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Hi there! I'm Andy, and I like to play on things that use electricity. I mostly make use of my Playing Station the Third, and I sometimes play Team Fortress the Second on my lapping top. I live in Michigan, and it sucks. I believe that I may currently be in the throes of a quarter-life crisis, if such a thing exists.

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DS games, me selling them OR I almost bought WAR for $25 today
Aughndibi | 1:47 AM on 10.14.2008 8 comments


I'm hope I'm not breaking any usage guidelines or anything by doing this, but I'd like to state that I'm selling two DS games on eBay. I'm selling Gyakuten Saiban 2 (an imported Japanese copy of the sequel to Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) and Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

If it helps this post be less spammy, let me state exactly why I'm selling these games. You see, I'm saving up money to purchase a half-decent PC. With said half-decent PC, I plan on buying Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and, eventually, Dawn of War 2. My laptop can't run WAR, and it probably won't be able to run Dawn of War 2. I'm contemplating selling my Xbox 360 for a PC, but if I did so, I would miss out on games like Rock Band 2. I would still be able to play Fallout 3, so that wouldn't be a problem, but there are some console-only games coming out in the near future that I would prefer not to miss out on.

Let me ask, first of all, in the opinion of the good members of the Destructoid community, is WAR worth the time? Is it truly better than WoW?

Also: Would it be better to buy individual PC parts from newegg.com or Tiger Direct and assemble a computer myself, or should I configure one from Dell, Alienware, or CyberPower? Or, OR, as a third option, should I buy a fully built PC from somewhere and the replace the video card/RAM/whatever?

There. Surely now the post is more than me advertising my eBay sales. Oh yes.



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Simmons 2pt0's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 02:38
Simmons 2pt0
WAR is a great game in it's own respect, a WoW killer? No.

I think of WAR vs WoW in that, WAR is more for the PvP loving skull smashing goon, where WoW is for the guy who likes to play Co-op games and surf social dating sites.

Many parts of WAR are awesome and well done. Keep sieges are awesome and you really feel like part of the battle, PvP is worth doing and amounts to gear, tactics and other things. Having a vast amount of scenarios is also awesome so you're not grinding WSG just to get marks of honor.

That being said, I won't be renewing my account until after the holidays because it's no longer the top game on my list. Some of it's faults are evident when you start getting to higher tiers of the game. The open grouping system doesn't work as intended, you're lucky to find a group in the area that is doing the same thing as you are. And the lack of a region wide chat channel is debilitating to finding groups.

WAR is a great game and I'd take it over WoW for sure, but I find that it's not for everyone.
wast3oid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 02:44
wast3oid
i dont know where you are from, but here in europe its much cheaper to build a pc yourself. you could build decent gaming rig for as little as 600€. with such a machine you could kick every consoles ass. that being said, i own a gaming pc and a wii. im so pissed, that i will miss gears of war 2. so whatever you do, dont sell your xbox! there are some decent games on the pc but there are more on your console. dont forget to invest 30 bucks in Crysis Warhead. its such a good game.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 03:05
Aziel13
Forums
we have them
you can use them
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 03:25
hpv
Build, build, build. Unless you like throwing away too much money on not enough hardware. Buying a pre-built machine pretty much guarantees that you won't get at least a few pieces that you really want. Plus you'd get a copy of vista forced down your throat, ick.
Alasdair Duncan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 04:47
Alasdair Duncan
I think you can get a good PC pre-built, but from a local retailer. Prices tend to be good and you can often get a warranty with it too, which can be a godsend. I think the fact that you're even asking the question, leads me to believe that you'll be better off with this option.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 08:00
Demtor
Just get yourself a Crysis PC for $800. Great parts, fast shipping, good deal, and it comes with XP instead of Vista.

As for WAR, get it. If you had any fun at all PVPing in WoW, then their is no reason not to get WAR. The classes are pretty well balanced for team play and learning your own role as a team mate is really a challenging aspect of the game that varies throughout the different tiers of the game.

While 'zerging' still has its place, more often than not it comes down to positional key healing, protecting casters, staying together and making quick kills. Its just a better PVP system designed for more skull crackin' and ass zappin' >:^D

The capture the ball/flag/point scenarios are also a lot of fun. Bombing runs and murder point activation can be had too. Oh and punting people in to hot lava never seems to get old, lol.

Plus, on top of all that the PVE is pretty well done. Get on a 'core' server and you won't have to worry about getting ganked by higher leveled players unless you flag for it (which can always fun too, hehe). So questing is a lot of fun, and never feels repetitive, until maybe Tier 3. Even then tho the new patch increases EXP in Tier 3 now.

Just as any other MMORPG, all of the story is given through text. I like to read, some of the stories are cool. But I can definitely see a lot of players just skipping to the bottom to read the objectives, accept the quest and move on. Who has time to read anymore? I sit down and read through my Tome of Knowledge from time to time... while I know some players don't even touch the damn thing! Get your 'RP' out of my MMORPG!
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/14/2008 08:41
Arttemis
You can still build a better computer yourself for cheaper than the Ultra Crysis box, especially since you can just cannibalize some of your current hardware (hard drive, DVD drives, cables).

I just helped my roommate build a completely new machine with, only re-using his DVD drive and OS for ~$580 after rebates --- with all of the same or better hardware than that Crysis PC.

Try to go with faster ram that matches 1:1 synchronously to your processors FSB.
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