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Poe's law. Right here people.

Multiplayer on the PC makes one hell of a first impression. The sound design is incredible.

RIP Paddy.

Kung Fu Pandas Nayson. Kung Fu **** Pandas!

That Blizzard went and done it.

The World of Warcrafting has been consumed by its own in-jokes and finally turned into a Saturday morning cartoon.

I thought it was by far the worst GTA although I was playing it on PC. It had lost the fun... I thought it redeemed itself after San Andreas which i found tedious and dull. Too much bollocks to do in it like keeping fit and eating. It all just became a chore. GTA IV was superb. And yet GTAIV managed include the biggest damn chore in the entire franchise - forever bugging you to "hang out" with NPCs. I definitely think the PS2 era GTA games were better than GTAIV which was a technical and cinematic tour de force but also grew **** boring with not a whole lot to do in terms of sandbox once the initial thrill of the city wore off.

Never heard of it. Must be shit then.

I'd say Pyromancer or Wanderer seem to be the "go to" class for beginners from my own experience and what I've read. Starting as a heavy armour character like the knight is the worst idea. Sure, lots of defence but you can't move for shit and until you get a feel for the combat, the lack of speed and lack of a useful dodge will see you die more often than not. As for tips, find yourself a shield that blocks 100% physical damage asap. You should run into one fairly quickly. --- I kinda screwed up on the mimic chest. Just as I was about to kill it, it stood on the lift and got took to the next floor. I lost track of it and never got my loot. I think it died.

Yeah.

The game is never frustratingly difficult. Everything in the game is very deliberately designed, never unfair and when the game beats the player down, it's always clear why it was the players fault. You see, a player's impatience in Dark Souls is the only thing that will get him/her killed. But dying is never the result of the player failing at Dark Souls, it's simply part of the process of learning Dark Souls and absolutely integral to the game. Dark Souls is learning to play with more caution than is normally necessary in a modern video game, learning that with every step comes greater risk, learning that with patience comes great rewards. I've found few games are capable of conjuring the kind of genuine peril and dread that Dark Souls does. Even fewer games are capable of conjuring the pure elation you'll feel when you come out on top. You have to play Dark Souls to truly understand the appeal of Dark Souls. It's an enigma and utterly absorbing gaming because of all of that and so far, my personal GOTY. I guess you could go watch the Giant Bomb quick look to get a little taste of it and read the article linked below too. Giant Bomb Quick Look - Dark Souls Dark Souls isn't broken - you are

After a few kickings off them using only my scimitar, I later returned and beat the shit out of them with my Drake sword.

I'm currently progressing through Blighttown and quaking in my boots. I originally went in there with a helpful phantom who took me deep into the middle of the place. Then he DC'ed. I don't think it was intentional though as he was showing me loads of place with loot but then suddenly vanished.

The stealth genre these days isn't overlooked. It's knowingly avoided because it was milked to buggery and got really tired a good few years back when Splinter Cell was at its peak. That said, MGS4 is worth your attention.

It is definitely an attack. They blast you to your knees and then roll directly at you finishing you off.

Eh? I honestly have no recollection whatsoever of armoured guys doing sonic the hedgehog spin attacks. I must have been pissed during that level Armoured Kantus enemies do it

Dark Souls is very strong GOTY material for me. Incredible game but not for the faint of heart.

Finished Gears of War 3 in co-op with Nayson last night. Good looking and decent enough shooter but with some incredibly boring boss battles and set pieces. Trade in time me thinks.

I personally don't find achievements and trophies much of an incentive to keep playing a game once I've become bored of the game itself but there is no denying they're a great thing and occasionally do get their claws into me (most recent example being FFXIII's trophies - 100%ing that was very satisfying)

I only recently-ish bought and replayed these on the PS2 and yet I still feel compelled to do it all again on the PS3. Wonderful games.

Pre-ordered Dark Souls too. Really looking forward to it.

The map isn't a great showcase for the typical BF vehicular experience but it's not really the purpose of this beta as far as DICE are concerned. They're simply testing and gathering data on infrastructure, server load and battlelog with it. One of the DICE devs who posts at SA mentioned that the beta client we're playing is based on a build that is now a couple of months old. He's said loads of the wonky shit in the beta has been fixed already. He could well be talking out his arse but regardless, I've been having fun playing the odd game here and there despite being rusty as ****.

Thank you for reminding me I bought this about 2 month ago because I'd completely forgot. It's still in its shrink wrap somewhere. Must start playing that.

Come on lads, you got the MW3 thread locked for that petty shit and now you're bringing it in here. Let it go.

But stress testing doesn't work like that.