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[quote name='elsnow77']sweet, just called my wal mart and found out they are gonna be selling this at midnight tonight. i think im gonna go down there and try to pm the CC 50 $ deal[/QUOTE]
Good idea, that's what I did. The late nite workers they have their are tools, she thought it was 39.99 and gave it to me for 40, lucky me I guess.
 
I'm gonna head to Meijer today with the CC ad. They always pricematch BB and CC ads with no hesitation. Deals that are too huge tend to cause problems though. The only problem I ever had with them was buying The Wire season 1 DVD set for $25 pricematched. It's normally damn near $60 so they thought I had some sort of counterfeit ad until a manager got called over and eventually overrode the two idiots debating whether the ad was real.

Heck, I could go there now at 4:00 AM since they're open 24 hours, but I'm worried I'll drive all the way there and find out they sold out at midnight. I'm surprised this game had a midnight release at so many stores.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']Anyways, still on the fence about the game. Played through the demo 2x, terrifying throughout both times. IDK if I can handle 20 hours in Rapture and remain sane.[/quote]

Glad I'm not the only who feels this way! As much as the demo was awesome, I'm really not sure I can handle playing through the whole game.

In a way, I'm glad my amazon order doesn't ship right away as I still have time to cancel it (though not much).
 
[quote name='gunm']Glad I'm not the only who feels this way! As much as the demo was awesome, I'm really not sure I can handle playing through the whole game.

In a way, I'm glad my amazon order doesn't ship right away as I still have time to cancel it (though not much).[/quote]

non plot related spoiler...
Game freaks me out bigtime. Theres a point where you are just walking along minding your own business and all the lights go out. wtf man...
 
[quote name='Surferflames']non plot related spoiler...
Game freaks me out bigtime. Theres a point where you are just walking along minding your own business and all the lights go out. wtf man...
[/QUOTE]

See. That's just not cool man. Not cool at all. I think I'll be getting Metroid Prime 3. =D
 
Got the call to pick up my pre-order at EB.

I won't be out of my classes until around 3, but I'll probably devote the rest of the day to playing it.

Excitement.
 
Showed up at 12am at Walmart, had 1 employee look in the back for it, then had one manager look in the back, told me they don't got it and to check back tomorrow at 10am...god I hate Walmart.
 
Should have known better than to try Meijer. They never have shit in. They always order a handful copies for a midnight release and take damn near a week or more to get more in stock.

They did have about 11-12 Wiis. Which would counter my argument except for the fact it's the first time in about 5 or 6 months that I've seen a Wii at the local Meijer.
 
Oh man after seeing that if my Big Daddy Figurine is broken I get an art book I am kinda hoping mine is broken cause that art book looks sweet.

Also it sucks that GS opens at 10 because I am busy from 10 till 11 so I will have to pick it up then.
 
[quote name='darthbudge']Oh man after seeing that if my Big Daddy Figurine is broken I get an art book I am kinda hoping mine is broken cause that art book looks sweet.[/QUOTE]
I'm breaking mine when I take it out of the box :p
 
I'm breaking mine when I take it out of the box :p
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OH NOES! Mr. Bubbles why won't you move!?

Yeah I just don't know if I could bring myself to do that but if it ever breaks while I am playing with it I will send it back.
 
Well, my 360 is off for repairs... again. Hopefully I'll have it back in two weeks so while everyone is gearing up for Halo I can play catch-up with BioShock.
 
[quote name='Surferflames']non plot related spoiler...
Game freaks me out bigtime. Theres a point where you are just walking along minding your own business and all the lights go out. wtf man...
[/QUOTE]

Honestly, I think this game is somewhat creepier than Condemned. This game pulls a creepy trick a few times where (non-plot)
you get into a particularly large firefight with the spiders with this 1940's music blaring and lights going on and off and they're all screaming stuff
and that part made me jump for sure.

Also, the entire
theatre sequence where you have to hunt down people
I'm in now is a lot more unnerving than anything in Condemned.
 
Maxim is about as credible a reviewer as my deceased great grandmother. They gave Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness and the last Turok games 5/5.
 
As much as I am enjoying this, there are so many little things wrong with the presentation. Subtitles are horribly out of sync, no way to stop recordings from playing once you start them, and the whole twitch/stutter bits are quite often.

I also feel like the control scheme was tacked on. It feels way too much like a PC shooter than a 360 shooter. I'm going to try bumping up the turn speed and see if that helps.
 
[quote name='Surferflames']As much as I am enjoying this, there are so many little things wrong with the presentation. Subtitles are horribly out of sync, no way to stop recordings from playing once you start them, and the whole twitch/stutter bits are quite often.

