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Signed On Jul 23, 2010, 17:26
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News Comments > On Sale
18. Re: On Sale Nov 21, 2012, 12:36 Jivaro
 
Thanks for the feedback folks. It sounds to me like the game doesn't really add to the franchise and that even though the game isn't horrible and I would only be out 6 bucks, my time could probably be better used on something else.

It is one of the things I love about the new XCOM game...it holds up very well to my rose-tinted memories of the original game. The comments here do not give me confidence that my experience with Syndicate would be the same.
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
11. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 21, 2012, 12:27 Jivaro
 
Happy B-Day Blue  
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News Comments > On Sale
6. Re: On Sale Nov 21, 2012, 01:41 Jivaro
 
Considering Syndicate at 6 bucks on Friday morning.

Anybody already have it? I know it was underwhelming..but is it 6 bucks worthy?
 
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News Comments > Torchlight 2 Patch Adds New Pets
8. Re: Torchlight 2 Patch Adds New Pets Nov 16, 2012, 11:14 Jivaro
 
ItBurn wrote on Nov 16, 2012, 10:15:
The game has no staying power. I finished it once, and couldn't really see a reason to continue. It's better than D3 in the sense that you can actually continue to level and put points in the skills you like, but it lacks some kind of reason to continue playing. I can't put my finger on it.

I know why..at least I know my own personal reasons. There are a lot of reasons to dig this game, with or without making comparisons to D3, but the one thing that had me really fired up to get it was modding. To not have the official editor yet has basically killed the game for me. Too many other games to play to keep playing the same exact game over and over.

Another patch just came and went...still no editor. By the time Runic gets around to releasing it, nobody will be left that is interested in using it.
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
20. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 15, 2012, 18:36 Jivaro
 
banddirector wrote on Nov 15, 2012, 17:42:
Jivaro wrote on Nov 15, 2012, 16:11:
Screwed up my fantasy football roster having those two teams and Tennessee go on the BYE at the same time. I have had Marshawn Lynch(RB), Chris Johnson(RB), Nate Wahington(WR) and Lawrence Tynes(K) all on my roster. I had to drop Tynes and Washington and replace them with Gould and Woodhead. I guess it could have been worse.

Ouch! That sucks. That's just bad luck - - did you trip a little old lady lately or something to bring on the bad karma? ;-)


Not that I am aware of...lol. I gave my nephew a life size cardboard cut-out of a Dalek does that count? I mean...how much bad karma can I possibly ring up inspiring an 8 year old to run around yelling "EXTERMINATE"? I am sure his mother is totally cool with it. (muahahaha)
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
15. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 15, 2012, 16:11 Jivaro
 
banddirector wrote on Nov 15, 2012, 16:02:
This week I guarantee the Giants will not lose.

I make the same guarantee about the Seahawks!


Screwed up my fantasy football roster having those two teams and Tennessee go on the BYE at the same time. I have had Marshawn Lynch(RB), Chris Johnson(RB), Nate Wahington(WR) and Lawrence Tynes(K) all on my roster. I had to drop Tynes and Washington and replace them with Gould and Woodhead. I guess it could have been worse.
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
13. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 15, 2012, 15:15 Jivaro
 
My picks:
Miami, Atl, Tamba Bay, Dallas, Green Bay, Houston, Cincy, St Louis, New Orleans, Denver, New England, Baltimore, SF.

Upset of the week: Philly over Washington. Washington is terrible at home so far, and Philly is having that kind of season where a rookie quarterback that has no business even taking snaps is going to win a ball game he shouldn't win (mainly because the Skins defense is so injured) and create a quarterback controversy right when Vick and Reid need that not to happen. Not saying they don't want to win...but everyone knows what the fans and the press in that town are going to be screaming for if that rookie wins while Vick is out. They are going to want Vick to stay out...
 
