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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Got hold of a free DS lite from a friend of mine after GS offered him 15 for it. Anybody have any experience with R4 flash cards? Purely non-piracy of course.
[Off-topic] GuyInTheCorner:
Yeah... Non-Piracy.... Just like having uTorrent for the legal Torrents..

R4 cards are pretty good, just make sure you get a decent one, not a crappy off brand R4 (happened to me before, don't buy from a guy in a more than slightly suspicious shop).

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[Off-topic] Stolly08:
Anyone still playing Skyrim? Dawnguard?
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
On occasion I am. Haven't downloaded ANY of the DLC yet but I'm about to... currently swapping out between RDR:GoTY and Dragons Dogma though.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Anybody wanna take a crack at this one?

My (4 year old) 80GB fat PS3's disc reader has started making a rapid clicking sound for a varying amount of time when a disc is ejected through the controller but when I push the capacitive eject key it ejects normally. I have no explanation for this behavior.

SOLUTION[/B: ]Anybody else who has this issue should try a fix I found that worked.

Unplug/Plug back in the PS3, hold the eject button down and don't release till it boots.
[Off-topic] jRi0T68:
Yes, though I gave it a small break. Went back to New Vegas after spending weeks driving around the desert near Nevada for work and feeling Fallout inspired.

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[Off-topic] southernknight:
Anyone here plays smite? I just started:)

I am the son of a potato.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Holding the eject down spins something inside backwards to clean the fan and all.

Mine fat did that also.. before the drive died inside of it.. luckily it wasn't a bad fix..

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[Off-topic] Archer:
I had an original 60GB PS3 and it died on me. Luckily I had that stupidly good cover that Sony stopped doing where I paid £5 and they just gave me a brand new one, like for like (I only paid the insurance for 1 month!)

Then eventually my 2nd one died. That was probably due to me using PlayTV so it was pretty much always on. It was the YLOD.

I then went out and bought a slim one, and now it's only used for gaming (got a freeview box for TV and a Rikomagic Android stick for media client). So, I had a spare, albeit dead, fat PS3.

I gave it to my friend and he's gonna get it fixed, but I wondered how many people have experience with getting the YLOD problem fixed, and what kind of life can he expect from it afterwards?

tl;dr?

Is fixing a YLOD PS3 reliable and what kind of life expectancy does it have afterwards?
[Off-topic] Ichigo:
What does YLOD mean? Is it like the xbox's red rings of death?

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[Off-topic] Archer:
Yeah, it's "yellow light of death" and it usually happens due to overheating and a problem with some heatsink sealant that was used on the original models.
[Off-topic] Ichigo:
Actually, on my xbox, I've gotten the RROD twice. Both times I laid a towel on it and it somehow fixed it. :confused:

I doubt that would work for you though.

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[Off-topic] Archer:
I believe the fix is something to do with removing the heat sink, removing the sealant and then just applying some better quality stuff. There's been suggestions of putting it in the over, or using a heated paint stripper, but he's not gonna open it and do anything like that. There's tons of services out there that do the fix, but Sony do it themselves so he's thinking of doing that, even though it costs more than the cheapy-chappie down the road.
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
I've had a fat ps3 open myself and respiraled and Arctic Silver-ed the heatsink and you really have to make sure not to put too much or too little thermal compound when doing so, and honestly... there's no guaranteed shelf life after - one I did we were able to have marathon Rock Band sessions on for months, another it just died fifteen minutes later after booting Dante's Inferno... so it just depends lol.

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Well, I dunno guys. I've had my 80GB model for almost 4 years now and no signs of broken things still, runs as good as it was back in the first day it arrived to me with the DMC4 disc:D
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
I had my original from the day they released until about a year ago.. it YLOD on my twice and I was able to push it a little further..

Was a tank.. if they start getting hot, stand that mofo up.. there is a 6" fan (maybe smaller) that takes up almost the entire bottom of that thing.. seems to help vent them.. also give it a cleaning with a vacuum.. don't use compressed air.. just blows the dirt around inside..

