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  I miss Bond's smoothness. I know its so easily steered straight into cheese land, but I think a huge part... : silent prophet
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    I totally agree. The smoothness of Bond is gone. Pierce had it down very well...he made a great Bond. : Madwacker
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      Sadly all of the Pierce Brosnan movies with the exception of Goldeneye, sucked hard : glio1337
      • Goldeneye was epic to be fair. : Pilmar Khin-Kari
      • This is very true. : Sgt_Boomstick
      • But even still, I like Craig as Bond. : glio1337
      • I watched a marathon recently when I was too sick to look for the remote and good lord they were even wor... : Rauol Duke
      • I loved Tomorrow Never Dies as well, I mean, it was one of the coolest villains since Goldfinger. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Craigs bond is 100x better IMO; whether or not it's a true depiction of Bond is another story, but Craig'... : arizona bay
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    Hey I wonder if this is why I didn't car for Casino Royale. That and it's a chick flick : dognose
    • I wish more chick flicks were like Casino Royale : Arceihn
  • Roger Moore FTW : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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    Sorry, but I prefer Connery's bond, where he's not afraid to mess his hair up or get disheveled. The 'pl... : Halen
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      Yeah, this is what I like about Craig's. I think Connery's was the bar to be measured against, but these ... : Rauol Duke
      • That's also what I thought. It doesn't have any of the Moore cheese. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Was Craig better in The Invasion or Quantum? : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • Real question: Was Craig better in Road to Perdition or Quantum of Solace? : Totenjaeger
• trollll : Dravenport
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  Do people applaud at the end of a good movie in the USA? : ShekkyBoy
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    retards who don't understand that the filmmakers are not present do sometimes : dirge23
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      Do you not laugh at funny things you see on the interwebs? Oh fuck I better not laugh, they are not prese... : Slowtreme
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        Applause is a unconscious response for you? lol that's classic. When else do you burst into applause? : sixfoot6
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          You've never clapped or yelled YEAH! at the TV when your team scored a point? I can't imagine I'm the onl... : Slowtreme
          • Sports and movies are very different things. Everyone reacts to movies, but I've never seen anyone appla... : reznory
          • I don't think I've ever clapped at the TV O_o I've slapped my knee though :\ : dodob
      • i snap my fingers : miasma(&)
    • yeah i dont get it either. who are you clapping for the projectionist? good work not fucking up hitting... : dantastic
  • That's so lame... : doomed
  • I cheered during Rambo : drucifer
  • I've been to a couple movies where people have applauded, it's kind of strange. : TheMonkeyWench
  • no, we just throw hamburgers at the screen : Foxhawk
  • Sometimes, but it's usually something either the whole audience does or no one does. And I wouldn't say i... : Slowtreme
  • I have (along with a theatre full of other people) applauded at the start of a film. I think it was one ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    oh my god. I saw "Behind Enemy Lines" in the theatre, and I think it came out right after 9/11. that wa... : manero
    • I liked that movie :( : Skoal^Fyfan
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      ahahah everything is wrong with that movie. everything. : tomservo
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        Gene Hackman, Tom. Gene Hackman. : Halen
        • Ok. Almost everything. : tomservo
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    Only at the end of the crying game. : rosewood
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      That's not clapping... that's slapping. : randomposter
      • that's fapping : dirge23
  • I have tried the ironic slow clap at a bad movie but it didn't stick : spiderfill
  • I think you can tell from the chatter and conversations in the crowd whether it was good or not. : Mmmmmoo
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    I heard they did at the end of ID4, when Will Smith helps save us from those rascally aliens. : pres589
    • I heard some americans got up and cheered at the US president's rallying speech near the end of that movi... : moneyshot
  • If it's a "big event" movie and you're seeing it on opening night, the theater will sometimes applaud. Es... : Bold
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    Opening night on especially big movies. Definitely if it is a midnight opening showing, since few movies... : Freon
    • ^^^ This. Otherwise, I've never seen it happen. : Danny5225
  • sometimes but I think it's mostly just because they were excited to see it and enjoyed it and not becaus... : mikecyb
  • Some movies pump up people especially the epic ones and it it's closer to release date. I mean, one ha... : Sailor of Fortune
  • not all the time. i know i clapped my ass off after Dark Knight. but that was the first time in quite a... : Korban
  • If it's good enough, I do. GOD FORBID PEOPLE SHOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING IN A PUBLIC PLACE : notd665
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    I often clap after songs played on the radio. : minigomp
    • I just imagine your car veering off the road after you hear a real classic. : gooblerampling
  • no because they are all fucking texting and on the phone before the movie even ends "LOL WUT SHOULD WE... : Downforce
• My problem with the movie is that it never felt like the story was going anywhere. Everything was vague a... : Mmmmmoo
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  We went to Bolt instead and it was no better. All of the best parts of the movie are in the trailer and t... : festivalman
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    my GF said that Bolt is better than Cars. I obviously remain skeptical. : reznory
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      I hated cars for Owen Wilson, but Cars was better than this. : festivalman
      • The big difference was that pixar movies have lots of stuff for adults, the hamster in this, but that was... : festivalman
      • Holy shit, I ever put together Lighting = Owen Wilson until right now. : Deathlove
    • This is categorically false. Cars wasn't amazing, but it was much better than Bolt. Bolt was a contrived ... : lookitzpancakes
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  I liked it. I thought the end of that first fight scene where they fell through the glass looked it fucki : Rauol Duke
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    You mean Dalton movies. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I'll take Dalton any day over Brosnan. Those movies were just RETARDED. : Rauol Duke
      • Except for Goldeneye. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  If you went and saw this movie you must have seen Casino Royal, so what did you think you were in for? I... : midgetherder
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    he catches mr. white in the first movie. the way the story in QoS was presented, i thought he was going t : Mmmmmoo
    • This is definitely part of it. QoS could have easily been a flashback in the 3rd movie that wrapped up t... : Moonbase Commander
