eunichron wrote on Mar 24, 2011, 22:58:

Suddenly_Dead wrote on Mar 24, 2011, 22:23:

Agent.X7 wrote on Mar 24, 2011, 22:11:
The Xbox sucked in the RAM department though. Consoles always skimp on the RAM, it's ridiculous.

That's because you don't need much RAM when all you're running is a barebones OS and a video game. PCs are doing a billion things behind the scenes while you're gaming, consoles are only doing one thing.

7.62WorldOrder wrote on Mar 24, 2011, 21:51:
Looks like it's time for a new generation of consoles. I wonder if this will increasingly be a problem in the future, with PC hardware rapidly outpacing the current generation of console hardware to the point where there is a noticable difference in the experience. I'm not sure that's something MS and Sony have put much thought into. Previous generations of consoles have always been in arm's reach of current PC hardware, but with MS and Sony looking to have 7-10 year hardware cycles I don't see how they can avoid it.

Beamer wrote on Mar 24, 2011, 21:04:

Anyone buying this game at full price for the multiplayer is taking a big risk considering Crytek's very poor track record of support for the previous Crysis games. This news story adds to that concern.

Far Cry - sucked multiplayer.
Crysis - sucked multiplayer.


Who buys Crytek games for multiplayer?
Supposedly it's quite good on consoles multiplayer, but the bar there is set by Halo, which most PC gamers deride, and MW2, which most PC gamers deride, so clearly standards are different.

I never expected good PC multiplayer from this.

baltar wrote on Mar 22, 2011, 16:01:
For someone who has played and beaten Majesty 1, 2, all the Blizzard RTS, Supcom1 + Forged Alliance, C&C Tiberian Dawn/Sun/Wars, Red Alert 1-3, SW Empire at War + Forces of Corruption, Homeworld, Company of Heroes, COH Opposing Fronts, COH Tales of Valor, Warhammer 4000, HW Cataclysm and Homeworld 2, but hated The Sims -

Will I enjoy this game? Did they change it around enough to at least be like majesty or is it still dog shit in a box?

kxmode wrote on Mar 21, 2011, 14:48:

Icewind wrote on Mar 21, 2011, 14:22:
Activision-Blizzard only makes kiddie console crap.

I hate to burst your bubble but video games are made mostly for kids. Just saying...

panbient wrote on Mar 17, 2011, 20:50:
something isn't right with their claims of plugging in any old guitar into the machine... they're not addressing how the analog signal from the guitar is magically converted into a digital signal the machines can read. that's why every other game that used 'real' instruments needed some sort of MIDI interface and instrument. plus the clip on the site shows absolutely nothing of value towards the actual use of the product.

something fishy is going on, way too much marketing hype too late in the rhythm game. odds are they're trying to sell an interactive tutor.

Prez wrote on Mar 18, 2011, 01:52:
Haha! I was just thinking about this game the other day, wondering if it was still around. I remember how fresh and exciting a persistent WW2 battlefield sounded, and I also remember what a mess the game was when it launched.

Verno wrote on Mar 4, 2011, 13:04:

How does Guild Wars 1 hold up these days? The trilogy is up for $30 on steam. Thinking about giving it a try until 2 comes out.

It doesn't hold up well at all these days, I would definitely wait on the second game. I was a huge fan of the first game but it's hard to revisit it.

Graphically it looks like buttocks, you can't jump, the scripting was novel at the time but has since been outdone and so on.

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Feb 22, 2011, 10:32:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Feb 22, 2011, 00:39:

Agent.X7 wrote on Feb 21, 2011, 22:11:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Feb 21, 2011, 21:38:

The only thing the US and Mexican government should be focusing in right now, is legalizing drugs. It's pretty damn clear Americans love to get high, and while it's a health issue, it's their choice, even if it's a poor one.

Such a false reason to legalize anything. The violence will never go away.

No, but it will go way down. Crime rose 24% nationwide during prohibition in the US. Murder was up 12%. It's not the druggies, it's the organized criminals behind the illegal drug market.

Have you ever been face to face with a drug addict? Have you watched a kid pick his sores even though there is no skin there and he is diggin in a blood pit on his arm? have you gone into a flop house after a bunch of junkies just ran from it? Have you seen how people in the throws of a drug binge live?

It is nothing like alcohol. I see both all the time. I have cases of both in my family. They aren't even remotely similar.

The drug war in the US is to prevent the drugs. The drug war south of the border is for control of the drugs in the area. The government doesn't give 2 squats about it's people or the "problem".

Huge difference. If you claim otherwise, you are living in a world with a different color sky. You want weed legalized? Fine, I really don't care. It doesn't get charged anyway at the local level in any form. The rest of the stuff....it isn't natural. It is made in a lab and it is not ok. On any level.

Legalizing it will just give them permission to kill eachother for the rights to the land where they are killing eachother. People want to legalize things for their own selfish needs, not for the better of the whole. if you were to even legalize weed and try and regulate it and "tax the hell out of it" like everyone says, they will just do the same they are doing now, but the price might go down.