Morning Discussion

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  I loved BioShock, but it did have its warts. The hacking minigame, limited enemy variety, escort mission... : RomSteady
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    Which game doesn't have warts? Bioshock was amazing and I agree with you SniperWolf22. Just ignore the fr... : niceguynick
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      Call of Duty 4 had zero warts ZERO : spiderfill
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        It has tons of warts, and you can shoot an infinite number of them until you push past their spawn trigge... : RomSteady
        • has there been confirmation that MW2 got rid of this shit yet? : cltcprd
        • dont get me started. : chilln
        • those arent warts!!! those are beauty marks : spiderfill
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  it definitely didn't suck, but i was vaguely let down with it and i don't think it's all that great eithe... : dirge23
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    agreed - it lacked the depth / tech-tree of System Shock 2 / Deus Ex. There's really not much variety ... : dedgecko
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      Did you get the invis-upgrade? the three tonics for +wrench? the million more secret upgrades I totally m... : SniperWolf22
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        I played through the game twice - back to back to try out different combinations and for the two differen... : dedgecko
        • I would definitely agree with you on that. There was an almost infinite amount of stuff you could do in D... : SniperWolf22
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  Some people don't like things you or I like. Shocker. : dmason
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    way to state the obvious in argumentative entrapment, it's a very original idea. Look at the post I linke... : SniperWolf22
    • You linked to an entire fucking story comments section, not a single post. : dmason
    • You aren't the sharpest tool in shed. : datoo
• Just because a game isn't the greatest ever doesn't mean it sucked. I enjoyed Bioshock, but it comes nowh... : theangrywaffles
• Bioshock was great but not as great as System Shock. Bioshock 2 looks even less great which makes me gro... : Haku-Jin
• I'm very skeptical of Bioshock 2. I simply don't think it will be possible to have a story as interesting... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Its looks as if they actually realised the had a great setting in the first game and have decided to use ... : Beady
  • I agree. After that 30 minutes the fact that you're underwater is totally abstract. : dirge23
• I loved Bioshock, but the entire second half of the game dragged on, got boring, and finally culminated i... : OverloadUT
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  I was pretty disappointed in Bioshock at first for the simple fact that I was expecting the spiritual suc... : Frank_Mackey
  • yep, this is the main reason why I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have. I was expecting a high def... : X-GOUKI
• Okay, look, Bioshock had awesome atmosphere, but there was simply no variety in the enemies or gamplay af... : Conan
• I enjoyed the game but the story didn't really make sense, and i disliked the fact that the splicers that... : RetroRedEyeJr
• the total lack of challenge and the lack of depth in comparison to system shock 2 were big problems. but ... : JINKY
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  My only thought is that including multiplayer in the game is a horrible mistake. Why include multiplayer ... : Rooster Cockburn
  • I've seen you say this a couple times now, and it still perplexes me. Maybe because I remember so many pe... : dahanese
• It was a good game but not a 97% rated game. Reviewer bias imo. : GeorgeB3DR
• it sucks cause it freezes on load up for me : filthysock
• Bioshock was decent enough for a playthrough, and the setting and atmosphere were very interesting...but ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Bioshock is a good game, but not anywhere near an exceptional game. The game has numerous flaws in its ga... : Link.
  • I would agree on The Witcher.....Mass Effect I was very underwhelmed by. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  All in all I genuinely love the first one, but because of that I'm pretty guarded on this one, not quite ... : steauengeglase
  • Did you play the SS games after? If so, what did you think? : Conan
• Bioshock had an interesting story and setting but the gameplay itself was pretty mediocre. I got bored wi... : d3tached
• I had fun playing it, but I didn't have the urge to play it more than once. And the FOV was all kinds of... : Jobos

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  How much would you like to bet that it hits #1 release day and stays there up until L4D2 is released? : maulla
  • ^^ : pun][sher
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    It will be but a lot of people are talking about moving to Bad Company 2. I am still undecided at the ... : stgdz
    • EA would be incredibly wise to get Bad Company 2 pre-orders up on Steam as fast as fucking possible in th... : MeestaNob
    • I will be playing MW2 for a bit, but I'm definitely taking my clan to BF BC 2 for a true clan experience.... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    No way man, millions of gamer voices suddenly cried out and then were silenced when dedicated servers wer... : FrayLo
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      i cant tell if the first line is sarcasm or not :( : maulla
      • Me too : FrayLo
  • this will be what happens : pandastrong
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  They did it on purpose. They took out features the previous game had, so they must want it to fail on PC ... : yacoub35
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    hahahahahaha. they purposely spent a lot of money developing a new multiplayer platform to lose sales. ... : maulla
    • you're missing the strategy behind it, too. you and biskits can form a fail company. : yacoub35
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    my guess (since we're obviously both guessing) is that they wanted a unified experience on both platforms... : EvilDolemite
    • This is really the only reason that makes sense. The result may be that PC sales are so low that they aba... : maulla
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      It's probably not easier on them actually, on the 360 they just have to pay someone else to run that shit... : SpaecKow
      • Microsoft does not host multiplayer servers for XBL games. I'm sure they offer it, but developers are fr... : mikecyb
    • It reduces their costs for development and for server hardware too. Having to code and optomise two diff... : chazums
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    i hope you never decide to go into business on your own. : biskits
    • you're being short-sighted. they are doing this because it's better for their business model. i'm not say... : yacoub35
  • You're my favorite new troll. : ColoradoCNC
  • Hey, I have a question. How old are you? : uncleanmonkey
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  If they leave the platform, why mourn them? : SpaecKow
  • I liked COD games but yeah. If they go I wish them all the luck on their preferred platform. : te[R]ror
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  CoD4 was amazing? : brainchild420
  • Sure, it was amazing at being a CoD game. : SpaecKow
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    I've put over 3 weeks of play time into the multiplayer since it came out. It's basically the gold standa... : Dynotaku
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      maybe they are trying to help you get into some better MP games :p : brainchild420
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        Any game that lets me dress in a gillie suit and snipe prone in the grass > any game that doesn't. : Dynotaku
        • yeah sniping is... fun... : brainchild420
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      Same for me as well. I compare every online shootery kind of game to CoD 4. No one has topped it. I wa... : mrwolf710
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        probably has something to do with CoD not being a PC game... : brainchild420
        • huh? So the first 2 games didn't come out on the PC? And then CoD 4 wasn't a massive huge seller on the... : mrwolf710
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    The single player stunk, but MP was good if you found a hardcore server with no helicopters. : Jimbo Ro
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      what the fuck, the SP had to be, and might still be (I'll wait until I finish uncharted 2) the most cinem... : moe6
      • doesn't stop those from hating on certain gameplay mechanics (respawning of enemies - advancing the line)... : dedgecko
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        I don't find that fun at all. Everything was scripted. The AI was shit brick dumb, Terrorists that p... : Jimbo Ro
        • To quote Bill Clinton. "It's the gameplay, stupid." : Jimbo Ro
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      Maybe you should get better at shooting choppers ;) : ColoradoCNC
      • If you could snipe the pilot then I wouldn't bitch. : Jimbo Ro
    • Delusional. : foo
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    CoD is the best MP shooter since CS. The SP was one of the best cinematic FPS experiences ever...regardle... : maulla
    • That first sentence doesn't exactly say much... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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      "cinematic FPS experiences ever." What the hell does that even mean? IF the GAMEPLAY is not enjoyable... : Jimbo Ro
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        Means what it says, which is that it felt cinematic. I get it , you didn't like the game. But the stateme... : FrayLo
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          What does it have to do with being a good game? You can't point to the AI, the map design, or anything... : Jimbo Ro
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            Man you're great at being overdramatic in this thread : FrayLo
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              I'm being cinematic. : Jimbo Ro
              • you're actually being a whiney bitch on Oprah, or an equally shitty reality show... anything but cinemati... : dedgecko
          • Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... He liked it, you didn't - now stfu. Different strokes for d... : dedgecko
    • This. COD4 Multi was fantastic. Why would they change it?! : MercFox1
    • CoD sucks balls. Every. Single. One of them. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. : brainchild420
  • It was for me. The multiplayer is every bit as good as CS:S or BF2 were in their heydays. The single pl... : deject
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  I wasn't even really aware of CoD4 as a PC game. I thought consoles pretty much carried it and were the r... : BlackCat9
  • Unfortunately this is probably true. I know tons of people that loved it on PC and only played it there ... : mrwolf710
• There is no incentive to pre-order it, so no surprise to me. : Nitrium
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  I don't understand why people wont buy MW2 just because it don't have dedicated servers. Can someone exp... : TheVietSpecial
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    Basically there's no community any more. If you're a console gamer, you wouldn't get that. I'm not dumpin... : Dynotaku
    • Thank you for this, Dyn. : LoioshDwaggie
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      I've been playing multiplayer on PC since... just before Half Life 1 came out and I can't say I've ever h... : marmite
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        Also, going back as far as CS1 I've always preferred the more tactical slower paced games with 4 v 4 or 8... : marmite
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          This man missed Tribes :( : LoioshDwaggie
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            I miss tribes... : dedgecko
            • Me too, Mr. Gecko :( Nothing comes close to the balance of excellent customization, building and team gam... : LoioshDwaggie
          • you need to stop bringing tribes up in these threads. CoD and CS are not tribes. : maulla
        • CS was so much fun, you could stack teams so much and the randomness of the weapons would never work out.... : stgdz
      • I usually sort by player count and pick the lowest ping. After I while I notice that I start to play on ... : stgdz
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        Then you are missing out. Playing on a "favorite" server is so much better than just randomly picking th... : mrwolf710
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          Yep. It's so much more fun playing the same people all the time. : razlebol
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            I do play with the same people all the time. They are all on my 360 friends list. : marmite
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              It's not the same. You don't meet new people. Also, you don't have to invite everyone before starting a m... : razlebol
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                you dont have to restart or reinvite anyone in between matches with private lobbies. You guys are maki... : maulla
                • It's not easier... With dedicated servers, you select your favorite server and you are playing with your... : razlebol
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          I guess so. However COD4 on 360 is the most fun I've ever had with an online shooter so I'm not too worr... : marmite
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            Yeah, I've been trying to get better at FPS on a gamepad because I know it's inevitable. Consoles are go... : mrwolf710
            • This is the truth. This year I've made some concerted efforts to "TRY" to like the gamepad. I got so frus... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • FLF addict here, too. Man, that was such an awesome game and community, until they patched it and turned... : Matt Burris
      • I've been playing on favorite servers since Quake 1, when you had to write down the goddamn IP and all th... : Vincent Grayson
    • Everything you said is spot on. I have been a huge COD fan since CoD 1 on the PC. I would frequent 1 ... : hirosushima
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      I play on both PC and consoles. I'm not sure where you got the notion that there are more assholes tha... : TheVietSpecial