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[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Damn!

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[Off-topic] redneck_666:
I have had to get mine fixed twice. Once two years after launch, and then a year after that. What pisses me off, is that game developers lock save files so you cannot copy them. I've had to start over on my 50+ games twice already.

If it happens again, I'll never give Sony my money again.

Also, I just noticed that I had a different unit shipped to me. Only 4 USB ports on it. Mine had two extra in the back.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
I have all my "important" save files backed up to cloud so it doesn't happen..

Or keep the hard drive and just use it in a new ps3...

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
I see no logic in this post
[Off-topic] redneck_666:
Thanks for your insightful comment.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
You're always welcome
[Off-topic] happymfeet:
Anybody play tranzit on black ops 2? Would love to play with some of you guys.

Add me on PSN: happymfeet

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Did you guys see the Phantom Pain trailer? Is it really the MGS 5?
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Their are a lot of signs pointing to yes.. we will have to wait and see though..

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
The man who was shown in the trailer also looked like Big Boss from Ground Zeros gameplay trailer.. does it mean that something is gonna happen in GZ which will result in Big Boss losing his hand?
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Interesting. I'm curious how they're getting around SS dying but still calling it Metal Gear Solid, but still something to look forward to.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
MGS 3 and Peace Walker also starred Big Boss only, so the argument is invalid
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Not an argument, just a curiosity. Don't see why it's a big deal.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
There are several snakes in the MGS universe... would not surprise me to see the introduction of a new Snake...

I've seen trailers you mentioned.. they do look like the same person...

White Whale is an obvious fake name.. I'm betting it has a lot to do with MGS5

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
New snake? The fifth one? But... How?... Why?... When?...

I understand the Big Boss, THE original snake, okay. I also understand Solid, Liquid and Solidus - 'cuz they are all the clones of Big Boss..

But where could the 5th Snake emerge from? AFAIK, there were no mentions of another Snake during the entire franchise's history, and seeing the event of 4th MGS - I don't see how somebody could create a new clone. Unless Kojima explains that in Ground Zeros, of course.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
While I don't think they will have a new snake.. it wouldnt surprise me.. Kojima likes to add insane amounts of depth through little hints people over look...

The story is so complex, it turns a lot of people away since they try to jump in around the middle and have no idea wtf is going on.. but for us that have been there from the start..

But as for bringing people back.. hell, look at raiden and vamp...

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[Off-topic] a.cid:
I couldn't get my hands on borderlands 2, so I managed to pickup crysis 2 instead... :P

First installment in the crysis series, any tips (no spoilers though)?

I've managed half an hour of play till now, and the graphics are by far the best I've ever seen on my rig...

There's a learning curve, but coming from cs and cod, this wasn't too much...

But skyrim has had its effect since I've stopped rushing...

Overall, initial impressions are nice...

No idea how to collect the collectibles since the details are so nice, I can't tell them apart from the surroundings :P

What's your opinion on this game?
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
I got bored with C2 real quick.. not sure why I didn't like it.. just wasn't my cup of tea..

Playing Darksiders 2 right now..

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[Off-topic] G.Ellis:
I tried black ops 2 I thought it has went arcade a bit to much. Much prefer medal of honors new games.
[Off-topic] king_below_my_lord:
I am playing both torchlight and torchlight 2 which i found recently at the store.

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[Off-topic] InfinityFTW:
Seeking DayZ players! I find it hard to work alone in a world of 500 zombies. If someone is interested, let me know :)
[Off-topic] Fulaeetoy:
Still finishing Shadow of the colossus

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
I love the Crysis games, including Far Cry 1 which was the original Crytek game, and have played them all to death! You can make Crysis 2 very easy by getting in close to the Aliens when you fight them, (more hit damage in close), and making sure you collect the nano catalyst that they drop. Kill every single Alien on every level and collect every bit of Nano Catalyst and you can soon unlock the upgrades:

Proximity Alarm

Nano Recharge

Mobility Enhance

Stealth Enhance

Once you have those, you're pretty indestructable, and gives you the ability to stealth through some levels without ever having to engage a single enemy. Personally, i always made it my mission to get through every game killing every single enemy and clearing every single level. The other thing i would always do is take the mounted Machine guns off of vehicles and fixed positions when possible and use them until they are out of ammo. Some levels have three or four that you can use and it's a very powerful gun.

