Evening Reading: Zombies Seven Years in the Making

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  Wait a minute...you mean to say that while you're playing the game there are things that you can't do wit : Nixx2004
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    That's pretty much what it looks like, one of the dialog options is (download content) Let me look into t : MagicWishMonkey
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      wow I was considering this game but if they did shit like that I won't waste my time. : .frame
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        It might not happen too often, it just happened to me two times in a row so I wanted to see if anyone cou... : MagicWishMonkey
        • I just got this lastnight at my first camp. I was like it's kinda cool the way it's been implemented, but... : whistletits
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        I never saw that in 5 hours of gameplay, but then I have all the DLC. I don't really see what the problem... : derelict515
        • I totally don't mind as long as it's super rare, I actually think it's a pretty brilliant idea, you just ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          I just don't like the fact that companies are at the point where they hold back content to sell as DLC an... : .frame
          • How do you know they held it back? It easily could have fallen under different timelines and budgets from... : Evil Benius
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            you have no evidence they held back content as DLC. For all you know if they weren't able to sell that ar... : derelict515
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              I sure don't. In fact, I never said this company did that. : .frame
              • Not only have I not played the game above, I've never even seen gameplay footage. : .frame
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                well you're either going to have to buy good games in spite of it or just buy fewer and fewer games under... : derelict515
                • well i don't have to like it derelict! : .frame
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              Wait, what? The content is available now. As DLC. The game released like two days ago. Why would they... : mlev
              • because content needs to go through certification and go to manufacturing to make the discs there is a... : mo13
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                It's not that simple. Content has to be finalised way before release date for testing and certification a... : Arceihn
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                  I still think this is a bulshit line given by companies that for some. Reason gamers eat up. : stonedonkey
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                    In your opinion when do games lock down their content w/r/t shipping date? : bipolar
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                      My guess is tweaks are being worked on until a game goes gold, but they'll never tell you that. : stonedonkey
                      • Content tweaks? Can you define what a content tweak would be? : bipolar
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                    Are you basing that on anything, or are you just making wild assumptions? : Arceihn
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                      I'm basing it on the fact that companies seek to maximize profits and if there's a penny to be made they'... : stonedonkey
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                        On a certain level I suppose you're right - ideally they'd make the content anyway and patch it in out of... : Arceihn
                        • I guess the bad for gamers is a bit over the top. The real problem comes with the timing I think, game... : stonedonkey
                • Considering the amount of time it takes the average dev to produce any type of public-worthy game content... : silent prophet
              • They're ABLE to give you any free shit they want. They're not going to though. Typically from explana... : DinK
            • Seems like if its there at release and sold it was held back. : stonedonkey
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            I don't like how consumers are at a point where they just randomly believe whatever they choose to believ... : veras
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              That's the beauty of it. We can all think whatever we want. : .frame
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                It's like ignorance is bliss even when you're not ignorant of your ignorance. : DinK
                • It's not unreasonable to think they had the DLC ready before launching the game. There's certainly nothin... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Yes how dare they ship a pitiful 70-hour game instead of a proper 75-hour one. : DinK
      • Well the main DLC the one with the new Char and everything is free. It is how Bioware is trying to cut i... : Crimsonbeak
    • one of the DLCs, the one for 1200 points is free. the game came with a code to enter. i think it was to... : dantastic
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    My exact thoughts. The wording in the dialogue tree is something like (Purchase downloadable content) Be... : theangrywaffles
    • Pay with in-game currency for prices in a merchant stand, that is. : theangrywaffles
    • Oh yea I totally agree with the quest showing up, that's going to irritate the hell out of me. : MagicWishMonkey
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  There are only two and one of them comes with the game. I bought the other one though so I did not see th... : Evil Benius
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    You didn't? One of the quests is to get a control rod for a golem and the other is to go hunt through som... : MagicWishMonkey
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      The golem is the free one and the castle is the pay one (though it came with some versions I think). The ... : Evil Benius
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        Ok sweet, I got two DLC codes with my game, one is for armor and the other is to unlock a special charact... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Yeah the golem quest is the character. : Evil Benius
          • Oh sweet, that character looks awesome. : MagicWishMonkey
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            like an NPC party member? does he take up a normal slot? : derelict515
            • Yeah he is like any other party member. : Evil Benius
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          Yes the Golem one is free for buying the game. : Crimsonbeak
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            Buying the standard version or deluxe? : whistletits
            • both iirc : bipolar
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              I have the standard version and it came with a little card with the DLC stuff on it. : MagicWishMonkey
              • hrmm, with Steam you get a preorder key and a game key. I wonder if it's the pre-order key. : whistletits
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  Horse Armor Extreme. : Visceral Monkey
  • No, Lil' KT is Horse Armor Extreme. : ghost in my shell
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  BTW, I wouldn't pay for the Warden's Keep or whatever that DLC is called. I got it for free with the del... : bipolar
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    Really? I know it's $7 and I was interested in the Warden Armor and relics. : whistletits
    • I used the warden armor for a level or so and then had something better waiting for me (to be fair, it wa... : bipolar
  • Ok, I'll avoid it. I have so many quests in my queue right now, it will be a while before I need to look ... : MagicWishMonkey
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  One thing I think DA does really well is make the main quest really epic. In most other similar RPGs, a : bipolar
  • It seems really awesome so far, I just started on the main quest (that duncan dude is dead and I'm trying : MagicWishMonkey

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• his shotgun is tucked into his butt crack? : c0bra
• your character isn't casting a shadow? : riptyde
• no shotgun stock in front of the flashlight? : acidravelamp
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  is Kohryu one of the names? I havent played it so I have no idea, but it doesnt look right. : vitek r
  • The character names are displayed only if the characters are being controlled by the AI. : Felraiser
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  Hah. Cletus (or whatever the fuck his name is) is casting two shadows. one on the floor, another on the w : DOOManiac
  • Two lightsources = two shadows : CyCo_PL
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    INCONCEIVABLE! : Felraiser
    • I do not think that means what you think it does... : creep
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  Those pistols really are way too big. : SpaecKow
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    Thank you! It's not really the size of the actual weapons so much as their relation and proximity to the ... : pyide
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      Did you mess with the FOV? : notd665
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        FOV commands do nothing in this game, even with sv_cheats. They added a viewmodel_fov command to fix this... : pyide
        • Interesting! : notd665
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      oh shit, that's horrible. I just cancelled my preorder : kaddar0
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        I'm just kidding, I actually agree with you that it's too big. I think they do that to make it feel more... : kaddar0
        • I wonder why they didn't try to convey its increased power by having the characters hold it with both han... : pyide
      • Same here. : thecatinthehat
    • I've always disliked the way the pistol view models looked in the L4D games. In the first one they were h... : quadeh
    • Yeah, the size of the pistols bothers me too. It's really goofy. : Arceihn
    • you gotta learn to curve the bullets man. with your mind. : vitek r
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      The gun model isn't really supposed to represent what you look like to other players, it just provides so... : gnomish
      • I know, but they still try to get it close most of the time. Compare the relative location of a pistol in... : pyide
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      One thing that's really been bugging me lately as games look better and better us that rooms are grossly : Dave-A
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        I remember barely being able to squeeze Marcus Fenux through a garage door. : Omaha
        • All those three years back! : Jinxplayer
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      pc gamers should all kill themselves : [fry]
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        IA. Console gaming, a fate worse than death. Just look what faggots you all turned out to be. : SpaecKow
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          less posting more killing yourself : [fry]
          • inf : RikiTiki2
      • I've seen 360 users complain about this too. It's such a minor yet obvious annoyance coming from Left 4 D... : pyide
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      This is the dumbest fucking post I have ever read. Anywhere. : zombie man
      • youtube.com? : FirstPersonCooter
      • I'm honored. : pyide
    • yeah, it's way too fucking big. it doesn't have to be that big to look cool, and all it does is block a p... : nevlos
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      I bet the empty shells eject from the left, too! : shika.art
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        FARCRY2'D! : Drewus
        • http://smegmar.shackspace.com/duke.jpg : mrblarg
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      I fucking hate giant, right-justified first person weapons in game. Go play Jedi Knight if you want an ex... : SockMonkeh
      • I can't be the only one thinking it. : Moonbase Commander
      • black metal dong : shika.art
      • I loved that game... : SigENeaT
      • ribbed for stormtroopers pleasure. : gokart.
