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I will be taking them up on the the offer of the 'try a different seat for free' thing, I'll give the lower Doug a go and maybe the wings of the upper Trinity...oh who am I kidding, I just want to tick them off as having sat there cos I'm a sad sad man. It always did strike me as a bit odd that so many of the upper tier blocks in the Doug and Trinity were the highest prices, so it's pleasing to see that they've 'narrowed' them and made only the middle couple/three blocks the priciest So, desperate times really do mean desperate measures Surely this is the year for promotion btw?

Played a few hours earlier but it hasnt pulled me in to the extent that I just want to jump straight back in. I've played some FFXIII-2 and have Journey to start before I'll back back to it. Ho-hum

Thats the point, sillyhead ^___^ But this helps too

Which ending did you get?

you bastard. YOU............BASTARD! :cry:

I have Journey to play when I get home today - but I'll also have ME3, so it'll probably have to wait. Quite eager to get into it and see what the fuss is about though. PS+ has been pretty unrelenting at throwing games at me in the last few weeks, Simpsons Arcade I played through once, then there's Sly Raccoon HD, Trine 2, all the episodes of Back to the Future, Arc the Lad, and Resi 2 & 3, which I havent touched yet - all of which were 'free'. And in regards to ME3 - I wouldnt really be surprised if its worse then 2, which in turn I felt was worse than 1. Regardless, I'll still have a blast with it, I'm sure.

John Carter looks good.

I don't have enough time to finish my mega ultra bitch renegade FemShep run on xbox, so I've ordered the game on PS3 aswell so I can do my first run through of ME3 on that with paragon BroShep I have never bought a game for 2 seperate consoles at launch before, as really, there has never been any other point. But with the differences in my runs on the various platforms I think it'll be worth it. I actually have ME1 & 2 on PC aswell...my very first game was on PC but I switched to the consoles after that. Only downside with playing it on PS3 first, which means no ME1 save data, is (I presume) not seeing the conclusion of the Conrad Verner side quest...imagine if I miss out on him becoming an alliance hero or something. Considering the amount of time he took up over the first two games (10/15 minutes?) he certainly left a lasting impression

Not doing this one. Been once already this season and can't imagine we'll get anything.

whoooooa could you imagine that. Walking around a giant VP like an ant. It might just be possible, now that the height limit has been increased...

Quite right - as I'm sure you know the Holte End pretty infamously 'overlaps' with the Doug, which I haven't really taken into account at all. I just built in the tunnel gap thing on the corner of the Holte/Doug, which is for ambulances/trucks/whatever, and then put in the rows of 'seats' next to that. The only way for me to position the tunnel/gap in the right place at the right angle and have the Holte overlapping like it shoud would have been to move the Holte further back from the pitch, which I didn't want to do. So I compromised I discovered that when working in the confines of 1x1x1 metre blocks you have to compromise ALOT on a build like this. Interiors are a NIGHTMARE. You think you'll have tons of room inside to have a few floors, and plenty of space to walk around in, but it doesnt quite work out that way when you start erecting stairs and stuff. Which is pretty much why I havent touched it in a good month or two. The next part for me to tackle would be the corner of the Holte/Trinity, and the sky lounge/boxes/whatever theyre called. Theyre all positioned on kind of a slant to the pitch, which will be pretty tough to replicate without it looking terrible. But, as I said, compromise...

Yeh those wheelie-men or whatever they were called are something else. Man. Also I seem to recall in Never Ending Story 2, or maybe 3, these tall dark things that appear out of the ground and attack a city or something during the film. Mostly though, it was this little bastard Psammead from Five Children and It. Repulsive little creature. Also I was very scared of Moths, still don't like them now, but whereas I used to run away from them now I punch them

It does have one now! As for the facade of the Holte, it's the same as the Trinity at the moment - non-existant You'll have to excuse the sucky/dark look of these pics - I downloaded the new update so my texture pack and SPC are out of date

I have declined the opportunity of working overtime and earning double pay on saturday in favour of going to see the Villa...so on sunday I expect I'll be terribly depressed, and will probably spend most of the day in the bath with a razor to my wrist

Trains go to Norwich?? Goodness me.

