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• 99% of movies with sequels : riptyde
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  hmm might have to disagree with the ace ventura, by no means is it the original but it is not lame at all... : med1c
  • The Rhinocerous scene in that movie makes up for all possible transgressions. : Halen
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    I like Ace Ventura 2 more than the first one. :( : TrptJim
    • Same and so do most other people I know. : Begawkiness
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  Terminator, Star Trek: The Motion Picture just kidding! : Draugluin
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    T2 was fucking awesome what are you talking about? : baconisgod
    • You've been had my friend. : Sgt_Boomstick
• The Mask, The Mask, holy shit The Mask : mmogger
• starship troopers : Guybrushed
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  Dumb and dumber. Eot : goatjc
  • hah, so true. So sadly true : baconisgod
  • Huh? How does that end this thread? There are a ton of terrible sequels not listed yet. : not work safe
• Friday the 13th : plunkymeadows
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  Are you saying you don't like any of the Indy sequels?! : soggybagel
  • third was good, rest sucked ass : baconisgod
• Ace Ventura Jr. Trailer http://www.trailerspy.com/trailer/1268/Ace-Ventura-Jr-Trailer This is real B... : grabbie
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  Blues Brothers : manero
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    Why damnit why did they ever make a second one? : plunkymeadows
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      it was 2000 : manero
      • The music was still great, though, you have to admit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    At least John Goodman is awesome and can sing. : c0bra
    • But Aykroyd had gotten fat by then and lost all his humor. : Totenjaeger
  • fuckin' a i can't believe they ever made a sequel to this. it was so bad : FrayLo
• Jurassic Park : SockMonkeh
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  Escape from NY : I7 SilverFox
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    I don't know why, but I can't get my friend to fucking sit down and watch Escape from NY. For some astoni... : djkenohki
    • I have a solution --> Ludovico Technique : I7 SilverFox
    • considering its practically the same damn movie, he should like it : GloriousCow
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXHCykk7fU : SolrFlare
• Pirates of the Caribbean : K1Bond007
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  speed : shika.art
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    oh and shrek >:( : shika.art
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      i liked shrek 2. shrek 3 sucked balls : Mmmmmoo
      • Pus in boots was the only good part of Shrek 2. : nevicata
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  Many shackers may disagree with me but: 28 days later. The first had good social commentary in addition ... : SolrFlare
  • i agree : Dschinghis Khan
  • 28 weeks later is a fucking travesty. I think the only thing they actually tried to do in the whole movie... : DerHuhnTeufel
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  Jaws : Marauder IIC
  • Each Jaws movie got worse too. Although I actually saw Jaws 3 in 3D when it was originally released in t... : SolrFlare
• Jaws : Sze Ior
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  Pretty much any Disney movie : retardhumper
  • right on. : megarust32
• Robocop : RikiTiki2
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  ace ventura sequel is pretty awesome. and it was on tv last weekend : feek
  • yeah, i thought it was pretty freaking hilarious : Korban
  • I liked it too, better than the first even. : shirif
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  donnie darko 2 : mindshot
  • is that even a movie? : minigomp
• I really enjoyed the Matrix sequels, though I think they get better with additional viewings. I know I'm... : Waverider
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  Weekend at Bernies : treefingers1
  • Sorry, the thread is about movies that were good and had sequels that sucked. It doesn't count if the ori... : Totenjaeger
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  Home Alone : Chew
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    Incorrect, Home Alone 2 is an exceptional movie in itself...I never ever tried to see 3. : Saman
    • It sucks compared to the first one : minigomp
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  No one else on the Shack likes the second and third Matrix movies? :( : nevicata
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    The second Matrix is still my favorite. I could watch have watched the Burly Brawl 4 times back-to-back. ... : AxeMan808
    • i too prefer the second Matrix movie, but I like Animatrix the most. : Modica Sol Solis
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    I LOVE all 3 - fuck the haters : flagg209
    • Yay! Me too. :) : nevicata
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  The Killer. The Transporter. Predator. The Mask. Wait, the first one sucked too. White Men Can't Jump (... : AxeMan808
  • OOOO! CADDYSHACK. : AxeMan808
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    The Thing is the only one I can think of. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • Yeah, yeah... The Thing! I shoulda thought of that. (My Caddyshack post was for good movies with shit se... : AxeMan808
  • Arguably The Thomas Crown Affair and Ocean's Eleven off the top of my head. : K1Bond007
