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AusGAF IV - A No Hope, Government - Double the price, region locked and now adults

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Ruthless_Barbarian

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Marshmellow said:
Loved it, intense campaign that i enjoyed the entire way though and the comedic squad you go through it with makes it funny at the same time.
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I found it boring. Humor was better in the first part. Vehicle segments, especially the tank one was painful.
 
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Yagharek

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Wait, are IGN saying UC1 and UC2 did not have fun combat and melee? I thought they were both pretty good.

This is just illustrative of the problem behind hyperbole-driven games media. The lowest common denominator sites like to outdo each other in terms of how much pretentious (yet hollow) language they can get away with, to tie in with the 10/10/10/10/10 review score they were asked to give it.

I suspect a few too many game reviewers have read Edge, tried to emulate it, but lack the intellect or wit to know what half of Edge's words even mean.

What IGN could learn from Today Tonight.
 
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Choc

Banned
VKS have you noticed like me that since you got married girls tend to not be so uptight and edgy when you first meet them in a social or business environment

like teh wall is already gone as they know you are not hitting on them
 
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hamchan

Member
Choc said:
but refinement found those mechanics

what the fuck does that even mean!?!??!
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Greg Miller is so shit at writing. Doesn't an editor or someone have to read over it and fix all his mistakes? I don't know how his reviews keep coming out in this state.
 
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codswallop

Member
Choc said:
VKS have you noticed like me that since you got married girls tend to not be so uptight and edgy when you first meet them in a social or business environment

like teh wall is already gone as they know you are not hitting on them
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It is quite possible the wall on your side is also down without you even knowing it was ever there.
 
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Marshmellow

Member
Choc said:
VKS have you noticed like me that since you got married girls tend to not be so uptight and edgy when you first meet them in a social or business environment

like teh wall is already gone as they know you are not hitting on them
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Don't know if you appreciate the input Choc but whenever i am out and about or meeting new people and my GF is either there or the people in question are aware of me being with someone i completely agree with you. In any situation i have found that it is much easier to talk to them, they don't sit there trying to read what you are after. You can just slip into a conversation both knowing there is nothing going on in the background.
 
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legend166

Member
More IGN goodness:

When I rant about why Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is better than just about anything on the market -- about why I think it's my new favorite game of all time -- I don't talk about the firefights, the new ability to throw grenades back at enemies or collecting the game's 101 well-hidden treasures. I talk about the heart-wrenching section where Drake is by himself and completely lost. He's on his last legs, he's desperate, and I'm right there with him. I'm pushing him through the journey at hand and it's clear that it's a game, but as he stumbles, seeks shelter and loses hope, my heart breaks.
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
 
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Dead Man

Member
legend166 said:
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
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I hope no one feels that way about uncharted games. They are good, but bloody hell, that is cringe inducing.
 
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Choc

Banned
legend166 said:
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
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and you guys think i write hyperbolic bullshit. Also thats one huge spoiler really.

wow.

i've felt emotions in games before but nothing like that wtf.
 
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Marshmellow

Member
legend166 said:
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
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It is like playing through a movie. I love it and it is because it makes me feel like i am in the story like a good old RPG would. i loved FF7 because i felt involved with the story.

These games don't come along too often anymore. I think it is still a matter of weather you like it or not and weather you care. I am not fanatical about it but hands-down the uncharted series is one of my favourite games ever.
 
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Yagharek

Member
legend166 said:
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
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I say this as a big fan of the Metal Gear games, but it seems like he blows it all out of proportion like a lot of people did with MGS4's microwave corridor scene.

By comparison, a simpler more powerful (if thats the right word) moment can be had at the end of MGS3 where you have to press the square button. That was kind of like the guilt-inducing moments of Shadow of the Colossus I guess.

But I wouldnt attempt to write poetry about it like Mr IGN seems to have done.
 
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hamchan

Member
legend166 said:
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Okay, so do people really feel this way about Uncharted games? Am I just a heartless robot?

I'll just go on thinking these people are crazy.
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I don't think I've felt that about any game.
 
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BanShunsaku

Member
As much as I love Uncharted, that is a bit overboard.

But isn't Greg Miller the "Dead Space 2 is a great game. I'm going to tell you why it is a great game" guy? Does anyone expect anything better from that guy?
 
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ClivePwned

Member
wandered into the UC3 review thread. At first I was like "Oh Boy!"

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then I wandered in here. "Oh Boy!"

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but then I realised the game doesn't come out till next week anyway and I was like:

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tl;dr using Quantum Leap references to illustrate my reaction to UC3 reactions.
 
