There have been some painful sections. I really can't remember the last time an entire game kept me in this state the WHOLE TIME.

There was a section of the last Medal of Honor game that I've awoken from nightmares about. This could very well give me daymares...

I'm on the last chapter (I believe). I'll finish it up tomorrow. Gonna let my eyes rest for the rest of tonight.
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Finished it up this morning. A truly heartbreaking game.

The story line is EXTREMELY far from happy, but the story line is so strong and well told that I kept playing anyway. Can't say it is a game that I would recommend to most, though...
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Yeah, the story was rough. I liked the game play but really wish it didn't go in that direction.

I think out of boredom I'm going to have to make a second attempt at finishing AC-Revelations before AC3 comes out later this year.
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On to happier games!

Got a chance to rekindle my love for Half-Life Deathmatch 2 last night. Killing one of your friends with a beach ball while screaming at them on Skype is way too fun. It is SO fast paced - I had almost forgotten how fast. I really hit my stride when I picked up a CRT monitor to throw at people - got 8 in a row before they finally took me down :-)

Payday: The Heist is hard. I've been playing it with my friend who is pretty good at FPS games and we're really struggling (in a good way). It is far more challenging than I thought it was going to be...but we're loving it right now.

The Binding of Isaac is a dark game but with some comedy thrown in. Really simple & easy to pick up. Plus - it was only like $1.50 on the steam sale!
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Damn you steam!

I've been oddly haunted over the last few days by the Steam summer sale, as there was NOTHING I wanted.

...that I hadn't already bought.

But today I finally cracked the seal and picke up Fable 3 and RAGE. We'll see.
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Anyone looking forward to the new Halo?
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I agree about Payday being HARD. In fact I think I only successfully completed two heists...the first one about 30 times though.

RAGE was okay.....I expected more. Great graphics though and fun game play.
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Yeah, everything I'd heard said the same thing. The discount (66% or something) brought it into acceptable range.
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We've successfully completed the first two heists. We have gotten to 91% in the third heist...the problem that we have run into is that this police department has 600 swat team members who are also olympic hurdlers and can leap 15 foot gaps in a single bound :-)

I'm in the same boat as both of you in regards to RAGE. I figure it will be worth the small amount I paid for it.

Did anyone pick up Dear Esther yesterday? I played through it last night and was riveted by the story telling in it. It isn't erally a game so much as a story that you have pretty graphics to go along with :-)
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Put about 45 minutes in last night on RAGE. I'm pretty happy with it. It's hard not to make a Borderlands comparison as far as the setting goes. In fact, even not having played Borderlands in more than 6 months I found myself trying to release Bloodwing about half a dozen times.

BUT I have to say, the fact that the basic bad guys can take two headshots from a pistol at about 5 feet range is a little disconcerting. FPS games have to respect the headshot rule.
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I am. Ill be pre ordering the limited edition. nice to be playing as John-117 again. I hope they bring back the gravity hammer (for grifball)
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Since this is a sequel, there probably won't be much of an appearance from the Brutes which makes me think their weapons will be irrelevant to the story/involvement. The trailer looked pretty cool. The gun that assembles in mid air looked crazy cool. I've already spent my money on the DOA collectors edition, but I'll probably pre-order Halo soon.
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Logged a couple hours on RAGE. I REALLY like it.
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the covenant do appear to be remnants of the empire, so brutes could make an appearance. and if nothing else just hav the hammer in multiplayer for grifball and custom games
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Yeah, perhaps.
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I like RAGE, IF I'd never played Borderlands I would like it more. They seem so similar in style to me that RAGE can't keep my interest past a couple hours.
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Yeah I've got 6 hours in now. It's an easy game to walk away from for a while. Borderlands is far far better and it's perfectly clear RAGE is "the most sincere form of flattery" Id could come up with.
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which one andrew? there are 2 that do that. theres the light rifle and the scattershot.
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I only remember the first one he picks up in the trailer. I'm guessing it was the light rifle. I can't wait to see the other weapons.
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thats the light rifle. the scattersot is cool too. its a shotgun type gun that can ricochet
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