      • The problem is that in the console model, you have to search for people that are fun to play with every t... : Dynotaku
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      Playing with people on xbox takes coordination? I start a private match, select them on my friends lis... : maulla
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        You're stuck with whomever is available at the time so who you get from your friends list will be random ... : Dr_Cube
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          it is if you add people from shacknews : grifter
          • You know damn well that people aren't going to be playing the same game you are interested in at the mome... : Dr_Cube
    • This should be inf'd or something. Perfectly put. A++ : Sgt_Boomstick
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      The game is radically different when you change the player count like that In a bad way. : maulla
      • exactly. it comes down to someone thinking hey, lets throw in 4x the amount of players this map is des : grifter
    • Throw in modding and I'll take this answer. I mean you can like the games you play, but on the PC you pro... : K1Bond007
    • doesn't that argument cut both ways though? I mean, in the fact that there's a pre-existing community,... : DeBurgo
    • Perfect, perfect reply. : Dr_Cube
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    i agree : feek
    • You just got Feeked. : hirosushima
  • Also, no custom maps. : razlebol
  • pc gamer's sense of being special. : scener
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    I understand why they are upset, but at the same time they refuse to realize that matchmaking/party syste : maulla
    • We'll have to wait and see, but I guarantee you it will be nowhere the same as COD 4. It'll be a fun gam... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Because there's other fun multiplayer games I can play instead. I might put up with the bullshit changes ... : Vincent Grayson
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  If they get multiplayer working well on borderlands, between that and L4D2 I won't give a crap. : aethyr
  • Agreed. : The Grolar Bear
• Even if I decide to get the PC version Amazon has a better deal, relying on Steam numbers is odd. : ghost in my shell
• Dont buy it and stop bitching. : mojorisen1117
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  maybe because amazon is giving 20 dollar credit for preordering there? : feek
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    amazon is giving a credit for preordering on steam? : megarust32
    • Well it uses Steamworks so it's going to work exactly as if it were on Steam. : MuteMode
    • for preordering on amazon. : feek
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  Because smart people buy it cheap at retail and enter the steam key. : node
  • it's going to come with a Steam key? : NeoMoose
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    Or don't buy it. I'll stick with L4D2 and enjoy my dedicated servers. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Wait I thought the issue was that COD6 is going to use the same system the L4D uses and THAT's the proble... : marmite
      • L4D still uses real servers. CoD6 will not. : Jimbo Ro
  • ^^ What he said. : Dontdrop
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  Why should I buy it on steam when Amazon has the $20 gift card? : dedgecko
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    Because then it's not on Steam. And you have to have the CD to install it every time. : mrwolf710
    • Steamworks : MuteMode
    • ...it uses Steam for everything else. Big whoop? I can install a game faster off a disc than off of ste... : dedgecko
• The only thing that really hurts me is the 8v8, although no dedicated servers does suck as well. I want ... : MuteMode
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  we still don't know how complex the friends list and community components of IW.net are. Until that's out... : grifter
  • people are pissed because they are charging more and taking away features. that and their dick ass way of... : peat
  • I really don't like placing a $64 bet on something that hasn't been revealed at all yet. Steam was out w... : the archvile
• Honestly the price is what stopped me from pre-ordering. I was mad about the dedicated server issue h... : fadetofunk
• That's what I was thinking the other day. Any way you look at it PC gamers are screwed when it comes to t... : te[R]ror
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  I'm passing on it. I was planning on getting it a few months ago - but with all these great games coming... : atom519
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    I find this ironic, considering all the reviewers talking to IW a month or two ago and asking them, "How : the archvile
    • Woah, you're right, I forgot about that quote. Lies! : pun][sher
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  Thread Jack Who's picking this up for the PC? After Amazon tossed in their $20 credit for pre-orderin... : dedgecko
  • PC, yeah. : Nitrium
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    Too bad the credit is a credit and not a price cut. The only reason I'd buy the game on Amazon is becaus... : Jimbo Ro
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      What does that mean, what would I buy on amazon? They sell pretty much everything : FrayLo
      • Never mind, I get it - you don't want to buy any other PC games from them : FrayLo
      • That's also a problem; they're just like the Wal-Mart of the Internet (in both the positive and negative ... : the archvile
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      Then don't thread shit. : dedgecko
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        It's a warning to people that you still have to pay $60 upfront. It's like a mail in rebate...only you d... : Jimbo Ro
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          I'm inferring from your post that you only play PC games and you only buy them on Steam? Because it's pre... : veras
          • PC games I only buy on steam unless of some crazy good deal. I hate CDs, CD keys, and all the garbage in... : Jimbo Ro
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          I'm pretty sure I dropped $55-60 on HL2 or Orange Box (true this is still the deal of the century) when t... : dedgecko
          • Also - it's nothing like a mail-in rebate. There's no awkward waiting period of 3-6 months and then sudd... : dedgecko
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      Buy a victoronix chef's knife, 27 bux, but performs like a $150 knife. : sreyes22
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        as far as i know, knives are not video games. : StolenNosferatu
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          Yeah, they last longer : sreyes22
          • the $20 credit is for video games only. i guess no one mentioned it. : StolenNosferatu
  • I'll get it eventually on the PC. It's just not a priority any more. : Dynotaku
  • I have it pre-ordered. PC BITCHES : NFXFSX
  • maybe on Steam in 2011 when it goes on sale : veras
  • I will be since I have absolutely no interest in the multiplayer. : IndigoAK
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  Serious question.COD4 MW2 has built in voice chat? Or do you have to use xfire or something? : posito
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    COD4 has built in voice chat, in fact there's a perk you can use to listen in on the enemy team, but prob... : Dynotaku
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      yeah, that perk is so useless on PC : megarust32
      • It's useless on the 360 also. I've NEVER used it. : FormerHPB
• I agree that it's a lose lose situation, really. But Activision-Blizzard will still continue to publish P... : mystikal
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  I don't understand all the love for CoD4 PC. I played it on console and if the PC multiplayer gameplay wa... : jimmy-buffett
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    Tribes is the ultimate PC team-based FPS. BF2 was good and fun, but it has nothing on that classic save g... : LoioshDwaggie
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      I disagree - if someone were to take the pros of BF2's squad / command structure / compass comands and me... : dedgecko
      • Am I wrong in remembering that tribes fully had a command structure? I distinctly remember playing as a c : LoioshDwaggie
  • The maps were the right size for the number of players. Why are people obsessed with huge multiplayer map... : Fred Garvin
  • I played both versions extensively for a few months and I still play the PC version on a semi-regular ba... : silverback1138
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  I believe MW2 may represent the first time there are more whiny cock gobblers playing it on the PC than o : mwasher
  • same here manwasher... : FormerHPB
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    Funny. I thought the whiny cock gobblers were the ones not buying it. : guyver-za
    • I just wanted to say whiny cock gobbler : mwasher
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  You're assuming too much. MW2 is the most expensive game in all of Steam, so people are going to be hesit... : OverloadUT
  • Eh - Steam needs to match the Amazon offer to even bother competing. Even then I'm sure Amazon will offe... : dedgecko
• lol @ knee jerk reactions. : -=kodiak=-
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  "their dreams of a piracy free IW.net" Its exactly that, a dream. It will never happen. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    is steam pretty pirate free? : [fry]
    • Yes, because you can pirate games through other channels with much less difficulty. Steam games aren't pi... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • Nope. Steam is still fairly easily hacked and pirated. It just has less because most people will go for t... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • Only in the sense that games on Steam get released other places and it's easier to crack it there. : Vincent Grayson
    • not at all : synapse19
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      follow-up: is steam pirate free online? If IW's numbers of 60% of online COD4 players are pirates, is thi... : grifter
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        Pirates cannot play online on legit servers, no. IW.net will be free of pirates. : OverloadUT
        • This is an important distinction and another reason why IW went without dedicated servers: to mimick WoW.... : sukabljat
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    Just like WoW is rife with pirate players right? : uncleanmonkey
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      WoW is still easy to pirate, but it isn't because the number of pirates never reaches the critical mass t... : StolenNosferatu
      • There is also no pirated WoW server. People make simulated ones but the gameplay experience on them is ab... : OverloadUT
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  I really doubt that many people prepurchase MW2 on Steam so much so it's on the Top Sellers list. : michaelleung
  • Alpha Protocol went to #1 on the list when it was available for pre-order. There's no way MW2 is less wel... : azshack
• it unlocks 3 days later than it is released in stores. i'm pretty sure this has some impact on people who... : Mansmells
• I doubt it will be the last PC game for Activision, unless you're excluding the Blizzard arm. WoW is a m... : .faxen

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  Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper? : trOmblyj
  • Well fine, then stay here, bitch. : Rotten Deadite
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  TK-421, why aren't you at your post? : dirge23
  • Does he look like a bitch? : Senate5000
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  How long does it take to put on? : c0bra
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    10-15 minutes usually, but i forgot how, so took me about 30 minutes. And it still rides the crotch a bit... : g0nk
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      so if you have explosive diarrhea.... : skelom
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        i'm fucked. : g0nk
        • Diaper : Ebu
• Last picture ftw : Begawkiness
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  shouldn't you be dressed like this? http://www.restrainingbolt.com/swprops/pics/characters/gonk/gonkright... : Dave-A
  • someday I want to build one. someday.. : g0nk
• *swoon* : virus
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  i spy a pug! : arcane_
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    he looks really shocked and possibly disappointed, staring up at you in that costume. : arcane_
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      its a stuffed pug. it suits me until I can get a real one. :( : g0nk
      • i know it was stuffed, silly. :) btw, you dont' need a real one - that's basically all a pug is, stuffed ... : arcane_
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  That last pic has a nice rapey vibe to it. : Rooster Cockburn
  • Stalktrooper : cerealSAM2
  • Thank you! I was trying to find the best way to phrase that. : kelzmelzer
  • I lol'ed really hard at how gay awesome that look was. : notdeadyeti
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    http://thekidd.shackspace.com/shack/2009/g0nklove.jpg : thekidd
    • lol!! : g0nk
    • ^^ YES! : m0rfus
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      http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/palmbeach/pixie1.jpg http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/palmbeach/pixie4.... : oHnOES
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        Mother of God. : foo
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          theres more if you go here http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/ : oHnOES
          • what the hell : Perturbation
    • Ahahahaah : sheepraper
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  that's a really, really horrifying pillow : cpt_gloval
  • it's actually a door stop. my mom gave it to me for xmas one year. : g0nk
• Hahaha, awesome man. So tempted to do this one day when I've got spare cash and time. : node
• I want one of those suits one day :o : breadsticks
• I thought this was a weight watchers advert at first. sorry. : pieman
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  Do all storm trooper outfits have that protruding junk ? : rosewood
  • eh? : g0nk
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    g0nk had to have a special crotchpiece constructed for his giant, juicy cock : sparkly
