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Was that the rectangular map with the two-story buildings at the ends?

The fact that every preorder bonus at GS or GS.com is a crap shoot has been reinforced for me today. You'd think when they overcharge for games, they could at least give you what they advertise.
 
PS3 version of SFIV finally came in! Sooo vibrant and colorful... my 360 only has component, thank MS. I without a doubt need a stick after playing challenge mode for a few hours ... and the opening them song does indeed suck/rock.
 
[quote name='hankmecrankme']Def. I feel like dying inside when I merely think about buying shit like that or cables at Best Buy.

So I jammed with some friends last night. It was pretty damn fun, though I overplayed a bit. That's just how I am. Gotta bring the heat every time. :) We'll do it again sometime.

Also finally got to play some SFIV last night. It's beast. I love it.[/QUOTE]


$90 for a cable modem! ouch, my butt!

oh wait, it's on amazon for $52. Guess I'll do the ol' "Buy from bestbuy now, buy from amazon later, return to bestbuy after that" :cool:
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']I'm still sad I could not get a fight stick.[/QUOTE]


I'm sad I didn't order like 10 of everything while I had the chance. I hate missing out on this hysteria when I know I could've gotten in on it.
 
[quote name='botticus']I don't know what this is. :whistle2:(

Err... 1UP's new podcast? What did I say that was remotely interesting or inflammatory enough to talk about?[/quote]


Oh you didn't even know? :lol:

Yeah it's the new 1up show. I'm not sure what the topic was. The comment came from GAF though. Did you comment in the NPD thread? Maybe it had to do with that.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']I'm still sad I could not get a fight stick.[/QUOTE]

You shouldn't be. Mine lasted four days before the PCB shit out.
 
[quote name='botticus']Was that the rectangular map with the two-story buildings at the ends?[/quote]
I think that was killhouse or something like that. The Bunker(I think thats what it was called) is a small map with 2 building on each side connected by trenches with nothing in the middle. If it helps people loved using it as a sniper only map.
 
[quote name='pete5883']Fallout 2 never ends. I skipped 2 cities and it still takes forever.[/quote]
Wasn't big on Fallout 2. A lot of things felt off with that one.
 
[quote name='Maklershed']Oh you didn't even know? :lol:

Yeah it's the new 1up show. I'm not sure what the topic was. The comment came from GAF though. Did you comment in the NPD thread? Maybe it had to do with that.[/quote]Yeah, I found it, never listened to their shows. It was a really brilliant comment about Gears 2's death in the charts. It was amusing, thanks for the heads-up!

[quote name='Chibi_Kaji']I think that was killhouse or something like that. The Bunker(I think thats what it was called) is a small map with 2 building on each side connected by trenches with nothing in the middle. If it helps people loved using it as a sniper only map.[/quote]
Yeah, that was a good one. I think the only map I really didn't like much out of the non-campaign maps was the snow one. The Cornell team was better than us at that one.

Time for Retro Game Challenge since Fire Emblem may or may not be getting returned to GS. Need to wait for my new credit card number to bother with that (yay for a merchant reporting my card as lost or stolen and thankfully finding out about it before I tried to use it somewhere!).
 
[quote name='manthing']I'm still pissed I returned my fightpad to GS for the $39.99 credit I paid when I could've sold it on eBay for $100+

:wall:[/quote]

Yeah, that sucks, dude.
 
[quote name='manthing']I'm still pissed I returned my fightpad to GS for the $39.99 credit I paid when I could've sold it on eBay for $100+

:wall:[/quote]

What the hell, they're going for $100+? I hope that's just the 360 version, PS3 users could just pick up several Saturn controllers at that price.

EDIT: Not as high as the 360 ones, but still high.
 
[quote name='distgfx']What the hell, they're going for $100+? I hope that's just the 360 version, PS3 users could just pick up several Saturn controllers at that price.

EDIT: Not as high as the 360 ones, but still high.[/quote]

Saturn pads don't have that bitchin' artwork.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']Saturn pads don't have that bitchin' artwork.[/quote]

... I guess, people can't seriously buy them just for that, can they? :whistle2:s I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not because that could be a legitimate reason.
 
[quote name='distgfx']... I guess, people can't seriously buy them just for that, can they? :whistle2:s I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not because that could be a legitimate reason.[/quote]

depends on how much you like the artwork. for some reason, i thought the saturn pads only worked on BC games... or something strange like that.
 
[quote name='corrosivefrost']depends on how much you like the artwork. for some reason, i thought the saturn pads only worked on BC games... or something strange like that.[/quote]

It's usually the other way around... oh well, I don't care much for the artwork, I bought it for the pad itself.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']Returning SF4 in a couple days. Quite disappointed.[/quote]

... *looks at how long its been out* ... That's all? Even if you had it at launch its only been 3 days.
 
[quote name='The Crotch']Wasn't big on Fallout 2. A lot of things felt off with that one.[/QUOTE]
Having played them only months apart, it felt just like 1 to me. Can't believe how many weapons/armor/environment/character assets they reused. I don't think anyone could get away with that in 2009.
 
returning SFIV and liking gaga girl thing is not something that's good.

I only see how someone can be disappointed with SFIV if they don't go into depth with it.

and online is very good so don't tell me there's no one to play with.
 
