Mass Effect was cool, but I have to give my nod to Demon's Souls for the best this gen (so far).... That game has absolutely consumed me the last two weeks. I played Diablo 2 religiously for nearly 4 years and I think Demon's Souls is the better made game.
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My PS3 power supply went out.
http://farm4.static.flickr....
Must have been in the middle of a save because it wouldn't load when I replaced it.
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Reserve a month or two for Demon's Souls!
I put in 55 hours and my save game got corrupted, I'm back up to 30 hours.... and it's not even 2 weeks old.....
It's so fantastic I haven't touched U2 for more than 20 mins....
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Great minds think alike. Does that mean 'mediocre' and 'bad' minds also think alike?
/ponder
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Hanging chads.
Had to be.
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Piracy is helping the 360 to be honest.
The original playstation had an easy mod to play copied games, and when that word of mouth started to go, everyone and their dog bought a PS1.
The legit people will buy them no matter what and even most pirates buy a few retail games from time to time and have to own the system.
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@above
My wife must be a saint because I've logged over 35 hours in Demon's Souls in 6 days of play (I'd do more, but alas....job). I'm sitting here at work contemplating if I should wait on Uncharted 2 until I get more done in Demon's Souls..... That is something I NEVER thought I'd say since I've been /chubbing for Uncharted 2 since I finished the first one.
Demon's Souls is epic. It's a tough decision, glad it's mine to make!
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How?
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If extending the picture further down would reveal a Jabba tail? Inspiration for George Lucas maybe? Dude just keeps getting wider the lower you go..... /brain bleach
I'm joking obviously! Even if it were true, I don't care to ponder what's lower in the picture, I've seen enough already.
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Developers who farm out ports of their games should be held responsible for the ports.
Even if they never intended for the game to be released as a port on a 2nd console, they should still have enough pride in their game to makes sure the port is made to their standards or accept the consequences from gamers.
Let's say you own a graphic design business and you sell T-shirts. The T-shirts you make are good quality cotton with graphics that are well made and applied. ...
I've had my triumphs and my defeats and my defeats and my defeats. :D
<3 it though. I could and will spend a lot of time with this one. I think it's the game I've been waiting for my entire life, except that I didn't know I was waiting for it until I started to play it.
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We Need More Games Like Demon's Souls!
FTFY
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It was widely published and reviewed as such. No reason to buy it and get upset about it. No-one was trying to trick you into thinking it was something it wasn't.
I died countless times last night, but every one of them was my fault for not following the rules of the game.
I'm having a blast.
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I played nearly 7 hours last night. Think warm fuzzies mixed with cold realizations and you're almost there. ;)
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@Marceles
God, how true that statement of yours is. I've been gaming a long ass time and if a game is fun, it's timeless and can still get ahold of me for a play.
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I took advantage of this a year or so ago and when my son received the same game from another relative I tried to return it, unopened. They wanted all 3 games from the purchase returned in order to do it. Ultimately I returned it to the store where the other relative purchased theirs, but I was pretty fired up about it.
Just thought it should be said.
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Trying to determine exclusives "worth" buying for the two systems. These are the 'true' exclusive games rated over 75, for each system.
Xbox 360
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation 80
Banjo-Kazooie 77
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts 80
Blue Dragon 79
Crackdown 83
Dead or Alive 4 85
Dead Rising 85
Fable II 89
Forza Motorsport 2 90
Gears of War 2 93
Halo 3 94
Halo Wars 82
Kameo: Elements of ...
If you want to judge a system based on mainstream support, the best bet for the PS3 is the blu-ray support it has. Sony always delivers a wide variety of top notch exclusive games. Proven for multiple generations now, but at the same time, few of them are the proverbial "killer apps". It's more of a Caesar style "kill", Kill by committee (whole library) if you will.
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I think systems should come with both the SD and HD hookups. We're talking a couple bucks at most for these giants and a lot less hassle for consumers.
If the system has been out for awhile, I like the idea of providing a voucher or shipping a free "greatest hits" game upon system registration. Bundles are cool and everything, but people have different interests and should be allowed to pick the GH game they want.
The rest of the stuff in the article is f...
+ Bubbles for the lot of you!
I was going to mention the Demon's Souls mistake, but I found you fine people beat me to it.
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