11-09-2009, 06:36 PM | #1101 | |
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11-09-2009, 06:39 PM | #1102 | |
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I was thinking the same think CleBrowns. I'm wondering if we could get a steady game going on here. I'm BVest1121 on 360 if anyone is ever looking for a game. |
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11-09-2009, 06:39 PM | #1103 | |
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Only died one time on that one. As it turns out the guy on the train gave me MUCH more trouble. It wasn't quick but stay away from him enough and it's not frustration inducing like the train guy was. |
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11-09-2009, 07:03 PM | #1104 | |
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I'd be in, I'm on the fence on which system to get this for. A couple of my buddies from back home are going to get it on PS3 but I enjoy gaming on the 360 far better for some reason. |
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11-09-2009, 07:05 PM | #1105 |
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I've never played the single player mode of a CoD game for more than 10 minutes total. I'm not even certain I'll bother doing that much this time. CoD is all about the multiplayer.
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11-09-2009, 07:24 PM | #1106 |
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I am buying it for MP, otherwise I would just rent the game. I still play MP on COD:World at War, almost every night lately. I took about 3-4 months off and fell back into it big time a couple months ago. I will still play it a little after MW2 comes out even, because I want to get to the 10th prestige level, which I am just short of right now.
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11-09-2009, 08:21 PM | #1107 | |
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The first one had pretty short single player, as does every CoD. I buy them because I will generally play through them at least twice. And with the previous Modern Warfare, I played some of the missions many times. I can't count how many times I played the mission where you are in the plane and shooting down to the ground. So even if the SP mode is 6 hours, I'll still get at least 20 out of it. More if they have missions that are as fun as the one I mentioned. |
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11-09-2009, 08:31 PM | #1108 | ||
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Completely serious. For any action game I prefer a controller. Quote:
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11-09-2009, 09:20 PM | #1109 |
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Is this standard operating procedure? I finally decided to pick up Fight Night Round 4 (for PS3), and it was only $40. Whenever I buy a game, I buy it pretty much when it first comes out, so I'm used to paying the $60. I had no idea the price of games dropped the longer they were out.
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11-09-2009, 09:51 PM | #1110 | |
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Yeah, there are entire sites/forums (cheapassgamer.com for example) dedicated to people saving money on games. If you can wait a few months you can find most games for $10-20 bucks off somewhere (unless Nintendo publishes it, their games hardly ever drop in price which is frustrating). edit: Only one more week until the new Mario game comes out, it should be awesome. It's probably the last game I get this year, between that, FM 2010, and FIFA 10 I'll be all set for a few months. Last edited by Big Fo : 11-09-2009 at 10:43 PM. |
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11-10-2009, 12:29 AM | #1111 |
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I have it. Got to the closest Walmart at about 11:45 and there were twelve guys in line, twenty-four by the time they started selling them. Got the basic game, see you guys when I crawl out of my hole.
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11-10-2009, 03:43 AM | #1112 |
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Out of my hole for a second. As expected, loving this game. Solo play is good, done 4 or 5 missions. MP is fricking great and judging by the 73000 guys on at 3:40 AM central time playing this game I would say its a bit of a big seller so far. Highest number I can remember seeing on WaW was 30-35000 (PS3 by the way, 360 is probably has even more on right now).
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11-10-2009, 07:45 AM | #1113 |
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Good first 7 hour round of playing. Off for some sleep so I can dedicate some more time to this game. SpecOps missions seem to be pretty cool as well as the solo and MP play. They made a damn good game.
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11-10-2009, 09:35 AM | #1114 |
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I wonder how many man-hours of labor are being lost today due to people being *cough* sick *cough*.
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11-10-2009, 09:38 AM | #1115 |
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"I feel like somebody dropped a bomb on me, boss."
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11-10-2009, 09:42 AM | #1116 |
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11-10-2009, 10:15 AM | #1117 |
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Am I the only person who gets excited reading gaming stuff that mentions MW2 because they immediately translate that to Mechwarrior 2?
