Evening Reading: Epic Unleashes the Hordes

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• Awesome. : abrasion
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  We have people at DICE so perhaps they can confirm/deny? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    This would be great. Stamped on 26th of October, so it should be there by now I think. : Syrek
    • That picture shows a letter that's already been mailed and opened, so it would have to not only be there ... : DinK
  • Saw this a day or two ago. Maybe on Joystiq or Kotaku. : prime8
  • This is real. Made me feel really good actually. : -efx-
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  I don't get it. : sambront
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    Gamer pissed at lack of dedicated servers in MW2 sent a cheque for the cost of MW2 to DICE as a protest a... : alnya
    • Oh ok, I get it. I had to figure out what all the censored blanks were. I don't keep up with these types ... : sambront
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  when did they decide to allow dedicate servers again? : GloriousCow
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    It's Bad company, not EA. I think they always had dedicated servers. : razlebol
    • err I meant not Activision/infinity ward. : razlebol
    • oh, i get it now. : GloriousCow
• EA really needs to capitualize on this and put a pre-order up on steam before the release of MW2. : stgdz
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  If only there was a monetary way to support Dice for the BF:BC2 release. : festivalman
  • This is, he'll probably buy the game too. : one random winner
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  that is some fucked up hand writing right there : moe6
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    It's what happens when you've used a keyboard almost all your life : Home Nugget
    • no, it's what happens when you're lazy : moshman
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  nice handwriting, is this guy 5? : moshman
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    it looks like typical nerdwriting to me : GloriousCow
    • i would have been beaten in primary school for that : moshman
    • Looks exactly like a friend's handwriting, and he's left-handed. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    Moshman I expect better from you, cmon man, it's 2009 - handwriting is dead. : abrasion
    • i am assuming this person didn't learn how to write in the last 9 years : moshman
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    it's hard to write legibly when you are nerd ragin' like that. : ass-street
    • very good point : moshman
• This is pretty much how I feel : kill9
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  Why not just pre-order the game with that money? : r_picmip 5
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    no pre-order on steam or through EA downloader? : stgdz
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      It's at EB Games and Amazon and probably a countless other places. : r_picmip 5
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        He wanted the developer to have his money early. He didn't want some merchant sitting on it. : mathyou
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          That's a bit naive. Maybe he should have saved the money for the dedicated server rental. Because tha... : r_picmip 5
          • I didn't even know that. : Johnnsen
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            Most of us do this already. The number running their own server on their own hardware has decreased stead... : LoioshDwaggie
            • To parrot the MW2 boycotters: They are taking away a choice. Similar concerns can be made with this mo... : r_picmip 5
• Better way to protest than some fucking online signature bs. Also that's what happens to your handwriting... : lightly inclined
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  At some point you got to let technology evolve... I don't really like those fans bullying studios into... : melt_core
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    Okay, what if I already know how the result will play out, and I still don't like it? Also, the P2P move... : Syrek
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      You don't know how the result will play out. Give the benefit of the doubt to them and if it sucks it... : melt_core
      • I don't know how it will play out? Because I have never played an FPS that handled MP by peer2peer trans... : Syrek
      • We know how it will play out because L4D, Fear, Dragon Rising and a few other games tried this. L4D's ... : Beady
      • we know that there will be no dedicated servers with everything you would expect from them which will inc... : Hoax
  • except that P2P has been tried and it isn't an evolution at all. The result is exactly what people care a... : Benefit
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    I don't get your point. You see matchmaking as an evolution? Fans voting with their dollars is a bad th... : tree8
    • Descent did P2P (PC DOS game from over a decade ago) :) : LoioshDwaggie
  • P2P is complete shit, if tech goes that way say good bye to 30-40+ multiplayer battles. : stgdz
• lol : Mansmells
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  Hey, what are those square things with the bells on them?! : warcrow
  • Don't troll me bro. : Syrek
  • liberty bell.... liberty bell... OOH! THREE LIBERTY BELLS, APU! : Dave-A
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  lol : maulla
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    yeah basically : FrayLo
    • can i get in on this two-man circle jerk? : yacoub35
• Nice idea. Go go BC2. : Johnnsen
• ahahahahahahahahaaha : FormerHPB
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  Why did he write the cents as a fraction? sixty and 00/100 ? I've never seen that before, is it common... : abrasion
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    Yes, I do that. : r_picmip 5
    • Likewise. : Navy Spitfire
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    That's how I was taught in school. I still do it on withdrawal/deposit slips. I think it's supposed to st... : TheMonkeyWench
    • jeah. : ass-street
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      They taught you how to write checks in school?! I write them that way, but thats how my parents showed... : maulla
      • ^Ditto. You know, it would be smart for the schools to do that, but I guess wood shop is more important.... : one random winner
      • I went to an L.A. public highshool and I was taught how to write a check and read a credit card statement... : r_picmip 5
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      That totally makes sense - but I thought if you just write it all in english in the english bit then all ... : abrasion
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        Actually that's -exactly- how a withdrawal fraud was done a few years back. A man made his own disappeari... : LoioshDwaggie
        • What a legend! : abrasion
• You don't need dedicated servers on a console. : azenmaster
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  http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2/838715-please-dont-let-happen-bc2.html#post1... : MercFox1
  • Sounds like something Steve Gibson said. : r_picmip 5
• By the handwriting and the $2.20 postage, he is retarded. : kingdepork

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• Tell us already : sadjack
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  i'll understand abrasion : moshman
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    In every version of Windows from 95 to XP, if you back up a machines c:\ entirely (/windows/) included th : abrasion
    • That sucks. I've used that trick too. : prime8
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      well, I can understand how that may annoy you in your previous habits but it was probably a good decision... : moshman
      • It's not really hacked, the .INF file is smart enough to tell Windows precisely which files it needs - so... : abrasion
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      There, now that wasn't difficult at all, was it? : cerealSAM2
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        Most of the time when I go into anything remotely technical I'm told off for either whining about obscure... : abrasion
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          don't listen to the haters abrasion. they just blindly give your posts shit without actually thinking abo... : moshman
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            I finally found a driver for this 500mw USB wifi card! >:) thank god, my internet quota is low and I hav... : abrasion
            • you give me 500mb today i'll pay you pack 200mb by tuesday : moshman
        • quit whining about being told off for whining, whiner : fishbone
        • because your technical skills are lol : pancake humper
        • It's hard to say what you do and don't know, but more often than not I (and others) get the impression th... : ateam311
        • That's because most of your conventions are "doing it wrong" but that doesn't mean everything you do is.... : deject
    • yup that was handy at times. Not so obscure I think as I've seen a few other people do it too. : dooberzoo
    • I don't think that's obscure at all for anybody who's spent time installing drivers. I don't do any kind... : DinK
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      well it is kind of obscure but it is a neat tricked, I think I've used it a few times. : nomaad
      • *trick : nomaad
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      that is a handy trick but I think they reason they removed it is partly due to UAC. You don't want someo... : redfive
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        but this isn't really hacking in a driver, really I'm loading on a perfectly valid driver - infact it may... : abrasion
        • oh yeah I know exactly what you're doing. I used to do it all the time. The 'hack' term is very loose a... : redfive
      • In the real world hardware vendors don't give a fuck and the more you pay for the hardware and for "suppo... : baron calamity
    • Wow that is really annoying. I've done that hundreds of times in the past.. : baron calamity
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  can't use underscores in drive naming. : drucifer
  • lol : abrasion
  • ahahaha great : umegastar
• tell us and we shall sympathize : nomaad
• I'll mail you a Flip and you can record the problem for us... through interpretive dance : Home Nugget
• Finally my SSD's are doing something where I can actually notice the performance increase! - Virtual Mac... : abrasion
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  im just gonna keep on using XP. : arizona bay
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    XP is finished. : abrasion
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      what is it blowing up or something fuck that : boring gegtik
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        It's 2009 and 4gb is now shipping in 500$ computers, enthusiasts are getting at the bare minimum 4, 6 is ... : abrasion
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          woooo <--- nutcase! : brainchild420
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            Rosewood has 12gb....... : abrasion
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              oh man, rosewood wins :( : brainchild420
              • fuck yea I do : rosewood
      • it's a little premature to say that's it's finished right now but the roadmap has been layed out for 2012... : redfive
