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Heroic Difficulty.  Ahhhhhh, no.  fuck that.

It took me an hour to finish most levels on normal and Shadow Warrior wants me to play an entire level without dying where even the first enemies take TWO headshots to kill?  fuck that.  From the first level experience alone I can see each level taking upwards of two hours each to get through. 

 
Always nice to see the Saints win. I lived in New Orleans for a few years, and the fans there are awesome.

Looks like the Packers will have trouble winning against good offensive teams. Yikes their defense is terrible, I mean Aaron Rodgers is really, really good, but they will be making an early exit in the playoffs with defense that poor.
 
Thermopyle said:
Have every trophy in Dante's Inferno except for one. Damn I hate it when companies put in missable collectible trophies but don't pair it with a level select system. fuck playing through the game again just because I missed one damn item. Trophies like this never do anything but make a game more frustrating than it should be.
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There is a variant of that annoyance in BIonic Commando. Several trophies require you to do certain combat related things (zip kick with grappling arm, grenade Y amount of enemies, etc.) X times, you have to do all of them before you finish the game, There is a trophy for getting all of them so if you don't get all of them in one playthrough you have to start from scratch all the way at the beginning because level select disables saving and trophy collection for some infuriating reason.

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You also have to get all the collectables (some of which are in precarious positions) your first time through for the same reason.

 
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Chiming in, very glad the Saints got the win, plus another win for me in the CAG FF league. Mark Ingram playing for that contract and Jimmy Graham just beasting. 

 
guardian_owl said:
There is a variant of that annoyance in BIonic Commando. Several trophies require you to do certain combat related things (zip kick with grappling arm, grenade Y amount of enemies, etc.) X times, you have to do all of them before you finish the game, There is a trophy for getting all of them so if you don't get all of them in one playthrough you have to start from scratch all the way at the beginning because level select disables saving and trophy collection for some infuriating reason.
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You also have to get all the collectables (some of which are in precarious positions) your first time through for the same reason.
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bionic commando was really fun. The swing mechanic is right up there with the grapple hook in just cause 2 for fav movement mechanic.
 
Velo214 said:
nope, it was the part with the spinning blade. you will hate it. there is no checkpoints forever and every enemy is a life or death encounter. those 2 grappling dudes are actually easy if you just kite them and freeze them. im flying now
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Hold on, are the checkpoints not at the same locations on Akumu? :???:

Now that I looked at the Model Viewer, I love that I can call the grappling guy "Trauma". :applause:

 
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Zimm108 said:
Man finally caught up on the thread. Sorry I want able to check out the Extra Life streams over the weekend. Way impressed by how successful they were though. Nice work Cleaner & NinjaSquirrel.
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Thanks! We're doing a second chance giveaway for prizes for anyone who donates at least $1 then uses the Rafflecopter link bit.ly/TeamDJK-EL
It's mainly 360/PC stuff but there are 2 PSN items too.

MrNinjaSquirrel said:
I also got up randomly 4h after falling asleep. I think something is wrong with me.

Anyway, if anyone didn't get the chance and wants to donate you can do so up until the end of the year at this link: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=104108
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I just woke up after posting earlier. I'm starting to feel a lot better and am going to eat now that my stomach isn't upset. I'm about to donate :)
 
Vigilante said:
Hold on, are the checkpoints not at the same locations on Akumu? :???:

Now that I looked at the Model Viewer, I love that I can call the grappling guy "Trauma". :applause:
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dear god i am hating this. and loving it. just spent like 2 hours at one checkpoint. remember that fucking shutter door. yeah now it unleashes tons of machine gun guys, oh yeah and snipers, and sniper barely poke their head out, shoot instantly and can shoot twice in a row. only way i got past it was flashbangs and every inch of my willpower/skill/luck. this is trauma

sorry tehcro, i need to do some cod to get the stress out, lets try again tomorrow

 
I was actually at the Bucs game today. Too painful for words.

MrNinjaSquirrel said:
I also got up randomly 4h after falling asleep. I think something is wrong with me.