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    Casino Royale had less action, better action (in terms of how it was filmed and staged), and a better sto... : Arcanum
    • Bond movies are all about absurd set-pieces... : Scoots06
  • I don't think the directing was as good. the staging of the action sequences was jagged, and a couple tim... : shika.art
  • Casino Royale was my favourite movie of that year, and I thought QoS was terrible. The action was disj... : peanut-
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  I just got back... I disagree with your assessment. IMHO (so shut the fuck up, everyone), Bonds go lik... : fatman
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    Lazenby and Dalton were not that bad. It's so unfortunate they weren't mainstream Bonds. They really don'... : K1Bond007
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      yeah.. see, I don't know everything about the series of movies. I just watch them and say, "wow, that roc... : fatman
      • Live and Let Die is awesome! : Juno
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      License To Kill kicks ass damnit : Toraz Chryx
      • Fucking A! I love it. : NFXFSX
      • and finally we have found the thing that we can never agree upon. I despise License to Kill. :( : fatman
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        Living Daylights was the better out of the two dalton flicks. : -=kodiak=-
        • Living Daylights was ruined by the comedy-wannabe-general dude : Toraz Chryx
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      Yeah, I always saw Dalton's attempt as a hard-edged reboot that got saddled with too many gadgets, climax : randomposter
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        Incidentally, what did you make of QoS K1? : randomposter
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18465015#itemanchor_18465015 Conclusion: Solid. Easily top 10 for : K1Bond007
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            Interesting. I'm catching it this Wednesday for my birthday night out - I'm a big fan of CR, probably ran... : randomposter
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              My top 3 is Goldfinger, CR, and GE. From Russia with Love floats around for me. Sometimes I put it in my ... : K1Bond007
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                From Russia With Love is hilarious, it's simultaneously a great Bond and almost a parody too, did you cat... : randomposter
                • nah, I'll have to check it out. Thanks. : K1Bond007
              • Cool, those are my top 3, as well. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • agree'd with that list, even though QoS sucked, Craig is a good Bond. : shika.art
  • Dalton's bond was closer to Daniel Craig then any other bond... I don't get how you love craig but hate ... : swoopx
  • i think roger moore was the worst, even though the man with the golden gun is awesome in a very non-bond ... : re4ctor
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  I'm playing through the the PC game right now and I like it a lot. It feels like COD4 improved in multipl... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Gears of Bond? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I need to see it. from what I understand this is exactly what they are going for. but of course, the aud... : Downforce
• I don't understand how this is ok for a movie like 300 or Transformers but not James Bond. When did Bond... : Tawler
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  The plot lagged somewhat, but you can feel they are making the story arc span more than one film (which i... : Scoots06
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    It is not SPECTRE. They will likely never bring SPECTRE back. There is a very long and controversial hist... : K1Bond007
    • Yeah, they just replaced numbers with colors so we are good. : Totenjaeger
  • Did you even watch the damn movie? It's Quantum : Mad Brahmin Disease
• you sir are correct! that movie is crap. : XchumpoX
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  Brainless action +talk + brainless action + talk + brainless action = awesome : filthysock
  • brainless talk + action = braaaains : dodob

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  Remakes suck. *Shrug* : creeping-judas
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    I thought the new War Of The Worlds was terrific but yeah this one looks like shit. : NastyJack
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      I hated the new war of the worlds. : brickmatt
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        Why exactly? : soggybagel
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          It's cool to hate Tom Cruise and popular movies : mnok
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            No, I just thought the pacing was shitty and I hated the character of his son. : brickmatt
            • I don't think there was anything wrong with the pacing. It's a war, shit happens randomly. : giantshift
          • if by 'Tom Crusie' you mean 'poorly written movies where the lame excuse for a plot serves only as flimsy... : mikecyb
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          I thought the whole angsty teenage son subplot was stupid and (particularly for Spielberg) heavy-handedly... : mn3m0n1c
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            The whole running towards the tank that's in flames and alien mayhem was so stupid and just felt cheesy. ... : giantshift
            • Yeah, that one bit screwed my entire impression of the movie. : MaJeStu
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          They changed the whole reason behind the film. Its suppose to be about euro colonial stuff, like white se... : thewindcriesmary
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            I don't think it was a pro-war movie. it was rewritten to reflect the current world, as in, terrorism. ... : mikecyb
            • also HG Wells is rolling in his fucking grave because between this movie and the horrible fucking movie a... : mikecyb
            • Why are you guys so convinced there was any meaning at all? It was a disaster movie, where the random ... : razorblade79
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        Didn't see it ^__^ : tomservo
        • Don't. It isn't really worth your time. The Day the Earth Stood Still is good shit though. : brickmatt
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        OMG we agree on something. : dognose
        • We agree on a lot. Finish the Dark Tower. : brickmatt
      • I agree, the new war of the worlds was a train wreck. : owtwerd
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    you ever see The Thing? : Degenerate
    • The Thing rocks. : brickmatt
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      which thing? : papaskot
      • with the who. : windowpane
    • Best remake ever. : Gore87
    • exactly : SlamDunk
  • Gotta remake something. *Shrug twice* : jackalope
  • Exception: Dawn of the Dead : SlamDunk
• Jennifer Connelly pls : shika.art
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  The original is awesome. : skinlab133
  • Yeah it is. : brickmatt
• whoa As soon as I saw him the trailer I gave up. : fatman
• Yeah, I think they are raping the original without lube. I'll still go see it though. : Colleton
• I might have to rent the original as well pretty soon. Damn good movie : eforce98
• The original was excellent. I hate the trailers for this remake. : aggro crag
• I hope to see it. Need a big budget disposable sci-fi movie. : Downforce
• the new tv spot has multiple shots of gort : gmd
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  IAWTP The original was a great film with a feel of classic twilight zone episodes with a simple messag : esecasco
