I did not have a good weekend last week. And saying it was "not good" is an understatement. And things have only gotten worse since then.
I did a check of my outstanding achievements in Gears of War 3 and I found that there were 160 points that I could realistically get in that game before I would consider myself done. Getting the achievement for onyxing every medal is not what I call realistic for me. I'm just trying to keep it real. But executing Minh 10 times is doable. Getting 10 reflective kills is doable. Re-upping for a 2nd time is doable. And maxing out the command center levels is doable. Among others.
Or should I say WAS doable.
I've been working on leveling up my "Ready for the Heavies" medal to onyx and I only had 10 more ribbons to get to do so. I was working on getting those last 10 ribbons all week last week. Sometimes it was easy. Sometimes I was playing with a bunch of idiots. And sometimes my teammates were just too good.
On Saturday night I finally got the last ribbon needed to make the medal onyx. When the match was over I jumped in to my stats and checked out my newest Onyx medal. It looked so pretty. I sat and admired it for awhile before searching around for the next medal I'd focus on to try and get it onyx.
The next closest one was earning money in Horde and if I also spent money repairing the command center I could get that achievement as well. It seemed like a win-win situation. Unfortunately it was late and I really wasn't in the mood to play some Horde so I jumped into some Guardian matches (another medal close to leveling up - sadly not to onyx).
I played a few rounds. I was the leader a couple of times and even killed someone as the leader (working towards another medal). After a couple of matches I called it a night and jumped out of the game and logged off for the night.
On Sunday I didn't get to play until later in the evening. I put in Gears 3 ready to grind away at some Hordes and hopefully getting an onyx medal or an achievement before the night was over. But things didn't turn out that way as soon as I hit the start button.
My system froze a little bit as it was "downloading player profile". No big deal, right? It's done that to me many times before. Unfortunately this time it was different. As soon as it unfroze I started to get pop ups for unlocking this character, or unlocking this weapon skin, or unlocking something else. I thought that was very strange and maybe there was a medal or achievement that was glitched and was hoping it was finally unglitched and I actually earned something I should have a long time ago.
Wrong.
On the party screen it said my level was 1. That didn't worry me too much. A lot of times it has taken my screen a while to update with my current level. When I got into my stats menu I realized things were worse than that. Much worse.
My level on the stats screen said 11. That's right. A one followed by another one. I was level 67 and about a third of the way to level 68 on my second go around on levels. I had "prestiged" once and my level was a different color. But now the system was saying I was 157 levels less than what I was when I played the night before.
Oh, but it gets worse.
When I looked at my stats I showed that I haven't even played the game at all. No Horde. No Beast. No multiplayer. And no campaign. Everything was gone. Almost everything. I still had the characters and weapon skins unlocked . . . but only up to level 11. It was showing that I collected every collectible item in the campaign, even if it showed that I had never played the campaign.
All my ribbons were gone as well. I only had 2 ribbons I hadn't earned yet. One was for reviving 3 downed teammates as a kantas in beast mode. The other was for killing 3 headsnakes in Horde. The headsnakes were much more doable in my opinion. All those 130+ ribbons were gone. Grayed out. locked up as if never earned. Ever.
And then there was the medals. I immediately got the onyx medal for earning achievements in Gears 2 so at least that wasn't taken from me. All the other medals (except one) looked like dusty unused trinkets found in the back of your grandmother's closet. Unloved. And not looked at for years. The only other medal that had something (besides the Gears 2 medal) was the medal for playing in Gears of War 3 events. That medal was sitting at 29 out of 30. I remember sitting at that level for so long wondering if I would ever get that last event to play in before they finally had something going and I was finally able to get that medal to onyx. Finally.
Except this time I was stuck back and 29 out of 30. And I don't think there's anymore events to play in to make it onyx. I was dumbfounded. I didn't consider getting the achievement for getting all onyx medals as being realistic for me. Killing your nemesis X about of time, and getting "number 1" in arcade mode are probably out of my wheelhouse when it comes to game play. But not having another "event" to play when I only needed one to make that medal onyx was a blow I just couldn't take.
I logged off. I would have cried but I was so shocked and dumbfounded that I just couldn't get the tears to fall. Three years of my life wiped out from one night to the next. And no hope of getting it all back.
I talked with a friend who knows someone who this happened to. Fortunately for him it was still early enough in the game that he could recover and earned everything back. He had sent Epic an email explaining what happened and wanted to know if they could do anything about it. Unfortunately for him, and later for me, Epic said they know about the problem, don't know why it is happening and have no way to fix it when it does. Way to go Epic.
I was so traumatized that I couldn't even look at ANY gaming console Sunday night. I was baffled and befuddled. Angry and anxious. It was like being robbed all over again. But this time it wasn't dumbass people being shitheads that broke in and took things, it was a dumbass company who took things because their shit broke and they don't know how to fix it. This happened to me before in Gears of War 2. I lost 15 levels from one log in to the next. My friend lost about 10 when it happened to him. It was early enough in the game that I got over it but I remember being at level 89 when everyone else on my friends list was maxing out at 100 (we use to be all close together in ranks). Once they maxed out they didn't want to play the game any more. It was really hard to get those last 11 levels mostly on my own. When I finally got to level 100 and got my wings my friends said "well it's about time". If I'm having a hard enough time finding friends to play with me right now in Gears 3 what chance did I have to have them play longer with me to unlock the campaign again?
I went to bed Sunday night not even wanting to play my Xbox 360 every again. But at lunch on Monday I thought I would try a bunch of things to see if that might help. One of the things I tried was deleting my profile and redownloading it. That didn't help. I even tried having the game download my profile to the cloud instead of my hard drive. Still nothing worked.
I then decided I would play a level in the campaign and see if that might magically unlock things for me. I played the first level on normal and when done my screen went ballistic with unlocking stuff. I jumped out and checked my stats and it seems like I got credit for fully playing the campaign on casual and normal and also playing those difficulties in Arcade mode. Hmm....
I played the next level on hardcore and the same things happened. I then played the next level on insane and next thing I know I've got an onyx medal for playing the campaign on insane and playing arcade on insane. I was starting to think that things might not be all bad. At least I didn't have to play the entire campaign again.
I next tried Beast mode and while I unlocked beast on casual and normal I didn't unlock anything else for all those other Beast medals. Previously I had onyx medals for all of beast mode but now they were still grayed out and locked. You could see the counter going up for what I played but I didn't get credit for everything like I did with the campaign. The only good news was that I got credit for playing an "event" when I finished the Beast mode game and that medal turned onyx . . . again.
I then gave up on Gears 3. Partly because I had to go to work, but partly because I had to decide if I was going to put the time in to get everything back that I previous had. That would mean starting over from scratch in Horde . . . when I was almost done with it. That meant trying to get those ribbons that I had to have a friends help me plan out and get. If I played Gears every night faithfully how long would it take me to get back what I had? How long would I get bored of the game and could no longer stand it? How many other games would I not be playing because I'm having to recreate everything in Gears again? I just wanted those 160 points in my gamerscore then I could put Gears 3 aside until nostalgia stuck and I felt compelled to play it again.
On Tuesday I put Gears 3 away and tried playing Lost Odyssey. It turns out I'm in the last area before I get to put in disk 4. That means I'm close to being where I was before I was robbed. And close to finishing the game. Unfortunately I was having a hard time with my magic users coming up against physical attack enemies. Two hits and my characters is out. And since they all come after the same character when it's their turn I always had a character down (sometimes 2) at the end of every round. And the first character they always take out is my designated healer.
Enough with the Xbox 360 games. I just couldn't take it anymore. I disconnected my 360 and stashed it away. I figure my gaming time would be better served playing on another system. It turns out it wasn't. I couldn't get my PS2 to load three of the games I wanted to play. I finally found a game that it would load (Champions of Norrath) and started that.
It was very obvious from my saved file that the last time I played this game was when I replaced it after having it stolen. And then, I only played it long enough to see that it worked (character was level 3). Unfortunately, after trying to play and dying all the time, because I was out of health potions, I gave up on that game and walked away.
I'm not sure what I'll play now. What game or what system. I just can't catch a break. If I can't catch a break I think I'll just have a KitKat bar instead. With my luck I won't be able to open the wrapper.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Saturday, March 16, 2013
My priorities are messed up
Despite what I'd like to think my priorities are messed up. Instead of buying all the cool games coming out or renewing my Xbox Live membership, I'm spending money to buy a new water heater for my house, radiator for my car and paying hospital bills for my health. That just doesn't seem fair.
And just when I need to go online and blow off some steam with what is turning out to be a VERY crappy 2013, my Xbox Live subscription expires and I don't have the money currently to renew it. So I'm left to sit and brew about my troubles without the endorphin release of blowing some one's head off. Man, I miss that.
The good news is that I finally got to level 100 in Gears of War 3 and re-uped just before my account went silver. I'm now a level 36 green. There was a time when I didn't think that would ever happen but I finally got there and I'm proud of it.
Hopefully this disruption in my priorities will only be minor and temporary but I have to say 2013 is not treating my kindly so far. What else could go wrong. Wait, I don't want to know. I want to hold on to a little hope that my priorities will gel in the correct (and head-popping) order that they should be. Until then I guess I'll spend some time on those single player games I've always been meaning to get to.
And just when I need to go online and blow off some steam with what is turning out to be a VERY crappy 2013, my Xbox Live subscription expires and I don't have the money currently to renew it. So I'm left to sit and brew about my troubles without the endorphin release of blowing some one's head off. Man, I miss that.
The good news is that I finally got to level 100 in Gears of War 3 and re-uped just before my account went silver. I'm now a level 36 green. There was a time when I didn't think that would ever happen but I finally got there and I'm proud of it.
Hopefully this disruption in my priorities will only be minor and temporary but I have to say 2013 is not treating my kindly so far. What else could go wrong. Wait, I don't want to know. I want to hold on to a little hope that my priorities will gel in the correct (and head-popping) order that they should be. Until then I guess I'll spend some time on those single player games I've always been meaning to get to.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Going Insane (almost) all on my own
I went "Insane" and I did it on my own. Okay, not exactly but I didn't really get a whole lot of help from my friends either. Until I begged.
I've been working on playing Gears of War 3 on insane. I tried the standard campaign but couldn't do it by myself. So I tried it in Arcade. I figured it was better to play with strangers than to play alone. Instead of hosting a public match, I jumped into strangers rooms. At least that way I knew there was one other person there to help me out. Unfortunately that meant playing the story out of order (not a big deal since I've already finished it on normal) but also having to deal with idiots.
When it got too much I started hosting my own room and just hoping someone would jump in. Eventually they would but I had to play a lot of mission over again so I would get credit for 4-player co-op (which I was also trying to work towards).
But once again I was dealing with idiots. People who spend all their time running around picking up ammo. If they're gun is full they'd shoot a few rounds then pick up more ammo. Of course this meant that when it came time for me to pick up ammo there wasn't any left. Yeah me.
I also had players follow me around trying to swap weapons. There's nothing more annoying than to be crouched between cover trying to shoot someone when you're own teammate is standing behind you, not firing at the enemy, and their character keeps saying "swap weapons". So even though someone was in the room "playing" with me I was basically doing Insane on my own a lot of the time.
When it came to the last mission on Act 5 it was even harder to get anyone to join and those that did didn't seem to know what they were doing. Once a couple of guys picked up the Hammer of Dawn, but never used it on the Queen when she was down. Another group stole all the ammo but wouldn't shoot the Queen when the bug was on the tower. If you don't shoot her, she won't come off. Another group would hide on the other side of the building when the Queen was in the air shooting her laser. It wasn't bad until the Theron Guards starting climbing up the building. Because they were on the other side of the building they couldn't do anything about them. That left me to battle the Queen, and to dodge her laser AND pick off the locust that came up.
And don't get me started on the guy who came in the room and somehow glitched the game so we couldn't knock the Queen down so we could hammer her. After fighting for 30 minutes and not getting her to drop I shut the room down. It's never taken more than 5 minutes before even if I had to do it myself.
I eventually got Genghis to join me in a standard co-cop game. I picked Insane for difficulty and he picked casual. He did all the heavy shooting . . . I just tried to stay alive. The Queen was defeated (rather easily) and I got my insane achievement. Unfortunately I didn't get the Onyx medal for completing the game on Insane in 4-player co-op.
So I begged my friends for help.
When no one responded I thought I would be doomed to never get it. So close, yet so far. But Sand Dog came to my rescue. He booted up Gears 3 and we started the last mission on Arcade Insane. We also got lucky. Two other players joined my room and they actually knew what they were doing. It didn't take long to finish the queen off and for me to get my 4-player co-op Onyx medal. Thank you Sand Dog! I also made a new friend.
