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In games like this (Fallout 3, Borderlands 1, etc) because of that very reason I find myself hoarding everything in the game. It gets bad enough that my virtual homes online could probably go on the Hoarders reality show :p

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Yep yep, and I always play a sniper. It seems in most games it's VERY hard not to make a sniper overpowered. Just the general nature of sniping.

Haven't really checked out Darksiders 2 yet, Death just doesn't seem interesting enough. Anyone played that?

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Hit L13 Zero yesterday. (My depth perception still isn't back to normal.) Yeah, gun sway is a problem. But in B1 they made a real big deal about accuracy and stability bonuses. Looking through the skill trees I see the same here, so I'm not worried. By the time I was in the 50s with Mordecai I was sniping things I could barely see through a 2.7x.

Like that they finally have an "installation wide" stash, AND that it only holds a few things.

The mission planning was a little poor. I spend a LOT of time running back and forth between multiple zones to tag something and come back.

Did find a gun named "3 Dog" though, so that made me happy :)

All in all the writing is a little crass in more than a couple places; enough for me to shake my head. But we're talking about Anthony Burch here so I suppose we couldn't ask for much in the way of high-brow plotlines.

Enough of the preliminaries. I'm going back in. o/

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So far I'm level 9. The game, like most...which is kind of annoying, is gear based big time. I picked up a purple sniper rifle, the name eludes me right now, and I am one shotting 75%+ of the mobs. Grabbed a purple shotgun and the big dudes are no longer a problem.

I really wish they would focus more on skill and story than items and gear. The dialogue is good but not great. Overall so far it's fun and I'll finish it surely but certainly not as epic or hype worthy as it should be or was anticipated to be.

I'll agree on the missions as well. Many things in the game seemed to be done just to extent the game time. Driving through and getting jumped by a bunch of horsecrap mobs you can gun down easily, just takes an extra minute or two. Driving that extra distance, just adds game time. I remember back in the day when you would get 40-80 hours out of a game and it hardly felt unreasonably extended.

I wish there was more witty-crass dialogue. That's what makes the game interesting for me. Certainly not the gameplay which has been done a hundred times by now. That's all games have to offer these days, dialogue and story. Everything else has been done much more than once, so if they don't have that.....they can't offer much. Or maybe I'm just getting burned out on video games. Been a good long ~20 year ride.

Getting back to it.

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Yeah. I'm starting to get there myself. Had a bit longer of a run. But even in B2 I'm getting a rapidly rising "yeah, but... I already pumped over 100 (damn near 200) hours into something just like this." There's less different than I'd like really, though maybe it opens up a bit in the 20s like its predecessor.

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But hey! Torchlight 2 came out today *\o/*

:-/

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I think I got real close to 15 last night but I called it. I wish the maps were bigger, going back to old areas really sucks. I hope it picks up soon, so far it just seems like Borderlands....2.

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Darksiders 2 is amazing, in theory, for some reason I can't put my finger on it is incredibly easy to put down though. I think it's all the irritating yet easy to figure out puzzles and platforming.

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I really just hope it wasn't like the first one. War was a fun character, the story was moderately interesting but the puzzles were BEYOND retarded. I had to youtube half the game, what a waste.

Death....eh I didn't find him as fun to play in the few seconds I played. We'll see.

Still playing Borderlands 2, I really can't see how people pay for these games...it's VERY underwhelming and extremely frustrating. The story is meh.....

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They went the other way in darksiders 2, puzzles are so easy you just end up feeling like you can't be bothered and going to make a sandwich or watch TV or something, it is an exercise in tedium. The story so far isn't exactly compelling either. Death is as cool as War was though.

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Ah damn, seems like another miss. I really am not too hopeful for the next upcoming few years in PC gaming. I am looking forward to the new Hitman but that's really about it.

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I'm officially giving Borderlands 2 a 5/10....if you paid for it 3/10. Terrible game. What kind of company TRIES to make a product that pisses off it's consumer? Idiots.

