[QUOTE="jacobhazard1704"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not, but they have indeed run out of game boxes.

And how is it that you are disagreeing with my premise that preorders are fine as long as they don't mess with MP? And I couldn't care less about assasins creed, so I never played it, did it have MP?

GummiRaccoon

I have NEVER tried to buy a game and not had a copy available. What I'm saying is that Assassins Creed 3 was JUST ANNOUNCED, how are people pre ordering this already? It's showing the developers that it doesn't matter what they do with a game, they still have a vast majority of the players money that intend to buy the game. I'm saying the pre-order model is dumb, unneccesary, and incentives like these make people buy a game before they know if it's going to be good or not.

Then you must be new to gaming. Games historically have sold out quite often.

link? I read reviews and player opinions before buying a game, who comits that early? It's a market filled with developers that want you to buy games before they are released. Amazon, Gamestop, BestBuy, Steam, Origin, they all have pre order bonuses.

[QUOTE="jacobhazard1704"]

[QUOTE="GummiRaccoon"]

Preorders are fine unless they mess with multiplayer balance.

GummiRaccoon

I disagree. According to Game Informer Assassins creed 3 pre orders were the eigth best selling item at best buy the week it went up for pre sale. It just shows the developers that they don't have to do ANYTHING to get your money. What is the point of pre-ordering anyway? It's not like anyone is going to sell out of a game, like that has ever happened.

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not, but they have indeed run out of game boxes.

And how is it that you are disagreeing with my premise that preorders are fine as long as they don't mess with MP? And I couldn't care less about assasins creed, so I never played it, did it have MP?

I have NEVER tried to buy a game and not had a copy available. What I'm saying is that Assassins Creed 3 was JUST ANNOUNCED, how are people pre ordering this already? It's showing the developers that it doesn't matter what they do with a game, they still have a vast majority of the players money that intend to buy the game. I'm saying the pre-order model is dumb, unneccesary, and incentives like these make people buy a game before they know if it's going to be good or not.

[QUOTE="Sharpie125"]

Slightly off topic, but I don't hate the idea of there being multiplayer. I am extremely impressed by the engine they are using and they have a chance to make one of the most intense gritty "crime" shooters. Firefights would be intense. And from the look of things, could be the multiplayer game Kane and Lynch aspired (and failed) to be.

On topic: rah rah pre-order bonuses are bad, Rockstar greedy!

GummiRaccoon

Preorders are fine unless they mess with multiplayer balance.

I disagree. According to Game Informer Assassins creed 3 pre orders were the eigth best selling item at best buy the week it went up for pre sale. It just shows the developers that they don't have to do ANYTHING to get your money. What is the point of pre-ordering anyway? It's not like anyone is going to sell out of a game, like that has ever happened.

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It makes me sad that this question needed to get asked in the first place.

I'm early in the game and I have my party of four..I'm at the quest where I'm supposed to light the Ishai tower but have run in to a horde of Darkspawn that keep killing my party.

anyone tell me how to get past them..I'm where the flaming barrier is?

ttomm1946

Right when you come into the tower there is a trap when you enter the large room filled with the flaming barriers you were talking about, try and avoid it or disable it if you can. DA:O isn''t a hack and slash, you need to coordinate every action if you are having trouble. Keep the mages/ranged in the back and have alistairgo in and line of sight some melee behind a wall so you can keep the archers away from your weaker party members. Focus on one enemy at a time and try and make sure your weaker members don't come rushing in. Or turn the difficulty down, if you're not having fun, or if it's too hard then there is no reason to leave it at where it is.

Thanks! This is an awesome deal. COnfirmed that the key activates on origin, but I couldn't get it to work on Steam. Hope that helps anybody

I don't get it

You only have to "troubleshoot" if you are stupid. I can see how DRM would be an issue though, just the other day someone picked up the phone and kicked me off the modem and I lost all of my progress in AC2. Except I live in the back country and still have reliable broadband. Just sayin.

Has anyone gotten an email with their cd key yet? I hope that they just give you a serial, I really want to give this game to a broke friend, but I'm sure it will just automatically link to your account.

[QUOTE="jacobhazard1704"]

Every iteration of Windows since XP has taken functionality away from the user. I think they are trying for a more user friendly Windows experience, which is exactly what I don't want. Pretty soon there will be "wizards" for everything and you won't be able to customize anything anymore. perfect example is the "personalize" option that replaced the "properties" option going from xp to vista, you have to wade through so much crap dedicated to aesthetics to even get to device manager. Everything useful is hidden away in ridiculous sub menus.

JigglyWiggly_

:lol: I'll agree with you there. I like how it auto-searches as you type stuff like Google does.