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Nov. 21, 2009
  • Zereta unlocked 4 achievements in Dragon Age: Origins
    17 minutes ago
  • It'll be the everything of FPSs. I can even, call me crazy, see it being as influential as Halo and currently COD4.  Halo introduced Proper Shooters to Consoles. Everyone took that. COD4 introduced Progression and Persistence to shooters. Everyone's taking that. Bad Company 2 will introduce large scale, intense and authentic War-like experiences to shooters. Everyone WILL take that.
    11 hours, 6 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @Ahmad_Metallic said: " @Zereta said: " @Ahmad_Metallic said: " @Zereta said: " @Mrbiscuit101 said: " Because if the russians have the ACS they could attack america "Yea but they didn't do anything. They had it and they wouldn't have invaded hadn't Makarov done his little thing.  "dude.. how could roach and soap reach it without killing the few guards in the way?  and the shooting at the end was in ...
    11 hours, 28 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @Ahmad_Metallic said: " @Zereta said: " @Mrbiscuit101 said: " Because if the russians have the ACS they could attack america "Yea but they didn't do anything. They had it and they wouldn't have invaded hadn't Makarov done his little thing.  "dude.. how could roach and soap reach it without killing the few guards in the way?  and the shooting at the end was in self-defense so they can get out ...
    11 hours, 49 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @Mrbiscuit101 said: " @Zereta: The russians got it from a crashed satellite and they just wanted to get it, just so the russians wouldn't have power over america... I think "I can understand why they would want to get it back but killing those dudes? Maybe its just the way I think about stuff like this, but that's just disgusting.
    11 hours, 54 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @Mrbiscuit101 said: " Because if the russians have the ACS they could attack america "Yea but they didn't do anything. They had it and they wouldn't have invaded hadn't Makarov done his little thing. 
    12 hours, 8 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @Diamond said: " @Zereta said: But why were we killing innocent Russian Soldiers as Soap and Roach to get the ACS Module? They didn't do shit!You were killing Russian soldiers?!?!  You weren't supposed to do that! "O.O 
    12 hours, 14 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Is spec ops just too easy? in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    I'm doing them on regular and I am hating it.  And now I hate you. 
    12 hours, 22 minutes ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    So, I just realized something. The Russians invaded the US because they were pissed about the Airport attack thingy right?  But why were we killing innocent Russian Soldiers as Soap and Roach to get the ACS Module? They didn't do shit!
    12 hours, 22 minutes ago
  • Zereta just started a topic, Wait a second... (Spoilers) in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    12 hours, 22 minutes ago
Nov. 20, 2009
Nov. 19, 2009
  • Tears roll down my cheeks. Absolutely Beautiful. While I no longer play BF:BC 1in favor of Halo 3 and now MW2, I have to say it IS indeed the more authentic War experience and best multiplayer game on the 360 with its focus on objectives, rather than pure kills.  This seems to surpass its little brother in every way.  Only one thing that bothers me: Its all the same weapons? No new ...
    1 day, 23 hours ago
  • Yahtzee never fails to give me a laugh but I can never take him seriously after his Halo 3 'review'. 
    2 days, 12 hours ago
  • Every mission from "The Only Easy Day was Yesterday" actually. Can't pick a favorite.  Spoilers downwards.  In order of missions:  1. Loved the Underwater Insertion sequence and breaching sequences 2. Storming the Gulag was amazing. 3. Best intro to a COD campaign level ever and the music as you move out the Bunker and look at the land, with the location popping up. 4. Just clicked with me for some reason, PRICE AND SNIPING! Plus Dog ...
    2 days, 12 hours ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Why can't I do Spec Ops! in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    @MB said: " Some of the later Delta and Echo scenarios on Veteran difficulty are a straight up kick in the balls, even with two experienced "operators" trying to finish them. "Lols, I'm having trouble with Charlie Scenarios on Regular. I'm effed.
    2 days, 13 hours ago
  • Zereta replied to the topic Why can't I do Spec Ops! in the Modern Warfare 2 board.
    Yea, Snatch and Grab on freakin Regular, got me right at the end. About 30 metres to the extraction point. I got so pissed off I almost never want to play it again.
    2 days, 14 hours ago
Nov. 18, 2009
Added by Zereta on Sept. 21, 2009

Now, in light of ODST's announcement and its imminent release, people have been throwing this idea out a lot. And I must be dumb or something, because I just can't see it! How the hell is Halo being milked right now? Its been what? 8 years since Halo's entry into our lives and we've had 5 games. And I don't know, someone please enlighten me but what exactly is the definition of being milked?  
 
Because, if its just games of the same franchise being pumped out in short durations of time then everyone seems to be missing out the obvious culprits of Sonic, Mario and Call of Duty, the latter already having more games despite the franchise's later entry into the series.  
 