NEVER have I died so many times in any one game. I've died probably 25 times.

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Really? I dunno, I thought it was nice they made it a little more difficult than BL1, because even on the second (more difficult) playthrough BL1 was a cakewalk.

Sorry you don't like it :(

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It's just every boss has EXACTLY one strategy....if you don't know it you die countless amounts of times, losing all your money, to get the boss down after you learn how.

How linear. I don't like being forced to do everything, no options or alternative tactics.

Also the mechanics of each boss are WAY too similar, avoid the attacks because they can and will one-two shot you. They introduced that "insta-gib" crap years ago and it's been ruining gaming since. We get it, you want us to do things one way...your way.

No game I have ever played involved dying this much because you aren't doing the EXACT thing they want you to.

The storyline is pretty crappy as well.

Disappointing. I'm trying to play it through but if I die a few more times I'll just grab a trainer and they can eat it....I'll play it my way.

What ever happened to options and multiple strategies?

Did gaming companies ever think that MAYBE just MAYBE we want a nice story with pretty simple gameplay? Not every game should entail being constantly challenged by silly mechanics you will eventually get through anyways. The only thing that accomplishes is frustrating you. They do it on purpose sometimes too, like for example you "respawn" just a touch out of the way of where ever you died. Just enough to make you walk an extra minute or two. They are stretching the game time.....

Something tells me at the end of this game there really is only 15-20 hours if that but they stretched it to justify the price tag.

The loot half these bosses drops sucks as well. Got that thresher down and it dropped...nothing. But I died probably 8 times trying to kill it.

/end rant.

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Well, I can't wait for DOA 5 :D

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DAMMIT!

I wanted to love it so badly. But you've really nailed it. The constructor bot was the worst. I finally figured out that (on the first iteration) the turret that kept spawning behind it was a quick "revive" kill, so I'd just plug away until dying, then beat that thing up for the revive. But that's after a clean dozen deaths.

The storyline is a mess. It's pretty much the General Knoxx storyline.

I'm marginally determined to OP Zero and finish it, with the hope that they'll kick Burch off the writing team in time for the DLCs.

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FTL: Faster Than Light. It's damn near impossible but I like it.

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I'm picking up my doa5 tonight. Can't wait!

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Finally got around to playing through LIMBO over the weekend.

Started up on Braid and on Dungeons of Dredmor. Dredmor is a ton of fun. Over on reddit.com/r/Dredmor they post weekly challenges for noobs...I'm failing MISERABLY at them, too :tu
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I'm happy to say that, in to L25, Borderlands 2 has done exactly what I hoped. It took that long to grow in to itself. I suppose it's either a function of gearing/skilling up or the early zones just sucking wind. But now I'm good with it.

The amount of stuff I have to sell is just driving me insane. I've maxed out my inventory (27? seems low.) And no matter how much I sell, I've always got too many things I'd like to try, even with a full bank and stash.

I suppose if I was really driven I could create other toons, get them to sanctuary, then use them as packhorses. But I'm just not that motivated.

But then, Dishonored is coming :)

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Anyone noodled around with the new Skyrim DLC? I pulled it down last night but haven't had time enough to breathe twice in a row, much less play games.

Plus, it seems that Dishonored pre-downloaded.

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Finnally found some time to sit down and start slashing my way through God of War III. I'm loving it so far and looking forward to GOW 4 before I've even finished. LOL


Lucky

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The new Dead or Alive 5 is pretty good. They did a great job on the voices now...if anyone out there cares.

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i cant wait for halo and call of duty :tu

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Anyone Have any info on half life 3? Just a shot in the dark...

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I got Halo pre-ordered.

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No sign of it any time soon, but if your feeling nostalgic the awesome Black Mesa mod for Half Life 2 finally came out not too long ago

http://release.blackmesasource.com/

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It's alright, I played through the vampires campaign and it was pretty decent. I get the feeling the dawnguard campaign is going to have you do the exact same things as the vampire campaign.