      • "Finished" is not really the way I'd describe it. It's on track to becoming entirely unsupported and you ... : ateam311
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  You know how in Windows Explorer you have that list of folders to the left and the list of whatever selec... : Schnapple
  • Yes, there are many silly things like this in Windows Vista and 7 where the explorer interface is worse t... : abrasion
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  What do y'all think would be on this network? ...... Phil might know,... http://members.iinet.net.au/~sco... : abrasion
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    sounds like someone doesn't know how to secure their router : redfive
    • Nah it's been like that for 4 months, I'm pretty sure it's the geeky dude below my apt with the rainbow s... : abrasion

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• It is cool. A steal at $10 : Nali4Freedom
• Mass Effect is pretty good, and the PC version is the superior version of it. For $10, you can't go wrong... : Vincent Grayson
• Probably the best $10 game in a long time for Steam. : pyide
• One of the best games I've ever played, and a total steal at $10. : Ormsbee
• $10 is a great deal despite its flaws : derelict515
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  For $10 you are basically robbing them. You goddamn robber! : enyakk
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    I robbed them good! I had already paid $60 for it on the 360 though :( I'm so glad the sequel will be ... : pyide
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      but if you switch platforms you won't be able to carry over your save :( : derelict515
      • Yeah, but now he has a reason to play through it again... he has to have a save game ready to go on the P... : Ormsbee
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        Those saves are long gone. I wanted to play through the game again right before the sequel so it's fresh ... : pyide
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          I could have sworn there was a way to unlock Hardcore and Insanity from the start in the PC version. Now ... : pyide
          • Finally! -change m_nAchievedCombatDifficultyOverride=-1 to m_nAchievedCombatDifficultyOverride=4 in... : pyide
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        What exactly is being carried over ? Cause my dude was level 49 when I finished the game, and pretty much... : barichnikov
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          No, you will start at level 1, but a lot of your decisions in the game will have impacts in ME2. : LoioshDwaggie
          • lame, so my dude forgot how to use a sniper rifle and how to talk to ppl ? : barichnikov
• ok i robbed them, you guys convinced me. you better not let me down! : fried rice
• $10??? whoa. sold. : GloriousCow
• Totally worth $10. : CyCo_PL
• I'm more excited for ME2 than I have been for any game since HL2. : peanut-
• I already have Assasin's Creed, Psychonauts, and Max Payne 1 + 2 to play through. These Steam sales can g... : Afterglow
• I found it enjoyable and for $10 that'd be an easy buy : pharom
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  I got bored of this game about an hour in. Once they gave me a ship and told me to go planet to planet w/... : jodiuh
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    You poor soul you probably just did some side missions :( : SpaecKow
    • Hmmm...maybe now that I'm gonna be getting a 360, I could try it on that. I think part of the problem's t... : jodiuh
• Paid $20 for this a year ago and would've happily spent more. : Tawler
• I've never played it, and despite having several other games keeping me occupied at the moment I picked i... : lefthighkick
• Bleh I can't spare $10 right now. Looks cool though, never played it. : Nitrium
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  wack. the word is wack. jesus christ internet learn to spell your 80s slang will you. : Mansmells
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    is it spelled wiggity or wiggety : GloriousCow
    • "i" followed by two "g"s makes me nervous, i refuse to comment : Mansmells
    • h-wiggity : Home Nugget
• I was waiting for this! Yesterday, I was going to make a post asking if people thought ME was going to b... : treefingers1
• Nice, downloading now. 7.50€ over here, what a steal. : knepus
• Mass Effect is fucking win on pc : roushimsx
• I would definitely get it if I hadn't already played through twice on 360, and if I didn't already have a... : DinK
• For $10? I would certainly say so! : warcrow
• buy! : Mmmmmoo

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  Bought'd. : ArcKnight
  • Sweet! :D : Vantage
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  Congrats! So you settled on 'Mons' still? :D : xsoulbrothax
  • For now, yeah. :) : Vantage
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  Grats =D I take it you worked out your legal troubles with the title? : InfoBiter
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    Well, I emailed cdbaby to see what they say. For now I'll stick with Mons. If there's an issue with iTu... : Vantage
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      Would it even matter since you're Canadian? : ArcKnight
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        I dunno how they deal with multiple artists with the same name, but even if they don't care, there's stil... : Vantage
        • What if they buy yours thinking it's his, and like yours better :O : dognose
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  I couldn't find the option to request an autographed one :( : dognose
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    I also don't feel like I paid enough for shipping. I don't know how to work PayPal I guess. : dognose