    • juicy? you know from experience i take it. : m0rfus
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    i actually had to go find a screenshot of one of the movies to make sure it wasn't some sick sex mod he'd... : Dave-A
    • What if it had been some sick sex mod he'd made? : ArcKnight
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  Hurray, are you re-activating with the 501st? : Evil Benius
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    definitely thinking about it, been checking out Garrison Tyranus lately. I used to know a couple people f... : g0nk
    • only problem is most their events are at Virginia Beach, like a 4 hour drive from me. :( : g0nk
• lol.. that's right. You'd better stay ready to jump, soldier! : Megara9
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  it looks like you live in a slanted house! : SolveChrist
  • yeah, this one room actually is sloped. one of the benefits of living in a house built in the 1880's.. : g0nk
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  http://i35.tinypic.com/10ehic4.jpg : mr.sleepy
  • ahaaha : get_navi
  • lol, it really was hard not to notice that damn cup : SolveChrist
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    EYE BLEACH PLEASE http://www.shackpics.com/files/trooper3_oad36hrrroc6at9mk6jt.gif : Baba Ghanoush
    • bwahahahahaha!!! AWESOME!!! : g0nk
    • GAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA : ColonBlow1
    • instant classic : BongSlayerB
    • lolinfd : askedrelic
    • Oh my brain just got raped :( : yosemiteclimber
    • upload this to fukung : manero
    • i cant stop watching this : -=kodiak=-
    • Amazing. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Awesome! :) : ThomW
    • hypnojunk. Fantastic. : aux7
• Thats what she said! : glio1337
• your sharpei looks scared of you : papaskot
• What? Oh, the uniform! My name's g0nk, I'm here to rape you. : SockMonkeh
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  http://www.blogcdn.com/playstation.joystiq.com/media/2007/08/serkis225.jpg = you? : wykd
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    wut? : g0nk
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      That's the voice of gollum, you look like him. : wykd
      • not seeing it : fishbone
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        he looks more like Gary Sinise than that guy : RikiTiki2
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          I always thought I looked more like Gordon Freeman than anyone else. : g0nk
          • You look nothing like Morgan Freeman : thecray
• Hahahaha : MercFox1
• congrats on slimming down you kind of look like a serial killer! : dahanese
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/g0nk1_m6r0t52rovjbe26nkfqd.jpg : dognose
  • Lol!! I was actually there for that pic, right behind the photographer. That's the brother of a female tr... : g0nk
• http://shackpics.com/files/g0nk2_lnktbxkd7cnoq77809gk.jpg : dognose
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  You look like a fucking rapist g0nk. Oh god. : orgcaptainnemo
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    Jesus Christ!! Everyone says that!! I'm just smileing!! :( how do I change my smile? : g0nk
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      This is why you never post pictures without a helmet on. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffnordman/394... : Evil Benius
      • I bet that pose drops all the ladies panties. : g0nk
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  • Oh god... : g0nk
  • haha that works way too well : Nighteyes
  • "Aren't you a little tall for an stormtrooper?" : askedrelic
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    I thought this was banned? I did this the other day and it got stealth nuked. : fathertime
    • ill admit it is played out, this is my final one. : gmd
  • That should be a sci fi buddy movie right there, g0nk and edgewise : acheron
  • At least he'll know how to keep his uniform pearly white. : djustifier

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  Maybe... maybe the good interface will be in the patch :( : SpaecKow
  • Seriously, such a pain in the ass navigating the menus. Its like...half working the way it should on a P... : sreyes22
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  Speaking of which, doing the tweaks i still can't get the mouse wheel to scroll text in the quest windows... : Ziz
  • You have to use page up/down. Really fucking stupid design. : melkore
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  Press [Enter] to continue. : atom519
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    Typically you can just left-click anywhere, instead of pressing Enter. : at0micgarden
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      this doesn't work for me, I tried clicking on damn near everything. : atom519
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        if you click the mouse to open a dialog, you have to click on enter/cancel with the mouse. if you hit ent... : brainchild420
        • oh, maybe that is the reason then. : atom519
        • Ugh, that's what it is. That is so dumb. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  All I can say is that I sure hope there's a patch. It's a much better game on the 360. : tashtego
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    I've concluded that unless Valve develops it, this is going to be true for every non-MMO PC game here on ... : freakynipples69
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      id won't do that to us! : LoioshDwaggie
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        Carmack has already gone on record to say that consoles are more important. I don't know what that does ... : kek
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          They've said that RAGE is being optimized for consoles from the controls up, among other things. : freakynipples69
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            He said it is being optimized to run WELL on consoles. He also said they are forcing their developers to ... : LoioshDwaggie
            • And because of that the PC version will suffer. And Gearbox said the same thing about Borderlands and ... : freakynipples69
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      We'll see if DICE lives up: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/30/293857.page#3110573 : schnitz76
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        DICE has already failed by having the PC release of BF1943 months behind the already released console ver... : freakynipples69
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          I've already bought that game... twice (BF1942 and BF1942 complete). 1942 with more pretty doesn't equa... : schnitz76
          • Great game, but they already failed in terms of accommodating PC gamers now. : freakynipples69
        • DICE failed a little bit with all their games, they all had some stupid bugs and design decisions. : sanchez
      • Fuck thats awesome. I am pretty damn pumped for that game now. All of my hype was transferred from MW2 to... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • So true. So sad. : Sgt_Boomstick
    • Not Dragon Age! : Vincent Grayson
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    i dont see how it's "better", i can just use a gamepad on my pc and it still looks twice as good. : brainchild420
    • There are other problems, like the people on here complaining about not being able to join multiplayer ga... : OmegaRed59
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      Um, it's probably better in the sense that MP is brokey broke for PC. I had to open 5 fucking ports to ho... : Sgt_Boomstick
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        I really think it's when the big publishers abandon the PC platform that indy devs will start to really r... : one random winner
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          True. This is certain. I love indie games, but they are a long way from the AAA FPS's and RPG that I enjo... : Sgt_Boomstick
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            When the AAA's are gone, there will be a rough period, that much is certain, but the indy dev's that real... : one random winner
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              ya...only to port it to consoles and abandon PC's again. I don't see how modern AAA games will stay on th... : Sgt_Boomstick
              • if there is nothing driving the video card industry then you'll never get a new console. : brainchild420
      • this is a piss poor reason to consider the game "broken". Out of any 4 "PC gamers" you are going to tell : brainchild420
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  Except you can't scroll mission summaries with the mouse, even though there's a glowing arrow on the scre... : Dynotaku
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    Yeah WTF is that : bolneze
    • that is blatant porting is what that is : graceofdragons
  • Took me awhile to realize it was Page Up/Down. Someone should tell gearbox the early 90's are over : grabbie
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    why can't i just use the wheel to scroll? : pyide
    • The mouse scroll wheel is a poor interface choice to scroll information up and down the screen. : trove
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  Is this game an MMO? : GoodBoy
  • It does have massive launch bugs, so maybe. : tashtego
  • Reminiscent of one, yes. Closer in effect ti Diablo 2. With guns. Lots of guns. : Fyunch Click
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  It's too bad that Steve is now the equivalent of that famous Iraqi Information Minister from a few years ... : H@rvester
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    When it says 'Press enter to continue' a mouse click works as well in that situation : pancake humper
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      but sometimes the Enter/Esc keys don't even do anything! : SolveChrist
      • It's kind of context sensitive...if you started navigating stuff with the keyboard, then the Enter/Esc ke... : dysfunctional
  • Revolutionary Multiplay........."STEVE WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND, CHOOSE NOW!!!" : fadetofunk
  • Hahaha. : Salad Sammich
  • sigh : ]pm[chem
  • http://www.acting-man.com/uploaded_images/bagdad_bob_large-773082.gif : Wolfanoz
  • Yeah I'm going to have a hard time trusting anyone at Gearbox regarding PC titles for a while now, especi... : sanchez
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  If this a GUI designed for the PC, I weep for our game developers :( : pancake humper
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    It pretty clearly isn't, Randy must have meant that they wrote the code on a PC while developing it for c... : Zek
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      That's what I think he must have meant, too. It's kind of sad when the head Executive officer doesn't kn... : wytefang
      • That was all doublespeak. "We developed it on PC's!" in response to "So, recent PC versions of multipl... : Beady
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  Once I got all the current tweaks (nix intro movies, both port-forwarding and firewall-opening of the req... : Masem
  • No it wouldn't have been ok in 2002-2003. Can you name a game from then that has such a bass ackwards de... : schnitz76
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  sounds like borderlands has some pretty bad bugs due to gamespy, consolization of menus but once you get ... : stgdz
  • There aren't many bugs at all really with the game. There are a few but nothing too common at all. These ... : pancake humper
  • ^ this is about right. : fadetofunk
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    The thing that puzzles me is how Gearbox could not polish this game to hell considering that 1) they've s... : Nitrium
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      I think the MW2 factor is the reason this game didn't slip into 2010 like some others. I think perhaps it... : SpaecKow
      • I doubt they would have thought it was worth it to delay the launch a few months and miss the holiday sea... : DinK
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      They spent their time getting the console versions polished which is where the money is these days : chazums
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        Yeah, I agree with you, but nevertheless it's going to face L4D2 on PCs and MW2 on consoles. : Nitrium
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          Yeah but it's out before both of those games and is problem free (at least for me on the x360). : chazums
          • But some people do have to choose games, not coming out on the same week doesn't make them be able to aff... : OmegaRed59
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        judging by the PS3 shitstorm, they spent the time polishing the 360 version only : Beady
        • lol, must have missed that : chazums
        • Yea, it looks like there are lots of PS3/PSN problems, http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.... : aethyr
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    It's not bugs, its terrible UI choices in this day and age. : Masem
    • beat me to it - exactly, I don't think they can be qualified as bugs, but as horrible UI oversights, spec... : Nitrium
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      I will also say that if this game was being made by a new or smaller studio, I would be a lot more forgiv... : Masem
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        It sounds like another mediocre Gearbox product if you ask me... I've only purchase two of their titles,... : dedgecko
        • Well, I guess you were right being skeptical some time ago. All that shit plus the release date bullshit ... : Nitrium
  • I've only seen one thing with the UI that can really be considered a bug: In certain prompts that say ... : r_picmip 5
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    My biggest complaint is lag. I don't know if it's due to gamespy or a shitty host.. It's not even that ba... : Reeves
    • to be fair, i noticed lag with the xb360 version, when my friend was hosting : MaverickOrig
• Fuckin' liars. Gearbox can go to hell. : Rehevkor
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  Thats a large pile of bullshit. Any GUI that requires you to use the arrow keys or pageup/down, doesn't s... : ashkie
  • Yea, its fucking stupid that shit bullshit made it into a finished product. I'm trying to think of a ... : d0gbert
  • ^this : sreyes22
  • its weird because you can scroll up and down with the mousewheel in your inventory but if you go to read ... : extrahappyturtle
• Steve lied. Nerds cried. : herradura99
