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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Mario 64.... Hell yeah
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Knights of the Old Republic will be going free-to-play and reducing the cost of the game to $15 this fall!

    So I will finally get a chance to play it. Looks like the $15/month subscription model is finally going away. I don't have enough free time to justify spending $15/month when I might not play the game for a month.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Jason P wrote:
    Knights of the Old Republic will be going free-to-play and reducing the cost of the game to $15 this fall!

    So I will finally get a chance to play it. Looks like the $15/month subscription model is finally going away. I don't have enough free time to justify spending $15/month when I might not play the game for a month.


    It sucks Moose Balls
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Jason P wrote:
    Knights of the Old Republic will be going free-to-play and reducing the cost of the game to $15 this fall!

    So I will finally get a chance to play it. Looks like the $15/month subscription model is finally going away. I don't have enough free time to justify spending $15/month when I might not play the game for a month.


    It sucks Moose Balls
    I don't trust the opinions of Trekkies in this regard.

    8-)
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Na Jabba No Botha, he's is no Jed i
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Na Jabba No Botha, he's is no Jed i
    Day wonna wonga?"
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Sorry i had too
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Jason P wrote:
    Knights of the Old Republic will be going free-to-play and reducing the cost of the game to $15 this fall!

    So I will finally get a chance to play it. Looks like the $15/month subscription model is finally going away. I don't have enough free time to justify spending $15/month when I might not play the game for a month.

    KOTOR on the xbox was badass
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Jason P wrote:
    Knights of the Old Republic will be going free-to-play and reducing the cost of the game to $15 this fall!

    So I will finally get a chance to play it. Looks like the $15/month subscription model is finally going away. I don't have enough free time to justify spending $15/month when I might not play the game for a month.

    KOTOR on the xbox was badass
    Yes it was. Indeed sir.

    That's why the new game can't be bad. It was interesting to see Bioware / EA do this move. Their subscriber base was only 700,000, down from around 2,000,000 when the game was released. The invested $100M making this game, so this was a desperate move to get people playing the game ... and it should work.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Nintendo Power is going out of publication. :(

    It was the highlight of the month to see that magazine in the mailbox as a kid.

    Some of my favorite covers ...

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQG6NZwXnRYTyled9RCeapOxiqG6godgBVUPu0m--Zr-GW0U0ZB

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS19b8KZhRLW-0VBMU3Wrw87QJRjtjJWPaZKnTfLV1bgyJWc-nh

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSq1dTvEruebp4iC8QHQKrF8A-yvtUamq5MMt7Z6sALKChX5-ObGg
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Jason P wrote:
    Nintendo Power is going out of publication. :(

    It was the highlight of the month to see that magazine in the mailbox as a kid.

    Some of my favorite covers ...

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQG6NZwXnRYTyled9RCeapOxiqG6godgBVUPu0m--Zr-GW0U0ZB

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS19b8KZhRLW-0VBMU3Wrw87QJRjtjJWPaZKnTfLV1bgyJWc-nh

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSq1dTvEruebp4iC8QHQKrF8A-yvtUamq5MMt7Z6sALKChX5-ObGg

    Really? That's too bad
  • nippleholic
    nippleholic Toronto Posts: 1,085
    Anybody play Max Payne 3 yet?

    I liked the graphic-style and game engine, but I found the single-player campaign too short and too much focus has since been put on the multiplayer (all the DLC that's been planned and/or released has been for multiplayer with no indication of any single-player DLC ever coming to fruition). While I found the multiplayer enjoyable, I found it takes way too long to level up and earn any decent weapons.

    I'm actually looking forward to Assassin's Creed III the most this fall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNgh5WiMbBM
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    2010: Buffalo, Newark, New York City (x2), Nijmegen, Berlin, Werchter
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    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Brooklyn (x2)
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    2022: San Diego, Los Angeles (x2), Oakland (x2), Fresno, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Fort Worth (x2), Austin (x2)
    2024: Vancouver (x2), Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas (x2), Los Angeles (x2), Dublin, Manchester, London, Berlin (x2), Barcelona (x2)
    2025: Atlanta (x2), Nashville (x2), Raleigh (x2), Pittsburgh (x2)

  • voidofman
    voidofman Posts: 4,009
    ACIII looks really good but after how disappointed I was in Revelations I think I'm going to wait a year or two before I get III.
  • nippleholic
    nippleholic Toronto Posts: 1,085
    voidofman wrote:
    ACIII looks really good but after how disappointed I was in Revelations I think I'm going to wait a year or two before I get III.

    Yeah, that's actually a smart move because it looks like there will be lots of DLC: http://kotaku.com/5928119/sounds-lik...g-a-ton-of-dlc

    Personally, I'm going to wait for a complete/Game of the Year edition to be released - plus, Ubisoft games drop in price pretty quickly now.

    I really liked the setting of Revelations (Constantinople was really captured well), but I agree, the overall gameplay wasn't as good as the previous games (the tower defense mini-game was kind of annoying).
    2003: Buffalo, Toronto
    2004: Boston (x2), Toledo, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto (x2), Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Detroit
    2008: New York City (x2), Hartford, Boston II
    2010: Buffalo, Newark, New York City (x2), Nijmegen, Berlin, Werchter
    2011: Alpine Valley I, Alpine Valley II, Montreal, Toronto (x2), Ottawa, Hamilton
    2012: Amsterdam (x2), Berlin (x2)
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Brooklyn (x2)
    2014: Detroit
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto (x2), Chicago (x2)
    2018: Amsterdam (x2), Padua, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona
    2022: San Diego, Los Angeles (x2), Oakland (x2), Fresno, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto
    2023: Fort Worth (x2), Austin (x2)
    2024: Vancouver (x2), Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas (x2), Los Angeles (x2), Dublin, Manchester, London, Berlin (x2), Barcelona (x2)
    2025: Atlanta (x2), Nashville (x2), Raleigh (x2), Pittsburgh (x2)

  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    The new Madden is looking pretty good. I've skipped the last three years but I feel it is my responsibility to guide Andrew Luck to his first Super Bowl victory. 8-)

    I may even do some serious haggling and get a few former Colts that were assassinated in the off season as well.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,334
    I'm back playing Dark Souls.

    Such a great game!!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    mca47 wrote:
    I'm back playing Dark Souls.

    Such a great game!!
    I just started playing again a few weeks ago after a six month layoff. I finally have rung the upper and lower bell towers and have made it to Anor Londo.

    I'm currently figuring out how to ascend weapons and am trying to figure out how to use boss souls to make weapons.

    Blighttown is a motherfucker, to say the least. :evil:
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    I referred to blowing a place up as "glassing" last night. :fp:
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,334
    Jason P wrote:
    mca47 wrote:
    I'm back playing Dark Souls.

    Such a great game!!
    I just started playing again a few weeks ago after a six month layoff. I finally have rung the upper and lower bell towers and have made it to Anor Londo.

    I'm currently figuring out how to ascend weapons and am trying to figure out how to use boss souls to make weapons.

    Blighttown is a motherfucker, to say the least. :evil:
    I'm in Anor Londo now too. I'm basically just leveling up right now...running through with and helping people. Great spot to score a bunch of souls!
    I've found that modifying and applying boss souls to weapons isnt as good as modding normal or other elite weapons. I'm heading the catacombs next so I'm ascending a Devine weapon now.
    It's funny, my second time through, I'm almost at the same level at 1/4 of the time as my first run-through.


    Yeah, Blightown is a bitch. This last time through, I got the Iaito sword (which is currently my weapon Iaito lightning +4) and more or less just ran for that second bonfire. Didn't even bother fighting....just ran for it! So much easier! :lol: