be able to install it and finish it. I was really enjoyi... : Bull
  • Same here. Pisses me off. : thejm4n
• i have enjoyed Saints Row 2 far more than GTA4. GTA4 lost the charm the other games had and Saints Row h... : NeoMoose
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  I still stand by my 8/10. It's a great game, but it didn't have the lasting appeal that previous GTAs ha... : Begawkiness
  • Oh and yeah the missions overall were extremely repetitive and thus very boring after doing essentially t... : Begawkiness
• I'll let you reread this post after you've had some coffee and are able to realize your error. : sKetchflow
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  I've just picked it up again after a long period of not playing it and I forgot how awesome it is to just... : Attica Blue
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    I did enjoy riding around in the cab and listening to the indie rock station. : Sexpansion Pack
    • Or when I walked into the bowling alley last night and some Eagles' song (I think) was playing. It was in... : Attica Blue
  • Same here. I picked it up again this past weekend. I never realized that when you are flying the helico... : baffula
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  I thought it was absolutely fantastic. I went back recently, and some of the acting in it is incredible f... : cdbeckman
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    Cannonball Run was definitely a great time : Begawkiness
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      Yea, but the games all got incredibly blase and boring after a bit. The ranked MP matches were a goddamn... : dedgecko
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        you had to play with the shack to enjoy multiplayer, I was just pointing out how much fun we had. Pub mat... : cdbeckman
        • They were - but it was still frustrating during our shackmatches when people would get randomly dropped b... : dedgecko
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  It was really good, but in all honesty, I've been enjoying Saints Row 2 more than I did GTA IV. I think t... : m0nkz
  • er... San Andreas lol : m0nkz
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  In retrospect, did you know that you're a troll? : deadhorse
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    In retrospect, Did you know he was a mod? : Jonathan
    • dognose is a mod and he has is own place on the troll flow chart :/ : sKetchflow
    • In retrospect, that doesn't make any difference. : deadhorse
  • He also has some other odd ideas about quake 2 being better than quake 1, but we like him anyway. : boomstickah
• Find you a copy of Total Overdose and play that instead. : dognose
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  It was 'good' but hardly a step forward in GTA terms. Technically it was really good. The graphics, ai... : Beady
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    over exaggerated wavy arm 'acting' . Hahahahahahaaaa!!!!! : The Key
    • Yeah, it looks so obvious they're over-emphasising the body movements because they most likely weren't vo... : scottythejock
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Stan.gif : d fluke
• Survey says: X : pigvomit
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  I've had more fun in an hour of Saint's Row 2 than I had in all of GTA 4. : Medster
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    I am so glad SR2 is getting some recognition and people are actually picking it up. I remember tons of pe... : Evil Benius
    • It's basically GTA: San Andreas done right. And much more. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I wish SR2 would have come out in the summer. There's just way too much other stuff out right now. : wretchedradio
      • It was to be released in August, but THQ held it back to make sure the bugs were fixed. To me, even if t... : Masem
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  Yeah, it kind of was pretty awesome. I don't think it's 10/10 caliber anymore, but it was certainly a gre... : mittense
  • I pretty much agree with this. I had a lot of fun moments in the game but they were too few and far betwe... : baconisgod
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  I never finished it. I got bored with it after awhile. I always wanted a gta with amazing graphics but wh... : Blackdawgg
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    Disagree, Vice City was by far my least favorite GTA of the past generation. I loved GTA3 to death when ... : Begawkiness
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      its because you hate the 80's wedge cars, neon colours, and futuristic tunes. : snidely sid
      • The 80's music alone made it my favorite GTA game (the PSP one, I hated the GTA games on the PC as I was ... : FormerHPB
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  I still think its game of the year for me so far. That being said... the missions were wwwwwwwaaaaaaayyyy... : silent prophet