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  So I take it the console kids are getting a better experience out of this than the PC'ers? I'm having... : zuff
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    Pretty much the same experience here. I'm sorry the PC only people are not getting to enjoy the game near... : Fyunch Click
    • There are annoyances, sure, but I'm still having a great time with the game on the PC. : AhmNee
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    It seems to mainly be the usual problem of having to edit text files to change settings which should have... : chazums
    • And connection problems. : Nitrium
  • I have it for both. I'm enjoying my mouse and keyboard more regardless of all the other short comings the... : freakynipples69
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    That's debatable, the UI is a chore but we're still aiming with a mouse. : Zek
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      on this "serious PC game" the autoaim is on by default... well that's not normal... : Downforce
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        Autoaim is permanently on for the PC version? Can anyone confirm that? If so, yikes, Gearbox hates PC use... : zuff
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          No. It's on by default, but you can turn it off. : tashtego
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            oh ok thank geebus. : zuff
            • I turned it off even on 360. If you're far away it's not going to help, and if you're close up it's not ... : DinK
• it would be nice of Steve to come here and address this blatant fabrication. I mean does he think we are... : deathofrats
• they really need to stop using such strong rhetoric that ultimately is completely hollow : Downforce
• Gibson is now just another media mouthpiece. Which means take everything they say with a grain of salt..... : dedgecko
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  im on the stance that they pretty much lied about everything :( : dignan
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    Didn't they promise no loading screens? I heard from somewhere that "Once you were in the main menu, you'... : zuff
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      There are no loading screens. It just goes black for 20 seconds then I am in the next zone. : Crimsonbeak
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        Is that the console version? The PC version definitely has loading screens when going into new zones. : r_picmip 5
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          I think that was a joke. The console version has animated loading screens, probably the same as the PC d... : DinK
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            It does, the loading screen animation looks like someone forgot to add a stop(); on the last keyframe. : zuff
            • Haha, yeah. In comes the frame... and away it goes.... and here it's back again.... : trove
      • It's probably because you disabled the startup videos. This is what happens when using the -novideostartu... : pancake humper
• This "Steve Gibson" person sounds like a tool. : kek
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  When was the last time a console > PC port, or even simultaneous development, didn't have horrible shit l... : node
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    I don't know, but I've very curious about Dragon Age right now. : Nitrium
    • I'm confident there. Again, Bioware have a strong track record there, and it was ported FROM PC to consol... : node
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    It's only surprising because Gearbox reps can't saying over and over "We're not going to fuck you guys, a... : tashtego
    • kept saying, not can't saying. another buttsex metaphor ruined by lack of proper proofreading : tashtego
    • This is Gearbox guys, they do this with every game they release. They act as if they have the same pc cr... : deathofrats
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  The UI also isn't perfect on the 360. If you are playing local coop its pretty atrocious. You can't eve... : SlingBlaze
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    I was going to post this earlier. Splitscreen interface is hilariously bad. : ThomW
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      The tutorial messages take up so much space on split screen. Everytime it comes up I yell at it to go aw... : SlingBlaze
      • Turn them off : pancake humper
  • hahahaha yeah the pan-and-scan shit they do for local co-op menus is the worst thing I have ever seen. I... : mikecyb
  • Also, the cortonna clone is only like.. visible to her chin on splitscreen. I lawled pretty hard when I ... : mlev
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  Anyone notice the mouselook is really jumpy also? : isolated1
  • I think you have to disable mousesmoothing which is in the big borderlands post that has a blue tag : ashkie
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  I said this yesterday and I'll say it again: Steve Gibson doesn't care about PC gamers. : EricZBA
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    Steve lied and PC gamers cried : phate81
    • That's why Nick sighed! : r3dn3ck
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  Marketing scum lying, film at 11. : Entity
  • I'm not sure if you're being funny or not, but the quote is from the founder of shacknews, not some rando... : batkiwi
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  I can live with the shitty interface, but FIX THE FUCKING MULTIPLAYER THAT THE GAME WAS DESIGNED AROUND P... : phate81
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    I posted this in another thread but here you go. From the official forums: "To host an online game, t... : r_picmip 5
    • yay for Gamespy! : atom519
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      now how will this help if i have 2 computers behind one router trying to play 4 player coop on gamespy? : dantastic
      • Good question. I wonder if you can start up a LAN game but invite friends in from online. : r_picmip 5
      • that's just to host a game - all of you don't need to be the host. : even4
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      These ports do not work. : pancake humper
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        Worked fine for 2 of us last night. : r_picmip 5
        • You must have gotten lucky because there are a bunch more ports you have to forward :( : pancake humper
        • Those 4 ports worked fine for me around 2-5PST, but when I got home from class again around 9PM PST they ... : mysled
      • these worked for me, I added the 28902 (TCP/UDP) just in case : MaverickOrig
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      The fact that they even decided to use Gamespy is a Borderlands issue. The lobby still doesn't work eithe... : phate81
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        Every time I clicked the "join public game" button my game froze for 5 minutes :( : mysled
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          there's plenty of shackers, why join a public game? [shudders] : MaverickOrig
          • I wasn't able to join several Shacker-run games last night. And one of the games I was in crapped out wh... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        It's not gamespy that is the issue, it's the developer's crappy integration. : sreyes22
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          Then every developer that has ever used gamespy must have crappy integration, because every game with gam... : Beady
          • you would be right. My friend taht works there has stories for days about developers being lazy. BU... : sreyes22
    • UDP 6500 was the only port I had to forward. I don't have the other ports forwarded and it's working per... : Derringer
    • It is still a Borderlands issue. : OmegaRed59
    • Does Borderlands do UPNP? : Modulus
    • Only problem is when we got a new router my roommates took it upon themselves to set it up and lose the p... : braaains
• Liars fail at life. :'( : DeejayKnight
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  UI aside, the PC version looks 100000000000x better than the console versions. They didn't lie about that... : pancake humper
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    this is true : NukemFornever
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      Well, except for the complete lack of Anti-aliasing, which definitely diminishes the graphical appeal to ... : wytefang
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        For the record, AA is working fine on my ATI 5850 card. It looks beautiful. : r_picmip 5
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          turned on in the drivers? or is there a setting in one of the ini files? : brainchild420
          • I believe you have to force it through the drivers. Also no VSYNC option in the menus! Thanks for taking ... : CapnChaos
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            Have to force it on in your graphics card control panel : pancake humper
            • i saw lots of other fun options in the ini file that were turned off like fogvolumes and motion blur. any... : brainchild420
          • I did it in the drivers. It's a known issue with UE3 games. It took 2 minutes to setup a profile for th... : r_picmip 5
      • I got 4X msaa wokring with my gtx260 and nhancer but it cuts my framerate in half. Beefy rig, too. : at0micgarden
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    It does. It's the first game I've played in a long time that's not running at an average 60fps, averaging... : freakynipples69
    • Huh. I've got a 260 and it's running so much faster than most of my games that I actually got a little m... : Rotten Deadite
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      If I am understanding you, something is wrong then. I am using a 4870 1gb, maxed everything in 1920x1200 ... : pancake humper
      • hmmm, thats odd. I'm running same settings at you, Win7, 4gb ram, Xfire 4850 (total of 1gig) and E8500. ... : freakynipples69
  • I ran it on a 47" flat panel, wall mounted TV...looks freaking incredible : sreyes22
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    It runs really well on my modest system, I was pretty surprised at how good it looks on my Athlon 3500+ a... : phate81
    • same, its rather smooth on my 2yro graphics card : MaverickOrig
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  Steve lied, gamers died. : pandastrong
  • damnit, guess i should have read this thread first. : pandastrong
  • gamespy'd : dirge23
• sigh : redfive
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  what exactly is so bad about the interface on the PC? I haven't had a chance to check it out yet. : pandastrong
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    there are random keyboard buttons that do things in the menus that you can't click on with the mouse. ... : brainchild420
    • not to mention the tool tips that come up are unnecessarily HUGE, even at 1900x1200. : atom519
    • yea like when you try to buy/sell something it says hit Enter or Esc to confirm or cancel, but you reall... : SolveChrist
    • I thought that you could click on things with the mouse in the menus? Like when it says "Press [Enter]", ... : roushimsx
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    I wouldn't say the interface is "bad," but that it could have been so much better if they just attempted ... : AlphaMaj
    • ^^^^ ding ding ding. Now hopefully they go patch it in. : kainen1
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    mouse wheel doesn't scroll things, menus are huge, the arrows to go down or up are very small, keyboard s... : dignan
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      the inability to scroll with the mouse wheel sucks :( Is it just me or does clicking on the down arrow... : roushimsx
      • the first click doesn't but after 2-3 it does - it's really frustrating. Like Mass Effect inventory lev... : kainen1
      • i have pg up/dn assigned, so it doesn't do shit for me :( , yea no scrolling sucks! i had that problem... : dignan
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  I love the game. I'm having a blast with it and can't wait to play more tonight. But how they (Gearbo... : mrwolf710
  • I don't have a router, and even when I turn off windows firewall it doesn't work. I think it's because of... : aethyr
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    Speaking of which, why every router doesn't have a huge sticker that says "CONNECT TO 192.168.0.1 IN YOUR... : Zek
    • I know how to do that, but I happen to have an airport extreme router at my apartment, just to make it 20... : mysled
  • portforwarding is going to kill PC gaming : Sixcos
• Playing it over LAN I had no problems, lots of fun. But the console'd menus are fucking retarded. Am I su... : CapnChaos
• I am enjoying the game so far (especially after applying all the tweaks posted last night YAY no more mou... : Begawkiness
• the only thing i noticed on my pc was the distinct lack of a vsync option in the menus. it was giving me... : harold.johnson
• Bad menus are bad. : Salad Sammich
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  haha sigpro just reminded me Gearbox did Halo 1 PC. This explains a lot. : pancake humper
  • hahahaha good point I forgot about that.... : Begawkiness
  • I wish I forgot. :( : Matt Burris
  • Oh fuck lol : MercFox1
  • oh god haha : mikecyb
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    Well that explains the moon jumping. : Dynotaku
    • Pretty much explains the feel of the whole game. Not that it isn't fun once you get into it. : H@rvester
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      Seriously, what's the deal with the jumping? Is this going to be a continuing trend in FPS games to ... : atom519
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        Well, maybe Pandora is 1/6th the mass of Earth. : mroizo40
        • Well, since it's a fictional world it's still a design decision. : atom519
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      The moon jumping is actually worse in the PC version. The jump height is all different. : pancake humper
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        I kind of doubt this... : r_picmip 5
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          can you jump + duck to the top of the 'houses' in the tutorial? you can on the PC version : dignan
          • There is a level 4 sniper rifle on the top of the very first building you see in the game (the red gas st... : Beady
        • I don't remember being able to jump on top of Brick's head on the 360 : pancake humper
  • lmao : Downforce
  • i spent some good times on here shitting on that game.. i had hoped the gearbox of today was a little les... : gokart.