  • Transporter sequels are so bad when the original was so fun :( : Begawkiness
• teen wolf : Morgin
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  The Godfather : GloriousCow
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    I've never seen II and III, but I liked the book. : nevicata
    • see II : Mondo
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    but two was pretty good : Mmmmmoo
    • I've just never gotten around to it. :( : nevicata
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      it insists upon itself : GloriousCow
      • but it was pretty good : Mmmmmoo
  • The Godfather: Part Two was amazing, what are you talking about. : mittense
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    haha what? I think The Godfather is the best one, but The Godfather Part II is one of the best movies eve... : K1Bond007
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      I like how you completely ignored the third movie which he's obviously talking about. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • I didn't ignore anything. I accept it wasn't as good as the first two, but saying "The Godfather" in this... : K1Bond007
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  starwars star trek batman : CoRDS
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    Wait a moment. You're saying the original Star Trek movie is better than the Wrath of Kahn? : nevicata
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      I think he's also saying The Dark Knight was not as good as Batman Begins, and that Empire & ROTJ were no... : DOOManiac
      • On all counts. Even Jedi was better than ANH. Empire > Jedi > ANH. : node
• Scooby Doo : dognose
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  Men in Black It's really sad just how horrible the second one was. : SqueegyTBS
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    True enough but you could see it coming from the second they brought Tommy Lee Jones back. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I always wonder why people that make books and movies make those kinds of decisions. Are they afraid tha... : ThomW
      • I feel this way about Alien movies and Ripley : alnya
  • Yeah, but it took a second one for everyone to realise they didn't want it. Loved the first, wanted more,... : node
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  ace 2 was goo : papaskot
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  • guano : zerog83
• Aliens. Yes I know it's the sequel, but it didn't suck, and all the ones after did. : DOOManiac
• The French Connection : hmesser
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  The Naked Gun is the only one I can think of right now that hasn't already been mentioned. The 2 sequels ... : ShoCon
  • The second one was awesome, the third just a bad afterthought, even though it had it's moments. I'm glad ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Lethal Weapon Pedator (don't hurt me) The Matrix ect. : ghostnote
  • oops, you wrote matrix.. I concur :( : ghostnote
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    Pedator sounds much scarier than the predator.. I'm off to bed, sorry :( : ghostnote
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      more like the pedantor, amirite?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • yeah that's it. : ghostnote
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    Predator 1 is the perfect action thriller, IMO. 2 was ok and expanded a bit on the Predator concept. AvP : node
    • In AvP2 The blond cheerleader scene was fantastic. Way to fool me! : AxeMan808
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  blade : returnofthepanda
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    Blade 2 was good. : Totenjaeger
    • Think again, sucka!! : pipboy
• The Crow : tunis5000
• Transformers: the Movie : Omaha
• i liked revenge of the nerds 2 :( : AMikaboshi
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  Escape from New York Conan the barbarian 2001 a Space Odyssey Jaws The Empire Strikes Back the Matri... : cptstern
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    Conan the Destroyer was awesome - it was no where near as Conan the Barbarian, but it was still - awesome... : flagg209
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      it was awesomely cheesy : cptstern
      • yes - it had the plot of a final fantasy game - which in and of itself was awesome : flagg209
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  How about movies with much better sequels? Terminator Piratesxxx Stagnettis Revenge : minigomp
  • terminator > terminator 2 : cptstern
• You left out star wars. : risimage
• The Lost Boys : DMac20
• Planet Of The Apes : Ride-My-Rocket
• Men In Black : grabbie
• If they had made sequels to highlander, they probably would have sucked in comparison, but no sequels to ... : sroylance
• Indiana Jones? Seriously? Sure the newest one was pretty poor but Last Crusade at least is a worthy seq... : Begawkiness

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• neither have I =( : hirez
• your copy was hacked by chinese. : Hoax
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  eh, no big deal. he's a pain in the ass anyway. i've never found any of the special guns. : biskits
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    The Firelance just fell out of the sky for me when I finally decided to see what was on the other side of : Cliffzorz
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      that happened to me too, in a different part of the map. it was absolutely bizarre, the meteor exploded : alarm cock
      • Apparently the AI enemies will pick it up if you overlook it, my friend played his game and said he encou... : Sailor of Fortune