      • yeah a tiny little muzzle is a lot of fun. http://www.interlopers.net/images/articles/quake-review/qua... : EvilDolemite
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        I think the way they were in L4D1 was perfect, not too small and not too big. : sanchez
        • Go on... : NastyJack
      • look at those storm troopers, touching themselves so brazenly... : PlanetPerfecto
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      I have yet to find that gun on any of my playthroughs. : action wombmate
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        you have to look in that area, by those things : jane911
        • Oh, there. I didn't think to look there. : action wombmate
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      Fixed. http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/ps-king.jpg : abrasion
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        Oh and dual weilding is a bit obstructive I must admit. http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/akimbo.j... : abrasion
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          hahaha! abrasion, this is way funnier to me than it should be, which I am taking as a sign that I need to... : Bean
          • He's gangsta, yo. : abrasion
        • fuck you man, i've got swine flu and when i laugh, i cough.... it fucking hurts : MrBig0
        • lol : [7]kami
        • hahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        i guarantee you that if it actually came out like this, there would be people defending it : retarded talking dinosaur
        • If that's how the developer wants you to play the game, play it that way and enjoy it!! : AndyGoin
      • That's what some of the Borderlands sniper rifles feel like with that narrow FOV : riptyde
      • in just a couple more years : moe6
      • This made me lol way more than it should have. : Ajax
    • haha oh dear god of all the things to complain about. there are zombies running at you : moshman
    • you need it that big so that you can see what the other players are using. If eveyone has auto-shotties,... : radula
    • It's actually pretty close if you don't assume the camera is supposed to be inside the game characters he... : ZeroSignal
    • also the wall texture and the floor texture are the wrong way around..unless someone wanted rebrick floor... : okellyc
    • Holy fuck, people find the stupidest goddamn things to complain about video games. : Dschinghis Khan
  • I had a wtf moment when I loaded it up and the hud/gun took up 1/3 of my screen. Thanks valve : crazywigga
• Pointy elbows? : iamgoat
• the elbow shadow (the gap between forearm and bicep) looks a little weird. What are we missing? : lokdown
• He's holding a gun with one hand asking to not hit shit. : thrallie200
• shadow puppet arf arf! : sharpie
• the pistol is slightly raised in the shadow as compared to how he is holding it : mo13
• Apparently there is a lot wrong with this picture! You guys would rock at those Highlights magazine puzzl... : pyide
• The flashlight and sight are not aligned? : SwiftyPants
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  Well, other than that there is no possible way the angle of the Deagle light with respect to Coach can ca... : MercFox1
  • true.. you can draw a straight line from the light to the elbow point in the shadow without coming anywhe... : MamiyaOtaru
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    Perhaps the light from the gun is correct and actually coming from where the character is holding it in t... : pyide
    • Like imagine the first person gun was gone from my screen, and I was actually holding the gun and therefo... : pyide
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  I really wish developers would drop the whole "walking with your gun next to your face" point of view : shakybonez31
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    all FPS games should have the viewpoint from the mouth like skulks in natural selection: http://www.unkno... : aeg1x
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      http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3263/moutha.jpg : blender81
      • http://www.ausns2.com/images/marinemouth.jpg : aeg1x
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      Gordon Freeman never talks though so it would be nothing but a black screen for the duration of the game. : alphablu
      • And in L4D it would look like a strobe light with how much the characters talk. : action wombmate
• The characters are really ugly and unlikeable? : ArB
• The redneck isn't shooting the black guy? : boredguy
• Nothing. Seems like a fairly accurate representation of Bareback Mountain : pancake humper
• His pants are on forwards and you can't see his underwear? : Sze Ior
• It's a stark reminder that I'm wasting my life farting around on the internet? : ZombieAcademy
• The "blood" splotches around the character icons are white instead of red. : LemonJoose
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  Apparently you've never seen a Desert Eagle in person. Tomorrow, go to a gun store and see one in person... : jimmy-buffett
  • The issue is not the size of the actual weapon, but where it's located relative to the camera and the cha... : pyide
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  That guy is holding two Desert Eagles but one of his arms is see through? : Melignus
  • I want this ghost arm upgrade :( : pyide
• what was expected to be a content upgrade is now being sold as a full retail product? : spiderfill
• it's from the demo and not the final full game. : CoRDS
• Damnit.. Is this why the demo is unavailable for me to play now? Someone at valve is trying to fix this. : ghostnote
• You are looking too low to the ground? Unless zombies are going to pop out of the ground you need to kee... : Jimbo Ro

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• i bet that guy can crack walnuts with his fingertips : GloriousCow
• I went bouldering with a friend once. And I made it on top of a boulder. I was so happy with myself. Now ... : Cihte
• That man has muscles that I just don't. Jesus. : InfoBiter
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  Is that a commercial for climbing chalk? If so, it worked: I just bought a bag, but I don't even rock cli... : Bold
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    It's perfect for jerking off. : Turd Ferguson
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      You can pick yourself up by the dick with it. : GloriousCow
      • if he gets a hard on, does he fall off? : m0rfus
• sick. : boring gegtik
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  I love the breaks you take during rock climbing like that. I can't do the completely horizontal stuff yet... : TheNiXXeD
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    they only help when your on freaking jugs.....which nothing he was breaking on looked like with the excep... : ozfactor
    • wait, i know the words you're saying but what the fuck does this post mean? : MrBig0
    • nah any time you can rest on one arm that's fully extended you can get a decent amount of recovery. If yo... : c0bra
  • yea just shake all that lactate out! : c0bra
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  why didn't he just duck down and walk out? i kept getting the orientation mixed up : dignan
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    Simulating as if there was no ground... for fun and sport? : TheNiXXeD
    • I'm going to simulate that there is a ground for more fun : megarust32
    • don't step in the lava!!! : lokdown
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    when gravity suddenly inverts itself this man will be the only one left alive : GloriousCow
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      and calls of GRUUUUUUUUUUHHH will echo off the skyscrapers : aeg1x
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        GRUH: The Hanging Man, Coming to Theaters, Summer 2011 : GloriousCow
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          http://www.shackpics.com/files/gruh_r57uwtfsego0ci7902jn.jpg : aeg1x
          • Epic. Just epic. : GloriousCow
          • omfg, lol : InfoBiter
          • haha nice work : datoo
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            I cannot believe you got Robert's approval so quickly. : Moonbase Commander
            • Are you talking about renowned film critic, Robert Egypt? : ArB
          • hahahaha : deject
          • Reversed, it's HURG : lolpatrol
          • hahaha : thekidd
          • Oh god lol : Danny5225
          • That is hilarious. :D : ThomW
          • Fucking awesome. : lyme
          • lol nice!!! : OmegaRed59
          • god I can't wait to see this thing : cap n KRUNCH
          • hahahah : Serpico74
          • *golf clap* : biskits
          • I would pay money to see this! : CrustaR
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            hahaha this could be the next Roland Emmerich disaster movie : nodebug
            • it might be too clever for emmerich : skryte
          • bwahahha gj : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          You should submit this to the cracked.com Photoshop Contest : Rejected Ideas for Disaster Movies. http... : BaronVonChocula
          • Sorry, I meant to reply to aeg1x. : BaronVonChocula
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    It's supposed to be challenging (though you can tell he has every move memorised). Using oppositional for... : yosemiteclimber
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      did you come too? : GloriousCow
      • All over your udders. : yosemiteclimber
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    ^ not a "getting there is half the fun" kind of guy : riptyde
    • it was just amusing to get confused about the orientation : dignan
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  Hey those are the same shoes I have. : mlev
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    Holy fuck, V15?!?! I didn't know they rated shit that high, I thought it stopped at 13. Lul. : mlev
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      Sharma has supposedly done something he rated as a v17. Apparently no one else could climb it to verify.... : twifosp
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        What? The hardest problem he's sended was Witness The Fitness at V15 and that's been repeated. I haven't ... : Kentor
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          http://www.climbandmore.com/climbing,545,0,1,special.html THE BEST DOESN’T MEAN THE HAPPIEST T... : twifosp
          • Hmmm... that sounds kind of sketchy since V15s are still relatively rare and pretty much all V16s are so... : Kentor
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  i'm trying to figure out what makes that climb v15 besides the length of the problem, because he makes pr... : ozfactor
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    some of those holds, like one of them that he rests on at the end are ridiculous pressure holds. For bou... : boarder2
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      yeah the one sloper he rests on at the end looks pretty tenous but still.....i know a little bit about bo... : ozfactor