  • God damn, I forgot about that shit. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Wow that article was only 1 month ago? : bolneze
• this steve guy sounds like a shill. : gdestiny
• steve gibson swindled me : feek
• I dunno what kinda voodoo is going on here, but the PC just feels like a bad port.. there I said it. A... : rmjackson
• as a PC person, I'm pretty happy I did not buy this game : ]pm[chem
• Anyone else having lag problems even when you can get into a game? It really sucks to shoot and see your ... : Reeves
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  People are making way too big as deal of the UI issues. It's still a really fucking awesome game on PC. Y... : Geoffrois
  • Seriously guys, just load up the game and play it in multiplayer, that's when you start having the real f... : Lionhart32935
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    You're missing the point. They specifically said (and in the OP of this thread) that they were keeping P... : kainen1
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      I agree, it feels like they lied and I agree that the UI sucks, but my point is that it's not a deal brea... : Geoffrois
      • Then Gearbox better patch it up or say something about it soon. Creating more menu options to change ini... : Sixcos
      • Calling out a developer on an issue like this is the right thing to do. Especially when they lied. : OmegaRed59
      • Lying to sell a product, and failing to deliver on specific promises IS a deal-breaker, regardless of the... : taronish
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    The multiplayer IS unplayable as it is right now. Single player works but it's like playing L4D by yourse... : phate81
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      The multiplayer is 100% playable. Stop being dramatic. Yes there are settings you have to take 5 minutes ... : pancake humper
      • Most people don't know how to forward ports even among PC gamers and it's pretty silly to defend a game t... : Zek
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        Thats bullshit because even with the properly forwarded ports last night, it was hit or miss. My friend c... : ashkie
        • Yeah, I forwarded the ports and it still doesn't work : AlexXdude
        • Yeah, my friend and I fiddled around with the ports and it seemed arbitrary when he finally connected to ... : sevogajre
        • Did you do only the 4 ports that were listed or have you done the whole list that was updated later in th... : pancake humper
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        Have you been able to sucessfully join the lobby then without it freezing your computer? I have forwar... : phate81
        • The server list does freeze for about 2 mins. Port forwarding is only necessary for the host. : r_picmip 5
        • I don't bother with public games. The first time I did it looked like the game was locked up but it was j... : pancake humper
      • 100% playable for 30% of players. : atom519
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        This is the sort of thing that drives people away from PC gaming. Do you really think anyone but hardcore... : Attica Blue
        • pc gaming has been exactly this for as long as i remember. if it wasn't forwarding ports, it was tweaking... : cpt_gloval
        • I don't have a problem with opening ports and stuff, that's just part of PC gaming sometimes. But a UI i... : Pneum0
      • 60% of the time it works EVERYTIME! : menar003
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      I don't care about multiplayer so I don't know about that. Not everyone plays those game to socialize. I ... : Geoffrois
      • You're an exception, even more in a game that's supposed to play cooperatively. : Nitrium
    • after playing multiplayer for a few hours last night singleplayer felt really lonely. : SolveChrist
    • It's 100% playable after you get your router setup correctly. Between 4 of us we took turns hosting last ... : rmjackson
    • shit, all I had to do was disable Windows Firewall and it worked great. : zerog83
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    its unplayable its just frustrating as fuck, something that should take seconds can take a minute or more : dignan
    • argh, its not unplayable... : dignan
  • The UI is hilariously inconsistent though. Its like a woman, you look away and its already changed its... : Beady
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  I wouldn't trust anyone named Steve Gibson, or Maarten Goldstein, or David Gamefly : Sixcos
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    Steve Gibson: Gearbox Information Minister Everything is perfect with Borderlands, the game is flying of... : askedrelic
    • A image of Steve during his comments: http://www.acting-man.com/uploaded_images/bagdad_bob_large-773082.g... : Wolfanoz
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  Anyone have Borderlands on the PS3? Looking for some opinions on how it is. : pimpium
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    Fair to middling. I've hit some show stopping bugs, but I'm still playing it because I'm a loot whore. If... : massdev
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      Ok, cool. Ill check the other posts. Just wondering about giving it a rent. 360 is dead and my pc is too ... : pimpium
      • its worth a rent. : massdev
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      Also I just finished Sledge's Safehouse and it was actually a much better experience than the rest of the : massdev
      • Yeah that dungeon and the area outside was great. : r_picmip 5
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  Multiplayer in this game is definitely more fun than singleplayer, but I found my Diablo frustrations su... : Zek
  • I kind of agree with this. I know if I play long enough I won't care about the quest text, but the first... : sevogajre
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  It's like this game wasn't been betatested. No one found the intros annoying that they couldn't be skipp... : grabbie
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    Somebody mentioned something about them being .bik files - IIRC I've just deleted these files when playin... : Nitrium
    • that just means they're bink videos. you can either delete them or comment them out in the config file ... : mikecyb
  • Sometimes complaints like this just get forgotten in the midst of lots of more serious bugs(which I don't... : Zek
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    it's pretty clear that if they had a public beta test of the PC version, it would have killed their pre-o... : ]pm[chem
    • ^^^^^ : MaverickOrig
  • they beta tested it on the 360 : NukemFornever
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    SIGH I bet you it was tested all to hell, and I bet you if you got to take a look at their bug databas... : everybodysuncle
    • they are skippable on the 360 :( the intro movie isn't skippable at all though, which is even more annoy... : mikecyb
  • That doesn't really bother me that much, since it takes 30 seconds to fix it : phate81
  • beta-tested and play-tested are two different items... This falls under play-testing, not beta-testing... : dedgecko
  • Im sure it was tested, but probably by a league of kids right out of high school with very little technic... : two50six
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  I love your hate for this game hahaha : hirosushima
  • To be honest it's not hate, it's disappointment. I was very, very excited for it, left early work just... : Nitrium
• I've read a lot of these complaints and man there are a lot of problems with this game. I think the major... : armybob
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  • holy shit, its true. : everybodysuncle
  • Good lord. : r_picmip 5
  • Haha : trove
  • Of course it does. :/ : ThomW
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    Better hope they aren't hackin your gamin pc to get to your work pc to get to your BANK ACCOUNT! : ra1n
    • Seriously tho, that's a big oversight. : ra1n
  • holy shit, you are correct. prob only does this if you choose 'save password' though : dignan
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    why the fuck is gamespy even involved with this, what a fucking clusterfuck : Downforce
    • can someone check if other Gamespy games do this aswell? i don't have another game installed that uses G... : dignan
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      I believe the reason is that Gamespy already has support directly for Unreal Engine 3, so it was probably... : OverloadUT
      • fuck this entirely, I lose my fucking character and now my security is reverted back to 1995 methods. ... : Downforce
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        This is accurate. To use Steam or GFWL you have to write your own PC Online subsystem. GameSpy is prein... : icking fudiot
        • Isn't Steamworks Valve's solution to this problem? I only heard about it in last night's ER, so it's pos... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • O_o : OmegaRed59
  • hoooooooly shit. : dravalen
  • its about to get REAL. : massdev
  • Gearbox you fucking morons : OverloadUT
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    People didn't know this? I thought most of the multiplayer services that aren't tied to a credit car... : walker270
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      storing an email address is in plain text is quite far from a password in plain text : dignan
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        Typo -- I meant to say password. The nix'd sentence that generated the typo was regarding the services : walker270
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          Yes, which is absolutely against pretty much all basic security guidelines ever. : OverloadUT
          • No shit. I never said otherwise. All I did say is this sort of thing should be expected for non-critica... : walker270
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          not necessarily. there are plenty of reversible encryption algorithms that require a key or salt to reve... : mikecyb
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            All that means is it takes two database queries to get the plain text version instead of one. If they'... : walker270
            • that's silly, many things need to be reversible, like if you store credit card numbers. ideally you keep... : mikecyb
    • No, most multiplayer services do not. Most of them encrypt or hash it. It's extremely trivial to do this,... : OverloadUT
  • Security FAIL. : Warlock
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    Save password UNCHECKED : Rehevkor
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      Although, I wonder... do they SEND the password in cleartext? : Rehevkor
      • I assume it hits up an HTTPS server, but you never know. storing it in plaintext locally is dumb but it ... : mikecyb
      • Most likely, but honestly that's not a huge deal. I mean yeah it sucks but most websites are not encrypte... : OverloadUT
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    How a service like Gamespy, who has been around for like 10 years, do something this stupid is beyond me.... : atom519
    • Its Gamespy. They have more marketing staff than their developers have braincells : Beady
  • Un-fucking-believable. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Un-fucking-believable. This is the last time I buy a Gamespy-enabled game, and the last time I preorder ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I LOL'd this for the sheer idoicy involved... : stonedonkey
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    Oh god this is really turning into a PC abortion. : Agrona
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      Not really. If you step back and actually examine what 90% of the bitching in this thread is about, it ki : silent prophet
      • Giant menus that can only be interacted with by a mixture of weird keyboard keys and the mouse in a game ... : OverloadUT
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    Why are people freaking out about this? There is a big difference between storing it in plaintext on you... : electroly
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      yeah the reactions are a bit over the top. isn't the user documents portion of windows also only accessi... : mikecyb
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        Sure is. If a hacker has access to that file, they already own your computer. This is not a security ho... : electroly
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          Read my post below. It's not about hackers getting to the file, in my opinion. : OverloadUT
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            I don't see how that's a problem. If they can just sit down at your computer, then they can just log int... : electroly
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              I mean yeah, they should have been using reversible encryption. Rap on the knuckles. On the scale of th... : electroly
              • while this is stupid, it doesn't seem to restrict things or be related to DELETING THINGS : Downforce
              • You can, and should, store passwords with a non reversible encrypt and compare the hashed results. This ... : rt702
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              You didn't read my post. I said it's not about someone trying to hack your account. It's about someone be... : OverloadUT
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                I did read your post, but I disagree about how important this is, or how likely it is that a friend will ... : electroly
                • Think outside the gamespy implications. If you use the same password on other systems, it becomes a larg... : rt702
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      The point is it's an extremely trivial thing to fix, and is considered extremely bad practice. It shou... : OverloadUT
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        Not to mention plugins/user mods could scrape the config file under a legitimate guise and pull your pass... : jigstah
        • Ahh unless that's off limits in windows as was said earlier. Well then it's not bad at all. I thought it ... : jigstah