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    There's still a message; the trailers are just shitty as they often are, focusing on the wrong stuff. : Conan
    • True, but it shows shit being destroyed, the original didn't come to that : esecasco
• Ten seconds into the trailer here, you can see CJSF Radio Burnaby (directly behind the flags, with extras... : focusdaily

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  I know the feeling; IIRC, I chose Small Arms, Lockpick, and a third thing that I forgot what I picked, bu... : the archvile
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    I'm thinking Speech, Medicine, and Lockpick right now... : biskits
    • Medicine isn't too great in FO3. It just gives a static boost to stimpacks and radiation drugs and a few ... : Psigun
    • I'd go with repair rather than medicine... : deathofrats
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    it doesn't matter, they arent tags like the original. They just start out a little higher. By like level ... : avatar_58
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      Yeah... This is pretty accurate. I just like having repair early on because it makes it so much easier to... : Psigun
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        If stats were tagged in FO3 the max would have to be higher. In FO1 I had max small guns at like 6 or 7. : avatar_58
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          I was thinking of making a mod when they release better tools to do something with the rate of skill incr... : Psigun
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            I think there's already mods that mess with skill progression, but I'm not sure if any do it quite like t... : Vincent Grayson
            • It just makes sense to me to have different rates of progression as you get more deeply invested in a ski... : Psigun
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            http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47251 this is your best bet. they have some secret "... : oHnOES
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              i think it only deals with level progression though : oHnOES
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                Thanks, I'll take a look at that stuff. I'm wary of anything coming from NMA though. :) Seriously thou... : Psigun
                • this Fallout3c is a better leveling implementation than bethesda did. i didnt get to level 2 when i exit... : oHnOES
• I find that it's pretty damn useful and I haven't devoted any points at all in sneak : Gojirah
• Yes it is. You don't really need sneak at all to take advantage of lockpick. The rule of thumb for tag sk... : Psigun
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  Repair, repair, repair. : smackpiece
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    how do you use repair? : whore
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      You click 'r' on a weapon or armor in your inventory and combine it with other items. Also pops up fairly... : Psigun
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        what sort of things are necessary to perform a repair? i've got glue, and various bits and pieces, but no... : Dante
        • You need an identical or near-identical item to repair something. : Psigun
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          nothing, just an item you can repair from (you can repair 2 low quality 10mm pistols into 1 decent qualit... : Clay
          • I'm using a couple mods that let you use scrap metal for repairs as well as a wider variety of similar it... : Psigun
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            ah. do i need anything special to repair a silenced 10mm pistol or will normal do? : Dante
            • You can repair that with any other 10mm pistol. : Psigun
        • without repair your weapons are useless :( : filthysock
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    Eh, I just let the Megaton woman take care of that, though I do have around 40 repair for all those hunti... : Grumbeld
    • She can't repair fully. Being able to repair out in the field is very useful. Especially with guns that b... : avatar_58
• Yes. I wouldn't worry about it too much, you'll get plenty of chances to boost what you need. I think m... : randomjgj
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  IMO sneaking is nearly useless, at least when compared to Oblivion. Lockpicking is great though. : zehh
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    I'm also not having fun with sneak. At 100%, I have had occasions where sleeping people are detecting my... : Moonbase Commander
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      If you hide while in their LOS, they'll detect you. Move out of LOS and try again. : mem
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        They are turned to one side and I'm behind them. Next. : Moonbase Commander
        • They have eyes at the back of their heads. Go behind a desk, wall or something. : mem
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      are you wearing armor? : Foxhawk
      • Yes. Are you saying Combat Armour's negative sneak penalty somehow overrides Sneak 100 and the fact that... : Moonbase Commander
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    It's only good if you plan on playing a thief. Other than that... There is a level 20 perk that will let ... : razlebol
    • Only if you're a melee weapon user or an unarmed character with really high melee. I don't get why it can... : Psigun
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    On my second playthrough I am finding it incredibly useful and it's only at 80 now. I can creep up to abo... : malevolence
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      Try getting to pickpocket-range and put a mine or grenade in their inventory. : mem
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        There's even an achievement for doing that. : ConfusedUs
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          i have to remember to use a stealth-boy and do that : filthysock
          • The game tracks the number of times you do it as "Pants Exploded" which is awesome. : ConfusedUs
  • You're doing it wrong. Here's some tips: WALK. Don't run. If you're moving at full speed you make a lo... : ConfusedUs
  • Sneaking IS useless thanks to stealth boys. Just use one of those and even a power armour wearing lug can... : avatar_58
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    almost ALL my kills are now one shot to the head thanks to sneak. i very, very rarely get into firefights... : erotic sock
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      almost all my kills are one shot headshots without sneak, it's really unnecessary. With all the random en... : derelict515
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        If I sense a guy's coming I duck down and take it out with a rifle shot thats why. Beats giving him a cha... : avatar_58
        • I haven't been there but it only takes 1-3 shots at a distance to take out a deathclaw so eh : derelict515
  • WHAT. With high enough Agility and Sneak, you can pretty much just sneak around in front of people and t... : deject
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    sneaking is not useless... dunno wtf you be goin on about silent running + ninja perk, some light clot... : -=kodiak=-
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      Why bother with the ninja perk? isn't that just +5 stealth? You can get from books and clothing. No sense... : avatar_58
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        ummm what? ninja perk gives you better crits, plus % damage while unarmed or with melee thief give... : -=kodiak=-
        • Yeah thats the one. I got them mixed up. : avatar_58
