Point of minecraft? - Off-topic

I hear alot about this game/thing... Whats the point of it? It looks like something that you building insanely pixelated. aated cities, lands etc... Just dont get it. There has to be more. What am I missing? I read there were like 200 million copies sold. And few million on phones
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Just try to play and you'll understand...
It's super addictive.

It's just basically making stuff and downloading other peoples levels they made that you have to do and like the other answer you got it is rather addictive!

Well, you're also missing stuff like crafting and survival. Depends on what difficulty you choose. Try for yourself.

I was wondering the same thing, because a bunch of guys I know love it. I tried it myself and I was bored within about 10 minutes. It's either you build something which isn't very impressive, or you sacrifice endless hours to make something awesome. But at the end of the day you don't really get anything for doing it... So I see no point either

DabuPL said:
Well, you're also missing stuff like crafting and survival. Depends on what difficulty you choose. Try for yourself.
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Survival? How do you related survive and make objects?
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Fighting with mobs, crafting armors and weapons, surviving night and spending day to gather resources. That's what it looks like when you play on hardcore difficulty.
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Remember playing with legos when you were a kid?
Well some of us still want to play with legos when we grow up

I dont know what is so great about minecraft either, I played it and i did not really liked it, Im a real GTA fan so no big suprise.

It's no Oregon Trail, that's for sure!
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bdfull3r said:
Remember playing with legos when you were a kid?
Well some of us still want to play with legos when we grow up
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My one friend modded his server and made everything look and act like star craft bw.
Pretty sweet achievement.. still has insane bugs..

If you're a call of duty type, then this game ain't for you.
Minecraft is more or less a creativity tool. If you aren't creative, then it's not for you.
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Its a fun and entertaining game. Time consuming though. However I only play the mobile version with some friends.
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I have the same question
I'm on mobile version,is there any enemy in this game?
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agent205 said:
I have the same question
I'm on mobile version,is there any enemy in this game?
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Not yet. Now its a free type of game.
They said there will be an update in February which brings the PC type of version.
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My 37 years old teacher' play minecraft too, is this normal? I can't believe it man..

shockem said:
Not yet. Now its a free type of game.
They said there will be an update in February which brings the PC type of version.
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Can't wait for that update man, February 8th!
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Right now it's the pseudo equivalent of creative mode only. In creative mode, there are no monsters, infinite resources, and your character can't die.
Survival mode is really what brings out the flavor in minecraft, if for no better reason than you have to "earn" what you build by harvesting everything and *not* dying.
Initially the dev team (Mojang) wanted the pocket edition to be like creative mode only. Now apparantly they're giving it some survival mode teeth, as that's what the community has been clamoring for.
Here's to hoping there wont be too many corners cut. If so, I may have to hunker down and actually buy this one.
There is a free demo version for anyone who's curious. The demo version doesn't let you save your worlds, so whatever you build is gone when you close thr game.
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I downloaded this pro version
It looks like a guide app
it showing some weapon,mob,block,etc, but there's no play button
Am i doing right?
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razorseal said:
I hear alot about this game/thing... Whats the point of it? It looks like something that you building insanely pixelated. aated cities, lands etc... Just dont get it. There has to be more. What am I missing? I read there were like 200 million copies sold. And few million on phones
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i simply find it grotesque, i can't fathom the ugliness of such game
it's like worse than going back to the computers from the 70s, just with color instead of monochrome
i still remember Atari games that looked exactly just like that

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N64droid!!!