[quote name='distgfx']... *looks at how long its been out* ... That's all? Even if you had it at launch its only been 3 days.[/QUOTE]
I only have 4 days then I have to return it or buy it. And yes, 3 days is all it gets. I don't have time to give games I don't like a chance after playing them for a good chunk of a 72 hour period.

[quote name='RelentlessRolento']returning SFIV and liking gaga girl thing is not something that's good.

I only see how someone can be disappointed with SFIV if they don't go into depth with it.

and online is very good so don't tell me there's no one to play with.[/QUOTE]
There's plenty of people to play with, but that's like me telling you that you're stupid for not liking *insert any activity you want* because there's plenty of people to do it with despite you not liking it. Me liking the gameplay isn't dependent on the number of people playing the aforementioned game.

And ah yes, I knew an insult would be coming which would make use of anime/Lady Gaga/Koei games/hentai. Didn't think it would be that quick though.
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']

There's plenty of people to play with, but that's like me telling you that you're stupid for not liking *insert any activity you want* because there's plenty of people to do it with despite you not liking it. Me liking the gameplay isn't dependent on the number of people playing the aforementioned game.

And ah yes, I knew an insult would be coming which would make use of anime/Lady Gaga/Koei games/hentai. Didn't think it would be that quick though.[/quote]


since when should you take me seriously?


I support your views, I just don't agree with them, but I'm not you :)
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']I only have 4 days then I have to return it or buy it. And yes, 3 days is all it gets. I don't have time to give games I don't like a chance after playing them for a good chunk of a 72 hour period. [/quote]

Ah, I see. Ok then, makes sense.
 
[quote name='pete5883']Having played them only months apart, it felt just like 1 to me. Can't believe how many weapons/armor/environment/character assets they reused. I don't think anyone could get away with that in 2009.[/quote]
I was fine with the game looking like its predecessor, though the fact that they reused some of the more unique set-pieces from the original (the blades sign in the first city, for example) irked me. They actually increased the number of weapons by a huge amount - something that I would normally support whole-heartedly - but so many of the guns are useless/incredibly same-y. At least they made melee and hand-to-hand viable options.

They also really tried to improve AI, but they fucked it up entirely. Quest-related NPCs can walk off the map, stray gunshots can create all-out, city-spanning wars for no real reason (How does one of my allies accidentally hitting a prostitute in the middle of a huge gunfight turn the entire fucking area against me?), and the orders that you give to NPCs are at best ignored, and at worst contradicted at every opportunity (do not tell Sulik never to run, whatever you do). Someone on QA was a dogfucker there...

And yeah, I didn't like the story, either.
 
More SFIV for me tonight, but I gotta limit it so I don't burn myself out, lol. I plan to grab the new BP cars, DL my Syphon Filter from Qore episode, and some other stuff tonight too....

I need to pick up a HC Watchmen to prep myself for the movie...
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']It's all good. I still have FEAR 2 and Onechanbara![/quote]

Shun the nonbeliever! Shuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

(and then steal his kidney!)
 
[quote name='The Crotch']I was fine with the game looking like its predecessor, though the fact that they reused some of the more unique set-pieces from the original (the blades sign in the first city, for example) irked me. They actually increased the number of weapons by a huge amount - something that I would normally support whole-heartedly - but so many of the guns are useless/incredibly same-y. At least they made melee and hand-to-hand viable options.[/QUOTE]
Actually, I saw the Blades sign in a few places. I think it was supposed to be an ad moreso than a reference to the Blades gang. Yeah, I'm impressed at the weapons they added, but there were so many of them, all made available at the same time, and so expensive, that I just went to the FAQ to see which ones I should buy instead of experimenting.

The story was cool, but bonehead FAQ writers kind of ruin it with "Now you meet the mysterious Enclave. By the way, you'll find this out later, but here's exactly who the Enclave are:..." Dumb.
 
How could you already return SF4 if you didn't give it a chance. You gotta play more and then you'll justly be able to say that you didn't like it.
 
Well, I received my laser yesterday. It turns out it was a white clip which some believe is a high fail rate laser from china. I took my system apart guess what? The factory laser was a white clip. The 40gb model I have seems to be the ones that have laser issues, due to cheap lasers. I figured that because mine was a white clip, I might as well try it. The "new" laser read a dvd, bluray movie fine. When I tried a ps3 game, it would still not read; it would spin a few times, stop and try again. After trying different disks for about and hour, I tried cleaning my old one, putting it back in and still did not work.

The process(laser replacement) is not that hard to I can be done with the whole process in about 30-45 mins. I asked the sell for an exchange for a "brown" clip.

Which I thought I was getting because that what was pictured in the auction.

I'm getting to the point I'm not sure what to do. Because if I send it to sony who is to say they wont put in a similar laser,Sony only offers a 90 warranty on the repairs so I don't know if I should see if I can fix it myself and then sell the unit and buy a newer model which should have two lasers instead of one. Or just fix it and see what happens over time.
 
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[quote name='Rei no Otaku']Returning SF4 in a couple days. Quite disappointed.[/quote]

If playing online against some CAGs doesn't change my mind, I think I'm either going to eventually sell my copy or try to trade it for RE5.
 
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