gears of war....

Post by **rgoer** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:09 am

yeah when I walked in to the shop and bought my copy of gears which I did not pre-order this shithead kid with freckles (who was probably the assistant manager or whatever the fuck) was absolutely incredulous that I expected to just waltz in and buy something without reserving it a year in advance

it's retail you cunt, you have two hundred copies of the game behind the counter, give me a fuckin break, no I will not be preordering rainbow six today, I will just walk in and buy that one when it comes out too

Post by **tnf** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:42 am

rgoer wrote:yeah when I walked in to the shop and bought my copy of gears which I did not pre-order this shithead kid with freckles (who was probably the assistant manager or whatever the fuck) was absolutely incredulous that I expected to just waltz in and buy something without reserving it a year in advance

it's retail you cunt, you have two hundred copies of the game behind the counter, give me a fuckin break, no I will not be preordering rainbow six today, I will just walk in and buy that one when it comes out too

Some of those pricks are aggressive about it too...they'll follow me around the store asking "ANY GAMES COMING YOU YOU WANT?? BETTER PRE-ORDER VIVA PINATA IF YOU WANT A COPY MAN, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE AWESOME. OH I SEE YOU LOOKING AT THE BOX FOR BARBIE GO CARTS...BETTER PRE-ORDER, I'VE ALREADY GOT 5000000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR COPIES" or aggresively trying to get me to sell my own games back at pennies on the dollar so those pricks can sell them back at almost full price again.

I make it a point not to buy a game there unless I just happen to be at the mall when I decide to pick the game up....

Post by **booker** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:55 am

still didn't show up today

Post by **shaft** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:26 am

fuck eb....I just got back from Bestbuy...took their last copy..CE.

Post by **shaft** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:48 am

Just got done playing through act one, split screen coop. Had a blast playing 1vs1 local also. Great game so far.

Tried to play hardcore stright outta the box. Was getting my ass handed to me bigtime. Although now that ive played through the first act and got the hang of how everything works...casual is kinda tame. I might have to go back.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:01 am

hardcore is where its at.
that is, i never played it but thats the normal difficulty and any game should be played at at least the default diff :E

Post by **saturn** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:38 am

You ever finished Ninja Gaiden at hardcore level?

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:42 pm

I somehow lost 6 hours of my life last night playing co-op, I plan on doing the same thing tonight...

WOW

Post by **shaft** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:44 pm

MKJ wrote:hardcore is where its at.
that is, i never played it but thats the normal difficulty and any game should be played at at least the default diff :E

I think casual is default. The only option is casual or hardcore....then once you win on one of those it unlocks insane. Hardcore was rough, I ran out of ammo in the first 3 minutes.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:46 pm

in that case. hardcore is still where its at

co-op goodness will ensue soon enough, my dear shaft

Post by **Nightshade** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:47 pm

If EB has it tonight, I am SO down for some hot co-op action.

Post by **Sevensins** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:01 pm

Great game so far!

They definitley need to add more MP gametypes. Assassin is the only one I have played since the others are just DM. Hopefully any sort of update like that will be free.

My only complaint on the SP side so far is the transition from the cut scenes. They really should have made them seamless.

GRAW missed out by not implementing the cover system into their MP.

Post by **xer0s** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:11 pm

My only complaint is the way they set up the multiplayer pregame shit. It's really hard to get into a game with your friends if you're not the host. I just wish they would have made it more like Halo 2, in the aspect of pregame lobbies. With Halo 2, you can create a party and invite your friends, which insures that you will be playing the same game.

Other than that, it's spectacular.

Post by **DooMer** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:15 pm

Yeah, Halo 2 matchmaking was the shit. I may get me a threeshitty, and throw down with you guys.

Post by **Sevensins** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:17 pm

xer0s wrote:My only complaint is the way they set up the multiplayer pregame shit. It's really hard to get into a game with your friends if you're not the host. I just wish they would have made it more like Halo 2, in the aspect of pregame lobbies. With Halo 2, you can create a party and invite your friends, which insures that you will be playing the same game.

Other than that, it's spectacular.

Funnily enough I just finished reading a review that said the same exact thing.

Post by **shaft** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:46 pm

Sevensins wrote:Great game so far!

They definitley need to add more MP gametypes.

Can they modify the game that much with an XBL update?

Post by **Sevensins** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:08 pm

shaft wrote: Can they modify the game that much with an XBL update?

I think it mostly depends on how the developer created the game. If they allowed for those sort of updates then it is possible because GRAW's chapter 2 updated added new gametypes, weapons, maps, etc.

Post by **DooMer** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:16 pm

Will there be any Downloadable Content?

Mark Rein and Cliffy B have both confirmed there will be strong Downloadable content post release; chiefly patches and extension to the mutiplayer campaign. Epic have sighted their previous support of UT products to support this; however there has been no clarification on the cost (if any) of these expansions across Xbox Marketplace. Pre-release content has not been officially discussed at this point although a member of the dev team told me that maps are being worked on right now and most of them are very near completion. Don't be surprised if you see new maps popping up on the Marketplace before the end of the year. Also some new game modes are rumoured to be in development.

Post by **shaft** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:18 pm

sweet.

Post by **xer0s** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:13 pm

I'm still waiting to play coop with one of you fuckers.

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:25 pm

xer0s wrote:I'm still waiting to play coop with one of you fuckers.

I'm still waiting for the game to... BE RELEASED

I'll be able to get it early, but next week still, feck...

Post by **booker** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:31 pm

xer0s wrote:I'm still waiting to play coop with one of you fuckers.

didn't mean to ignore you, just wanted to finish the game before I do co-op.

gamespot gave me $5 back because they were late on the per order, nice

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:46 pm

o'dium wrote:
xer0s wrote:I'm still waiting to play coop with one of you fuckers.
I'm still waiting for the game to... BE RELEASED

I'll be able to get it early, but next week still, feck...

what's games stock going to be like? i'm with TNF on the pre-ordering thing. i'm hoping to get a copy before i goto dubai

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:51 pm

Doombrain wrote:
o'dium wrote:
xer0s wrote:I'm still waiting to play coop with one of you fuckers.
I'm still waiting for the game to... BE RELEASED

I'll be able to get it early, but next week still, feck...
what's games stock going to be like? i'm with TNF on the pre-ordering thing. i'm hoping to get a copy before i goto dubai

I dont work for game anymore mate, sorry.

But from what they used to be like, I wouldn't think you could get a CE on release day or for a good few days (monday maybe).

As for the normal edition you may be able to get that.

But GAME as a whole have gone REALLY down hill, the whole company just have no clue how to run a business.

I have friends at Game Station, and they get games as soon as they come in, so they buy them once they get delivered. In other words, this Tuesday maybe, I could have the game

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:54 pm

cool. new job working out?