Anyway, if anyone didn't get the chance and wants to donate you can do so up until the end of the year at this link: http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=104108
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Congrats on this! CAG generosity never ceases to amaze. Perhaps one of these days I'll catch one of your streams, heh... :whistle2:​

 
Velo214 said:
dear god i am hating this. and loving it. just spent like 2 hours at one checkpoint. remember that fucking shutter door. yeah now it unleashes tons of machine gun guys, oh yeah and snipers, and sniper barely poke their head out, shoot instantly and can shoot twice in a row. only way i got past it was flashbangs and every inch of my willpower/skill/luck. this is trauma

sorry tehcro, i need to do some cod to get the stress out, lets try again tomorrow
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Don't worry about it. I wasn't gonna even get on. I got a few days before I have to finish this DLC so I'll just be playing that while I'm not busy.

 
snakeybro said:
Holy shit i really did win a year of xbox gold. I thought Matt was trollin me, thanx so much cleaner!
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Thanks for donating! Chris said he was going to start distributing prizes earlier so that's good.

I slept all day after that streamathon so the irony is that I'm now wide awake and will be up all night again. Good thing I took tomorrow off!
 
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eldergamer said:
holy shitthis last level (?) in rayman origins seems tough.
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Yes it is. I got stuck there and put the game down for awhile, and came back later and beat it after just a few tries. Sometimes it helps to take a break and come back, so you're not letting frustration get in the way.

 
MSU_DVM said:
Always nice to see the Saints win. I lived in New Orleans for a few years, and the fans there are awesome.

Looks like the Packers will have trouble winning against good offensive teams. Yikes their defense is terrible, I mean Aaron Rodgers is really, really good, but they will be making an early exit in the playoffs with defense that poor.
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You could substitute 99% of the league in for the Packers with that statement and it still would be accurate.

 
Equistina said:
I live nowhere near there so I'm biased :p
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Speaking from someone who grew up in the midwest - for the love of god, just let us have our claim to fame with dairy. You already live in California, which is infinitely better than our states. Do you really need to take our cheese crown too?

 
PancakesAreLove said:
Naw Royals can win 2 straight, I believe.
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They can, but the way this last game ended worries me. Before, the Royals could always hang their hat on the backend of that bullpen. But the Giants just slayed two heads of that three headed beast. Confidence is everything for relievers, so it could have an adverse effect going back to KC.

 
evil within update:
I think I'm almost to the end of 14 seeing how the boss foreshadowing has kicked up. last 1/3 of this game really flies by. the no upgrade thing hasn't been a hinderence at all, although resource management has been insanely important. when I got to the shutter door part velo's talking about I was down to like 6 handgun bullets, 2 sniper bullets, a grenade and some parts+matches. you can get through a lot with a little in this game though. now at the end of 14 I have a full stock of everything except a slight shortage in the magnum department (giggidy?) and like 31 parts, so I'm hopefully good to go.

temper my expectations: is chapter 15 difficult or lengthy?

also, for the trizophee slizuts in the hizee, you can fully upgrade the crossbow, reload your save, upgrade the crossbow, repeat x 5 and get all the weapon upgrade trophies for like 19000 gel.
 
AvengedBacklog said:
lol, Therm thinks Best Buy will be giving $66 TIV for Sunset Overdrive next week.
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I don't buy new games and I've seen Vig and others state repeatedly that PS4/XB1 games typically go for $40 base TIV. Next week having a 50% bonus, it absolutely makes sense to think that $40 + 50% + 10% (GCU) would give a $66 TIV. I asked if that was correct because it seemed too good to be true.

Keep on douching, though. You're doing a good job at making shit posts. :applause:

 
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MildObstruction said:
evil within update:
I think I'm almost to the end of 14 seeing how the boss foreshadowing has kicked up. last 1/3 of this game really flies by. the no upgrade thing hasn't been a hinderence at all, although resource management has been insanely important. when I got to the shutter door part velo's talking about I was down to like 6 handgun bullets, 2 sniper bullets, a grenade and some parts+matches. you can get through a lot with a little in this game though. now at the end of 14 I have a full stock of everything except a slight shortage in the magnum department (giggidy?) and like 31 parts, so I'm hopefully good to go.

temper my expectations: is chapter 15 difficult or lengthy?

also, for the trizophee slizuts in the hizee, you can fully upgrade the crossbow, reload your save, upgrade the crossbow, repeat x 5 and get all the weapon upgrade trophies for like 19000 gel.
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It's not very long, but it immediately starts with you fighting a wave of enemies in an arena-type environment that includes a fake Ruvik and RPG-wielding Sadist in the first room, then snipers & dynamite-throwers in the second room.

Protip: DO NOT USE your Magnum bullets on any of those parts. Save them for the "final" encounter against two (yes, two at the same time) Keepers. Trust me, you'll need them.

 
Thermopyle said:
I don't buy new games and I've seen Vig and others state repeatedly that PS4/XB1 games typically go for $40 base TIV. Next week having a 50% bonus, it absolutely makes sense to think that $40 + 50% + 10% (GCU) would give a $66 TIV. I asked if that was correct because it seemed too good to be true.

Keep on douching, though. You're doing a good job at making shit posts. :applause:
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Because of how infrequently Best Buy does trade-in bonus promos nowadays, I mentioned that $40 base under the assumption that no such promos were active.

And anyway, if they did have the $40 value during the 50% bonus, the 10% from GCU would be taken from the base value, not after the 50%, so you'd get $64, not $66.

 
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Velo214 said:
dear god i am hating this. and loving it. just spent like 2 hours at one checkpoint. remember that fucking shutter door. yeah now it unleashes tons of machine gun guys, oh yeah and snipers, and sniper barely poke their head out, shoot instantly and can shoot twice in a row. only way i got past it was flashbangs and every inch of my willpower/skill/luck. this is trauma

sorry tehcro, i need to do some cod to get the stress out, lets try again tomorrow
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Vigilante said:
Because of how infrequently Best Buy does trade-in bonus promos nowadays, I mentioned that $40 base under the assumption that no such promos were active.

And anyway, if they did have the $40 value during the 50% bonus, the 10% from GCU would be taken from the base value, not after the 50%, so you'd get $64, not $66.
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Good to know it applies to the base, I was curious which it would be.

 
Thermopyle said:
I don't buy new games and I've seen Vig and others state repeatedly that PS4/XB1 games typically go for $40 base TIV. Next week having a 50% bonus, it absolutely makes sense to think that $40 + 50% + 10% (GCU) would give a $66 TIV. I asked if that was correct because it seemed too good to be true.

Keep on douching, though. You're doing a good job at making shit posts. :applause:
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It will NOT be $66 TIV. They lower the base trade in well below $40 when they do 50% or 100% TIV. Sometimes you can catch them sleeping Sunday am early but otherwise don't expect $66.

 
jimbo8574 said:
It will NOT be $66 TIV. They lower the base trade in well below $40 when they do 50% or 100% TIV. Sometimes you can catch them sleeping Sunday am early but otherwise don't expect $66.
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AFAIK, there's only been one CAG who got insane $60+ TIVs for trades, and that was because he brought a printout of the values that were displayed on bestbuy.com/tradein and forced the employee/manager to give him a gift card for the difference. I don't recall the system ever giving that much automatically.

 
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Thermopyle said:
I don't buy new games and I've seen Vig and others state repeatedly that PS4/XB1 games typically go for $40 base TIV. Next week having a 50% bonus, it absolutely makes sense to think that $40 + 50% + 10% (GCU) would give a $66 TIV. I asked if that was correct because it seemed too good to be true.

Keep on douching, though. You're doing a good job at making shit posts. :applause:
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It absolutely doesn't make sense to think Best Buy (or any business) would give $66 for a game that they sell for $60 new and even less used. Come on man.
 
Vigilante said:
This doesn't change my maximum price for an Xbone--$200, maybe $250, and it has to come with a game or two. :nottalking: We'll have to see what Black Friday has in store (pun totally intended).
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This will actually be the first Xbone game I've picked up in 4 months, if I hadn't gotten the Titanfall bundle for over $100 off at release I would really think I got a bad deal.
 
hadn't paid any attention before today, but just watched some susnet overdrive gameplay. that looks fun. as. hell.

so now: dead rising 3, killer instinct (arcade and new versions) and sunset overdrive would all be stuff that I'd like to play that I can't. quantum break and the new platinum game will likely fit that bill too as well as a supposed Raiden shmup exclusive that's coming? not enough to get me to dump a boatload of money, but damn.
 
MildObstruction said:
hadn't paid any attention before today, but just watched some susnet overdrive gameplay. that looks fun. as. hell.

so now: dead rising 3, killer instinct (arcade and new versions) and sunset overdrive would all be stuff that I'd like to play that I can't. quantum break and the new platinum game will likely fit that bill too as well as a supposed Raiden shmup exclusive that's coming? not enough to get me to dump a boatload of money, but damn.
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I also don't get as much enjoyment from earning achievements compared to trophies. :-({|=

 
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