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      Well, I'm just sending them out in padded envelopes via regular mail. It's between $3 and $3.50 dependin... : Vantage
      • Should be more than that from Canadia to the US? Lemme know and I can PayPal the difference. : dognose
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    there was an option to "add a name" on the screen AFTER I entered my credit card info. : fatman
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      Ah well I'll have to re-buy it and sell the other one on eBay. : dognose
      • Or put YOUR autograph on it and sell it on the shack instead. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• bought and stuff! : fatman
• I'll pick it up tomorrow, I just made a thread about needing new music tonight! Gratz sir. : devi| dog
• Also that PayPal button is worthless and I hadda use the link next to it you fortunately provided. : dognose
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  Yeah, btw dudes, if you want me to sign it, there's a box for special instructions after you enter your p... : Vantage
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    hmm, is this set up to handle international purchases? It's telling me the shipping is $3 to the Isle of... : ZeroSignal
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      I (and Paypal afaik?) are not really set up to handle differential shipping rates/locations, so it's just... : Vantage
      • Ahh, paypal USA can. Paypal Canada cannot differentiate by region. Durrr. : Vantage
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        You might want to check out the shipping rates before you promise that. :-) : [7]kami
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          It'll cost $8ish to ship to the UK apparently. :( I don't know what to do about that. I want to sell ... : Vantage
          • (mons@monstunes.com) : Vantage
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            Heh, I just put my order through :/ : ZeroSignal
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              It's cool. I can't imagine I'll get many customers from the Isle of Man, so consider it a bonus for bein... : Vantage
              • Thanks :) : ZeroSignal
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  How much do I pay to get a copy delivered to me personally by you? : michaelleung
  • Mail me a return plane ticket to where you live, and I'll hand deliver a signed cd, free of charge! : Vantage
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  Dude, I've seen you post about your music but never actually had a chance to listen to it. I just listene... : -sk-
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    INTERNATIONAL DUDES: Ok, you know what? International shipping looks like it's only $5 anyways (~100g l... : Vantage
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      Bought :) : -sk-
      • Awesome. :D I'm glad you checked out my music! I am going to have fun signing all of these shack order... : Vantage
    • If you feel bad about the extra $2, send me a post card or something. :P : Vantage
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      Famous last words. It's only a matter of time before your music appears in some German fetish porn! : underground banana plantation
      • Then I can sue for copyright infringement and make millions! Of course, they may be millions originall... : Vantage
• It's really good, good luck, : imcompa
• I need a forest rain remix. : askedrelic

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  apple is going to take it over. : massdev
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    not unless their hardware gets massively cheaper : retardhumper
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      I don't think so. They market themselves as the "premium" PC experience -- by selling to the elitists wi... : Jobos
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        class-warfare.... are you kidding? : mXENO
        • Absolutely not. Go learn about marketing and get back to me. It's a war out there. It's a war for the ... : Jobos
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        That computer really tied the room together. : CyCo_PL
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          not on the rug mac, man : Joseph
          • Obviously, you are not a bowler. : lotus2133
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        I own three Macs. : the archvile
        • I'm sorry. : CyCo_PL
      • Your insecurity must be off the charts. : vigilante
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        Even then something like 80% of Mac owners use a PC, so it's not even really that good at being anything ... : free2game365
        • http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/10/06/1620202/Most-Mac-Owners-Also-Own-a-Windows-PC-But-Not-Vice-Ve... : free2game365
  • Hahahaha, that would require them to keep their video drivers up to date. : Arcanum
  • You guys all laugh at this but I could see this happening. : Dr_Cube
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  The way I see it, pc is becoming more of a casual/mmo/indie platform. Of course they're moving mmos to co... : Jikim
  • as soon as pc developers figure out how to "go online" and not piss off 90% of gamers in the process the ... : italiano3d
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  I think everying will be online only subscription service one day. Even single player games. : baron calamity
  • It's going to be fun streaming a 30 GB single-player game. I don't think that game boxes are going away ... : the archvile
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  PC gaming hasn't gotten more popular or less popular over the years, it's pretty much remained the same. ... : phate81
  • I think this is probably the smartest perspective I've heard on the subject. : Jobos