I still had to go back and find some missing mission I didn't get 4-player credit for but that didn't take long either. I would much have preferred to play with friends than the hassle I went through playing with strangers but at least I got it done. It only took several months and over week just for that last mission but I can cross that off my "to do" list.
And speaking of lists I went through and deleted a bunch of people from my friends list on my Xbox. I took off people I don't play with (or will probably never play with again) and people who are just down right annoying (I'm looking at you Pogue). I just didn't want to be reminded of all the people I could be playing with but wasn't.
There are still people on my friend list for sentimental reasons. Those people will never be deleted. And Sand Dog has earned his place on that list. He will always be on my list because he helped me go Insane.
I've been working on playing Gears of War 3 on insane. I tried the standard campaign but couldn't do it by myself. So I tried it in Arcade. I figured it was better to play with strangers than to play alone. Instead of hosting a public match, I jumped into strangers rooms. At least that way I knew there was one other person there to help me out. Unfortunately that meant playing the story out of order (not a big deal since I've already finished it on normal) but also having to deal with idiots.
When it got too much I started hosting my own room and just hoping someone would jump in. Eventually they would but I had to play a lot of mission over again so I would get credit for 4-player co-op (which I was also trying to work towards).
But once again I was dealing with idiots. People who spend all their time running around picking up ammo. If they're gun is full they'd shoot a few rounds then pick up more ammo. Of course this meant that when it came time for me to pick up ammo there wasn't any left. Yeah me.
I also had players follow me around trying to swap weapons. There's nothing more annoying than to be crouched between cover trying to shoot someone when you're own teammate is standing behind you, not firing at the enemy, and their character keeps saying "swap weapons". So even though someone was in the room "playing" with me I was basically doing Insane on my own a lot of the time.
When it came to the last mission on Act 5 it was even harder to get anyone to join and those that did didn't seem to know what they were doing. Once a couple of guys picked up the Hammer of Dawn, but never used it on the Queen when she was down. Another group stole all the ammo but wouldn't shoot the Queen when the bug was on the tower. If you don't shoot her, she won't come off. Another group would hide on the other side of the building when the Queen was in the air shooting her laser. It wasn't bad until the Theron Guards starting climbing up the building. Because they were on the other side of the building they couldn't do anything about them. That left me to battle the Queen, and to dodge her laser AND pick off the locust that came up.
And don't get me started on the guy who came in the room and somehow glitched the game so we couldn't knock the Queen down so we could hammer her. After fighting for 30 minutes and not getting her to drop I shut the room down. It's never taken more than 5 minutes before even if I had to do it myself.
I eventually got Genghis to join me in a standard co-cop game. I picked Insane for difficulty and he picked casual. He did all the heavy shooting . . . I just tried to stay alive. The Queen was defeated (rather easily) and I got my insane achievement. Unfortunately I didn't get the Onyx medal for completing the game on Insane in 4-player co-op.
So I begged my friends for help.
When no one responded I thought I would be doomed to never get it. So close, yet so far. But Sand Dog came to my rescue. He booted up Gears 3 and we started the last mission on Arcade Insane. We also got lucky. Two other players joined my room and they actually knew what they were doing. It didn't take long to finish the queen off and for me to get my 4-player co-op Onyx medal. Thank you Sand Dog! I also made a new friend.
I still had to go back and find some missing mission I didn't get 4-player credit for but that didn't take long either. I would much have preferred to play with friends than the hassle I went through playing with strangers but at least I got it done. It only took several months and over week just for that last mission but I can cross that off my "to do" list.
And speaking of lists I went through and deleted a bunch of people from my friends list on my Xbox. I took off people I don't play with (or will probably never play with again) and people who are just down right annoying (I'm looking at you Pogue). I just didn't want to be reminded of all the people I could be playing with but wasn't.
There are still people on my friend list for sentimental reasons. Those people will never be deleted. And Sand Dog has earned his place on that list. He will always be on my list because he helped me go Insane.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Oh my achy breaky heart
I've been feeling very unloved lately on Xbox Live. I can't find anyone who wants to play with me. If I jump into a friends room usually within 2 matches suddenly everyone wants to get off line. That happened the other night but before I decided to play something by myself I walked away for awhile. When I came back instead of "going to bed" like everyone said they were, they were playing a private, invite only, match. How subtle is that.
I might not be the best player out there, but I'm fun to be around, mostly anyway, right? I'm competitive but I'm never going to be the best player out there. If I can break even with my kill/death ratio (no matter the game) I consider that a huge success. If you play with me, we might not win but I promise, next to me, I'll make you look good. So why won't anyone play with me?
I know there are friends out there still playing Gears of War 3 but there are also other games out there that I have that I would love to play with people. For starters there's Left for Dead. I haven't played much, if any, of that game but I don't feel confident in my abilities to play by myself. I need help.
And then there's any of the Call of Duty games. While I get bored playing Team Deathmatch over and over again all night long, I love trying out other game types, even if I suck at them. One of the few nights where I actually got to play with other people we played a new game type in Modern Warfare 3 about capturing and holding a flag. I LOVED playing that game type (partly because I had the flag for awhile) but everybody else hated it and wouldn't play it again. Why not spice it up every now and then with different game types or maybe an older version of Call of Duty?
And then there's Halo games. There are game types I had never heard about until I saw someone play them a while ago. Games a lot like soccer or basketball or other weird stuff. I'm up for weird.
I know there's a lot of reasons why it's harder to get online sometimes for a lot of us. I'm not saying we have to spend all out time online playing together. But a night or two a week where old friends can get to together and shoot the breeze while we shoot the enemy would be nice. I'd even go back to old school original Gears of War to play with friends. Hell, if Star Wars Battlefront were still active I'd be there right now.
I know we're all busy but if any body an spare an hour or two to play with me then I won't have to start singing "My Achy Breaky Heart" in voice messages to you all over Xbox Live. You don't want that ear worm taking up residence inside your head now do we?
I might not be the best player out there, but I'm fun to be around, mostly anyway, right? I'm competitive but I'm never going to be the best player out there. If I can break even with my kill/death ratio (no matter the game) I consider that a huge success. If you play with me, we might not win but I promise, next to me, I'll make you look good. So why won't anyone play with me?