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    special sniper rifle: in the church towards the NW of the map, IIRC. Tabernacle Chapel somethingorother : MisterPhoton
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      special shotgun: it's in one of the bad guy encampments... Talon company, I think, underground below a mi : Juno
      • No, it's in Evergreen Mills, the shopkeep owns it. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Also I think if you solve the Nuka Cola challenge by giving the bottles to the dude you get his custom sh : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Hmm...I didn't... : CapnChaos
    • Does the game even have a good sniper rifle? I found that one and found it to be pretty shitty. Even the ... : zehh
• go to China : Mmmmmoo
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  He's semi random, so I wouldn't sweat it. : jasoncrowley
  • Non-sense, he's in the scrapyard south of Minefield. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I enjoyed the humour of what you could loot from his dead, cold body. : enyakk
• I found it to be too gamey, but edible with a tempura batter and an orange sauce. : rosewood
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  i only noticed, isn't calling a dog "dogmeat" a stupid fucking name : randomposter
  • no : derelict515
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    How are you so consistently so wrong? : brickmatt
    • he's not wrong, brickmeat : ArB
  • It has historical reasons. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    What would you name a dog in a video game? Please, drop some literary science on us. : A Sponge
    • lunchy mclunch pants : flagg209
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      in a fallout game, you'd probably call him Lunch, or maybe Supper. : Fyunch Click
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        Supper is nice but not intelligent enough - this is video games we are talking about, after all. Now, if : A Sponge
        • True. Perhaps, since he is a smallish dog, we call him hors d'oerve? : Fyunch Click
    • a name that doesn't make it feel like I'm playing a video game HELLO I AM AN NPC, MY NAME IS MR GUNSHO... : randomposter
• same, I was sad : afrochops
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  i'm replaying as a super nice guy in the hopes that i find the doggie :( : filthysock
  • just go to the scrapyard : derelict515
  • I'm playing as a bad motherfucker and found him. He's always in the scrapyard. : zehh
• hmmm I found him within 10 minutes of playing. Too bad it was at my friends house and now I am jonesing ... : IncursionZ
• Look for the trail of bodies, that's how I found him. Seriously he is like the killer rabbit : DarkWolf5
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  Don't sweat it, that was the ugliest dog I've ever seen in a video game. : Caboose
  • <aroo?> : I7 SilverFox
  • <whine> : mrtony
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  A Deathclaw got him at night. Couldn't see what I was shooting at :( : Judicus
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    So, you call yourself A. Deathclaw then? : Totenjaeger
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      Armand Stephan Deathclaw, Esq. : Fyunch Click
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        The third. : hoov1185
        • and it's pronounced: Raymond Luxury Yacht. : Fyunch Click
• I finally found canterbury commons last time I played...lol : Mondo
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  A neat as Dogmeat was in FO3, the dog was executed better in Fable 2. : Sailor of Fortune
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    there is no question about this, but its about the only thing Fable 2 did better : derelict515
    • When the mod tools come out and the modders have their way with the game we will have a Dogmeat to beat a... : Psigun
    • I hated the dog in Fable 2. He wouldn't shut up when he found a dig spot and half the time when he would... : Derringer
  • was that the bad luck dog that would run from every fight and make everybody's weapons explode? that was... : mrtony
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  I think he means "dognose" : rektify7
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    He's in a scrapyard south of Dallas. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Sorry to break it to you, but that's North of Dallas. : Githyanki
      • Plano? Nooooooo : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I have a friend called dogmeat. Also the main character in Sewer Shark for the Sega CD! : node

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• sounds like a Pandora's box to me; I'd rather not. : the archvile
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  Nobody's left me a message :( (I wanna see!) : Vantage
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    Though if you do it, obviously use your discretion to avoid any identifying/incriminating messages. : Vantage
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      I'm not going to moderate them individually. They're all anonymous anyways so I don't think its a big dea... : sikander
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        and this: Yarr matey. There be white elephants in these waters. If you're lucky i'll even include a p... : sikander
        • :( : Mmmmmoo
        • you've been itching to blab these ever since the system went online haven't you? : RikiTiki2
        • Maybe it's a good thing I haven't received any WE message yet. :[ : Vantage
        • haha : Lionel2b
        • mega-lols : glio1337
        • the hammer is my penis : Arctic Fox
        • fucking ha : .ka`boom.zZz.