I also feel like the control scheme was tacked on. It feels way too much like a PC shooter than a 360 shooter. I'm going to try bumping up the turn speed and see if that helps.[/QUOTE]

Wait until you start seeing the
dead
bodies with no textures on them. They just look like smooth brown manequins. I've seen it happen a few times, but it doesn't take away from the experience all that much.
 
[quote name='ZForce']Maxim is about as credible a reviewer as my deceased great grandmother. They gave Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness and the last Turok games 5/5.[/QUOTE]

It insane that they have the balls to even print game reviews after those two.

They need to stick to heavily airbrushed pictures of hot women I usually have never heard of before.
 
Quick Question:

Which part of the Big Daddies are breaking? I got mine and he only has 3 fingers and a thumb. He is missing the finger next to the thumb. Is that normal?
 
I also wanna know what everyone elses broken figures look like. Here's my figure.

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Notice how the cage around the head is towards the right. I wonder if this is considered broken enough to be replaced.
 
My Big Daddy came in pristine condition. I'm starting to think the broken figurine catastrophe is overblown because they seem to be pretty solidly built. darth007, my cage is a little off-center as well. I wouldn't worry about it since it isn't like the Big Daddies are supposed to be perfect, they are abominations after all. ;)

I wonder if 2K will reject any broken figures that aren't factory sealed? That way they will know who did any tampering to get the free art book.
 
[quote name='Surferflames']As much as I am enjoying this, there are so many little things wrong with the presentation. Subtitles are horribly out of sync, no way to stop recordings from playing once you start them, and the whole twitch/stutter bits are quite often.

I also feel like the control scheme was tacked on. It feels way too much like a PC shooter than a 360 shooter. I'm going to try bumping up the turn speed and see if that helps.[/QUOTE]

Coupled with incorrect widescreen settings? Hmm...

I haven't played the final version, but I feel like the lack of ability to pause a recording seems like it would get pretty damn annoying.

I was also surprised at how many people were saying how well the shooter controls worked. Again, I've only played the demo, but I remember trying to shoot splicers, but they sometimes move too quickly for you to even keep up. I pretty much solely play shooters so please don't comment on my aiming. This is a small issue that I got used to on the second time through the demo though.
 
[quote name='Kendro']My Big Daddy came in pristine condition. I'm starting to think the broken figurine catastrophe is overblown because they seem to be pretty solidly built. darth007, my cage is a little off-center as well. I wouldn't worry about it since it isn't like the Big Daddies are supposed to be perfect, they are abominations after all. ;)

I wonder if 2K will reject any broken figures that aren't factory sealed? That way they will know who did any tampering to get the free art book.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your feedback. ^_^ This wouldn't be such a big deal if they didn't offer the amazing art book too. The art book is what's motivating people to break them. They should just give the book away to those who register the game or something similar.
 
[quote name='darth007']I also wanna know what everyone elses broken figures look like. Here's my figure.

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Notice how the cage around the head is towards the right. I wonder if this is considered broken enough to be replaced.[/QUOTE]

I'm missing the Index Finger on my Big Daddy. I think it was something that happened in the factory and got packaged that way since there is no thumb in the plastic and the stub is painted over.
 
[quote name='pimpinc333']I'm missing the Index Finger on my Big Daddy. I think it was something that happened in the factory and got packaged that way since there is no thumb in the plastic and the stub is painted over.[/QUOTE]

Are you gonna try to get it replaced? I'm not gonna bother with mine.

My copy of the game is just sitting on the shelf since my 360 is in the hands of UPS right now. Ugh. To those that are playing, is the game worthy of its hype?
 
C'mon UPS guy!

I was reading the official forums last night about the widescreen bit--I'm not sure if that is effecting the 360 version, but PC gamers are right pissed about it. They're trying to get into the console and adjust the FOV
 
[quote name='KwanzaaTimmy']C'mon UPS guy!

I was reading the official forums last night about the widescreen bit--I'm not sure if that is effecting the 360 version, but PC gamers are right pissed about it. They're trying to get into the console and adjust the FOV[/QUOTE]

It affects the 360 version as well.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']It affects the 360 version as well.[/QUOTE]

Oh-- wow. That's downright lame. 4:3 = the way its meant to be played?
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']It affects the 360 version as well.[/quote]What's this? Looks like I'm gonna have to go thread hunting.

Edit: Never mind...found it. No true 16:9...lame.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']The tip of my drill is broken off...that's whats wrong with mine.[/quote]

Same, don't know if I want to get it replaced or just put some glue on it and call it a day. :cool:
 
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