http://www.zodttd.com/wp/2010/07/are-you-still-working-on-the-n64-emulator-for-android/
although this is more than two months ago, and psx4droid has several known problems I can't wait till this comes out!
sick - im eagerly anticipating this myself
in other news, from twitter
"zodttd: @Rotkaeqpchen It's in the works, but I'm focusing on psx4droid's update at this moment."
--http://www.twitter.com/zodttd/status/24397679116
If he's not working on it I wish he would just give me what's done so far and I could finish it he can buy the rights to it so I can't make any money off it I just really want it on my phone.
generalamerica said:
If he's not working on it I wish he would just give me what's done so far and I could finish it he can buy the rights to it so I can't make any money off it I just really want it on my phone.
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why don't you contact him, i could send him your info on twitter
It's like ZottD is dead or something, no posts on his webpage about anything for 2 months. I hope he's just working behind the scenes, and hopefully not doing what the rumors are about going back to development on iOS. :/
no zodttd is answering people daily on his twitter page, and he says he's working
Good to hear! definitely looking forward to trying an n64 emu... man I imagine it would be hard for touchscreen controls only though for most games. .... maybe not though.
Developer abandoned the project and went back to iPhone dev'ing
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Developer abandoned the project and went back to iPhone dev'ing
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Do you have any proof that he abandoned this project??
Considering the fact that he has confirmed he is working on android updates on both his twitter and formspring accounts?
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False. He said a few days ago that it
was in the works
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any updated news?...
i think n64oid might be dead in the water.....
I am not excited about this. Psx4droid is mediocre and un usable if I don't find an old version and n64 is much more graphically intensive. His iphone psx4all runs much smoother on lesser hardware.
I hope the fpsce team chooses to make and android app.
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I am not excited about this. Psx4droid is mediocre and un usable if I don't find an old version and n64 is much more graphically intensive. His iphone psx4all runs much smoother on lesser hardware.
I hope the fpsce team chooses to make and android app.
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You think its unplayable? Its perfectly playable when you have the phone running 1ghz or higher...the sound is just distorted sometimes. I think they have a pretty good beta. I want someone to finih it.
That being said, the n64 used too many buttons simultaneously to work good on a phone imo...
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A_Flying_Fox said:
You think its unplayable? Its perfectly playable when you have the phone running 1ghz or higher...the sound is just distorted sometimes. I think they have a pretty good beta. I want someone to finih it.
That being said, the n64 used too many buttons simultaneously to work good on a phone imo...
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+1 on the buttons, how would you do the Z button? I'm thinking for OoT, it would be a major challenge.
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If anyone wants to contribute then they can start here:
http://code.google.com/p/n64oid/
Good luck!
A_Flying_Fox said:
You think its unplayable? Its perfectly playable when you have the phone running 1ghz or higher...the sound is just distorted sometimes. I think they have a pretty good beta. I want someone to finih it.
That being said, the n64 used too many buttons simultaneously to work good on a phone imo...
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I think the older versions are playable actually i do play them some. For the current version in the market every game I have tried to play has had completely broken sound. The most typical problem is the it either slows waay down or hangs completely. With no sound the nostalgia feel is easily cut in half for me so i usually just sigh and say whats the point and do something else.
thomasskull666 said:
+1 on the buttons, how would you do the Z button? I'm thinking for OoT, it would be a major challenge.
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camera button maybe?
Masterface7 said:
camera button maybe?
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lol just throw it on the screen. or slide out keyboard.
now if the epic could go usb host, make a n64 controller-mini attachment. voila. problem solved