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  Lockpick is incredibly useful, much more so than Science. There's very few doors in the game that REQUIRE... : ConfusedUs
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    Also, Black Widow is the best combat perk in the game. It gives you unique dialogue options, but the real... : ConfusedUs
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      I've already ran into 3x as many Black Widow dialogue options as Lady Killer on my second character and s... : Psigun
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        but black widow doesnt let you have sex with girls like lady killer : Luminair
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          Yes it does. Try completing the Nuka-Cola Challenge with Black Widow. You can even aim for a threesome! : ConfusedUs
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            I started doing the Nuka Cola challenge and I have black widow. I convinced the guy to go find me some nu... : braaains
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              that deathclaw gauntlet is all kinds of awesome. it ignores the damage reduction of opponents, so it's gr... : Supine
              • Holy living fuck. REALLY? : Rice-Rocketeer
              • yeah, I can nearly 1shot sneak crit high lvl enclave dudes. the low lvl wankers (or those without full t... : Supine
            • I did that and he ran to the Nuka-Cola plant. He hung out with me for a while there, but at some point h : nurglich
  • lockpick may be good for getting you more loot (which won't matter after 30+ hours) but science gets you ... : derelict515
  • Yeah I basically went with Lockpick, Repair, and Small Guns for the reasons you mentioned. Threw some int... : Dave-A
  • yea but the majority of those doors also have a computer sitting nearby that will unlock the door.. fi... : -=kodiak=-
• lockpick, science, and repair must be maxed out (or use clothing/drugs to max them when needed) there ... : sanchez
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  Repair, a good combat skill (not energy weapons, big guns or melee) and lockpick are the main areas you s... : lplasmatron
  • So that leaves Unarmed and Small Guns. : skankcore
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    Why not energy weapons? Those are easily my favorite weapons in the game. Wazer Wifle crits almost non st... : AgentPothead
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      I used energy weapons no problem as my primary weapon the whole game. Worked fine. Just need to struggle ... : Psigun
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        I took the find more ammo perk so finding ammo wasn't much of a problem. It sucked getting the named plas... : AgentPothead
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          Scrounger is a great perk. I took it too! :) : Psigun
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            I also took the find more caps one, but it was a total waste along with the 10% experience perks. I didn'... : AgentPothead
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              Funnily enough I did Swift Learner x 3 too before I knew there was a level 20 cap. I thought it would be ... : Psigun
              • I just finished up my first run through, had over 80 hours saved, think I'm still missing 4 or 5 location... : AgentPothead
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  Lockpick has nothing to do with sneak. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    unless you want to use it to steal shit off people in settlements : nem00
    • you can do that without sneaking. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• Agreed, so much fun. I love it. : Thisispol
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  damnit, now i'm buying it - i was trying to hold off but it aint happening : kgargonmagrix79
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    You will not be disappointed. and if you are you hate freedom : Thisispol
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      I just ended up buying the Valve Complete pack - I never finished HL2 so here's a good chance. : kgargonmagrix79
      • I envy you, I wish I could go back and play those games for the first time again :< Enjoy! : Thisispol
• It's brilliant and funny. : Fyunch Click
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  I just played for the last 2 hours on the shack vs server. Holy shit thats hilarious and awesome. Jingl... : kgargonmagrix79
  • okay i just stopped playing - nastyjack tried to save me on the way to the helicopter as i got jacked on ... : kgargonmagrix79
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    the speed runs were hilarious... i did not last long :[ : ermac
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      dmason plays versus like a speed run - which is hilarious as you can catch him with a hunter and nobody i... : kgargonmagrix79
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        only cause he isn't playing with other speedrunners. when you get 4 together the game turns into an amazi... : DrFlammable
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          are you playing it on normal? : ArB
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            versus mode : DrFlammable
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              You can't change the difficulty in versus mode? I only played it once. The people were all assholes, but ... : ArB
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                nope, you can't. i think you might be able to change it with a console command or something but it's not ... : lakren
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                  I've played on servers where it was artificially bumped to Advanced and it was RAPEATHON 2008. Never got... : gnomish
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                    gnomish you need to try l4d super sprint edition with me and flammable - i believe it is the superior ver... : lakren
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                      Explain. Also, I uninstalled the game so I can focus on getting my school projects done before thanksg... : gnomish
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                        it's pretty straightforward, everyone just runs like hell and doesn't stop for anything and you never pic... : lakren
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                          that sounds like it would be fun. for 5 minutes. : pyide
                          • pyide, maybe. : lakren
                    • I must agree with this. Amazing fun. Sprinting around table on Blood Harvest = had me in laughter tears : aux7
        • Exactly. When other people know to just fucking run for it things are really kickass. I don't know why mo... : dmason
      • VS super sprints are the best, especially leaving slow people at the bottom of the lift on the no mercy c... : fletch_
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  you guys don't even know how to play versus properly until you play tony hawk skateboarding super sprint ... : lakren
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    one of our last guys almost made it once then he fell off a cliff. oh god that was hilarious : ermac
    • hahahha i was about to make it on that hospital level and then the director put a witch right in the safe... : DrFlammable
  • oh god that was fun :D : lolbotomy
• yea VS mode with a full team is easily the best MP i've ever done. A+ : eeeealmo
• agreed l4d has kept me up till 4am the past week. i'm calling it early at 1:30. great fucking game : peat
• i can't land pounces! >.< : Cihte
• I'm not feeling it just yet. For me, it's the fact that with pubbies, it's more about just messing up th... : empathe
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  I think I like campaign better than versus. It just seems a lot better. The director randomly picking ... : DOOManiac
