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Posted: Oct 25th 2010 9:48PM Arsenic13 said
FREE you say?! Grabbing just in case this is a fluke.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 9:50PM Liquidfingers said
Huh? Are they doing this to avoid having the game come out on two discs?
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 9:54PM ZoneoftheEnders said
Dear stiq,
I provided the hot tips, straight from the deep fryer that is the internet at great personal loss and danger. No thanks? I see how it is. On a less related note excited for my free gun.
I provided the hot tips, straight from the deep fryer that is the internet at great personal loss and danger. No thanks? I see how it is. On a less related note excited for my free gun.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 9:56PM ZoneoftheEnders said
Dear Stiq,
I provided this hot tip, straight from the perilous deep fryer that is the internet and offered it you at a value meal price of free. For my egregious personal loss and the danger I faced no thanks. I see how it is. Also I am excited for my free gun.
I provided this hot tip, straight from the perilous deep fryer that is the internet and offered it you at a value meal price of free. For my egregious personal loss and the danger I faced no thanks. I see how it is. Also I am excited for my free gun.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 9:58PM xbashingx said
Yay for free stuff!
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:43PM Ballistic H said
@xbashingx
"Free": such a rarity from Microsoft.
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"Free": such a rarity from Microsoft.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:03PM Tonezorz said
Doesn't seem to be working for me. I log it but it doesn't show me as logged in on that content page.
When I click to download, it says "Error, you found a glitch in the system"
When I click to download, it says "Error, you found a glitch in the system"
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:04PM Mama Luigi said
Never say no to free stuff.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:04PM TheMainProtagonist said
195 MB for 2 weapons...?
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:14PM TheMainProtagonist said
@Bryuu
weird. I'm downloading it right now and it's 195.54 MB
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weird. I'm downloading it right now and it's 195.54 MB
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:06PM jasu78 said
At 195MB for two weapons, either this is the worst compressed game ever, or you're going to have to download every area and enemy you encounter because they wouldn't fit on one disc.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:11PM Mustbemysbs said
dopeness
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:18PM zwomann said
Can you get DLC if you don't have xbox gold? I let mine expire - been playing almost all PC games... have to dust off the xbox for this one.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:44PM Gun Barrier said
@zwomann
Yea you can get it, though I'm not sure if you have to wait 1 week first like for game demos.
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Yea you can get it, though I'm not sure if you have to wait 1 week first like for game demos.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 10:25PM Exhau said
I wonder if Lionhead is going to explain why these weapons are so huge.
Posted: Oct 25th 2010 11:15PM Jawmuncher said
Well obviously the file is so large because the weapons are so awesome
Posted: Oct 26th 2010 12:17AM ybfelix said
". Neither will be immediately available; they're added to your "gift queue" and be unlocked as the game progresses."
I like it this way. In some others you buy DLC you get instant access to the gears or sub-plots, even when it makes no sense in-story. Those disrupt the game's pacing.
I like it this way. In some others you buy DLC you get instant access to the gears or sub-plots, even when it makes no sense in-story. Those disrupt the game's pacing.
Posted: Oct 26th 2010 12:53AM Beanpie01 said
why is my musket duct taped around a abrams 1 tank??
"240.26 MB"
"240.26 MB"
Posted: Oct 26th 2010 10:28AM gundamtotoro said
5he game is supposed to have a weapon system where the weapons change with your character. I would think the file size would have to pretty sizeable for two weapons that could change into several different versions.
Posted: Oct 29th 2010 6:54PM onan said
@gundamtotoro at that rate though, 40 weapons would fill the DVD.
I'm more inclined to believe it's something embarrassing on there that they need to patch, and since it's a flagship Microsoft game, they didn't want a PS3-style 30 minute update as soon as you turn on the system, so they went this route. The free goodies are a way to tempt you into downloading an optional update. When does MS ever give anything away for free? (I kid, but it's rare.)
MS tends to allow themselves to do some pretty ridiculous stuff with their own IPs on Xbox Live/Marketplace that breaks all their own rules for publishing. Just look at Halo.
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I'm more inclined to believe it's something embarrassing on there that they need to patch, and since it's a flagship Microsoft game, they didn't want a PS3-style 30 minute update as soon as you turn on the system, so they went this route. The free goodies are a way to tempt you into downloading an optional update. When does MS ever give anything away for free? (I kid, but it's rare.)
MS tends to allow themselves to do some pretty ridiculous stuff with their own IPs on Xbox Live/Marketplace that breaks all their own rules for publishing. Just look at Halo.
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