I know there are friends out there still playing Gears of War 3 but there are also other games out there that I have that I would love to play with people. For starters there's Left for Dead. I haven't played much, if any, of that game but I don't feel confident in my abilities to play by myself. I need help.
And then there's any of the Call of Duty games. While I get bored playing Team Deathmatch over and over again all night long, I love trying out other game types, even if I suck at them. One of the few nights where I actually got to play with other people we played a new game type in Modern Warfare 3 about capturing and holding a flag. I LOVED playing that game type (partly because I had the flag for awhile) but everybody else hated it and wouldn't play it again. Why not spice it up every now and then with different game types or maybe an older version of Call of Duty?
And then there's Halo games. There are game types I had never heard about until I saw someone play them a while ago. Games a lot like soccer or basketball or other weird stuff. I'm up for weird.
I know there's a lot of reasons why it's harder to get online sometimes for a lot of us. I'm not saying we have to spend all out time online playing together. But a night or two a week where old friends can get to together and shoot the breeze while we shoot the enemy would be nice. I'd even go back to old school original Gears of War to play with friends. Hell, if Star Wars Battlefront were still active I'd be there right now.
I know we're all busy but if any body an spare an hour or two to play with me then I won't have to start singing "My Achy Breaky Heart" in voice messages to you all over Xbox Live. You don't want that ear worm taking up residence inside your head now do we?
Monday, December 12, 2011
Gears of War 3 review
So I've finished the campaign on Gears of War 3 and I wanted to think about my impression of the game before I posted a review. You may agree or disagree with some of what I have to say and that's okay . . . just say what you have to say in the comments section.
1) The boys are back . . . but their neutered
This games was cowritten by Karen Traviss who wrote a bunch of Star Wars books and is writing the Gears books. While I've liked her books there just seems to be something off with the characters in this game. Their banter could be a little annoying sometimes in the earlier game but it's what made those characters stand out and have their own personalities. In this game it feels like everyone is the same. The constant banter between Cole and Baird is gone and everyone walks around like a mute. Part of what made some of the characters hilarious was their interaction with Carmine (and his responses). There was a whole promotional campaign to "save Carmine" or "kill Carmine" a year or so ago but the Carmine brother in this game seems nonexistent. So what was the point of those avatar t-shirts except for making money? There was so much potential for the characters in this game, given the history of the planet, but I feel like they've all been neutered.
2) Hello, not everyone is going to read the books
I've only read the first Gears of War book although I own the next 3 or 4. When the game started I had no clue what was going on in the story or why things were the way they were at that time. What made it worse was there was no backstory in the game. If you wanted to know what was going on you had to read the books. There were some things that made sense because I have read the first book, but other things are still lost on me. Since I've told my friends NOT to spoil the books for me they can't tell me anything. So if you haven't read any of the books you're basically going to be lost for a lot of what is going on and the why behind it all.
3) A major case of deja vu
While playing this game I couldn't help but get the feeling that I was actually playing other games. The doors and wires the squad had to walk through to get from one area to another was like the elevator rides in Mass Effect. It's a way to load the next area without a blank load screen. Towards the end the designed gave up that pretense and had their own elevator rides/load screens. And the "farmers" (I think that's what they're called) that all of a sudden came chasing after you like zombies from Left 3 Dead? Been there. Done that. There was even a scene that felt exactly like one from that game. It involved not disturbing ash people just like you shouldn't disturb cars to set off their alarms in L4D. And then there wasn't much story between action scenes . . . kind of like a Call of Duty game. That wasn't like the first couple of games. Who could ever forget the "slow" moment of Kai's death? Or when Dom finds Maria? Or either Carmine's deaths? Gears wasn't a run-and-gun type game. It had story. It had heart. But not in this one.
4) Foreshadowing should be more than 2 minutes before things happen
When you want to foreshadow something you should really lay hints out long before the event happens. Having Dom give up his dog tags before the "event" happens in the next scene is NOT foreshadowing. It's an "oops we forgot to set this pivotal moment up" decision. When Dom is looking for Maria in the second game you see and hear him talking about that long before he finds her. And when you get to the part of the story where he's looking for her he doesn't find her in the first place he looks. Once you have a big pivotal scene like that you have the after effects. And based on previous games the after effects should have had a longer deeper feeling to it than "oh well, let's move one". Whatever passion for life Marcus had been keeping a tight hold on for years should have at least bubbled to the surface a little bit afterwards. But Marcus was just the same afterwards as he was beforehand. While I liked him in the first two games, I though he came across as a emotionless bastard in this game. When they neutered the characters they stripped all emotion from them as well.
5) combat de-evolved
One area of combat that annoyed the heck out of me was the corpser scene. All the other "boss" battles and such in all the other games was about finding a way to kill all the enemies present. There was no "do this" then "do that" and then "boss dies". Going through the 5 stages with the corpser (and to some extent with the final boss battle) felt like battling a boss in an RPG game that evolves as the battle progresses. The first incarnation is a fire demon (attack with water). The next incarnation is a dark demon (attack with light). The next physical defenses are down (attack with your weapon). It's repetitive and monotonous. And boring. There had to be a better way to make that battle more interesting. There's a ceiling so no Hammer of Dawn. Why not have the guys try to position the corpser under a section of roof and blast a pillar down, hopefully not on their heads? There was potential there but I think it failed miserably in the execution.
6) weapon change outs
I could buy that the saw-off shotgun and retro lancer were older guns that Gears retired and moved to something a little more advanced. But where does the One Shot fit in in all that? And what about the Hammer of Dawn? I can't tell you how many battles I faced where the Lancer (or retro) was all I needed to get through an area. In the other games there were several places that only a certain weapon would see you through to the next area. In this game it didn't really matter what you had equipped. So where's the challenge in that? I want a little challenge to my murderous rampages. Is there a guy on a far tower I need to kill that my guns won't reach? Give me a special gun in order to get him. Unfortunately there were no special guns because there were no guys on far ledges that you couldn't reach. Everything was up close and personal so a Lancer and and shotgun was all you needed.
I'm sure I could tell you more things that bugged me about this game, but I want to hear what you have to say. (Just don't get me started on Marcus's hair.) I'll give my review of the multiplayer portion later. Overall I liked the game. I just wished I knew more about what was going on and that the feel of the previous two games was included in this game. The campaign was short but that's a typically Gears game for you. I didn't find it all that challenging to play but I'm glad I played it. I'm now working on the hardcore and insane play throughs. If you want to join me jump on it.