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        Yeah, that's what I thought at first too, but we can't climb it, so who the hell knows, I'll take the guy... : boarder2
        • i hear ya! : ozfactor
      • Climbing V7 is no easy feat at all, so that makes you pretty veteran already! I've been climbing for abou... : Kentor
  • GRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHH!! : CrustaR
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    The length of the problem is one. Most problems are less than 20 moves. There are some sick moves in th... : twifosp
    • Sick. : Bold
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    remember that we're seeing the video of the final attempt, not all the tries it took to nail it! : CecilPhilpot
    • his back looks a bit red, I wonder why? hehe : jcupitt
• That guys has crazy long arms. : Nali4Freedom
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  Having done climbing and bouldering myself, that's fucking insane. The best I could do bouldering was ab... : boarder2
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    If "stepping over a small rock in my way" is a V13, i can do a V13. If it's something harder than that, ... : riptyde
    • I usually trip on rocks, so I guess that means I'm only like V7 :P : aethyr
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      At the peak of my climbing ability I could barely do V0-V1 :( And there really isn't such a thing as t... : c0bra
      • Really depends on the area. Out in Southwestern Ontario most problems are V3 and higher, but I noticed wh... : Kentor
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    Been away from the bouldering world for awhile? V15s a pretty established grade these days, though still ... : Kentor
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      I stopped probably 2 years ago. The only time I actually did bouldering was in the gym and I never was re... : boarder2
      • Yeah I hear ya. I'm mostly a route guy myself, but I'm starting to get more into bouldering as I finally ... : Kentor
  • agreed, that's insane, he makes it look easier than it is : CecilPhilpot
• That's sick. : twifosp
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  Sometimes I have a hard time getting out of my car after a long drive. : frankenshacker
  • holy lol : Trips
• if it looks easy, it probably is : mrtony
• That was pretty much the most amazing thing I've seen all day and it makes me feel like a worthless blob ... : raija
• man, if he ever squeezes a zit, he'd probably accidentally rip his whole face off. : filthysock
• that music had me wanting to stick knitting needles in my ears. : FormerHPB
• thats something you dont want to try if you have more than 8% body fat : gyokuro
• I told you I was hardcore : fathertime
• That looks ridiculous. I don't even understand what's happening at 1:35, does he have a gravity field gen... : Code RedBeard
• okay serious 2:35 wtf... seriously, he's a cheater. he's got the x gene. : akirabob
• holy fuck. on a scale of 7 to 19, how gay would it be if i felt something akin to sexual attraction while... : gokart.
• hax : aethyr
• If ever anyone doubted that humans were descended from monkeys... : father_crown
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  Crazy, I wonder what kind of training he does for strength and endurance. : tcxsnoop
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    I'm taking a wild guess and saying he probably climbs alot : OrkO
    • and does a ton of pullups, and hangs around from his feet doing stomach exercises : moshman
    • it's true. the best training for climbing is climbin : c0bra
• Meh. I can do that. : greh kleh
• ARGH WTF that video keeps restarting! : c0bra
• Also: check this one: Sharma on a different V15: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.indivi... : c0bra
• meh... clearly he was just bitten by a radioactive spider : thebigbeefsandwich
• funny I mean brave thing to do :) : Jenings

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  Better than: The Bard's Tale? : zigzag
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    that one was actually kinda boring I remember it. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/C64_The... : mrtony
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      I loved that game. I played the shit out of it back in the C64 days. : jonin
      • I think by the time I played it it was pretty dated. I'd already played Ultima 2-4 and the Bard's Tale d... : mrtony
    • No, it was amazing. That's probably the game I've spent the most time playing, pre-1999. Primitive, clu... : bipolar
  • That was more like a BPG. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I just died for the first time and quit the game :( : pancake humper
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    this has happened to me a few times in LATD im a bit rusty in the gta4 xbox world : oHnOES
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      was such a mistake buying this game :( : pancake humper
      • why? : mwasher
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        If you're dying a lot then you're making some tactical mistakes. This isn't some dumbed down shooter rpg... : herradura99
        • This was my first death in the game. : pancake humper
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    Does something terrible happen when you die? : hoov1185
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      I get frustrated because I couldn't turn off combat and my AI guys chased a dude right into an ambush tha... : pancake humper
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        You should be able to pause combat, switch guys and have them move back. : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I did do that. I moved them all back, switched back to my character, unpaused. They ran back to my charac... : pancake humper
          • LOL. Sorry. : g0nk
          • Set their AI to passive. : herradura99
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            'H' to make everyone hold position. They won't move until you give specific orders or turn it off. : smax
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              but what if I just want to leave the combat and not fight those dudes right now? : pancake humper
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                you need the "Beg for Mercy" skill and this is later boosted by the "Pussy" talent. : mwasher
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                  Thanks for fucking us PC owners BioWare. These skills aren't in the PC version :( : pancake humper
                  • double sarcasm whammy : at0micgarden
              • if you select everyone and run them away then combat will eventually stop if there's no monsters chasing ... : smax
          • Hahaha, thanks for the laugh. :) : hoov1185
          • gotta change their stance or whatever from "default" to defensive or something that you like. : whistletits
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        You know you can change AI tactics right? And there is a drop down for "Behavior" so that you can change... : mwasher
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          Yes. They ran in because the Emissary attacked me. He ran away to setup the ambush, and then the carna... : pancake humper
          • i know the EXACT part you're talking about. I stood way back out of the aggro of the other units, turned ... : OhSnapHighFive
          • I died at that very spot about half a dozen times until I used my rogue to just kill that stupid emissary... : stump
          • If you set them to Defensive they won't leave your side. : Zek
• I'm diggin' it. I'm surprised how nice it looks on my PC and how well it runs. I don't have FSAA on, bu... : CyCo_PL
• Downloading. @ 57%. Come onnnnnnn : freakynipples69
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  It's hard as fuck. At least one my guys always dies in battle and I just started the game. Bioware really... : Albemuth
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    I haven't had any of my dudes drop below 50% health. Although I am playing on easy mode for 1st run throu... : g0nk
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      yeah, I'm playing on easy too and it's good choice. Also set combat tactics on your dudes to drink a p... : AlexXdude
      • Ahhh good tip. : g0nk
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        yeah, definitely. everyone should do this. : smax
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          I don't have nearly enough health potions to do this. to conserve potions at this point i just let 1 or ... : mwasher
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            You do know when they die they get injuried and have to be 'repaired' as they'll lose strength, dexterity... : Scotty22
            • if only you could repair them Fallout 3 style by combining surplus henchmen with duct tape : CecilPhilpot
      • I have mine set to <=10% health for health pots mgmt. my board and sword templar is always getting owned ... : whistletits
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    What difficulty are you playing on? : Vincent Grayson
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      Medium. And I would've thought that was fine. Can you change difficulty mid-game? : Albemuth
      • Yeah, you can bump it down to Easy at any time. : SockMonkeh
      • Yeah I'm playing on normal and getting fucking stomped, lolz. I even made a pure warrior type guy becaus... : CyCo_PL
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    I'm playing on Nightmare. It's perfect. : SockMonkeh
    • A Bioware employee on the Steam forums said that only a few people at Bioware were able to complete the g... : The Grolar Bear
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    I am playing as a mage specced into healing now (after failing at the other 2 classes) and it is much eas... : dmaownsyou
    • yeah, I've never even needed potions, pretty easy to spam heal as necessary : derelict515
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      i was thinking about doing this, but it seems weird to be healing a bunch of AI henchman...is it still fu... : CecilPhilpot
      • The more I play the less I think about them as "henchmen", you can take control of anyone at any time, an... : aethyr
• I was very pleased with my first hour or so. About to load it up! : BoKnows
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  BTW, if you're a mage, Cone of Cold+Wandering Bomb+Stonefist is an amazing way to blow away huge chunks o... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    glad to see you got your close to desktop issue resolved : oHnOES
    • I have to thank BlackCat9 for that...he's a saint. : DianeOfTheMoon
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    hrm, that does sound nice. just started up a mage and went up to fire weapons, but maybe I will refocus. : stgulik
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      If you want to have fun, get grease...then you can grease sections of floor and set it on fire. : DianeOfTheMoon
      • heh nice, i will have to try that : stgulik
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      Is there anyway to respec? : Wisp!
