Ratman_tf
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schild
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Best news all week. Sky can shut the fuck up in every other Mass Effect thread now.
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Tebonas
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Can I give my Xbox360 back now?
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schild
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No, but you are free to buy Culdcept when it's released in the Land of Zero Games.
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Bunk
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"Welcome to the internet, pussy." - VDL
"I have retard strength." - Schild
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Tebonas
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Culdcept? The demo may arrive here any month day now.
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Sky
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Best news all week. Sky can shut the fuck up in every other Mass Effect thread now.
Every other? All but one, I think. Happy Sky. May isn't bad at all, about on par with Rockstar's conversion time. Way better than Jade Empire's lag :) |
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Yoru
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Awesome. Now I no longer need to buy a 360, that was the last "exclusive" title I was looking forward to playing.  |
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schild
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Best news all week. Sky can shut the fuck up in every other Mass Effect thread now.
Every other? All but one, I think. I meant all but this one. Every other thread [besides the current one]. |
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Still my favorite:  |
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Stormwaltz
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About goddamned time.
I'm having it installed on my machine this afternoon so I can write tutorial popup strings.
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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JWIV
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ctrl-F13 is the hotkey for it I think |
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Special J
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ctrl-F13 is the hotkey for it I think There's another upgrade I have to shell out for. Stupid fucking keyboard. |
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Yegolev
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About goddamned time.
I'm having it installed on my machine this afternoon so I can write tutorial popup strings.
You going to be fixing the "inventory system" while you're in there? |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Stormwaltz
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You going to be fixing the "inventory system" while you're in there?
Dammit Jim, I'm a writer, not a tech designer. From the press release: Optimized for the PC, Mass Effect for the PC incorporates the following features:
* Optimized controls designed specifically for the PC.
* High resolution visuals - Mass Effect for the PC features highly detailed textures, characters and environments.
* Fully customizable controls - PC gamers can re-map the control scheme any way they like.
* Run & Gun Control - Players can assign biotic powers or skills to 'hot keys' allowing them to play Mass Effect with a heavier focus on action.
* New decryption mini-game.
* New inventory screen GUI and functionality - The enhanced inventory system makes it easier for players to equip and modify their weapons and armor. |
Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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sidereal
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THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE EVERY WANTED TO GET IN TO A BETA
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Calantus
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Step 1: Buy Xbox 360 mostly for Mass Effect
Step 2: Play Mass Effect
Step 3: Xbox 360 breaks
Step 4: Mass Effect for the PC announced
Step 5: Hate life
Seriously, fuck Microsoft and their shitty fucking console.
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Rasix
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Buying a console for mostly one game is fucking stupid. Hate yourself.
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Ratman_tf
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Buying a console for mostly one game is fucking stupid. Hate yourself.
 Not that the N64 didn't have some good games, but that was the one I really wanted.  |
"What I'm saying is you should make friends with a few catasses, they smell funny but they're very helpful." -Calantus makes the best of a smelly situation. |
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Tebonas
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I've spent more money for less value. At least I didn't buy the PS3 for Uncharted yet. But only because taking away the backwards compatibility pissed me off!  |
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Lucas
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Friggin' awesome. I wasn't expecting it to come out so soon after the console version. I can be a Bioware whore once again!  |
" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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Yegolev
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* New inventory screen GUI and functionality - The enhanced inventory system makes it easier possible for players to equip and modify their weapons and armor.
Here's hoping. Oh, wait, I already bought it. Silly me. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
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Yoru
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I've spent more money for less value. At least I didn't buy the PS3 for Uncharted yet. But only because taking away the backwards compatibility pissed me off! Amusingly enough, this announcement has pretty much sealed my decision to get a PS3 instead of a 360, as there's a few exclusive PS3 titles that'll never come out on PC, whereas all the supposed 360 exclusives seem to inevitably get PC-ported 6 months later. I can stand a bit of a wait. Lets you guys take the brunt of the New Releases shitstorm for me. Granted, I probably won't actually get a PS3 for another year or so, but it's On Notice. |
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sidereal
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THIS IS THE MOST I HAVE EVERY WANTED TO GET IN TO A BETA
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Calantus
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Buying a console for mostly one game is fucking stupid. Hate yourself.
When I say mostly I mean it was the tipping point. There's reason to own a 360 beyond mass effect and I do have other games, Mass Effect was just the game that got me off the fence. I certainly wouldn't go out and buy a console if only one game had me interested. I also don't regret the purchase because of Mass Effect for PC, I regret it because the shitty console broke and I have to fuck around getting it fixed and this announcement is salt on the wound. |
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Aez
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Directx 10 only?
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Depends if they want to sell many copies or not..
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Tale
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The Xbox and Xbox 360 are PC Lite. All worthwhile Xbox/360 games come to the PC eventually.
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Some games are just better on console.
Examples:
Fighting Games, especially 2-player ones.
Racing Games.
Light Gun Games.
Wrestling Games.
Party Games.
Others are better on PC:
FPS
3PS
RTS
TBS
Western RPGs
I could extend both lists a bit more, but you get the idea. Doesn't mean both can't do some of the other's ones well, but, like I said, you get the idea.
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schild
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I prefer third person shooters on the console.
Mostly because they're about... 3 times less twitchy than FPS titles. And have a cone of fire instead of a point for most weapons.
TBS is better on Console. Unless you mean 4x/Civ. Which I consider a different genre from TBS (which means Disgaea-likes, FFT, Advance Wars, etc).
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Dtrain
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Buying a console for mostly one game is fucking stupid. Hate yourself.
When I say mostly I mean it was the tipping point. There's reason to own a 360 beyond mass effect and I do have other games, Mass Effect was just the game that got me off the fence. I certainly wouldn't go out and buy a console if only one game had me interested. I also don't regret the purchase because of Mass Effect for PC, I regret it because the shitty console broke and I have to fuck around getting it fixed and this announcement is salt on the wound. RROD was an issue long before Mass Effect, so you should have known better. And that having been said, I did the same thing with the original Xbox - which is why I haven't bought a 360. Althought Culdcept Saga is a serious temptation, I knew Mass Effect would eventually get the port to PC. |
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Tale
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Rasix
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Hey, let's have the whole console v. PC discussion in a thread about a ported/not-yet-ported game! The whole PC gaming from the couch isn't logistically, aesthetically, or financially possible or even appealing to some people. So much so that it might as well not even exist. But my large HD TV does, and it begs to be used and abused in relative comfort. FIN. |
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schild
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Rasix, we have another computer hooked up to the LCD in the living room for Steam. It has a mouse, keyboard, and sits on a coffee table at the perfect height for...gaming.
That said, agreed.
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I have one of those, too. But still... Soul Calibur 2-player etcetera And yes, I was talking Civ/4x, (TBS) but I also prefer my X-Coms and Falout Tactics/Jagged Alliance on PC. FFT on ps1 was fun though. Those are more TBT, though. I'm using the Max Payne titles and GTA series as my 3rd-person gold standard, and PC control wins for me. Anyway, I'll buy ME when it eventually comes out on PC, and can take it off the uhming and ahhing 360 list. Hopefully it's modabble to include full contact hardcore. Because it's not like I have access to pornography on the internet anyway.  |
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