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You will notice that the provocateurs seem to be armed with flags and cameras. In fact would it not be more reasonable to call the Russian occupation a 'provocation'.

The point I was making was that the US would not interfere directly inside the Russian sphere of influence. Cold war dynamics that still apply. Georgia is case in point, as Oby pointed out. If not Georgia, then certainly not the Ukraine.

Yep. But USA don't want into war against Russia, and just throw away this treaty into garbage. Any treaty with USA about protection is useless paper, Georgians can prove this. Most lul'z thing is how China watch this Russian performance in Ukraine, but thinknig about Taiwan and other ilsand's. Actually there is quite a bit of historical precedence of not interfering in immediate spheres of interest. The US forces would not enter Ukraine, instead it would give military aid and training, and just sit back and wait for the Russians to leave on their own. Worked very well in Georgia and Afghanistan.

Is it Ascreed style stealth where being discovered means restarting from the last checkpoint or does it have melee mechanics like the old games ?

As I'm sure you are aware the major complaints are that it's linear and you get context buttons and button mashing sequences. The thief games always tried to give you exploration, in this case they opted to make it look as pretty as the puny new gen consoles were able, and sacrificed core gameplay elements in the process.

It really underscores how impossible it is now to move forces without being detected by some guy with a camera phone.

Perhaps because they have calculated that this will turn into a giant Russian headache in a matter of months ?

How so ? I mean if everyone had guns, at least they would have been able to shoot back, but that presumes everyone being armed all the time. Doesn't seem very plausible. I have a permit and carry almost everywhere I go. Well you aren't representative of the average Chinese commuter.

How so ? I mean if everyone had guns, at least they would have been able to shoot back, but that presumes everyone being armed all the time. Doesn't seem very plausible.

Isn't it mandatory for troops to wear uniforms under international conventions Russia is a party to? In this case the need to keep a low profile would trump that ?

because Russian special forces moving in to secure bases and fleet assets would never think to not wear russian uniforms ?

I got Denmark, which is not so strange since the first question was 'pick the danish royal out of a lineup,' and the rest had very little to do with countries.

'Tolerant' really ?, not my first choice of adjective.

I meant popular with the networks, but that too.

Another cost cutting measure ?. I guess if you use a contest you don't have to deal with the actor's guild. Same reason reality TV is so popular.

More killing, sounds like a splendid idea

I only have delete and lock options. Not assigned to this forum.

I know that\s not how you spell Thief, but it\s too late to edit now.

http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/thief-review/1900-627/ http://www.ign.com/games/thief-4/pc-14340781 Too bad, I was genuinely looking forward to another thief title. Initial reception can only be described as very poor. One could extrapolate that very hightly paid people were sent in to make EA soup out of the project, which simultaneously makes everything suck more and be more marketable. The trial and error gameplay would be one indication.

I have an embarrassing amount of hours logged in Skyrim. It would be really nice to have the engine improved to the point of removing certain eyesores. This Looks like a step backwards, which is not so strange considering it\s an MMO. Still.

Combat animations look worse than Skyrim. Didn't think that was possible.

Jumping in out of the blue, I do, in principle. Unless one happens to be fighting ze Germans. Nation states are the most scary organisational entities you can imagine, especially when it comes to individual liberty.

Dead rising fandom victim. Sad really. Was the chainsaw at least able to shoot some sort of projectile.

Depends. A season could be 1-2 gb per episode in HD.

I found the VO during the hacking sequence at the end if the first level particularly brilliant. Hated how you would auto fail any mission if you wandered off the mission area. Bad scripting.