There's a bug where the follower you get nerfs the crap out of your vampire powers when she is a follower. So your new vamp powers seem lousy until you finish the questline.

Overall it's decent but buggy. Falling through the world, NPCs getting stuck in combat. Door not opening when they should to let the bad guys through. So you end up stuck in combat behind a locked door with enemies on the other side. Reload last save fixed the bugs for the most part.

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Dishonored review by TotalBiscuit/CynicalBrit

Seems fun...but i just really can't get behind the watercolor/soft edge art style. It looks SO cartoony. It's why I struggle through RAGE and couldn't really get behind Borderlands 1 or 2 :(

But everyone else seems to like it. Maybe I just need to get with the times or something...

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I am not a fan of the look either honestly. Kills the immersion for me.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one, I have never understood why cell shading ever took off. It drives me crazy, even if I can put it out of my head and play the game anyway it's always there. The 4th (or was it 5th) Prince of Persia was totally ruined for me. I can't get 15 minutes in without turning it off.

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So I heard the Hymn of Fayth from Final Fantasy 10 the other day and it lit a burning urge in me to start playing. I installed and configured PCSX2 on my PC today, ripped in FFX, dumped my PS2 bios, and am now playing FFX on PC.

FEELS GOOD, MAN.

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See I like it in Borderlands. That look worked with the game very well.

I'm only an hour in to Dishonored though. The 16 hour work day is brutalizing me. I replayed the first mission a couple times trying to get through it without wasting a bunch of guards, but I can't quite get the knack of how I can tell if I'm visible or not when stealthed.

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Having trouble getting in to Dishonored. It's... Well, it's Thief 4 really. Everything takes so damn long.

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XCOM is my latest addiction.

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Crusader Kings 2, new Legacy of Rome expansion just came out, so addicting :tu

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Just picked up Max Payne 3 for Free (traded in a bunch of stuff that I would never finish) Really enjoying it, once I beat it I might get Sleeping Dogs.

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The only game that had Shell Shading worth a damn imo was Jet Grind/Set Radio for the Dreamcast, damn I miss my Dreamcast....was a great system.

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Cell shading was a pretty good style for Ultimate Spiderman. It gave the game that comic book/graphic novel feel.

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Oh yeah, I forgot about that....that did benefit the game imo...btw, I didn't mind it in Borderlands

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Yep, same here :banger It's just as good as I remember the original. The only problem I'm having seems to be with multi-level missions, camera positioning on the agents is kind of tough. But I can't really complain, it's an awesome game.

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Pulled the demo down this weekend but haven't had a moment to myself to mess with it.

I was only half hearted about it 'til I saw you guys frothing over it.

Somehow I missed the originals when they came around. I tried playing them (through Steam I think) but they were just too .... old (says the Wizardry 1 on Apple ][ veteran) and I couldn't get in to them.

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Agreed. I'm a huge retro gamer, but the original looks too boring for me in this day and age. Some games don't hold up well with age.

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And, because you said "retro gamer" I simply have to say "Dungeon Keeper 2".

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I cant wait until next Tuesday = Assasins Creed III !!!!!!!!!!!!
Its going to be fun killing red coats!!

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Think I'll wait till Black Friday to pick this up, hopefully I can get it at a discount.

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I recently re bought both DK1 and 2 on GOG.com. I still think those are Peter Molyneuxs best games.

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Any Dead Island fans???

http://www.examiner.com/article/firs...island-riptide

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Yeah me too. I couldn't actually play DK1 though. It was just too...CGI.

I'd never heard his name before. I'm just not that much of a game wonk.

Populus was a blast IIRC. I seem to recall it being really easy.

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heh. I've had QUITE enough zombirificness. Dr. Ned's about as far as I'll go.