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I had no idea wild boar were so freaking huge. Spearhunting those suckers must take some guts.

As if by meaty magic:

<Bill Hicks> You go dancing up to cripple people too, you twisted ****? </Bill Hicks>

Its not skepticism keeping me away its just that I don't currently have access to my desktop so I can't play any newer titles. That said, my neighbor, who is much more tolerant about game flaws in general very quickly grew bored of XCOM. I still want to try it though. I finished and much to my surprise I'm completely unable to play through again. This is very much unlike me. 1. The difficulty is all wrong. The aliens just get crazier, and 'cheat' more. 2. It needlessly annoys me that all my 'men' speak with an American accent, despite being from, say, Brunei. 3. I could complain about the boring weapon loadouts, but ultimately it comes back to lazy alien AI combined with weak mission archetypes.

I see what you mean. Maybe go a bit PS:T? body inking, etc? Oooh, maybe different social interactions give you bonuses, like making a little girl cry? No, hang on, I'm thinking of Milkman Dan.

Not sure what you mean by dignified deals. I don't know anything about this studio in Russia but I have a bit of faith in Obs. Top of my head question: what's the MMO saturation in the ol' Sov Bloc?

I think you're being needlessly harsh with the idea. It's not the worst I've heard. People are jerks, and playing a game where they get to be bigger jerks makes sense. But I do think the OP has misunderstood how kickstarter works. Kickstarter funders don't do it for the product they do it for the bragging rights. So they can walk the Bill Gates walk for $50. That just popped out, but I think it's true.

... I'd still like some good hints and tips on Estonia if anyone's interested. Where do Estonians see their country being in five years? Ten? Obviously this just made me ask the same about Britain. To which the answer is that I imagine 90% of Britons will be in reality TV shows about 'heritage' or 'quaint' activities.

Gentlemen! I'd like to us to forget our differences and come together over this as one community. Can we just agree that obyknven's posts are annoying and mental?

A new low, man. I'm more confused than a chimp full of sherbet.

The gameplay wasn't great, I probably didn't dislike it as much as you did, but I agree it could have been much better, but I enjoyed the setting and just the idea behind it. Why on Earth have there not been more martial arts aRPGs? If there's one type of fighting that just screams to be made into an aRPG it's martial arts. Part of the reason I loved Sleeping Dogs so much, is that it gave me a chance to play a martial artist. It doesn't have to be BioWare, and it doesn't have to be Jade Empire 2, I just want more martial arts aRPGs. I'm so sick of pseudo medieval europe fantasy settings. If sick of ****ing elves and ****ing dwarves and ****ing halfling, but not orcs, because orcs will always be cool. I want games in other settings. Sci-fi space opera hasn't been totally played out... yet, but it's getting there. Cyberpunk hasn't been totally played out... yet, but it will get there in the near future. Steampunk is nowhere near played out... yet. Standard fantasy is ridiculously played out. Alpha Protocol was awesome partly because it was modern real world espionage. We need more games like that. Modern espionage. Far east martial arts, whether legendary or modern. Native American centric whether legendary or modern. Anything but more standard pseudo medieval europe fantasy. Note: Sorry for rant and for derailing the thread. Most roleplayers are kit-hounds. They want weapons and armour the way 30 year old women want dresses and shoes. Martial arts can never give them that. *shrugs and makes 'sorry' face*

Well, JadedWolf I got the gucci powerpack because under ANY circumstances, if I can go for the top of the line for a few bucks more I will do that.

I wanted a majestic predatory type picture. And no.

Isn't a more pertinent question: what if your ex isn't in the room with your gunsafe?

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Hah. Steam's the only DRM I don't have issues with, because - as I say - they sweeten the pill. Which reminds me: I haven't made rude and repuslive gestures in the direction Ubisoft for days. F*** Uibsoft and their attitude to piracy in general and DRM in particular. Sorry, but I have to say regularly that or I get a build up of Ubirage.

Self defense. Imagine the statistically unlikely but still very real threat of armed home intruders. Such things happen daily; even in our perfectly save bubble-world. When said situation happens do you rely on your ability to.... a.) beg to them to not get hurt b.) talk them down c.) scare them away simply with showing presence d.) jump to the phone to call the police and wait for them which will take a couple of minutes (15 in my case) e.) lock yourself and your loved ones in a save room OR do you do all the things mentioned above BUT with a gun in your hand in case nothing works and the worst case scenario happens - you have to defend yourself and your loved ones in the only way left. In my opinion its never a bad thing to have more options, it would be extremely unlikely that armed robbers would engage me when I SHOW them that I'm armed and equal, nobody wants to risk their life for some furniture, a computer and a couple of bucks. The even more extreme way almost never gets ignored - a warning shot. If that fails, well... Its never bad to have more options. *edit* Even here in Austria its not such a great place when it comes to crime like armed robbery, only a couple of kilometers where I live a homeowner got attacked in the middle of the day by several intruders, got nearly beaten to death with an iron pipe and got robbed. The police arrived at the scene 20 minutes later. Such robberies happen increasingly often. Follow the rules of gun safety, store your gun in a safe and its impossible to have an accident. There is no naivety, only logic and responsible firearm handling. Never heard of a case of armed home intruders here in germany since a very long time. In pretty much all cases, the intruders are waiting till you are not at home to start their robbery. Now I am not saying that it can't happen, just that it is a lot more likely to get your home cleared if you are at work or in hollidays than with gun wielding thugs in the night. And in such cases, a gun won't be worth anything to you. That might be different in other countries, but then again... maybe the intruders must be armed there, because home owners have guns too? :> Besides, imagine your guns are stored safely in whatever room. You are in a different room. Now you have armed intruders getting into your home... and you won't be able to reach your gun store, because the intruders are in front of you. Again, your guns won't be worth anything to you now. Besides #2, if you are armed and in front of the intruders, you might scare them / make them aggressive, so a firefight is actually more likely than without guns. Erm... why would you assume you have your guns in another room? Are you just basing that on 1/x where x is the number of rooms in the house?

Woldan, you should be well aware that un-necessary suffering isn't part of the anti-hunting codex. In the UK they made bolt action single shots the only weapons usable for deer then made it illegal to aim for any part of the deer except the brain. But unfortunately only some sort of sniper expert could hit a deer's brain, and if you slightly miss you cause an infectable wound and the deer runs off and hides.. Of course you can't use dogs any more when hunting so you can't find the deer. Net result: the deer dies slowly over the course of several days. This discussion is an attempt to tinker with the dyanmics so anti-hunting people approve. Not making hunting more effective and efficient. Then I'd argue in favour of a rejigged Iron Dome slaved to mm wave radar and active IR, on the back of a pickup.

You bike without a helmet?! If these forums occasionally make us see ourselves in a new light that's got to be good.

JFSOCC, your rejoinders make you sound like an angry tw**. Unless there's something wrong with my monitor.

I'd seriously upgrade the power. I did that last year and it made everything work so much better, even though it was the model shipped with the package I bought. I'm now on (from memory) 850w.

Do you snore? Man has a point.

The native resolution to my monitor is 1920-1200. So that might explain issues. Hugely appreciate the advice. Particularly because it sounds as if I should just chill out. I will make some cardboard models of Russian chicks doing it by way of a thank you. <you know who you are>

In bed by ten last night. Damned strange, but slept well. Raging thirst for coffee this morning. I need to reconnect and clean my printer to do teh firstjob on my list today. The prospect is so boring I am just sitting here not doing it. I have decided I need some enlivening factors to get more done. My favourite idea so far is homicidal strippers attacking my office.

BREAK BREAK! Brace for people flying off the handle!