        • Captain Hammer is a pirate now? : aaarrrgh
• i'd rather let sleeping dogs lie, but i'm sure some bozo here would love to see em : RikiTiki2
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  I think if they want us to see it, they'll post it. : Visceral Monkey
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    spoil sports : Vantage
    • I'm still bitter about the Chinese porn that wasn't porn that you sent me. : Visceral Monkey
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  Mine said he laughed hysterically when he saw my name, is my name that funny >:( : dognose
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    that depends.. what's a "gnose" and how do you do it? : Megara9
    • I assumed it was an 80s west coast break dance. : rosewood
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  mine hasn't contacted me yet :( : halophoenix
  • word im in your boat. : med1c
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    Me neither. :( : nevicata
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      meow : GloriousCow
      • Meow to you, sir! : nevicata
  • Me neither. : DOOManiac
  • same :[ : deadfish
  • same. =( : Pacalon
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  I worry that if I send a message, they'll know it's me, 'cause I'll sign it :( : dognose
  • Will you sign it "dognose" or "DN" or "I <3 Hannah Montana"? : nevicata
• Just select posts at random and post a few : retardhumper
• Mine is supposedly on the way, but it's not here yet! I'm all excited! : nurglich
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  Do not post the message sent to rosewood! : ra1n
  • Oh shi ... : ra1n
• I never got a message so nothing to fret over here. : SolrFlare
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  Are supposed to be leaving them messages? : Vincent Grayson
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    Back in my day we sent white elephants with no stinking messages to warn them! Both ways, in the fucking ... : Visceral Monkey
    • In my day, we sent actual white elephants. Shipping was horrendous, but we liked it all the same! : ]aratex[
• Yes! Yes, I do! : Rice-Rocketeer
• I got a nice message from the person sending me my white elephant. I feel bad now for wanting to send c... : ant321

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  That is the bottleneck? Damn. : Chepito.
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    E6400 dell it's the video card unless I'm reading this wrong : goatjc
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      you're reading it wrong. The processor is the bottleneck, it seems a quad core is required for good perfo... : sharpie
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        to be clear, I don't own a dell. not theirs anything wrong with that. : sharpie
        • what video card? : t0ad
• err this worries me : feek
• Yea, I'm not reading very good comments about performance on just about any machine right now. : Visceral Monkey
• wait what? a c2d at 2.2 ghz? uh oh i think i need to cancel my order. : Hoax
• Damn, that's my CPU. :( : dmason
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  what video card and what resolution and effects (AA etc) are you running at? : retardhumper
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    Ati radeon 4870 with 512 megs. 4 gigs of ram. Vista 64. The autodetection settings had a poor framerat... : sharpie
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      conclusion : badly coded game, since they didn't leverage the Pc' graphics card, and relied on the proces... : shirif
      • er probably badly optimised http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=761450 : shirif
    • yikes. : retardhumper
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      Well if it can make you feel better, the console version didn't have better framerate than that. It even ... : razlebol
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        what? maybe the ps3 version, because I don't have that experience from the xbox 360 : OrkO
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          i definitely did. multiplayer would definitely drop to single digits at times : feek
          • I think you're probably spoiled on frame rates and don't know it :) GTA4 had it's framerate get low for a... : cdbeckman
        • You are blind if you couldn't see any framerate drops. : razlebol
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  this isn't surprising really.. the 360 has Tri-Core 3.2ghz CPU, I dunno how that would stack up against... : Shadowdane
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    gpu and ram ought to compensate though. you can do a proper port especially since the game will sell like... : Hoax
    • It's not really a straight port. It's much easier than any previous console but the 360 hardware is not t... : TrptJim
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    For one, the 360 uses PowerPC not x86. : TrptJim
    • the ISA is less important than the specific implementation, the Xenon in the 360 is a 6-thread tricore IN... : Toraz Chryx
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    It must be a more than half as fast so it's clearly the game fault. : guigr
    • *a bit : guigr
  • But the 360's tricore is 4 years old now. : baron calamity
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  *hugs q6600* : glio1337
