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  1. Vaclav

    Dead Space 3

    Again even Survival gives too much resources and I don't consider myself a great FPSer
  2. Vaclav

    Dead Space 3

    Reviewing my stream ATM but pretty sure they skew rates in modes - hardcore definitely felt like more health packs less resources and ammo from memory. Not that it matters even Survival running out of resources is rarely an issue. (Speaking as someone who platted it) Resource management of...
  3. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    50gb media gave 4k away before the official announce anyhow
  4. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Its like he doesn't know ps3 has been doing it for years only could use dvr and skype - it getting the latter it looks
  5. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I think you'll be right for NEW exclusive IPs Tuco but existing ones will stick around.
  6. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Read the article rather than the headline - its the console equivalent to obamacare death panels.
  7. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Indeed Zaphid its pretty clear they're working on a nonemulation (hint: streaming) solution.
  8. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Which again, read the last sentence... the rood article implies nothing ever with their feet in the ground from headline and leadin. Not "we want them to work in some form" or "emulation via streaming" as has been factually stated. If I can play a PS3 game by popping it in and it runs...
  9. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Yukiri: That sounds like the normal article trolling with false info for hits around a new announce. Actually reading it - its the old no emulation for PS3 info repackaged with a headline to grab views. Even contradicts the headline within the article with the plans to emulate everything via...
  10. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    I play on a 3" plasma so I sit a few micrometers away personally. But seriously its a silly complaint, I agree testing my phone which is larger and brighter with its flashlight app running in a pitch room - took under 1 ft to show on my 51" plasma that's reflective enough to use for a mirror...
  11. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Xbox being more powerful is unlikely considering developer comments all over
  12. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    429/529 (2SKUs) is being quoted all over rumormills and re streaming Vita can do it over 3g ATM with limited titles.
  13. Vaclav

    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Agree with Sean 110% here on both posts - I'll be starting my $529 SKU P/O as soon as offered with the specs stated. Only disappointment being the launch titles thusfar but that could improve with 9 mos not to mention launch titles generally aren't exciting...
  14. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Supertouch - The main thing with how storytelling in Elder Scrolls/Fallout 3 works (NV to a lesser extent - NV is probably the best example of storytelling in an open world format in fact) is that largely the storytelling is being done by YOU, instead of being a scripted thing with limited...
  15. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    How does that compare to any form for storytelling OUTSIDE OF GAMING? You claim our definition is narrow, yet yours can only apply to a single genre really and ours can encompass every entertainment medium. When it only works for one genre (or to be devil's advocate in case I'm missing some - a...
  16. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    "Here's a world, find stuff" wasn't really Storytelling to most of we gamers with titles like Myst either - his and my definition isn't narrow, it just exempts things like Myst where there's no story other than what you find. Investigation isn't required when one watches a movie, or a play, or...
  17. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    The fact that you can make an almost complete summation of each game's primary storyline in about 3 paragraphs is a tad flawed. Don't get me wrong I love the BethSoft games, but they're about freedom to explore as Sean already gave them credit for - not for a deep cinematic experience where you...
  18. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    It allows you to "be the hero" while constantly being pulled out of the cinematic experience - besides, even in something like DA:O - there's the uncontrollable cutscene parts where your character goes on autopilot and forced to act in X/Y/Z fashion regardless - so the "be the hero" theorem...
  19. Vaclav

    Dragon Age: Inquisition (Plot Details in Spoilers!)

    Nothing in Shephard/Hawke style inherently forces the removal of secondary races from the equation you do realize, right? Yes, it complicates them but absolutely doesn't mean they HAVE to be removed. (And that complication should be gone with the next gen I'd imagine, with internet accessibility...
  20. Vaclav

    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    IIRC it wasn't entirely - like the map files for his missions or something actually does download - you could kludge him in as a NPC but not his missions if you didn't have an "authorized" PC copy until you got those files.
  21. Vaclav

    Gavinrad's Mass Effect 3+ Thread

    Shepard is done after 3 - ME as a series is not.
  22. Vaclav

    Playstation Vita

    What's this about second gen Vita's? Been debating grabbing one to take advantage of the PS+ titles (and the old FF's which I can't stand on a 60" Plasma - pixelation is too much with that screensize) but curious to see a link on what the new ones are adjusting. (And yes, I've been tagging Vita...
  23. Vaclav

    Dead Space 3

    I won't say the dialogue is great or anything - but the basis of it was not any more pointless than his dialogue in two. And the basis of his obsession over the women he loves being a common thread between all three. He went batshit because of Nicole (and all the backstory/hallucinations only...
  24. Vaclav

