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John M. Drescher wrote: 70+ hours a week
If you are working 70+ hours a week and have no time for an hour of gamming (or some other hobby that you enjoy) you have a truely sad life and need to rethink your career path. Everyone needs a hobby.
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BigPMcCoy wrote: Everyone needs a hobby.
Programming used to be my biggest hobby and for the last 10 years it has been my career. As I said to the previous poster at times the long hours get to me but for the most part I do love what I do.
John
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The serie of games Halo is the most overrated of all times. They suck from left to right.
Well .. i am exagerating a little, yes. It had a few nice things, like shiny grafics, that were only slightly worst than the best grafic engines, and some action, for the first 5 mins until it got completely repetitive and .. haaa haaa
Windows is just as secure as Linux. When shielded with a Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and disconnected from the Internet.
Windows has even better performance that Linux. When running without Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spywayre.
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I've always been confused about the hysteria over the single player game... it's a pretty by the numbers FPS. But Halo 2 is still the best online FPS experience I've ever had, and by far the best online experience for a console that I've seen.
I don't have an Xbox 360 yet otherwise I'd get Halo 3.
Faith is a fine invention
For gentlemen who see;
But microscopes are prudent
In an emergency!
-Emily Dickinson
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Yeah, there are a ton of FPS games (online multiplayer and singleplayer) that are much better than any of the Halo games. I also found nothing in Halo revolutionary, some people mentioned the vehicles, but Tribes had that a long time ago.
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I only played the first one. Thought the storyline was ridiculous, an advanced alien species sends an armada of ships to attack earth and instead of letting loose with the ship weapons they send over guys in spacesuits to do the fighting.
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PauloMorfeo wrote: for the first 5 mins until it got completely repetitive and .. haaa haaa
You just described EVERY fps.
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If you do not distinguish not liking FPS games from liking FPS games but some beeing repetivive and others not .. whatever, dude.
I like FPS games. Many are not repetitive. Some are more repetitive than others. Halo is very repetitive.
Windows is just as secure as Linux. When shielded with a Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and disconnected from the Internet.
Windows has even better performance that Linux. When running without Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spywayre.
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I like FPS and have played tons of them. Never found one that wasn't quickly repetetive. Pick up gun, shoot things. Pick up bigger gun, shoot bigger things. Cut scene. Take elevator ride, shoot more things.
This is a fair description of Halo1/2/3, Half Life1/2, Unreal, Far Cry, Prey, Bio Shock, battlefield, Gears of War(not first person but close enough), Wolfenstien, etc........ The key thing is weather or not you enjoy the action you are repeating.
Humor me, what FPS did you not find repetitive?
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No, you humor me. Tell me a game, then, that isn't repetitive. *Any* game, not just a FPS game.
Your generalised description of FPSs fits perfectly into *any* game i have ever seen. With such kind of generalisation, this discussion is pointless.
Windows is just as secure as Linux. When shielded with a Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and disconnected from the Internet.
Windows has even better performance that Linux. When running without Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spywayre.
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So you can't name one then. Fine. I like how you can bash one game as repetitive buy have no example of one that you believe isn't.
The Zelda Twilight game kept things fairly fresh. Platformers usually have more variety than run and gun games.
But like i said before if you enjoy the action your repeating then it's not a problem. People who like halo/shooters like to run around and shoot things for hours on end.
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"So you can't name one then. Fine. I like how you can bash one game as repetitive buy have no example of one that you believe isn't."
Now you are just beeing plain stupid. My conversation with you is over, mr over-generalisation-when-it-suits-you-stop-generalising-when-it-suits-you.
Whatever, see if i care.
Windows is just as secure as Linux. When shielded with a Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware and disconnected from the Internet.
Windows has even better performance that Linux. When running without Firewall, Anti-Virus and Anti-Spywayre.
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What's that crysack? You say your vagina's bleeding and you would rather resort to name calling than defend your own argument? You're a f***ing pussy. How's that? Is that more in line with the kind of argument you like? Don't go throwing your opinion around if you can't handle people calling you out on it.
Mr. I-like-to-use-hyphens-when-after-I've-resorted-to-name-calling-because-my-argument-is -week-and-I-only-make-eleven-dollars-an-hour-here-at-the-junior-college.
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It's not quite so bad. It's definitely over-hyped, but removing all that hype, they are still decent games.
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I don't have time for work and a home life as it is.
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Not unless they come out with a version that runs on XP.
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The survey lacks the "I don't have an XBOX" option...
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And "What's the Halo 3?" as well....
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a.k.a. I have a life. I don't need to create a fantasy life inside childish video games.
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And it misses 'Text Answer' option as well.
And how to befit the standard response set (CListCtrl) to this survey?
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Many long years ago, I used to play Might & Magic (and Swords of Glass). What are the current first-person RPG's that are similar?
As a dependant question, I haven't had a real game in at least a decade, except my beloved Rogue. My video is whatever comes on the MoBO. How bad will this be?
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Oblivion is an excellent 1st person RPG, but the system requirements are pretty hefty so your on board video probably won't suffice.
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I think I noticed something (my feeble mind forgets just where) that Oblivion 3 is coming out. If, I were to want to (enter into) Oblivion, I would most likely wish to start with the first of the series.
If correct, do the graphics/system requirements fall down to basic?
I'd rather not invest in graphics card, etc., until I decide I want to pursue some gaming.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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Oblivion is Elder Scrolls IV, but the games are nonlinear (just take place in the same world and some references to past games), but you could have trouble finding the first two and a computer that will run them (came out in '94 and '96).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Scrolls
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I pre-ordered it a few months ago - it's being shipped to mine as I type. I am wondering if I made a mistake though, I wasn't a huge fan anyway - but recently I completed Bioshock - that game is a bloody opera with guns, its an amazing game. Very deep story line, lots of twists, new takes on the fps genre.... so now I am thinking unless the storymode-online-coop is amazing, I am just going to be dissapointed.
Ahh well.
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