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| News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Dead Island Riptide |
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Re: Ships Ahoy - Dead Island Riptide |
Apr 24, 2013, 08:57 |
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| Yeah that seems fair, Dead Island was a 6/10 for me so about a 7/10 sounds about right based on what people are saying and where the critics are landing. To be honest I've just started ignoring scores for the most part since it seems like the text and scores are often wildly contradictory (I'm assuming for metacritic/advertising purposes or something). |
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| News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Dead Island Riptide |
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Re: Ships Ahoy - Dead Island Riptide |
Apr 23, 2013, 23:12 |
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| I'm skipping this one but a friend of mine who picked it up complained a few times on Steam about the game joining stuff being broken which seems to jive with what people are saying on reddit and SA. Shame that they can't seem to shake the porting problems and other issues. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 23, 2013, 15:39 |
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NegaDeath wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 15:09:
Might be neat if they could do it entirely through kinect voice commands and not pause the running game. "Xbox! Order one large pepperoni pizza".
But since I'll never own an xbox I'll settle for the old fashioned methods.
"Xbox! Turn off these fucking ads and find some exclusive games!"
That's when I'll buy one again  |
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| News Comments > Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
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Re: Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
Apr 23, 2013, 15:30 |
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Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 15:29:
And the other processors can't freeze your funds on a whim? They are different how?
They put the money in a bank account rather than some nebulous holding cell beyond any regulation. Sure they can hold up something in process but they can't freeze existing funds that have been cleared. Many vendors who accept paypal funds keep a portion in their account because A) it takes days to withdraw it to a bank account and its better to do it in batches due to fees B) they need to float a balance for fast refunds/etc and C) tax crap that is beyond the scope of this discussion.
Paypal is fine for most people who just buy things online and don't have a problem. You buy something and they take a fee from the seller and you're happy. Paypal's "insurance" is pretty much bullshit though, if you need to dispute things then you'll often find Paypal doesn't really have your back the way other companies will.
For vendors, charities and other organizations it's a much different story and Paypal has weirdly draconian rules that often change on a whim. They also operate much like a bank without the regulation of a bank and I suspect the only reason this continues is the money they spend on lobbying and some other loopholes.
This comment was edited on Apr 23, 2013, 15:37. |
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| News Comments > "Strong Possibility" Relic to Make Dawn of War 3 |
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Apr 23, 2013, 15:29 |
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| Agreed Trev, I was a huge fan of the DoW1 MP but could never get into DoW2 due to the pop cap and larger focus on unit survival. I think the mechanics of "retreat" abilities in Relic games are starting to wear thin on me in general too. |
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| News Comments > Morning Tech Bits |
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Re: Morning Tech Bits |
Apr 23, 2013, 14:48 |
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Indeed, Intel was shipping absolute horseshit (remember NetBurst?) and demanding a fortune for it until AMD kicked them in the teeth. Intel actually won through a combination of innovation and literal bribery of OEMs, AMD has made some serious missteps over the years but they've had some unfair bullshit done to them as well.
Reading about some of the things Intel did to its competitors over the past two decades is pretty eye opening. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 23, 2013, 14:37 |
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Because smartphones? A console is probably the least intuitive way to order a pizza I can think of even with Kinect.
Also apparently you have to quit out of the game you're playing to use this app, rendering it pretty much useless. |
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Playing: Faster Than Light, Tales of Graces F, Fire Emblem 3DS
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| News Comments > Ubisoft: Complexity Holding Back Splinter Cell |
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Re: Ubisoft: Complexity Holding Back Splinter Cell |
Apr 23, 2013, 14:32 |
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jdreyer wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 14:16:
Translation: AAA games are expensive and resource consuming, and when you try to allow multiple was of accomplishing goals, it's even more expensive and resource consuming.
Also Splinter Cell isn't exactly a new IP, there is probably some audience exhaustion going on that they want to offset with BroGamer bux. |
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| News Comments > New Lionhead Head |
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Re: New Lionhead Head |
Apr 23, 2013, 14:26 |
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Prez wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 11:58:
Great. Maybe now Lionhead can actually, you know, make some games now? 
Oh they will, for the BingBox 720 Adstravaganza  |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 23, 2013, 13:52 |
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Well regardless of what the wiki says, I remember hearing it all the time when we moved around over the southeastern US when I was younger. I wonder why it would take root in Northern Cali of all places  |
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| News Comments > Bethesda's Endless Summer Sighted |
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Re: Bethesda's Endless Summer Sighted |
Apr 23, 2013, 13:30 |
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| Props to Bethesda for taking some chances with new IP. |
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Playing: Faster Than Light, Tales of Graces F, Fire Emblem 3DS
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| News Comments > "Strong Possibility" Relic to Make Dawn of War 3 |
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Apr 23, 2013, 13:18 |
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Tumbler wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 13:02:
Based on how CoH2 is looking I'm going to put this on my "not going to be good" list. I think they're going to continue on the path of DoW2 based on what I'm seeing in CoH2 and that is unfortunate.