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    Except consoles in the 360/PS3 sense of the word haven't really grown at all. The PS2 still looms large o... : SpaecKow
    • They've grown quite a bit in the sense that they're far more profitable thanks to DLC and marketplace-typ... : Sapiens
    • Don't forget that for a long time the PS2 had no competition. Look at the Apple App Store. Nothing has ... : Jobos
  • The rapid growth of consoles which can deliver similar experiences to the PC. See that's the rub, mos : Schnapple
  • This is pretty much how I feel. Because we're involved in the hobby it seems a hell of a lot bigger to us... : ColoradoCNC
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  Today, I believe more then ever its a dying breed. (Though I dont mean it to die completely, but what we ... : chilln
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    I think having to spend €500 on PC upgrades every year if you want to play all the newest stuff at ... : code-e255
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      I think that spreading the "myth" that somehow you have to spend that much every year isn't very responsi... : wytefang
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        Radeon 5850 is like $180. That is not expensive at all, and thats practically a top of the line card. : MercFox1
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          where the hell do you get a 5850 for $180? I think your thinking of a 5750, and that is not top of the l... : DogDharma
          • whoops, I meant $280. Point still stands though; extremely solid card, but you could easily step down to ... : MercFox1
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    i tend to disagree innovation thanks to publishers AND jaded whiners i mean gamers are whats killing the ... : italiano3d
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      Do you remember how bad Steam was at the start? Everyone shit all over it BECAUSE it was terrible. Valve,... : MercFox1
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        steam was pretty much the same as it is now except used a wee bit more emmory : italiano3d
        • Apparently someone doesn't remember it being horrible and buggy (it was horrible and buggy). : h0cake
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  It all depends on how major publishers treat the platform, if they continue to release their shitty ports... : SpaecKow
  • Let's hope the East Europeans can bring some quality titles. There is market on the PC to be taken by som... : te[R]ror
• probably shrink back down a niche hobby market like in the before-time. : algernoN8
• PC gaming is great right now. We don't have as much trash being released, we still have games coming out ... : SockMonkeh
• Hopefully publishers ditch the 'one size fits all' mentality when it comes to PC ports and start producin... : Ajax
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  Well, if you think about it, both consoles and PC's feed off each other's successes. The consoles ca... : Jobos
  • Wow, this is a great post. : MercFox1
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    This is a pretty good way of looking at it, except for that "which it is" line. Good post. : SiW.
    • it is vastly superior from a technology and customizability standpoint. It isn't about which games are be... : italiano3d
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      I call PC gaming a "superior experience" because of the same reason driving stickshift is a superior expe... : Jobos
      • See, now you've lost me on your side ;) : SiW.
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    The cycle may be busted though. There is no longer that drive to get people to upgrade their hardware. Wh... : te[R]ror
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      the cycle isnt really broken so much as developers have still yet to catch on with hardware. Physics and ... : italiano3d
      • I agree with italiano3d. More computing enables some incredibly stunning features, not just visuals. A lo... : Dr_Cube
  • Tis a good post : Dr_Cube
• I play console more than PC games for quite a few reasons, but the biggest is that it's more convenient f... : jingletard
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  Gaming as a whole is all headed in the same direction. Currently PC gaming is completely overshadowed... : InfoBiter
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    I think that you could argue that the convergence happened with the past generation when games hit PC res... : trevis
    • Honestly I don't see it happening. As consoles have become more expensive and "PC like" they've just beco... : free2game365
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    Your assessment is lacking the explicit distinctions between a console an a PC. Those differences will n... : Jobos
    • "bake a cake" should read "boil a pot of water" -- hey, it's late and i'm hungry. : Jobos
    • Yet PDA's no longer exist. They have been completely replaced by smart-phones. MP3 players are getting cl... : InfoBiter
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      That's a bad analogy. An "ovenwave" would be awkward because the mechanisms underlying ovens and microwav... : Felraiser
      • WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF OVENS, YOUR IN FOR A WILD RIDE. : Jackass1233
    • Buddy, I have a microwave that is also an Oven in my house. Japanese homes are too small for ovens so alm... : Nighteyes
    • I would like to introduce to you the concept of the Turbochef. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/dinin... : Helter Skelter
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    uhh, if anything the number of neat indie games and pc exclusive games are increasing. : DeBurgo
    • also the platforms will never converge if this platform isn't a completely open one : DeBurgo
  • The thing is, there will always be stand alone PCs. At the very least businesses will not want to buy som... : Nali4Freedom