Overall score (out of 10): 8
Combat: 7
Story: 5
Characters: 7
1) The boys are back . . . but their neutered
This games was cowritten by Karen Traviss who wrote a bunch of Star Wars books and is writing the Gears books. While I've liked her books there just seems to be something off with the characters in this game. Their banter could be a little annoying sometimes in the earlier game but it's what made those characters stand out and have their own personalities. In this game it feels like everyone is the same. The constant banter between Cole and Baird is gone and everyone walks around like a mute. Part of what made some of the characters hilarious was their interaction with Carmine (and his responses). There was a whole promotional campaign to "save Carmine" or "kill Carmine" a year or so ago but the Carmine brother in this game seems nonexistent. So what was the point of those avatar t-shirts except for making money? There was so much potential for the characters in this game, given the history of the planet, but I feel like they've all been neutered.
2) Hello, not everyone is going to read the books
I've only read the first Gears of War book although I own the next 3 or 4. When the game started I had no clue what was going on in the story or why things were the way they were at that time. What made it worse was there was no backstory in the game. If you wanted to know what was going on you had to read the books. There were some things that made sense because I have read the first book, but other things are still lost on me. Since I've told my friends NOT to spoil the books for me they can't tell me anything. So if you haven't read any of the books you're basically going to be lost for a lot of what is going on and the why behind it all.
3) A major case of deja vu
While playing this game I couldn't help but get the feeling that I was actually playing other games. The doors and wires the squad had to walk through to get from one area to another was like the elevator rides in Mass Effect. It's a way to load the next area without a blank load screen. Towards the end the designed gave up that pretense and had their own elevator rides/load screens. And the "farmers" (I think that's what they're called) that all of a sudden came chasing after you like zombies from Left 3 Dead? Been there. Done that. There was even a scene that felt exactly like one from that game. It involved not disturbing ash people just like you shouldn't disturb cars to set off their alarms in L4D. And then there wasn't much story between action scenes . . . kind of like a Call of Duty game. That wasn't like the first couple of games. Who could ever forget the "slow" moment of Kai's death? Or when Dom finds Maria? Or either Carmine's deaths? Gears wasn't a run-and-gun type game. It had story. It had heart. But not in this one.
4) Foreshadowing should be more than 2 minutes before things happen
When you want to foreshadow something you should really lay hints out long before the event happens. Having Dom give up his dog tags before the "event" happens in the next scene is NOT foreshadowing. It's an "oops we forgot to set this pivotal moment up" decision. When Dom is looking for Maria in the second game you see and hear him talking about that long before he finds her. And when you get to the part of the story where he's looking for her he doesn't find her in the first place he looks. Once you have a big pivotal scene like that you have the after effects. And based on previous games the after effects should have had a longer deeper feeling to it than "oh well, let's move one". Whatever passion for life Marcus had been keeping a tight hold on for years should have at least bubbled to the surface a little bit afterwards. But Marcus was just the same afterwards as he was beforehand. While I liked him in the first two games, I though he came across as a emotionless bastard in this game. When they neutered the characters they stripped all emotion from them as well.
5) combat de-evolved
One area of combat that annoyed the heck out of me was the corpser scene. All the other "boss" battles and such in all the other games was about finding a way to kill all the enemies present. There was no "do this" then "do that" and then "boss dies". Going through the 5 stages with the corpser (and to some extent with the final boss battle) felt like battling a boss in an RPG game that evolves as the battle progresses. The first incarnation is a fire demon (attack with water). The next incarnation is a dark demon (attack with light). The next physical defenses are down (attack with your weapon). It's repetitive and monotonous. And boring. There had to be a better way to make that battle more interesting. There's a ceiling so no Hammer of Dawn. Why not have the guys try to position the corpser under a section of roof and blast a pillar down, hopefully not on their heads? There was potential there but I think it failed miserably in the execution.
6) weapon change outs
I could buy that the saw-off shotgun and retro lancer were older guns that Gears retired and moved to something a little more advanced. But where does the One Shot fit in in all that? And what about the Hammer of Dawn? I can't tell you how many battles I faced where the Lancer (or retro) was all I needed to get through an area. In the other games there were several places that only a certain weapon would see you through to the next area. In this game it didn't really matter what you had equipped. So where's the challenge in that? I want a little challenge to my murderous rampages. Is there a guy on a far tower I need to kill that my guns won't reach? Give me a special gun in order to get him. Unfortunately there were no special guns because there were no guys on far ledges that you couldn't reach. Everything was up close and personal so a Lancer and and shotgun was all you needed.
I'm sure I could tell you more things that bugged me about this game, but I want to hear what you have to say. (Just don't get me started on Marcus's hair.) I'll give my review of the multiplayer portion later. Overall I liked the game. I just wished I knew more about what was going on and that the feel of the previous two games was included in this game. The campaign was short but that's a typically Gears game for you. I didn't find it all that challenging to play but I'm glad I played it. I'm now working on the hardcore and insane play throughs. If you want to join me jump on it.
Overall score (out of 10): 8
Combat: 7
Story: 5
Characters: 7
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Roll Results - Has Gears of War 3 been worth the wait?
So here's the results from my latest poll:
It actually took me a while to cast my own vote. At the time it came out I had had it with my friends. I couldn't listen to any more whining or bitching. About games or other gamers. I wanted the game but I didn't want to play it with my friends. I would have rather played with no headset and a bunch of strangers. But the call of my friends was too much and for the first week or so of the game's release I played with friends. Only every other night. One night to play. One night to take a break.
When I came to vote in my poll I knew it would be for one of two options, absolutely....or I'm still thinking. When I thought of the online play with friends I started to drift to the other two options. But then I had to stop myself and think. Am I rating playing with my friends or am I rating the game itself?
I voted based on the game itself (minus all the whining friends). And that vote was "Absolutely YES!". Even though I got off to a terrible start playing online that was more to do with getting irritated with players than with the mechanics of the game. If I looked only at the game, I was having fun. I guess that's why playing with strangers and no headset was nice.
I've played more often with my friends and for the most part it's been like how we use to play. Helping each other out. Calling out enemy positions. And working together as a team. That makes me feel so much better. We even worked together over several nights to beat Beast Mode on insane. It took planning and teamwork and we enjoyed every minute of it. (Except for two times when we got to the final round, had one guy left but ran out of time.) I now look forward to more matches with friends in this game.