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    MP GTA is nothing new except for those with consoles - and it's a kickass concept that was poorly realize... : dedgecko
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      Multi-theft Auto was a buggy piece of shit, sorry. GTAIV's multi didn't suffer from design or implementa... : EvilDolemite
      • Just the ability to have other people run around the living city with you to goof around was enough for m... : Begawkiness
      • If the player base is retards (which can be said for almost every game) you must design the game for that... : dedgecko
  • Same here. : thejm4n
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  Missions like Truck Hustle, 4 Leaf Clover, the speedboat chases, the museum shootout, the old hospital sh... : EvilDolemite
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    4 Leaf Clover and the museum shootout were so awesome. The chases in the game were totally fucked-up, tho... : mittense
    • Yeah, the "you can't damage your target until after this scripted sequence through the city" was stupid. ... : silent prophet
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      The problem that I feel is that there were all too many sequences where YOU were the one driving. WTF? ... : dedgecko
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        That was the first thing I noticed when I switched to Saints Row 2. Gunning is so much more fun than driv... : mittense
        • Oh most definitely - even better when you're buddy is the one driving - and if not that's still okay. Th : dedgecko
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    The only memorable sequence is 4 Leaf Clover - but even then, that's the problem, you can't go back and r... : dedgecko
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      Seriously, out of 95 main missions and about 30 side missions there is only one good one? I highly disag... : EvilDolemite
      • I didn't say it was the only "good one" - it was the only really enjoyable and memorable one that stood o... : dedgecko
  • It was Three Leaf Clover, get it right! Gosh. : ieGod
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    best mission was the one where the girl is beside you attacking you and making the car lunge into the si... : redfive
    • I just wanted to pull her out and kill her >:( : ieGod
  • What was Truck Hustle? I don't think I've made it to any of these missions yet. :( I just got to the Manh... : Bull
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  It was a huge step forward for the series, but the missions were more of the same boring shit. I'm amaze... : jingletard
  • I think people too frequently judge GTAIV solely on the missions, which, although they are a huge part of... : EvilDolemite
• Best game I've ever played. : niceguynick
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  I haven't played it yet but I read that the car physics were changed to more realistic compared to the GT... : stgdz
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    Rent GTA IV and purchase SR2. : dedgecko
    • What? Kidding right? : Pneum0
• your restrospective eye needs glasses. GTA4 was everything it set out to be. excellent story, excellent... : Korban
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  sounds like gta4 and halo 3 didn't satisfy the crowd. is this because they were so hyped that no game co... : Luminair
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    I highly enjoyed both - but then again, I am a reasonable person : EvilDolemite
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      You need to get another Shack game of Halo 3 going. : Bull
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        Is the Legendary pack free now? We could play that. : EvilDolemite
        • It went down in price but it's not free yet. Probably will be free when the Mythic pack comes out. I'd... : Bull
      • I'd be down. I never got to play during the brief stint of Halo 3 hype (as I didn't have a 360 then). : mittense
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        I love objective based games on larger maps, or Rocket Race. Anything after that is meh : Begawkiness
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          rocket race is a blast, but usually starts to get boring after the 3rd or 4th game. : dedgecko
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            2 rounds rocket race / 1 round large-map objective based / 1 round craziness (infection, etc) then back t... : EvilDolemite
            • I haven't played a lot of Halo 3 MP but I love it. I've only played Rocket Race and deathmatch so your id... : Bull
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      So rhetorically speaking, you're saying if someone didn't enjoy them, then they are unreasonable people? : geedeck
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        no geedeck, of course not I'm making a comment against the general negative backlash hugely popular ga... : EvilDolemite
        • Fable 2 lets you walk an imaginary dog. : mittense
