Is it painful? How long did you take off?
My 360 controller and mic are so shitty at this point that I don't know that they will still work (no **** part of the headset is held together with duct tape, not even manly duck tape but some fugly zebra print duct tape that I scavenged from my wife). And yeah I'm also a cheap bastard so buying more gear is out of the question in case you didn't get the part about **** being held together by duct tape and hope.
My headset is held together with duct tape too! And if I switch the mic input off, it squeals at you. So squealing or sneezing or yelling at the woman, which would you rather hear? Because every game with me you will hear one of those.
I did buy a new headset last year, it worked for exactly 3 weeks. That was when I taped the old one together. It's 10 years old and still works.
I'm not retired. I'm just waiting for the most opportune moment to strike back at the enemy.
That, and my wife keeps coming up with bullshit to keep me occupied...
I'm not retired. I'm just waiting for the most opportune moment to strike back at the enemy.
That, and my wife keeps coming up with bullshit to keep me occupied...
That pretty much is marriage. Till death do you part and all the bullshit that comes up in between to keep you occupied.
I've played a few games recently, and it's been difficult. I had something like 5 months off.
Just for one or two games in the last few months, really. I've played this game so much already that I just can't come back.
Just for one or two games in the last few months, really. I've played this game so much already that I just can't come back.
Everything else is pretty much **** compared to it though.
I'm not retired. I'm just waiting for the most opportune moment to strike back at the enemy.
That, and my wife keeps coming up with bullshit to keep me occupied...
Get married to a Banshee. Reaperwaifus ftw.
I retired 3x so far. The fourth one seems to be just around the corner. BSNers, OP pugs, and missiles are ruining my experience now that I once again remembered how to play again. 
Yep, almost time for another mind wipe break where I return back more feeble and scrubby then ever. It's a vicious circle I wish BioWare would help me out in the next ME MP. We need a better balanced game with long term players in mind. Or at least there to be a mode dedicated to this & higher replay value by eliminating most cheese or what not.
I have to retire first, but I can't. Retirement is for old bastards who just don't have it any more.
Even Jack Bauer and Chuck Norris tried retirement. It just didn't take.
Theres room for all you retirees in the Expendables and RED
Nope, the retirement has been real this time. Been 4 months since my last game and I've basically played like 5 games since September. Need to preserve my biotics for me4.
Everything else is pretty much **** compared to it though.
It says a lot about the state of video games when about 90 percent of my playtime is spent either with Mass Effect or The Elder Scrolls, and neither has had a new game released in over three years.
I retired 3x so far. The fourth one seems to be just around the corner. BSNers, OP pugs, and missiles are ruining my experience now that I once again remembered how to play again.
Sinful, I can see your jadedness, but I can also see that you're being a bit like Lucky Starr about it too. There are loads of challenges that you can set yourself in ME3. The game isn't going to be changed, it's barely even receiving patches anymore. The balance is what it is. If you don't like the OP kits, don't use them. If you don't like missiles, get a group of friends together and agree to play no missile games. If you want harder, take up the duo or solo challenges that others have put up. (I guarantee that there are some that you won't find easy even with high level equipment and OP weapons.)
If you keep doing the same old thing and it's too easy, yeah, that's boring. But you don't have to keep doing the same old thing.
It says a lot about the state of video games when about 90 percent of my playtime is spent either with Mass Effect or The Elder Scrolls, and neither has had a new game released in over three years.
The longer it takes, the longer before we have to experience the disappointment of discovering it isn't better - or even as good - as what we have now.
Sinful, I can see your jadedness, but I can also see that you're being a bit like Lucky Starr about it too. There are loads of challenges that you can set yourself in ME3. The game isn't going to be changed, it's barely even receiving patches anymore. The balance is what it is. If you don't like the OP kits, don't use them. If you don't like missiles, get a group of friends together and agree to play no missile games. If you want harder, take up the duo or solo challenges that others have put up. (I guarantee that there are some that you won't find easy even with high level equipment and OP weapons.)
If you keep doing the same old thing and it's too easy, yeah, that's boring. But you don't have to keep doing the same old thing.
Pretty much some great advice.
Make some friends, do some stupid stuff to challenge yourself. Do the themed challenges, etc. There is plenty of fun to be had. Hell I would probably still play this game if I hadn't been pulled to other stuff by my friends but this is one of the best games I've played.
Pretty much some great advice.
Did you just ... pay me a compliment?
Must be time to retire! 
The longer it takes, the longer before we have to experience the disappointment of discovering it isn't better - or even as good - as what we have now.
I don't know if you mean specifically about those series or games in general, but if you mean the latter, I heartily endorse this product and/or service. 
Making it easier for devs to make games should be a slam dunk for improving quality of games across the board, but it hasn't really done that yet. There's eleventy bajillion throwback games based off of NES and Genesis titles, first person shooters and high-concept games that look nice but don't really do anything. Meanwhile there's whole genres like RTS that have been begging for a new franchise for about a decade, and no one wants to step up to the plate and make one.
From a purely critical standpoint, games right now are experiencing a golden age because of the technical proficiency of a lot of devs, big-name and independent alike. Unfortunately, most of these games and franchises are dull and interchangeable. They may be fun, but many of them lack expert execution or apply good concepts to good gameplay. People buy these games on Steam and play them, but most of these titles are forgotten not long after they get released and collect dust on people's virtual shelves.
Mass Effect was a glaringly obvious idea for a game: a galactic space opera RPG that wasn't Star Wars. KOTOR was a smash hit and nobody but Bioware put two and two together and understood that a space RPG was a brilliant idea. They just took Star Wars out of the equation. Lo and behold, we get one of the greatest series to ever walk the planet (er...galaxy), which spawned a huge franchise that not only sold a lot of copies, but sells a lot of merchandise and is a huge draw at conventions. It wasn't that hard. They took an idea no one else was using, applied good game design, and gave it stylistic flair (great VAs, great music, great atmosphere, great background lore...until the lore got inconsistent in the second and third games).
The games that are coming out right now are so dull. Developers are sitting on phenomenal ideas for games but no one is bothering to make them. Instead they flood the markets with generic multiplayer FPS games that are suffering from diminishing returns, generic "old school" games, and similar uninspired titles. They may be good, but are they memorable?
Did you just ... pay me a compliment?
Must be time to retire!
I actually value your insight Mark....
even though you're wrong most of the time. 
I actually tried unretiring just yesterday, but apparently, my xbox is dead.
Sonuvabiscuit!
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