Is it just that Halo is big and hence people want to find problems with it? Its not as if these games have been bad. In fact, all the games thus far have been released to majority positivity and critical acclaim. 
 
It just makes me angry when I hear 'Halo is getting milked' when there are much more game franchises that actually are being milked.
Related to: Halo, Halo 3: ODST


Added by Zereta on June 26, 2009

So, earlier this week, as some of you might know, the Halo 3: ODST achievements got leaked by modding site, Game-Tuts. It was welcomed with smiling Halo fans, including myself, as we were ready for anything pertaining to the game. The video has since been removed from Game-Tuts official Youtube page. Below is a link to the re-hosted video:


So, as I mentioned earlier, obviously the video got taken down at first. However, things got dirty after that. This modder, Mattyovers, took things into his own hands once this was removed.

He threatened to leak out more such stuff should Microsoft and/or Bungie take action against him. And well, what happens next...we don't know.


What we do know is that now, Game-Tuts has shut down their website. Apparently, some heavy shit is going down. Apparently, following these events, Microsoft has started hunting down modders even more fiercely then they were before, if they even were before.

Whatever's going on, I think things are being blown out of proportion by both parties. This "Mattyovers' guy shouldn't have been such an ass when cornered by Microsoft and now, Microsoft has increased how fiercely they deal with crap like this.
I don't have a proper stance on the Modding scene and would like to take this oppotunity to find out what you people feel about this and modding in general.


Added by Zereta on June 23, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_rPLu0_JBQ&eurl=http://www.gruntsrus.com/news.php%3Freadmore%3D478&feature=player_embedded

They seem pretty good, though if you're like me and playing in Firefight is going to be tough for you than some of the achievements will be hard.

Some things to take note off:

1. Quite a lot of levels for an expansion.
2. About 7 Firefight levels
3. Engineers appear during the Nightime City. First time in the series (Save for Halo Wars)
4. Dare is a character in Firefight.
5. There are collectable Audio Logs ( 100 in total - Probably work like Bioshock's Audio files )
6. There's a level called "Data Hive", which has the icon of a Drone and a Weapon Achievement regarding the flamethrower. 

Achievements look solid for the most part. Getting the Vidmasters for these though...Gonna be pretty tough it seems.
Related to: Halo 3: ODST


Added by Zereta on May 28, 2009

I've been playing Fallout 3 slowly now. Its a game that put me off completely in the beginning as it was too...god...RPG-y for me. Well, I got back into it and have been playing it at a steady pace. Just managed to find Vault 112 just now (A Pain that was...God damned Raiders and Super Mutant Behemoth) and went to Tranquility Lance and God...

Was a that a Life Changing Experience or what?

Well, that's obviously an exaggeration but my experience in Tranquility Lane was something I had never experienced in a game to date. The premise was brilliant. The use of Betty as the so called 'Villian' was pure ingenious.

I had been playing a good character throughout my journey here and when 'Betty' started asking me to do all sorts of things, I just did them. Slowly, I lost Karma and then BAM! I need to kill Mabel creatively.

This took me a while to do as I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I ended up killing myself in her house at one point, activating the Security Systems but as I was playing around in the house, I realized I could interact with the Chandeliar. I'll be damned. That was the key. I went to search for Mabel and got her to enter her house and sure enough, tinkering with the chandeliar paid off. It fell on Mabel, killing her, making me lose more Karma in the process.

I did meet the Old Lady and I knew I could go find some Terminal in the Abandoned House. I went in and apparently, I'm supposed to interact with the objects in a particular order for the Chinese Soldiers to come but I couldn't get the order right. I ended taking up the mantle of the Pint Sized Slasher and killed everyone.

This was a particularly emotional moment for me, perhaps the most emotional moment for me in a video game to date. Fallout 3 has really stiff character animations and despite that, the characters running away from me, a mere child in this simulation, and screaming as I killed them...as I killed them really struck me hard. And as I killed the last person, a part of me broke down inside. Had I done all that? It was supposed to be a simulation, I likened it to the commercials that were used in the Fallout 3 commercials showing a happy wondeful life and I killed all those people living those lives.

Just something that made me think... Did anyone else have a similar experience in Fallout 3, in this particular incident as well?
Related to: Fallout 3


Zereta's Reviews
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained (X360)
A fact that most people don't know that the highly praised Halo series was once perceived as a RTS game, building of the success of Myth, Bungie's previous RTS. That slowly changed to a Third person and then into the FPS we all know and love. So, it is surprising ...
Reviewed by Zereta on March 15, 2009
Reloading! (PC)
Whenever Valve announces a game, they tell you everything beforehand, maybe leave one thing hidden for some other event and go silent. Absolute dead on silent. Pretty much the same thing happened with Left 4 Dead. They told what they needed to: AI Director, Co-op, Zombies and more Zombies. Then ...
Reviewed by Zereta on Jan. 8, 2009


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