I would definitely recommend getting Far Cry 1 as it's still a great game today, as well as Crysis 1 & Warhead. They're all awesome games!
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Darksiders 2 seems to take elements from lots of other games and combines them..

Climbing and wall running from PoP and AC

Dungeons and exploration from LoZ

Loot system from Diablo 2

Combat from God of War

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[Off-topic] fleurdelisxliv:
Picked up madden 13 and its awesome
[Off-topic] fleurdelisxliv:
just traded it back at gamestop bc it was the last day to get $35 ended up getting $43 and some change :D
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
What a let down that game was.. I was furious when I finished it..

Was like "damn?!? Is that all it had to offer?!?"

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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
The last "chase" mission was total bull****. First barrels explode in your face 3 secs in then all that **** with the burning boat.
[Off-topic] omario8484:
Sigh I was hoping for halo to go back to its original roots like halo 2 and halo ce.... Halo reach complete let and halo 4 aka cod in space.... Has anyone played hitman absolution probably going to get that
[Off-topic] nuuits:
I know I'm late but I just got AC Brotherhood c;; because it was $8 and I'm too poor for AC 3.
[Off-topic] SteveG12543:
Still a great game! Plus that's an awesome price for it.
[Off-topic] Sparx639:
Soooo, how about fallout 4 anyone? I MUST have a fallout 4 next year

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
No rumours from Bethesda on that matter yet...
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Might not even happen. Bethesda wants to distance themselves from the muck-ups that Fallout/Skyrim have been on consoles. Long load times, glitches, slow downs and the complete lack of any Skyrim for PS3 don't spell well for those series. Unless they can clean up their act that is.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Lol, it was their fault in the first place, if they worth a heck as developers - they would fix everything and at least TRY to optimize their titles.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
They obviously don't (or at least didn't) want to even try to streamline their code. I'm no coder but from my understanding they just took an (already aging) engine, added layers of code that made it bloated and then released Fallout 3/NV and Skyrim then shrugged when there were bugs.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Exactly. Fallout 3/New Vegas and Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim use the SAME engine. So no wonder that their games have hundreds of bugs and glitches. Just imagine a 2011 game working on a almost 6 year old engine (or even more. When was TES III released?).

It proves nothing but simple fact of lazyness of Bethesda's dev teams, so they are the only ones to be blamed for their failures and unfortunate fates of New Vegas, for example.

You think that Skyrim got all the GotY's in 2011 and even one in 2012 because of it's greatness?

Surr, it's an awesome game and pretty epic and still represents the old-school FPRPGs that were popular during the times of rise of TES as a franchise, but do you really think that every GotY award actually gave Skyrim the title because of its quality?

No chance.

With a game that works on a generation-old engine with few additions and graohical improvements and just CRAWLS with bugs, errors and glitches - it doesn't deserve the award, even with its gameplay/world/story.

Imagine how much money Bethesda spent to buy out all the rewards?

It results in no funds of developing an entirely new engine for the game.

And in many re-releases like Digital, GoTY edition, etc.

CoD shares the same fate, BTW m, with Activision just using the old Quake 3 engine and improving it bit by bit which just shows how much superios BF3 is compared to the latest series titles in all technological aspects
[Off-topic] CallMeVentus:
Havok Engine/Hedgehog Engine ftw

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[Off-topic] scoffyburito:
Could we push frostbite 3?
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Fox Engine, brah
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Ftw!!

