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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
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      I agree. I hate achievements. Absolutely hate them. By far the worst thing that's happened to gaming in a long time.
      
      - It's a bullshit easy option for developers that gives them an excuse to create these 4 hour long games.
      
      -They've all but replaced good unlockables and secrets. They've also almost totally killed off cheat codes in games. I miss the days when games had all sorts of wacky cheat codes.
      
      -This is the big one - they created achievement whores. I'll never forget playing Left 4 Dead 1 and Gears of War 2, where a couple of my whiny bitch buddies made me play on easy difficulties, and gave me grief for shooting stuff because they needed the achievements. If developers want achievement points in their game, fine, but don't force me to have a shitty time playing because of it. Keep that shit out of multiplayer please.

      Oct 14, 2010 9:11pm PDT
      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 : 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