  • Running like hell makes sense, but ignoring fallen teammates does not. Teammates are a huge multiplier. ... : gnomish
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    Same here. Playing a zombie is fun. It would be cool to try it against the AI. But it's very frustrating ... : ZombieAcademy
    • I'd love a patch/mod that is a zombie campaign mode, where you just have to kill the (AI) humans on each ... : SeaLlama
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  Play with me and TWheat more. : SpaecKow
  • you guys always start playing right after I get out of a marathon session with friends :P : aeg1x
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  Does this apply to the console version? : BigCooter
  • dunno I haven't played it : aeg1x

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• I have been playing it intermittently as time allows but I want to get my click on today, Tried each cla... : Lightzout
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  You could go with the Inquisitor. He seems pretty rad. Also, I'm told that the "Elite Texture Pack" ca... : mittense
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    I will ask in the Steam forums on whether it would be Kosher on a steam install. I was kind of hoping at... : Lightzout
    • No shit right was hoping it had the high res textures already too. If I knew it would take this long I'd ... : AgentPothead
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      I was assuming it did too. I was wrong. : mittense
      • Is anyone going to start a shacknews group or should I do it? : Lightzout
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    I thought those were more ranged attacks? I always play a archer/mage distance attacker and want to mix i... : AgentPothead
    • I just leveled my High Ellf (Mage) and she is a killing machine. I need to get your steam ID. I just h... : Lightzout
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  I tried out most of the classes, and magic-users seem to suck hard. Way too long cooldown time on the spe... : utgaardsloke
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    I just started a Shadow Warrior too. I guess he's just the light version of a Seraphim? : mittense
    • Er, dark version. : mittense
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  IMO that money would have been better spent on Titan's Quest + Immortal Throne. : enyakk
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    Pretty much...although neither come close to matching Diablo II in replayability. Sacred 2 (and Sacred... : Vincent Grayson
    • Well if you have played both to death Sacred 2 is mana baby. : Lightzout
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      That's how I KNOW you're wrong. Titan Quest too big? Seriously? It sounds like you want to run the same s... : AgentPothead
      • too big in that there was too much running through forest paths compared to the amount of interesting en... : alexthegreat2
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        Large is great...if it's a game that's meant to be played once or twice. But with six classes, and run... : Vincent Grayson
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          I agree with some of your points, but it seems "hardcore" is just another word for people with OCD. : AgentPothead
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            Maybe. But there's a reason so many people are still playing Diablo II, and I'm not sure I'd say it's OCD... : Vincent Grayson
            • OCD is the ONLY reason I can see people still playing Diablo 2. : AgentPothead
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      wow fucking very well put! I could not figure out why I just could not "get into" games as much as Diablo... : med1c
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        The huge maps are why I like Sacred more than the diablo-style games. I love the explorative aspect and ... : Vantage
        • I think it works much better for that first time through. For these kinds of games though, where the bulk... : Vincent Grayson
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    Ahahahahah seriously did you play those games? They are like maybe 5 or 6 hours of playtime and they expe... : AgentPothead
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      Titan Quest is really awesome. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        The combat system where they let you choose your own trees and double up to make your own class type was ... : AgentPothead
        • I meant the titan quest trees and class system. : AgentPothead
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          what are you talking about? Titan Quest was a good 20-25 hours of singleplayer just to get through normal... : derelict515
          • I know I put in a good 25-30 getting through it the first time, and I got maybe 80-90 hours out of it alt... : Ebu
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            seriously, 6 hours? : sixfoot6
            • Maybe if you ran past all the enemies you absolutely didn't have to fight (i.e.: bosses) and just focusin... : deject
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            I played Titan Quest coop all the way through from beginning of the game to the bad ass end boss in 1 sit... : AgentPothead
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              Apparently you were trying to play as little of the game as possible because it took the rest of us 20+ h... : derelict515
              • Dammit man now I want to reinstall it and play through it again and see what I missed. : AgentPothead
        • Titan Quest is a 20-25 hour game : EvilDolemite
• I wouldn't recommend playing solo- it's really a flashy and pretty game, but very mind numbing repetitive... : Lionel2b
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  Anyone else playing this wonder if the NPC banter is intentionally mocking Oblivion's? I can't decide if ... : Vincent Grayson
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    Half of the dialogue seems to consist solely of meta humor. I checked out a graveyard statue and it said ... : mittense
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      Yeah, the meta humor is hilarious. I mean the conversations like "So, how do you feel about marriage?"... : Vincent Grayson
      • I also love the messages when you first load in Did you know that by reading this message you have wasted : AgentPothead
  • It sucks. : Lightzout

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  It's not chrome. : pieman
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    And for that we are all happy. : spazzium
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      i like chrome a lot more than ff. the only thing i miss is greasemonkey. : re4ctor
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        I have to agree unfortunately. FF seems to have gone downhill in terms of performance, it freezes a lot. ... : glio1337
        • Hopefully 3.1 with the new JS engine will fix that. : sasoi
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          FF hasn't gone down in terms of performance. One of the big things with going from 2.0 to 3 was the huge... : Horn
          • Yeah but the JS performance doesn't come close to chrome, yet. : sasoi
          • I agree. And greasemoney, adblock, and flashblock are all worth any performance hits. : handofthrawn
      • I would agree. Shacknews using greasemonkey is the only reason I use FF now. : kevp
• I upgraded and am happy. I just hate the new dropdown menu of your latest visits. It always includes yo... : IncursionZ
• It's great, awesomebar rules. Upgrade. Or wait for 3.1, which will be a really nice boost to javascript... : kaddar0
• 3.0 is faster and has a slight more intuitive UI. It isn't all that different really. : Link.
