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oh and because people pirated it sucks cool yugi thanks for that post

have you played the game or have you just read about people complaining about it
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so what are these game breaking bugs and smaller bugs that are easy to run into that make the game suck


http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/forumdisplay.php?f=90

Look through there. Here is a short list.

Sound cutting out
Achievements not working
Losing all skills randomly
Items dissapearing
Co-op not working/not finding anyone to play with
Enemy AIs not activating
Save files/characters randomly becoming corrupt
Certain quests not working/activating (including storyline quests)

If you look you'll probably find a hell of a lot more issues. Those are just some of the more common issues.
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man, shoulda bought a 360
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http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/forumdisplay.php?f=90

Look through there. Here is a short list.

Sound cutting out
Achievements not working
Losing all skills randomly
Items dissapearing
Co-op not working/not finding anyone to play with
Enemy AIs not activating
Save files/characters randomly becoming corrupt
Certain quests not working/activating (including storyline quests)

If you look you'll probably find a hell of a lot more issues. Those are just some of the more common issues.

This whole thing is ridiculous; I agree. The more I read about this game, the more I regret even finding out about the thing. These clowns obviously have no idea what they're doing.

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oh and because people pirated it sucks cool yugi thanks for that post

You're an idiot.
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I don't know what to think. I guess I'll have a better opinion tomorrow, but I'd hold off for a few weeks before everyone starts freaking out.
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This whole thing is ridiculous; I agree. The more I read about this game, the more I regret even finding out about the thing. These clowns obviously have no idea what they're doing.

You're an idiot.

oh sorry ive actually played it lol
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The more I read about this game, the more I regret even finding out about the thing.

lol i totally regret having found out about things that have absolutely no effect on my life

You're an idiot.

how ironic
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oh you bought it for pc? noob get it for 360
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doesn't it come out today

on pc

steam please get with the times (EST)

i want to know for myself what is going on here...
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doesn't it come out today

on pc

steam please get with the times (EST)

i want to know for myself what is going on here...

If you look at the store page it will tell you when it unlocks. Now add 4 hours to that since these hyped up releases NEVER go smoothly.
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But the PC version is probably the worst part.
It is according to reviews (and people who have the pirated version) a crappy console port. It has shitty controls that look like they were added at the last minute.

I like it how you assume that it's a crappy console port, even though you don't know shit.

It was built for PC first, not last. And obviously the reason they released console early is because they will make MORE MONEY, rather than allowing the pirates to get it straight off.

The default controls, sure, they may suck. But with PC games, you can change the fucking KEY BINDINGS.

Stop fucking complaining when you haven't actually played the PC version, and I seriously don't know why the fuck you trust shit that people WRITE ON THE INTERNET.

Fuck sakes, man.
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I like it how you assume that it's a crappy console port, even though you don't know shit.

It was built for PC first, not last. And obviously the reason they released console early is because they will make MORE MONEY, rather than allowing the pirates to get it straight off.

The default controls, sure, they may suck. But with PC games, you can change the fucking KEY BINDINGS.

Stop fucking complaining when you haven't actually played the PC version, and I seriously don't know why the fuck you trust shit that people WRITE ON THE INTERNET.

Fuck sakes, man.

He was referring to the UI. The UI has bits and traces of the 360 UI, and it comes off as a shitty last minute port job (proven by reviews from reputable sites)... Let's not forget the load of other crappy design choices that have been noted over the reviews from these same sources. Questions of a day 1 patch to fix these things have been met with no reply. (Per what they were supposed to be doing during the 6 day "optimization for PC" delay.)

Seriously, don't turn into one those MMOish cretins who go into a frenzy every time someone shares a negative opinion / facts about something.
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I like it how you assume that it's a crappy console port, even though you don't know shit.

It was built for PC first, not last. And obviously the reason they released console early is because they will make MORE MONEY, rather than allowing the pirates to get it straight off.

The default controls, sure, they may suck. But with PC games, you can change the fucking KEY BINDINGS.

Stop fucking complaining when you haven't actually played the PC version, and I seriously don't know why the fuck you trust shit that people WRITE ON THE INTERNET.