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    How does it perform for you? : SockMonkeh
    • Statistics Average FPS: 36.67 Duration: 37.11 sec CPU Usage: 79% System memory usage: 38% Video memo... : Jimbo Ro
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  I have a X2 4800+ cranked to 2.8 and a gtx 260 and I have to set it all to low to get it playable for mul... : TheQuad
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    ouch. : shirif
    • granted, i'm not running quad core, but the X2's are still relatively recent tech. I can blast Fallout 3 ... : TheQuad
• sad panda : Iwannaacura
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  fuck I was looking forward to this :(. I hope this isn't like widespread and theres a driver issue or som... : moe6
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    there's like 10 good reviews on metacritic, nothing bad about the pc version. im assuming they didnt run ... : feek
    • actually no, those reviews are most likely based on a two days review at the publisher on prechosen hardw... : Hoax
• Still waiting for Steam to download it.... : theamazingrand0
• It looks like they ported it with 3 core threads and decided not to take advantage of the massive clock s... : crazywigga
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  Same here, I am severely disappointed. I can only hope that something helps it. Also the game crashes for... : ovrlrd
  • I'm having major issues, I don't have the best vid card (upgrading soon), but I'd like to see some textur... : chaza
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    I have that same bug. Say what you want about console vs. Pc, but when I got this game for the 360 I wa... : sharpie
    • assassins creed on the other hand ran like butter on my pc with everything maxed. Sounds like this is ju... : GloriousCow
    • Thats not PCs fault, thats Rockstars. But at the same time, is this a games for windows title? if so why ... : thewindcriesmary
• theres still l4d : podizzle
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  heres what rockstar has to say: THE GRAPHIC SETTINGS OF GRAND THEFT AUTO IV PC Most users using cur... : extrahappyturtle
  • wow that really breaks it all down : SockMonkeh
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    hmmm.... quad core or overclocked e8400 :(. My choices have been made complicated again :( : moe6
    • as expected, games are taking amore and more advantage of mutlicore++ cpus. definitely get a quad core : feek
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    holy crap, looks like that 1gb 4870 is really tempting now. Crosses of e7200 and 4850 : stgdz
    • yeah, i regret not waiting on the 1gb 4870 release. : feek
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    that's pretty thorough. i wonder of the bugs people are experiencing are due to them just cranking shit t... : feek
    • The menus and loading screens look real nice, but that's about all I can comment on. : hirosushima
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    what a load of shit. ANY program that states "Users should ensure they disable their Virus scans..." is ... : retardhumper
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      Who uses Anti-Virus software? That shit is for dumb people that click YES to everything that pops up on ... : Jimbo Ro
      • I use anti-virus, and why not? safer than not. : moshman
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        I still get my tetanus shot even though I stay away from rusty nails. I laugh every time one of you h... : indosauros
        • I am Immortal, I have in me blood of kings. : hirosushima
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          I've survived 15 or so years w/o it...I'll manage...and not have it waste system resources that I could u... : Jimbo Ro
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            yeah, as if you use all those precious resources are used 100% all the time. gimme a break : moshman
            • i rite gud! : moshman
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        If you look at porn, and dont use anti virus or spyware software, you have a nasty hiding on your pc :) e... : thewindcriesmary
        • You mean like download porn or just look at pix using firefox? : Jimbo Ro
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          virtual tripper : blindi0815
          • tripper clap : blindi0815
        • ^^^ This and/or warez/crackz : RyDogg1
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      I've disabled virus scan for every PC I've ever played, ever. Virus scan takes up a huge amount of system... : bozer
      • *pc game : bozer
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        that's why you schedule them to 5am or something : moshman
        • well yeah but i still disable everything I'm not using. I kill everything in the system tray. Anything th... : bozer
    • You think your a game accessing the net is going to do some traffic that your virus scanner is even going... : Toraz Chryx
  • hmmmmmm : tree8
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  I think the game is physics heavy, so it needs all the PCU power it can get. I'm running a 2.8 GHz Qua... : Jimbo Ro
  • *PCU = CPU : Jimbo Ro
• *hugs console* : Ride-My-Rocket