• Switch to Firefox 3 so that we don't have to keep supporting the stupid stuff that's broken in Firefox 2. : BlackCat9
• You gotta upgrade. Faster, awesomebar, cleaner interface. : cstamas
• stop being that guy screwing up front end developers >:( firefox 2 is like firefox's IE6. the next vers... : mikecyb
• okay i just upgarded to FF 3.0....very seamless upgrade if you ask me. : gyokuro
• It's OK. Awesomebar isn't that awesome, more like annoying. There are ways to get it to work like the old... : Nixx2004
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  I downgraded back to 2.0.1.7 because I hated the "awesome"bar :( : Flying h4x0r
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    you can disable that, I thought : mikecyb
    • Yep, that's what I did. : yosemiteclimber
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    how can you hate it? its like a search button for pages you didn't bookmark. and now its easy to bookmark... : handofthrawn
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      I agree. It would have been an awesome and amazing feature if it was in some other place than the URL add... : Flying h4x0r
      • Agreed. Basically unnecessary bloat to something that didn't need to be changed. : Nixx2004
      • ... No. This is completely incorrect. It remembers your choices, so if you choose the right option even a... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        It learns. If you typed in weat and went to weather.com a few times it would put weather.com first. : Horn
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          It never did this, probably because I never bothered scrolling down and finding whatever I was looking fo... : Flying h4x0r
          • I know where you're coming from. I hated it at first but once I've learned to use it and it figured out ... : Horn
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            That's not how it works, you don't have to scroll down and choose something for it to be counted in the f... : SiW.
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              The more you type in weather.com, the farther up the list weather.com appears when you type in "weat." I... : deject
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                it's super useful if you were at a site but didn't remember the URL but you remember the title or somethi... : mikecyb
                • yep, THIS. I often remember the title or a bit of url, and i think you can even combine those in an aweso... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    If you hate it you're probably not giving it enough time or using it right. It's an improvement over the... : Horn
    • this. I pretty much don't notice it anymore. : Agrona
  • get the oldbar addon which makes it suck less: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227 i h... : qsylvr
  • I disliked the awesome bar, but now I use it all the time. : dmason
  • I think a lot of the people hate it simply because it looks more bloated, with each entry taking up the e... : Conan
• Firefox 3 is great. The new bar is fantastic, and it performs better in general. Chrome is still my fa... : Danny5225
• I use FF3 at work, Chrome at home, and keep FF2 installed at home so my gf can stay logged in on her stuf... : Dante
• I love awesome bar, very spiffy and quick too. : Sailor of Fortune
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  When is Firefox 3.1 planning to be released? : dodob
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    beta 1 was released in October, beta 2 should be out soon. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3.1/Schedul... : Flying h4x0r
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      b1 is nice, fixes some slow downs in js : c0bra
      • It was okay, but really feature light. B2 should be better. I ditched it only because nobody has updated ... : K1Bond007
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  A few bug fixes in Chrome and I'll be a happy camper. : Topaz
  • Same, I really really like Chrome. I have high hopes for the future of it, I still use it. : timaste
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  I'm still on FF2 as well. Mainly I just hate the way the new FF looks. FWIW I stayed on FF 1.5 until a... : DOOManiac
  • You could always download a skin for it. I'm using a Chrome theme for FF3 because I prefer the look of Ch... : Wisp!