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Yeah!:D:thumbup:

MGS Ground Zeroes looks just stunning
[Off-topic] Sparx639:
They could just use a new engine

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Seems like Bethesda likes to go the easy way and just reuse the ssme engine over and over
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
That's what we want. But they seem to be too lazy/cheap to go that route and would rather just release buggy games.
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
I keep hearing all these complaints about buggy games from Bethesda (esp. Skyrim) and maybe I'm lucky but I haven't had anything that even close to made a game unplayable since Morrowind (and that was when my speed was cheated up over 500 for fun), and I've played Oblivion, Fallout 3 with all DLC, New Vegas with all DLC and Skyrim, as well as logging over 600 hours on Morrowind. Yes a new engine seems all shiny, but sometimes the developers seem to choose putting more into the game content-wise. Idk just my 2 cents.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
And what medium, are you playing them on? If it's PC then you haven't had bugs because your build probably was powerful enough to make up for their **** coding, something consoles are not.
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
XBox for Morrowind, and 360 for the rest.

I Concede I might just be lucky... but I haven't even gotten the backwards flying dragon!
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
You might be the only person in the world...

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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Because they charge $60 a pop for games. They'd better be reworking the engine to get it working right for that price.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Anecdotes aren't facts. What is a fact is that there is no DLC on the PS3 because the engine is utter ****.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Nah, it only creates 8 gig page files that crash because the engine doesn't have an efficient way to reload details like every other modern engine can do on the fly... lol

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[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
Funny how the 360 processor and gpu can handle it whereas the supposedly superior cell gpu that the sony fanboys were all aglow about at launch can't, huh? I'd put the Skyrim problems equally in Bethesda AND Sony's court - Oblivion GOTY ran like sh*t for me on PS3 as well.

I will admit I saw an interesting glitch on my best friend's 360 the other day: his custom manor in the DLC on Skyrim has a forge downstairs... and a section of the floor turned into a portal through the world and back to the ground... outside the house. I fully acknowledge glitches do happen lol.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
The 360 is similar to the PC so Bethesda's **** coding is less evident. The PS3 operates in a totally different way and requires actual effort to properly utilize which Bethesda just won't put in. Look at any other open world game on both consoles and it becomes evident.
[Off-topic] Sparx639:
The 360 and ps3 are equally close to a PC. Its Sony's supplied tools to make games that really messed it up. If it weren't for that, game developers might actually put more effort into their systems.

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[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
No, its innovation on sonys part to try and do something new that can actually progress.. cell is more powerful.. there is no way around it.. its just that coding is different from doing what Bethesda does best.. Port a game from PC to console with an outdated engine..

If Beth would get their act together, and actually make some effort.. it would work right..

Ask Hideo Kojima...

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[Off-topic] Sparx639:
Of course, what I was trying to say was that the hardware was innovative, but the software just wasn't there for it.

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[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
The software is there.. ask any of the big developers.. they knock it out of the park..

Bethesda just cant be hassled with making an effort..

Porting to the ps3 isn't as simple as it is to the Ecks Bocks.. it takes a little more rewrite.. I honestly think Bethesda does just enough to get it to a beta for ps3 and then turns it loose..

Almost every other port to ps3 is a working and functioning version of the game its supposed to be..

Random freezes and crashes plague the ps3 version in Fallout and TES, its not as bad on Ecks Bocks, yet thats not the same for 95% of other multi platform games.. that points all fingers solely at Bethesda.. hell, they have taken responsibility for Dawnguard not working for the ps3.. with this much egg on their face, I bet we see some changes now..

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[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
Well... Bethesda should just stick to 360 then and go back to exclusivity since their engine doesn't play well with cell processing apparently. I personally am of the opinion that in a game the size and scale of Skyrim... a few bugs are acceptable. Oh and btw apparently Lucasarts had and still has an "open world star wars rpg" in the works at the time of the merger... theorized to be the next KoToR! Sweet!
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
They will never go back to exclusively Microsoft.. if they didn't anything it would be PC only.. bailing on consoles now would be financial suicide..