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  I'd be ok with a 50% iPhone and 50% Blackberry market. That'd be bangin. : yoonix
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    you wouldn't believe how hard i am for this phone. i've had it since july and still consider it the be... : erotic sock
    • Same, except I've had it since July 2007... : DOOManiac
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    I think BlackBerry needs to seriously lose this "generation" and come back with an OS worth a damn. Wind... : empathe
    • I think the OS on the Bold is an improvement, even if it's more of a facelift than anything. : yoonix
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    where's the love for android? : Horn
    • Google needs a public nerd leader : japoneez
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      at virus' and Zero|DPX's places, of course : Postal
      • No, both of us have posted saying we think iPhones are better : Zero|DPX
    • Wait for Motorola to release their handset late next year and then Android will be more serious. : rossimo
    • no live since none of the shitty kiosks fucking have it to try out : gmd
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      I have some love for Android. I have no love for the G1. : yoonix
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        Yeah -- the platform has a lot of promise but the device is pretty bad. :( : Yanks
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          3rded. if some company wants to make SERIOUS money hats, they'll copy the iphone hardware and put android... : epit
          • People are hacking the iPhone for android support. That will be some lols. : TrptJim
    • It needs to come out on a good phone. : dilutedq
    • you mean the "open" platform thats on 1 phone and 1 network? : hirez
    • they need to ditch the linux graphic design, and get new sexier slimmer hardware without the kitchen sink... : cdbeckman
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    heheh, comment from the article I am just back from 2012 where Windows Mobile has 52% market share inclu : filthysock
    • that's a great post : prime8
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  My biggest bitch with Windows Mobile is that they tried to make a PC interface work on a handheld device.... : Thresher
  • Yes, MS was retarded to try and put a desktop OS onto a mobile device. : rossimo
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  It will never kills Windows Mobile phones until they build for the market wants instead of their own. : Phreakin
  • English plz : doomed
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    ^-- This. Ilike the iPhone and Blackberries well enough, but what keeps me on WinMo is that I can load w... : BingusLargus
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      What .Net framework does it run on? I tried to install it and it told me I had an incompatible version. : matrix
      • .NET 3.5 Compact Framework: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e3821449-3c6b-42f1-9... : Dave-A
    • My iPhone does all that too. Well not the GPS, because I'm on the first gen. But otherwise my phone do... : DOOManiac
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      Never understood the WinMo hate. If there is any complaint is that MS has been slow with the obvious impr... : mc-fine
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        Have you used an iPhone? It'll become pretty much immediately obvious how behind WinMo is in pretty much ... : Yanks
        • Please don't say *every* segment They got the UI down pat and the integration with built in applicatio... : factor27
  • winmo is so underserved it's appalling. whoever is at MS in charge of this is failing miserably : Downforce
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  My biggest complaint with the iPhone is the SMS stuff ... It lacks very basic features. SMS forwarding!... : doomed
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    At least it keeps your conversation in one window. I used to have to spend 20 minutes deleting a long con... : childers87
    • This. For every gripe I have with the iPhone, there are 20 things that are FAR superior than any winmo ph... : Ormsbee
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    SMS Forwarding can die. What do you mean edit existing messages? Use Detail: What? Why? Send detai... : dilutedq
    • lack of copy/paste is certainly missed but it's far from a dealbreaker. there are only a few random mome... : mikecyb
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  My phone has windows mobile and it blows. HTC Mogul, the iPhone if it's anything like the Ipod Touch (... : dysfunctional
  • the touch and iphone are pretty much the same except the iphone has a phone in it :( : mikecyb
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  woe unto the ignorant. The HTC / Windows mobile hack / mod / interface / customization etc scene more th... : paravis
  • oh and hi2u locked down iphone platform w/ ur 1:10000 WM (guestimatin') available app ratio. yeah I'd ... : paravis

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• It's the first thing I look for in a game. "Does it have chainsaws?" : cerealSAM2
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  everyone on xbox live is a fag. chainsaw away. : GloriousCow
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    Yea do whatever you want : cstamas
