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  But have you beaten Medal of Honor in 3 and a half hours...on weed? : pigvomit
  • Is there a man in the bush, I don't know....red team go red team go : shaffe
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  Yikes. Sounds like a rental at best even with multiplayer. : HamChowder
  • Yea I'd say try and get your moneys worth out of MP, but thats highly unlikely as the MP is largely forge... : Strid3rtheGreat
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  you are now Tier 1!!! : devpaul
  • And even then you only spend about a 1/3 of the game playing as a tier 1 guy. : Strid3rtheGreat
  • might as well be danger close : peat
• Hahahaha. : wurt
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  to be fair, thats about what i did with modern warfare but then played lotsof multiplayer : spiderfill
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    Mw2 definitely took more like 6 hours for me. : snot3353
    • Yea same here. It was like a 7hr game for me. : Strid3rtheGreat
  • the only way you beat either MW game that quickly is on the easiest setting, and even then it should be a... : maulla
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  Really? It's half the length of Modern Warfare 2? : the archvile
  • Yes. Reviews ive read are saying 4-6 hours to complete. 6hrs would have to be on hard and you'd need to b... : Strid3rtheGreat
• Almost forgot: Giant Bomb's TNT tonight is Medal of Honor multiplayer. Looks like Battlefield pared down... : the archvile
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  My friend says it's unbelievably buggy. Confirm? : Navy Spitfire
  • I only ran into one glitch in SP, and it wasnt game breaking either. Just a floating dead body. I played ... : Strid3rtheGreat
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    Confirmed. It had all kinds of atmosphere break glitches. : Kentor
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      That's what he was saying, I'm gonna go play it next week and see for myself. Apparently getting it out b... : Navy Spitfire
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        I'd rent it instead of buying if I were you. It has a few nice set pieces scattered between mediocre to b... : Kentor
        • Lol. Yea I didn't realize Afghanistan had so many dry river beds with high cliffs. : Strid3rtheGreat
    • That has to be on consoles, I didnt see any graphic glitches. It looked quite good too. Just hella short : Strid3rtheGreat
  • Yeah, it fucking sucks. E.g. if you die during a particular bit in the game, then your save game is fucke... : uncleanmonkey
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  People that have played the MP. What is a fair price point for this game (PC)? $40, $30, $20? How many... : EnderWigginDA
  • it will be $9.99 during Steam's Christmas sale : devpaul
  • $40 I'd say, bought it at walmart and got a $10 gift card, so i'm at $50, 10 hours into multiplayer, shou... : damageundone
• How is this a surprise to you? : watcherxp
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  Another area where 360 wins, due to some achievement point time added on to all games. : GeorgeB3DR
  • So the achievement for beating the game in under 4 hours will be the most widely achieved achievement? : Strid3rtheGreat
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    I still think the Chase for the Cheevos is ruining games. I always fast forward the Bombcast when they s... : the archvile
    • I agree. I hate achievements. Absolutely hate them. By far the worst thing that's happened to gaming in a... : -JLN-
  • 360 wins over what? : te[R]ror
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    oh hai remember steam : thewindcriesmary
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      Steam with achievements is very awesome. Are many games supporting them these days? Last I looked it was... : GeorgeB3DR
      • anything thats come out this year has achievements and alot of old games have had achievements added, im ... : thewindcriesmary
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        Id like them a lot more if they went toward a total score that I could rub in my friends faces. : Strid3rtheGreat
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          If one of my friends ever rubbed their gamescore in my face I'd punch them in the dick. : SockMonkeh
          • Lol : Strid3rtheGreat
          • I silently judge gamedevs I know that have 5k gamerscore. :) I mean, wtf? : GeorgeB3DR
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          Wow, steam still doesn't have an overall gamerscore? That's kind of mandatory I'd think, for a platform. : GeorgeB3DR
          • You would think they would have points for achievements by now, people want them! I can't think of the s... : zardoz555
          • I hate to admit it, but I agree. I like having a gamerscore on XBL and wish Steam had something similar. ... : freakynipples69
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    Who the fuck cares about achievements? If a game sucks getting some e-peen to add to your score doesn't m... : AgentPothead
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      Unified achievements (like on 360) have already changed gaming, but people that don't game on 360 are a f... : GeorgeB3DR
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        http://nolifing.com/files/e3f292844a15.jpg : AgentPothead
        • lol pretty much : vynn
        • Two examples where achievements changed gaming. Steam and WoW both cloned the system after the 360 launc... : GeorgeB3DR
      • It's hard to ignore in a multiplayer game where half the team wants some stupid achivement and the other ... : Teleporting Muffins
      • I cared for achievements and trophies at first but I don't really anymore. I care to compete with friends... : razlebol
    • Achievements are the new points : Halen
    • I feel the same way. achievements mean fuck all. They definitely don't make up for shit or short gamep... : ShadowRam