        • The Shack, where if you don't love everything you're an unreasonable troll. : SenorSpine
        • So what's the basis for judgment? Is it just based on what you liked or is there an objective rule? : Ebu
  • You know, I didn't like Halo 3 either. Perhaps I'm just a curmudgeon. : Sexpansion Pack
  • I feel like GTA4 was just pretty graphics painted over old gameplay. Not a bad game, but not the 10/10 t... : Richese
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    I really enjoyed both. In fact since playing SR2 I've gone back to finish GTA4. The world is just so much... : marmite
    • I'm right near the beginning where you have to chase down the guy who's bugging Roman. The first time I p : Attica Blue
  • I thought GTA4 was an amazing game, and enjoyed the hell out of it. : tashtego
  • GTA4 was amazing. Halo 3 was not even close. : FormerHPB
  • It's obviously the first option. : SockMonkeh
  • Those last three titles haven't gotten nearly the level of batshit insane high scores as GTA and Halo 3 d... : Vincent Grayson
• I thought it was very impressive from a technical standpoint. From a gameplay standpoint I had more fu... : kodt
• I enjoyed it and it was well worth the money : tunis5000
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  I'd like to present the "troll of the year" award to you now if I could.... : voodooraze
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    I think it's a good discussion point, especially in the wake of the release of Saints Row 2. : mittense
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      Had the OP said something along the lines of, "Now that I've played Saints Row 2, I feel that GTAIV isn't... : voodooraze
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        So if he doesn't spoon feed you a topic it's just a troll? : Ebu
        • I'LL SPOON FEED YOU A TROLL!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?!?! HUH?! : voodooraze
  • I don't understand the multiple "troll" comments when many people feel similarly, and are giving clear an : qwpeoriu
• I played it for about 30 minutes and haven't touched it since. After Mass Effect and Bioshock it became a... : forksalad
• I agree. I didn't even have to wait very long to feel like this. : edgewise
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  It was fun up to about 30%, then I felt it was repetitive : Sixcos
  • Yea, the overall experience was almost as similar as Assassin's Creed - starts out great, it's looking gr... : dedgecko
• I really thought the story was going to be epic, but with the mission structure it really felt disjointed... : dilutedq
• I strongly disagree. Extremely fun and well polished single player campaign and fantastically fun multipl... : OverloadUT
• signed, and stamped with my seal of approval : flagg209
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  I see a lot of people complaining about repetition. Is that because you guys went for all the 'points' on : Totenjaeger
  • read the thread, it's obvious people are talking about the storyline missions : qwpeoriu
• I'm thinking it's Game of the Year. But I can see how the rough edges could turn people off. : Pneum0
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  in retrospect, DOOM was just another clone FPS shooter w/ its level design, generic monsters, and ammo/he... : gdestiny
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    What, DOOM essentially created the genre as we know it : EvilDolemite
    • you fail the sarcasm detection test : kn1fe
  • uh - wtf? That's the worst analogy to use - better to use DOOM II or Quake 1/2 if you're going to take t... : dedgecko
  • Doom totally ripped off Painkiller, amirite? : crummynz
  • what? this doesn't even make any sense. a clone of what? wolfenstein? doom is the father of FPS gamin... : mikecyb
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    i was being sarcastic there. i know that DOOM created the entire FPS genre as we know it today. that's wh... : gdestiny
    • But.... how does that have anything to do with GTA being a less than stellar game? : sammyl
  • this subthread is full of fail : darkT
• yeah. i haven't played it yet, but it seems like GTA IV got nowhere near the kind of buzz from gamers tha... : smax
• The game was that great. I'm afraid you're just very very stupid, Sexpansion Pack. : Ajax
• I loved it. Just because I don't feel like playing it again, doesn't mean it wasn't a great game. : afrochops
• I will let you know what I think of it once the pc version comes out. :[ : CrustaR
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  It started good, but was far too rough around the edges. Lots of frustration elements, and lots of repeti... : uncleanmonkey
  • Pretty much : Ebu
• That's ridiculous, GTA IV was incredible. First GTA game I've finished and didn't get bored with. Still... : joesnizzle
• I actually had more fun with Saints Row 2 than I did with GTA IV, the biggest reason why is the co-op, be... : DonarUDL
• That was my feeling before I traded it a couple of months ago. It had the potential to be amazing, but I... : SiW.