Well, in comparison to XIII it's paced quite differently. One of the major criticisms of XIII was that you basically run down a 'corridor', or enclosed map, do a few battles, have a cutscene, and so on for more or less the whole game (you eventually unlock an big open field but thats quite nearly the end of the game). So the pace is quick - given the player is willing to continue, anyway. SE took on board alot of criticism for the sequel and changed a whole bunch of things - that linearality being one of the key changes. So they split the 'levels' up so you pick and choose where to go and what to do next (for the most part, anyway). There are a whole bunch of optional places to go to that you can finish the game without visiting, which have their own stories on the side of the main one, which was another thing people were hoping for. It's a shame they didn't go further than just dressing up the same maps in different time periods, though. To answer your question, well. Hmm. I can't honestly say the pace does pick up much, not in comparison to the first few hours. I know the very very start has the bit where youre in New Bodhum and you just run around talking to people for a bit before the meteor hits and chaos ensues, right? The rest of the game is more of the same really. The story picks up in a major way at one point, but the pacing of the game hasn't been an issue for me at all I have to admit. I currently have Omega Weapon in my party, having defeated it and got the crystal for it on about the 4th time of asking. It's pretty fantastic, the laser sound is just glorious. PEWPEWPEWPEWPEW

Damn. Thought it was a nerd phrase and I was being hilarious. What's the word? G-C (without the dash) was replaced with AMcL, first thing that comes to mind that that might stand for is ginger word removed ofc Although I quite like the sound of 'AMcL is a blaze', but I have no idea what it does/could mean

I do - Resident Evil. Never played any of them properly on PS1 and never played any of the next gen games either. This week PS+ has Resi 2 & 3 up for free download, so I've grabbed them. Not played them yet, but they're there for me to dip into when the fancy takes me. I remember played Resi 1 on PS1 at a mates years and years ago, and not liking the controls at all, so that put me off them all together I guess. In fact, 'survival horror' as a whole I've never really given a proper go, not any of the Resi games, not Silent Hill, not Alone in the Dark, not Amnesia, not Fatal Frame/Project Zero...in fact, the only ones I've really ever liked were the very recent Dead Space and the pretty old Enemy Zero (on the Saturn!)

Excellent stuff, I hope one of the marches starts near to the train station so they can show me the way to the ground Better yet, I'll get a group of Villa fans in with them, we can all protest against everything together! KEAN OUT MCLEISH OUT **** OFF YE WEE SCOTTISH BASTTADS, etc., who knows, we might at least get on MOTD

How come everyone thinks TRST is a nose? I guess it's maybe a running joke I've missed out on. It's just a bit odd as I see him championing the Villa on another forum quite often

As I mentioned in a spoiler a few pages back, some of the decision choices you have can make pretty massive differences - for example, you can 'end' the game about 3/4 of the way through if you'd like. As for exploration, naw, I think those days and gone and are never to return. They made alot of the maps larger with more open spaces which creates some illusion of non-linearality (in fact probably the largest and prettiest city in any FF game is in XIII-2, but it isn't exactly bursting with things to do (but has any FF city ever been?)). I read with interest on another forum a guy defending XIII in regards to it being too linear - In VII, for example, all you really do is go from A to B, the world map is just a distraction, giving an illusion of freedom. It's not exactly something I agree with, the world map added alot to the feel, atmosphere, and mythos of the world too - after all, the game is about saving the world so it's nice to actually see it. I appreciate the point that was trying to be made. MAN is there any better group of gamers than FF fans? I think not It really amused me recently on GameFAQs how a light hearted discussion about hypthetical Cloud XIII-2 DLC turned into proper serious debate about which Cloud it would be, and why AC Cloud sucks, and how Dissidia Cloud is the best... wonderful!

Think I'm going to take a hardhat to this one, it's going to get nasty

There seems to be an ever growing number of people who have had their Collector's Editon pre-orders cancelled with Game, and they now can't order it from anywhere else as the usually suspects (Amazon, Play, Zavvi) all appear to have sold out (for Xbox and PC anyway). The blogs in the community section on the Game website provides some laughs

Oh dear! I thought it was XIII you got? And of all the criticisms of XIII and 2 I would gladly accept, being slow paced is not one of them

I'm quite surprised at the amount of similar sentiments I've heard. GC is a blaze with similar comments. I've personally never had any bad experiences with them, online or in store...but tbf most of the bad stuff I've heard is what 'gamers' have heard staff in stores telling people who blatently know nothing about computer games and are buying for their kids or whatever.