About the new Google Maps update

I was really looking forward to those features they showed for the gmaps update (3D buildings, no more tiles) and I was absolutely disappointed when I checked out the update on my phone. Is there a way to get those features?
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Hero isn't listed under the supported devices... http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/12/next-generation-of-mobile-maps.html.
There are bound to be some limitations with our hardware... it won't be able to do everything that newer hardware can do. Got to live with it...
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Hero isn't listed under the supported devices... http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/12/next-generation-of-mobile-maps.html.
There are bound to be some limitations with our hardware... it won't be able to do everything that newer hardware can do. Got to live with it...
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Man that sucks. At least I'll be getting the Epic this Christmas. It's a shame that the only people that ever gave this phone any love are devs on sites like this, and the companies that you bought it from basically **** in your hands for cash, and is forcing you to keep it for a year.
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Man that sucks. At least I'll be getting the Epic this Christmas. It's a shame that the only people that ever gave this phone any love are devs on sites like this, and the companies that you bought it from basically **** in your hands for cash, and is forcing you to keep it for a year.
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That's Sprint giving up hope on one of its original android devices, thanks Sprint we love you too. But to some degree its understandable because the hardware on here isn't amazing, but hey im human and im gonna keep complaining until I get a good phone in quarter two in 2011
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That's Sprint giving up hope on one of its original android devices, thanks Sprint we love you too. But to some degree its understandable because the hardware on here isn't amazing, but hey im human and im gonna keep complaining until I get a good phone in quarter two in 2011
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Ha, yeah, Sprint can't exactly force the Hero to be able to run this stuff. Afterall, it's almost just a G1 with more RAM..
3D buildings does work, but it's only available in select cities so far. The only things that don't work are tilting and rotating.
Also, there is still some tiling, but much less than before thanks to vector graphics
How does one access the 3D buildings? I can't see it...
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How does one access the 3D buildings? I can't see it...
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The hero can't see the 3D feature due to hardware restrictions. But I did use the 3D feature on my broad Epic and its pretty cool. It only works in downtown where there are large buildings. It didnt show the depth of my house.
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Anyone good with YouTube?!?!

Does anyone know how to add clickable links at the end of the videos?!?
Find the option for annotations.
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Which option? The video won't show its just the link
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Which option? The video won't show its just the link
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When you upload the video, go to the edit menu. You should find it. And if the video is not showing, usually you have to wait a few minutes to a few hours until the video is viewable.
I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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I was guessing he already knows that is done on the computer, and just wants the thing to be clickable. If he is trying to add the video in, he should not upload to youtube.
animatedbreak said:
I may be wrong - But I think people actually make those in their editing programs. You're talking about how at the end of a video, people have like a clip of their past video and a clip of the one next? and you can click on them?
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Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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MUFC17JW said:
Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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Pinnacle Studia, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe premier or sony vegas
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MUFC17JW said:
Yeah that's what Im talking about. Like what kind of software do I have to use?
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I personally use Sony Vegas Pro. But you can use any program that allows you to take two clips and put them in one scene. Depends on your experience.
If you're on apple you can use Final Cut.
Pretty much any decent video editor has the capabilities to do it, you just need to make it manually as far as I know. Google "How to make a video with multiple clips" and you'll get what you're looking for. Save it, export it, and re-import it to your main video, having it transition to it at the end.
Best for hd editing??
I've been using powerdirector...tried pinnacle and vegas but i heard adobe premier is the best.
I dont have a very powerful computer, but still which is the best industry standard hd editing and producing software?
roofrider said:
I've been using powerdirector...tried pinnacle and vegas but i heard adobe premier is the best.
I dont have a very powerful computer, but still which is the best industry standard hd editing and producing software?
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Industry Standard = AVID.
I am using Sony Vegas HD, and I really enjoy it - it works pretty well. Straight forward and you even have an option to upload directly to youtube. I feel it's more of a better-than-usual prosumer piece of software, but it's still good.
You will still need a decent computer, with a good GPU and RAM, decent CPU...
It's going to eat up resources, so you'll have to take that into account especially if you're editing HD footage.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/dssoftware
This is for AVID DS (Industry Standard)
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Sony Vegas PRO. (trial works well.)
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Industry Standard = AVID.
I am using Sony Vegas HD, and I really enjoy it - it works pretty well. Straight forward and you even have an option to upload directly to youtube. I feel it's more of a better-than-usual prosumer piece of software, but it's still good.
You will still need a decent computer, with a good GPU and RAM, decent CPU...
It's going to eat up resources, so you'll have to take that into account especially if you're editing HD footage.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/dssoftware
This is for AVID DS (Industry Standard)
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro
Sony Vegas PRO. (trial works well.)
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Premiere Pro is good too.
Thanks guys, whoa! AVID asks for 12GB ram!! I'll have to chose btwn Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro for the time being.
roofrider said:
Thanks guys, whoa! AVID asks for 12GB ram!! I'll have to chose btwn Premiere Pro and Vegas Pro for the time being.
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Avid also requires takes up something like 80gb of space.
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veeman said:
Avid also requires takes up something like 80gb of space.
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I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
roofrider said:
I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
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Try the free trial of premiere pro. It's very similar to the rest of the adobe suite.
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roofrider said:
I'll need a workstation.
I felt Vegas had a steep learning curve compared to Pinnacle which was almost child's play.
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Yeah, Pinnacle would be easier - it's geared toward prosumers who know a little more about video than the average user.
veeman said:
Try the free trial of premiere pro. It's very similar to the rest of the adobe suite.
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I didn't like premiere! I found it a bit bloated. But - that's opinion! After Effects really takes the cake for me.