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    I like achievements, including comparing them with friends. NOT IN A DICK SIZE WAY. I enjoy seeing what... : kingdepork
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      I like the added gameplay for things like "get 20 knife kills" that I just did in Medal of Honor. I mean... : GeorgeB3DR
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        If you are only using the knife because an achievement says you should, are you even playing the game or ... : AgentPothead
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          I choose to go after the achievement so I'm playing the game. Just like I choose to grind xp in an mmo o... : GeorgeB3DR
          • I'm the exact opposite. I play the game under my terms and conditions. Whatever achievements I get, I get... : AgentPothead
          • A lot of people think achievement people are nuts. I think leaderboard wackos are the worst. You could ... : kingdepork
      • Wouldn't it be better if the game itself encouraged using the knife? If it were built into the gameplay i... : Marrbe
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  I just finished castlevania I think I clocked in near the low 20s : gmd
  • Was it awesome? : OmegaRed59
• After playing the release MP for the last hour or so, I'm deeply regretting the purchase. I'd rather go b... : Head Rush
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  Team Fortress 2 ($20): 550+ hours played Left 4 Dead 2 ($20): 250+ hours played Half Life 2 + HL2DM ($1... : SniperWolf22
  • By those cherry picked (incorrect) metrics pretty much every game is a terrible value to you : derelict515
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  And this is why not all games should be the same price. I would jump all over this for even $40. I'm a su... : GenghisFrog
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    That still works out to $ 15/hr
    
    A lap dance is about $ 7/min

    Oct 14, 2010 8:07pm PDT
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    That still works out to $ 15/hr A lap dance is about $ 7/min : lacker
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      I'm not sure what this means but ok :-) : GenghisFrog
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        lacker's point is that people's perception of value for games seems out of kilter with the pricing of oth... : Dave-A
        • Playing a game is cheaper than a lapdance? NO WAI! : HockeyJohnston
        • I would argue though, that lap dances are purchased by less people than games are, and tend to generally ... : Vincent Grayson
      • Means you should pursue the stripper career. : doomed
    • this is what i do every night, just starring at buttholes and gettin my buzz on! : Dave-A
    • Cmere, I only need about 30 seconds with you, big boy! I got 3.50. : Goto10
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  When I think about the money I spent on video games over the years, it makes me :( Especially since no... : Drewus
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    Me too. I've become very selective in what I buy, and wait for big sales on a lot of stuff. It's just har... : GenghisFrog
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      I don't buy big budget new releases at all now. I tend to stick with smaller games I can play in short bu... : Drewus
      • You can play medal of honor in one short burst as well : Strid3rtheGreat
• It took me around 4 - 5 hours on hard, and those hours weren't that great either. : Kentor
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  EA trying to jump on the MW cash cow, move along ppl dont waste your money on this shit. : Vanitas
  • We knew that. : nwillard
• I'm glad that for some reason I ignored all those beta invites for this game. : reelbk
• I can't even log in to try multiplayer. on 3 different accounts. That EA knows about. : Downforce
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  I just finished the single player in barely over 4 hours on medium. I feel kind of ripped off. I saw the ... : weaselmeister
  • I played it on hard and it's 5 hours at best. : Kentor
• Everything I heard about that for the past 6 months on podcasts has told me AVOID. : abrasion
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  Shouldn't that mean if you sell it used, you could probably get most of your money back since it's so new... : Chunks
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    It means gamestop would give him 15-20$ for it then resell it for 45$. Hell gamefly is only offering 32.5... : AgentPothead
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      He's better off selling it on ebay for $40. At least then he isn't giving Gamestop the money. : GeorgeB3DR
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        Nobody should give gamestop money. Between steam for pc & gamefly for console I haven't bought retail in ... : AgentPothead
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          Shame. Gamefly hurts devs pretty bad. We see none of that money. : GeorgeB3DR
          • They bought the up front game from you so you did see that money. If you want MORE money then the gaming ... : AgentPothead
• except for those who preordered I don't get why anyone can be disappointed after everthing on the interne... : razorblade79
• at least you have early beta access to BF3 : hanged_man
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  Medal of Honor on Hard is similar to CoD 4 on regular I think. Beating it fast on medium isn't impressive... : deject
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    Took me 4 hours on Hard, first playthrough. Died perhaps 10 times tops. : ZenzenTen
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      The hardest part for me was that one part where you're in that hut digging waves of enemies as the Ranger... : deject
      • Stupid iPhone, digging == fighting… : deject
      • Haha yeah, dumb ass squaddies wouldn't get the dudes 3 ft away on the flanks. : ZenzenTen