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      <![CDATA[@15: I reviewed it a few months ago. Hindsight hasn't changed the game much. It's very slickly made and unapologetic about its love for two things: violence and difficulty. NG2 wants your dedication to a nearly frustrating degree. But compared to a waffler like Devil May Cry 4, it's more compelling as far as a hardcore beat-em-up goes. Too bad it's painfully stupid.
        
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      <![CDATA[I wish Microsoft would come out with some Wii-type controllers for the 360,  I use the Wii for physical therapy but can't justify buying a console because there aren't enough games, and if I was going to buy another one, I would get the PS3 for the Blu-Ray.<br />
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Has anyone played Ninja Gaiden II and is it worth getting?
        
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      <![CDATA[My Wii is collecting dust.  Nintendo, if you are out there, get your shit together for god's sake!
        
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      <![CDATA[@4: No sports games have come in after Madden, sadly, though the NHL demos on Xbox Live are telling enough, as is the Tiger demo.<br />
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@12: I'm waiting for a good retail Wii game to show up this season before I talk about it again. Their online store has had a few quality gems, but I think Mushroom Men might be about it for store games this year--and that's not even a guarantee, as I've barely played that game. Shame.
        
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      <![CDATA[I was hoping you'd do a side by side comparison of Fallout 3 and Animal Crossing: City Folk. <br />
        
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      <![CDATA[@10. I liked the part leading up to the ending, but the ending it self most certainly sucked ass. Let me go explore the world my actions have changed.
        
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      <![CDATA[@7 Yeah, I totally agree. That sucked, but luckily my last Auto-save was right before it, so I just turned around and left, which worked pretty well.<br />
The ending itself was really disappointing as well.
        
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      <![CDATA[Sweet! I've been hoping they'd bring Africa over - I've been watching the Japanese trailers for it.
        
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      <![CDATA[fallout 3 ftw - spent 42 hours as a good player and finished most of the side quests (i have the big hardcover book), now i'm going back as pure evil.  great game, i dont know about this ocd saving thing either - never did that.  <br />
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one of the best games i've played.   ever.
        
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      <![CDATA[@5 the fact that ending came rather suddenly and that you could not play beyond it bugged me. Mostly because I had been quick saving and lost about 2 hours worth of game play. A little warning would have been nice.
        
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      <![CDATA[I decided with fallout 3 that I would only reload if I died or did something on accident (e.g. hitting the wrong button and shooting someone). That and when lock picking/hacking. Overall it made the game much funner and really made me ponder my actions before taking them. <br />
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My big complaint with the game is that there are not enough world altering choices and the game gets to easy to quickly. <br />
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Overall though I would say its the best game this year, or in the past couple years.
        
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      <![CDATA[I never did the save-load-save-load thing in Fallout 3. I played it through, accepting my decisions. Your inability to decide what you want to do isn't a flaw in the game. Play it through once one way, play it through again another way making different choices. You don't fail the game if you do it one way, it just changes certain things, most of which don't change much in the long run (making certain groups hostile to you, making it more difficult to trade with them, getting different items, etc.). I've been playing it constantly since it came out and I'm still not bored, and I still find new things to do.<br />
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There were only two times I did the save-load thing. Once before a part in a certain Vault, and once before the end of the game when I realized that you can't continue playing after you beat it. When I did all the quests in my main game, I started a new game to make other choices (blow up Megaton, etc).
        
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      <![CDATA[Have you Had a chance to play Call Of Duty: World At War, NHL 99, or Tiger Woods 99 yet?  I was planning on buying them for myself for Xmas and was wondering what you thought (or anyone thinks).
        
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      <![CDATA[if anyone picks up fallout 3, don't make the same mistake i did-- take your time and enjoy the small side quests instead of blasting through the main story. I beat the game *way* faster than I expected, and left so, so much of the world unexplored and so many quests undiscovered. <br />
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      <![CDATA[<i>Africa</i> looks really, really cool.<br />
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For other realistic game genres, I've wanted for there to be a surveying game ever since I played <i>Fate of Atlantis</i>.
        
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      <![CDATA[It's like the military - hurry up and wait.<br />
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