If you were in the closed beta....then you have beta access until they finish beta testing. So, it looks like you are in the possession of an EXTRA beta code my friend.
They are aware of the problem with the second phase of invites from Qore and they should have started rolling out as of Monday. A friend just got his after the close of last nights beta session, which was 11pm central time. So, be patient...Zipper has been pretty good at delivering what they promised thus far. Good luck!!!
If you want to see some more gameplay...IGN has a couple of new videos with the Lakers Vs. Cavs. Pretty Nice!!! NOT a Trailer!!!
If you want a fun game, that looks good, and you can run and gun all day. That is LIVE. Not a knock on the game, that just what it is. Some will absolutely LOVE that style. It will cater more to the casual B-ball fan. However, if you want something that is closer to the real NBA in terms of statistics, play style, movement, and overall simulation value. That is the 2k series. I had been a loyal Live fan up until about 2000. That was about the time that I discovered the fun that was the NBA2k ...
There is a distinct difference between what is considered BIAS and what is just a matter of your own TASTE. Bias is a tendency toward a specific ideology especially when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or objective. Specifically, one could interpret new information in a manner in which it confirms a belief and at the expense of extreme denial. If that sounds familiar...it is the FANBOY credo. Now, if one just prefers a particular thing because it just s...
I tried 5 times before I actually got it to finish the download...and I was in the 1st phase...so you can imagine that i could have been frustrated...Until I remembered that this is a BETA and not a DEMO. BETA testing is done for THIS type of issue. I can say that Zipper worked really hard and by Friday...I was able to get the download...and it was pretty fast (about an hour and a half for 2.6 gb)Try again on Monday...or even NOW! Even though the servers are down for gaming...you can usually ...
I DON'T believe that was a good example of positive racism...maybe SEXISM...as in I'll pick on a female just in case a man can kick my @ss!!! It wasn't racially motivated...it was childish behavior from an arrogant, sophomoric, and inconsiderate excuse of a human being.
Kanye West IS one hell of a producer...but as a rapper he is just average.
Reviews were a pleasant surprise. Since, in most cases, reviewers will usually use some of the so-called PSP "shortcomings" (like the lack of extra analog nub) to take marks off or compare it to it's closest rival (no not the DS)...but the PS2 or PS3!?!?! GT has been on my list since they mentioned it before the PSP released...so it was a must have regardless of reviews.
I am in the same boat as most with the $199 comment. However, I couldn't really explain why the extra $49.99 made so much of a difference. That is...until the PS3 dropped $100 off of the price. Guess I'll be waiting for the door buster X-mas deal or the official price drop! Until then...I gotta hope that my day one PSP "PHAT" can get me through.
That is not fanboyish...it's is a fact. Look at any franchise that was popular from Pac-Man to Tomb Raider...and you will see that franchises have a definite shelf life. That being said, I think that since the original Xbox found it's legs with the Halo franchise...and that the Xbox has been lauded by critics and gamers alike as the console of choice for shooters. I can't imagine that anything BUT a shooter would be the new flagship. I doubt it would be an RPG...as we all see that JRPG's are ...
That the developers of the game are using the term EPIC to refer to the form of poetry that is the source material for the game and not the pop culture references that you hear shouted all over the internet. That being said...I don't think that this or ANY GAME has the EPIC scope and viability of a poem that has been around since 1321!!!
Way off topic...
That is a franchise (though dead for a LONG TIME)that would be cool to have in full PS3, HD glory. It was the crash-porn well before the Burnout series took that title. Not much on the real driving physics...but a LOT of fun just to renders someone's car useless while driving in reverse and trying to preserve your own!!!
I care...but not because I am some mindless, blinded fanboy. On the contrary, it is because SALES will keep the business going. If a company is given millions of dollars to produce a quality game and the game under-performs...what is the likelihood that the company gets that chance again. If you look at the economic climate at this moment...several game studios have closed their doors for this particular reason. Games are NOT performing where it matters (in terms of business) and that is in t...
Buy or make an external (buy drive and external hdd case). My original 60gb HDD from my PS3 is now a FAT formatted external that I use to backup data. I also have a 500 gb external for extra saves. All of that cost no more than $75!!!
I don't think that it is fair of you to criticize Japan for the output of some dumb shows. If that were the case...they could always say that Tila Tequila, Paris Hilton, and Flavor of Luv are representative of American culture. I actually LIVED in Japan for 3 years and as a society they ARE much more polite than Americans. I am an American...but I would even say that our cultural hubris is almost unrivaled amongst the rest of the world...save a couple of the Middle-Eastern countries and only ...
"Until the day I held aloft my magic sword and said....power of Greyskull...I...Have...The...P OWER!!!"LOL
---by the way...if anybody on NG4 can actually RELATE to that quote...dayum you're old---sigh...me too!!!!
I WILL agree about the MUSIC...absolutely beautiful and has that EPIC scope to it.
With the added 500,000 + new members to the PS3 community...I expect that a lot of the older games will see a renewed vitality in sales. Plus, the platinum lineup will be strong during the X-mas rush...when people drop that $299 and want to added something good in the stocking. I see MGS4 has made a little comeback...now people should go back and discover the OTHER treasures of the PS3 backlog that remain hidden to the mainstream.
My question would be what did you expect from MAG? I can see the letdown if you were expecting KZ2 graphics...that won't happen with 256 players being simultaneously tracked during gameplay. If you were expecting KZ2 level polish....ummm...this IS the beta...that is what we are supposed to be helping to provide. As for the "too much going on at one time" statement. I agree that when you are new to the game, it is a fair bit overwhelming. You don't really understand the flow of the g...