      • Pay your trainer 1g : Scotty22
  • I'm sure you enjoy blowing huge chunks of guys... : biofrog
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  But if I'm a girl I can't bone Claudia Black. Pfft, wtf. : brickmatt
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    Who at Bioware thought that was a good idea?? Someone who loves the cock I bet. : pyide
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      No shit, right? That's seriously the toughest decision I'm facing right now. Create my own hottie or su... : brickmatt
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        Haha, it's not like the sex scenes look any more interesting or any less awkward than the ones in Mass Ef... : pyide
        • It's not about the sex scenes - it's about telling people you boned Claudia Black! : The Grolar Bear
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    I thought someone said lesbian romances were in the game? : smax
    • One girl is bi, one boy is bi. Thaaaaaaaaaaat's it. : brickmatt
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    Wait wait wait. Claudia Black is a voice actor in this? : Moonbase Commander
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      Yes she plays a major character. : Evil Benius
      • Maaaaaan. I might actually buy this now. : Moonbase Commander
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  Better than The Witcher? : phate81
  • I'd say so. Not in every way, but in enough. : Arceihn
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  I dislike turn based combat and think Oblivion is awesome. Would I like it? : GeorgeB3DR
  • Yes, though you may want to play on casual or easy difficulty. The game is somewhat designed around you ... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • It doesn't need to be turned based if you don't want it to be. You will love it George. : g0nk
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    To expand on this, is it like KOTOR's turn based stuff? I had to come back to work after creating my char... : hoov1185
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      Pretty much...it's Baldur's Gate/KOTOR/Mass Effect style turn based. Everything is in real time, but you... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • I have a feeling there is a lot of power in the tactics, but I'm not sure when I will take the time out t... : mwasher
      • Nice, sounds good to me! : hoov1185
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      If it's anything like KOTOR I don't want anything to do with it, just not my style of gameplay at all. I : yosemiteclimber
      • at least on PC it's a lot faster paced than the KOTOR combat that I remember. Really easy to quickly swit... : derelict515
      • I thought KotOR's combat was an obnoxious piece of shit, but I'm loving this. : Arceihn
  • If you like games with bland repetitive gameplay, no story, no sense of pacing, whose only selling point ... : Crimsonbeak
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  How does it run on older computers? : Anti_dentite
  • I'm wondering this as well. : phate81
  • What's older? I'm running this at 1440x900 with 0xAA and all details up on a 9600M, and while the cutsce... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    I am running a P4 3.4 GHz with 3GB RAM and a 8600gt. I have been trying to decide to buy PC or 360 versi... : SeanJuan04
    • Dunno, it doesn't seem like much of a graphical powerhouse game to me, but I'm running a beast. : nevlos
    • I don't think it would be too bad. I have a three-year-old Conroe with only 2 gigs of RAM and an 8800GTS,... : Loxodrome
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      LOL, I would love your system compared to mine. The reason I didn't go for the PS3 version is the interfa... : invisible_kid
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        Did you buy the PC version, and does it run well on your PC? : SeanJuan04
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21328533#itemanchor_21328533 : invisible_kid
  • I have a 7800GTX, Athlon 64 3700+, 2 GB RAM and it is well...okay. It looks alright with everything tu... : invisible_kid
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  I had Bards Tale 3 on the Commodore 64. When you loaded characters it would ask you to insert your charac... : Rodeoclash
  • Shit, supposed to be a reply to the first post. Boo. : Rodeoclash
  • I remember playing RPGs in the 80s and when you died you had pull the floppy out of the drive before the ... : mrtony
  • haha, that's awesome : megarust32
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    i learned how to hex edit by cheating at Ultima V : dirge23
    • Man, how do kids learn these days? Gamefaqs will be the downfall of their generation. : nevlos
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  is it a party based rpg? I can't stand those : filthysock
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    unless the other people in the party are your friends. Then it's a PARTY! : aeg1x
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      oh yeah, thats fine, as long as i don't have to juggle inventories, spells, health, and all manner of oth... : filthysock
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        Yes. : pyide
        • You do have a shared inventory though, and can have the same item on multiple character's hotbars. : SockMonkeh
      • you'd hate it then. : smax
      • juggling spells and health still exists. However, inventory is one shared spot. And when a party member... : JuffoWup
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  Playing on hard and loving it. I love how you can customize the AI behavior. Bioware, you did not disap... : herradura99
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    hard must be fucking HARD. : Downforce
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      It's not really that much harder over normal (I don't think) you just have to be quicker about things and... : DianeOfTheMoon
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        I need a "FUCKING STAY THE FUCK HERE" option, is that available? the tactics don't seem to work. maybe I ... : Downforce
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          there is a little toggle on the player column that has a hotkey of 'H' which toggles between having them ... : mwasher
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            automatic is working out horribly so far. they stand in a shitty place and then do something despite me c : Downforce
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              this guys knows about stupid mages : slickdoody
              • hahah seriously. fucking mages. just make some fucking food asswipe!!! it's really funny he will wa... : Downforce
          • but yes this is extremely helpful thank you. : Downforce
      • friendly fire is on in normal for the PC : mwasher
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    Hello, fellow HGC member! : DianeOfTheMoon
    • DAO on Hard was officially accepted into HGC? I must've missed the announcement. : Haxim
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    I always customize it by turning it off entirely. : SockMonkeh
    • I set them to ONLY attack enemies I'm attacking (IF "character name" is attacking enemy, THEN attack that... : herradura99
  • I turned off hard in the beginning because it made me run out of heals. I should turn it back on now : smax
• I had no desire to play it until I found out they made it. : afrochops
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  I was looking at all of my party members approval ratings for me - predictably, most of them start off at... : Daochi
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    I'm 8 hours in and i realized I can't make them all happy. If you're a dick in a quest someone will get ... : kingdepork
    • I am thinking that I will favor Morrigan the most, but hope she doesn't turn out to be too evil. : Daochi
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  I had to find out where I had heard Alistair's voice before. He was a magician in that episode of House. : smax
  • They should do a spin-off of house where it's always lupus. I'd watch it. : noxiousgg
  • I thought it was the dick from uncharted 2. : Rauol Duke
• It sure is bloody : shavenewok
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  Is anyone else playing on Nightmare? It's a lot of fun! : SockMonkeh
  • lol fuck, I'm not even going to try : nevlos
  • u r awesome gamer dood : CyCo_PL
  • Oh god. I'm playing on Medium, and was absolutely raped by the Sloth demon fade world in the Magi circle : theangrywaffles
  • It's going to take me significantly more than 50 hours to finish this game! : SockMonkeh
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  Greatest discovery I made today was the escape key for skipping dialogue. Thank FUCK. As much as I lov... : nevlos
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    Really? I find that a lot of enjoyment comes out of the great voice acting. : JohnnyRey
    • I enjoy it too! I don't do it all the time, but the camera angles during the dialogue is pretty terrible. : nevlos
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    HL2 ruined voice acting for me because no other games have lip synching and facial expressions anywhere n... : alexthegreat2
    • Yeah, plus you can fuck around with the gravity gun while listening to them. You don't have to sit in one... : nevlos
  • I appreciate they don't just stand around talking all the time like in the past games. They go for a walk... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Could someone gift me the game? It's not out in the UK yet and I can PayPal you the money. Any help appre... : Bamtan
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    SM'd : mlev
    • Added on Steam! <3 : Bamtan
• thanks to a post from a shacker about an article on arstech my DLC is almost done downloading! : oHnOES
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  Side quest help. Blackstone Irregulars, supposed to deliver a letter of conscription to Patter Gritch in ... : Goncyn
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    He is in the church if I remember correctly. : Evil Benius
    • Yeah, I just found him. Blech. I hate scavenger hunts. Thanks at any rate. : Goncyn
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  OMFG LOL!! "A chantry says what?" "What?" bwahaha i lost it! : g0nk
  • lol yeah, that was awesome. : whistletits
• the inter-party banter is fucking awesome! best i've heard in any game like this. : g0nk
• I'm too busy playing and enjoying Witcher now. I think I'll be too RPG'd out after it to play this :( : sirkne
• Oh man I am playing a mage and I have started tag teaming Corpse Bomb with Morrigan, this is hilarious. U... : Evil Benius
• Any plans for a demo? : DOOManiac