I was just having a little look on an iForum

Not trolling or otherwise causing trouble, I'm not even regged on it.
It appears that quite a lot of iPeople were wishing that they had a gesture typing keyboard.
But the apple ecosystem, with its far superior apps has the answer!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swype-input-method-swipe-to/id529025189?mt=8
Look at the reviews for it lol,
Sample review:
Fail
*****
by timothymh
Do not buy. Or, as this app would say, "di nut but."
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Quality apps man, think I might switch to Apple now.
You actually need to type into an app like notepad on a Windows PC, then copy and paste your gesture typed text into where you wanted it.
I wonder why there isn't a decent swype keyboard on iOS? I suppose apple themselves are maybe too scared to implement it into their OS because they won't want people to think they are copying android. Mind you - notifications anyone....
Wonder why there isn't a 3rd party one though...?
Edit: just noticed the thread was from Nov lol, but there's a new one. Watch the video and get a laugh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZArlrNFys5g&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Who cares really. This has nothing to do with android and or the nexus 7.
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jetbruceli said:
Who cares really. This has nothing to do with android and or the nexus 7.
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Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't post when I've been drinking vodka lol
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knuckles1978 said:
Yeah, you're right. I shouldn't post when I've been drinking vodka lol
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Firstly: I love vodka.
Second: This makes me love my gs3 and nexus7/hate crapple even more!
(My keyboard auto-corrected "crapple" with cripple. It's like it knows..)
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Apple is for non techy types that just wanna go buy their phone and use it. Done. Stable, simple.....and boring.
But to each their own.
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Apple is for non techy types that just wanna go buy their phone and use it. Done. Stable, simple.....and boring.
But to each their own.
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Correction. Flip phones are for the non techy. Apple is for people who think their techy.
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iOS doesn't allow 3rd party keyboards. Also, they will only allow web browsers that use a certain type of rendering, or something like that... Apple is running themselves into a ditch by locking our new ideas like that.
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BlackFire27 said:
Correction. Flip phones are for the non techy. Apple is for people who think their techy.
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Lol
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Apple will probably incorporate a gesture keyboard into a future iOS revision, call it "the best gesture keyboard invented ever" and then sue Google/Samsung/Swype for violating Apple patents.
phishfi said:
iOS doesn't allow 3rd party keyboards. Also, they will only allow web browsers that use a certain type of rendering, or something like that... Apple is running themselves into a ditch by locking our new ideas like that.
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Good, and Good riddance to them aswell !
They haven't had anything innovative since, well pretty much the first iPad/iPhone series.
And the phone itself hasn't changed at all since the 4.
SDA_Lord said:
Apple will probably incorporate a gesture keyboard into a future iOS revision, call it "the best gesture keyboard invented ever" and then sue Google/Samsung/Swype for violating Apple patents.
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And this is exactly what they will do. EXACTLY.
Wilks3y said:
Good, and Good riddance to them aswell !
They haven't had anything innovative since, well pretty much the first iPad/iPhone series.
And the phone itself hasn't changed at all since the 4.
And this is exactly what they will do. EXACTLY.
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Apple has always been the same. Their computers were the same...a couple variants...minor changes from year to year. And no one else can use their os. Well...hardly anyone uses their PC's as a result. They managed to make one good phone...and year after year make very slight changes. Ipad now too.
But thanks to the phones and ipads they make money. Cause the tech unsavvy go with the flow.
But they gotta be the least innovative company on earth. Slowly people are seeing this and slowly apple will die off...unless they make serious changes to their ideals.
Rim is becoming, or became, similar.
Android as things are today will take over the mobile world in time.
Again.....unless apple and even rim change their tunes.
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Completely agree, with your two word post People say 'apple just works'.
The fact is, now android can be simple, and 'just works' if thats what you want it to do, but the possibilities are there to do whatever the hell you like to your device, as they should be when you've just paid a large amount of money for it.
You can leave it standard and simple (does anyone?), or mod it to within an inch of its life. I do understand though that there is a market for technically unsavvy fashionistas who think that the latest iDevice elevates them somehow into a superior being. Sad really. My experience. My opinion. Based on people I know personally. Not all of the iPhone owners I know, some are just ignorant lol
All locked down is just boring, jailbreaking your iPhone makes it run slower lol, and you still can't do whatever you like with it.
Android is, and has always been the way forward to me. Nothing to do with blind brand loyalty. I didn't mean to make this an Apple hate thread or anything.
Do not even get me started on the way that apple go about conducting their 'business'. It should be criminal.
I once owned an iPod for about a month. Then I was enraged with iTunes. I then bought an iRiver HP120. Man, let me tell you that the sheer sound quality of that thing with good 'phones made hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I used it. Drag and drop heaven too.
I never bought an Apple device again, and unless they change their ways something silly, never would again. But even then, the way in which they conduct business has put me off for life.
Don't tell me that's fanboyism.