• chrome renames porn, firefox asks you to : scorpiusman
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  I installed the Norton UAC thing, and it made Firefox 3.0 crash like a motherfucker. Uninstalled it, F... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    why would anyone install norton anything nowadays? am i being overly cynical? does symantec make any good... : dodob
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      Actually from what I hear Norton is supposedly good now. : K1Bond007
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        Maybe the corporate stuff; their consumer products are as crap as ever. : Conan
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          Hmm. I don't know. I just heard Norton 09 was pretty good. Fairly sure someone around here was saying it ... : K1Bond007
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            Admittedly, I have not seen 09, but their previous products have been one trainwreck after another, so yo... : Conan
            • http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-security-and-firewall/norton-antivirus-2009/4505-3667_7-33246574.html?ta... : K1Bond007
• Totally worth it, especially if you do web stuff for a living. : Conan
• AWESOMEbar : razorblade79
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  update. now. : SlamDunk
  • NO!!!! gyokuro they're all trying to trick you! FF2 >>> FF3, trust me. this post made in FF3 : FPSDavid

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  Painkiller and Doom 2 fall under your descriptive umbrella for me personally. The stories are complete cr... : Psigun
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    Oh, and F.E.A.R. has some amazing firefights in it. Can't wait for F.E.A.R. 2. : Psigun
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      And... I missed your 'sandbox' requirement. >.< : Psigun
      • No no -- sandbox can be on any level of scope. It doesn't need to be GTA level of "sandbox". As long as y... : Rampancy
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    Yeah funny enough I liked Painkiller (and its expansion) because of how, I don't know, "pure" the combat ... : Rampancy
    • Keep an eye on NecroVision, it's from a good chunk of the team that worked on Painkiller.. It should play... : Psigun
• Have you played shadows of the colossus? It's not a sandbox, but it is an interesting conflict/resolutio... : kaddar0
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  1. combat mission: barbarossa to berlin!!!!!. CM's one of my favorite games ever. To get the most of it,... : Foxhawk
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    I played the hell out of Chromehounds when it came out, and it was indeed awesome! A few friends and I... : Rampancy
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      the multiplayer in combat mission is undiscovered, which is REMARKABLE given how good it is. You have SO... : Foxhawk
      • Every time I try to start Combat Mission, I can't get past the clunky interface and learning curve. I re... : spiderfill
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  What I take away from this post is you want the following: You want to have a game that is basically lik... : kaddar0
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    Yeah, maybe I should just play GO and be done with it. :( You're definitely on to what I'm getting at ... : Rampancy
    • I honestly thing this is the biggest problem within modern game development. Basically, what you're do... : kaddar0
• Call of Duty 4 multiplayer, Operation Flashpoint, Silent Storm : spiderfill
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  Are you a gameplay snob like I am? It sounds like it, though I admit I don't know what a "combat sandbox"... : antareus
  • I'm REALLY REALLY sorry I missed out on Tribes 2. I watch videos on Youtube all the time and it seems lik... : Rampancy
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  Myth was way ahead of its time. The way multiplayer was handled and the ability to play the campaigns in ... : Psigun
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    Absolutely. The combat was so nerve-wracking at times I loved that you didn't have to build units. The ec... : antareus
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      There were some really inventive tactics to use too: my favorite was being the ghol wrangler on a mp team... : Psigun
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        both Myths were bad ass. : pipboy
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          there were three! : valael
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            I disagree. : pipboy
            • Indeed, I try to forget about it. :( : antareus
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        My personal favorite was the fetch + dwarf artillery: manually throw a molotov, then manually shoot with ... : antareus
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          Yeah, it was brutal when you nuked their army's start position on the desert map... I can't believe that ... : Grumbeld
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            If I had a Trow... was the dark version I think. : antareus
            • Yeah, I knew it had Trow in the name. The light version was Creep... something. Maybe Creep Across the ... : Grumbeld
  • I'd like to see anyone make a new RTS that only deals in unit combat without any of the Macro. Myth was ... : Grumbeld
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  Just play WoW. : DooBall
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    Probably being sarcastic, but WoW's 'gameplay' has almost no elements of skill in it. I'll pass. : antareus
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      yah I was bored of WOW after playing it for 10 days... i dunno how people can play this for years! : Shadowdane
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        WoW is about knowing where to go and when in the lower levels, but once you get into higher level dungeon... : conandan
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          WoW is like poker. While most borderline combat situations may come down to luck, a skilled player wil... : RomSteady
          • But can you be something of a rock star in WoW? It doesn't seem like it because the individual in MMOs us... : antareus
• Some of the most memorable deaths/kills in a game for me with no story really is Die By the Sword. Old g... : Derringer
• Just thought of Mount and Blade! That one is the epitome of mounted and melee combat so far. : Psigun
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  Far Cry 2 anyone? : Sailor of Fortune
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    I really got into Far Cry 2 until I got to the second map and just stopped because I was like, "Oh look, ... : Rampancy
    • Its a good sandbox shooter though. The only over types of games i can recommend are early rainbow six gam... : thewindcriesmary
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  Company of Heroes! Very interesting relationships between unit types. Every mp match I've played always... : blender81
  • This game is so hard in multiplayer :( : Thomas Hace
  • agreed. The multi still feels fresh, no 2 games ever play out exactly the same : nrgXs
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  It's like we share a brain. As far as combat is concerned, we're completely on the same page. I agree wi... : brickmatt