  • what the fucking hell? that might be the dumbest fucking thing ive ever heard. : Jackass1233
  • Son of a BITCH. : jigstah
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  Connection issue fix: I don't know if this works for everyone, but it definitely worked for me and I'v... : OverloadUT
  • My buddy and I were wondering about this yesterday. Will give it a shot tonight. : sevogajre
  • I've tried this, didn't work either way with friends. : Tripps
  • Exactly. This is what my brother and I did last night, worked perfectly once someone was actually in-game... : cyclonebee
  • Seems to be the opposite for me. : Reeves
  • Bug: Make sure you select your player BEFORE you go into the lobby. It will not allow people to join if y... : LoioshDwaggie
  • The opposite for me. I can't invite anyone when I have the game world active, but I can get people to joi... : ashkie
  • It's the complete opposite for me :/ : pancake humper
• Of all the UI idocy, I think inviting players to your game takes the cake. You go to invite players and y... : OverloadUT
• I'm just waiting for the announcement that they are laying off their entire dev staff now that the game h... : NexusOne
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  The fact that it's Steve saying all this stuff doesn't change the fact that there are a shitload of Day O... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Not anymore, specially if someone gifted you. : Nitrium
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      I was the one who bought the 4-pack, so I gifted others. I'd gift my copy away, if I could, but technica... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        At least it was only 34 dollars : MuteMode
        • Agreed. That's the only reason I was willing to preorder without having played it... the Shackhype was i... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    It's certainly not unplayable. I got a lot of enjoyment out of single-player last night. I don't know i... : Agrona
    • Single player does own. Had a blast on it last night. : royalally
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  haha the shack interview with gearbox makes the PC port look like a fucking joke: Shack: What happened... : ]pm[chem
  • Wow what a horribly short-sighted plan for implementing PC specific features, no wonder it ended up being... : Zek
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    Duping isnt even PC specific, you can do it on the 360 at least. : Beady
    • Yeah there's a video showing how to do it on a 360. : Nitrium
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      also hacking the 360 save file for unlimited backpack slots is hilarious : pancake humper
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        how u hack 360 savegame? i want my skill points back : cpt_gloval
        • I only know how to hack the backpack slots, sorry :( : pancake humper
      • I wonder if you can dupe the backpack SDU. : DarkWolf5
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    ive never regretted a game purchase so fast. i trusted the hype and gibson :( : feek
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      Man, I haven't fallen in love with a game so fast since Diablo 2. Sorry. :/ : slax0r
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        Maybe your just a material girl. : Boxelder
        • It's true. This game appeals to my loot whorishness. : slax0r
      • second'd : kanix
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      I saw this coming from a billion miles away. : Jackass1233
      • agreed. : _jon
    • never played Hellgate London huh? : whistletits
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      what the fuck? it's still a good game. i don't see why all these people are bitching and moaning over it. : DrFlammable
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        I fully admit that despite my bitching and moaning it's still a very fun game once you make the tweaks an... : OverloadUT
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          On top of that, what is the last PC game that didn't require tweaks to improve it beyond its release stat... : silent prophet
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            Tropico 3, Majesty 2, Left 4 Dead, Dawn of War 2, Fallout 3, Batman AA, Trine, The Sims 3. All notable... : OverloadUT
            • seriously, Batman: AA was very "console'esque", but it was pretty good on the PC. : aethyr
      • entitlement : two50six
      • i dont know, i played for like 30 minutes last night. the menus were bewildering, i tried to do multiplay... : feek
      • People are complaining mostly because Gearbox told a bold-faced lie about the game's development being fo... : Zek
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      It's a fun $30 single player game, in my opinion. It could have been an awesome $50 multiplayer game if t... : aethyr
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        i'm shaking my head so hard right now. haven't played single player yet, played 8 hours of 4 player coop ... : DrFlammable
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          gonna agree with the doctor here. I mean really, you guys making snap judgements on the game need to giv... : kainen1
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            I'm about to go captain resourceful on my bugged out ruined character when I get home. I just don't wa... : Downforce
            • unless you're hooking something into the game's files vac won't bother with you. changing your character'... : DrFlammable
            • The game does not use VAC : OverloadUT
          • i just havent been playing games as much lately, so having to take time to do that kind of stuff isnt wor... : feek
  • TLDR: We spent one week working on porting the PC version. : phate81
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    You are incorrect about "they put a whole week of effort into PC-specific things" You do not understan... : OverloadUT
    • However much time he was talking about it is painfully obvious that it wasn't even close to being enough.... : Zek
  • GEARBOX IS A BAD GAME DEVELOPER. Move on, never forget. : Boxelder
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  In case Steve Gibson or MagicDuval check their vanity searches more than their SMs, I'd like to point man... : Agrona
  • Too busy counting moneyhats : EricZBA
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    If customer feedback is anything like the melodrama in this thread, I wouldn't respond to it either. : silent prophet
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      Thats a good plan. When a game company makes major fuckups they should just ignore their unhappy customer... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        There is a difference between "unhappy" and "never satisfied"... and I think a good percentage of the PC ... : silent prophet
        • That may be true, but I've been a pretty good amount of legitimate complaints so far : Robotic Puppy Eater
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          sorta like movie reviewers? lolz. at any rate, my two cents are: incorrect. I was satisfied, and went t : Downforce
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            Bait and Switch?! I can't take you seriously... : r_picmip 5
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              He is talking about the fact that they publicly told everyone that this game was being developed with the... : OverloadUT
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                game ending bugs experienced by many people are a problem? what ever do you mean.... next thing you a... : handofthrawn
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                  Google much? http://kotaku.com/5339555/report-xbox-360-failure-rate-over-50-percent "In a survey o... : azshack
                  • Flawed survey, but yeah, 360 failures are pretty common. I just don't think 50% common. : Fayk
                • Oh okay, so lets ignore valid points and bring up irrelevant shit. : YerMothah
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            Yeah, your character messing up is not cool. And I agree the pre-release comments made by the devs fall w... : silent prophet
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              You know, either something rocks or it sucks, there is no middle ground on the internet. :-) But I thi... : Johnny Law
              • Comments on the internet tend to break towards the extremes because the people in the middle don't feel t... : Adm.Snackbar
        • Like which ones? : Nitrium
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    to be honest if gearbox listened to customer feedback that would have shut the doors after that halo port... : gokart.
    • no. : dahanese
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      where does this magical non-customer based revenue come from? : papaskot
      • pre-orders drummed up by aforementioned PR nonsense. in all seriousness, there are going to be people... : gokart.
    • This is asinine : OverloadUT
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  • At least these ones dont have to load. : Beady
• Have to say thank god Randy Pitchford pissed me off so much I didnt pre-order this. : YerMothah
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  Looks like I will pick this up during a 50% off steam sale and 2 or so patches come out. : ant_hillbilly
  • This is the best avenue to be honest. Especially given how unimpressed I've always been with their stuff... : dedgecko
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    Agreed. Definitely the way to go. The FoV, control and online issues are enough to keep me away until som... : Attica Blue
    • This is a handy little file that has all the settings you need in it. Just replace your game files and yo... : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • There is no FOV issue. The FOV is just lower than some prefer (I didn't even notice it in three hours of ... : crummynz
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  Wait what, there's a bug that can break my save gam!? Now I'm scared to play. : chazums
  • I just back up my save files until a patch fixes the issue. : Derringer
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  Steve Gibson is this decade's Derek Smart. : watcherxp
  • I wish Derek Smart's mom posted on the shack. Maybe as battlecruiser3kmomma or something. : taronish
• well, no miracle. my level 19 guy is hosed. time to give everything to a buddy, and buy tons of shit I ca... : Downforce
• I've heard that before. It's always total bullshit. : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• holy shit at that first mission : peat
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  video taken down :/ : niceguynick
  • Guess it was real! : notd665
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  Yeah, I'm not gonna watch that. : CrustaR
  • CrustaR, why not??? : mwasher
• Argh Rock paper shotgun didn't spoiler what the video was about :< : Dontdrop
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  also it seems completely in bad taste to have a mission where the sole intent is to massacre innocent peo : peat
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    There are games where that's the sole intent in the entire game. : Edges
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      fuckin hell, ever played Katamari Damacy????!??! : mwasher
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        it's the context of it sure you can murder anyone in GTA games but they really have a whole mission dedic : peat
        • Postal : Mr. Goodwrench
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          How is it any different that any other training level that most FPS games put you through. Replace woo... : dedgecko
          • I don't think alot of the modern warfare audience is mature enough to appreciate the mission for what it ... : peat
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  i'll spoil it here for those who missed itelevator doors open at an airport security checkpoint, you and : peat
  • consider me fucking stoked! : dedgecko
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    eh? thats' diff than the one I saw? : Skoal^Fyfan
    • if the video you watched does not have you mowing down people in an airport then yes : peat
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  Is this some kind of sick joke? That was basically 8 minutes of brutal slaughter of innocent civilians : sonicdeathwalrus
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    sounds awesome. count me in. : mwasher
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      ditto ! That's what gaming is all about! : dedgecko
      • It's how I channel my psychotic, anti-social, sadistic tendencies! : Mr. Goodwrench
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    oh god please tell me we get to be the ones who slaughter them : [fry]
    • yes : peat
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      I'm not sure I want to do that. It's pretty brutal. http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php... : edgewise
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        doh, looks like they took it down too. : edgewise
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          damn - activision is all over it... : dedgecko
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            i think this is it, but 3.5 mins http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/airport-scene-leaked-mw2/333341 : niceguynick
            • yep that's it the mission started like 2 minutes before that : peat
            • thank god it's terrible quality... and missing much from the spoiler'd descriptions. : dedgecko
            • it's missing the end of the mission where you get killed by your own guys : edgewise
    • terrible quality, but here's some of it http://www.56.com/u62/v_NDczMDcyNjc.html : edgewise
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  mirror? it's toast : teethmarks
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    this is working right now: http://www.mw2blog.com/modern-warfare-2-campaign-footage-leaked-on-justin-... : Cihte
    • laff - wtf - they re-used the exact same door opening animation for the AI from CoD4... Shame... : dedgecko