Battlefield Hardline Beta... Worth it?

As A COD player, not sure about this... Worth it?
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fkofilee said:
As A COD player, not sure about this... Worth it?
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From a CoD player perspective: yes. Compared to CoD, BF has a better game engine, plus vehicles.
From a Battlefield player perspective: maybe. This game is not a big step ahead in the saga, nor is heavily differentiated by the previous games.
Basically Hardline is a Cops and Robbers game on steroids: it could have been far more realistic, with normal guns and vehicles, but then it would have just been a Payday game. Then they probably decided to keep using weapons such as rocket launchers and vehicles such ad assault helicopters.
Personally I'm not that hyped for BFH. Well, since BF4's launch is terrible, the community lost faith in EA/DICE. If you play CoD and is not a "cod kid" then you could go for it, as BF is generally more vehicle intensive and the guns feel like real guns which cod players might find it hard to adapt to.
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Personally I'm not that hyped for BFH. Well, since BF4's launch is terrible, the community lost faith in EA/DICE. If you play CoD and is not a "cod kid" then you could go for it, as BF is generally more vehicle intensive and the guns feel like real guns which cod players might find it hard to adapt to.
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Well EA & Origin were offering BF 3 download for free which I took up , started playing campaign and enjoyed it.
I might go for Hardline, but not 100% sure on that one. But thanks very much
fkofilee said:
Well EA & Origin were offering BF 3 download for free which I took up , started playing campaign and enjoyed it.
I might go for Hardline, but not 100% sure on that one. But thanks very much
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No prob
BTW I'm thinking of buying CoD Ghosts (I'm a little bored of BF4, got over 200hrs) can you please suggest me what I should know about CoD? (Example gameplay community)
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panpjp said:
No prob
BTW I'm thinking of buying CoD Ghosts (I'm a little bored of BF4, got over 200hrs) can you please suggest me what I should know about CoD? (Example gameplay community)
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Its a bit gimmicky at the best of times, I love it, and it catches on if you have patience @
Sorry to close this thread, but I think this discussion belongs in the Gaming thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279620
Please feel free to repost your discussion in there.
Thanks!

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