I rather enjoyed the elevator banter for load screens, too.
But, it wasn't the complainers fault - it was Bioware's for not realizing that when people were complaining about the elevators, they were really complaining about all those times having to wait for another area to load.
So now we get the same long waits, but without the NPC banter that makes it at least slightly interesting.
I am apparently, however, the only one who *liked* driving the Mako around.
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How can you write an in-depth review (like the above) and not mention these changes?
Because the review here is a press release. Although the author apparently added his own opinions in at the end, for the most part it is word-for-word what bioware wrote and other media have quoted in their "reviews". I've read several, and a surprisingly large number of them are almost identical.
No grenades or health packs? Less control over your squad?
Grenades have been replaced with Heavy Weapons, which do basically the same thing, but are more varied.
The author above was incorrect when he stated that you can't tell your squad where to go or who to attack. You can send either of your two NPCs to specific locations by targeting it and hitting either Q or E. If there's cover next to where you send them, they'll automatically move to it and use it.
And the same screen you use to tell them which power or ammo to use also tells them who to target.
And health packs aren't really gone. The mechanic is somewhat different is all. You still have medi-gel, which you can use at any time. Each use heals your entire squad instead of just you. You also regenerate faster during fights, so you don't always need to use it.
I almost regret preordering this. I hope the story makes the game worthwhile.
That seems to be the case so far.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the game. I like the new NPCs, and the variety of the missions.
The new conversation "interrupt" system is fun, too. Cutting a bad guys rant short by throwing him out a window was just too much fun to pass up.
I hate the new "scanning" system for finding planetary resources so far. You need the minerals you find on those planets, but scanning is 2-3 minutes of slowly passing the scanner over the planet and watching for a signal change showing where they are. Supposedly you can discover new missions on uncharted planets as well, but I've scanned a dozen or so without finding any. For planets with nothing but minerals, I like the old system of just clicking scan then being told what you found.
I also miss driving the mako around, bouncing around, fighting thresher maws, or just trying to climb up steep hills in it. It took longer to thoroughly loot a planet using it, but was a lot more fun.
I keep seeing people in this thread mention "There have been several studies...", but so far nobody's posted a link to, or even a name of or specific reference to, any actual studies.
A couple of minutes on Google shows the same thing: Lots of people claiming "There have been studies", but no actual studies. The closest I could find in five minutes was a reference to somebody's PHD thesis, but the summary said nothing about research methodology, or how "socialized" was defined/measured. But it did point out that it was from a "refreshingly Biblical" viewpoint.
I'm beginning to think these "scientific studies" are an urban legend passed around by networking parents of homeschooled children.
I'm sure there are cases of home schooled children who end up "more focused and ambitious", but I doubt it's the majority.
Although it seems to be changing, most home-schoolers are still of the religious fanatic variety, who just want to make sure their children *don't* learn certain things, including science, history, civics, and, most importantly, anything about "safe" sex.
The other half is the whole physical act. I still can't concentrate properly if I'm not holding something in my hand.
I'm kinda glad they didn't have these things around while I was trying to quit. If I'd had something like this that I could have sucked on all day without having to go outside or even step away from the computer, I probably never would have managed it. And, chain smoking, I imagine I'd be up to the equivalent of a few packs a day at least...
What bugged me more was people's reaction to the lack of mechanical webshooters from the new movies. Since he was bitten by a spider what's wrong with acquiring it as a power in the movies. I'm a pedantic person but this detail is so minor that I don't understand why people care so much.
One of the things that make Spiderman so damn cool is that, even though he has superpowers, he uses his mind as much if not more than his fists.
In the comic, with mechanical webshooters, Peter Parker was a technology genius who invented a useful device to augment his powers to help him fight crime.
In the movies, Peter Parker was some schmuck who got lucky and that was it. They took away his scientific genius, one of his most endearing attributes. They could have taken away his costume or need for a secret identity, too.
