Activision Blizzard are worse than EA right now

[James]

hurp

[Siva]

OPINIONS ARE FACT

[James]

OPINIONS ARE FACT

I see no opinions there, except the final point for EA?

Diablo 3 is casual
Starcraft 2 is still ripping off Spacemarines/Imperial, Tyranids/Chaos and Eldar/Tau
Post GH2's 80's w/e hasn't had a properly synced song at all
WWII games are boring and Treyarch are shit
Shamans have been shit tier since pre-BC, even more since they aren't paladin clones anymore.

[Mr. Tastix]

Diablo III

Automatic placement of stats on Diablo III isn't a surprise, they do it on World of Warcraft. I don't mind as I'm used to it, if I want to pick my own stats I'll just play Neverwinter Nights or Knights of the Old Republic.

As for equipment buying? Again, just like World of Warcraft (which is pretty annoying tbh, even Blizzard are making WoW rip-offs) this is something I'll be used to. I don't like it though because while it may take skill to get gear it mostly takes money. And they can be farmed.

Rainbows? And does this really still use the WC3 engine? For a fucking Action-RPG? What the hell?

StarCraft 2

I don't much about SC, never played the first one lol. I don't plan on buying this one either. And who will be $150 for the full single player experience, you ask? Hardcore StarCraft or Blizzard fans. There is people out there who will pay ridiculous amounts of money for the smallest of objects.

Guitar Hero 4

Guitar Hero is getting old anyway, what exactly can they add differently? New songs? They could just do that with GH3. As for the making of riffs and notes, yeah they do that a lot for Expert. Fucking bullshit IMO.

Call of Duty: World At War

Will never buy it. The only WWII FPS game I've ever owned is Battlefield 1942. Tried some others but they felt all the same so I'm sticking with BF1942's bad damage calculation and shitty AI.

Wrath of the Lich King

Thought you didn't like WoW, lol. Orc's got their Stun resist nerfed by 10%, and in my opinion that's bullshit. You will never be able to fly around Azeroth, just like there won't be any other places for Jewelcrafter trainers apart from the Exodar, Silvermoon City, Outland and most likely Northrend.

They could easily add more in and more places to fly, but they probably won't. As for DK's being OP? They're planning on fixing that according to Ghostcrawler, one of the class designers. Oh, and you forgot to complain about Retribution Paladin's being OP in the PTR for 3.0 (sarcasm people, I play a Paladin and they've needed the updates for 3-4 years, we'll be nerfed of course).

EA

EA can't change jack shit. Their Sports game don't change, what are they gunna do? Add new fucken rules to the damn game itself? And if they keep pumping out NFS games people will keep buying 'em. They fucked up the moment they bought that franchise anyway.

EDIT: Btw, Shamans will always be shit. Blizzard just don't give a shit, they can't design class balance for shit yet they think they can. They have double-standards. They nerf when players scream nerf but won't when we want buffs.

Paladins will most likely be nerfed (and this WILL piss me off if they are), Rogues will be buffed more, as will Warriors because Kalgan wants to fuck those two classes hard in the ass. Warlocks Metamorphosis talent will be nerfed because some dick will think its way too OP (though think of it OP when a Paladin Turns Evil your ass and you get feared for 20 seconds lol).

I like the game, but if you're not playing the way Blizzard wants you too then you get ripped off majorly.

[James]

Metamorphosis was confirmed for shit tier by the way, they can be chain feared by ordinary Warlocks. Funny.

DK is overpowered until a patch AFTER release, forgot to add that. They want them all to stuff everyone in the face which is so stupid because then everyone will be a deathknight out of being impressed, breaking the game some more.

Also WoW doesn't have you paying for special equipment, Diablo 3 will.

[Mr. Tastix]

Metamorphosis was confirmed for shit tier by the way, they can be chain feared by ordinary Warlocks. Funny.

DK is overpowered until a patch AFTER release, forgot to add that. They want them all to stuff everyone in the face which is so stupid because then everyone will be a deathknight out of being impressed, breaking the game some more.

Also WoW doesn't have you paying for special equipment, Diablo 3 will.