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  I'm all for violent games but this looks like they made this level just to get media attention. Bad medi... : mrwolf710
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    should an actor in a movie feel guilty when he has to kill lots of innocent civilians per his role? is ... : mwasher
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      they can turn down the role. They might need the money etc. not really a good analogy. It's a litle s : edgewise
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        how is it a good analogy? the actor can determine the difference between fiction and reality and the pla... : mwasher
        • BUT WHO WILL THINK OF THE CHILDREN???????? : MagicWishMonkey
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        It doesn't look like you have to shoot anybody, at least until you get to the SWAT team dudes. You can : Perturbation
        • what the hell is the point of the level then? : peat
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  I'll spoil the whole thing here for those who didn't catch it. Video starts off with the traditional M : notd665
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    Well, that sounds suspiciously like the opening sequence of CoD 4 - I've got $5 that says you can't reall : mn3m0n1c
    • the player is very much in control : peat
    • it definitely looks like the player is in control. : shika.art
    • yeah but the opening of CoD4 you're not a terrorist with a gun - you're more like the victims in this vid : Schnapple
    • player is definitely controlling this : mwasher
  • OK so it's obvious that their goal there, similar to the beginning of CoD4, is to give you a frame of ref : Schnapple
  • Why would you drag someone else and yourself in to the line of fire? Also the crashing and exploding e : Schnapple
• Well, guess that proves it was real : Phreakin
• That didn't take long to get DMCA'd. : Fred Garvin
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  Haha... oh man, god forbid people watch the trailer for your upcoming game. What the fuck is in the wate... : Wheatloaf
  • media backlash : peat
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    It's not a trailer, it's (controversial) leaked footage from the game. See my other post for where I susp : mn3m0n1c
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      oh, I see! instead of civilians there should be a room full of dedicated servers... : Wheatloaf
      • oooohhhhhhh SNAP! : grayscale
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    When marketing a product, you typically want to market a product how you want to market a product. : notd665
    • people might start to get an accurate impression of the game before release and that just isn't cool : aeg1x
• Just keep searcing leaked modern warfare 2, sorted by newest on youtube. People keep putting it back up ... : Edges
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  well that looks pretty awesome. french terrorists? : shika.art
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    Its just a french version of the game, hence the french voiceovers. : Beady
    • yeah i got it. i missed the first part with the french voiceover : shika.art
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  I wonder what side Fox News will take: PRO: They will be all for this since it shows "why we fight" an : Schnapple
  • Con obviously. Video games are teh evil! : Dontdrop
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  glad its pulled on youtube, why would anyone want to watch it thats planning on buying it? cod4's first m... : shackwack
  • Shouldn't that be left up to the consumer? : Clay
  • I don't count it as a spoiler if it's just the first few minutes : shika.art
  • I watched it, i plan on buying it. guess what people have different opinions then your own : peat
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  Another link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZfKUjtoJY4 : BlackCat9
  • down now : skunk_ape
  • taken down : senor135
  • I just used this one: http://www.gamedat.blogspot.com/ : gigaduck
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  After watching the video, I think that if I bought this game and that was the first level, I'd return it ... : BlackCat9
  • this blows my mind : mwasher
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    I don't agree with you at all, but I love that this game is already fostering this kind of discussion. : notd665
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      To me, I think it comes down to what Ebert said about video games a while back. You can't make a video ga... : BlackCat9
      • I guess the TL;DR of what I'm trying to say is that a player is an actor in a video game. The actors in a... : BlackCat9
  • Seems like the perfect way to integrate a tutorial level into the game without letting the user know its ... : Nighteyes
  • Really? I'm the opposite. The more realistic the better IMO : MagicWishMonkey
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    I completely disagree and don't believe in minimizing art forms. : ejectorpod
    • Well said. : MagicWishMonkey
    • but think of the polygonal civilians ejectorpod! the polygians! : mwasher
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      Even if the art form isn't capable of making the statement that you are trying to portray? There are limi... : BlackCat9
      • then dont buy it... cuz most of us arent anyways! but ill love watching it. :D : chilln
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        Even if the art form isn't capable of making the statement that you are trying to portray? That's wha... : MagicWishMonkey
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          then they should have styled the scene the same way as the cod4 intro, where all you did was watch : peat
          • Ahh yea I was thinking about how awesome that scene was in CoD4, I didn't watch the posted video because ... : MagicWishMonkey
        • Then it isn't a video game. If the opening of Modern Warfare 2 was a different bunch of terrorists shooti... : BlackCat9
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        Which medium isn't capable of communicating an idea? Just because theres an assumption that the tone of v... : 60days
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          See his post above. If you're playing a game you have free will to act however you want (or you should), ... : MagicWishMonkey
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            I don't see how that's different from any other art form myself, but whatever. : ejectorpod
            • I don't either. : MagicWishMonkey
          • For me this was the core of SotC - Starting off as the hero with a magic sword on a quest for true love a... : 60days
      • Is this really all that different from someone making a Columbine simulator or something? Randomly walki... : mrwolf710
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    I don't think you *have* to shoot anyone do you? : uncleanmonkey
    • it's the first mission , it's not exactly alien vs predator in that respect : peat
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    did you feel sick in a "oh god thats horrible, I dont want to be put in this situation!" or in a "oh god ... : Unleashed
    • I think it's a sick feeling like, "I can't play this and feel like I'm actually enjoying what I'm doing, ... : BlackCat9
• holy fuck. that's intense. : Perturbation
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  There's a reason that every major WW2 FPS never let you take the role of a Nazi : kill9
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    huh? there are plenty of multiplayer ww2 games where you can play the side of the Axis and kill Allie... : mwasher
    • they have guns to return fire : peat
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      It's hardly the same, because the context is pretty abstracted from what the nazis did during World War I... : BlackCat9
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        so we protect the player by never presenting the chance to feel these motivations? why? is it because i... : mwasher
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          It's not to protect the player, it's just because it's a big risk for the game. If you make a player's ch... : BlackCat9
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            Maybe we should wait until we even know what the context is. : mwasher
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              Has the game gone gold yet? : MagicWishMonkey
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                It went gold on October 3. It comes out in 2 weeks. : BlackCat9
                • Ok good. I would hate it if they had to hold off release to remove content if the media started freaking ... : MagicWishMonkey
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              what the hell else could the context be? you walk into an airport and shoot everyone there, missing somet : peat
              • it seems you are already being introduced to that below. either way tho, peat, it's a goddamn videogam... : mwasher
    • Dude, that wolfpack game or whatever where you are a u-boat captain blowing up the allies? I loved that ... : ejectorpod
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    I really want to play a game from the perspective of a German soldier, I wish a CoD would do it. : Evil Benius
    • Call of Hitler! : Sailor of Fortune
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  It's not in poor taste and it's not offensive because there's context to all this. In fact it's a brillia : Dr_Cube
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    if that's the case UHHHH CIA agents can't exactly join in on the killing spree : peat
    • And what would you do in that situation? : Dr_Cube
    • I'm fairly sure in a mission as important as infiltrating a terrorist organization, that maintaining your... : IndigoAK
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      Someone has never watched the show known as 24 : DarkWolf5
      • I really hope you guys are joking : peat
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  I wonder if this is who the other perspective of the game will be through. In MW1 you switch between 2 pe... : eonix
  • No, at the end of the video you get shot in the head. : IndigoAK
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  they took it out. : doomed
  • They did? How do you know? : mrwolf710
• For anyone that is trying to find the video. http://kotaku.com/5391523/watch-modern-warfare-2-gamepla... : Sole.exe

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  You've probably spent more on a shitty meal or crappy iPhone games. : ashkie
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    sir ashkie, I will buy it tonight if I can find somewhere to download it : Goncyn
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      Its on and available on steam right now. : ashkie
      • I mean I need an internet connection, travelling for a training course : Goncyn
  • gift me a copy :) : whistletits
• damn game overload. think I am gonna save this for a lull in the release schedule and after people make s... : stgulik
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  I want to play with the level editor : jonin
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    level editor too? SOLD! : jasoncrowley
    • It' willbe out later in the week from what I've read : jonin
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  CONTEST TIME Win a free copy of Torchlight gifted to you via Steam! You must be on Steam to receive th : ashkie
  • 47 : ass-street
  • 212 : cltcprd
  • 374 : ZTac
  • 80 : zebosausamite
  • 295 is my number : bongturbo
  • 223 : filtersweep
  • 311 bro : atom519
  • And by close, I mean doesn't have to be exact. And by gift, I mean I will buy it for you. You also waive ... : ashkie
  • 420 : DrFlammable
  • 003 : pyide
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      I hate people like you on the price is right. poor cyclonebee : zerog83
      • haha, Pyide already covered that before cyclonebee even guessed. Also I thought it had to be exact an... : zakazi
      • I would guess there's going to be so many replies to this it won't make much difference. : Nali4Freedom
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      Fag. : cyclonebee
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        lol, I thought it was exacts. And Pyide already had 3 when you picked 1 so I all I did was take 2 which w... : zakazi
        • (also you can have it if 2 is the number) : zakazi
  • 173 : geedeck
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  • 333 : Tripps
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    333 : Mr. Goodwrench
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      ah god dammit : Mr. Goodwrench
      • 222 then : Mr. Goodwrench
  • 433 : devi| dog
  • 499 : aggressor
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  • 75 : nurglich
  • 18 : OverloadUT
  • 194 : MarkovChain
  • 73 for shizzle : erebus
  • 474 : Mantle
  • 392 : two50six
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    333 : CapnChaos
    • 369 since this was guessed like 10 times. : CapnChaos
  • 17 : eeeealmo
  • 7 : jenisthebest
  • 322. : Fyunch Click
  • 337 : Nihilist
  • 174 : GloriousCow
  • 155 : ant_hillbilly
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    256 : CrustaR
    • Oops, sk got that one. Umm, 401. : CrustaR
  • 334 : dedgecko
  • 237 : Cottc Cid
  • 419 cause DrFlammable took 420. : AgentPothead
  • 117 : kaddar0
  • 300 : Dschinghis Khan
  • 316 : DrZettl
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    118 : dignan
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      have you no dignanty man?????? : kaddar0
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        i didn't even see yours. i tried to post that # like 15 mins before but the server died before i hit pos... : dignan
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          lol, friedrice above has 116 , which is about when i saw the thread when i originally tried to post. : dignan
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            The dignan wordplay was too great to pass up. There will be so many people posting in this thread that w... : kaddar0