Then I'm disappointed when I realize it is Call of Duty. I've somehow managed to never get into these games, just not my style I guess. |
11-10-2009, 10:21 AM | #1118 |
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My brain does the automatic MW = MechWarrior translation as well, but then I quickly bring myself back to reality.
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11-10-2009, 10:28 AM | #1119 |
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Ran into about three hours of "one more thing to do" playing Torchlight last night. I'm up to about Level 19 with my character, and so far think that I'm getting good value out of the game for $20.
I'm interested to see how much replay value this one has a just a single-player game that has considerably fewer character decisions (at face value, anyway) than Titan Quest. |
11-10-2009, 10:36 AM | #1120 | |
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I think this one will really live or die by the mod community. The tools should be out any day now and supposedly you can mod just about anything, going so far as to create new spells, skills, and therefor classes. All the obvious stuff as well like levels, items, and mobs. If some people get together and put some class packs together I can see this one sticking around a long time. Depends on how much of a pain the mod tools are, but the little I've read has impressed me. Outstanding game for 20 bucks either way though. |
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11-10-2009, 10:38 AM | #1121 | |
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Isn't there a new Mechwarrior game in the works? I thought I read something about it and even watched a trailer for it.
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11-10-2009, 10:48 AM | #1122 | |
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MechWarrior (reboot) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Read the "Legal troubles" section. It looks like the old conflict between BattleTech and RoboTech is rearing it's ugly head once again.
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11-10-2009, 11:47 AM | #1123 |
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Tonight I will crawl into my MW2 hole.
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11-10-2009, 11:48 AM | #1124 |
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11-10-2009, 12:40 PM | #1125 |
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My gamertag on 360 is LicensedDwarf. Looking for some good dudes to play with
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11-10-2009, 03:47 PM | #1126 | |
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11-10-2009, 03:51 PM | #1127 |
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11-10-2009, 04:07 PM | #1128 |
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I think it's worse that everyone is going to spend Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day shooting the shit out of each other online. Last year was worse when they released WaW right on 11/11, but a day early isn't much better.
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11-10-2009, 04:26 PM | #1129 |
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We all know how involved and caring many parents are these days!
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11-10-2009, 04:35 PM | #1130 | |
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Eh, it's only a day early because it's a Tuesday release and the rotation of the calendar pushes any specific day of the month a day later in the week from year to year - two days on a leap year. And, yeah, they probably could've just released it on 11/11 this year, but it seems like the gaming industry is shifting to line their releases up with movies/music. It seems like more and more new gaming releases are coming in to work with Tuesday street dates, rather than the more traditional "sell 'em if you got 'em unless we've specified a hard street date." |
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11-10-2009, 04:42 PM | #1131 | |
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I think he means that it's kind of weird/disrespectful to honour those that fought for us by releasing a war game for others to kill each other in. |
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11-10-2009, 04:51 PM | #1132 |
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Any of these very popular video games should street date on a Saturday. No real reason to create a scenerio for a kid to miss school the next day. Nike/Jordan Brand realized this a long time ago.
