Anti-social conservatism Yay abortions, yay gay marriage, yay euthanasia, yay no-capital punishment, yay using our critical faculties and having a bit of humility.
The Wire Peep Show Breaking Bad Arrested Development The Inbetweeners Took me a few minutes of procrastination and thought, but there you go. Pretty sure those are my five most favouritest.
The Inbetweeners Movie. And I have a feeling it is more or less the highest rated on IMDB, to boot. 8.2 mofos! Of course, you really need need to of watched the full TV series first to enjoy it.
Cairo, Egypt. It's the only 3rd world city I've been to. Easy choice. Cities like Detriot are pretty dire but they still can't compare to a full on third world setting. Edit: I will also say that LA needs to be totally demolished and rebuilt from scratch. :P
We're talking random sightings? Including concerts and conventions would be cheating, I think. :P I spotted Jack Black with his wife and kid on a trip up Grouse Mountain, Vancouver. Or rather, everyone on the mountain did. Also by coincidence spotted the French president Sarkozy twice - one in central Paris while he was jogging, and once in London on a state visit. Oh - I saw Damon Aalbarn, the main guy behind Gorillaz, at a restaurant in West London. I'm sure there are one or two random sightings in my memory, but they are proving evasive.
Please don't kid yourself into thinking Battlefield is much more intelligent or mature than the other games listed. They are all, no exceptions, fairly dumb and cliched action games, designed foremost with fun and enjoyment in mind. Edit: Alternatively, I'll just ask what makes BF so different? You failed to explain, and that is the core message of the thread.
This is 3/50th of the actual story. See, there are roughly fifty 343 developers on LinkedIn - not just those three - and almost all have worked at big developers previously. I compiled a list of all those individual developers on the Halo wiki about a month ago. http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/343_Industries (check edit history if it pleases you) If gaming journos in general knew the meaning of 'investigative journalism' we all would of heard about this many months ago.
No, I'm one of those odd people that thinks Reach was a major disappointment. I still play the mp, and it is a lot of fun, but I also still play Halo 3 multiplayer more. It is not dead at all, during peak times I can find a match in any playlist in no time at all. Off-peak, it is usually slower, but if you want a popular playlist like Team or Social slayer it is always quick. I suppose I should detail my disappointment; - the campaign felt extremely monotonous... it was 90% ground combat, with vehicle sections usually short and a hell of a lot less fun than in Halo 3 due to worse design and nerfing. I would take the hornet section in The Covenant over the whole of new Alexandria despite being a fair bit shorter, because it was just so much more fun. - the story itself was well told, but for any of the emotions it was going for to ring true it needed a whole lot more build-up and character development... we met characters in one cutscene; five minutes and three lines of dialogue later they were dead. Halo 3 had two games and numerous novels to help things out. Additionally, the lack of regard for existing canon was disappointing.. - no findable skulls? :( They were so fun, and warranted a whole 'nother playthrough by themselves. No way it would of taken much effort to implement. Lazy-ness... - challenges are a great idea but unbelievably poor in execution. What they should be are achievement-like bonuses for doing unusual but fun tasks that give extra replay-value to the game, e.g. complete so and so mission without touching foot on the floor. Make it one every week. Instead what we get are simple number-based credit-boosters; kill 75 covenant, finish 10 games of FF matchmaking... - The whole armour customization thing is a fun idea but must of the armour types look crap imho. And once you get past a certain, not so distant rank, you basically have nothing to look forward to anyway. There needed to be much more content, and it needed to be better, for the customization system to really connect with me. - I ultimately find base Halo combat to be much more fun without bloom and armour abilities both. Not gonna go into a long rant, I don't have the energy for it, so I'll just leave that basic statement... - Vehicles in multiplayer, which were the unique pushing point of previous Halo games and were possibly my largest source of fun, are in this game a whole lot less fun and useful. Why? The fact the starting weapon, the DMR, is now extremely effective vs. vehicles. Armour Lock and jetpack both make splattering a no-go. Sniper can now destroy anything it pleases with ease. - The laser, which was incredible fun in Halo 3, now feels like crap to use and seems to be absent in most BTB maps. Not gonna spend any more time complaining, it is boring and pointless... maybe I'll do an essay some time. :P The I can post it in every similarly-titled thread. And yeah, I know there should be a blank line or two here to separate points... blame glitchspot.
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