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BoneSnapDeez wrote:Picked up a cheap Amiga game at Goodwill today.

I don't own an Amiga.
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The new Simcity is looking far worse than I thought. Far, far worse. It has this distinct facebook/social smell and fans are already feeling the game will be more of a SimTown when it comes to scope. Sure, things may change but when not even terraforming or regions are in the pictures, things look pretty bleak.

I also find it sad that The Sims is increasingly seen as a "Girl's game". Everyone played the shit of that franchise and I knew more guys than girls with that game. But for me, the Franchise died with the release of The Sims 3, so...
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General_Norris wrote:
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Picked up a cheap Amiga game at Goodwill today.

I don't own an Amiga.
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The new Simcity is looking far worse than I thought. Far, far worse. It has this distinct facebook/social smell and fans are already feeling the game will be more of a SimTown when it comes to scope. Sure, things may change but when not even terraforming or regions are in the pictures, things look pretty bleak.
Did you watch the 10 mins of gameplay?

It's far too early to tell IMO. We haven't seen enough of it. Besides, even if it's bad, we still have the perfection that is SC4+RH

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Hey, I'm going to make a thread about the new Simcity, let's dicuss it there.
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Ack wrote:Not technically, but it was a bright red faster version of Venom that focused on some of the nastier-looking attacks and had that swirling after-image effect reminiscent of how Carnage's symbiote flails around. If nothing else, I always figured the intent was clear.
Are you talking about this?:

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That looks like a Red Venom to me, not Carnage:

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BoneSnapDeez wrote:Picked up a cheap Amiga game at Goodwill today.

I don't own an Amiga.
Lucky SOB. I find consoles at mine, but they're always the common ones. I keep looking in the DVD player section hoping someone put a 3DO in there, not knowing any better.
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Actually it was frustrating, because there were like five Amiga games together on a shelf, but only one had all the disks. One "game" was just packaging - no disks whatsoever!

Anyway, I hopped on ebay last night to look into buying an Amiga 1200... found a pretty good deal, about to click Buy It Now, and then I notice......... $145 shipping! :shock:

I passed.
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Valkyrie-Favor wrote:So, I just almost 1CC'd Time Crisis 3 - with my non-dominant hand at that. I died on the last stage...turns out the game was on free play.
I play it once a month myself -- I've 1CCed the first TC and came close on the 2nd and 3rd. Also 1CCed Crisis Zone. My best TC3 score is 1.83-something million.
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Balasubbie wrote:Is Super Mario World easier on the GBA than its older SNES brother? There's the obvious extra hit stuff, but it seems a lot quicker to zip through.
If you're out to complete everything, it's not. They added Dragon Coins to ALL stages, and you get a special bonus for getting them all.
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As a non-Castlevania fan, I'm wondering if I would enjoy Lords of Shadow. Gameplay-wise it looks like something I could possibly get into.

Thoughts? Opinions? Is it good?
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BoneSnapDeez wrote: Anyway, I hopped on ebay last night to look into buying an Amiga 1200... found a pretty good deal, about to click Buy It Now, and then I notice......... $145 shipping! :shock:

I passed.
If can't find one from US/Canada and you're looking to buy an Amiga from Europe, your best bet is probably a retro game store from the UK that has its own web page. They usually try to minimize postage. And when buying from a private person in eBay, you can always ask if they can use a cheaper shipping option or remove something unnessecary (like software disks) from the package.
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