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I can see where your coming from. It's really just a straight up action game though, there are hardly any rpg elements. I'm not sure really how to describe it, it's basically just shooting and melee.

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I have to say I'm enjoying Space Marine so far. Interesting combination of melee and shooting.

Nice amount of semi-realistic violence as well.

Shame nothing is interactive, no environmental damage and you cannot shoot enemies once they die.

Seems like this one isn't a thinking mans game :r

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Picked up Gears of War 3. Went straight into multiplayer. Like it so far.

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Actually as the game progresses and they start to throw harder enemies, different unit types you do have to think a little bit on how best to approach certain situations. Not much mind you, but some :r

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Right on! Let me know how the single player campaign is.

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I have noticed this. I almost thought for a whole 20 seconds straight then I just mashed buttons and they all died :D

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out of 6 act's i just finished the first and I have to say WOW, For a Campaign Only game this would be well worth 60$.. Oh wait what? it has Multiplayer/Horde/Beast mode??????

Oh.. :noon Its tasty as all hell :banger

Guitarman07 -Game on fella's

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So far I am liking the single player. Has a good story line.

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They usually do, thanks Kneo. I'm curious to know how long the story is since this is the end of the trilogy.

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After back-to-back 70+ hour weeks at work I finally got to play some games again yesterday :tu

I bought Fallout: NV's expansion packs during the July 4th steam sales. I started onto the Dead Money expansion....and I've got to say I'm not a fan. There's certain gameplay elements they added in this expansion that really just serve to frustrate the player and limit their mobility. I found myself just getting frustrated with it after a couple of hours :/. Worst part is - you can't exit out of the DLC until you've finished the entire thing. I am now locked into a part of the game that I'm not enjoying and am required to finish it. I just hope that once I advance to the next section they remove some of the absurd limitations (I think I explained my frustration without spoiling anything...)

I picked up Company of Heroes and the expansions for $10. I've got a couple of friends that play all the time - figured this was a good chance to try it out for cheap. At that price if I play it for 3 hours then I consider it a pretty decent deal :)

I also picked up Civ5 when it was $16 not too long ago. That game EATS time. 4 hours went by in the blink of an eye.

Finally - Alpha Protocol. I've heard really good stuff about it and it is only $2 on steam until the 27th. Gotta make sure to pick it up tonight.

I'm getting increasingly excited for Battlefield 3 - any other PC players that are gonna pick it up?
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I loved the Civ games early on but they just got so... micromanagey that I had to stop. I'd be cruising along thinking I was doing well, only to suddenly get wiped out. Every. Single. Time.

Thanks for the tip on Alpha. Just pulled that.

Finished a "Playthrough 2" borderlands run yesterday. By the time I was done I had just been "wanting it to be over" for hours. Wonderful game. But done is done.

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Frozen Synapse Humble Bundle!

http://www.humblebundle.com/

For those of you who aren't familiar with the Humble Bundle - it is a set up where you choose how much to pay for a game. You can split up that money in a few different ways - Developers, the Humble Bundle team, or charities (in this case - Child's Play and Electronic Frontier Foundation).

In addition - if you pay above the average you get a bonus most times. In this case the bonuses are: Trine, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, Shadowgrounds, Jack Claw (cancelled game - you get what they had already created), and Splot (upon its release).

Go pick it up! You know you wanna ;)
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I have been playing the HELL out of league of legends lately. Dominion (new game type) has breathed a new life into it. I can finish a game in 20 minutes and there is more to it than "don't die more than the other team"
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Anyone look into RAGE yet? Opinions?

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I don't play games too much anymore but i do like to play perfect world it is a mmorpg it is not bad

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I would like to know as well

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I was looking at playing it later this week. If no one knows I'll try it out and let everyone know what I think.

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Here ya go
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/55574/rage-video-review/

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i think i'll get operation flashpoint: red river from the redbox

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Let us know what you think, Bill. I haven't really researched it too much.

I should have Forza 3 in today to hold me over until Tuesday when Forza 4 comes out :)
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Rift's 1.5 update brings single-player dungeons, veteran rewards, and alternate advancement once you max out. So I'm back there for now.

I'll wait until steam has a half-priced GOTY edition of RAGE (yeah I know I'm probably talking 2013.) It just doesn't excite me that much.

I was about to pull the trigger on this round of Humble Bundle, and saw a squirrel or something. Today they announced a new addition, which got me thinking: If you buy it and they add something later, can you download that as well? Or is it only the list at time of purchase? I'd pull the trigger now, but if I miss out on something I'll wait until the last hour and do it then instead.

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Same, installing it now.

I just took a look at mine - they've added 2 games and I bought in the first day or 2. They're good peoples :tu

I tried Rift. It was a fun game and all - but it just couldn't seem to hold my interest for the 10 day trial. I am considering renewing Everquest 1, though...
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Alright just got into the game and upon the first look (first 5 minutes)

John Goodman's voice is used :tu :tu (Big Lebowski, Walter)

It LOOKS like this is going to be Half life 2 Meets Doom 3. I've got high hopes for this one.

