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I love the original tremendously, but it had plenty of flaws. This game already does a few things better than the original, which should be expected. There are some simplified things, but the complexity is still there in spades.

I'm all for a WC/Privateer MMO, and Guild Wars 2 is a great model for them with both unique gameplay elements and the non-subscription method. I'm skeptical this development team can get it done.

I'm curious how it will feel to load up the original now after playing this one. It kind of reminds me how the Firaxis remake of Pirates was very good in its own right, but also still had enough differences to make it unique.

One thing that bothers me - Why do I have to choose between a nano-fiber vest and a grenade/medkit/stunner? How does that make inventory sense? Oh, and the same thing with the scope. It goes on the weapon for goodness sake!

Awesome, this looks like it will as good as the movie! I hope they bring back Freddie Prinze Jr.

Why don't you ratchet the difficulty down a notch? I've been playing in normal and I'm not having any of those frustrations. Overwatch has also worked pretty well for me.

Just follow that colleensworld link. She talks a lot about slacking off at work online, that is a bigger condemnation than gaming.

You only need one medkit per soldier, they do not need to be replaced after use. Medkits are a huge part of the game too, my support guy is probably my MVP. I'm surprised anyone is playing Ironman on the first playthrough. I'll wait and see how stable the game is before I put all my faith in one save game.

Hmm, the game seems to make it pretty clear where cover is, what angles it covers, and what your line of sight is. I do agree that there are some counter-intuitive angles in fights, but that seems to be a sacrifice we have to make with the engine. I always know when my characters are exposed. The game is gorgeous, by the way.

Because it is the land of the free? Seriously, her problem isn't really the gaming, it's the long trail of weird comments she has. But I still doubt this is swaying any voters that weren't already voting against her.

Yeah, so far the AI is solid, but doesn't make me feel like it is cheating. Pulling back and attempting to get better angles of attack has been very sound as a strategy so far.

Nah, unless LoF just got really lazy.

I'm enjoying the more directed narrative style. It remains to be seen if I will enjoy it as much on future playthroughs.

I'm at a surgery center waiting for my wife to get a EGD, basically they stick a camera down her throat to check for stuff. Her pancreatitis has subsided, but they still dont know what caused it. For now we are sticking to a vegetarian diet and hoping for the best. She still isnt cleared to go to work, but she is getting her strength back fast and should be good next week.

Yes, this is a pretty confusing project. But I think the writing they have put out so far is interesting, so I am sticking with it.

Yeah, I lost my heavy sarge on an escort mission this morning due to an interrupt, and I groaned, but the rest of my squad pulled it out with a few scrapes and bruises. One guy went down to one health and earned the nickname Android. This really is the game I've been waiting for since JA2. I really love having a good new tb tactical combat game.

I started my first game with the tutorial, but the game actually locked up during one of the tutorial missions and I couldn't complete the action it wanted me to. So I restarted the game with the tutorials disabled, and there was a lot less hand holding. If you played the demo, there really is no reason to have the tutorial enabled. The base design is interesting, you excavate rooms and different levels to expand. The missions have been good, but I haven't fought anything other than sectoids yet so I'm sure they will get harder. The satellite idea is interesting, basically you are slowly creating a network of coverage so you can pick up alien activity, and you can place fighter jets across the world to intercept alien aircraft. It is a pretty cool system.

Played for a nice 2 hours before bed, it is awesome.

I've already called in sick

MLB The Show has fantastic level progression. It lets me create a character and build him up through the different levels of baseball. Is that an RPG?

NATO have even more enemies. War against NATO is inevitable, it is a matter of our survival, peace can't be between us. Why not start this war now? Heh, thought we were having a real conversation for a second, my bad

Does Turkey really have that many enemies? It's one thing to frown upon the war, but I really doubt the Eurasian countries would jump to defend Syria. I doubt Iran would give full scale support either.

I would assume Turkey would get pretty substantial help from countries like the US. Who would back Syria?

I know, they grow up so fast!

Hmm, I'm having trouble finding any very concrete sales figures, you might be right about missing that 2 million mark. I really wish there was more transparency about sales figures and development costs. It would make arguing on the internet much better