As to those that voted "Hell no!" I want answers. Tell me why you don't like it.
I already heard from Evil Ric about it and he said it's just more of the same. When I pointed out that Call of Duty games are just more of the same too he said only Gears of War gets his blood pressure up. I actually thinks that's a compliment to the game. You have more invested with Gears so that little things make you angry. With Call of Duty it's ho hum.
No game is going to be perfect or appeal to everyone the same way. But, for me, there is something special about Gears of War. And now if I could just get through the campaign without dying all the time I might like the game even more (if that's possible). Of course I think I bumped up the difficulty thinking I was a Gears veteran so I can handle anything. Although it has been frustrating I'm glad that the third game in the series is still a tough fight and not a cake walk.
Has Gears of War 3 been worth the wait?
Absolutely YES! = 2 votes
I'm still thinking about it = 2 votes
I'm left disappointed = 0 votes
Hell no! = 2 votes
It actually took me a while to cast my own vote. At the time it came out I had had it with my friends. I couldn't listen to any more whining or bitching. About games or other gamers. I wanted the game but I didn't want to play it with my friends. I would have rather played with no headset and a bunch of strangers. But the call of my friends was too much and for the first week or so of the game's release I played with friends. Only every other night. One night to play. One night to take a break.
When I came to vote in my poll I knew it would be for one of two options, absolutely....or I'm still thinking. When I thought of the online play with friends I started to drift to the other two options. But then I had to stop myself and think. Am I rating playing with my friends or am I rating the game itself?
I voted based on the game itself (minus all the whining friends). And that vote was "Absolutely YES!". Even though I got off to a terrible start playing online that was more to do with getting irritated with players than with the mechanics of the game. If I looked only at the game, I was having fun. I guess that's why playing with strangers and no headset was nice.
I've played more often with my friends and for the most part it's been like how we use to play. Helping each other out. Calling out enemy positions. And working together as a team. That makes me feel so much better. We even worked together over several nights to beat Beast Mode on insane. It took planning and teamwork and we enjoyed every minute of it. (Except for two times when we got to the final round, had one guy left but ran out of time.) I now look forward to more matches with friends in this game.
As to those that voted "Hell no!" I want answers. Tell me why you don't like it.
I already heard from Evil Ric about it and he said it's just more of the same. When I pointed out that Call of Duty games are just more of the same too he said only Gears of War gets his blood pressure up. I actually thinks that's a compliment to the game. You have more invested with Gears so that little things make you angry. With Call of Duty it's ho hum.
No game is going to be perfect or appeal to everyone the same way. But, for me, there is something special about Gears of War. And now if I could just get through the campaign without dying all the time I might like the game even more (if that's possible). Of course I think I bumped up the difficulty thinking I was a Gears veteran so I can handle anything. Although it has been frustrating I'm glad that the third game in the series is still a tough fight and not a cake walk.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
New Poll - Has Gears of War 3 been worth the wait?
I HAVE A NEW POLL!!!!
You have until October 1st to vote, so please do so!
Has Gears of War 3 been worth the wait?
Absolutely YES!
I'm still thinking about it
I'm left disappointed
Hell no!
You have until October 1st to vote, so please do so!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Almost there
At the beginning of June I set myself a little mini goal. I wanted to break the 20,000 gamer score barrier by Labor day. I had just under 2,000 points to go in order to hit that mark. It would be doable but I'd have to put in the effort.
My score currently stand sat 19,902. So close, and yet so far. It helped that I finally picked up some multiplayer achievements in Gears of War. I got points for hosting 50 matches, 100 chainsaw kills, and 100 revives. I also picked up a few achievements in Mass Effect and one for starting Lego Star Wars III and finishing the story in Puzzle Quest 2.
On the other hand I can't seem to get any more achievements in Clash of Heroes. I really loved that game and I worked hard to max out all my allies and specialists and finally got that achievement. But since then I can't seem to progress in the story. I'm on the third character (the ghost which I can't remember her name) and I got up to level 3 but now I can't win a battle. Everybody I run into is at least a level 5 and my troops just don't seem to have the defense to stand up to the enemy's attack. I think I've played that game for over an hour without progressing or winning anything. It's rather frustrating so I've stopped playing. I don't think I'll be getting any more achievements out of that game before Labor Day.
Since I've always had one arcade game that I obsess about I'm trying to find a replacement to fill my time. Everything I've tried to play hasn't interested me. While I know I can pick up some achievements in larger disk games, I like having a smaller arcade game to play when I want something quick and not so intense.
I've been working on my pistol and Boomshot kills in Gears so that might get me some points towards my goal, but I don't think I'll get those achievements before Labor Day. I might get them before Gears of War 3 comes out but that's later on in the month so I have more time.
I should also be able to pick up another achievement or two with Mass Effect. I want to finish that game before Gears 3 comes out because I won't be playing much else when I have that game in my hands. I'm pretty close to the end of the game but I don't know if the achievements I might get will be enough to push me over the 20k mark.
So I have a month and a half to get 98 points to reach my goal. You would think that because that number is only 2 digits it would seem absolutely attainable, but it doesn't. It might only be 2 digits but it feels so far away. But I can't wait to break that 20k barrier. I'm really tired of looking at a number one at the beginning of my gamer score. My gamer score was higher than Genghis's when I started his last tour of duty. Now he's up around 60,000 or so and I haven't even broken 20,000. And I also thought I played more video games than Sneaka but he's past the 20k mark and has been for awhile. And I don't want to think of Banco Billy's 200+k gamer score.
Will there be any hope for me to reach my goal? I hope so. I'm a competitive person so as long as I have friends with a higher score than me I'll keep trying and playing games. Maybe by the time I'm 80 years old I can reach the gamer score Banco Billy has today. Until then I'll just be happy trying to get to past 20,000.
My score currently stand sat 19,902. So close, and yet so far. It helped that I finally picked up some multiplayer achievements in Gears of War. I got points for hosting 50 matches, 100 chainsaw kills, and 100 revives. I also picked up a few achievements in Mass Effect and one for starting Lego Star Wars III and finishing the story in Puzzle Quest 2.