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  I just started playing it. Anyone have and advice to make it better than "not that great?" : OmegaRed59
  • get through more of the story; it's interesting as it goes along. also, as you get better, you tend to e... : Postal
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    Think of it like an RPG: At first you suck. The world is vast, and you have no clue what's what. E... : EvilDolemite
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      Or you can skip the ride and start right in the middle of the fun and play SR2. By the end of GTA IV I... : dedgecko
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        Well, GTA4 = free (borrowed from friend) SR2 = $60 on top of just getting a 360 and other games, which i... : OmegaRed59
        • turn off your phone - so that the friends will only call you with missions, not stupid meta-game emo crap... : dedgecko
    • The voice acting was amazing, the story was so disjointed though. : dilutedq
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  IN RETROSPECT, YOUR MOM WASN'T THAT GREAT : Downforce
  • 0WNED!!! : CrustaR
  • IN YOUR MOM, YOUR RETROSPECT WASN'T THAT GREAT : two50six
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  SR2 is a better game than GTA4. GTA4 is a better cinematic experience. Me, I prefer the game. Not to m... : Damodred
  • for serious. i always told ppl id hang out, then call back and say i wasnt coming. your points wouldnt ... : papaskot
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  I strongly agree. Repetitive missions, a huge amount of content that isn't polished or needed, and poorly : sammyl
  • I'm holding off on buying anymore GTA games on release day. Going to several weeks until I can flesh out... : dedgecko
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  • NOOOOOOOOO NOT YOU TOO!!! DAMN IT!!! : virus
• Compared to Vice City or San Andreas it was a step back. But it was still fun. : Crimsonbeak
• its the first one i'm actually going to finish. : ultramega
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  Don't you mean Bioshock? : Edges
  • At least bio-shock was short enough that you could replay through it and change your choice of being good... : dedgecko
• I still have not played GTA IV. Watched a friend play it one time for a few minutes. He was on a building... : Ellissd
• i think i got through 30% and have tried to play it again a few times but the repetitive nature of my exp... : filthysock
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  Fuck man, I'm still waiting for the Windows port. I have played the PS3 version a little and enjoyed it a... : WildDanimal
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    What I look forward to are real cheats and trainers. : djkenohki
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      Bah! I only use such backdoor shenanigans as a last resort. : WildDanimal
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        No no. I use cheats and crap to have fun after I finish the game. It really makes a sandbox game that muc... : djkenohki
        • This! I can't wait for the patch that adds cheats to Mercs 2. : Horn
• I dunt know.. but fish-tailing a pedestrian into a building is pretty sweet in my book. one thing I hate... : loke662
• I think it was more deserving of a 9.4 than the 10's it was rolling with from respectable reviewers. It w... : retarded talking dinosaur
• While I have my issues with GTAIV plot wise (as in I pretty much hated it) my biggest issues are complete... : zakk
• Huge step back from San Andreas. It looked prettier and that's about it. : Pettytheft
• It wasn't groundbreaking gameplay. It was amazing tech mostly used well. Removing some micro would've bee... : brickmatt
• I loved it, its by no means perfect, but i loved it. I've never felt so literally sucked into a virtual e... : disembodied potato
• I disagree mightily. There is very little about this game that I am not enjoying. I am taking my time wit... : AroundTheFur1380
• I think it's a great game, but every time I try to work myself to play through it again, I just can't qui... : TPSReport
• It strayed away from its classic fun formula and became all dark, dramatic, emo, realistic, and way to s... : podung
• Great story and it was fun. Haven't touched it since I beat it though. The multiplayer just didn't do i... : the rizzo
• I am enjoying Saints Row 2 much more. : bakanoodle
• it was OK but way too much watching characters talk, compared to how much time i spent playing. : cpt_gloval
• I disagree. I'm far from a fan of the series, never finished one. IV was excellent to me. : graceofdragons

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  shacknews why do you hate games =( : bozer
  • We don't hate games, just no one has a PS3. : mancide
  • That's the thing we love games, I'm just not seeing a review on an actual game ;) : dilutedq
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  this game will make me buy a ps3... : agentlead
  • I finally broke down and did the sony style credit card deal. : hamachi
  • yeah, I bought mine a few days ago. : Grumbeld
