space captain wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 22:45:
i wish they would nuke the fucking planet already so we can start having some real fun in the post-apocalypse dog towns

Creston wrote on Aug 8, 2011, 11:23:
1) HORRIBLE UI. Again, the community will fix that, pronto, but seriously, Bethesda. How does ANYONE in your company think that that is an acceptable UI? Seriously? Having to scroll between weapons, shields AND magic in one table to select what you want to have in your hand? I know you're limited because of the controller, but this is the best you could come up with? As far as I could tell, it wasn't even alphabetical.

2) Graphically it doesn't really look that good, but it's a shitty quality video, and of course it's played on five year old hardware. I just hope Bethesda isn't lying when they say the PC will look better than the console.

3) It did MOVE very smoothly. I was very impressed with the framerate.

4) LOVE the "perks" or whatever for every skill. That's awesome. Should lead to tons of customization and replayability.

5) Swordplay is still weak. You slice a bandit across his chest, blood spurts out, and he doesn't even respond. He doesn't flinch, he doesn't crumple, he just stands there. Maybe he grunted, I couldn't tell. Five years of people telling them how bad the swordplay in Oblivion was, and this is their response. Sigh.

6) The map is FANTASTIC!

All in all, not a terribly impressive video, but I think a lot of it was due to the quality of the video itself. As for the other stuff, eh, it'll be modded out soon enough.

Creston

Jonny wrote on Aug 6, 2011, 13:05:

This thread is full of whine. If you don't like it, don't buy it. No need to classify anyone who does buy it as some type of mental defective just because you can't see the worth. That just makes you a sad, sad person.

The only whine in it is coming from the "don't like it, don't buy it" crowd, who seem to be personally offended when a blatant rip-off is pointed out. Mysteriously, people are perfectly capable of distinguishing between their personal tastes and an objective assesment of the value of an item.

As a hypothetical example, two people collect swords. One buys a hand-forged sword from a swordsmith for $2000, the other a factory stamped stainless steel "Limited Edition" replica for $1000. I don't collect swords, yet I can objectively determine that Person A probably got value for money whereas Person B paid drastically over the material value for the "Limited Edition" tag.

Whether he's happy with it or not is irrelevant, whether I collect or value them or not is irrelevant, it's still objectively a rip off and can be labelled as such without trite aphorisms being waved around.

Dades wrote on Jul 18, 2011, 11:35:

It always amazes me what Valve get away with where other publishers get tarred and feathered for much lesser "crimes". Must be something like Stockholm syndrome indeed where the ass rape victim falls in love with the rapist after a long enough period of abuse.

Cheap deals for the customer, patches applied to games for the customer, a social service so you and your friends can play together... the ability to quickly and easily re install your games *and game codes are saved without having to write them down...all of this free. Not so much Stockholm syndrome as what some would call loyalty. Give me some examples please of where the customer is getting ass raped as you so intelligently put it?

Steam sucks because I have to download software that organizes my games into a neat list, shows me all updates and DLC that is available for it with out me having to scour the internet or wait in line on Fileplanet or something? Bunch of haters.