WAAAHHHHH My FREE GAME only supports 32 players WAAHHHHHH

Gamers are dumb but PC gamers are the worst.

Brutal Legend did suck though.

The interview says October 19, not October 6.

"I plugged in a zip code for Buffalo (14201) and find at least 4 Best Buys with the 250 gig model"

Apparently you went back 2 weeks in a time machine when I said no one had them in stock anywhere, proving me wrong.

Two weeks ago I couldn't find ANY in the stores here (Buffalo NY) and they just started getting shipments. Just saying that "I SAW PILES OF THEM AT THE STORE JUST SITTING THERE" anecdotes mean nothing.

Fixed.

Yeah right.

Supposedly MW2 only blocks party chat is specific playlists like S&D, which makes sense.

Wow, those guys can't seem to do anything right anymore.

Other than make a sequel that will sell millions of copies and will also make millions from console DLC (more than making up for the relatively small losses from reduced sales of the PC port), yeah, they are screwing everything up big time.

Also is it me or does mw2 look like its running at 30fps instead of 60fps?

I downloaded the high-res .mp4 of the flag runner video from the official MW2 site and it's definitely running 60 fps on the 360. The videos linked above are all lower quality video at a lower framerate, so it just looks slower.

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"That being said, everyone on your team is seen about the map as a colored + sign while in a certain range."

Not only does it not always appear - there are times when I've looked at someone in a dark room for a few seconds and had no clue who they are - but the plus sign is in the center which means it is often obscured. It would make much more sense to be above the head.

"There is healthbar that tells you how much health you have left."

Ho, I meant the red flashes near the center of the screen that tell you the direction from where you're getting shot.

"the mod is near commercial quality."

Uh no. For the year 2000, maybe... There are a ton of issues with balance and the interface. Telling your team from the enemy is a chore - I've never experienced so many accidental teamkills in my life. They actually removed the damage indicator for some reason, so you just die for what seems like no reason and you don't really learn anything from the experience.

This could be cool with a lot of tweaks, but the devs seem to be giving attitude to anyone with any constructive criticism, so I don't have much hope for that.

The soundtrack is really good though. If anything, the team knows how to hype and promote a game. It's a shame the game has so many problems.

As for the Halo kid... right. I think that's a pretty good example of Halo's target audience. If I was his parent, I'd beat him for being obsessed with such a shitty game.

Yeah fuck that kid for being creative and doing fun and interesting things. What a loser amirite guys?

Since when are frequent updates a bad thing? I would love it if the 360 updated and added features more often then twice a year.

Also, I stopped reading at "speculates."

There is no cross platform play AT ALL.

You can play GOW for FREE but there is only a basic server browser and if you want to play with someone specific you search for gamertag. If you want to use friend invites and have friends only games you need Gold.

Okay, after the patch the game runs a LOT faster on my low-end box (A64 3200+, 7600GT) and all the stuttering parts are no longer stuttering. If you were not happy with the performance of the game you need to give this one a shot.

Unfortunately, Vsync still doesn't work but the motion blur helps hide it somewhat.

Even though the game has issues and is a GFW title I am extremely surprised the multiplayer portion of this game isn't at least moderately popular.

One huge problem with GFW Live is apparent if you read any comment/review section on Amazon/Gamestop.com/etc. A LOT of people think you have to pay to play like on the XBOX - they have no idea there IS free play (without matchmaking/friend invites), and pass on the game.

Integrating into XBOX Live isn't a horrible idea but they should have maybe used a different name for it instead of using the same brand name as a pay-to-play service.

The ridiculous expense of upgrading is only one of the factors. The troubleshooting and tweaking and fiddling involved with PC gaming is just awful. "Ok, I got the latest video card, I'm all set. Oh wait, my system is rebooting because I need a bigger power supply, so I'll get one. Oh no, the power supply I got has a lot of watts but not enough power on the 12 volt rail! Ok, so I got a different power supply but now the game I wanted to play crashes because it's not compatible with the drivers for this video card!" AAAAGH I JUST WANT TO PLAY A STUPID GAME ON MY BIG ELECTRONIC TOY.

Compared to a console, where for the most part, you put the disc in and it works. Sure I can't upgrade the video card and then enable the developer console so I can manually tweak the settings for three hours to maximize framerate instead of actually playing it, but I think I'll be ok.

Going back to PC gaming after not gaming and then playing on consoles for a while has been like going back to an abusive, high-maintenance relationship. Except guys in crappy relationships usually don't accuse other guys with really good girlfriends of having "dumbed-down relationships."