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      you'll be called a noob no matter which weapon you use in an online game. : pyide
      • You will only be called a newb when you are dominating the game. : SockMonkeh
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    No, they're not homosexual, but they certainly like to say other people are often, damnit. : nevicata
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      CHAINSAW THEM IN THE FAGGOT FUCKING FACE NEVATICA AND SCREAM INTO YOUR HEADSET WHILE YOU DO IT GOING EAT : GloriousCow
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        ahem 'nevicata' sorry got a little carried away there : GloriousCow
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          helvicata : SockMonkeh
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            for a while I couldn't separate the names and thought they were one in the same. : zerog83
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              helvetica makes awesome cookies, I do not. I do make cookies, just not nearly so awesome. : nevicata
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                You should make chainsaw cookies! : Evil Benius
                • Oh! Oh! With red frosting on the blade! That would be sweet. : nevicata
          • nelvaticaca : Ride-My-Rocket
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          It's cool, GloriousMeow. : nevicata
          • purrr : GloriousCow
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    did you just call me a fag? : Mmmmmoo
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      its not gay when its two cows : GloriousCow
      • but cows are female cattle.. female + female = ?! : Mmmmmoo
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  If you get chainsawed there are two possible causes: a) you're involved in chaos b) you are awful : SockMonkeh
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    c) you walked around the corner into a 10-year old who immediately mashes the B button and cuts you in ha... : ninj0rc
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      File that under b). : SockMonkeh
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        So dominating a match and coming in a solid first, but getting chainsawed once in that match means you ar... : Derringer
        • File that under a) : Githyanki
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  Townhall First! That means, the first thing you build has to be a townhall. No fair building a barracks : hawke
  • See SockMonkeh's post for the explanation. :) : nevicata
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  Because they refuse to learn how to play. People tend to think it's too easy to chainsaw, yet it's prett... : dilutedq
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    The problem isn't the ability to beat chainsaws in theory. In theory, there's a timing window where you c : Felraiser
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      They made the chainsaw easier to use in GoW2. In GoW1 you would drop the thing and have to re-rev it imme... : SockMonkeh
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        I think you're oversimplifying shotgun usage and understating the chainsaw's melee superiority. All other... : Felraiser
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          It's supposed to be superior to other melee attacks because it's a god damn chainsaw. : SockMonkeh
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            How is what I proposed not superior to other melee attacks? Thanks for the clarification, by the way.... : Felraiser
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              Your way isn't superior, it's just different. : SockMonkeh
              • Though you offered no justification for that, I guess I'll rephrase: the revised chainsaw would kill some... : Felraiser
        • Yeah. You should be able to save someone from being chainsawed if it just started. That is what I hate so... : razlebol
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  People just run up and impale themselves on my chainsaw when I play. I don't understand. The chainsaw... : Masem
  • Yeah, but if someone has a shotgun, you go down pretty quick. :) : nevicata
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  Chainsawing properly is an art. Ask Masem or Bradsh :D That said, there are two irritating things with ... : SolrFlare
  • I am awesome at chainsaw battles and I only lose against Asians. : SockMonkeh
  • And believe me, my playstyle is what really pisses the crap out of people when I've played pubs. I haven... : SolrFlare
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    I can never get the chainsaw to work... I run up behind someone and hold down B or whatever but jack shit... : MagicWishMonkey
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      You hold B to start it up, and hit the right trigger to rev and slice and dice. : DrZettl
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        That's not true, you just have to hold B. : SockMonkeh
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          I hold B and look at the dude... sometimes I'm right behind them and they turn around and beat me down li... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Get all up in their shit. : SockMonkeh