Yes, because there's no real difference between pulling people out of their homes and torturing them to death and making fun of people's ignorance in an online forum.
If it wasn't for advertising in banner ads, I would never have known of the existence of such things as my binary alarm clock, or my "Teach the Controversy" T-shirts. Both purchasing decisions based purely on advertising.
That's also the way I found at least half the web comics I read daily.
I'm not sure if you are serious, or if this is fairly clever satire.
I'm responding assuming the former. If the latter is correct, then I'm sure someone will respond with a *whoosh* for me.
Thank you for showing in such a precise form that the arguments today against universal broadband are *exactly* the same as those back in the day against universal electricity.
And, of course, it was the United States that had the Rural Electrification Act bringing electricity to every home in America. The Soviet Union had no such act, which slowed the whole process of industrialization, hampering their progress even up to today.
It's quite possible. If there is life on Mars as well as Earth, that would be a reasonable explanation of how.
However, it doesn't change the fact that if it's there, it could be *everywhere*. Cross-bombardment works everywhere else just as well as between Mars and Earth.
If we do find it, the next step of course is to go there and analyze it. Is it related to us? How far back? Does it even use DNA? What kind of ecosystem can exist in the conditions it's living in?
Of course, the first step is still to determine that it's actually *there*.
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I've also had two separate cars catch on fire.
Neither was blue, though.
One was kinda brownish and the other was about half gray and half red. (Primer and rust).
And criminals want to be given everything they want without having to work for it first.
They both need to grow the fuck up, and leave the rest of us alone.
I rather enjoyed the elevator banter for load screens, too.
But, it wasn't the complainers fault - it was Bioware's for not realizing that when people were complaining about the elevators, they were really complaining about all those times having to wait for another area to load.
So now we get the same long waits, but without the NPC banter that makes it at least slightly interesting.
I am apparently, however, the only one who *liked* driving the Mako around.
Because the review here is a press release. Although the author apparently added his own opinions in at the end, for the most part it is word-for-word what bioware wrote and other media have quoted in their "reviews". I've read several, and a surprisingly large number of them are almost identical.
Grenades have been replaced with Heavy Weapons, which do basically the same thing, but are more varied.
The author above was incorrect when he stated that you can't tell your squad where to go or who to attack. You can send either of your two NPCs to specific locations by targeting it and hitting either Q or E. If there's cover next to where you send them, they'll automatically move to it and use it.
And the same screen you use to tell them which power or ammo to use also tells them who to target.
And health packs aren't really gone. The mechanic is somewhat different is all. You still have medi-gel, which you can use at any time. Each use heals your entire squad instead of just you. You also regenerate faster during fights, so you don't always need to use it.
That seems to be the case so far.
I'm thoroughly enjoying the game. I like the new NPCs, and the variety of the missions.
The new conversation "interrupt" system is fun, too. Cutting a bad guys rant short by throwing him out a window was just too much fun to pass up.
I hate the new "scanning" system for finding planetary resources so far. You need the minerals you find on those planets, but scanning is 2-3 minutes of slowly passing the scanner over the planet and watching for a signal change showing where they are. Supposedly you can discover new missions on uncharted planets as well, but I've scanned a dozen or so without finding any. For planets with nothing but minerals, I like the old system of just clicking scan then being told what you found.
I also miss driving the mako around, bouncing around, fighting thresher maws, or just trying to climb up steep hills in it. It took longer to thoroughly loot a planet using it, but was a lot more fun.
Where?
Where are these studies?
I keep seeing people in this thread mention "There have been several studies...", but so far nobody's posted a link to, or even a name of or specific reference to, any actual studies.
A couple of minutes on Google shows the same thing: Lots of people claiming "There have been studies", but no actual studies. The closest I could find in five minutes was a reference to somebody's PHD thesis, but the summary said nothing about research methodology, or how "socialized" was defined/measured. But it did point out that it was from a "refreshingly Biblical" viewpoint.
I'm beginning to think these "scientific studies" are an urban legend passed around by networking parents of homeschooled children.