On the other hand I can't seem to get any more achievements in Clash of Heroes. I really loved that game and I worked hard to max out all my allies and specialists and finally got that achievement. But since then I can't seem to progress in the story. I'm on the third character (the ghost which I can't remember her name) and I got up to level 3 but now I can't win a battle. Everybody I run into is at least a level 5 and my troops just don't seem to have the defense to stand up to the enemy's attack. I think I've played that game for over an hour without progressing or winning anything. It's rather frustrating so I've stopped playing. I don't think I'll be getting any more achievements out of that game before Labor Day.
Since I've always had one arcade game that I obsess about I'm trying to find a replacement to fill my time. Everything I've tried to play hasn't interested me. While I know I can pick up some achievements in larger disk games, I like having a smaller arcade game to play when I want something quick and not so intense.
I've been working on my pistol and Boomshot kills in Gears so that might get me some points towards my goal, but I don't think I'll get those achievements before Labor Day. I might get them before Gears of War 3 comes out but that's later on in the month so I have more time.
I should also be able to pick up another achievement or two with Mass Effect. I want to finish that game before Gears 3 comes out because I won't be playing much else when I have that game in my hands. I'm pretty close to the end of the game but I don't know if the achievements I might get will be enough to push me over the 20k mark.
So I have a month and a half to get 98 points to reach my goal. You would think that because that number is only 2 digits it would seem absolutely attainable, but it doesn't. It might only be 2 digits but it feels so far away. But I can't wait to break that 20k barrier. I'm really tired of looking at a number one at the beginning of my gamer score. My gamer score was higher than Genghis's when I started his last tour of duty. Now he's up around 60,000 or so and I haven't even broken 20,000. And I also thought I played more video games than Sneaka but he's past the 20k mark and has been for awhile. And I don't want to think of Banco Billy's 200+k gamer score.
Will there be any hope for me to reach my goal? I hope so. I'm a competitive person so as long as I have friends with a higher score than me I'll keep trying and playing games. Maybe by the time I'm 80 years old I can reach the gamer score Banco Billy has today. Until then I'll just be happy trying to get to past 20,000.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Poll Results: What upcoming game are you most excited about?
So here's the results from my latest poll:
I'm both surprised and not surprised by the voting. I'm not surprised that Skyrim got a bunch of votes. I am surprised that MW3 and ME3 didn't get more votes. And I'm surprised that GoW3 got as many votes as it did. Why? I'll tell you.
I have friends that live (and die) for Modern Warfare 2. They won't play anything else besides that. I would have thought the new game would have gotten more votes.
I also know how much critics and fans liked the Batman: Arkham Asylum game and that there's great anticipation for the new one. Several of my friends talk about looking forward to that game so why didn't they vote for it?
I guess I could say the same for Mass Effect. I have friends that have played both previous games several times just to see how changing one thing can impact the game. They can't wait to get in and finish the story and see how their character choices pan out after three games.
As for Gears? Well, I love the game and I can't wait to finish the story. I have several friends (usually the Call of Duty lovers) that have said they're not interested in getting the next Gears. I find that hard to believe, especially with how the voting turned out here. Granted, not all my friends are voting in my poll.
I'm excited if they do get Gears and I look forward to playing with them. The first two Gears games are a couple of the few games I've finished the story on. Since I don't finish games often you might guess that I can't wait for the game to come out. So that's why I voted for it. Of course I will be getting all of those games on the list, I'm just looking forward to the new Gears most of all. I think I'm even going to take some time off work just so I can play the story mode during the day so I can play the multiplayer mode at night.
Now, as for the games NOT on the list . . .
Battlefield 3:
I have several friends who have this game but I only know of one that is really looking forward to this game. While I'd like to play it, it doesn't rank that high up on my "looking forward to" list. Since I know it would only get one vote (if Genghis would ever vote in my poll) I didn't include it.
Halo 4:
I'm a sucker for series. I have all the Halo games (except Halo Wars) and I'll probably get this one too even thought I haven't finished the first one. I just don't like the idea of having the story unfinished. As far as looking forward to it . . . not really. Besides it doesn't come out until next year so I've got time to wait.
BioShock: Infinite:
This is a game that I'm REALLY looking forward to, but it doesn't come out until next year so that is why it wasn't on the list. I read online that this game swept four of the most sought after awards at E3 this year. I've been intrigued ever since I saw the first teaser for it. I can't wait to play it. Maybe my next poll "upcoming" poll will have it, but then again you already know how I'd vote.
Saints Row the Third:
I've heard some good things about this game, but since I've never played the first two and I really don't have any interest in this one, it wasn't on my poll. Sorry Zen (I think you were the one who mentioned it).
So now you all know what games I'll be buying this holiday season . . . and which one I'll most likely be playing. What games are on your wish list and ones that you're looking forward to? Which ones will you pre-order vs. just getting whenever? Leave a comment and let me know.
What upcoming game are you most excited about?
Gears of War 3 = 4 votes
Modern Warfare 3 = 1 vote
Mass Effect 3 = 1 vote
Elder's Scroll: Skyrim = 3 votes
Batman: Arkham City = 1 vote
I'm both surprised and not surprised by the voting. I'm not surprised that Skyrim got a bunch of votes. I am surprised that MW3 and ME3 didn't get more votes. And I'm surprised that GoW3 got as many votes as it did. Why? I'll tell you.
I have friends that live (and die) for Modern Warfare 2. They won't play anything else besides that. I would have thought the new game would have gotten more votes.
I also know how much critics and fans liked the Batman: Arkham Asylum game and that there's great anticipation for the new one. Several of my friends talk about looking forward to that game so why didn't they vote for it?
I guess I could say the same for Mass Effect. I have friends that have played both previous games several times just to see how changing one thing can impact the game. They can't wait to get in and finish the story and see how their character choices pan out after three games.
As for Gears? Well, I love the game and I can't wait to finish the story. I have several friends (usually the Call of Duty lovers) that have said they're not interested in getting the next Gears. I find that hard to believe, especially with how the voting turned out here. Granted, not all my friends are voting in my poll.
I'm excited if they do get Gears and I look forward to playing with them. The first two Gears games are a couple of the few games I've finished the story on. Since I don't finish games often you might guess that I can't wait for the game to come out. So that's why I voted for it. Of course I will be getting all of those games on the list, I'm just looking forward to the new Gears most of all. I think I'm even going to take some time off work just so I can play the story mode during the day so I can play the multiplayer mode at night.
Now, as for the games NOT on the list . . .
