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And Samm was never heard of again... Do they have one for when you waste your life away reading it?

You don't know much about hardware, do you. I used to know, but I have gotten a bit rusty. The first Phenoms were pretty much destroyed by Intel, I didn't know that the new ones were that much better. I have done my fare share of overclocking. I got a cheap AMD Opteron 165 at 1.8GHz and overclocked it to 2.6GHz which seems to be the max. It has worked perfectly for 2 years. I don't mess with overclocking daily, though.

That is what has happened, according to the article. "titles that don't contain a single-player experience, and therefore did not apply for classification." Go games journalism! Much ado about nothing Moving on...

I understand that, but aren't MMO already rated for the content with the caveat added? What would this change then? Or is it that they don't rate MMOs in Australia but do in the States? The thing in Australia is that they don't have a game rating over 15+ (IIRC), so any game that would get a higher rating is instead "not rated" and thus not allowed to be sold in the country.

The AMD Phenom II X4 940 is going at $240 while its Intel equivelent, the Core i7 940, is going at $610. Both have the same base processing power with AMD being a third the price. Hmm interesting... I wasn't aware of the pricing differences, no wonder Intel is taking losses if AMD can sell their stuff at third of the price. But you ARE going to overclock it, right? That's where the real fun is.

And then you can come back and give us your hype-free non-jaded perspective. And we shall dance and make merry. Non jaded perspective? Mkreku? Okay, maybe I got a bit too optimistic there. Most of you here seem to be a bunch of pessimists. It feels like home. If you don't want to use an activation when playing it there are ways around that... What's the point? He could crack it after he is out of activations anyway. But why wouldn't you simply ask EA for more activation codes? Yees, that would seem like the only correct course of action. Move along, citizen.

I just found tvtropes. I boggles my mind, how well cross-referenced it is and how many examples there are. That page is truly a goldmine, if I ever end up on a desert island, that will be the site I want with me. Also the trope names are hilarious. There are also a lot of video games there, especially all the Black Isle RPGs. Such little pieces of heaven should not be lost in the bog that is the internet.

But then the rating wouldn't be accurate, now would it? Either you rate the whole thing or you say that the rating "may vary"

If you don't want to use an activation when playing it there are ways around that... What's the point? He could crack it after he is out of activations anyway.

I just feel that the Fatal1ty-brand doesn't add anything but the cost and I kinda hate his whoring himself out. Anyway, why AMD? Intel is clearly superior at the moment. I love AMD as much as the next guy, but I'd buy a Core i7 over Phenom II without hesitation.

And then you can come back and give us your hype-free non-jaded perspective. And we shall dance and make merry.

Maybe they're overcompensating?

Hmm, maybe Creative finally fixed it then. I remember there being a huge uproar about the compatibility issues. I have a X-Fi gamer card, but I only got it because my on-board audio died for some reason. I have XP so I haven't personally tested it. But still, Fatal1ty? Really? I'm sure you could get the non-Fatal1ty one for like half the price.

Reading comprehension fail on my part. Well, they were talking about having ISPs block all porn(or only the bad porn) a while back. The easiest way would be to convince the sellers to not sell to Australian IPs. Blizzard complied with China's crazy demands without protest(game time limiter and whatnot) so I guess it is technically possible, but fully implementing it will be a technical nightmare. Also the pirates will always find a way, Australia would get a few more pirate WoW servers and the only real loser will be the government for spending money on it and the companies if they comply with their crazy ban. So good luck Australia, I feel for all the gamers there.

Ah the Australians, always making new challenges for themselves. Once that crazy board get's something in their sights they won't stop until it is banned from the country. I can't see them doing anything about digital distribution, though. It is about retail sales only, right?

You crazy, man! Also it is kind of a waste to put an AMD processor in it. It's like making an awesome chocolate cake and then putting mustard on it just because. If you need to take over the world/redirect an asteroid/download the internet you're set. Oh and at buying something with Fatal1ty in the name. Do you also burn $100 dollar bills? EDIT: If you are planning on getting Vista/Windows 7 there are some serious problems with X-Fi cards and the OSs.

It's no big deal. They just figured out that online games should also get a rating instead of the ESRB "your experience might change during online play". I doubt that most MMOs would need to be refused classification because they are not appropriate for people under 15 or whatever. Their classification system is still a joke, though.