• Well just to give you a background of what kind of a gamer I am, I played mostly RTS and FPS games as a k... : free2game365
• Mainstreaming gaming is a fad just like all other mainstream media , all the main-streamers will eventual... : shakybonez31
• The PC is a breeding ground for 'niche' and experimental games. We've had some really good indie releases : gingerninja
• I think I am going to go with what you say. Slightly less popular; somewhat hold where it is now. There w... : Dr_Cube
• It's heading in a fantastic direction, never been better. People concentrating on PC gamers being shafted... : DeBurgo
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  As long as there is Blizzard, there is hope. They do console numbers on PC. : Avatar
  • Don't forget Valve and Bioware. : irrerno
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  PC gamers tend to play their games longer and to pick up their classic game occasionnaly. They don't rus... : guigr
  • This is certainly supported by magic and horseshit. : walker270
• I'm boycotting ModWar 2 over this shit, and canceled my preorder. To cancel my non-existent preorder I h... : walker270

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  This one is set in the South. : dognose
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    I dun see no rebel flag hand grips or bowls of grits anywhere : conandan
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      speaking of grits, do you like grits dognose? : conandan
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        Tried 'em at a Waffle House once. Kind of bland. : dognose
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          did you use salt? pepper? maybe butter or cheese? : conandan
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            also, mixing them with bacon and eggs = fine breakfast dining : conandan
            • When I see a Waffle House packed with Asians chowing down on grits I may give them a second try. : dognose
        • I go to school in the south. Ew. There are so many better breakfast places than Waffle House. : Navy Spitfire
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  I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. But I think the weapon models look really good. Certainly bett... : Jobos
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    well yeah, I mean the FOV and the weapons in general... They are kinda like way in your face and are t... : chilln
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      the FOV is 90 from what i can figure. does r_viewmodel still move the weapons like it did in Q1? :p : brainchild420
      • I guess I'm just not as sensitive to these FOV issues I see complained about here all the time (with this... : action wombmate
    • I made some posts about this yesterday and some people seemed peeved that I thought it was a problem. ... : pyide
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  What's with not being able to see your feet in L4D2? : cfalcon
  • gotta leave something for the DLC : brainchild420
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    I don't know, but I really really miss that feature from L4D1. :[ : CrustaR
    • me too..didn't notice they weren't in the demo..i hope they put them in..it was a nice touch. : deathofrats
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  http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/akimbo.jpg : abrasion
  • HAHAHAHAH! That's awesome! : DeejayKnight
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  the viewmodels are huge and the FOV is too narrow : n0v4
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    Since when was a FOV of 90 considered "narrow?" It's just that the viewmodels are too large/close to the... : Zips
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      It was tolerable on 4:3 monitors even though I'd still prefer it to be larger. But now with 16:9 and 16:1... : dmason
      • Not all games seem to handle this the same way but yeah, usually I prefer something in the 100-110 range ... : pyide
• Xbox huge. : dmason
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  I haven't seen the uber-shotgun yet in the Demo..is it not available anymore or just very random?? : wytefang
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    I saw it in the second safehouse, of course by then you cant use it : n0v4
    • yeah you can, grab it, and then wander back outside to the open area. the director will spawn some zombi... : radula
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    what uber shotgun do you speak of? : Mmmmmoo
    • Probably the SPAS-12 : Sailor of Fortune
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    random. i've seen it before the gauntlet in the second map. : pyide
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      (if this is the shotgun you are referring to: http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Combat_Shotgun ) : pyide
      • I got this the other day... I walked up are there were 2 auto shottys to chose from. : adev
  • I played about 8 times until I finally saw the Magnum, it's just random. : action wombmate
• they look hand made, ie modded and crafted from spare parts in the world. At least some of them did. : deathofrats
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  What's with it not actually running properly on my PC? Hitches all the time as soon as the action heats ... : SiW.
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    It's like they've upgraded the Source Engine. : Arctic Fox
    • Very droll. I don't just mean it starts to chug, I mean it sits there for seconds. : SiW.
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    try disabling multicore rendering. : Nali4Freedom
    • That didn't help. Tis an odd one. Actually, now that I think about it, I haven't tried any other Source... : SiW.