    Dead Space 3

    Maybe not on all the versions due to glitching, but Classic mode on my PS3 absolutely has no Coop items on the checklist - I've 100%'ed up through Chapter 12 so far on my Classic run - past two Coop exclusive areas.
  25. Vaclav

    Dead Space 3

    Honestly I can see some of the complaints being legitimate here, some not - but overall it's the funnest new game I've played in a bit (I'd say since ME3 - although AC3 was quite a surprise as well [didn't want it, got it because the bundle made the most sense when replacing my PS3]). But...
  26. Vaclav

    Gun control

    It's probably been mentioned earlier (44 pages - not going through all of it) - but gun education should be a priority. As well as the recent conservative meme of "mental health being a priority". (Ironic since they're the ones that gutted them 20 years ago... but alas) I'm all for people...
  27. Vaclav

    Board Games

    Wife and I did that first time through as well - missed the distinction to players being allowed to double up and monsters having to split up their actions. And on cheatsheets -http://www.headlesshollow.com/freebies_games.htmlis generally my goto for cheatsheets - IMO they tend to make the...
  28. Vaclav

    Planescape Torment Kickstarter: A spiritual sequel to be set in Monte Cook's Numenera

    What was that for gogusrl? And anything close to Torment has me excited. Such a wonderful gaming universe to use.
  29. Vaclav

    The Pokemon Thread

    Pokemon Male and Female is how I keep wanting to read it...
  30. Vaclav

    Dark Souls 2

    One of my go-to's for the longest time is the Gravelord's Sword (from the Gravelord Covenant) - start with Master Key, run down the elevator to the undead dragon for Astora's Sword then head straight through the Catacombs till I get it right at the beginning of a run through, then upgrade it to...
  31. Vaclav

    PS3 Powering down (at random) after booting up...

    So.... cat booted the new super slim off the dresser it was (securely I might add - cat was really working to break it! Ringed by other heavy devices like the TiVo and everything!) on destroying it - decided to see how the old one runs with the newer drive since the new one is clearly not...
  32. Vaclav

    Hardest Boss Fights (No MMO shit please)

    I take back what I said about Big Red now James - you're absolutely right if you go at him 2H rather than my normals of Sword/Board or Magic builds - he becomes super easy to predict and coax. Aforementioned was with S/B and Magic builds that were VERY complicated to manage him in comparison...
  33. Vaclav

    Hardest Boss Fights (No MMO shit please)

    Really James? Talking doing him legit not the snipe him from the far tower and make him suicide nonsense. That was of course laughably easy every time.
  34. Vaclav

    Go ..l.. yourself. I'm out.

    LOL, was that for me? Mixing me up with a friend if so - I did sploit the heck out of Qeynos for early levels, but not the koalindl nonsense. Used to be a quest that gave good XP in SQey that only used snakeskins and batwings which were sold in unlim quantities elsewhere - and since the quest...
  35. Vaclav

    Hardest Boss Fights (No MMO shit please)

    I used to say the same - I don't know if they adjusted the difficulty recently, but on my recent (now paused by PS3 failure) return to mess with the DLC I bent them over first try without even breaking a sweat. [And to the person who said Four Kings - I used to consider them the second most...
  36. Vaclav

    PS3 Powering down (at random) after booting up...

    Replacing it today, will continue working on the process in a bit - have to see if Best Buy carries moderate sized box fans to try that theorem. (Too lazy to hit Lowe's or someplace else additional for the fan today)
  37. Vaclav

    PS3 Powering down (at random) after booting up...

    From what I've seen overheating flashes the red light though, at least that's what net research implies.
  38. Vaclav

    Board Games

    Descent: 2E, Arkham Horror (seriously not one mention yet guys? for shame on all of you!) and Mage-Knight are all the gotos for the wife and I right now. Lords of Waterdeep and Ticket to Ride (w/ 1911 expac) are our favorites with others.
  39. Vaclav

    PS3 Powering down (at random) after booting up...

    PS4/Whatever isn't on the schedule til Summer '14 at the earliest from how things look, they've got too many exclusives coming out this year amongst other things. (Plus, frankly with my level of use and income - $200+ to get a new one is no big - $40k before investment income goes a long ways...
  40. Vaclav

    Go ..l.. yourself. I'm out.

    Indeed, "live and learn" has it's value - as long as you keep yourself grounded enough to be responsible for your past to try to avoid it. Better to that and have your legacy behind you so people know to warn you when you're slipping into old habits again (which no doubt will happen eventually)...