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me too, rock candy from asda £15 cant fault it
comes with usb adapter

Finally got around to completing FC3... good craic. Reset the camps, so I'm going to go round the island again and bust some skulls ;)

Reset the camps? Elaborate...

Well, you know the baddie camps around the island? Once your done (or maybe even before) you can reset them so they're all still hostile... going to try and no alarm them all. Dont even know if you get anything for doing it. Just something to do I guess :)

It's pretty straightforward Tom, quick hex-edit and all the bases are pirate-controlled again. I'll dig it out in a sec.

Edit:

Found it: http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/739422-MOD-Enemy-retake-the-Islands-experimental!-Forums

Apparently it's included as an option with some patches. But mine doesn't have it, maybe it's just a console thing.

Second edit: Patch was just released 2 days ago, v1.05 available here http://far-cry.ubi.com/fc-portal/en-GB/downloads/index.aspx

I've got it on the old 360... but there may be updates, haven't loaded it up for a month or so. Will have a look see. I felt it was a weakness that when they were taken that was it - it would be more entertaining if the pirates took back random camps for you to reliberate, provide a nice dynamic losing quick travel locations etc. Especially as they get more fun the more powerful you are. No doubt been said before, probably by me at some stage.

Many people have said it, it'd be like GTA: San Andreas when the other gangs attack your territories, great dynamic but a pain in the arse when you're doing something else!

The patch is across all platforms so once you start it it should update. Really glad they did it, all they need now is an option to get rid of the mini-map and it's pretty much perfect!

Anyone fancy playing cod or fifa 13 on xbox? Its free live for the weekend too!

Yeah I have cod. One of them for sure. Working all weekend prob though. Argh blotch work.

Loving the Wii U... Was doing boring chores around the house today so managed to clock up over four hours of Mario...
#ilovemario #verybadsign

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Anyone got a 360 they want rid of? My sister is coming back to the uk for a bit with her boyfriend in tow and he left his in Australia. He'll need something to pass the time between beer o clock's because he's not allowed to work here and a working xbox would be just the ticket.

Steam has given me three copies of 'ARMA3 Alpha lite' to give away. I'm guessing these are access to the alpha but without the full game when it's released. If anyone wants one post or pm us your username.

Appears I've also got the following gems to give away: HL2, HL2ep1, Portal and CoD4. All getting on a bit, but up for grabs if anyone wants em. In the interests of fairness, one per person for the time being.

Same CPU as me. Haven't even needed to OC yet.

Only thing I do notice on games such as Battlefield and the Sims I've only got 4gb of RAM it doesn't affect the speed but loading takes a while.

Could be a HDD issue maybe?

I could actually may be a combination of the two. Are you running a 32-bit Windows 7?

Anyone played wii goldeneye?

I'm thinking of getting it almost purely because of playing the n64 version at uni... Is the multiplayer at least as good as it used to be?

Yes, the story game is ok. Multi Player is fun for a while, they have tried to re-create the look whilst updating to be like CoD (It is using an older version of the CoD/Unreal Engine). I only played it a few times before going back to play MW3 on the Xbox. I didn't pay full price for this and you should not either. You could skip out on it totally if you have MW3 or CoD-BO on another platform.

Cheers, getting a no packaging copy, so only paying a tenner and getting extra controller...

Got a 9yo that wanted MW3, but I think it's a bit too violent for him at this age... Was hoping goldeneye would be less graphic! :-/

Woman makes short video discussing whether women in games are maybe a bit 2-dimensional and sexist. Gets called an "ovendodger", "a fucking feminazi", an "enemy of the west", "subversive jewess", "hypocrite slut", "whore", etc etc

Stay classy, video gamers!

http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-misogyny-and-silencing-on-youtube/

Comments sections are hardly a good way of judging any group of people, except people who post comments.

Trolls and psycho's the lot of them

#realisesthisisaformofcomment

Put any videos up in YouTube and you'll get those kind of comment, however that one seemed more extreme.

Anyone got a spare ps3 controller going for less than rrp? Bought FIFA 12 and need an extra controller to get some in person beatdowns going on..

Let me know..

Cheers, getting a no packaging copy, so only paying a tenner and getting extra controller...

Got a 9yo that wanted MW3, but I think it's a bit too violent for him at this age... Was hoping goldeneye would be less graphic! :-/

In that case go for it. It is more child friendly than MW3, thanks to Nintendo's publishing rules.

Gamerbase in Trocedero are selling their gamer pc's for £350 if anyone is interested?

Steam sale on again this week for the indie games.

Anything you guys would recommend picking up?

Also Natural Selection is really cheap this weekend. Well worth picking up.

Hotline Miami for sure!

Quite a good article on Call of Duty being an easy FPS to get the hang of;

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/13/call-of-duty-red-orchestra-2-interview/

It’s the gameplay mechanics that they become used to. The way that players instantly accelerate when they move, they don’t build up speed. “The weapons really don’t have a lot of power” [in RO2]. They’re all very weak. The way they handle… They’re like: “I hate Red Orchestra, I can’t play it.” Well, why? “Because the guy doesn’t move like he does in Call of Duty. Call of Duty has greatmovement.” Why is it great? “Because it just is, I just like the way it works.” So you don’t like the momentum system in Red Orchestra? “Yeah, it sucks, it’s clunky, it’s terrible.” Well, why? “It’s just because I’m used to this.”

I make it sound like there was a combative conversation, probably because I get a little emotional when I think about it. But it was really a calm discussion of, “What don’t you like?” and “It doesn’t feel like Call of Duty.” Almost every element boiled down to “it doesn’t feel like Call of Duty.” And really, watching some of these guys play… one of the things that Call of Duty does, and it’s smart business, to a degree, is they compress the skill gap. And the way you compress the skill gap as a designer is you add a whole bunch of randomness. A whole bunch of weaponry that doesn’t require any skill to get kills. Random spawns, massive cone fire on your weapons. Lots of devices that can get kills with zero skill at all, and you know, it’s kind of smart to compress your skill gap to a degree. You don’t want the elite players to destroy the new players so bad that new players can never get into the game and enjoy it. I’m looking at you, Dota. [laughs] Sorry.

But the skill gap is so compressed, that it’s like a slot machine. You might as well just sit down at a slot machine and have a thing that pops up an says “I got a kill!” They’ve taken individual skill out of the equation so much. So you see these guys—I see it all the time, they come in to play Red Orchestra, and they’re like “This game’s just too hardcore. I’m awesome at Call of Duty, so there’s something wrong with your game. Because I’m not successful at playing this game, so it must suck. I’m not the problem, it’s your game."

Please don't get the new walking dead game... it's fucking terrible.

Bioshock Infinite this week. Excited.