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    What Fall blockbusters are you going to buy?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by chonga, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. chonga

    chonga Notebook Deity

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    With all of the awesome titles coming out, I was wondering what everyone was going to be buying and especially what you're going to be playing online.

    Of the titles releasing I've seen are:

    Unreal Tournament 3
    Quake Wars
    World in Conflict
    Area 51 Blacksite
    Bros in Arms: Hells highway
    CoD4: Modern warfare
    CRYSIS
    Gears of War
    HL2: Orange Box



    My choices are for the PC: Orange box, CRYSIS, and World in Conflict
    as for maybe's are Bros in Arms and Area 51 depending on player reviews on feedback on forums.
    XBOX 360: CoD4 (because i rock with the gamepad i play in tourneys)

    Share your thoughts!
     
    chonga, Sep 21, 2007
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not really a blockbuster, and probably not in the list of most of you guys, but I'm looking forward to Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.
     
    Sam, Sep 21, 2007
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  3. ryanm00

    ryanm00 Notebook Guru

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    I thought "blockbusters" referred to films lol. Well here's my top 5:

    Crysis
    CoD 4
    Gears of War
    Hellgate London
    Assassins Creed

    Too many good games to get all at once so I'll probably get one of the FPS's and one of the RPG's, then get the rest later on.
     
    ryanm00, Sep 21, 2007
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  4. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I got Hellgate London on pre-order, hope my beta key comes here soon :)
     
    coriolis, Sep 21, 2007
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  5. mxxl

    mxxl Notebook Geek

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    probably quake wars and orange box, because they're the only two that will run on the 8600m gt
     
    mxxl, Sep 21, 2007
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  6. HTWingNut

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    They will *ALL* run on the 8600m GT.

    I'm getting:

    UT3
    World in Conflict (Already Have)
    CoD4
    Crysis - hell yeah!
    Orange Box - Love ALL Half-Life games to date
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 21, 2007
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  7. Sneaky_Chopsticks

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    nice! same here man.

    uhh

    COD 4 Modern Warfare for PC
    Assassin's Creed for PC
    and Age of Empires 3: THe Asian Dynasties
     
    Sneaky_Chopsticks, Sep 21, 2007
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  8. Crimsonman

    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    empire earth 3 and
    universe at war
    assassins creed too
     
    Crimsonman, Sep 21, 2007
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  9. iph03n1xi

    iph03n1xi Notebook Evangelist

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    Crysis
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
    Unreal Tournament 3
     
    iph03n1xi, Sep 21, 2007
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  10. jb1007

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    COD4
    FIFA08 - gotta get it every year for some apparent reason
    Age of Empires - Can't wait for it!
     
    jb1007, Sep 21, 2007
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  11. miladesn

    miladesn Notebook Consultant

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    miladesn, Sep 21, 2007
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    I won't be able to buy games at the current time but eventually I want to play:

    1) Hellgate: London
    2) Stranglehold
    3) Assasins Creed
    4) Empire Earth 3
     
    link1313, Sep 21, 2007
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  13. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

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    Crysis, Gears of War, Orange Box
    The Big 3
     
    The Forerunner, Sep 21, 2007
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  14. miladesn

    miladesn Notebook Consultant

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    Hellgate -London,Crysis,Gears of War,Company of Heroes -Opposing Fronts,PES2008,Call of Duty 4,BIA Hell's Highway,UT3

    currently playing World in Conflict.
     
    miladesn, Sep 21, 2007
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  15. Vaath

    Vaath Notebook Deity

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    Orange Box (pre-ordered)
    Crysis
    Assassins Creed
    Unreal Tournament 3
    Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa
    Hellgate London
     
    Vaath, Sep 21, 2007
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  16. Crimsonman

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    ooh forgot one, Supreme commander expansion
     
    Crimsonman, Sep 21, 2007
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    Odin5578 Notebook Evangelist

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    I am anxiously awaiting Hellgate London and Half Life 2: Orange Box. I'm just hoping my 8600M GT will play them well. I seem to have a stuttering problem that I just can't shake off.
     
    Odin5578, Sep 22, 2007
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    Hell Gate and CRYSIS for PC

    and

    UT3 and The Orange Box for PS3
     
    eXtraBulleT, Sep 22, 2007
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    Can Crysis run on pentium 4 with upgraded graphic card? other specs as follows: 1.5 GB RAM, 75 GB HDD...can u also advice graphic card to play on high end settings?
     
    Nocturnal310, Sep 22, 2007
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  20. Nocturnal310

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    Can Crysis run on pentium 4 with upgraded graphic card? other specs as follows: 1.5 GB RAM, 75 GB HDD...can u also advice graphic card to play on high end settings?
     
    Nocturnal310, Sep 22, 2007
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    Crysis
    Orange Box (does this have single player too?)
    COD4
    Universe at War hopefully for my RTS needs (I want to see the review on it)

    World in Conflict is okay but it won't be enough for my RTS needs. It's a differnet kind of game but I think it'll work in multiplayer especially (having played the demo).
     
    Undsputed, Sep 22, 2007
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