General Discussion » Do you enjoy Lemon and Dirty Dan's QOTW responses?
They're the one redeeming feature of the QOTWs.
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General Discussion » What Is Your Favortie Download off of PSN? (Blog post)
Pixeljunk shooter I guess.
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction » What's with Jeff's beef with Michael Ironside?
He sounds awful in the footage I've seen. He used to be very good.
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Metro 2033 » Metro 2033 (book) out
This is the English version right? I'm considering buying it myself.
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Off-Topic » Should Giantbomb have unions and system wars?
@Bombs_Away said:
" @eroticfishcake said:" All I'm going to say is "No." ""
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Assassin's Creed II » Assassin
@CowMuffins: I like Kettle Chips myself.
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction » Stepping in a new direction -- the right idea?
When you say the stealth genre is played out, I think you mean the Splinter Cell series has lost a bit of steam. I can't think of any stealth games to come out recently; the last games to properly utilise stealth I played are Thief 3, Thief 2, Thief 1, Deus Ex, and most recently Metro 2033 (which does it brilliantly). So I wouldn't say the stealth genre is played out, just no one has been doing very good stealth games recently.
They definitely needed to do something a little different with the Splinter Cell franchise, and making it more action oriented is probably the only thing Ubisoft could have done. Jimbo mentioned above that the game shouldn't feel too contrived, but I think Ubisoft games have always played it safe and had a high level of contrivance and straight-forwardness to them - it's what appeals to the masses. I have no doubt in my mind the Conviction will be another "oh I'm in this situation again, so I have to do this, and only this" type of game, as opposed to a more varied "here's a situation vaguely similar to one I've been in before, I could do this, this or this, or maybe try something completely new altogether" type of game.
They definitely needed to do something a little different with the Splinter Cell franchise, and making it more action oriented is probably the only thing Ubisoft could have done. Jimbo mentioned above that the game shouldn't feel too contrived, but I think Ubisoft games have always played it safe and had a high level of contrivance and straight-forwardness to them - it's what appeals to the masses. I have no doubt in my mind the Conviction will be another "oh I'm in this situation again, so I have to do this, and only this" type of game, as opposed to a more varied "here's a situation vaguely similar to one I've been in before, I could do this, this or this, or maybe try something completely new altogether" type of game.
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Off-Topic » This is the dumbest show ever.
I like the part where he had his own opinion.
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Metro 2033 » Stealth killz?
Just thought I'd add something to this. Further into the game you get a free silenced rifle with a laser for accuracy. You can take out any guard with a headshot, even the armoured helmet/googles wearing chaps, as their head is exposed at the rear, just under the helmet.
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Off-Topic » happiest song ever recorded?
This song gets quite happy at 0:27
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction » Blah! Conviction isn't a stealth game.
Looks good, albeit the stealth situations seem a little contrived - though that's always been the case with SC games. Fisher's lucky those soldiers haven't got very good hearing or the ability to look up!
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General Discussion » Would you listen to a somewhat in-depth game music podcast?
I'd listen to it. I'm not super interested in discussion about music, but I appreciate a good game sound track and could make an exception!
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Off-Topic » What was the last thing you bought?
Metro 2033 and Dragon Age Awakening
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Jeff Gerstmann » Gin and my horrible morning (Blog post)
It's probably mixing your drinks that did it, not necessarily the gin itself.
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General Discussion » What's the most you've ever spent on a videogame?
I spent about €70 importing Demon's Souls from Canada. Balanced out the price by getting R&C: A Crack in Time for about $20CAD with it, as the store shipped it to me by accident :P
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Off-Topic » 'Splosion Of The Face
That was pretty good, though I think it would look more awesome if part of your neck was still there after your head disappeared :P
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 » What Rank Are You Now? (03.21.2010)
Rank 9 with eleven hours played.
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General Discussion » Things you would want if you were a paying GB member.
Don't worry about their financial struggles.
I wouldn't pay for any of those to be honest. I can't really think of something they could offer that I would want to pay for.
I wouldn't pay for any of those to be honest. I can't really think of something they could offer that I would want to pay for.
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Off-Topic » Most songs you have from one band?
142 a-ha songs. Yep.
