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Well, I'm not an expert, especially on laptop gaming, but here's my two cents. We can't compare the MSI to the amd processor laptop because we can't compare the specs, so there's no way to know what's best. Generally speaking, Intel makes better processors, but AMD processors offer a lot of bang for the buck, so at the low/mid price range, you may be better off going with an AMD. MSI is an okay brand from my experience. They're about standard on bui

Reply to Red Orchestra 2 - Heroes of Stalingrad in PC Gaming Sins Forums

The game looks pretty good, and Tripwire seems to be a good studio to buy from. They've put out a lot of good (and free) updates for Killing Floor, which is the only other game of theirs I own. Cheating is fairly limited, and the only DLC they charge for are character skins that don't affect gameplay. I'm still on the fence about the game, and will probably wait to purchase it after seeing how they handle their DLC schemes. It also bothers me to no end that 9 o

Reply to For gamers fed up with paying for DLC in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Zeta1127" reply="59" id="2976574"]Well, Raider Retreat is DLC, but Cataclysm really isn't, though it uses much of the same stuff as the original.[/quote] I'm not sure why the lines are blurred, but perhaps that's due to my own ignorance on the availability. Was Cataclysm ever available for download at release? How about Raider's Retreat? Did they charge for RR? I have the disc versions of them so downloading either at the time wasn't on my radar (

Reply to For gamers fed up with paying for DLC in PC Gaming Sins Forums

How is Homeworld Cataclysm DLC exactly? I still have my original install disc; it's not a small add on, it's a stand alone game. [quote who="Kantok" reply="54" id="2973682"]You're going to play and enjoy plenty of games that aren't as good as any of those three, but apparently DLC has to be on a "classic" level in order to be worth the money? [/quote] Mentioning good examples of expansions and DLC seem

Reply to For gamers fed up with paying for DLC in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="41" id="2972140"] I'm not so much aiming to say I'm right and everyone else is wrong. If you find a place in a past post where I said that, let me know and I'll fess up to it.[/quote] I wasn't meaning all of my reply toward you, I was just quoting you to respond to the LoD comment. Most of what I type is to be taken in general toward everyone. The rest is just the tantrum of a sarcastic blowhard whose type is often

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Buying the GotY edition is fine with me. You got a good amount of content at a good price. The developers still only get their $30-$50 from you, and you didn't buy them all on release day. Would you have been satisfied if that GotY edition costs you $120 though? That's my argument against it. Bethesda has made some decent and some terrible DLC, but so far they've added more to the games instead of putting out more "horse armor" items. I'm not going to bat against them. I

Reply to For gamers fed up with paying for DLC in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Sure are a lot of "my opinion is better than yours" people in these here forums. I feel like putting in my slightly derogatory comments too. I don't think many people have a problem with good DLC, but the unhappy campers (me included) with the newest fad is that for every good DLC, there are 2 bad ones. And to quantify what I consider as bad, they're not worth the price of admission. $10 for an actual six hour adventure isn't so bad. $10 for a six hour

Reply to “The” Internet? No. “Your” Internet? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="CharlesCS" reply="38" id="2934560"] You know, I love it when people act as if they are somehow immune to the same bad things everyone else on the Internet is susceptible to. .[/quote] I never stated say I was immune, in fact I implied that I was susceptible to it and stated that I didn't care that much about the little amount of information that is readily out there about me (and the extreme amount of fake information I use to fi

Reply to “The” Internet? No. “Your” Internet? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote quoting="post"] As Sarah Palin (among others) said [/quote] And here is where I stopped reading, and the writer loses all credibility. It could've been Michael Moore, Glenn Beck, or Dr. Seuss who said it, it's a terrible transition. Having ads and websites pandered to you has been around in quite awhile, and is probably as old as AOL itself. Firefox deletes my internet content, as well a

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Running_Lukas" reply="390" id="2932774"]Meh, who really gives a crap so long as you can load your pc and play your games easily from one community based program. PLus don't forget updates/patches and the rest. Do we seriously forget how much it sucks to search and download the expansions/patches/updates/mods without these carriers. [/quote] Step 1: Type Homeworld Patch into google (or lycos or whatever was popular then) Step 2: Click link,

Reply to Steam: A monopoly in the making? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

The multitude of jokes I'd love to type would ruin the natural hilarity of this. Maybe if Rebellion gets released on Steam it will finally have a decent multiplayer base. [e digicons]O:)[/e] I am a bit confused though, it says that it "requires a 3rd party client to download , install, and play." Does that mean that you buy it, then Impulse gives you a Steam-Activation key? If so, major Kudos to the team of masterminds that thought that was a good i