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legend166

Member
Marshmellow said:
It is like playing through a movie. I love it and it is because it makes me feel like i am in the story like a good old RPG would. i loved FF7 because i felt involved with the story.

These games don't come along too often anymore. I think it is still a matter of weather you like it or not and weather you care. I am not fanatical about it but hands-down the uncharted series is one of my favourite games ever.
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Yeah, but...it's like playing through a direct-to-DVD sequel in The Mummy franchise. Did anyone tear up when Rachel Weisz 'died' at the end of The Mummy Returns?
 
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Ruthless_Barbarian

Member
Unbelievable. Door to door marketers are now using tablets to fill in your information. Fill, upload to the internet, send to company. Instant approval, instant sale registered and commission paid out. Damn.
 
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Choc

Banned
a more apt comparison Legend is did anyone tear up when
elena looks like she was dead in UC2

UC2 endgame spoiler
 
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ClivePwned

Member
I did a replay of UC1 and UC2 earlier this year. UC1 hasn't aged well in terms of gameplay (the shooting sections specifically) or graphics (those grenade explosions!) but UC2 is still great. Will be interesting to see how naughty dog tops 2.
 
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viciouskillersquirrel

Member
Choc said:
VKS have you noticed like me that since you got married girls tend to not be so uptight and edgy when you first meet them in a social or business environment

like teh wall is already gone as they know you are not hitting on them
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Most of the time yes. I have gotten into the habit of mentioning my wife in the first thirty or so seconds of conversation upon meeting a woman. The change is often palpable.

In some odd cases, though, the answer is no, but I suspect that's due to the person in question being awkward in general.
 
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Marshmellow

Member
legend166 said:
Yeah, but...it's like playing through a direct-to-DVD sequel in The Mummy franchise. Did anyone tear up when Rachel Weisz 'died' at the end of The Mummy Returns?
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It feels like playing through a tin-tin/indiana jones/(treasure movies with Nicholas cage) mix
but in a game. No it isn't engaging to the extent of crying for a game character or anything like that. You need something like "Marley and Me" to get me to tear up, but i also really like dogs.

But it does get me involved enough in the story and gameplay that it puts the game that extra tier above the rest of the stuff on the market.
 
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Bernbaum

Member
ClivePwned said:
I did a replay of UC1 and UC2 earlier this year. UC1 hasn't aged well in terms of gameplay (the shooting sections specifically) or graphics (those grenade explosions!) but UC2 is still great. Will be interesting to see how naughty dog tops 2.
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That's exactly what I'm expecting.

Played UC1 a fortnight ago and the gunplay was not great. I remember playing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
esoteric Rez-inspired AusGAF reference from 2009 motherfuckers!
and thinking 'Yes, this will age gracefully'.
 
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Yagharek

Member
The closest a game has brought me to tears is the Cortana level in Halo 3 and the fucking cheap wall hugging flood fuckers. Ruined the game.
 
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legend166

Member
hamchan said:
I don't think I've felt that about any game.
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I definitely haven't.

I watched the last 30 minutes of Con Air the other day. I got more emotion from that movie than I have from any video game ever.

I MEAN COME ON, him meeting his daughter for the first time, giving her the bunny and then hugging his smoking hot wife, with Leanne Rimes coming on in the background? All this after chasing down John Malkovich on a motorbike with John Cusack at his side? ;_;
 
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Marshmellow

Member
Omi said:
Ok, admit it, who cried like a big fucking girl when Aerith died.


Spoiler
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Didn't tear up but i had EPIC case of sadface. Pretty sure i stopped playing for a little bit just to comprehend that the game had just killed off one of my characters and one of my favourite party members at that.
 
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Salazar

Member
Choc said:
if its anything like the 360 version it is ok.

let me know how PC is i've ummed and ahhed over the steam DL for ages
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Pretty fucken sweet. Done the tutorials and played a few little matches.

I like how the player in the tutorial goes crazy celebrating when he "successfully completes a kick for touch".
 
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viciouskillersquirrel

Member
legend166 said:
I definitely haven't.

I watched the last 30 minutes of Con Air the other day. I got more emotion from that movie than I have from any video game ever.

I MEAN COME ON, him meeting his daughter for the first time, giving her the bunny and then hugging his smoking hot wife, with Leanne Rimes coming on in the background? All this after chasing down John Malkovich on a motorbike with John Cusack at his side? ;_;
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On top of a fire truck, no less. I know that feel, bro ;_;
 
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Fredescu

Member
Omi said:
All the joking about lack of emotional content in video games is why it can never be an art form. Ever.
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Why? The joking, or the lack of emotional content? The former has happened with plenty of new media in days past, and the latter, I haven't seen a painting or sculpture or anything that has reduced me to tears.
 
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