That's essentially my problem, as well. I spoiled myself a few months back and got an Alienware laptop (after spending all day fixing computers, building one is the LAST thing that I want to do when I get home, so I purchase my home systems). I was really looking forward to playing Dragon Age on it. Unfortunately, with a simultaneous release, I am not so sure that I'll actually get it for the PC. It's a minor pain hooking up my laptop to the widescreen, whereas my PS3 is constantly hooked up to it. My wife loves to watch me play RPGs (and RTS games, too; weird), so she prefers me playing games on the PS3 as opposed to the laptop. It's not so much that I have to get it on PS3 (or that I'm being forced to), but the opportunity cost for waiting for the PS3 cost (6 months of extra time on the PC) is much lower now. Have you considered the fact that the controls on PS3 will probably be inferior to the PC. I don't want a console vs PC war here, but the game was clearly designed for the PC in the beginning at least. Also the PC version will probably be cheaper. am assuming from the get-go that the pc controls is superior, but so what? how much is the superior controls worth to Gromnir. $1500? probably not. the longer Gromnir waits to build a new gaming rig, the better the rig will be, 'cause we never spend more than $1500 to build a gaming pc. the relative speed at which pc hardware obsolesces and the current infrequent releases o' genuine pc titles we is interested in playing, means that the longer we manages to wait before building a new rig, the more cost efficient will such an investment be in long run. HA! Good Fun! HA! Good Fun! Why not just play it on your laptop? Unless they really screw it up, it should not require some astronomical specs. Also, I can tell you from personal experience that waiting for just the right moment to build a pc never really works. If you get a Core i7, 4GB of ram and a decent graphics card($100-$150) you should be set for the time. You can get all that for around $1000 on a good day. You can always upgrade later. Of course I am not suggesting that you buy a new PC just to play DA. Cheers

and Priestly's response was: Ok, I guess I will wait and see.

Meaning what? I can't see the post without registering which I don't really want to do at the moment. Care to quote the important parts?

Seconded. But the whiners coming out of the woodworks are just part of the natural reaction any successful product has. It's the same reason people feel the need to complain about The Dark Knight. Is it whining if I happen to not like something as much as some others? Anyway I just don't like the hype that was around Mass Effect. Some games get hyped up so far that no game could meet the expectations.

What I'm trying to say is that the GUI won't be the main problem. You will move your dudes around either by clicking on the ground ala Baldur's Gate or with the keys/analog stick. One of those methods will work, since it was the original one and one will have been added later and will probably have problems. Also, in combat you will either click to select the target for your spell so that you can aim the spell at the ground/whatever or you will cycle through targets with the shoulder buttons and be limited in your targeting. See the difference? You can't just "change the control scheme" because the way a gamepad works is significantly different from the way mouse/keyboard work.

That's great, but they can't change the whole combat and movement system around for the different platforms, right? At least one of them is going to suffer, I hope that both won't. Who says they can't? I don't think that there has been a single instance where the basic gameplay mechanics have been significantly changed between the PC and console versions, especially for simultaneous release.(correct me if I'm wrong) Props to them if they do, but that would be almost like making 2 different games and I don't see such dedication from Bioware or EA.

That's great, but they can't change the whole combat and movement system around for the different platforms, right? At least one of them is going to suffer, I hope that both won't.

That's essentially my problem, as well. I spoiled myself a few months back and got an Alienware laptop (after spending all day fixing computers, building one is the LAST thing that I want to do when I get home, so I purchase my home systems). I was really looking forward to playing Dragon Age on it. Unfortunately, with a simultaneous release, I am not so sure that I'll actually get it for the PC. It's a minor pain hooking up my laptop to the widescreen, whereas my PS3 is constantly hooked up to it. My wife loves to watch me play RPGs (and RTS games, too; weird), so she prefers me playing games on the PS3 as opposed to the laptop. It's not so much that I have to get it on PS3 (or that I'm being forced to), but the opportunity cost for waiting for the PS3 cost (6 months of extra time on the PC) is much lower now. Have you considered the fact that the controls on PS3 will probably be inferior to the PC. I don't want a console vs PC war here, but the game was clearly designed for the PC in the beginning at least. Also the PC version will probably be cheaper.