Demonology isn't necessarily a shit tier but the 3.0 changes makes it nearly useless for me because I only use it for the SL/SL build and now that Soul Link is gained much quicker it's quite pointless. Affliction, to me, still owns all three trees.

Impressing people with the DK is bloody useless, because all you need is ONE level 55 character on the realm to gain one and them bam, you're in business. And do people realize how many goddamn DK's there are going to be running around?

And what do you mean "special equipment?"

[James]

Demonology will still be the best leveling build IMO, nearly 68 on a new character. Also FUCK YES SOUL LINK. Affliction is best end game.

Also yes they do, don't worry it'll die off in 3 months or so, because do you remember when BC launched?, Draenei Shamans and Blood Elf Paladins everywhere.

Special equipment you pay for, that will be superior to counter parts. See: GunZ, Battlefield Heroes, Korean MMOs...

[Mr. Tastix]

Demonology will still be the best leveling build IMO, nearly 68 on a new character. Also FUCK YES SOUL LINK. Affliction is best end game.

Also yes they do, don't worry it'll die off in 3 months or so, because do you remember when BC launched?, Draenei Shamans and Blood Elf Paladins everywhere.

Special equipment you pay for, that will be superior to counter parts. See: GunZ, Battlefield Heroes, Korean MMOs...

Oh god, you mean they are gunna make you PAY REAL MONEY for items? DAMMIT, THIS IS NOT FUCKING ASIA.

As for Demonology being best leveling build, where do you get your information for that? Mind telling me why, I personally preferred Affliction for the less mana downtime (Dark Pact owns and I liked Drain Tanking lol).

I also have a Draenei Paladin here, but that's simply because I like the look of Draenei's. I don't usually pick classes by their racial bonuses (no, not even on PvP realms but I play on an RP one anyway) because if I don't like the look of my character and can't get a feel for it then racials mean shit, to me.

[James]

As for Demonology being best leveling build, where do you get your information for that? Mind telling me why, I personally preferred Affliction for the less mana downtime (Dark Pact owns and I liked Drain Tanking lol).

It's head to head with them both.

Felguard tanking, laying down corruption and agony + wand = easy mode because you don't have to watch screen for 10 seconds.
Affliction is quickest, without a doubt but needs more attention.
The best way to do it is, affliction to 50, and decide if you want to respec to demonlogy for felguard

[Bob]

EA are cunts.

Case in point, Mercenaries 2.

Wanks.

[Mr. Tastix]

As for Demonology being best leveling build, where do you get your information for that? Mind telling me why, I personally preferred Affliction for the less mana downtime (Dark Pact owns and I liked Drain Tanking lol).

It's head to head with them both.

Felguard tanking, laying down corruption and agony + wand = easy mode because you don't have to watch screen for 10 seconds.
Affliction is quickest, without a doubt but needs more attention.
The best way to do it is, affliction to 50, and decide if you want to respec to demonlogy for felguard

Yeah, respec Demonology at 50 is definitely viable but anything before that I would find much too slow. More survivability but far too slow because you don't get many damage improvement talents in the tree until around level 50+

Course, that's all changing in the patch lol. And yes, EA are cunts.

[Tantalus]

EA are cunts.

Case in point, Mercenaries 2.

Wanks.

I miss Lucas Arts.

[xProtocol Rain]

EA are cunts.

Case in point, Mercenaries 2.

Wanks.

I miss Lucas Arts.

+2

[Tonnochi]

By equipment purchasing, do you mean in-game currency or actual cash?

And what the hell is this about SC2 being $150?

[Mr. Tastix]

By equipment purchasing, do you mean in-game currency or actual cash?

And what the hell is this about SC2 being $150?

Battle Chest?

[James]

By equipment purchasing, do you mean in-game currency or actual cash?

And what the hell is this about SC2 being $150?

Actual cash

Starcraft 2's single player campaigns are going to be released as a trilogy, you've got to buy the game 3 times for the full SP package.

[Dae]

I thought that WW2 genre is overused because a lot of gamers like it, and that's me who doesn't get the trend. I was wrong, good to know I'm not alone

[James]

Oh yeah for the record Holy Paladins got the nerf, but Retri got buffed a little.