• has it been re-released yet? My kids loved the beta. : .frame
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  my newegg copy finally came today! i'd crack it open but i must finish castlevania: order of ecclesia fir... : pyide
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    i hate you =/ not really : Break
    • I figured Rock Band 2 would be the one to show up first. According to tracking, it was in the area a day ... : pyide
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    how is the new castlevania? hopefully it's not bad. : mindmann
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      Like deathofrats below, I didn't like it much at first (early impressions here http://www.shacknews.com/l... : pyide
      • huh. interesting. portrait of ruin was alright, but it just felt like a rehash, for the most part. : mindmann
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  I must be dead inside. I thought the beta was ok, but didn't love it like the rest of the world - and I s... : MorrisatCNN
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    Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia? Yeah, I know the feeling. It's hard to put down. :P : pyide
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      I didn't like COE at first, but it's growing on me. Finding the right combinations against the enemies i... : deathofrats
      • The feel of it reminds me a lot of Castlevania 2 from back in the day. : Vincent Grayson
  • Did you play it co-op. Invite a friend over and play co-op together. So much fun. I played it with non-ga... : bozer
  • did you try the 9/11 level? : Iwannaacura
• I am really looking forward to it, except for the fact that the single-player game is only about 6 hours : ChibiJosh
• Now there is one game I want on PS3. Two more to go Sony, then I'll buy. : Sixcos
• Sweet, that song that was causing so much retardation for no reason wasn't removed, just the lyrics. It's... : pyide
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  You don't get much more glowing a review than that. Awesome. Maybe now people will drop the argument th... : Pneum0
  • I'm pretty sure people don't take the facts into account when they try to argue that point. : Ellissd
  • This game and Uncharted are two of my favorite games of all time : bozer
  • No, that'll never happen. : walker270
  • there are a few but not enough to warrant a purchase unless it comes down to $300 or less AND get a decen... : geneshifter
  • there are still no good games on ps3. : Foxhawk
  • only 2 years after it came out! : erotic sock
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    This is the first game to really make me want a PS3. : crummynz
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      I'll probably be selling my wii and 360 for PS3 actually. I think it's time... there are no 360 exclusive... : aeg1x
      • I am kind of in the same boat. And not to mention all of the disc read errors I keep getting. : hirosushima
  • Right but they better get more than the near perfect game to get me to shell out that $$ :P : ejectorpod
• still don't get it : sKetchflow
• Edge has like the harshest reviews ever as well. This is only the tenth game in the mag's 13 year history... : aeg1x
• Dude anyone in the beta will tell you that its fuckin 11/10 : .ka`boom.zZz.

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  this is an odd choice in pictures to post. : Juno
  • and I think I have that same toaster oven! : Juno
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  that chick looks beat to hell : fletch_
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    but she's really proud of those two small bags of smoke...must have cost a paycheck! : .frame
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      looks like 2 ounces of fluffy dryish stuff. : cpt_gloval
      • I'd say that's probably closer to 4 or 5 ounces of the bright green sticky stuff with lots of little oran... : zerog83
    • small bags? depends on where you are, that's about $1000 worth minimum there. : graceofdragons
• looks like some very nice herb : peat
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  i bet she's a slut : wtf242
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    she prob smokes a mean dick : grabbie
    • is that the cool new weed "flavor" : spaceless
• I bet she takes bong rips in her penis receptacle : tomservo
• Why would you freeze cabbage? : A Sponge
• i wouldn't bring her home to mom. but you better believe i would bang the shit out of her : HeXoN
• it looks like her pendant is in the bong : cpt_gloval
• I like her hair. I don't know why but for some reason pink hair or "lowlights" I seem to like. At least I... : bozer
• Joke's on you, that's oregano. : ChibiJosh
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  she's not hot. she's just slutty with lots of bad makeup, over-processed hair, edgy accessories, and drug... : das_runt
  • shes perfect. shes a slutty bitch! when you're done fucking her you can beat her and she goes sell your d... : Utopia
  • the accessories and drugs add to the hotness level. Especially if she passes out and you can leave with t... : Fyunch Click