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    Zero Punctuation: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number & Ori And the Blind Forest

    Hotline Miami had maps like that as well though, and you really don't need to be psychic to do it (unless you're expecting to do it on your first try perfectly) Chapter 10 comes rather readily to mind as an example of this
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    Zero Punctuation: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number & Ori And the Blind Forest

    What do you mean by blind fire exactly? Also you've managed to skim over all the reasons why I suggested it was better HM2 is faster HM2 has more forgiving melee hits HM2 allows you to more efficiently manipulate enemy aggro to keep combos going if you need to wait for something else to...
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    Zero Punctuation: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number & Ori And the Blind Forest

    I keep seeing this and it doesn't at all match my experience with the game. HM2 is actually better for rushing through. Your swings are much more forgiving, your move speed is faster, and enemies are less finicky to bait out, meaning you can keep your combo going if you cant quite make it to...
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    *Good* Modern Single Player Shooters (PC Preferred).

    Wrack is pretty good. Fairly simplistic graphics but the bosses are fairly neat Seconding Metro, not so much Rise of the Triad. That game was fairly disappointing Hard Reset and Shadow Warrior are alright, much more graphically impressive than Wrack and feature classic bosses STALKER is good...
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    Who here actually grew up with Dreamcast?

    A Dreamcast thread with no Phantasy Star, Toy Commander Online or Marvel vs Capcom 2? For shame Those 3, plus Crazy Taxi, Power Stone and Sonic Adventure were pretty much all I played I did have fun with Fur Fighters and one or two others though As far as the death of the console, there was...
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    Neverwinter Nights?

    2000 - BG2, IWD 2001 - 2 IWD expansions, Throne of Bhaal 2002 - NWN, IWD2 2003 - 2 NWN expansions, Temple of Elemental Evil 2004 - 3 NWN modules 2005 - 1 NWN module 2006 - NWN2 2007 - NWN2 expansion 2008 - NWN2 expansion 2009 - NWN2 expansion Doesn't seem to barren to me. I've left...
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    Half-Life Collection Question

    It's actually on GoldSrc, which is (AFAIK) built upon code from the engines used for Quake 1 and 2 That's also, from what I gather, why bhop ended up in Valve's games
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    Your idea of game journalism

    Dunno if you've looked, but Kotaku and Gamasutra have had a number of non-gaming sponsors, which include but are not limited to hardware manufacturers (an issue if you also deal with computer hardware for sure, but also not insurmountable) and companies like Kraft That's what a summary is for...
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    PC peeps. Need your help.

    I've fixed issues like this through system repair and/or restore. Failing that, the last time I had that issue it was due to harddrive failure
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    Your idea of game journalism

    I wasn't aware that metacritic users were journalists, and I can guarantee I'm not one It was also a joke, though one based in truth (I really am pretty indifferent to those games) but I guess I could have made that clearer It does if I'm buying them So games can only go below 5 if they...
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    Your idea of game journalism

    To be fair, that's a pretty accurate measurement of my interest in those titles I think what's more important to look at though, is where things appear on the New/Recent titles lists and where the wide score disparities are. DA2 got rated down because it was rushed and clunky, for instance, and...
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    Your idea of game journalism

    The scenario you're describing wouldn't be an issue if ad revenue came from non-gaming sources Also I see this thread devolved rather quickly into a snarkfest. What a shame
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    Gamer Gloves Review

    You're right! It'll have to get shipped in with my next crate of Mountain Dewritos, overpriced flavoured peanuts, and vaguely tinted sunglasses Seriously though, that wrist grip thing would be garbage for playing games that require lots of sweeping mouse movements. I've seen a few Quake...
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    Gamer Gloves Review

    Those are basically the exact opposite of what I'd want anyway Rubber grip on the wrist? Really? Why would I want more friction there and a greater dependence on wrist movement? And it doesn't look comfy at all
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    Your idea of game journalism

    That's ultimately for them to figure out. It's really the only way to avoid the most obvious COI sites have Also, gaming is a huge industry. I sincerely doubt nobody outside of gaming companies will pay for advertising on gaming sites I wasn't suggesting that subscriptions be the sole method...