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News Comments > Ships Ahoy - LEGO The Lord of the Rings
6. Re: Ships Ahoy - LEGO The Lord of the Rings Nov 14, 2012, 12:55 Jivaro
 
I hope they keep making these. These games are just digital versions of the Lego play sets that also are based on various movies, books, comic book characters, etc. And, just like those play sets, they are a great way for parents and their kids to have fun together. I think folks that don't have kids lose sight of that. The video game medium allows for things that a play set obviously doesn't, and that is a good thing. They don't have to reinvent the wheel every time they make one of these games. Trying a few new things like they did with Batman 2: Justice League isn't so bad, but keeping them fun and creative should be the priority, just like the play sets.  
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News Comments > Black Ops II Disc Mix-up Reward
11. Re: Black Ops II Disc Mix-up Reward Nov 14, 2012, 00:16 Jivaro
 
Prez wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 23:28:
If it were for everyone it affected I'd be impressed. The 'first 50' crap is just making a game out of it which is disrespectful for your fans who got screwed.

But it wasn't their fans..it was the COD fans no? I read this as simply taking advantage of Activision's problem. They, being EA, didn't have to give anybody anything at all and nobody would have said a thing. Now because they gave 50 people something they are assholes?

I mean, don't get me wrong..EA is one big asshole...but I am hard pressed to find anything to criticize here.
 
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News Comments > Black Ops II Disc Mix-up Reward
2. Re: Black Ops II Disc Mix-up Reward Nov 13, 2012, 21:30 Jivaro
 
A wise move by the EA PR department for once.  
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News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Call of Duty: Black Ops II
55. Re: Ships Ahoy - Call of Duty: Black Ops II Nov 13, 2012, 15:18 Jivaro
 
SpectralMeat wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 14:38:
The game sells a ton of copies, regardless of what we think of it or the people paying for it. You can keep arguing that it is a turd, and it may be but it sells a lot more then the games that are not turds. Why?
Probably the same reason why people buy sports games every single year. Except this is the first fps game that does what sports games do and come out every year.
Why not just let it go and stop trying to convince people that are buying this game that it is a turd and move on. People don't seem to make a big deal out of Madden, TigerWoods, Fifa, NHL games coming out every year so I don't see why this is such a big deal with CoD, but the forum seems to lit up like a Christmas Tree when there is a news story about CoD.
Activision does something right in order to sell so many copies of this game every year, just like Apple does something right to sell so many iPads and iPhones every year.
If you don't like it don't buy it.

Who the hell do you think you are coming in here with that gobbledigook logic of yours! If we want to beat a dead horse then by golly we will beat away!
 
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News Comments > Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2
61. Re: Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2 Nov 13, 2012, 13:36 Jivaro
 
The first ME game to have multiplayer was also the first ME game that I didn't replay the single player campaign. This fact, combined with other examples of franchise that I feel have become diluted by forcing multiplayer into them, is why I feel the way I do about it. Also, as I said, the market isn't exactly in need of more multiplayer shooters.

The idea of a separate specifically multiplayer game at a cheaper price is a good one however. My gut is telling me that a ME MMO is in the works anyway. We just haven't heard about it because the SWTOR fiasco is forcing them to wait for a better announcement window.

edit: corrected rice/price typo and added my tinfoil hat speculation of the day.

This comment was edited on Nov 13, 2012, 13:52.
 
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News Comments > Ships Ahoy - RIFT: Storm Legion
7. Re: Ships Ahoy - RIFT: Storm Legion Nov 13, 2012, 12:56 Jivaro
 
Ceribaen wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 12:37:
I have been seriously tempted to get back into Rift after a year off because of the expansion hype.

Was a rather enjoyable experience really. Just had some schedule issues that made it hard to get together with people I enjoyed playing with that caused me to stop before (that and Skyrim and a few other games released about that time caused a few disappearances).

The beta was a blast. The community and the developers really made the entire beta fun. That carried over to the first month. I too ran into scheduling problems when it came to subscribing however. I bought the game at launch precisely because I thought the game was well done and beta was so fun. The problem, and this goes for any subscription based MMO, is that I just don't have the time to play the game enough to make it worth the monthly fee. I totally understand why people would stay and pay to play though, I think it is one of the most enjoyable MMOs out there. If I had the time to devote to properly participating in PvP and endgame, I would pay the sub.
 