They grew up with siblings and never figured that one out? Now that is hard to believe!
That's right!
Last thing the US wants to send is some message about welcoming any huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
I'm sure there are cases of home schooled children who end up "more focused and ambitious", but I doubt it's the majority.
Although it seems to be changing, most home-schoolers are still of the religious fanatic variety, who just want to make sure their children *don't* learn certain things, including science, history, civics, and, most importantly, anything about "safe" sex.
Just make sure you order enough that you get free shipping.
I do remember David Letterman occasionally announcing that "Tonight's episode is a re-run."
Yeah, the nicotine's only half the equation.
The other half is the whole physical act. I still can't concentrate properly if I'm not holding something in my hand.
I'm kinda glad they didn't have these things around while I was trying to quit. If I'd had something like this that I could have sucked on all day without having to go outside or even step away from the computer, I probably never would have managed it. And, chain smoking, I imagine I'd be up to the equivalent of a few packs a day at least...
You know, Hillary wasn't actually involved in that, right?
Of course, if she had been, it would have been a completely different story...
What gets me is that they actually arrested the CEO over this.
If this had happened in the US, the company would have gotten a fine at most. Likely amounting to about a tenth of what they made.
And maybe a couple of low-level employees would have been fired while the CEO gets a nice bonus...
One of the things that make Spiderman so damn cool is that, even though he has superpowers, he uses his mind as much if not more than his fists.
In the comic, with mechanical webshooters, Peter Parker was a technology genius who invented a useful device to augment his powers to help him fight crime.
In the movies, Peter Parker was some schmuck who got lucky and that was it. They took away his scientific genius, one of his most endearing attributes. They could have taken away his costume or need for a secret identity, too.
That's why people complain about the change.
Well, yeah, dude!
Why wouldn't you??
That would explain why he freaked so much about his users interfacing with that Apple a while back...
Yes, because there's no real difference between pulling people out of their homes and torturing them to death and making fun of people's ignorance in an online forum.
You don't get the wagon wheel effect with the naked eye.
You also can't actually outrun an explosion or dodge helicopter blades.
Hm. I guess since I didn't include the link, I can't blame you for not following it:
http://controversy.wearscience.com/
However, even so, your statement is still ridiculously stupid.
Seriously, you're suggesting people do extensive market research to test manufacturers' claims before they buy a T-Shirt??
Are you kidding?
If it wasn't for advertising in banner ads, I would never have known of the existence of such things as my binary alarm clock, or my "Teach the Controversy" T-shirts. Both purchasing decisions based purely on advertising.
That's also the way I found at least half the web comics I read daily.
I don't own a Wii, but I'm pretty sure there are several games available for it other than the "Wii Sports" to which you allude.
I'm not sure if you are serious, or if this is fairly clever satire.
I'm responding assuming the former. If the latter is correct, then I'm sure someone will respond with a *whoosh* for me.
Thank you for showing in such a precise form that the arguments today against universal broadband are *exactly* the same as those back in the day against universal electricity.
And, of course, it was the United States that had the Rural Electrification Act bringing electricity to every home in America. The Soviet Union had no such act, which slowed the whole process of industrialization, hampering their progress even up to today.
Does this mean that 5% of the links are actual legitimate opportunities for me to work at home and earn thousands of dollars a week in my spare time?
*That* should be the headline here.
Are 5% of the penis enlargement ads legitimate, too??
It's quite possible.
If there is life on Mars as well as Earth, that would be a reasonable explanation of how.
However, it doesn't change the fact that if it's there, it could be *everywhere*. Cross-bombardment works everywhere else just as well as between Mars and Earth.
If we do find it, the next step of course is to go there and analyze it. Is it related to us? How far back? Does it even use DNA? What kind of ecosystem can exist in the conditions it's living in?
Of course, the first step is still to determine that it's actually *there*.
Richard Branson disagrees with you.
And now we know why we're all talking about his business and not yours.