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You can buy either way. Games are sold through auctions or via Buy It Nows. There are so many on sale you can find what ever you want. I tend to do better with auctions but I understand the appeal of buy it nows. Roughly 13k used games are sold on ebay, every day. It is a massive market.
So is the half.com site just the ebay instant buy ads then? Or is it a completely different site? Sorry for asking, but it is all blocked here.
I have never used half.com but here is the wiki definition. Not sure how this is any different than buying on regular ebay with buy it now fixed prices. ==================Half.com is a subsidiary of eBay, in which sellers offer items at fixed prices, usually items that have a UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU, rather than rare, old or collectible items. The items available on half.com are limited to books, textbooks, music, movies, video games, and video game consoles.
That's prettymuch it - Half.com is basically for people who want to buy/sell books, CD's, movies, and games without bidding.
Are ME1 and Witcher 1 really important from a story perspective to better enjoy ME2 & 3 and Witcher 2?
Almost none to the buyer, save that he/she didn't have to search for a buy it now.
I had started ME2 on the PS3 before they announced the orginial was going to be released and found I felt lost during most of the conversations. For that reason, I shelved it for a long, long time, finding it to be a bit of a disappointment. Once I heard about the PS3 release of ME, I went back and played it and enjoyed it immensely. Having not played any of the other ME games for other than that one short period, it didn't seem dated to me at all. I then rolled right in to ME2 and find myself enjoyingit MUCH more having played the original. So I believe it definitely enhances the ME2 experience.
For the buyer, probably not that much. I haven't used eBay in a while, but half lists all the sellers of a game with their ratings, item conditions, prices and descriptions in an easy to scan format that eBay doesn't (or at least didnt used to) have - couldn't be easier as a buyer or seller.
The writing in Witcher 1 isn't anything special and the plot is kind of weird - you aren't missing anything by reading a wiki summary and diving into Witcher 2, IMO. ME has a much more complicated and intricate set of character interactions that you are missing out on if you skip the first.
I purchased the trilogy for the PS3. These links will show you what is included and what is not for PS3
There are some side missions that really set up ME2. A lot dealing with Cerberus, etc. I never got the hate for ME1. It was fantastic. The whole journey, aside from the last, was just amazing. I think that was the real problem with the ending. You had an emotional connection to the universe, the characters, etc. It was like they had just served you an elegant 7-course meal, and for the dessert, they had an elephant crap on a plate and then they force feed you that.I liked thembut to each their own.
Sniper development was key for me. Once I had two good ones most battles were a done deal as long as I stayed patient. Some of the missions you have enclosed spaces and it can get dicey for your snipes. The nice thing about Classic is the enemies are more aggressive which helps your overwatch. Instead of normal where they just camp out.
I loved the mako. They exploration honestly was what drew me in at first. I didn't know what to make of the story because it started fast and then tapered off a bit. The exploration of the galaxy to me was the best part of the early game. Obviously the story got really good after those first 2 main missions but the Mako gave me many hours of enjoyment.
I think I'm going to have enjoyed the Mako way more than I am mining planets. I spent today's play sessions mostly learning to move around the galaxy, knocking out a few easy side quests, and mining out three planetary systems I was in. The mining can eat some serious time if you really want to be thourough. And it seems to me that the minerals are going to be important enough that it is fairly necessary. But I am definitely settling in to the controls, the ship systems, etc. I died once because of being overly aggressive. But after the reload, I had no problem.
It was. But it was also 2007. Saved a lot of space doing that. They were different enough to be entertaining.
Many of us have played through numerous times - something that I rarely ever do anymore. In fact I rarely even finish most games one time these days.The Comedian said:
Bioshock ended a streak of not finishing games because of losing interest - I think it was about 5-6 games, with the exception of Arkham City right in the middle of that group.
I guess that's true. Though I imagine most people that got bored with it did multiple playthroughs. I could see it really wearing thin then. For me though, I only played through once, and never got bored with that aspect of the exploration. Actually, now that I think about it though, each ship and most buildings on side quests were exactly the same also. I think that bothered me more than the repeated planetary surfaces.The Comedian said:
Very different styles. Mass Effect is much more linear even with the side quests than BL2 or SR. But overall the story is infinitely better. I think you'll enjoy it.
The game itself is really good. The ending was just really disappointing after all the hours you put into building your character to be the way you wanted it to be. But it doesn't take away from some of the best scenes and drama from all 3 games. Plus the gameplay is the best of the 3. The customization from 1 combined with the ease of control from 2.
I liked the original ending. I also liked the endings they developed after the outrage (which I'm pretty sure you still need to download as DLC).
We beat every angle of the ending to death in the ME3 thread, but here ill just remind any new players to make sure to DL the extended ending (if its not already included in the trilogy package). Had that been in place from the outset, there wouldn't have been massive Internet outrage over the issue.
Exactly. Definitely make sure you download the new ending before ever seeing the old one. You'll be fine then.
I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.
Makes sense, since it was the awesome Clint Mansell (Requiem For a Dream, The Fountain, Smokin Aces, Moon) that did the score for the game.
I am not sure I understand this; do you mean this literally as in ME3 uses game save info from ME1 & 2 to alter the story you play?
I didn't get to the ending until they had released all the "fixes" and I loved the ending. I'm sure part of it is in people's heads. Once you've gotten a bad impression of the original ending some additions here and there aren't going to totally change your opinion. That disappointment can't be un-remembered.
As I understand it, the "new" ending isn't actually different, it just contains some additional scenes that fill in some large holes the original ending left out. Watching the old ending won't be different scenes, it will just be shorter.
By the time you get to ME3 there are so many possible webs that your decisions from 1 & 2 don't drastically alter the main story. But yes, people that died in ME1/ME2 are still dead in ME3 (and since ANYONE could die in ME2 that can alter things quite a lot), smaller story points/directions are altered by decisions you made in previous games, etc.
That's correct. The cutscenes and conflict resolutions (e.g. the Genophage, the Geth vs. Quarians) have differences based on your decisions from ME1&2.