I'll post more tonight after I get a few hours in.

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Dark Souls is my new addiction :tu :tu :tu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAhMRcG64Y


Also cant wait for diablo 3 ive waited 11 years for this one!!!!

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That game is supposed to be hella hard!

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Just read a great review over here

Too bad I'm not a console guy :-/

Or perhaps it's a good thing.

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Yep! Looks like I'm going to have to hunt you down and make you pay for jinxing my Fantasy Football team!!!!

BRING IT ON, SUCKA :su
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I dunno, i'm not feeling it. It's not bad, but aside from the eye candy it's pretty average.

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I'm only 1.5 hours in. No doubt it's lacking a bit but I think it will be at least worth a play through.

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Does it pick up any? I've only played for a little and it was fetch quest after fetch quest.

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Anyone playing the Battlefield 3 Beta? I am DL it now. xbl

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No spoilers but yeah its taking a different turn.

It seems they are getting you ready for ....something, not sure what yet.

You're definitely "gearing up" though.

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Well I'm 5 hours into the game and its definitely fun and different.

My advice, wingsticks.....they kill most enemies outright. Keep a lot of buckshot, don't bother with any pistol ammo. The "AR" (even though it looks EXACTLY like an AK) is very useful as well, burns through ammo like no other though.

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Started a Civ 5 game yesterday... bad idea. This game just sucks up time. Fun though.

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You know that feeling??? the feeling like someone is right behind you???? That will be me:sl

I bought Civ5 when they had it on sale a while back. I started a game at about 11 am on a Saturday. Stopped what felt like an hour later - it was 7:30 PM.

The game doesn't just suck up time - it puts you into a time warp and then spits you out at some point in the future.
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Yeah, I might have accidentally played until 3:30 in the morning last night. Oops.

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Alright done with RAGE. I was initially impressed but the ending is just terrible.....What a disappointment.

First off half the crap in the game is entirely useless.

What is useful

1. Wingsticks, keep 99 (Max) at all times
2. Sniper rifle (25-50 ammo at all times is good enough)
3. Most importantly ....Dynamite bolts these just make the game a cakewalk. Combined with Wingsticks you won't even take hits....at all...ever. I don't know what the limit for these is but carry it.

There isn't much of a storyline at all. I don't know if this game was a book, movie or if there were previous games but I don't even know what or why I was playing.

I enjoyed some of the gruesome weapons and kills. GREAT graphics but overall I'd give this game a 7/10 "Average".

The last gun they gave you I never even used. It sounded so badass and powerful I thought I'd save the ammo. Then right before the game ended I realized I had a stupid amount of ammo and nothing really needed more power. I was 1-2 shotting everything as is.

I got 12 hours of play out of it. I'd say you COULD push maybe 15 hours. But you could also probably beat it in 8-10 hours.

That's pretty $hitty. I miss the days of single player games taking 40-75 hours to beat.

A great effort on the game, but it was wasted. They could have gone SO MUCH further and really utilized all possibilities.

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Holy crap! For all the hype and pushbacks this game received what a disappointment!:td

Nice review.

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The funny thing is IGN gave the game an 8.5/10. They agreed on the 10-12 hours of gameplay. Also they said the ending sucked. The characters were hollow and you were shooting people for pure entertainment because the story was minimal.

Just as I said, but despite all of that they still gave it an 8.5/10....Pathetic.

Yeah Mickey and it's a shame. It had some damn good potential. Excellent graphics, fun combat. Just needed a much better storyline and about 20 more hours of gameplay.

I went back and used the Pulse cannon and BFG. Useless.

The BFG is WAY too slow to kill any fast moving enemies (75%+ in the game)

Dynamite bolts are infinitely better than both the Pulse cannon and it's BFG ammo.

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I won't be playing this, not even renting it.

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It's worth renting if only for the visual aspects, it looks VERY nice. However it is definitely NOT worth buying at all.

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Nah, pass....not worth my time.

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Good call. I'm three hours in and i've had enough, it sucks pretty bad.

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Way to take one for the team man.

For my part I just found out this afternoon that Dungeon Keeper 2 is on Gog, so my night was screwed.

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Name a game and I will play it :D

I don't mind taking all of them for the team. PC only though I don't own any playstations or xbox's.

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Yep. Me too (re: PC.) Hell I haven't owned a TV since the early 90s.

The Bethesda stuff is just getting too big and deep for me. It's like trying to play Civ games in Tetris time slots. I just don't have the energy for it any more.

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Honestly I use to be quite the hardcore gamer, I can't do it anymore either.

I can play MAYBE 5 hours a day, after that I get bored. Not everyday either.

I only use TV's for 1080P blurays.

I've never played on any console more than at my friends house as a kid. Don't like them at all.