Monolithic0117

Banning Hangadog because "weirdish" is not a proper word.

Banning Pronam for having almost 3,000 posts.

Banning Aeon because if I squint enough, I can spot a vague Joker face in the sea of stripes.

Banning CC because the S&W M29 is perhaps my favorite revolver model.

Banning Pronam for typing "to" instead of "too".

Banning Pronam for typing "ow" instead of "oh".

Banning Aeon for posting a reference link when my post was just two posts above his.

Banning Thor for laughing too much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_laughter

If given a choice between a console version of a game and the PC version, I usually get the PC version. I'm more comfortable with a mouse/keyboard (comes from playing so many PC games in the 90's, I suppose), modding capabilities, and generally better graphics. Of course, you also have to deal with draconian DRM and PC capability. GTA IV is an average port. The game is pretty badly optimized, as stated before, GFWL and Rockstar Club are annoying, and the game has visual glitches and problems with several ATI cards. But other than that, it's fine.

Banning Pronam for being a team member of the Colored Rooms project.

Banning Hangadog because "confuceing" is not a proper word.

Banning Thor for being the All Mighty™.

Banning zprospero for quoting a famous 2001 line.

I bought it yesterday. In terms of atmosphere, setting and exploration, Metro 2033 excels. In terms of gameplay, it's a fairly linear, average FPS, from what I've played. I've experienced several bugs/gameplay glitches so far, I should say. I agree with most of the points of the IGN review, found here: http://pc.ign.com/articles/107/1078922p1.html I suggest you read it if you're contemplating purchasing the game.

Banning Pronam for being a "Member" (yet again).

Honestly, the only prominent flaw I saw in XII was the linearity. It was a good game, but overly linear. Being a big fan of the FF series, I can say that, in my opinion, linearity has no place in a Final Fantasy game. The rest of the games in the Fabula Nova Crystallis compilation, Versus XII and Agito XII, are action-oriented, which makes me worry about the direction the series is taking.

Banning BKE because no-one's posted in this topic for over 12 hours.

Banning ytsejam because I removed it due to sig size restraints. I suppose I could reduce the size of the current image and fit another "wise" quote in there.

You should. It's an excellent, quirky little gem of a game.

Banning Trandoshan for having a horribly lengthy and mind-jarring gif in his sig.

Random fact: I have a love for liqueurs of all kinds, from Kahlua to Frangelico to Herbsaint.

Banning Pronam for joining in 2004.

GameInformer.com has a nice feature on Portal 2, new articles will be added every other day in March: http://gameinformer.com/mag/portal2.aspx

Dead Rising 2 is on PS3, X360 and PC.

Its performance is roughly on par with a single HD 5870. And it's about $200 more (mind-boggling!). I for one would not even think of shelling out that much more for some improved tesselation performance. This line likely won't even be a mild threat to ATI's 5000 series. Of course, we're getting off-topic here...