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    I think Mirror's Edge has great basic mechanics, what I think instead happened with that game was they th... : SpaecKow
    • EA'D! Just like Burnout Revenge and traffic checking. : antareus
• you should probably look into a game called Mount & Blade : miasma(&)
• HL2 with nothing but the pistol, rocket launcher, and crowbar on expert. It's a lot of fun, and some p... : naios
• Unreal Tournaments : moonbreaker
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  These days, every shooter, every fucking shooter, for the last six years, even the good ones, are the sam... : SpaecKow
  • oh wait you did check out FC2. Yeah I agree with you more or less, though I didn't get tired of it to not... : SpaecKow
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    It's kind of been baby steps over the years regarding combat. We've gone from no type of locational dama... : Wombat Woo
    • For difficulty levels, Crysis does as you say. In harder difficulties, the enemies are smarter and do muc... : TrptJim
• Have you played any of the Total War games? I think there's a lot of "combat decisions" involved in thos... : aethyr
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  Thinking about this more, I think Tribe 1 and 2 are the only MP FPS games I've ever played where I really... : brickmatt
  • You're correct on both accounts of Tribes and TF2. Since then, other games, like Battlefield, have come c... : antareus
  • I loved tribes 2 so much. I had so much fun abusing every little things. Even the cameras. I would set up... : razlebol
• You should check out TRON 2.0 for some good combat. : stgdz
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7KE6Tg33KM&feature=related Not every map was a vehicle orgy, but that ... : antareus
• Ever played Silent Storm? It is like a 3D jagged Alliance, very open on how you build your team and compl... : quazar
• Crysis & Crysis Warhead : SlamDunk
• There is a game called God of War 2. It will make you happy. : cool_canuckian
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  Maybe you are expecting to much....they are only games after all? Maybe get a new hobby so you can lea... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
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    Been five years and counting here. Until developers focus more on interesting and unique gameplay, I m... : antareus
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      I find myself going back to the same games or older ones to be honest. I'm playing Deus Ex, Civ 4, Theme... : Pilmar Khin-Kari
      • Swat 4 is a good time. Suggested for og poster : cstamas
      • I've been playing lots of Civ4 and Company of Heroes. : mallfouf
• I'm going to suggest an odd one, Saints Row 2. Chainsaws Donny. : Rauol Duke
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  Crysis (original) on Delta. EOT : retarded talking dinosaur
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    In Delta difficulty, enemies die easier : retarded talking dinosaur
    • Correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the down sides is that so do you. : Arcanum
  • Yup. Crysis Combatâ„¢ ftw. : SlamDunk
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    I'm going to post here once again that if Crysis had a random mission generator a la SoF2 (with procedura... : Cliffzorz
    • True. : SockMonkeh
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    The only way to play Crysis I think. : freshyk
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      Until you get to the enemy super suit snipers, at which points the game just goes "Ah...no, you don't adv... : DerHuhnTeufel
      • Those guys were easy as pie. : SockMonkeh
      • I love that part. I re-played it several times in a row when I played Crysis for the first time. : SlamDunk
• Duke Nukem 3D : retardhumper
• Far Cry 2 was shaweeet : Drewus
• The Total War games for me. I could mix it up on the tactical map forever. : Vantage
• I agree to a degree.... When I was playing Halo 1, I remember one moment in the game where I kept gett : esecasco
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  Yeah, I have to be "ready" for a game to play it. I'll often buy a game, play it a few times, then shelve... : David Craddock
  • I'm the same way, it's why I'm not much of an MP gamer, you can't wait to get into an MP game, you gotta ... : SpaecKow

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  Glorious. : DrWaffles
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    Glorious, indeed. : Mmmmmoo
    • stop that :( : GloriousCow
• Haha! That was awesome, I want more of that. : manlyman
• Glorious. : Juno
• lol : FormerHPB
• She's 14. : FPSDavid
• hahaha : TrptJim
• hahahaha, funny! : aaarrrgh
• hahahahaha : oHnOES
• hahaa nice! : niceguynick
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  wtf http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/in_your_vagina/ : GloriousCow
  • hahha holy crap : -sk-
  • Haha that's fucking quality! : ShekkyBoy
  • LOL the look on his face : niceguynick
  • What an ending... o_O : crummynz
  • hahah : jayacheess
  • waht. : Mmmmmoo
  • oh god that's awesome : yoonix
  • hahaha : DOOManiac
  • does that really work? : Topaz
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    LOL I didn't expect that ending. : Gojirah
    • haha, neither did I. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • damnit this shit's taking forever to load : Flying h4x0r
  • LOL who comes up with this : delataur
  • i was worried but it totally came around : handofthrawn
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    i ... don't get it : graceofdragons
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      The coffee, he poured it into her vagina and she liked it. : FPSDavid
      • it was kind of funny : valael
    • i guess the coffee was on her mind all day and in the end she would have liked it : oHnOES
  • ahahahaha FINE : nomaad
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA : mr.sleepy
    • "This is one of our better brews" : mr.sleepy
  • what in the fuck : randomposter
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    I'm sorry, but I have to vote against all of these hahas. :( : SeaLlama
    • yep i'm with you : kill9
    • agreed. : dromo5
    • it was fucking horrible. : randomposter
    • ia wasnt very funny : oHnOES
    • more like SeaLamer. Also, I agree. : skinlab133
    • No doubt. : NastyJack
    • Yeah, I really don't know what's funny about this one. The OP's was pretty funny though. : goatjc
    • It wasn't funny until the twist at the end. : bRAINsick
    • seriously fucking awful clip : AlexXdude
    • jesus you all wasted my time seriously : Chandler55
    • so it it funny now? after enough hating-whats-cool? or does it suck? will it be cool tomorrow? or suck wo... : Downforce
    • same here, the end wasnt funny. these ppl are all high. : papaskot
    • meh : historyinthemaking
    • Yeah, not funny, just weird. : IHATEDUST
    • not funny : okhelosir
    • i'm with you. all i got was a smirk at best : RikiTiki2
  • LOOOOOOOOOOOOL : minigomp
  • :≠ : BlackCat9
• hahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'd like to tap that fatty! haha : metldude
• glorious : SlamDunk
• This is funny as hell!!! : godhatingatheist
• Fucking Glorious. 14 : IHATEDUST