HAY GUYS

value tart · Sep 13, 2007, 09:15 AM

Omagnus's post is awesome, but I wanted to clarify a couple things. UAV lasts for 30 seconds, but it activates for your entire team. You'll also know when your opponents have a UAV, as a voice over comes on and lets you know.

Perk group 1 is focused on gadgets, Perk group 2 is focused on escape, movement, and the like, and Perk group 3 is focused on either being able to take more hits or making your shots more powerful.

One of the best ones is Last Stand, a perk wherein when you die from something other than a headshot or explosion, you fall down onto your back with your pistol out and, similar to Gears of War, you bleed out but have the opportunity to fire back. You get double XP when you kill someone in Last Stand, and my favorite part about it is that it's not overpowered. It would've been easy to make it so that you essentially got an extra life, but because your point of view shifts downward when you fall down, it's disorienting enough that you can't just keep firing the direction you already were, but still doable enough that it doesnt feel useless.

I can't wait for the achievements to come out for this game: Because of the challenges system, I'd love the achievements to be related to rank and then just say "Complete 20 challenges." A more freeform achievement like that would be neat.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

value tart · Sep 15, 2007, 10:08 PM

Nope, unfortunately. Look around for someone who has a beta key, they're apparently not that hard to get their hands on.

Iwata, I'm sorry, I was literally falling asleep when I left, I believe I spent maybe 30 seconds awake after the xbox turned off.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

value tart · 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by russ

And the fact that most of us have played together a lot, on this game and other games, and you don't really have much need to talk about anything further than fried chicken, or the weird sounds that Kostaki is making when he gets shot, or Jap mode's Fire Emblem progress. Also, it helps that Skills, Tails, Iwata, and Omagnus are all really good.

Precisely. Everyone knows Tails is going to run in and shoot shit all the time, that you're going to hang back and pick people off from a distance, that Omagnus has skills with the knife, that Skills has a small penis and uses the machinegun, that Kostaki sounds like Mr. Bill, and that I will usually run in first, start the capture, and die.

That way, we can all talk shit to each other and still know exactly what our strategy's going to be, which is why I LOVE playing with you guys.

However, I'm thinking of trying a different tactic next time we play so my k/d ratio can go up and you guys can all SHUT THE FUCK UP about my k/d ratio.

Also, definitely trying out G3 with Stopping Power today. I've become too set in my ways with perks (sleight of hand or double tap, martyrdom, and RPG/grenade launcher attachment). I've gotta try some new combos!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.