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The COD VS Everything Else saga… 

Everyone that has said this is gettong old is dead right. But it's been pretty quiet around here and at least this muck gets people talking (even if it's just fighting at least it means new posts!).

I, for one, am looking forward to MW3. I only came into the series on MW2 and I enjoyed that so getting the next one is a no-brainer. Apart from a few niggling design choices and the length, I found the SP to be pretty good. I think the MP is weak as Hell so I avoided it but I thought the co-op stuff was unbelievable. Anyone that's read my posts over my time here will know I'm a co-op fanatic and the Special OPs were brilliant fun. I'm hoping the mode makes a return in the next game.

Black Ops was a much poorer offering, I've already ranted about it (at length) elsewhere:

http://www.allps3trophies.com/forum/call-of-duty-black-ops/black-ops-aftermath

so I won't repeat myself here. But I will add that since posting that Ive spent time with the MP and confirmed that it was just as bad to play as to watch. No huge problems or glitches but things that I look for in MP just weren't there.

There are far superior MPs to be had but they'll be ignored in favour of this mush because COD does get bought by everyone. COD's biggest strength has always been the fact that you will always have guys on your friends list playing it and playing an average game with your mates is still more fun than playing a gaming masterpiece with strangers.

Not that BO was a total loss; Zombies turned out to be the time sink I'd hoped it would and I've had some awesome games with my mates. I even have one convinced that the only way to kill the Pentagon Thief before he gets your gear (for the trophy) is to hit him with the Bowie Knife!! He's the last one in our group that needs it and it's fcuking hilarious to play as far as the Thief round and watch him try melée the fcuker

Should any of you come across I773P73SSIBL3 online ask him how he's getting on

'Feather & Bone' from the album Mammal by Altar of Plagues.

Again, Doc's sentiments parallel my own. 

Sony were hacked by an outside source, it wasn't their fault and I'm not going to lambaste them over being just as vulnerable as every other online service out there. 

And I can appreciate how much this cost them. The service might be free, so they didn't lose out on any fees, but re-building a network and hiring digital security companies can't be cheap.

Through the whole outage my one issue with Sony was their muck PR. Every bit of information we got, spent several days grinding though the rumour mill before Sony came out and (partially) confirmed it. I didn't expect them to instantly know what had happened their system and explain it to us, but it wouldn't have been too much effort to keep us up to date. 

As for the welcome back package? Like Doc I felt that Sony used it to mollify us but were deliberately vague about what they were going to give so as to raise our expectations but not actually promise anything of worth. I didn't ask for the package but once it was tabled I did expect Sony to offer up something good that actually implied “our apologies for the outage and thank you for staying with us”.

I know that sounds unreasonable, but that is how companies do business. People go with the brand/service that offers them the most free crap. In the bar I work when a customer drops their drink, I replace it. I don't have to; they dropped it and it was their own fault. But that small gesture keeps them coming back. 

And I'm a little worried that now the service is fast approaching the 'full functionality' date, a few of the interesting features we were offered (Changable PSN ID, Cross game chat etc. ) seem to have been quietly forgotten about.

RKF95 said:

Not to be “that guy”, but did anonymous ever say there gonna leave sony alone, who says there not gonna crack sonys “improved” security a month or two down the road?

Anon are pretty much at war with each other now. From what I can gather a lot of IP addresses have been handed over to the authorities so quite a few people are going to be too busy getting their asses sued to find the time to hack anything.

Great performance from the Toons today getting them a well earned point. The back four were solid and made a mockery of Torres.

Critter Crunch 100%

I think I might try for the same in Savage Moon. I have the original game finished but I never got around to the Waldgeist trophies. 

THANK FCUKING GOD!!!!!!

This changing password business is going to be a pain though, I have 16 accounts…

Finally finished both Adventure mode and Puzzle mode in Critter Crunch. Hardcore gaming FTW!!

@KOG

That game has been gathering dust on my shelf since it's release. I absolutely loved Fallout 3 but all the glitches and problems I've heard about are really putting me off New Vegas.