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[quote who="the_Monk" reply="2" id="2930894"] maybe, but isn't celebrating someone's (even osama's) death in the streets exactly the kind of ideology the west was fighting against? seems a tad ironic eh? [/quote] Celebrating the execution of a wanted man, guilty of killing thousands worldwide, and leader of an organization that declared war on the United States is against our ideologies? Since when? I'm not sure all of those words mean wh

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Reply to What is with $60 PC Games these days? in Everything Else Sins Forums

They're $60 because people will buy them for that much. The same reason that the direct downloads are also not (usually) discounted, even though they have no packaging, CD's, manuals, shelf space, etc. And there's no way the digital version's facsimiles come close to matching those costs. Even Impulse charges $10+S&H for a $.50 padded envelope and a CD for their "boxed" versions (at least, each one I've bought has arrived that way.) I

Reply to Thinking with Portals in PC Gaming Sins Forums

If you like the game, good for you. You're not going to convince me to buy or support it. Repurposing 1 hat/dress/roll cage/whatever isn't worth the effort. Repurposing the entire team dedicated to making the large amount of hats could do some good. Let's say they spent $2000 on the salary of the artists who created everything. Now lets say the never did that, and have $2000 from the budget to do whatever with. They could release the le

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I'm going to generalize here, so forgive me if my lingo isn't up to snuff. 8) I'm aware that the "casual" audience like dress up features, and that Portal 2 is going to make zillions because of it. I am also aware that making a short animation for a fully rigged model can take a matter of minutes for someone who is familiar with it all already, and the animation needs to only be semi-organic. This pales in comparison to actual content. And la

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[quote who="Tridus" reply="50" id="2926097"] Yep, the collectors editions are usually a lot more expensive then anything in the store. And pre-order bonuses are even worse. Content that you can only get by shopping at a specific store? It's a joke. [/quote] I am not going to bother arguing any particular point, but I just want to point out that it amazes me that you consider these the same, and harp on pre order bonuses while defending the in game store. I fee

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[quote who="Vandenburg" reply="46" id="2926067"]Yeah, give it up Kodiak888. I did that a long time ago. snip It's almost like being a banker.)[/quote] I have given up, I just get bored and feel like shaking my fist at the kids on my lawn every so often. 8) And it is indeed like printing money. Selling a single animation for $2 is brilliant from a business standpoint. I can't w

Reply to GalCiv II–Ultimate Edition On Sale This Weekend in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I'm not sure that you're actually computer savvy friend. 8P Joking aside, your examples are the bad reasons for pirating. You could buy them, but don't just because it's potentially free. That said, you apparently aren't doing your research properly. I know that the WC3 discs can be copied because I did so the day that I bought the game. I burned a copy for the house and a copy for the my school computer. I played online at hom

Reply to Thinking with Portals in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Well I am obviously talking to the wrong crowd of gamers. 8) I don't care that much to try to convince anyone otherwise, and I'm sure that my tone and intent is misconstrued by the lack of any clues beyond text. We are just from different generations of gaming and react differently when being shilled for money. I just happen think that putting resources into developing nonsense that adds nothing to but barbie-dress up features to the gaming industry (exclu

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[quote who="Campaigner" reply="38" id="2925771"] It's clear you don't want companies to be able to protect their games but many of us do. And what incentive would there be to actually BUY a game if pirating becomes so easy (if there's no achievements, multiplayer OR you want to help the developers) that most people can do it?[/quote] First of all, DRM is an annoyance for legitimate buyers of a game. How annoying, and how tol

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[quote who="Tridus" reply="34" id="2925742"] The "day 1 DLC" is cosmetic. It's for if you want a pink robot wearing a funny hat in co-op. That's it. There is zero content DLC. [/quote] That is my exact complaint. It's a sad money grab and not respectable, in any form, from any business. You can get X achievement to get the XX special item, or pay $1.99 and get it now, but for just $1.99 more you could get item YY!!!!!!! I'm not sure I'll ever understand t

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[quote who="TheProgress" reply="27" id="2925507"] I don't see any DLC for sale on the store page. What are you referring to?[/quote] From what I've read and seen, it's set up similar to TF2 DLC, and by that I mean it's hats, animations, and other "piss in the face of gamers" collectibles. Not level packs or anything that could be considered good.