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  I started replaying Neverwinter Nights. :) : Sylvanus
  • i think you need a sad face :( : whistletits
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  any consensus on ps3 vs 360? anyone other than blackcat9 playingon a macbook pro unibody? does it control... : mankeroo
  • really, somebody running this under Boot Camp? my friggin' iMac struggled with Mass Effect :( : CecilPhilpot
  • also, i just ordered the ps3 version...gamespot claims better textures/colour on the ps3, and there's a c... : CecilPhilpot
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  and boo hoo to all the nay sayers because of their poor choices in promoting the game... Bioware has alwa : shakybonez31
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    Poor choices? Doubt it. They probably successfully marketed the game to swarms of 12-14 year old retards.... : SockMonkeh
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      It's interesting to see quite a few comments on other forums where folks are complaining that the game is... : Johnny Law
      • Hahaha, yeah. I wonder how many were expecting a button masher? : nevlos
  • The only thing that got me interested was the flash game, and that preview that showed up a couple of wee... : nevlos
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    Except for NWN and that god awful Jade Empire. : Kentor
    • Why does everyone always hate on Jade Empire? :\ I loved it.. My only minor complaint was with a few... : ]aratex[
• Man the (Elf area spoilers) Werewolf ruins are killing me. As if the dragon wasn't difficult enough I'm g : LoioshDwaggie
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  Just got the Ritual. I did not see that coming! : Clay
  • I know, I was like "No fucking way..." : Visceral Monkey
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  I don't think I can describe in words how fucking excited I am for this game. For a bit I was worried, du... : Navy Spitfire
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    Ware, the shack is filled with shills and those with short attention spans, overly enamored of the latest... : trove
    • Fortunately this isn't the game for those types. : ninj0rc
    • Bioware. RPG. Spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate 3. 91 metacritic. This is no shackhype abberation. : derelict515
    • This quote needs to be put in our disclaimer. Seriously. : Malku
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  The banter between the characters is just plain *awesome*. It's a joy to listen to it, I stop in my track... : Visceral Monkey
  • yeah, I've been impressed by all the little side banter (lots of lessons in the mage's tower, prayers and... : derelict515
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    I picked up a character call Morrigan and she's awesomely sarcastic. I will keep her. : stump
    • call = called : stump
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      Keep her? I'm going to screw her! : Visceral Monkey
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        I'm going to try as well but I'm playing a female dwarf warrior so I think it might be a tough go. :( : stump
        • FRAPS plz : ninj0rc
      • haha, I've already set the tone by giving her gifts and talking with her...any small dialog with a flirty... : whistletits
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  Mages: what spells do you like? So far I've got 3 ice spells and a heal, not sure where to go next. : derelict515
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    I have all the healing spells. I have the first 3 fire spells. I'm gonna get the last fire spell then wor... : DrFlammable
    • you went fire? shocker :p I'm pretty happy with the freezing effect rather than the DOT. In any case, ... : derelict515
  • I've got Virulent Wandering Bomb, Cone of Cold and Stonefist as my major spells. You wait for a bunch-up... : DianeOfTheMoon
• This game is \o/ through and through, but is anyone having problems with their Dragon Age Updater Windows... : grayscale
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  Where can I find the quest to start Wardens Keep? : Visceral Monkey
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    It's in your camp. : Arceihn
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      I have a camp? I just got to my first town after the Tower of Isblablabla or whatever. : Visceral Monkey
      • Lothering? You automatically go to your camp (or make it, I guess) after you finish that area. : Arceihn
  • in camp : eeeealmo
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    is this quest worth 560 points? : dantastic
    • was wondering that too since its in my fucking quest log now :( : eeeealmo
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      I have no idea, but, it gives you a home base after you finish it. : Visceral Monkey
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        No, it doesn't. It gives you a small location with no interiors whatsoever that has two merchants and ... : Vincent Grayson
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          so does it have any advantages? : dantastic
          • A chest to store your shit, and there's a weaponsmith that can craft you a unique sword out of superman's : nevlos
• just got ambushed by like 15 dudes, cone of cold saves the day : derelict515
• Oh yes. Drakensang feels a lot like it too. DAO is better though. : noxv1
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  if it's as good as the Baldur's Gate series I'll have to get it. : tunis5000
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    It's like NVN with a better pacing and awesome UI. The engine is great too, supposedly the same dating... : Sailor of Fortune
    • comparing it to NWN is an absolute diservice to the greatness of this game : derelict515
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  Blood Dragon Armor Powered myself up to 38 strength, here's what it looks like: http://majuju.com/drag... : Majuju
  • you look like a Cylon! : CecilPhilpot
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  lol goddamn at the top of the Tower in Osgard I just fought the Ogre and he absolutely annihilated me. : derelict515
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    for some reason, I had no problems with that fight. I guess I'm running a decent party make up. Mainly,... : JuffoWup
    • I'm a mage too, I actually got it on my second try but the first one he just annihilated the whole party : derelict515
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  wow. fucking awesome. I am now standing outside of the tower in ostengard about to go in during the batt... : mwasher
  • haha wait till you get to the top : dantastic
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  how does the pause-n-play compare to Mass Effect? i know, i know, everyone should tactical view on the P... : CecilPhilpot
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    well in the first few hours of Dragon Age I've already had far more fights that required me to micro thin... : derelict515
    • that sounds really good...you're right, the fights in ME quickly became routine, it was like settling int... : CecilPhilpot
• I just got Shale tonight. He's fucking hilarious. I never expected to recruit a foppish golem with an : Vincent Grayson
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  Man, Claudia Black is on a roll lately. Uncharted 2 and Dragon Age. Two of the best games of the year. ... : SolrFlare
  • I don't think there's any royalties. Their work is less comprehensive compared to say film contract rates... : Sailor of Fortune
  • no kidding! : CecilPhilpot
  • Raking in the flat rate payments for voice acting. : GeorgeB3DR
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  Steam oddness? Why do I have two options for "Buy Dragon Age: Origins" and "Pre-Purchase Dragon Age: O... : biofrog
  • pre purchase, you probably get a code for it! : nevlos
• I'm 5 hours into it and only just finished the joining. Holy crap this game is going to take forever, I f... : aethyr
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  The combat is almost not clunky which is pretty amazing for Bioware. It's actually good! : Boxelder
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    Dear god, my foundations are shaking. Is at least the pathfinding as rotten as ever? : enyakk
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      Actually...yeah my characters get hung up on shit a lot trying to get to an enemy. Doesn't help that in ... : cetra00
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        seems like they like to position themselves to attack from the rear if possible : smax
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          They must be related to Mace. : Salad Sammich
          • STAB HER IN THE BACK!!!!!! : dirge23
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        my mage decided to stand in fire and shoot off spells.. i only noticed when i tried to figure out why my ... : dantastic
        • i have a lot of problems with my guys straying into fire. they should be more hesitant to do that. : dirge23
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  So has anyone played it long enough to discuss what the world, environments, and game progression are lik... : pyide
  • From what I've seen the game is more linear than open, however its a good balance as it keeps the main st... : cetra00
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    Pretty standard as far as loading goes. You load when you enter/leave a town/building. As for the back... : derelict515
    • Thanks for the info you two. It's getting harder and harder to resist this one. As for what I want out... : pyide
• I was really expecting this to be a disappointment given the marketing clusterfuck but the hype wore me d... : Guybrushed
• Dragon Age is a hardcore, AAA PC centric game (rare). I hope it sells A LOT. : Patakreps
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  This game is so damn hard! I also hit a bug in Redcliffe with infinite spawning zombies. I must have kill : CapnChaos
  • Just remember infinite zombies = infinite experience : uglysad
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  Amen brother. Fucking stellar job Bioware. Thanks for taking the time and doing the PC version right.... : Tech T
  • yeah i've noticed the conversational body language is very similar to mass effect. one of the characters ... : dirge23
  • If you want to buy it again, gift it to me on Steam please : armybob
• Geez is everyone playing Mage? I'm enjoying my archery-focused Rogue. : trOmblyj
• I can't decide which chick in my party is gonna "get it" first...and by "get it" I mean crawl into my bea... : whistletits