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News Comments > Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2
56. Re: Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2 Nov 13, 2012, 12:37 Jivaro
 
Verno wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 12:17:
Argggh...<snip>

lol..I follow
 
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News Comments > Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2
53. Re: Mass Effect 4 Uses Frostbite 2 Nov 13, 2012, 12:14 Jivaro
 
Creston wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 11:55:
Verno wrote on Nov 13, 2012, 11:07:
As for the MP, plenty of people played it. I've played it extensively for months, but when GW2 came out I finally stopped. I tried going back a few weeks after and gave up after 10 minutes of trying to get a match going.

On the weekends during the events sure but I had a lot of problems finding games during the week. The MP ended up boring me to tears due its very limited scope and lack of variety so I didn't really care though. Their implementation of buyable DLC was borderline scummy shit too but that's a different rant entirely.


I never had a problem finding games during the week, so not really sure what you were doing, to be honest...

And scummy? It's FREE DLC! As in: It costs NO money. And for that no money, they gave us more maps, more classes, more weapons and eventually (bit too late, but okay) another enemy faction to fight. You never had to spend a dime to get any of it. I never did, and I unlocked everything (apart from the last DLC, which I think I've yet to even download.)

Creston

I looked at it as a kind of test, to see if people were interested enough in multiplayer with the franchise to make it a significant part of whatever the next game is going to be and if the DLC business model was viable financially. For that reason, I didn't play it. I didn't want my "vote" to be "yes, spend time and money on multiplayer". I don't want multiplayer with this franchise. If I want a multiplayer shooter there are quite a few quality games to choose from. Quality single player games like the Mass Effect series are much more rare.

With that being said, I wouldn't ever bitch about the DLC or it's existence. It was free and I don't expect everyone to feel the same way I do about multiplayer. I can't comment to it's quality obviously, I wouldn't know since I didn't play it, but calling it "scummy" as if it's some kind of scam is kind of weird when it is free.

edit: item stuff? You could pay to get the items instead of playing to earn them...I think...is that what you mean?
 
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News Comments > Valve Confirms New Engine?
42. Re: Valve Confirms New Engine? Nov 12, 2012, 18:23 Jivaro
 
Cutter wrote on Nov 12, 2012, 17:50:
I'd love to see a new NOLF game!

+1
 
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News Comments > Free Skyfall DLC for 007 Legends This Month
14. Re: Free Skyfall DLC for 007 Legends This Month Nov 10, 2012, 17:54 Jivaro
 
Cutter wrote on Nov 10, 2012, 12:17:
After Connery I like Craig the best. Then Brosnan, Moore. Dalton, Lazenby? No.

I thought Lazenby was okay, but Dalton was...terrible. I am not even sure if it was Dalton so much as the movies themselves. It just seemed like a poor effort all the way around for the two movies he was in.
 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
15. Re: Out of the Blue Nov 10, 2012, 17:52 Jivaro
 
nin wrote on Nov 10, 2012, 17:39:
Saw Skyfall today - as a casual Bond fan (not seen every one), I thought it was really good fucking awesome.

yep, it was.
 
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News Comments > Game Reviews
3. Re: Game Reviews Nov 10, 2012, 13:50 Jivaro
 
Prez wrote on Nov 10, 2012, 13:38:
Besides the price, what exactly was factually incorrect about the first Gamespot review of Natural Selection 2? I kind of agreed with most of it, actually. His score was much lower than average, but what's wrong with a dissenting opinion?

He didn't actually play it for a what most people considered a reasonable amount of time. At least that seemed to be what I gleaned from the people who commented. Having not played the game I can't speak to the accuracy of the review, but the one complaint I saw universally was that it was obvious the reviewer had spent very little time with the game, even from the very few people that tried to defend the review. I imagine that is why Gamespot pulled it. I mean, all reviews are subjective to a great extent...but if the EiC finds out you didn't give the game the time you should have and the readers are calling you on that one particular point...it is going to get pulled.

There may be more to it, but that was my take-away.
 
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News Comments > Original DOOM 3 Back on Steam; BFG Source Release Coming
2. Re: Original DOOM 3 Back on Steam; BFG Source Release Coming Nov 10, 2012, 13:45 Jivaro
 
Dammit Prez..take your reason and logic somewhere else. It has no place in the gaming industry.  
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