• yeah, it looks pretty weird for some of them : extrahappyturtle
• noob question: Are the weapons randomly generated? : pun][sher

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• !lol! : massdev
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  Free? : voodooraze
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    no : kn1fe
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      what other incentives are you offering? : massdev
      • its cheaper : kn1fe
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  Don't do it. It's terrible. :( : DOOManiac
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    You shut your mouth, Borderlands is really fun. : Sapiens
    • It is, but the PC port is shitty. This saddens me greatly. :( : Rehevkor
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    I tried really hard to like it, and I have to agree. I wish I'd followed my earlier instincts and skipped... : jet-poop
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      From what I hear it seems like a severely watered-down version of Fallout 3, with a bit of Diablo mixed i... : Jobos
      • fraught with overwhelming disappointments. It could have been awesome; this is what sucks more then it ac... : massdev
      • Not really. First person shooter Diablo in a futuristic setting. You collect guns and allocate points i... : Sapiens
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        That's bull, it never attempts to be Fallout, it's a straight first-person shooter with RPG (or rather Di... : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • I agree, but Randy Pitchford et. al. bashed Fallout3 before the release of the game, inevitably drawing c... : Nitrium
    • the game didnt want me to like it. I tried and tried, the game hated me, so i stopped playing. : barichnikov
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    I for one really like it. I think it will get a lot better with DLC too. There are two things people... : lotus2133
    • I got bored after playing the first handful of missions by myself, then I opened a multi-player game. Yo... : SavvyMike
  • I think it is fun if you are content killing things for hours, which some people (such as myself) are. I'... : mysled
  • its not terrible, but its as bad as i expected it to be. that is to say, a fairly mindless shooter that ... : smacknca
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    It's not terrible, but it's not that great either. Way overhyped. : virus
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      it's worth it for $33 or w/e it is : smax
      • Yeah, maybe. Honestly I kind of wish I had waited for it to go on sale, but whatever. : virus
  • It's exactly what it looked like from all the promotional videos. For many people, that was a great game.... : Felraiser
  • Almost everyone I've seen make this statement is either expecting it to be a deep RPG, Fallout 4, or is p : carbontree
  • it's hell of a lot of fun. do it. : Flinz
  • the whole game takes place in a bland brown area :/ im looking forward to cod6 that has snow and shit! : Chandler55
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    Only for lonely people. : node
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      ^^^^^ I played to level 50 already with three friends and I still want to keep going and finish playth... : DinK
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        ^ This. I want to try all the characters. I could fight goddamn spiderants ALL day long. : Clasifyd
        • Especially in playthrough 2 where it's an epic meat grinder as dozens of high powered spiderants just kee... : DinK
  • Don't listen to that guy. As long as you have 2 or 3 friends with you, it is awesome fun. : Syrek
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    for $35 it was worth it, but had I paid full price I'd probably be pretty annoyed. the ending is proba... : Supine
    • I paid full price on 360 and it was beyond worth it. : DinK
  • DOOM, I completely disagree. It's awesome. : deject
  • Sorry man, but you're wrong. : ateam311
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  This is fucking hilarious, marmite has been asking about this for a fucking age with no luck, he finally ... : silentbobuk
  • Are you both playing on PC then? I'll be up for jumping in your games if you have a spare spot and I'll s : nodebug
• I'll give you threefiddy for it. : thecatinthehat
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  L4D2 Hijack. Anyone still doing the 4 pack? I'd take 2 copies. : enyakk
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    If you have the money, do it yourself, then sell them for $33.75 on shack, people will buy really quickly... : imcompa
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      I can't, Valve only sells the censored version in my country. : enyakk
      • Oh that sucks. good luck. : imcompa
      • same problem here. I will probably preorder it on play.com and then activate it through steam.. http://w... : naabster

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• Damn a full reinstall? :( I'm all for the quicker loading times, though. : burning eye
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  Not if you're using STEAM! : michaelleung
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    Steam lets us down yet AGAIN : spaceyme
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      I would much rather have steam update it then have to download the full game again. : irrerno
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        Agreed. I was waiting upwards of 10 minutes the first time >:( : bipolar
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          So you want to redownload entire games when there is an update? : irrerno
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            There are games with patches bigger then the entire TL install. Bandwidth is free in the US, why do I ca... : bipolar
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              Most people would not want to download the entire game again. You are not like most people. : irrerno
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                It's pretty disingenuous not to qualify that. What if a game was 10 megs, would you be outraged about re... : bipolar
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                  It has nothing to do with the arbitrary size of the download. I really don't know how you can be against... : irrerno
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                    Well, with your last sentence I agree completely. : bipolar
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                      IOW, whether a game will take 1 minute to download an update or 10 is about the three hundred and sixty s... : bipolar