Also this is for any WoW fags who're wondering about my power leveling character: http://armory.wow-europe.com/character- ... od&n=Gurke

[{A.a]starcraft]

By equipment purchasing, do you mean in-game currency or actual cash?

And what the hell is this about SC2 being $150?

Actual cash

Starcraft 2's single player campaigns are going to be released as a trilogy, you've got to buy the game 3 times for the full SP package.

alreadyhave the first two multiple times why should i buy them again

[James]

"I respect what they're doing and the new direction that they're going, but I don't think that asking for extra fees or putting out extra products just to try to garner more is ever the right idea. If a game stands on its own two feet then it will sell well regardless. If something in a game doesn't work then you can bet that people out there are going to tell you. The worst thing you can do as a designer or producer is not listen to the fans."

-Jade Raymond, BlizzCon '08

[Siva]

lol like Jade Raymond's opinions matter

[James]

I put it here because it's funny lol

[Tonnochi]

By equipment purchasing, do you mean in-game currency or actual cash?

And what the hell is this about SC2 being $150?

Actual cash

Oh my fucking god. I just crossed that off of my list.


And I think there still may be some hope that Blizzard isn't just turning SC2 into a cash cow, and will price them at around $20. But that chance is smaaaaallll.

[Spiderbot01]

EA please me. I look forward to dead space.

[Tantalus]

Oh my fucking god. I just crossed that off of my list.


And I think there still may be some hope that Blizzard isn't just turning SC2 into a cash cow, and will price them at around $20. But that chance is smaaaaallll.

Another billion in the pot...

[Bob]

I'm also looking forward to Dead Space. EA don't ruin everything, just the majority of their products.

I mean Red Alert 3!!!!

Just came.

[James]

Dead Space is supposed to be generic as a game, but A GOOD HORROR

LIKE CONDEMNED
BUY IT/RENT

Also Bob Red Alert 3 might be a good game but it is going to be a let down.

And I think there still may be some hope that Blizzard isn't just turning SC2 into a cash cow, and will price them at around $20. But that chance is smaaaaallll.

They spend all their money on statues, no joke.

http://rhoelyn.blogspot.com/2008/03/tit ... rider.html

Not the only one of course, but this is where our WoW money is going. So will SC2 and D3

It is cool but it doesn't justify the costs of SC2 trilogy, D3 Micro transactions, Battle.net 2.0

OH WAIT DID I MENTION THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING A NEW BUILD OF BATTLE.NET THAT IS PAY 2 PLAY?
YEAH
although i cant find a source on that one.

[Bob]

Dead Space is supposed to be generic as a game, but A GOOD HORROR

LIKE CONDEMNED
BUY IT/RENT

Also Bob Red Alert 3 might be a good game but it is going to be a let down.

Dead Space - Gamespot 9.0
Dead Space - IGN 8.7

James, I've been playing the Command & Conquer series since it first graced the planet. Understand that it would be harder for the game to be dissapointing than not.

Also I took part in the Multiplayer beta and it was pretty fucking awesome and the multiplayer is always (in my opinion at least) the weaker part of the game.

I can easily say the C&C is the greatest gaming franchise, ever!

[Psykorgasm]

"I respect what they're doing and the new direction that they're going, but I don't think that asking for extra fees or putting out extra products just to try to garner more is ever the right idea. If a game stands on its own two feet then it will sell well regardless. If something in a game doesn't work then you can bet that people out there are going to tell you. The worst thing you can do as a designer or producer is not listen to the fans. And for the record, Jake is an amazing lover in the sack."

-Jade Raymond, BlizzCon '08

It was good.

[James]

What you're missing out on is that Dead Space is essentially Resident Evil 4 in Space, but unlike RE4 it's a very effective horror game. That's why smart reviewers are focusing on the interactive horror aspect.

C&C is the greatest gaming franchise, ever!

There you've said it. Everyone has a very high opinion of Red Alert being the best games in the series, Yuri's Revenge being a popular fan favorite. But I've been digging and everyone is expecting much better than those previous games, but in truth they aren't because they've played it and don't expect much now and lowered their standards in slight disappointment.

See: release of Command & Conquer 3.