Fuck sakes, man.
He may be going crazy, but some of it is true.

Just take a look at the menu for the game, it's not PC friendly. The reviews have said it and some people who have it already have as well. I doubt this game was designed for PC first. Built for a PC, yeah, you can say that. The interface and controls definitely aren't though, you aren't able to do the most basic functions with a mouse on that version. There are certain things you can't fix in this game with simple key binds. The interface is flawed on all versions, it handles like shit. And graphically it may not be a port, but all you have to do is look at the menu to know they didn't do a good job on altering it for PC.

Who knows what they were thinking when designing that thing.
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Seriously, don't turn into one those MMOish cretins who go into a frenzy every time someone shares a negative opinion / facts about something.

Nah man he has a really valid point that this guy was flipping his lid about the PC version when he's not even played it.
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What time does this shit get release1111
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oh you bought it for pc? noob get it for 360
not everyone has a 360, although its already up on torrent sites if you just want to download it
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This is why I wait for half a year before buying a game. In time for the patches and the cracks that actually let me play the game I bought.


(note that im confused about why people make fuss of drm when to me its no problem since games never run w/o the crack)
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people complain about drm because it tends to not only make legitimate users jump through hoops to install the software, but also because it limits the number of times you can install the software, even though you paid for it

so let's say you have an unreliable computer that you have to reformat sometimes and you can only install the game three times, it could very well be that down the road you can't play it anymore

also it has been shown that drm does not even vaguely stop piracy, so it's just a bunch of shit for no reason that only hurts the people who actually buy the software
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Playing the PC version right now.

First thing I will say is about the DRM that comes with the hard copy of the game (not Steam). It is apparently nasty enough that by default, windows Vista will not allow the game to run (Data Execution Prevention prevents the game from even running).
Make of that what you will. But it is probably not a good sign when even the operating system you are using does not want to execute the DRM.

As for the game.

It is fun, but has a fair few problems.

Firstly, the game is disgustingly easy. I am using Mordecai and going down the gunslinger skill path (which specializes mainly in pistols). Mordecai is probably the most fragile of all the 4 characters, but I am rarely taking any damage from anything, and rarely come close to being killed.
Also, I can use a sniper rifle to basically 1 hit kill anything (including bosses), from a very long distance. I have absolutely no specialization in sniper rifles either.

The UI in the game is horrible. It looks nice and all, but the controls for it are stupid.
You have to use the mouse, arrow keys, enter and escape. It is really annoying that you have to keep constantly changing the controls you're using just to navigate a menu.

As for the game it's self. Controls are fine, but you will probably want to change them before you start (they are spread out over the keyboard too much initially).
The game is fun, but lacks variety. The quests are all kill stuff, or collect items. The enemies all look or act similar with very few actually being different.
Gun in the game also do not have a lot of variety. I suspect the "17 million" guns or whatever they claimed the game had accounts for even the smallest of differences. I was at one point holding 4 of the exact same gun, or nearly the exact same. They has the same name, same stats, but the only differences were minor differences to their appearance. One has a little iron sight on the end of it's barrel, another had a slightly bulkier looking grip and so on.

Also, the game tries too hard to be funny, and fails at it.
Whenever you kill someone with a critical hit, or with your special ability (for Mordecai at least) your character says some crappy one liner.
Some of the weapons are obviously spoofs on internet memes as well. I have found a "weaksauce" gun (literally, it's name was something like "Weaksauce Repeater"), another was a "Rage" gun, and there is probably a lot more in the game like this too.
There is a lot of other, unfunny stuff in the game too :[

The game is also somewhat buggy. I have ran into three or so at the moment.
One was an issue with clipping and me being able to see/move through a part of a building.
Another was with enemies acting like retards. (I was shooting one, and none of them would do anything, other than spout out their one liners)
The other was some sort of issue with me handing in the same quests like three times.

Nothing major at the moment. But I did not particularly do anything difficult to run into them.


All in all. It is a decent and fun game. But I doubt is has a lot of replayability due to it's very easy difficulty and lack of variety with pretty much everything.
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try playing it with friends, it rocks