Archangel3371 said:

Well I haven't ran into that myself. I picked up ACII regular edition and it felt like a full and complete game to me. By all accounts it sounds like the dlc doesn't add anything to the game in fact some say it made the game worse off for it. I don't plan on getting it and I certainly don't feel my expierence is cheapened without it.

Well if that's how you feel based on what some say about one example then I suppose there's no issue with cutting game content to sell in CE/LE. AWESOME, I was a bit worried for a second only, but now I"m not! Thanks!

Dvader said:

That is not the worst level.

Ahahahahahahaahahaaa..haahaha....ha...whew!  ...aHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAA

Yodariquo said:

Jabs at other companies in advertisements always comes across to be as petty and low.

 Precisely. Those maneuvers reek of a lack of confidence in your own product. 

Agnates said:

Well if that's how you feel based on what some say about one example then I suppose there's no issue with cutting game content to sell in CE/LE. AWESOME, I was a bit worried for a second only, but now I"m not! Thanks!

Archangel3371 said:

Well I'm so happy to have put your mind at rest. It was your ONE example that you provided. Like I said I haven't run into this issue in any other games I've purchased so if you could provide examples of developers purposely cutting content so that they could use it to sell special editions with that would be GRRRRRREAT. Like I said ACII felt like a full and complete game so MY expierence in playing it was fine. Reviews on the original game were excellent while reviews of the dlc were poor.

DLC can be poor on its own after the fact, but when added to the game from the start it could have added to its variety. Case in point the recent ME2 DLC with the vehicle based missions which were meh on their own but if they were just one more thing to find and do during your journey to save the galaxy they would have added more variety to it. Same for the character they added. I suppose that doesn't exactly count since it wasn't all day-1 DLC but they did the same with Dragon Age: Origins. Even if the ACII missions weren't great they were still filling in blanks from the game (the corrupted sequences if I'm not mistaken), blanks that shouldn't have been there, it's not like every single mission you did was fuckawesome anyway so the DLC was in line with the game. Not worth paying extra for, but with 30 mins or an hour of extra playtime as part of the full game, had it been so. I dunno why you need this explained in such detail in the first place but whatever. Keep feeling cutting content is okay because the content in one example may not have been to your liking or whatever else, lol.

ASK_Story said:

Well, here you go guys!

IGN just gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a perfect 10!

IGN giving a game a 10 is hardly surprising.

But Craig Harris giving any game a 10 is. 

Meh, still not excited! Reviews do nothing for me!

Morning gents.

Why are there 3 Mario Galaxy 2 reviews highlighted in black? Overkill IMO.

It's obviously Steel doing this. Mario whore.

THQ Adopts Used Purchase Online Penalities

WTF is this s***? So this is now going to be adopted by everyone?

aspro said:

It's over.  THQ adopts online penalities as well:

Agnates said:

Sony's already done it with Modnation Racers as well. I saw it on the PSP PSN, they sell an "online unlock" DLC for 10 euros, meant for people whose online code "is no longer valid" whatever that is, probably for used purchases. How the fuck did it get adopted so fast, it's like EA was just talking of it yesterday and now everyone's doing it?

This really pisses me off. And I don't even really play online games. Maybe if these companies could actually manage and control their budgets properly and not spend a bajillion dollars on each game, they wouldn't have to double scalp consumers.

Dvader said:

So I will finish the De Blob probably tonight. Very good game but it gets repetitive. There is no real progression to it. I have basically been doing the same things since the first few levels. They add one new enemy every few levels but the enemies are almost insignificant. I was expecting some new mechanics, powerups, goals, something. Games like Katamari keep things fresh by really changing up levels, you start off really tiny and slowly grow into this thing that eats cities. The gameplay never changes, it doesn't have to, but there should be a sense that the game is building up to something, keep things fresh. That said it's still really fun so the formula works, I just hope the next game has more variety.

I think it's only in the final level where it builds, you jump on this spaceship and it starts taking off. De Blob for me is a non-traditional platformer. I'm into the music, it's exactly my kind of music so I like just pootling around, getting in the groove and painting everything. The final boss is tough though. The game is more like a playground where you have fun at your own pace.

aspro said:

Have any of you ever picked up the Guinness World Records of Gaming book in the store?  It's pretty lame.  Here is a sample from the 2010 edition.

Wow.

Dvader said:

aspro said:

So what was the problems with it?

That is not the worst level.

That looks epic

edgecrusher said:

Have any of you ever had a miserable old bitch for a manager who thinks she knows everything and acts like everyone else is stupid, while she herself is actually the stupid one? On top of being a two-faced cunt and talking shit behind everyone's back while complaining about people doing things that SHE herself does?

Yes.

Dvader said:

First time I see this !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMmPUw62w5E

If you are in US watch this on Hulu. For the rest this video quality will do.

Saw that a long time ago. Quite funny.

SteelAttack said:

Yodariquo said:

Jabs at other companies in advertisements always comes across to be as petty and low.

Precisely. Those maneuvers reek of a lack of confidence in your own product.

Silly ad, but I did chuckle when he punched that pink thing in the gut. Like Yoda said, I actually found the brightly coloured world more interesting then when they cut to the realistic, sleek racer.

ASK_Story said:

Well, here you go guys!

IGN just gave Super Mario Galaxy 2 a perfect 10!

IGN said:

GOTY again! Better than Red Dead Redemption!

I'll be getting this game this week!

This proves that Mario >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sac Boy!

I'm so tempted to post a picture of a genital sack right now. I wonder if IGN did it because of the response to their SMG2 roundtable feature. Hundreds of negative comments.

edgecrusher said:

Have any of you ever had a miserable old bitch for a manager who thinks she knows everything and acts like everyone else is stupid, while she herself is actually the stupid one? On top of being a two-faced cunt and talking shit behind everyone's back while complaining about people doing things that SHE herself does?

Yep, that's GG.