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Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-25 09:47pm
by Stofsk
Vympel wrote:I will get it eventually you'll see.
fuck you i will buy it i need to get you a present anyway :finger:

Would you prefer it on PC or PS3?

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-25 10:38pm
by Vympel
Don't get me a present man. That means I have to get you one, and then we might as well just bought what we gave each other for ourselves. :P

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-25 10:54pm
by Stofsk
listen

this is the deal

i'm gonna get you a present

and you're gonna like it

:P

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 12:41am
by Vympel
If its Alpha Protocol that depends :)

I need to give Witcher Enhanced Edition a whirl. I finished the first game three fucking times - and then the Enhanced version came out and I was all Witchered out. But now I want a refresher with the setting before the sequel. And Geralt is Dreamy.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 12:49am
by Stofsk
Vympel wrote:If its Alpha Protocol that depends :)
shoulda said 'OR ELSE' at the end of my last post
I need to give Witcher Enhanced Edition a whirl. I finished the first game three fucking times - and then the Enhanced version came out and I was all Witchered out. But now I want a refresher with the setting before the sequel. And Geralt is Dreamy.
eyes like two glowing pieces of amber

voice like cut diamond

hair like silver strands of silk

I feel like playing it again on hard. I wonder how I will do without the visual cues to help me with the sword combos. :)

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 12:55am
by General Zod
Vympel wrote:If its Alpha Protocol that depends :)

I need to give Witcher Enhanced Edition a whirl. I finished the first game three fucking times - and then the Enhanced version came out and I was all Witchered out. But now I want a refresher with the setting before the sequel. And Geralt is Dreamy.
But Alpha Protocol has Steven Heck, one of the best characters ever.


Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 12:58am
by adam_grif
But Alpha Protocol has Steven Heck, one of the best characters ever.
Seriously? The dude was fucking annoying. I kept wishing I'd never made the rendezvous with him and he'd just die. Especially when he magically showed up on my mission and decided that he wanted to be in an action movie despite my urging to keep it subtle.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:01am
by General Zod
adam_grif wrote:
But Alpha Protocol has Steven Heck, one of the best characters ever.
Seriously? The dude was fucking annoying. I kept wishing I'd never made the rendezvous with him and he'd just die. Especially when he magically showed up on my mission and decided that he wanted to be in an action movie despite my urging to keep it subtle.
That's because you have no sense of humor.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:18am
by Stark
adam_grif wrote:Seriously? The dude was fucking annoying. I kept wishing I'd never made the rendezvous with him and he'd just die. Especially when he magically showed up on my mission and decided that he wanted to be in an action movie despite my urging to keep it subtle.
Characters do their own thing = characters are bad? :lol:

Vympel, you know Witcher EE is the exact same game, right? Are you just OCD?

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:30am
by adam_grif
Stark wrote:Characters do their own thing = characters are bad? :lol:
Characters are annoying = characters are bad
Forcing me to take the annoying character on a mission when I didn't want him to come along = bad
The character the game forced me to take doing annoying things on the mission = bad

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:34am
by General Zod
How dare game developers put your characters in situations they don't always have control over.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:35am
by adam_grif
General Zod wrote:How dare game developers put your characters in situations they don't always have control over.
How dare people find characters annoying and wish they weren't there.

Man I'd be pretty pissed if they forced me on a mission with Jar Jar and he kept tripping over alarms and shit too.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:37am
by Stark
He has to maintain his credibility as a crybaby somehow. :lol:

Its ironic because fat nerds insisting on being able to game every situation is why most mass-market RPGs are bland rubbish.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 04:03am
by Vympel
Vympel, you know Witcher EE is the exact same game, right? Are you just OCD?
Yeah I know its the same game, but it has better dialog and other enhancements like more than 3 character models and additional animations and stuff. I want to play it as it was meant to be, at least once, before the sequel :) (Enhanced is free for people who bought the original version, I've already implemented it, I just haven't played it)

And yes, I am OCD. I play all decent RPGs a bajillion times. No matter what it is. I just ... like them.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 04:28am
by Stark
The 'better' dialog is just re-recorded; its spotty and I prefer much of the original stuff. 'As intended' is just crap.