Battlefield 3:
I have several friends who have this game but I only know of one that is really looking forward to this game. While I'd like to play it, it doesn't rank that high up on my "looking forward to" list. Since I know it would only get one vote (if Genghis would ever vote in my poll) I didn't include it.
Halo 4:
I'm a sucker for series. I have all the Halo games (except Halo Wars) and I'll probably get this one too even thought I haven't finished the first one. I just don't like the idea of having the story unfinished. As far as looking forward to it . . . not really. Besides it doesn't come out until next year so I've got time to wait.
BioShock: Infinite:
This is a game that I'm REALLY looking forward to, but it doesn't come out until next year so that is why it wasn't on the list. I read online that this game swept four of the most sought after awards at E3 this year. I've been intrigued ever since I saw the first teaser for it. I can't wait to play it. Maybe my next poll "upcoming" poll will have it, but then again you already know how I'd vote.
Saints Row the Third:
I've heard some good things about this game, but since I've never played the first two and I really don't have any interest in this one, it wasn't on my poll. Sorry Zen (I think you were the one who mentioned it).
So now you all know what games I'll be buying this holiday season . . . and which one I'll most likely be playing. What games are on your wish list and ones that you're looking forward to? Which ones will you pre-order vs. just getting whenever? Leave a comment and let me know.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Poll Results - Are you getting Bulletstorm?
So here are the latest poll results:
Okay, I admit I forgot to vote in my own poll. But then again I haven't really made up my mind. Which means I probably would have voted for "maybe". Here's my reasoning for you:
I would get it if I thought it would be a great game. It might be a good game but right now my budget is restricted to great games (and old favorites). I played the demo and I wasn't blown away with it being a 'great' game. For that I'll wait and see after it's come out and people have played it awhile. Maybe it will be a great game. Time will tell.
I did play the demo and while I didn't think it bad I just couldn't get the handle of some of the stuff the game expected me to do. You're expected to kill people with great flourishes and intricate moves. The problem for me is that when I see an enemy I think "shoot first, play with the body later". Bulletstorm seems to be the opposite. They want you to play with the body of your enemy before they actually die. Kick them into a hazard. Throw them up in the air. Stomp on them to stun them. And THEN kill them. I don't want to be creative with my kills. I just want to kill. The problem is you get more points if you do it creatively. The same old boring "aim, fire, kill" won't cut it in this game.
Despite all of that I was/am still thinking about getting the game. Why? Because of the Gears of War 3 beta. Now that is one game that I can't wait for. It should be really interesting how the story ends and whether gamers like the new server based online play instead of hosting. But all that good stuff is also a reason why I don't want to get the game.
I don't want to get the game and play so much of the beta that by the time the whole game comes out I'm partially burned out on the game already. What might be new and exciting for some of my friends might be old hat to me. Now where's the fun in that? It would be like going to the store and picking out your Christmas gifts yourself. They still get wrapped up and placed under the tree but you already know what they are. I would prefer to be surprised and as excited as my friends when Gears 3 comes out.
But on the other hand I really want all the bugs and things fixed so that when I do get online things will play smoothly. So someone has to play the beta and test things out. It will be really interesting to see how the online play changes with servers. Will this make it easier for Weasell to play with the rest of us? I certainly hope so. As much as you hate when the someone on the other team gets host we always enjoyed it when we got it. With a server based game play hopefully that will level the playing field for everyone.
Right now, I'm leaning to NOT get the game. Like I said I've got money set aside for other games that I know I will play. With Bulletstorm it's just a maybe. I'm sure I've got several friends that will get the game for the beta and I hope they test the hell out of it for me. As much as I want the best game possible, I want the best game possible when it was meant to be. And that seems to be this fall. I can't wait to relive unless nights of unless fun with my friends like the old days. If that happens than the wait will be worth it.
Are you getting Bulletstorm?
Yes, it's going to be a great game = 1 vote
Yes, but only for the Gears 3 beta = 0 votes
Maybe, I'm thinking about it = 0 votes
No way = 4 votes
Okay, I admit I forgot to vote in my own poll. But then again I haven't really made up my mind. Which means I probably would have voted for "maybe". Here's my reasoning for you:
I would get it if I thought it would be a great game. It might be a good game but right now my budget is restricted to great games (and old favorites). I played the demo and I wasn't blown away with it being a 'great' game. For that I'll wait and see after it's come out and people have played it awhile. Maybe it will be a great game. Time will tell.
I did play the demo and while I didn't think it bad I just couldn't get the handle of some of the stuff the game expected me to do. You're expected to kill people with great flourishes and intricate moves. The problem for me is that when I see an enemy I think "shoot first, play with the body later". Bulletstorm seems to be the opposite. They want you to play with the body of your enemy before they actually die. Kick them into a hazard. Throw them up in the air. Stomp on them to stun them. And THEN kill them. I don't want to be creative with my kills. I just want to kill. The problem is you get more points if you do it creatively. The same old boring "aim, fire, kill" won't cut it in this game.
Despite all of that I was/am still thinking about getting the game. Why? Because of the Gears of War 3 beta. Now that is one game that I can't wait for. It should be really interesting how the story ends and whether gamers like the new server based online play instead of hosting. But all that good stuff is also a reason why I don't want to get the game.
I don't want to get the game and play so much of the beta that by the time the whole game comes out I'm partially burned out on the game already. What might be new and exciting for some of my friends might be old hat to me. Now where's the fun in that? It would be like going to the store and picking out your Christmas gifts yourself. They still get wrapped up and placed under the tree but you already know what they are. I would prefer to be surprised and as excited as my friends when Gears 3 comes out.
But on the other hand I really want all the bugs and things fixed so that when I do get online things will play smoothly. So someone has to play the beta and test things out. It will be really interesting to see how the online play changes with servers. Will this make it easier for Weasell to play with the rest of us? I certainly hope so. As much as you hate when the someone on the other team gets host we always enjoyed it when we got it. With a server based game play hopefully that will level the playing field for everyone.
Right now, I'm leaning to NOT get the game. Like I said I've got money set aside for other games that I know I will play. With Bulletstorm it's just a maybe. I'm sure I've got several friends that will get the game for the beta and I hope they test the hell out of it for me. As much as I want the best game possible, I want the best game possible when it was meant to be. And that seems to be this fall. I can't wait to relive unless nights of unless fun with my friends like the old days. If that happens than the wait will be worth it.
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