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  The game is pretty incredible. One issue: Outside of Loathering I get my ass handed to me by a pack o : Scotty22
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    shit..shack tagged. Remove for spoiler. : Scotty22
    • Then again, it's not much of a spoiler. : Scotty22
• Agree 100%, I said the same thing couple days ago, you can not go wrong with this game. If anyone is o... : valcan_s
• I have to agree with this. : leutroyal

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• Having not played the game yet myself, I think the whole point of DA:O's combat was to cater to the audie... : quadeh
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  Ahah. Tell me, how many hours in did you play into the campaign with any one of your builds? : SpaecKow
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    About 3 for Mage 4 for Warrior 6 as a rogue build and this is probably the most fun since it requires t... : cetra00
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      That's absolutely nothing. That's a 60 hour game. The toolset, and accordingly the challenge that the ene... : SpaecKow
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        Can't really see the basic mechanics of the battle system changing that much. They never did in any othe... : cetra00
        • And its not like skills are locked away hidden or anything. Well, yes, they are. Your casters will g... : SpaecKow
    • So you've beaten the tutorial enemies for each class? How far exactly have you gone? the mage tower had : nevlos
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      uh yeah plenty of skills combo together. Freeze and enemy for example and then shield bash with a warrior... : derelict515
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        I bet he's playing on some easy difficulty too, so he can just sit there and not have to do anything. Peo... : SpaecKow
        • yeah, I often use GoW as an example. I got through all of normal without really getting the combos down a... : derelict515
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          Actually I'm playing on hard, but thanks for the advice I guess. It's like managing a full MMO party... : cetra00
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            ok I just got to the fight in (fairly early in first town spoilers) the Tower at Osgard and I seriously h... : derelict515
            • and at the top of that area its even worse : derelict515
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              Do you have the AIs set to use a potion on low health? Depending on the class and if you are going into ... : cetra00
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                I just manually use potions as necessary so that I can prefer heal spells over using consumables. What : derelict515
                • The dog has an AE stun spell that is pretty much all kinds of awesome. For the most part crowd control t... : cetra00
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        grease + fire = fire lake. And you even get a taste of in the tower of osgard or whatever it is. : JuffoWup
        • this is my mage's best trick so far : dirge23
    • Try playing on Hard or Nightmare. : SockMonkeh
• man, i LOVE the combat system in DA:O. i've loved this kind of system since Darklands. : dirge23
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  it's kind of hilarious that you're complaining about the combat system and saying they should do it more ... : derelict515
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    That's an opinion drawn from people who believe JRPGs = Final Fantasy. But it's not like I expected you ... : cetra00
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      no, it's not from people who think JRPGs = Final Fantasy. Pretty sure all the guys on the 1UP Yours podca... : derelict515
      • Now that's productive! : nevlos
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  FFXI's skillchain system got pretty old doing it over and over and over and over and over and over and ov... : CyCo_PL
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    I see the combat tactics as an evolution of a skill chain, I mean, it can adapt to specific conditions, a... : nevlos
    • It's more like gambits in FFXII, but yeah I prefer DragonAge's combat over doing the same thing over and ... : CyCo_PL
• the fact that you mentioned FFXI makes me 100% agreed with your statement : m0rfus
• MASTER YOUR TAINT : Albemuth
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  I really wish my character spoke in this game :( Mass Effect totally spoiled me. : crummynz
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    yeah =\ : derelict515
    • It's nice to have, but if it's a choice between one or the other (and I expect it probably was) I'll take... : Arceihn
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  I'm only a couple hours in, but so far, my only complaint is the lack of a lock-on button on the consoles... : BlackCat9
  • my biggest problem is that terrain tends to obscure my view of combat too much. particularly in the tower... : dirge23
• Not to be mean, but I stopped reading after "boring combat system" : whistletits
• It might have a boring combat system, but at least it's not another terrible JRPG! : datoo
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  Ok let me get this straight because combat will make 90% of the game for me its like playing a mmo but yo... : Frush81
  • There is no spamming. : nevlos

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429l13dS6kQ : notd665
  • God damn I cannot wait. : Evil Benius
  • Great trailer, but honestly, the last thing I expected to be under that spoiler tag was space :) : Durajim
  • holy shit fuck yeah. : ateam311
  • Damn that's badass : Umbr
  • I jizzed in my pants : prime8
• I'm psyched but this trailer is way better for getting me psyched: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiFSSp... : megarust32
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  Eminem song sucked for the trailer... : khaosman
  • Agreed, terrible : megarust32
  • but dude he made sure to even say his name in the middle of it so you know its him! yea...that was a to... : smacknca
  • yeah seriously : AlexXdude
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    it's good if you like Eminem I guess. I bobbed my head a little. Wish Eminem rapped like that in all his ... : bozer
    • Yeah I kinda liked it, way better than any of his recent stuff that I've heard so far. : datoo
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      Best Eminem song I've heard actually. I like the beat. : deject
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        It's a really old Em song. : h o s t i l e
        • Is it not obvious that I don't listen to Eminem? : deject
        • hah, well that makes sense. no wonder I though it was good. : datoo
  • I loved eminem in the trailer : pun][sher
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    That's a remix or something of a song from 8 Mile. I never saw that movie, but the song is sweet. Till ... : dltrem
    • Not from 8 Mile. It's from The Eminem Show : pun][sher
• Looks like a wonderful SP game. : sukabljat
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  Apparently it's the most anticipated game of the DECADE! : phate81
  • Modern Warfare is the best game of this Century - Geocities : ghost in my shell
  • yeah its like they are quoting ppl from gamefaqs ad posting it on their advertisement. : X-GOUKI
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  I'm hard. : GeorgeB3DR
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    Still. : GeorgeB3DR
    • Gross. : notd665
    • I got so hard, now I'm limp :( : pun][sher
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  Would that be a inadvertent halo jump? Awesome! : Wolfanoz
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    my guess russians or whoever you're fighting taking out a satellite, just from the pov of an astronaut : sharpie
    • Now that I slow it down, it looks more like the International Space Station : Wolfanoz
    • I know what happens there, I have spoiled the game for myself already. IT IS AWESOME. : ant_hillbilly
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      No silly, it was the Space Mujahadeen. : Sailor of Fortune
      • The bad guys are ultra-nationalists/nazis. : trove
• It's going to be good, I can't wait. Can't decide if I want it for PC or 360. : TheVietSpecial
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  Eminem are you fucking serious? was that in the official trailer too? lol that is so lame : gyokuro
  • I would pay to watch Craig Fairbrass kick Eminem's ass. : the archvile
  • they know their target demographic : aeg1x
• And in the american burbs : johngloid
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  * M O O N R A K E R ' D * : Sailor of Fortune
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    Moonraker will always be my favorite. : ateam311
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      Jaws finally found his true love! : sanchez
      • i didn't like that movie as a kid because Jaws creeped me out and his female friend did too. : yacoub35
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  this comes out tonight? : dignan
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    No. : ArcKnight
    • so, next tuesday. is it simultaneous PC and 360 launch? : dignan
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  Was this game delayed for the PC? I remember reading something about that but don't know if it's confirme... : judoka2
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    It's being released on November 13th on Steam : AlexXdude
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      November 12th : megarust32
      • that's what the main steam page is saying, but the page for MW2 says Available: 13 November 2009 This ga... : AlexXdude
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  easily the game of the year. suck shit and die nerds. : [fry]
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    It almost seems ridiculous given this trailer now, everything up to this point was awesome. Uncharted 2 ... : manlyman
    • haha it actually kind of reminds me of Infamous a bit. Like they crammed a bunch of 14 year olds who play... : aeg1x
    • The game is epic. I have watched a lot of the campaign already. Between the music score and the atmosph... : ant_hillbilly
    • because of shitty music and an unknown unexpected sequence? riiiight. : maulla
• i fucking told you so. The next one will have time travel, they have no where else to go. : filthysock
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  Fuck. The $20 gaming credit from amazon plus release day delivery is making this really tempting. : Prozium
