Longswd wrote on Dec 22, 2011, 04:35:

Bhruic wrote on Dec 21, 2011, 20:29:

Character transfer is a common request for these servers. The ability to transfer your characters is being worked on, but there is no ETA on when it will be available.

That an MMO would launch today without thinking that maybe, just maybe they should have character transfers ready for launch is mind bogling.

I'm finding myself saying that about of lot of things in SWTOR. Some rather curious oversights, like no LFG "dungeon" finder. No filtering by equip slot or attribute properties on the auction house. The inability to move UI elements about, a sin compounded by the lack of any add-on support. No target of target display, no defensive target mechanism (I know of the focus target option, it's not very useful) etc. etc..

Tumbler wrote on Dec 19, 2011, 16:40:

Many Bothans died... to bring you these unreadable codes.

Heh, this got a chuckle out of me.

Anyone know if registering the retail code ends your "free" early access period? It looks like that period will go till dec 22nd so me being the cheap ass gamer i am don't want my paid subscription starting until the 23rd.

You have to setup billing info when you register with the code I assume? Did you notice what the first billing date will be?

xXBatmanXx wrote on Dec 19, 2011, 10:39:
What you see is what you are going to get.....

Acleacius wrote on Dec 19, 2011, 11:20:
How ridiculous, they don't even have enough servers for prerelease. Now they trying to turn it into a self promoting release about how great they are, since they are concerned.

eaware - Yes, we're concerned full release is tomorrow and we don't have enough servers. We better have another meeting about getting everyone together so we can decide, but we better go get lunch first.

Verno wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 13:27:

Fibrocyte wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 13:11:
Yes, I agree. DX:HR is incredibly short of amazing. Over-hyped and underwhelming.

I agree that you're short and underwhelming

LittleMe wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 11:57:
It's been Bluesnews'd!

Verno wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 08:51:

I disagree about DX:HR - I don't feel it deserved any awards this year. They had a chance to make something amazing and fell short. Dev teams shouldn't get rewarded for mediocrity.

Short of amazing isn't mediocre. The games sales and reception from both the press and users disagrees with your assessment.

Jivaro wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 00:00:

MrBone wrote on Dec 11, 2011, 21:02:

Jivaro wrote on Dec 11, 2011, 20:39:
It was the best game made this year.

That doesn't make award shows in general anymore legitimate though. Most of the time its all about the marketing, release dates, names involved, and the money....with every award show.

You mean they are trying to make money by entertaining you??!! Sickening insight dude. Skyrim was easily the best game.

Either you completely misread my post or you are really dense. Take your pick.

Jerykk wrote on Dec 11, 2011, 22:02:
Disappointed that DX:HR didn't win anything. It should have at least won PC game of the year. I would have given it Soundtrack of the Year as well. Then again, these awards are essentially a measure of hype and marketing, so it's not surprising that the games with the most hype and marketing won all the awards.

As for Arkham City being repetitious compared to Skyrim, I'm not really sure how you came to that conclusion. Most of the side quests in Skyrim consist of "go to random dungeon and kill random dude." Conversely, the side quests in AC were generally unique and had a lot more backstory. Even the Riddler collectables presented unique challenges in order to attain them. No two puzzles were the same. Both Skyrim and AC are good games but to claim that AC is repetitious while Skyrim isn't is pretty strange.

Neither trophies or challenges have any point to me beyond ego stroking. Riddler puzzles were boring, and the side quests got tedious.

The Riddler challenges weren't superficial rewards like Achievements or Trophies. Completing them unlocked concept art, character trophies, character profiles, backstories and interview recordings. Most of those things helped flesh out the story and characters. If you don't care about that stuff, that's fine, but to claim that they only served to stroke the player's ego is pretty dumb.

Also no RTS category? I know RTS has kind of been underrepresented lately, but there were some releases this year deserving of some recognition.

The VGA is a mainstream show. Strategy games are not mainstream enough to appear on it. I'm surprised Generals 2 was even revealed on it, as about 99% of the audience probably hadn't even heard of Generals 1 or played any of the C&C games. Hell, the game is PC-exclusive too. The only PC-exclusive nomination for any award was Minecraft. Witcher 2 should have at least been nominated for Best RPG, Best Graphics and Best PC Game. But again, it's all about hype and marketing.

Wallshadows wrote on Dec 11, 2011, 17:21:
The first half was pretty god damn awesome but then the second half was a little underwhelming...

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Dec 9, 2011, 23:02:
I've really got to play more of this but I just have too many games... I haven't completed Skyrim yet, I haven't even start LA Noire, I've got back into Defense Grid (I played for 18hrs recently because of the addon), I've just picked up Payday: The Heist and still have a backlog of other major games (Crysis 2, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age II, DOWII-Retribution, F1 2011, etc.

For what it's worth I really enjoyed the 4-5hrs of Bastion that I've played so far.

RollinThundr wrote on Dec 9, 2011, 10:26:

Kosumo wrote on Dec 9, 2011, 03:21:
I was taking the piss - The French are not to be fucked with and are a super power.

Nothing wrong with surrendering if its the right thing to do ... they have been in many wars are are still around.

Actually France has quite the history of surrendering.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html

- French Revolution
- Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.

Or, better still, the quote from last week's Wall Street Journal: "They're there when they need you."

OldScho0l wrote on Dec 6, 2011, 14:38:

Techie714 © wrote on Dec 6, 2011, 11:04:
Not adding VOIP in this game was a HUGE mistake. I play for team "TAW" and without TS (Team Speak) this game would be further crippled. I still can't believe this game didn't ship with it. As far as the business decision goes my only guess on this is that EVERYTHING that goes into a game is carefully discussed & looked at from a profit standpoint, business deal, etc.

Edit Don't trust TAW. They have been caught robbing their clan members. They get you to install mods and game related apps and are actually deploying trojans and other goodies. Beware.