The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Swarley]

Gonna guess it's Bmore...I don't have him but it's a logical conclusion. He's a good guy on the forum although I've never played anything with him online.

Yup. Good guess. Thanks.

[Swarley]

Niiiice. Just got my used games I bought from Gamefly in the mail. Might have to play a little NFS: Hot Pursuit before the epicness of Gears 3 tonight. Also got Killzone 3.

[SHOGUN]

My PlayStation 3 doesn't read my discs anymore.

No Deus Ex.

[Misogi]

I like street fighter.

[calgaryballer]

We are not going to agree here because you seem to think that just because someone is a hardcore fan and can't resist a bad purchase, they have some sort of argument. End of the day, they are a corporation out to make money. The only way they will learn to stop doing this is if people stop biting on it. In one sense, you argue for that behavior. In the other, you argue as if the average Gears player is too dumb or lacks the self control to not buy this. My argument really is I don't give a fuck about any of it, because you can still get the game and play through the game without it. I'm sorry that some people are borderline infants when it comes to game playing, but that doesn't effect me.

Now, if you needed the skin pack to play the game, I'd be pissed. But you don't.

Game studios need money. Unfortunately, the most egregious studios for this practice seem to be MS and Activision, who already have mega dollars.

However, with the constant closing notifications, I am all for the power of a studio to charge for things that don't affect the gameplay experience but open up another stream of revenue.

I think someone mentioned Valve earlier. Perhaps they aren't familiar with Valve charging for hats/weapons for TF2. Those can all be unlocked via gameplay, but it allows those who are too impatient or untalented to get them right away. Valve allows people to customize, while opening another revenue stream for their company

[Twigg4075]

Has anyone confirmed if you can unlock all the skins through game play? If so and this is basically like paying for cheat codes, ala EA and Tiger Woods, I don't have as much of a problem with it. It's still pretty lame but if you can unlock the content yourself it's not a big deal.

[BrntO4Life]

Has anyone confirmed if you can unlock all the skins through game play? If so and this is basically like paying for cheat codes, ala East and Tiger Woods, I don't have as much of a problem with it. It's still pretty lame but if you can unlock the content yourself it's not a big deal.

Only 4 or 5 of them are unlockable. The rest are pay-only at the moment.

[Misogi]

On a serious note though, anyone download that Bloodrayne game? Contemplating buying it for a friend. Is it solid?

[jms493]

On a serious note though, anyone download that Bloodrayne game? Contemplating buying it for a friend. Is it solid?

i heard it is pretty good but gets hard at the end. The platforming is tough because the controls are a bit off. That is what I read.

[padman59]

i heard it is pretty good but gets hard at the end. The platforming is tough because the controls are a bit off. That is what I read.

I can see that after playing the demo. Instead of a double jump to get to high areas, you have to do a slide-into-backflip that can be a pain in the ass in certain situations.

[Fox1994]

I really want Deus Ex and Fallout 3: GOTY.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Thinking about getting RE4 on XBL, don't know though. $20 is a bit much.

[Twigg4075]

Thinking about getting RE4 on XBL, don't know though. $20 is a bit much.

I guess you don't have PS+? Only $10.

[Twigg4075]

Now, after finding out that the wireless card in the new Xbox blows my asshole and the fact that my controller kept disconnecting for who knows what reason, I have to transfer all my data back to my old 360.

What a pain in the fucking ass.

Hopefully everything transfer back fine and I can just take this hunk of shit back to Best Buy.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I guess you don't have PS+? Only $10.

Nope, don't really use my PS3 nearly enough for it to be worth it. I'll probably buy it anyways on some drunk impulse at 3 in the morning someday anyways.