And sorry, saying you play 'all' 'decent' 'RPGs' a lot is obviously not the case given your massive Bioware library. 8)

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 05:26am
by adam_grif
And sorry, saying you play 'all' 'decent' 'RPGs' a lot is obviously not the case given your massive Bioware library. 8)
He said he played all decent RPGs a bajillion times, not that he only played decent RPG's a bajillion times. Don't be hating just because Mass Effect 2 was way better than Alpha Protocol.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 09:34am
by Vympel
The 'better' dialog is just re-recorded; its spotty and I prefer much of the original stuff. 'As intended' is just crap.
For you to know it wasn't as intended, you'd have to know how to speak Polish. :) The dialog for the foreign language versions was apparently much more involved, so they changed the English to match it. Though it was disconcerting hearing some of the new dialog, purely because I was used to the old voice actors. Of course, its been a while now, so that issue should be moot.
And sorry, saying you play 'all' 'decent' 'RPGs' a lot is obviously not the case given your massive Bioware library.
Bah. Don't be hating on Bioware just because they do well with their much-more-highly-polished-and-significantly-less-buggy-than-Alpha-Protocol-games :)

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:16pm
by Artemas
shit guys, more steam sale and i need your opinions

i'm looking at:
burnout paradise ultimate - $15
blur - $15
dawn of war II gold - $13.60
tropico 3 gold - $7.50

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:25pm
by General Zod
Artemas wrote:shit guys, more steam sale and i need your opinions

i'm looking at:
burnout paradise ultimate - $15
blur - $15
dawn of war II gold - $13.60
tropico 3 gold - $7.50
Dawn of War 2. No question.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:27pm
by Artemas
Yeah, iwas angling to nab that anyway, it was the others i was more interested in an opinion of, i only really want one of the racing games, and am not sure.

And i want to know if tropico is good.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 01:29pm
by General Zod
Vympel wrote:
The 'better' dialog is just re-recorded; its spotty and I prefer much of the original stuff. 'As intended' is just crap.
For you to know it wasn't as intended, you'd have to know how to speak Polish. :) The dialog for the foreign language versions was apparently much more involved, so they changed the English to match it. Though it was disconcerting hearing some of the new dialog, purely because I was used to the old voice actors. Of course, its been a while now, so that issue should be moot.
And sorry, saying you play 'all' 'decent' 'RPGs' a lot is obviously not the case given your massive Bioware library.
Bah. Don't be hating on Bioware just because they do well with their much-more-highly-polished-and-significantly-less-buggy-than-Alpha-Protocol-games :)
Except ME2 gives you even less choice than Alpha Protocol and Bethesda's idea of morality is still hilariously black and white?

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 03:54pm
by Stark
Vympel wrote:For you to know it wasn't as intended, you'd have to know how to speak Polish. :) The dialog for the foreign language versions was apparently much more involved, so they changed the English to match it. Though it was disconcerting hearing some of the new dialog, purely because I was used to the old voice actors. Of course, its been a while now, so that issue should be moot.
Uh, no. The quality of the new VA is spotty and the casting is bit rubbish; just turn subs on if you want the 'more involved' dialog. Its just wankery anyway, it really isn't that much different.
Bah. Don't be hating on Bioware just because they do well with their much-more-highly-polished-and-significantly-less-buggy-than-Alpha-Protocol-games :)
You mean 'shit' games? :) At least DA2 is going to steal all AP's good ideas?

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 05:23pm
by weemadando
And a further US$25 on the main two items on my "wanna get" list. The ArmA 2 expansion and DLC, both half priced. Given how much time I've poured into ArmA (it's one of my go to games for a bit of fun) this is a safe investment.

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 05:26pm
by Stark
Get Hot Pursuit you crazy man!

Re: The $500 challenge.

Posted: 2010-11-26 05:31pm
by weemadando
Stark wrote:Get Hot Pursuit you crazy man!
I'm very tempted to. I just want to wrap Fable II (and I've only got the final missions and DLC for that left) and then I'll have that a few others to trade towards it.

Though I'm torn as to whether I want to get Hot Pursuit or wait for TDU2...