I think they're missing a lot of opportunities to sell content by structuring their games the way they are. In CoH2 the color of your vehicles can be set by you but only after you unlock those colors. Based on what I've seen in the beta it seems they will be offering a tiny bit of content to unlock and then selling most of it as micro transactions. And there doesn't appear to be that much in the first place.
I think this is lazy. They should have offered a lot of customization options at the start, more than seem to be in the game, and then worked on making more after launch that could be sold.
That is such a strange, unfounded rant. You couldn't do any of that in COH1 and both COH/DOW have very different art and design methodology behind them. There will be plenty of things to unlock when you're not playing a 6 map multiplayer beta. You don't have skin customization over individual units because people would make dumb shit and it would go against uniform forces and their visual identities. If you really want to play mspaint with your soldiers then they are going to ship a full SDK anyway and you can have at er. Cosmetic microtransactions are a good thing and they've said there will be plenty, balance related items are not. They can't balance effectively if everyone mixes and matches items within doctrines which is why they have doctrinal specialization with bulletins instead BTW.
COH2 has a host of problems that I'm somewhat confident they will fix over time, COH1 was a broken turd in MP at release, it took a long time to get where its at now. Regardless it's no reason to think they will apply those approaches to DOW3 anyway.
This comment was edited on Apr 23, 2013, 13:25. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Apr 23, 2013, 13:00 |
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Yeah I can't even remember the last time I heard someone say chesterfield although it was really common when I was a kid.
Don't really care about Futurama being cancelled, it had a much longer run than it deserved considering the post-comeback quality. |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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Re: Morning Legal Briefs |
Apr 23, 2013, 12:46 |
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Republicans stumped harder than anyone for this, I even got a mailer from our Rep about it.
I'm actually okay with it, never really made any sense that sales tax wouldn't be collected. Americans perceive we pay too much tax but the reality compared to many other equivalent countries is that we do not. I'm far more concerned with how the money is spent than taxation itself which is part of why I can never identify with the fringe politicals who seem to think we can exist without it. |
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| News Comments > Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
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Re: Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
Apr 23, 2013, 12:17 |
Verno |
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Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 23, 2013, 12:06:
Okay, if I agree that Paypal sucks, is there another electronic pay vendor with similar representation in the market place? I've never had a problem with them, but if I had -- I have no idea who else I might use otherwise.
Amazon, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, etc. I know the big CC companies have their own online versions as well. There are tons of them out there, its just that Paypal beat everyone else to market and is the standard. |
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| News Comments > Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
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Re: Paypal vs. Skullgirls |
Apr 23, 2013, 11:58 |
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| Paypal always does shit like this, they are by far the worst online payment processor. All of the problems of most payment processors with barely any regulation. They should really be forced to operate under federal banking guidelines. There should be a vendor contact and investigation process like credit card companies, not a total seizure of funds the moment a problem occurs. |
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Playing: Faster Than Light, Tales of Graces F, Fire Emblem 3DS
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| News Comments > Morning Safety Dance |
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Re: Morning Safety Dance |
Apr 23, 2013, 10:42 |
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Tumbler wrote on Apr 22, 2013, 17:05:
Reading House of Suns atm, that is kind of dragging, need to finish it and move on.
Yeah that's a weird one, some people say its his best book but I've always found Reynolds characterization to be really poor and House of Suns didn't change my mind. |
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| News Comments > "Strong Possibility" Relic to Make Dawn of War 3 |
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Apr 23, 2013, 10:28 |
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I didn't really care much for DoW2 outside of the MP and "The Last Stand" mode was unbearable and made even worse since my friends loved it for some reason. I'm not a big fan of survival/horde mode stuff in general anymore, just really overdone and rarely done well.
I'm a lot more interested in how COH2 develops over time than I am in DoW3. I'd probably check it out for $20-30 though. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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Re: Morning Consolidation |
Apr 23, 2013, 10:00 |
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Microsoft in general these days nin 
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| News Comments > Ubisoft: Complexity Holding Back Splinter Cell |
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Re: Ubisoft: Complexity Holding Back Splinter Cell |
Apr 23, 2013, 09:56 |
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It seems like all publishers want to chase the mythical everyman who just wants to mindlessly have the game play itself and reward him. Nothing wrong with options I guess but it seems like what eventually happens is that the options go away and you're left with just the action oriented stuff.
I've always enjoyed the Splinter Cell games but they've had a good long run now and I'm not sure the gameplay is whats holding them back. |
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