I don't care about points, just because they make me play a game more than is fun. When I see that I'm missing X points, I get angry and play it again and again. If I don't get the points, I get more frustrated and start to dislike the game.
Achievements aren't bad by any means, but I'd rather miss a bunch of things and have fun than play a game 8000 times just to find a single object behind a planter on the fifth floor of the eighth level.
Drives me nuts.
No perseus isn't a ninny, he just thinks that people should speak the language correctly in order to get their ideas across.
Gotcha. Maybe if you could choose your own weather it would be cooler.
Weather Channel works fine. What's the problem with it?
"If you subtract the cost of a a normal run of the mill personal PC around $400-$500"
You can't subtract the cost of a run of the mill PC unless you do the same with the PS3 (and the 360 with homebrew). When you do that, consoles become free and they still win. Regardless, it's not just cost, it's also usability. Most people can't build their own PCs.
"I put 2gigs of DDR2 800mhz RAM, a dual core CPU, a 160gig HDD, and an 8800GTS video card with 640megs...
Gamers don't buy PCs because consoles are not just cheaper, they are more user friendly.
I'm an ex-PC gamer who now plays a console, so I can understand both sides. The outspoken is completely wrong about the 6 month thing; it doesn't cost $1200 a year to have a good gaming rig. However, it does cost $100-$200/year for extras over the PC's life, and that's after you pay for the original box. You can easily spend $2000-3000 on a PC after you include peripherals you need over 4 or ...
"If you calculate the cost of building your own computer with system specs comparable to the PS3, and then subtract the cost of a normal non-gaming PC (because remember, you're getting a gaming machine and a personal computer in one), the price is about the same as the PS3."
This is called creative accounting. The PS3 is a gaming machine and regular PC in one as well, and that's without even installing Linux on it. Anything you can do on a regular non-gaming PC can be d...
Absolutely true.
Your English is fine, just a misunderstanding I think.
"yes i agree that in some cases you could be right, but it's wrong to generalize."
No. It's wrong not to understand basic mathematics. Portugal is 12500km away from Japan. 12500km times two is 25000km. The speed of light is 299 792 km/s. That means that for information to get from your console to mine requires a minimum of 83 ms, if all other conditions are perfect. Which they aren't. So, I get pings of over 200ms when I connect from Japan to Europe. There is no general...
"@Perseus, CoD 4 on the PS3 is not P2P."
I didn't say it was.
"You need to get that through your thick skull. Dedicated servers. So if you have issues, take them out on Demonware(company who runs those servers) and IW. "
So what do YOU think it means when your COD4 screen says or "Game over because the host quit because he was getting his ass handed to him." Do you think that the word "host" is a secret code word ...
Jesus, you people are thick sometimes.
I hate playing against Europeans because they are so far away and regardless of who is hosting, the pings suck between Europe and Japan. Not because of some irrational hatred of Europeans, I speak three European languages because I like the place, not because I'm a spy bent on its destruction.
And I'm talking about the PS3 version anyway.
I meant why are you disappointed that the lead is female, but you answered that in your second post.
Right, when I'm the host, I don't mind playing against you because you're the one who's 15000km away. I get first place, lots of kills, and can brag to my internet friends about how awesome I am.
When I get stuck in a game hosted in Germany however, I'm the one who's 15000km away. Then I get 2 kills, 73 deaths, lose XP because I ubersuck, and have to avoid the message boards for a week until the shame goes away.
International games suck for people in Japan (and Aust...
You just said you were disappointed without saying why. That's why I asked.
Er...why are you disappointed?
I just got the 1.1 patch yesterday, so if the next one is similar Japan won't get this one until May. Forgive me if I'm not happy for all of you. :-)
I hate this 1.1 patch, playing against people in Europe sucks. (No offense meant, Europeans. I like good ping.)
@rmatott
I liked the story in the first one, and if the writers are the same, I'd hope that R2 would be as good. I'm a bit cynical about this sort of thing though, so I always expect the worst.
doesn't anyone else think it's weird that the base of this special operations force is in Iceland?
The Chimera have more advanced technology, and they love the cold. Just in terms of storyline, I'd think that the place to stick a secret base would be somewhere very hot that the Chimera couldn't invade when they found out about it.
I like this game a whole bunch, but idea of sticking a secret base in a place where the Chimera are likely to build a holiday resort and...
Do you mean the glitches where you climb fences and get into buildings, or the ones which get you behind the map and let you see through walls?
The ones where people get into buildings are okay with me. I don't know how to do it, but if they can, all the power to them. Those aren't glitchers, just people with lots of time on their hands to practice.
The glitchers are the ones who get underneath the map, get into statics, and use lag switches. Those ones make me ann...