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There is no way they don't bring Garrus and Tali back as squadmates. NO WAI.

I really have to wonder what sort of movies you are watching, because I have lived in the US my whole life and I have no idea what you are talking about. I've travelled extensively through the country and it's lovely and safe and filled with happy people. Are there bad neighborhoods? Sure, are there no bad neighborhoods in EU nations? It is also still a country with a ton of opportunity to succeed. Despite a very bleak economic situation over the last 5 years, we still have people becoming millionaires every day (and I'm not talking lottery winners.) I have students who come from India, China, and many other countries to get an education here, many of them go on to college with scholarships and get chances that their parents never had. So chill on your whole anti-US crusade

This also started with a ridiculous assertion that the US has the largest percentage of mentally ill people in the world. While that statistic may very well be true, it is still just fun with numbers if you don't back it up with way more information. Plus the difference between a country like China and the US is in the US we actually try to treat and diagnose mental illness. The criminal justice system in the US might be bloated, inefficient, and in need of major overhaul, but it's still nowhere near the horror of a place like that Honduran prison that just went up in flames. It is fair to argue that there are a lot of European countries that handle crime better, but their system is not necessarily one that can be taken and transplanted into the US. You are dealing with a ton of different variables here.

Prisoners use a lot more resources than they provide.

Neither TOR or BF# actually use Origin, although you need it up to load BF3. I also don't really like the browser setup for BF3, in fact I wish they had figured out a way to do it through Origin instead.

It took 300 artists to get that modeling done right.

Origin has expanded their library, but until they start putting on those insane sales I don't see it being a real contender anytime soon. Although if I'm buying a full priced title online, I might prefer Origin. It loads up faster and seems simpler to navigate. I've come to grips with having two different digital stores on my PC. But if somebody tries to force a third on me, I'm going to whine for weeks, and eventually relent because I'm addicted to video games.

I got the black screen on the demo too, and post processing fixed it, but it never crashed on me. But yeah, I wouldn't buy it yet with that kind of experience.

Origin, SWTOR, and the Bioware Social Network are all supposed to be merged together depending on the email you used. As I said before, I had some trouble with this a few months ago, I called EA support and they were able to help me sort everything out. It was surprisingly easy, I was expecting a lot more trouble with it to be honest.

EA is also not a person, so holding some grudge for their business practices twenty years ago seems a bit odd. Particularly since they don't even have the same upper management. I have my concerns about EA today, but I actually consider them the least worrisome of the large publishers at this stage. I save most of my disdain for Ubisoft Why are you worried about it not working Bos? It seems pretty stable so far. Running the demo should be a pretty easy check for that.

Yeah, joining guilds is a bit like opening a box of chocolates. There are going to be some weird ones in there. I used to join guilds rather quickly in MMO's, but now I take a wait and see approach. It took me a full year to find a group in Lord of the Rings Online that I really liked, but it worked out well and extended my playing time considerably. I prefer a small guild where I can get to know everyone somewhat, and one where folks are comfortable talking about real life stuff rather than just the game all the time.

For some reason we were talking about this game in the ME3 thread, I wanted to make sure anyone thinking of buying knows it is available on Steam as well.

Did you say it was on steam? Just flipped over to check to see if that was right, didn't see it there. And that explains that. I just located it on Steam, the demo is there too.

There was the whole Wrex being alive thing, and my running into Ashley instead of Kaiden. Plus I had Ashley's picture sitting on my desk on the ship. The emails were a nice touch, but they were far from the only impact from the first game.

For the Origin question, I heard it is available on Steam as well. But yes, if you want to play the demo, Origin works well.

You can see their mark on the project, but it thankfully isn't overwhelming or overdone.

It's like I played a different game. I loved how my choices in ME1 were reflected in ME2. It felt like it made a huge impact on the narrative flow. But maybe were are just getting back to the unrealistic expectations discussion we had in the other thread.

Play the demo, it relly does give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. It actually lets you freely explore for 45 minutes after the tutorial.

I'm taking a break for Kingdoms of Amalur right now, but I still have a lot to do in TOR and plan on keeping my subscription for awhile. I'm really curious how they will develop the game in the next few months.

I called EA support and they were actually fairly quick at pulling up my information and helping me update it. Seems a lot easier than trying to crack it.

Oh? Where's the line then? Care to point it out? (hint: The greatest visionaries in their respective fields have never been content with their creations) I don't really consider myself a visionary gamer. I play games to have fun, so I guess that's where I draw the line.

There is a difference between high standards and unrealistic standards.

It's worth trying the demo. The combat system sold me on the game, and so far it has been worth it for that. The rest is not done badly, but is still rather generic. Story, character development, graphics, enemies are all adequate. The voicework is actually pretty great. Those stones that tell stories are fun to listen to. I like the House of Ballads questline too. It is the first thing that has really made me understand the whole concept of fate in the game.

Anyone know of any decent, comfortable wireless headphones? Preferably something under $100, but that might be too hard to find.