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              hehe :) when i give my email addy to customer service people on the phone its repeated back as digMen , ... : dignan
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                although I use kaddar, one of my spam emails is "randomint" and I always have a feeling they think it's r... : kaddar0
                • thats still better than getting ILTC'd 90% of the time , heh : dignan
  • 369.778524 : Cheeziologist
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  • 75 : arhughes
  • 342? Is that it? : Jenings
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  • 9 : BongSlayerB
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  • 352 !!! : jasoncrowley
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  • 185, I choose you! : Lexicon_Leidun
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  • 286 :) : Durajim
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  • 31!!! : royalally
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  • 233 is the obvious choice. : Johnny Law
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  • 63. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  • 242 : judo680
  • 243 : Stoned Gargoyle
  • 99 at the moment, the biggest hole in the guesses is between 86 and 109 (although that could be screwe : Agrona
  • 127 : Fredrik S
  • 189 : Jikim
  • 186 : Ride-My-Rocket
  • 378 woo, go EBN : yonderboy
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  • 327 : Degenerate
  • 157 : breadsticks
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    234 : TreMetal
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      wrong : Johnny Law
      • 143. : supermonkeyballz
  • 13 come on luck! : quartic0
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  • 101 says me. : critch
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  • 224 is the right number : quazar
  • 150 :| : DrWaffles
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  • 341 : : JamesArhy
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    42 is my number : kagath
    • Already taken, by me. : acidnynex
  • 325 : sikander
  • 62 and stuff : thebroccoli
  • 389 : scosno
  • 262 : radula
  • 159 : Lawgiver
  • 267 need more characters : hatchet165
  • 277. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    333 : kronetic
    • already taken, 221 then : kronetic
  • 358 : cplturboturd
  • 43 : valael
  • 69 : PointlesS76
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  • 145! : sodomy
  • 451. : giant boy detective
  • 137 : Nighteyes
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  • 432 : whippy
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  • 121 : ImageOmega
• Seconded! Impulse bought it after watching the Giantbomb video this morning. Just hit lvl 4 and loving it... : EricZBA
• gamersgate is taking forever to take my money, I just wanna download this game already. : bongturbo
• Wholeheartedly agreed. I preordered the minute it was offered. : Wolfanoz
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  It's only $20? Holy shit I guess I don't have an excuse then. Do you think it would run ok on a fairly cr... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Considering it has a mode to enable it to run on netbooks you should be alright. : Haxim
    • Awesome, thanks. : MagicWishMonkey
    • holy? it'll run on a netbook? : cltcprd
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      you gotta be shitting me. : Jikim
      • he has shat you. : StolenNosferatu
    • oshiii : stgulik
    • That's freaking sweet. That means it'll run on my crappy GMA. : spazzium
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    They have a netbook mode so that even on the crappiest of computers it will run. Guarantee it will run o... : bipolar
    • oh shit really? I might pick up THREE copies later then. One for me, one for my gf and one as a gift. : StolenNosferatu
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  It's only $20? Holy shit I guess I don't have an excuse then. Do you think it would run ok on a fairly cr... : MagicWishMonkey
  • it has 'netbook mode' apparently, so it probably runs on almost everything : mikecyb
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  does it have random dungeons? : Draugluin
  • It does : ashkie
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    It also has an 'Infinite Dungeon' mode. It's just a never ending dungeon. : pancake humper
    • that is badass : ]pm[chem
• turn your pet into a slime ball Are you saying that Toby the Slime can live again? YESSSSSSSSSSSS. : DrZettl
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  I wonder if this will run on my HP Mini with ION? : c_man_tmt
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    Like Haxim said above, it has an option to run in Netbook mode, so yes. : EricZBA
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      Something to point out is that the manual defines Netbook mode like so: Left-click on the Netbook Mode : Wadmaasi
      • cool, I'll download the demo and give it a shot... : c_man_tmt
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      I wonder if it will run on my Pentium 90. : edgewise
      • Atom 1.6 feels about the same in games as a p90.. give it a try :) : dafugg
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  Anyone have any luck turning on antialiasing? I click the checkbox, click Apply and after the display mod... : jra101
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    Is it forced off in your drivers? Alternatively, force it on in your drivers? : Wadmaasi
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      It wasn't forced off but forcing it on did work, woot! : jra101
      • Huzzah! : Wadmaasi
• quick first impressions at level 12: AWESOME! this game would be better than Diablo 2 if it had a coo : razorblade79
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  I have TorchLightCalc.com registered.. but no hosting.. figured I'd try the free GoDaddy since I need ASP... : stonedonkey
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    Disregard that SM. I didn't see you needed ASP support. : melkore
    • hehe i just replied didn't see this reply :) thanks anyways. : stonedonkey
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    i would be happy to host for you if you ever need it. 1.5tb bandwidth package from GoDaddy. : m0rfus
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      I have the free package just waiting for it to be setup, if it's not ready late this evening I'll drop yo... : stonedonkey
      • roger roger. just giving options : m0rfus
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  I think I will buy it now. I was waiting for impressions really, but it seems you guys are liking it. : Johnnsen
  • Do it now. : ashkie
  • yea $20 is nothing. i liked titan quest more than i thought i would and this looks similar enough : eeeealmo
  • it's addicting. click click click : Metatron85
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  What software did you capture the movie with? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • fraps and encoded to wmv with sony vegas : ashkie
• I'm really interested to see what can be done with the mod tools... : dedgecko
• This game is freaking awesome. 'scuse me while I alt+tab back in and play some more. : J4NUS
• I couldn't wait and ended up installing Steam at work so I could play, it's awesome and I just want to go... : mrasparagus
• I have done boughted it on steam, really looking forward to it! : Dave-A
• Can someone gift it to me? : Johnnsen
• I preordered this at the same time as Borderlands, and crap, I wish I weren't stuck at lab for the next f... : Teiresias
• I preordered and got to play some at lunch. I will definately get my $17.99 worth out of it. One tip fo... : SeanJuan04
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  Where can I buy this so that the most of my monies possible go towards the devs? Does steam take a bigger... : Haxim
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    You can buy it directly from them actually. : Johnnsen
    • Yeah I just noticed that too, paypal and google checkout right on their site. Am I correct in assuming th... : Haxim
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      Where are the links?? : Clay
      • http://www.torchlightgame.com/ Right at the top! https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?i=336245&c=single&... : Haxim
• Fucking steam today, bought this instead of the witcher because they wont allow purchases from the UK, no... : pieman
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  UPDATE TEMP CALC http://www.stonedonkey.com/TorchlightCalc/ I'll be moving this once GoDaddy stops ... : stonedonkey
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    What is the level cap and how many skill points can you have? : mrwolf710
    • I still have a ton of questions myself.. From what I understand you get a point per level and a point... : stonedonkey
• Goddamn Steam conspicuous consumption purchases. Witcher's $20 too? FUCK : Rotten Deadite
• I will check this out for my Asus 1000HE netbook. : askedrelic
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  Have done, enjoying it so far! VERY Diablo 2, right down to some of the sounds, but since when was that a... : node
  • I think Matt Uelmen also does the sounds, so thats why. : Johnnsen
• I shall check this video out later. : Arctic Fox
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  I am actually live-streaming this right now. (Unfortunately it's limited to 50 people until I get enough ... : pancake humper
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    Any tips on how to stream this stuff? And by tips I mean step by step :) : ashkie
    • I can write up something tonight. It's fairly simple with Livestream : pancake humper
  • The sound effects and music are even closer to Diablo than I expected. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    so it's like single player diablo/wow? : askedrelic
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      Pretty much this, yes. : ashkie
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        Cool. I really want the OSX version now :( : askedrelic
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          I dunno if they have one planned. Why not bootcamp? : pancake humper
          • They do, soon. : rudds
• steam is maxing out my connection right now. i'll be playing in a few minutes! : Turd Ferguson
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  NEW VIDEO with a boss-ish dude. Some potential spoilers but not really. http://ashke.smugmug.com/Movie... : ashkie
  • any chance you can host on a different website? that website glitches out on me :\ : Jikim
• This game is awesome but I think I bugged out the Overseer boss. He's sitting on the platform spawning d : Salad Sammich
• Alot of fun so far. Wandering around as a level 3 so far and having fun. I enjoy the music alot : jonin
• Yeah, I've been playing Titan Quest - Immortal Throne as of late, and decided to give this game a shot. ... : Feisty Cadaver
• I'm playing the demo right now, but when does it end? time limit? level limit? : gia-
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  what difficulty are you playing at? i've read normal is easy, but is very difficult something that you p... : mwasher
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    im playing on hard to start and ive died some but i wouldnt say its super hard. veterans might want to go... : ashkie
    • can you change difficulty later on after you have leveled up? : mwasher
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  Check out my first phat lootz find! http://www.shackpics.com/files/phatlootz_f44ysv5a8ke0hoftykw1.jpg : jonin
  • Whoa nice grab that early : ashkie
  • I don't understand the DPS in this game at all. Is the sword attacking 5 times a second or something? : Vincent Grayson
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  There's no co-op play at all? Or just no online service? : nukewinter
  • I was about to ask the same. If it has coop over lan I'm in. : .faxen
  • None at all. It's a single player game, but also features some sort of editor so there may be a thriving ... : Vincent Grayson
  • it's single player, and if the game does well, they are gonna make a MMO style game off it : ]pm[chem
  • None at all. Though there will be an MMO version in the near future. : michaelleung
• why can't I figure out how to take a screenshot in this game? wtf? also printscreen/altprnt aren't workin... : Ziggurat
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  Bought it when I read that it was the same guy who made the music in Diablo 1 and 2. So awesome. : razlebol
  • purchased : Audhuml4
  • the music is really nice : jonin
• I am going to buy it just because of the random dungeons and permadeath/hardcore mode. classic roguelike... : ]pm[chem
• boughted! : wurt
• I tried out the demo at lunch time and it passed the 10 minute test for me! : OverloadUT
• This game is extremely well designed and polished. Runic honed Diablo II with the finest details and thei... : Link.
• Whats the point of fame in this game? There is fame and experience? : Nighteyes
• Level 6 almost 7 - got my first unique staff Torchlight stole my dingo! : Lightzout
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  Which part of this post makes it interesting? I plan on buying this game in the future. : RuffasBluetain
  • Must be the Talent calculators. : RuffasBluetain
• I'm really enjoying the demo, but it doesn't look like you can upgrade to the full version, so I'd lose m... : chiisu81
• its interesting how you can play a ranged class and your pet can tank for you : dantastic
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  Is it going to be $20 forever or is this just a sale price for now? I really do want to play it but I've... : boarder2
  • $20 is the most expensive it will ever be. : IndigoAK
  • 17.99 was the sale price : dantastic
• Spent a quick 2 hours playing the demo. Fantastic stuff: looks great, easy to get into quickly, and at $... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Real question. Is there a way to respec? (At least is there a trainer?) If not, do skill points come r... : Nighteyes
  • This is my biggest gripe, not yet. But I've heard people are going to get mods out ASAP for this. : Lionel2b
• Downloading the demo now. Between this and Borderlands, my lust for loot may yet to be quenched. : slax0r