Video & PC Game Discussion

Does TF2 double item drop rate mean that I will get twice as many items if I play until the cap or I will reach the cap twice as quickly?

And James, regarding Mass Effect 2 - it's as good as the first in different ways. For one, there are more choices. The entire game is based on three aspects - exploration, mission completion, and party balance. To get the 'best' ending, you have to not only have each member of your party respect and trust you, but to also balance each of their conflicting interests (who you have sex with in this game can end up costing you if someone is jealous). Not only that, but you have to know the strengths and weaknesses of each member - who is the best biotic, who cares the most about leading, who knows how to best react under stress. The combat is much more 'involving'. I think the major difference is that ME1 is more exploration and 'epic', while ME2 is almost viciously militant. There's a lot more strategy to the combat, like which weapons are best against which shields (physical /bio) or which weapons can such and so. With that, though, there are fewer options for personalization with the characters.

At the end of the day I love both almost equally. 1 is more of an epic exploration and 2 is more of a gritty military tour. Of course the other aspect I love from the series is how your decisions carry over. Dat ho-bag in number 1 you chose to sacrifice? Well she stays deader than sh*t. 

I think you wouldn't care for the 'mining' aspect of #2, but I found it simple and easy to move past. Both are heavily plot-oriented. I guess just take 1, make the combat more slick and engaging, simplify the leveling system (radically, I might add, almost to the point of it scaring me when I first popped the game in), and make the character paragon/renegade slider a major aspect of dialog and in-mission decision-making. All I can say is that ME3 is one of the only games I honestly look forward to.

I really would like to play Arkham Asylum and the newest one. They've been widely hailed. 

Some games I want:

Assassin's Creed II

Assassin's Creed III

Dragon Age I

Dragon Age II

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham City

Anybody know if Rage is worth a damn?

The Stevie Wonder Rock Band 3 pack is on my list, as well. 

James, if you really loved me you'd buy me a Christmas present.

I starting playing Fable II. How come it disappoints me on a regular basis? The most fun I had was chopping wood for fifteen minutes so I could buy the best weapon possible so I could kill bandits that suck. Golly is this game easy.