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I have to agree, as I've ditched retail games in the last few months and have gone Steam only. No more hassles with CD checks, it has an offline mode, and lots of really good sales now and then (too many games to play after that Christmas Holiday sale). There is one well proven, well rounded system out there that other developers should embrace. I hate having a bunch of different programs running on my computer, because every publisher needs their own specific DRM solution. Boo to that.

I'm also against online achievements, there are many other ways to reward a player in multiplayer, like what the CoD series has done as of late. I really used to like getting achievements, and I still do for that matter, but I find things like online achievements which are impossible to get at times, due to lack of players, frustrating (or sometimes they unlock because no one is playing?). And you also end up in the situation where they shut down the servers, and you end up with dead games. ...

That's not too bad. Steam isn't much of a problem, if you have high speed internet you're fine. But by the sounds of it you cannot make custom maps because they won't be releasing the tools, but mods will be supported? I'm sure a persistent modding community will be able to whip something up. I remember back in the day when there only was 3rd party alternatives to build levels, and no company every shipped a level editor (save 3D Realms and the Build engine).

The controller looks great, but it's still a wired controller. Microsoft still won't license out their proprietary wireless protocols out to other companies. And I would really like a non-Microsoft pad that was wireless. Great controller, but the D-Pad is crap. The Razer version looks much better.

Microsoft likes to keep a tight leesh on their proprietary tech, hence why we do not have any aftermarket memory cards (Datel's don't work anymore) or HDDs (well, you can find these i...

The G7 that Logitech had has been, by far, my favorite mouse over the last few years, too bad they never made a replacement model. Wireless is by far my favorite feature with this mouse (there is next to no lag with it, no problem with quick headshots), that and the 2000 DPI laser tracking that can be adjusted on the fly, and comfortable (the newer version I have has nice rubber grips). Logitech really needs to make a new version of this mouse.

If I had to pick one out of the b...

Which I said they were weaker due to their armour, though 'out' of the armour they are just as strong.

And, in the books if you have read them, they all wear identical looking armour! No customizing. Bungie may have retconned their armour permutations to make them all make sense in the game world for Halo 3, but in reality that was pretty much just to give us some variety so we could all look individual. I'm sure their are a lot of pink spartans with Hayabusa helmets and swords...

Actually, yes there where Spartan-I's, it was another project well beforehand, 2491 I believe? Anyway, it is sort of the same premise, but they do it to normal soldiers and give them some sort of gene enhancements (not as advanced as a Spartan-II/III of course). Anyway, turns out it wasn't very cost effective or something, so they stopped doing it (and lots of the soldiers had side effects).

Johnson is a Spartan-I, which is why he survives the Flood in Halo I (and the same reas...

It's an improvement over what it was, but here in Canada at least, most, not all, but most of the games are priced higher then they are at retail (well, futureshop at least), by around 5-20 bucks depending on the game (Fallout 3, for instance, is only 35 bucks at futureshop, but it is $60 online. That's the biggest one, the rest have less of a descrepency in pricing, but still around 10 dollars more. Why???). It leaves me very little insentive to buy anything off of the service at this point....

Yeah, this is definitely not suprising. The fact that it is a Steam game (already mentioned), and lacks the refinements and ammenities expected out of a PC game is a likely indicator of the sales. I'm sure lots of people bought the PC version, but I won't until they fix the situation.

Took advantage of that deal a couple days ago, really sweet! And it's mix and match! Got 2 PC games and a Wii game. Damn good deal.

Nice specs, and no DRM, great. 15 gigs of space though. Either this game is going to be a two disc game on the 360, or Bioware is giving us PC gamers some nice, higher resolution textures. Woot woot.

Hopefully, more developers and publishers follow this route. DRM=useless!

5970X2? Is ATI changing its naming scheme? No matter what the name really is, I still want one. But 13.5" long! Wow, that won't even fit in a lot of full size ATX cases, never mind mid towers.

Blu Ray is not necessary. We just need cheaper hard drives so we can install our games. Sell cheap HDD, sell games online, sell retail games with an (or a few) install disk(s), and away we go. You install the game once and forget about it. An external cradle addon that would allow you to insert your own 2.5" HDD of your choice would be excellent, just like the PS3. Microsoft won't allow it though, and will definitely loose out on a money making opportunity this way. Alas, it's not always...

The no matching is just an attempt at curving pirating. It's really obvious. They are trying to hide that fact, but that is the sad truth of the matter.

Uwe Boll should never be allowed to make any more video game based movies. The only "good" one I liked (and by good I mean it was crap but I somehow enjoyed it) was Postal. It was genuinely funny movie. Not all of it, but enough to keep me entertained. His other movies, bleh.

I hope in the future we can see more video game adaptations turn out better then these. The original Tomb Raider and FFVIIAC where good. The first MK movie was okayish. Hopefully the upcoming Gea...

Wow, that looks huge. Would definately love to get one. I've always leaned more towards ATI then Nvidia (though I will always get what is best in terms of price, performance and options). I hear the 5800 series (and all future 5000 series cards for that matter) will be able to send out lossless Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. That is a huge feature in my opinion, as it cuts out the need for a currently expensive add in card. Though a user may still want one for gaming purposes and highe...

Looks spiffy, but I wish they would release a successor to the G7, that has got to be by far my favorite mouse made thus far. Super responsive wireless control, and (only...) 2000 DPI! Headshot!!!

I like sword, that's a personal weapon.

I'm sure we'll be able to mod in a 250 gig drive ourselves soon. This is what I've been waiting for. Now MS will offer a larger size, even if it is restricted to being purchased with a new system ATM, the systems should be updated to accept a new size. Go buy cheap HDD online, hack in, away you go. Not rocket science at this point.

Really though, MS should just go and offer an aftermarket HDD cradle so we can put whatever size we want in. That way, they can make money off digit...

That looked pretty sweet. I hope Call of Pripyat turns out better than Clear Sky. Clear Sky was okay at the start, but the second half of the game wasn't all that great, especially the "end boss", if you want to call it that (he just tried hiding in a coner by some barrels on the ground, I just kept sniping him from afar with no retribution to myself, boo). I really liked the weapon upgrading, but faction wars could have been done better (it's just easier to stay with the Stalker Fa...