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11-10-2009, 04:52 PM | #1133 | |
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You can argue it either way, I guess. "Disrespectful to release a war game on Veterans' Day," versus what I'm sure is Activision's line of "Release a game that shows people what our servicemen and women do for this country every day, to make them more aware of why we ought to remember them." I guess I fall into the line of thought that, well, this is Activision's biggest release of the year, so of course it's going to fall into the two-month window leading up to Christmas. The nature of our country's history is such that there are all kinds of militarily important dates during those two months. 11/10 - the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. 11/11 - Veterans' Day. 12/7 - Pearl Harbor day. 12/25 - Washington crosses the Delaware River. I guess it boils down to whether one specific day is less appropriate for a game's release than another. Last edited by SackAttack : 11-10-2009 at 05:01 PM. |
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11-10-2009, 04:53 PM | #1134 | |
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Just playing devil's advocate here but is it really the video game company's job to worry that kids are going to miss school to play their game? |
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11-10-2009, 04:54 PM | #1135 | |
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Sorry, I'm not going to put that one on the publishers. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is an M-rated title. It is not meant for consumption by schoolchildren. That some parents/relatives/complete strangers are willing to buy the game for those children does not mean that it is Activision's duty to, on the one hand, release a game not intended for that audience, but on the other, schedule that release in such a way that it winks and nods at the fact that said audience will be playing it. |
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11-10-2009, 04:59 PM | #1136 | |
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Not to mention: Activision Donates $1M on Game's Launch Day To Help Vets - Call of duty: modern warfare - Kotaku |
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11-10-2009, 05:04 PM | #1137 | |
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I also think that this game does more to make you stop and think about why you're home from school on veteran's day than anything I saw growing up. |
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11-10-2009, 05:55 PM | #1138 |
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Or you could differentiate the 2 and just not worry about the GAME.
It doesn't matter what they play tomorrow. They're still not going to give a fuck why they have the day off. They just know it's a day off of school.
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11-10-2009, 07:08 PM | #1139 | |
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I checked out at noon to watch the ACC basketball tournament on TV every year I was in HS. edit to add: Meanwhile, I don't think I've ever known of anyone being out of school on Veteran's Day. We never were at least & my son has never been.
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11-10-2009, 07:40 PM | #1140 | |
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I went to school twice on ACC Quarterfinal Friday from 3rd grade to 12th. I remember both days vividly, not because I learned a damn thing in them. In 1989 I was in the 6th grade, I remember sneaking out my Walkman to listen to Maryland upset NC State, the first time an 8 seed ever beat a 1 seed in the tournament IIRC. My junior year of high school all three classes I had after lunchtime just turned on the TV's that were installed in every classroom and allowed the students to read or work on homework or watch the game. Every other year I was "sick" that day. |
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11-10-2009, 10:13 PM | #1141 | |
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Really? Glorified violence and getting points and levels for shooting other people in death matches makes you think more than, oh, I don't know, seeing 85 year-old men crying over wreathes respecting their fallen brother's, son's, etc? Really? That's sad.
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11-10-2009, 10:16 PM | #1142 |
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Weird that people don't go to school on Veterans' Day. At my school, it is one of the most important days of the year. We invite all veterans to the school and put on a huge production in their honor. It is always a very big deal. I'm all for vacation days, but I'm glad we do this instead of just get a day off.
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11-10-2009, 10:18 PM | #1143 | |
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I think you should explain to your school board that you'd learn far more about war by staying home and playing Call of Duty. Then maybe kick a vet in the shin on your way out.
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11-10-2009, 10:52 PM | #1144 |
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The NV goggles in the WM2 bundle actually aren't too bad. I was able to walk around my backyard with them and they worked pretty well. But then I remembered that I had an infrared spotlight. Got that bad boy out, and I could see stuff a couple of hundred feet away. There is no depth perception though, so it is a bit tricky at first to walk around with them.
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11-11-2009, 12:49 AM | #1145 |
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I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure as a kid I had Veteran's Day off of school every year.
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11-11-2009, 12:50 AM | #1146 | |
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11-11-2009, 12:56 AM | #1147 | |
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I'm a disabled vet. My wife has done a tour in Iraq on top of that and very well could be going for a 2nd time in April. Anyone who has a problem with people playing Modern Warfare 2 on veteran's day is completely out of touch with today's society. If you think that somehow equates to disrespecting anyone then I can only assume you're the type of person that goes out looking for things to offend you. |
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11-11-2009, 12:58 AM | #1148 | |
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I've lived in school districts with military families for the past 11-12 years. Typically the district finds a way to give the kids memorial day off whether it's just a day off for teacher training or conference or whatever. |
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11-11-2009, 01:27 AM | #1149 |
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11-12-2009, 08:27 AM | #1150 |
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COD MW 2 is quite a thrill ride!!!
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