What they need to do is quit using the same outdated engine that is broken by today's generation and rewrite the source and come out with something new instead of just rehashing broken product..

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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Bethesda should just use a modern engine. Don't make excuses for them, they wouldn't make any for you. There is no "acceptable" amount of bugs in a commercial release. If it was free would be one thing but for $60 there is no excuse.
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
Lol I'm not making "excuses" for anyone, I'm expressing my opinion. If y'all don't like it that's your problem and if you're unhappy with Bethesda then stop giving them your money and stop buying their product. This late in the current generation writing a new engine from the ground up is more-than-likely financially INfeasible, i'd imagine. Once again, the worst glitches I've seen in skyrim are the oghma infinium glitch, a mannekin that duplicates armor, and the missing alchemy lab. Of the three... the lab is the only one that even caused me a moment's irritation. If y'all don't like the way they're doing things - do something. Learn to code and send Bethesday your resume with "your Elder Scrolls engine sucks" on the cover letter.

Oh and I didn't mean eliminate consoles... I meant cut Sony out and focus on PC and 360.

Just so we're clear.

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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
The point is they already got our money. They released a buggy game, released a few firmware updates that didn't fix it then tried to wash their hands of any responsibility.
[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
And I'll agree that you should have some recourse... though I figure you want the awesome experience I've had and that you read about in the media instead of a refund. However, its kinda like my recent experience with cell phones. Bought a phone considered to be a high end smartphone that launched with 2.3 on it. HTC quit updating it inside of a year and that phone still is stuck on 2.3.5 even though hardware-wise it is capable of ICS and JB and whatever you wanna throw at it. When that phone died... due to a screen failure... I bought a Samsung instead. Get my point guys? I have to wonder what it is about the cell processor that doesn't play well with Bethesda's engine though.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
I don't want any recourse from Beth.. I played the games and got several hundred hours out of them, finished and evened platinumed Skyrim in a few days.. I got my money worth.. but it doesn't change the fact that the game freezing and crashing several times is anyone else's fault..

And im confused as to how you said you have zero issues with any of their games then name a few problems you have had..

Trust me, your not doing anything special or have a magic system that allows your games not to mess up, you've gotten lucky.. no need to brag like you are somebody special..

And if you wonder about ps3 and seem to know how to make it work.. go ahead and send them your resume.. I'm sure they will get it when Bethesda gets mine..

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[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
So, it's official - THQ goes bankrupt and is now selling its studios.
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
I seen that this afternoon... such a shame..

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[Off-topic] onebornoflight:
I said I had no issues that resulted in an unplayable game:) Simple. I acknowledged that I'm probably lucky - I was very UNlucky with Oblivion on PS3. I'm not bragging however the trend was trashing Bethesda like they released a steaming piece of crap full of bugs and my 2 cents was that I haven't had the same issues and was more inclined to put the blame as much on Sony's hardware as Bethesda's issues. Other people, yourself included, seemed to get their backs up or something lol. And I'm going into the networking side of computing - though I would apply my 12 years of varied computer repair, programming, and building experience to theorize that the problem is somewhere BETWEEN Sony and Bethesda because the 360 doesn't seem to have nearly as many issues.

Oh and THQ... well sh*t. I was hoping the South Park rpg would be good lol. They should've stuck to the awesome N64 era wrestling games haha.

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[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Won't change anything for consumers. All their titles in progress were included in the buyout.
[Off-topic] PVL_93_RU:
Oh believe me, it will. If the studios and their titles get into wrong hands like EA or Activision - we can surely say goodbye to the appropriate series' because these two companies will just milk them out
[Off-topic] drnecropolis:
Yeah... but I've grown used to the THQ logo over the years of gaming.. its like when Rare, Iguana, Data East and all those old school guys vanished from loading screen..

Another one bites the dust..

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