SpectralMeat wrote on Jan 21, 2011, 16:07:
Supreme Commander suffered the same faith. They were going after the console market so much they dumbed their game down way too much so they lost the PC audience and the console gamers didn't care for the game the begin with. So Chris Taylor ended up sitting on the floor in between 2 chairs.

PHJF wrote on Jan 18, 2011, 15:37:
Soooo, what, the PS3 version is $60 vs $50 PC?

StingingVelvet wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 22:37:
I bought nVidia last time mainly because I am used to it, but I regret that. If I could go back in time and get the ATI 5870 or whatever instead of my GTX 480 I probably would.

ASJD wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 22:43:
The 'trick' to making this widespread is forcing it on people, like the Wii. On Xbox 360 Kinect is your only choice.

You have to force people on interface, PC has always been about mouse+KB and will remain until PC has changed into something completely different than what anyone would call a PC today.

Verno wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 20:17:
They did say that but then realized that the Japanese players hate the game too, it's been widely panned by the press and consumers over there.

Jerykk wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 18:51:
I'm hoping they go back to actual planet exploration in ME3. There was nothing wrong with the concept in ME1, it's just the implementation that sucked. The planets needed more variety and the Mako controlled horribly. Bioware could have just fixed these things for ME2 but instead they just threw out planet exploration entirely and replaced it with something worse.

Acleacius wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 13:05:
Good for the UK, Tax cuts/Corporate Welfare based greed is why the world is in a economic tailspin, atm. It's also stealing from the nations/states coffers to do things like build roads, pay teachers and police.

Slashman wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 16:58:
Now that's weird...

I never played through ME 2 with the same character twice.

I used only characters I imported from ME 1.

On my second playthrough with my second imported character...I got the bonus minerals. And I've been getting them ever since.

I do a lot less planet scanning on each new game...so I'm not sure what the deal is with other people's games.

It doesn't remove it entirely...but it does cut it down enough that I don't have to do it for long stretches of gameplay. It never bothered me enough that I'd try to jump through hoops to remove it though.

Tumbler wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 12:10:
I'm enjoying the hell out of Dragon Age Origins ultimate edition, if they release an ultimate edition of ME2 and make planet scanning as simple as firing one probe into the planet and getting all the resources I'd pick this game up and play through it again.

In fact I want to, I just can't force myself to do it knowing that some planet scanning will be required.

|oR|jonvall wrote on Jan 3, 2011, 17:08:

"The WAVI Xtion media center for the PC leverages ultra-wide band wireless link and PrimeSense 3D sensing solution to provide controller-free interaction experiences in the living room. Users can browse multimedia content, access the Internet and social networks, and enjoy full body interaction in a more user-friendly and natural living room experience."

Who the hell has their pc in their living room? You can't look at porn in the middle of the living room! SHEESH!

Creston wrote on Dec 23, 2010, 12:09:
All Net Neutrality has to do is two things :

1) Prohibit carriers from speed-discriminating based on content. (the very HEART of the word Net Neutrality.)

2) Prohibit carriers from erecting toll booths based on content preference. Ie, the "if you want Youtube, you gotta pay 20 bucks a month for it" deal.

Carriers whine and bitch that #2 will "stifle innovation", but it doesn't do anything like that. They are still free to offer their own versions of Youtube and iTunes and whatever. But then they'd have to compete on quality, which they don't want to do; they'd much rather "compete" by making their site load quickly, and by switching all Youtube traffic to a 19k2 baud modem. And that is fucking horseshit.

This was all the FCC needed to do.

Creston

Dr. D. Schreber wrote on Dec 13, 2010, 05:15:
For all we know, the Reapers reaching Earth isn't the very beginning of the game, or something that's even inevitable based on the choices you make. It's silly to assume Earth is the only locale at this point; it's the focus of the trailer because most of the fanbase has wanted to, but has not had the opportunity, to see what Earth looks like in this setting.

entr0py wrote on Dec 12, 2010, 19:25:

DG wrote on Dec 12, 2010, 17:05:

Jerykk wrote on Dec 12, 2010, 16:49:
I'm also curious as to which companions will carry over from ME2.

IIRC there was some statement stating ME2 choices would substantially impact ME3.

Think back to ME1, you could have gotten Ashley, Kaidan or Wrex killed. None of them could join your group in ME2, they only made guest appearances.

So I'm going to guess none of the ME2 companions are coming back to your party in ME3, since (as far as I know) you could have gotten any one of them killed.

Then again, the two DLC companions from ME2 were purely optional and played no part in the main storyline. That's the only other way it could work.

Soylent Bob wrote on Dec 12, 2010, 15:46:
Who the fuck got their HALO all over my Mass Effect?