                      • I'm surprised you're talking to me about something you don't care about. You sound so passionate about t... : irrerno
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        Steam can't update content within files, only replace the files with new ones. : Sapiens
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          I always assumed it had some sort of weird patch system. : irrerno
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            http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=2030&p=49906#p49906 : irrerno
            • What am I supposed to be looking at here? : Sapiens
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    I've been a lot less than thrilled at how slow steam is to get things patched with games. I've started re... : Visceral Monkey
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      Fuck me, every other vendor has it except steam which still needs to test it. Fuck. : Visceral Monkey
      • A game company releases a patch at 6:30pm their timezone and Steam doesn't update it and you're pissed...... : imcompa
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      After a patch is finished it has to be submitted to steam. Once steam has the patch it is released fairl... : irrerno
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        No, I'll just buy from the developer next time. : Visceral Monkey
        • I support anyone who buys it directly from Runic Games. The more money they get the better. Though I pu... : irrerno
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          I also prefer Steam DRM. I don't like the Yummy DRM that Runic is using with Torchlight. : irrerno
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            What's bad about it? : datoo
            • Like most DRMs it limits the amount of PCs you can install the software on. I like that steam allows me ... : irrerno
    • Stalker clear sky hasn't been patched in yonks and each one fixes alot of bugs. I ended up just downloadi... : dooberzoo
• Steam comes out tomorrow automatically. This is only for people who bought directly. : imcompa
• the big thing out of all the patches there is the decreased loading time. that in itself could be a patc... : Jikim
• I just beat this 5 minutes ago. Awesome game. Looking forward to some mods and playing with the editor. : PointlesS76
• Hell yes!! : zuff
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  The bug I reported is fixed in there. Fixed it in less then 24 hours, quite impressive. http://forums... : IndigoAK
  • Runic's customer service has been outstanding. : irrerno
  • hah, saw that tonight while playing.. i just thought they were standing behind the statue... : crust
  • haha yeah I walked right though that statue and was wondering if it was a bug : pancake humper
• The game still needs loads of fixes, Iv HAD to download the respec mod due to lack of info on spells some... : okellyc
• Great news. Love this game. : Johnnsen
• Urgh. Just finished downloading it before I have to leave for work. Now I'm thinking I should just take t... : Haxim

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  Wow. That is a great trailer! : legsbrogan
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    i like stereo effects too : gyokuro
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRIVD8zwQU : MrBig0
      • lol nice : gyokuro
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  Looks like more pay-to-win nonsense like the Special Forces G36E. : JarEme
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    Well, the description says they are unlockable in multiplayer. You just pay to unlock them right away. : Rag and Bone Man
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      That's considerably more acceptable. : JarEme
      • that would be cool if they had price tags on them like "200 xbox points" for this gun etc. : gyokuro
  • The Limited Edition costs the same as the standard. : TrptJim
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  yeah, the sound is pretty great in that trailer : megarust32
  • the sounds were great in the first one too : conandan
• Indeed. Pretty solid. : Mmmmmoo
• Damn, I know this is an unlocks trailer, but that's pretty sexy looking. The piece where hes using the pi... : MercFox1
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  Screw MW2, this is going to be my new multiplayer fix. It looks like a return of the awesomeness that wa... : deject
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    BFBC was a lot better overall than COD4. COD4 was very Michael Bay-ish in comparison. COD4 was like ro... : Sailor of Fortune
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      I thought so too, had way more fun with BC in single player than with COD4. : TabsAZ
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        the whole COD franchise has painfully old gun gameplay. i dont know how else to explain it. something abo... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • It's because there's all this amazing shit going on around you, but you yourself are just going through t... : braaains
      • Agreed, and I'm way more excited for BC2. : nomaad
• I think there should be a game where that helicopter going down sound just plays constantly. shoom Shoom ... : aeg1x
• Well at least EA is going to pick up the slack of Activision's fail. Man that game looks incredible! : R@zzle
• I love Battlefield. :D : Shadsy
• impressive! : vynn
• is it just me or does this have sort of a cartoony look to it? : free2game365
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  Coming out on PC? : Trips
  • You bet your britches. Open beta in December. Can't wait. : thejay247
  • Hell yes! Mouse support and everything. : -efx-
  • yes. open beta this december!!!! : retarded talking dinosaur
  • With Dedicated Servers :) : LoioshDwaggie
• Nice trailer. I hated the original game's FOV, it was too narrow :/ Any word on is this any different? : -sk-
• I seriously enjoyed the first BC. Looking forward to this one.. If only I had more cash! D: : Creepin_Jeezus
• This looks fantastic. Good presentation here. : SigmaDraconis
• With BF3 being so far away I have to get this for my BF fix but do I go console or PC? One one hand I wan... : Dr_Cube
• OH wow! Thank you for this! : jodiuh
• I'm not usually a fan of these games, but that looked fucking sweet. : Home Nugget
• Bad Company is definitly my favorite BF game, by a large margin - I can't wait for this. The only questio... : Milleh
• I played this at the Eurogamer expo in London and it was fun as hell. The controls felt so much tighter t... : marmite
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  Loved the first one except for a few important area... 1) Retarded radar system. Getting hit with a bu... : Nullzero
  • Function? Yeah they are all made to hurt and kill people. p. boring. : Johnnsen
• awesome : maulla