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Bully came out on the Wii and 360 in 08, so that's my answer...if licensed music is allowed them mu vote changes to saints row 1 or rockband.

@sathingtonwaltz: the parts you listed still seem a little low, the cheapest 660 I can find right now is $169 the cheapest I3 is $120 ( which is only dual core) that's $290 and we haven't even grabbed ram, a case, a mobo, hdd, a disc drive of any kind, let alone an OS. It might be possible to buy the rest of that stuff for under $210 but it'd all be from 3rd rate manufacturers but i wouldnt call it a midrage pc especially running an i3. A more reasonable figure for a decent, entry level to mid range pc is $800, if you are starting from nothing.

@clonedzero: it's not just your circumstances, I buy a fair amount of games (2 to three a month depending on releases) and I still much prefer open world games. I find the games I don't finish tend to be level based.

@pezen: ii feel like we might be coming at games for totally different ends. I find myself, as I get older, enjoying longer open world single player experiences almost exclusivley. I generally won't pick up a tight narrative driven single player game unless it is exceptional either in story or gameplay.

i find what I really enjoy are environments that are fleshed out to the point that the worlds seem as if they could exist without the players involvement. Fallout NV and GTA 4 I feel are really good examples. I like exploring and finding new places and hopefully interesting Npcs just doing there own thing then being able to interact with them, more interesting than being spoon fed a narrative. I'm hoping as games improve there will be less and less moments of "thank god you arrived now can you do this for me" and npcs get more agency in open world games. Like a better version of skyrims radient ai.

I actually find focused games detract from my engagement with the world being conveyed, the fact that the environment has been set up exclusively for the player and the gameplay style takes me out of any kind of suspension of disbelief. Invisible walls and hallways with doors I can't enter, things I'm looking for conveniently in the next room perfectly positioned rubble and explosive barrels set peice after set piece, monster closets etc etc.

I think a lot of this has to do with the increase in fidelity, as graphics/voice/ motion capture get better the things you can't do in games and the limitations on developers becomes more pronounced,

and on a fundamental level An art asset reused 50 times in a massive open world, some of which i never saw over 40 hours of game time does not take me out of a game while an art asset reused 5 times in a period of 4 hours does, especially if its put on the critical path.

Thing is, I agree with the critic, I find Minchin interesting but not funny.

ill watch him and ill enjoy myself, but I wont be laughing

@naru_joe93: because you can't want both SR4 and GTA5. Just like you can't like the godfather and goodfellas. it's a law that you can only like 1.

As a fan of open world games I'm honestly looking forward to both.

yes

The word has meaning it means something is misleading or hidden, however it can be used both ways, this is why context with the remainder of the text it's generally required. I chose the first choice as that is the context I see that statement written in most often however I know the word can be used the other way, yet I rarely see it used.

There is some gi joe stuff I'd like to get but honestly I wouldn't know where to put it.

There is one thing I'd buy that I've wanted since I was about 10 is a Gibson thunderbird, i didnt even consider owning one as a possible reality until i started my first professional job but even then, once a was earning good money i was thwarted as gibson dont make the thunderbird in a lefty, I even went so far as to email Gibson and ask about getting a super expensive custom made, they said they can't/wouldn't do it. I've considered getting a custom guitar place to make one but without the Gibson logo I dunno if it'd be the same.

I honestly don't get the impala love, they are straight ripping off late 60s early 70s jam band psych rock. I disturbs me because they don't even try to put anything new into it, it's not "influenced by it". That shit is straight up theft.

You know there were hundreds of bands that sounded like that right?

I'd suggest if they float your boat you start listening to the Nuggets compilations, a lot of the stuff on those comps sounds crap, but they didn't exactly have modern recording equipment and they were generally recording on a shoestring.