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Fock. That. I found the Caravan Shotgun, the very one I was meant to have got with my pre-order. I must say Companions seem to have seen quite an overhaul in this game. Just found 2, they are VERY helpful. Was tempted to up the difficulty but....no not after hearing stories like the ones above

Certain enemies i've come upon so far that are at my current level unbeatable;

Anyone else playing Caravan with people? I've racked up 6500 caps probably more than I ever had in Fallout 3. Something I have noticed is that everytime I try to go exploring off the beaten track I get mauled by something I can't beat yet. There's a serious lack of decent Armor around as well.

I did wonder myself but figured that at level 3 too. Only bug i've had is that randomly I get a black line across the screen sometimes when I zoom without a weapon. Someone suggested it's my video card but it seems a bit weird why it only happens when i'm unarmed.

If you didn't like Fallout 3 you probably wouldn't like this...I don't get it. Anyway as for the game, i've pushed through the 'barrier' as I call it where I can actually kill things and explore with confidence. I guess Fallout 3 vets kinda get where i'm coming from, there's always a place or a point early on where you start actually being able to kill things get item hoards, etc. For the 3rd game it was Super Duper Mart for me. Although;

More money than sense?

For some reason if I zoom without a weapon I get a black line across the screen, anyone else get this?

I'm liking it so far. I think what's impressed me most (this probably applies to Hardcore mode more than anything) is the fact that food, drink, materials etc all have an actual purpose. Whether it's base items for a recipe or a gun it all has a part to play. Even scrap metal can be broken down for ammo. I must have walked past so scrap in Fallout 3 and gave it no further attention. Definitely recommend this mode for Fallout 3 vets. Still no word on my pre-order bonus

How do I get the pre order bonus I got with Play.com? Didn't get a code with my game or anything...

Had a real bad experience with them a couple of years back. They took a week after the game was released to get it to me...Gave them a second chance with this because I wanted the preorder bonus Shotgun. Well, it'll be GAME from now on.

At least when I do eventually get this it shouldn't be ruined by the million bugs and glitches. Play.com officially suck at preorders though, take note.

Does seem like every new game gets a collectors edition these days though. Kinda loses the specialness. Only ever bought one and that's Mass Effect 2. Will just be getting the standard version. Can say goodbye to my life for a few months...

Totally forgot about the Hardcore mode. Might have to give it a bash first time too. As for the sleep cycles, well I kinda did that in Fallout 3 anyway. Hardly ever travelled at night, and if I ever had to sleep I made sure I woke in the morning.

Didn't particularly like the demo in all honesty. 1200 points, no chance. There's something about it I don't like, maybe it's the physics, maybe it's the fact that you slow down after you've been rolling for a while. I guess in its own right it's ok but I wouldn't compare it to the previous Sonics because you'll be disappointed.

I just got absolutely conned. Here I am doing all the bonus ribbons I hadn't previously had. Doing them on Easy thinking I could get the ribbon, then get the achievement for Bronze. Nope, nothing. So does this mean that if i've got a ribbon on say Silver, I have to do it again on Bronze for the achievement? I can't even remember what difficulties I got the ribbon on!

Yeh for my last run I wanted Liara and Wrex's Achievements. Went straight to Liara's planet, completed it way over 75%. Ended up just getting Wrex's. This has happened a few times with others . That's pretty much how i've been going about it but there's certain bosses which I can't seem to find a strategy for. The damn Boxer at the end of the boat for one, and Zamza (Claw dude).

I'd agree on both counts. Also C&C has not one, no, but about 3 or 4 Negative Achievements giving you nothing at all! That 100 hours in multiplayer one, does that count in standard offline Skirmish? I'm going back through the game to get the ribbons. I got quite a few Bioshock 2 ones when everyone had the game and was playing online but it is so laggy and glitched I didn't particularly enoy it at all. Unfair Achievements fuck me off, and also glitched ones. Completing Mass Effect 1 with certain ally team members would be one of those glitched ones. I've near enough 100% that game SO MANY TIMES and it refuses to give me both ally achievements. People who own the game are probably aware 100% isn't exactly a quick endevour. Sometimes i'll get 1 but never both even though there's no reason why I shouldn't get awarded it. The one i've been hunting for a while, on and off, is the last achievement in Streets of Rage 2. To get this I think goes even beyond being good at the game and is all down to luck. It's the one where you have to score 800k on Hardcore mode. This mode being a fucking joke to start with doesn't help. You start with 1 life and cannot continue. So you have to build up lives as quick as possible for the later levels. If anyone has this kudos. I'd like to know how. Oh and also on the subject. Achievements which require you to reach ranks in multiplayer and stuff via XP, credits, whatever. This would be fine if the amount of XP was substantial (Blur seems to be the fairest i've played so far what with Daily Challenges and what not). Games like Red Dead Redemption can fuck right off. I don't know if there's an Achievement for getting to a certain rank but the level of XP awarded is laughable.

There's probably about 12 acts to the original games so that's 3 episodes. Hmm that's about 3600 and because of the gay MS point system you'd have to buy 4000, which is £34. That's assuming it is 3 episodes. So you're looking at £35+. Should have been a full release game.

I'm actually looking forward to this now it seems to have seen quite an upgrade in polish and it actually made me laugh in places. Awesome. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/10/04/slightly-better-duke-nukem-forever-footage/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29

The growth of our entire civilisation could be an alien experiment lol, to what end I don't know.

If they're that advanced they're probably wise enough to realise any contact right now would cause anarchy. It also would increase the potential of us gaining control of their technology jumping our civilisation further than it's meant to. I bet it's like Men In Black where we've come so close to being destroyed by an alien race and haven't even realised :p

So it's out October 13th for 1200 MS Points...I think the words 'fuck' and 'that' spring to mind. Will try the demo though. Considering I have bought considerable sized DLC's for Fallout, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead e.t.c, all for 800 and below. Whoever did they're pricing strategy was way off the mark.