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    amazon does release day delivery? how much extra is that? : xxiv
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      It was actually cheaper than standard shipping. I was surprised. : silent77
      • yeah, like 7 bucks not bad. ordered : xxiv
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    Really? Purchasing now for the 360, I guess now PC gaming is truly dead. : RyDogg1
    • Nah. RyDogg you should know better than to declare PC gaming dead. :) : MercFox1
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  Fiery explosions in space, really IW? : mechanicalgrape
  • liquid oxygen tanks! : multisync
  • because this never happens in movies? Its obviously done for the dramatic effect : maulla
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  while this trailer seems kind of juvenile and bro-centric, i noticed they did this for MW and the game di... : EvilDolemite
  • DA:O featured shitty metal in their trailers, but it was absent from the game (thank god). I feel this s... : TheVietSpecial
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  Wait.... space!? NOW IM FUCKING INTERESTED : Cliffzorz
  • Soap in space! : Prozium
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  fucking sound in space >:( : thecray
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    So if something goes boom in space near you, you wouldn't hear anything in your helmet? I know sound doe... : kingdepork
    • there is no sound in a vacuum. : Jimbo Ro
    • It's not a matter of being loud/violent enough. There's nothing to transmit the sound. It's a vacuum! : Arceihn
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      sounds are pressure waves that travel through the air, there is no air in space : OrkO
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        So it's going to be a level with no sound? nice lol.. : mystifier
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          that would be awesome, nothing but the sound of you breathing in your suit : OrkO
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            It would be, I can't believe nobody ever does it. wierd. it must be the fucking producers "we can't have ... : barichnikov
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              Dead space had space levels, and they were done incredibly well: Weapons you fired still made a sound, al... : Klebold
              • That makes sense. You could still hear/feel any vibration transmitted to your suit by direct contact. : Rehevkor
              • your own breathing was the major sound i remember : dirge23
              • yup that's what i meant. it was really well done in Dead Space : barichnikov
• it's almost as if their entire marketing is just a crazy joke because they already know how insanely well... : mwasher
• It may be cheesy as shit, but I'm still stoked : ColoradoCNC
• get outta da choppa! : deviantpaul
• I am going to enjoy playing this consolized game. On a console. : ryuuseki
• Goddamn that looks fucking amazing. : freshyk
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  God fucking damnit. Now I HAVE to buy this next week and I was hoping to wait it out >:( : freakynipples69
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    Anyone know if I buy a retail PC version of MW2, can I register it with Steam so it's always in my librar... : freakynipples69
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      The game uses steamworks, so I believe thats exactly what happens : maulla
      • Okay cool. : freakynipples69
      • This hasn't been confirmed though that you can purchase a retail CD and get around the CD key check. : stgdz
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    I've been fence sitting on MW2 as well as I'm not huge into the MP (gasp!) but after seeing this I think ... : paroxym
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      I was honestly more excited about MP but after that trailer, I'm now more excited for SP! : freakynipples69
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        Yeah, the levels in Chernobyl in the first game made it worth it for me alone. As soon as it drops to $50... : MercFox1
        • I wanted to do the same, wait for a price drop, but given MW history it'll be awhile :\ : freakynipples69
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  I'm seriously thinking of skipping this one. Although the multiplayer might be fun! : Dave-A
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    Man. Polar opposite. I want to buy it solely for the SP. Apparently plays like a movie. : tboomer2
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      Yeah, I'm not a fan of those kind of games : Dave-A
      • If it's anywhere close to COD4's story, I'll grab it. I'm into these games for the SP. Just no time for... : tboomer2
• Sounds like that recent G.I.Joe movie? : yacoub35
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  has IW fix'd the respawning enemies with this? : stgdz
  • Apparently, yes. They spawn a fixed amount of AI and you play through. : tboomer2

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• no one uses headphones? : DogDharma
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  I use Audio-Technica ATH-A700s with a cheap Labtec desk mic. : Head Rush
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    Yeah I use the ATH-A900s. It's amazing just how comfortable that entire line is and you can wear them fo... : cetra00
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      If and when my 700s go, I won't hesitate to grab the 900s. Most comfortable headphones I've owned, and th... : Head Rush
      • Same here, I had the A500's before and couldn't use a different headphone because the ATH series are incr... : Matt Burris
  • Ditto on the A700's (superb soundstage and crisp bass with a decent headphone amp.) : Matt Burris
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    his mic fuckin sucks a dick : dantastic
    • I think you're confusing my mic and yourself again. : Head Rush
  • A500s here--over five years old and still superb, although in need of new pads. : Merconium
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  BeyerDynamic DT770's and a seperate mic. : broly1718
  • If only i could route my xbox mic through this setup : broly1718
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  sometimes I use my ULRASONE HFI-580 headphones : OhSnapHighFive
  • sorry...ULTRASONE i missed the T : OhSnapHighFive
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  seinhieser HD515 and cheapo desk mic : filthysock
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    How do you like the HD 515s? : manlyman
    • love em. They're huge so they don't end up hurting my ears after prolonged use like other headphones do. : filthysock
• Sennheiser HD 457 : n0v4
• I use no name craptastic headphone with a mic on the cable that clips onto your shirt. Sound only comes o... : thrallie200
• http://store.apple.com/us/product/TV599ZM/A?n=headphones&fnode=MTY1NDA0MA&mco=MTA4MjUzMTU&s=topSellers th... : DogDharma
• I prefer dedicated headphone with separate desk microphone. I'm still using my Sennheiser HD580s from 20... : hohoh0
• Sennheiser HD650's but i use a separate shitty mic'd headset for vent... I wish I could get some sort of ... : Cubictoast
• AKG 240s Best headphones period. : Melignus
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  Sennheiser HD570 headphones, cheap labtec mic from Wal-Mart. Headsets are for consoles. Buy a separate ... : jimmy-buffett
  • 570 represent! Mine are a decade old, I just had to replace the cable on them but the cans are still goin... : rudds
• I got a pair of Sennheiser PC350s recently and they are excellent. Really block out external noise, and h... : five_percent
• I'm using plantronics 777s right now. Looking for a wireless headset that doesn't suck : Umbr
• I odn't use a mic at all, but for gaming and music I use a pair of Koss TD85s http://www.koss.com/koss... : IndigoAK
• sennheiser hd580 : smackpiece
• Gamercom 337, they were expensive, but I'm tired in buying $20 gaming headphones that break after 4-6 mon... : Darkfox76
• I splurged on some Astro A40s about a month back. Very very happy with them, by far the most comfortable ... : Serpico74
• I just bought the Razer headset and can't wait to try it out. It feels so comfortable already, but I've o... : reelbk
• Sony MDR-V6 : xylopagus
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  If you don't mind closed headphones, the Logitech G35's are *extremely* nice, though they will only work ... : aggressor
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    does this work on PS3? I know the plantronics based USB ones usually do. : moe6
    • Without drivers, you won't be able to use the dolby digital 7.1 stuff, if they even worked at all. : aggressor
  • I use these and love them. : InfoBiter
• Do any of you own the Tritton AX180 or AX720 headphones? The concept seems pretty neat. http://www.tri... : aggressor
• I just use standard ear buds. I used to have an awesome pair of gaming headphones back when I was in coll... : thetangent
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  i have a microsoft life chat LX-3000. It's USB which i now prefer. just plug the USB in and start a gam... : dantastic
  • btw i think this cost me about 20-30 bucks at best buy on sale and they seem like they should have been a... : dantastic
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    ^^ I have these and they're ok! They also work on the ps3 if that's any use to you. : sethmarc
    • huh, you'd have to sit 3-4 feet away from your ps3? : dantastic
• iPhone earbuds, but I just got the Apple in-ear headphones. The mic is built in and I can control my musi... : BlackCat9
• cheapo gamer here, been using Sennheiser EH-150 headphones, somehow always manage to bust one of my headp... : supaLink
• Sony MDR-7506, i just recently modified a labtec LVA-7330 mic to attach to the side of them with a velcro... : alphablu
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  I have a pair of Sennheiser PC-350s on the way. After doing some research about the complaint that they'... : Sapiens
  • I have these and the sound quality, especially on the bass department, got a huge boost when I went from ... : ramshot
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  Sennheiser HD595s, cheap Logitech desktop mic. : omnova
  • are those 595's amplified? : Tawler
• the Senn PC 161 is a great lightweight headset...still prefer my Bose on-ear headphones for music tho' : CecilPhilpot
• Ten year old cheap Sennheisers, no mic. : rick
• http://www.astrogaming.com/products/detail/3/A40-Audio-System/ : pancake humper
• Sennheiser 155, they have the mic built in. They're old headphones, but I really like 'em. : helvetica
• I love my Sennz HD 555s. I use a shitty logitech combo headset/mic 99 percent of the time. The 555s are m... : squigiliwams
