Just in case I save anyone else from spending $50 on this, I can assure you that despite all the hype about the atmosphere, graphics, and storyline, this is the same old FPS game that you may be familiar with. The abilities should be familiar to anyone who has played any of the Star Wars FPS games -- here called plasmids. The power-ups are sold in vending machines which accept 'ADAM,' which is currency you obtain from beating particularly difficult enemies. In this reviewer's opinion, it is more of the same. Unless you finished the first-person game in Quake 4 with beated breath, hold off on this one.
I rode in a taxi last night and asked the driver if he was striking next week. He said it was because they were adding a 5% surcharge to the driver if the customer pays with a credit card. On top of this, he said, they were making money off the advertising on the new 8" screen installed in the divider.
Who 'they' are I'm not sure -- either the Taxi and Limousine Commission or a third-party vendor who is installing the GPS and the credit card tech.
It WAS nice to be able to view the GPS while the ride was in progress. Although if you live here, you probably know your way around, and if you're a tourist, you would still have no idea if the driver is taking the quickest route.
In which a country (then Britain/now the US) produces a consumable that another country cannot live without (then tea/now an ipod) and is taxed because of it.
This shouldn't be surprising to anyone who follows Microsoft and Apple. Of course MS 'considered' it; not to do so would show a remarkable lack of long-term strategy thought at high levels of the company. Unless they actually do remove Office for the Mac, there's no story here.
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to get my hands on one of these. Why don't they make them available to the Western world at double the price, $200, and put the profits towards making more of them for the 3rd world?
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Just in case I save anyone else from spending $50 on this, I can assure you that despite all the hype about the atmosphere, graphics, and storyline, this is the same old FPS game that you may be familiar with. The abilities should be familiar to anyone who has played any of the Star Wars FPS games -- here called plasmids. The power-ups are sold in vending machines which accept 'ADAM,' which is currency you obtain from beating particularly difficult enemies. In this reviewer's opinion, it is more of the same. Unless you finished the first-person game in Quake 4 with beated breath, hold off on this one.
I rode in a taxi last night and asked the driver if he was striking next week. He said it was because they were adding a 5% surcharge to the driver if the customer pays with a credit card. On top of this, he said, they were making money off the advertising on the new 8" screen installed in the divider. Who 'they' are I'm not sure -- either the Taxi and Limousine Commission or a third-party vendor who is installing the GPS and the credit card tech. It WAS nice to be able to view the GPS while the ride was in progress. Although if you live here, you probably know your way around, and if you're a tourist, you would still have no idea if the driver is taking the quickest route.
In which a country (then Britain/now the US) produces a consumable that another country cannot live without (then tea/now an ipod) and is taxed because of it.
This shouldn't be surprising to anyone who follows Microsoft and Apple. Of course MS 'considered' it; not to do so would show a remarkable lack of long-term strategy thought at high levels of the company. Unless they actually do remove Office for the Mac, there's no story here.
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to get my hands on one of these. Why don't they make them available to the Western world at double the price, $200, and put the profits towards making more of them for the 3rd world?