        • Really? I always use the trigger. : razlebol
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  I think the inclusion of the chainsaw is a really cool modern twist on the bayonets on old rifles. : ra1n
  • You don't say. : DOOManiac
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  the chainsaw is fine if you are the host or you are playing on LAN but on the internet the lack of client... : plat2on1
  • Which is why you should come play with us so we don't have to play on Live. :( : nevicata
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    most all weapons are client side hit detection. Only one not is the shotgun. : dilutedq
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      thats not true, the animations may look like you are hitting but you aren't. also the torque bow is the s... : plat2on1
      • takes time to travel the distance? : dilutedq
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    ^^^ the master speaks. and he's right. Chainsaw is an AOE kill. It snaps people into the chainsaw regardl... : Foxhawk
    • Yep. Even more obvious than the practical balance issues, it's often broken and incongruous with the game... : Felraiser
    • however, it is also useless in groups. it takes so long to chainsaw anyone that shotgun is almost always ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Chainsawing is great when used sparingly. When you go up against someone that only uses the chainsaw, it ... : DrZettl
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    i thought in 2 though taking fire slowed you down....there's got to be ways to counter chainsaw exclusive... : xxiv
    • The problem is the chainsaw starts the kill animation before they even get to you so it basically sucks y... : Evil Benius
• I remember watching something on Mtv about the making of the game. Apparently Microsoft were strong oppon... : aggro crag
• Still happens eh? I remember getting so much flak for chainsawing guys in the first one. You died, not on... : locater16
• because "people" suck. : Marauder IIC
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  the chainsaw is the only thing i can kill people with lol : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • I'm sure that's not true, you just have to try using the other weapons, silly. : nevicata
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  The main issue for me is that the damn thing sucks you in from feet away so even if I feel I have room to... : Evil Benius
  • i never noticed that. unfortunately that kind of change was undoubtedly intentional and was made to give ... : retarded talking dinosaur
• because most online gamers are fags... : returnofthepanda
• Piss them off and chop them in half : I7 SilverFox
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  By the end of Gears 1 about all I ever did was Chainsaw things. Something about the blood splatter on te... : BingusLargus
  • I suck so bad that I often die when I try to do this... :( : Omaha
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  Just be glad the chainsaw glitches of old have not returned yet (as far as I know) : Begawkiness
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    Also Begawkology and I finished the campaigin last night (fucking finally) so now I will finally put more... : Begawkiness
    • Okay, you are forgiven for ignoring them. Not Begawkology though. : nevicata
    • yeah im in late chapter 3 and never can find people to co-op on my list for the campaign, so it's taking ... : kainen1
  • Are you two done with campaign now? I hope so. >:( : nevicata
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  Why didnt they put a chainsaw in L4D rather than that stupid Sniper Rifle. That'd be so kool :/ : minigomp
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    There's no chainsaw in the zombie killing game? : nevicata
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      no. :( : minigomp
      • That doesn't make much sense. : nevicata
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      There isn't even a fire axe. :( : SilverSnake
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        What the hell, are you sure it's a zombie killing game? : nevicata
        • It's an infected killing game. : DM7
  • Because Valve knows what is up with chainsaws and zombies. : Evil Benius
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    Because each weapon is also used as a melee attack? : Fyunch Click
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      just imagine how fun it would be with a chainsaw against a horde. mmmm : minigomp
      • until the chain gets caught or you run out of gas. Add in the fact that a noisy chainsaw would call down ... : Fyunch Click
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  I love the game but there is quite a bit of randomness to it thats been bothering me. For instance, it se... : bozer
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    Haha I always seem to lose shotgun fights. I will be a split second from downing the guy and he gets me f... : Evil Benius
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      Yeah I can't tell if I love the game or if I will end up giving up on it again. There's just too much ran... : bozer
      • I will keep playing it despite my bitching since I have a lot of fun, but that does not mean I will not h... : Evil Benius