• Some cheap ones I got off woot (cover entire ear + integrated mic). USB, which is pretty nice. I can ju... : goatjc
• Sennheiser PC350, they have a mic. For gaming, they are perfect. Super clear sound, best mic quality I've... : ramshot

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  you chose soldier - worst possible decision : multisync
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    Why is that, msync? Isn't it a good class? : Nitrium
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      I hear that it's boring in general, and that the turret sucks late in the game : riptyde
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        ^^ so boring and really not fun, my hunter is 1,000x more fun : multisync
        • Hunter is very fun, especially with the loot-pinata bird. Siren is pretty cool too, once you get to abou... : Clasifyd
      • I really like my soldier and my turret is still bringing the rapetrain in Playthrough 2, which by the way... : Sapiens
      • The turret sucks for the whole game. I can count the number of times I've used it on one hand (16 hours i... : roushimsx
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        Very true. The Beserker is great for just total hilarity, and the Siren is great for stealth tactics and... : Rotten Deadite
        • Siren is great in co-op because she can sprint ahead to get to the nearest station to teleport the group ... : yacoub35
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  25 hours and level 27? I put in 25 hours and hit level 50....I think you're doing something wrong. : SlingBlaze
  • 25 hours with two characters, to be clear. But, anyway, I don't see the game getting any different from n... : Nitrium
• I am also Level 27 and I feel the same way you do. The game has so many ridiculously easy-to-fix bugs tha... : The Grolar Bear
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  I just want to shoot shit and grab loot. So far it's providing that for me :). I do wish there was mor... : Reeves
  • I'm the same, shooting shit and grabbing loot is all i need really. I'm level 41 having just started my ... : dasampla
• I agree with all your points, I'm level 22 now as a hunter and the game hasn't impressed me in any way wh... : dkrulz
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  It's okay to not like a game. I lost interest in L4D after two weeks. : Nicodemush
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    The difference is that L4D is a good game, and I have a fucking blast those 2 weeks. Borderlands has c... : Ebu
    • Stop playing Borderlands. Never buy another Gearbox game. Problem solved. (I'll keep playing Borderlands ... : Nicodemush
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  I think the sound design in the game is one of its best features. : silent prophet
  • I love the sound the rockets make as they pass overhead. : thejay247
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  I pretty much agree. Aside from the poor PC port (at least it isn't crash crazy), the actual game is comp... : Nighteyes
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    This is why I decided not to buy this game. I really wanted it when I heard skill tree, but it's not a sk... : greh kleh
    • That's okay, not everyone wants some hardcore RPG. A shooter with some RPG elements is perfect and there ... : yacoub35
• I got to level 12 and haven't really played again since lo : AlexXdude
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  Honestly the first half of the game is way more difficult than the second half. You're just getting to th... : mysled
  • Fair enough - I think I'll come back to it later, after (hopefully) a patch is released and bugs are fixe... : Nitrium
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  I love my Pistolero Hunter. Its the perfect game to casually play to relax. I don't have to think too h : SqueegyTBS
  • Yeah I like the pick up and play for an hour or two aspect. Although I was halfway through a mission toni... : bling1bling
  • Man this right here sums up what Borderlands is so much fun. This man is a genius. : Link.
  • After all the good things I've heard I think I'm going to try this route with mine. I found a badass s... : MacemanInTW
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  Sounds like you need some vitamin DOW2 :D : geedeck
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    more like vitamin laststandinonemapforeveroverandoveragain :( that was fun for a week but i already unins... : DrFlammable
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      I was talking more about just playing some standard DoW2 multiplayer. But I do agree that Last Stand shou... : geedeck
      • that was what I'm thinking about, too - good ol' DoW2 MP : Nitrium
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    YES! : Nitrium
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      i'm kind of in hibernation mode with DoW2 since im pretty burned out (haven't stopped playing until now s... : Klebold
      • Well, to be fair you've played A LOT of games. : Nitrium
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  Playthrough2 ramps up the enemies considerably. Encounters have more enemies, higher class enemies, with... : dopefish
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    Yeah, I was getting bored toward the end as well. Playthrough 2 pretty much instantly rekindled my intere... : Helter Skelter
    • Doesn't feel any harder to me because my sniper is so damn powerful. I'm also skipping every damn side qu... : pyide
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    ^ This is pretty correct. I was in a standoff with some spiderants last night that lasted for every bit : Clasifyd
    • Haha, yeah in playthrough 2 there are several areas where we've had epic several-minute wars with huge nu... : DinK
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    Hmm so I guess the best route would be to finish the first playthrough as fast as possible, skipping side... : Nitrium
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      From your OP I think you'd have more fun if you did this. : DinK
      • Yeah... I think I'll get my Level 24 Berseker and play solo all the plot missions as fast as possible and... : Nitrium
• I'm level a level 23 soldier and am still enjoying the shit out of this game (on PC, alone). I find the t... : rick
• After my first playthrough I really have no desire to play through again :/ : AgentPothead
• Playthrough 2 is where you'll get your challenging enemies. : DinK
• GET 'EM BLOOD! Good game last night. We ran into harder mobs later in the night. i agree that Soldier's t... : yacoub35

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• I didn't care for the story after T2, and as a pure scifi action movie this one was pure WIN. : razorblade79
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  That movie achieved a very special level of bullshit in that it's totally incapable of having a "stupides... : haiku
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    You and I are way more alike than you would probably want to admit. : dognose
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      Close anyway: You: Love Robocop - Me: Love Robocop You: Don't eat meat or dairy - Me: Vegan You: Pra... : dognose
      • Geez, get a room you two...! : d fluke
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  Even dumber: How the hell does Skynet know who Kyle Reese is? How would it know that he is the father of : Serpico74
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    Fuck, worst movie I've seen in years, I can't think of anything that comes close. : Serpico74
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      Well there's Transformers 2. : Prozium
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        I hated T4 way more, they're not even in the same zip code : Serpico74
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          Off the top of my head it would be T4 >> MIssion To Mars >>>>>>> Wanted >>>>>>>> Transformers I was fu... : Serpico74
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            GO Joe was more fun to watch than Trsnsformers 2 : sikander
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              Yeah, GI Joe was surprisingly fun : alnya
              • especially the accelerator suits scene. : stgdz
          • I at least had fun watching Wanted... it was a POS but the action was cool. T4 was just boring and stupi... : CyCo_PL
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          It's true. Terminator Salvation makes Terminator 2 look like a good movie. And I really thought Terminato... : haiku
          • I agree. T2 had groundbreaking special effects and great chase scenes but man was the rest of the movie a... : Serpico74
      • dont forget wolverine : happynoodle
  • Reading your posts about this movie is so cathartic. I'm so glad I never saw it. Fuck it's sad it got mad... : brickmatt
  • Sarah Connor's medical records probably mention Kyle Reese. That's as far as I'm going to go to try and... : cerealSAM2
  • Even dumberer: Connor getting impaled and living and his wife doing a heart transplant in a tent in the d : prime8
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  To me, the stupidest thing was that the film didn't even have the balls to wreck the story it was shittin... : kallanta
  • Yeah, the heart donation at the end was just too much : sikander
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  i hate the fact that given any sci fi franchise, at the end of the day - it still comes down to melee com... : Klebold
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    Wrath of Khan didn't. : Conan
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      as a franchise, star trek is notoriously bad for goofy melee combat resolving most conflicts. : Klebold
      • one of the many reasons that makes Wrath of Kahn so good. : baron calamity
  • Giant robots hitting each other syndrome : alnya
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    I was just complaining about this with the new V remake. : brickmatt
    • you reckon its so then the good guys can keep looking good? i guess it would be a little evil if the prot... : Klebold
• That movie was so terrible it gave me nightmares for 2 weeks. : ant_hillbilly
• My personal favorite part about Salvation was the end when the veterinarian performs a human heart transp : ]aratex[
• I like the bit with the motorbikes with usb ports, because obviously the machines leave external data con... : nodebug
• I liked thos T600s, they were cool : dael
• "mcg" made it, are you really that surprised at how retarded it is? : arizona bay
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  when i heard they were making a terminator movie about the future war i was excited as hell. pretty mu... : xxiv