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[o'dium]

Well its out, anybody tried it yet?

The second coming of Christ is about the most boring thing I've ever tried to use. Seriously, it was so poorly done it made my eyes bleed. But not blood, that would be too obvious, it was actually shite.

Lets get the first thing out of the way. Presentation. On the whole its not half bad, what did you expect it to be, the best looking game ever? It gets the job done. Unfortunatly, when it comes to UI design and how to use it, I dunno maybe they hired one of the Sony Ericson guys to help them here... Its just really poor. Not to mention every time I want to do something, I have to wait ages for it to load... And then to download... And then to load again... And then while its loading, I have to load something else... While I watch invisible people shells walk around... Fail. Oh and setting invert view as default...? Score. Realyl well played on knowing exactly what everybody doesn't use.

The biggest thing here is the character creation... Well... They can call it that. If you like picking from about 5 options. I dare anybody to tell me they can make anything that looks anything like themselves, or wears anthing they would wear. I think I saw about 15 people standing there watching a video, all with the blue/white top on...

The actual "Make your home" part was... Wait, I must of missed that? I saw the option to add a chair. Or a table. But dont you dare pick anything with style, hell no. Yeah you can wallpaper, but why...? Most of the options you would pick were none existent, and it wouldnt let you use them.

Which brings me neatly onto the next point... Buying shit. Want a new table? BUY IT. Want a new pair of jeans? BUY IT. Seriously, bog standard sony made jeans at the store are 60p. To kit out your character would cost a couple of quid... But why? MSN didn't cost me a fucking dime, and I get to use my own picture too. Looks just like me. I didn't even want to go into any other stores, for fear of them raping my wallet.

Finally the whole point... Interaction... Withen 10 seconds of loading the space I got about 7 PM's (not ingame messages, actuall messages to ME inside the mail) saying "Wher r u frm?" and "I rule!". The rest of the time was spent trying to move away from idiots asking me what I look like, where I'm from, am I male, how old I was, do I want to go PM and talk... Fucking hell...

Seriously, I really did experience what it was like to be a virgin all over again... Anybody who spends time in this thing really has some social issues. Anybody who buys anything from here... Well your just fucking stupid. Period.

[MKJ]

collegue of mine was saying he would dl home firmware last night.
we joked and said he'd be complaining about his ps3 would brick

and whaddayaknow, it bricked
fucking hell, youd think after a 2 year delay the software would be stable enough

[Yeando]

I had a quick go last nite. Its rare that I would go back on there unless Q3W plan some sort of invasion lol.
Seriously its like being in the old yahoo chat many years ago. One "female" pops up and theres a load of guys hanging around her haha. Usual pop ups of "where u from", "u fit" etc lol. So I just barged inbetween them all and start body popping lol.
Gutted about the apartment though, wanted some sort of flat screen tv to put up to watch trailers, shows etc without hitting the cinema. At the moment it looks like a branch of fucking ikea, chairs and tables everywhere.

Still early days though, good job the main app is free, shame about the "upgrades" you have to pay for.

Right im off to dance like a cunt in front of everyone.
Add me as Yeando on PSN if you want

[Eraser]

fucking hell, youd think after a 2 year delay the software would be stable enough

It's usually the other way around. Delays means there's managers breathing down the developers' necks so they have to rush and wrap up and usually time is "won" by shaving it off the QA process. Too few managers realise that such actions usually end up in spending more time on the code afterwards to fix all the nasty glitches and helping people out who's PS3's are now borked.

[Doombrain]

collegue of mine was saying he would dl home firmware last night.
we joked and said he'd be complaining about his ps3 would brick

and whaddayaknow, it bricked
fucking hell, youd think after a 2 year delay the software would be stable enough

There is no home f/w, just software and f/w v2.51 added a hard reset to over come bricking.

moran

[MKJ]

home + f/w, moran
release was near simultaneous.

ergo, get fucked

[mik0rs]

I had a quick go last nite. Its rare that I would go back on there unless Q3W plan some sort of invasion lol.
Seriously its like being in the old yahoo chat many years ago. One "female" pops up and theres a load of guys hanging around her haha. Usual pop ups of "where u from", "u fit" etc lol. So I just barged inbetween them all and start body popping lol.
Gutted about the apartment though, wanted some sort of flat screen tv to put up to watch trailers, shows etc without hitting the cinema. At the moment it looks like a branch of fucking ikea, chairs and tables everywhere.

Still early days though, good job the main app is free, shame about the "upgrades" you have to pay for.

Right im off to dance like a cunt in front of everyone.
Add me as Yeando on PSN if you want

DID YOU FUCKING BUY ANOTHER ONE?

[Plan B]

The entire premise of these virtual life things seems sad and boring, so I don't understand how you could be disappointed in the first place.
Just like how I couldn't be disappointed with the next installment of The Sims or My Little Pony Super Fun Dress Up Happy Times Party.
For me to want to interact in a 3d environment there has to be a solid game element.
If it's purely social, I'll use the proven and effective means of forums, chat rooms and messengers.

[Captain]

If it's purely social, I'll use the proven and effective means of forums, chat rooms and messengers.

Or maybe going outside.

[Yeando]

DID YOU FUCKING BUY ANOTHER ONE?

Nope, still the old one. Had a last minute change of change of plan. Got the old 360 fixed. Best of both worlds still

Wanker.

[mik0rs]

Pff, that's still your 2nd (or is it 3rd?) and like your 3rd or 4th 360 ain't it?

Nerd.

[Plan B]

If it's purely social, I'll use the proven and effective means of forums, chat rooms and messengers.

Or maybe going outside.

Don't be ridiculous.
That's how you get the aids, moron.

[Captain]

Not if you have battle armor.

[dmmh]

If it's purely social, I'll use the proven and effective means of forums, chat rooms and messengers.

Or maybe going outside.

yeah...social life happens mainly in forums, chat rooms and messengers...

[Doombrain]

home + f/w, moran
release was near simultaneous.

ergo, get fucked

lol, no. it was over two weeks apart.

moron.

[Yeando]

Pff, that's still your 2nd (or is it 3rd?) and like your 3rd or 4th 360 ain't it?

Nerd.

2nd PS3 and 1st 360, yarrr.

yeah...social life happens mainly in forums, chat rooms and messengers...

On weekdays mostly for me lol.

[DooMer]

People just want live like features, not some fucking gay chatroom.

[MKJ]

home + f/w, moran
release was near simultaneous.

ergo, get fucked

lol, no. it was over two weeks apart.

moron.

lol u r right.
u also actually have a ps3. moron

[AmIdYfReAk]

[Doombrain]

lol u r right.
u also actually have a ps3. moron

crushed

[mik0rs]

Pff, that's still your 2nd (or is it 3rd?) and like your 3rd or 4th 360 ain't it?

Nerd.

2nd PS3 and 1st 360, yarrr.

Bloody liar!
Your first 360 was white, isn't that one an Elite? In fact I'm sure its an Elite since it's running HDMI.

Caught

[MKJ]

elite is black
premiums have had hdmi for ages now

gutted

[Chupacabra]

Well your just fucking stupid. Period.

[mik0rs]

elite is black
premiums have had hdmi for ages now

gutted

Yeah I heard, but the first was a premium ages ago and I'm pretty certain this one is black, and one of the controllers is black :P

It looks like a I give much more of a shit about this than I actually do

[o'dium]

Well your just fucking stupid. Period.