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They rarely give the bonus on LE/CEs. Very lame on there part. But I only buy 2-3 games a year, so $10 isnt a big thing

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If somehow you have some Best Buy GCs lying around you can preorder there. Standard and LE editions give you 150 Rewards points or something that's basically a GC for $10, same as Amazon.

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That's what I plan on doing. 500 bonus points for preordering through the games club or whatever they call it, plus as I understand it it'll be 60 toward the 150 needed for $10 from the games club, and 60 towards the 250 needed for the standard $5.

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The webisodes are way better than I imagined they would be. I'm impressed.

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Yeah, but with California tax being 8.25%, it would be a wash.

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In order to fully 'get' the whole story (within the story) you need to play on Nightmare difficultly, as some manuscript pages are only in that difficulty. I imagine that gameplay style will change a bit too - you might need to rely on environmental kills or group kills rather than merely firing your gun until it's dead.

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Oh, and in other bad news - the screen tearing is back in full force, even with the workaround that I thought was working :(

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On the bright side (natch), at least you can see the tears in full HD again.

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True!

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That sucks. :(

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However, let it be known that the game does not.

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Is Nightmare super-hard difficulty? I hate having the struggle for hours to pass one level.

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Isn't the game supposed to scale the difficulty based on how you're doing? If so, what's the point if there's also a difficulty setting?

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It is, and I haven't tried it...yet.

Not sure, is it? Where'd you read that info?

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Somewhere.

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I remember hearing that in the spotlight special on the xbox dash. It was said while the narrator was explaining the game.

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Goodness, this was a good game. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened...but more importantly why I felt a TINY bit underwhelmed at the end.

My 'numerical ranking' I'd give it a $56.99 out of a possible $59.99

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Does it seem like the story isn't finished and they're relying on future DLC Episodes to finish the narrative? I mean, does it stand on it's own? We already know the first DLC will be "free" for original purchasers...

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It's fully contained. But, there are some unanswered questions that the manuscript helps explain, which promotes a replay on Nightmare difficulty to get/read them all.

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Well, you did liken it to a Stephen King story...

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What's the play time and replayability? I'm trying to figure out if this game is a day-one purchase or if limited replayibility and linear storytelling will lead to a flood of used copies hitting ebay in a couple of months like a certain other game I'm thinking of.

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:lol: good point. I meant to scour the credits for his name, but didn't. There was a line in the dialog that was so direct to King's style that I laughed out loud. This was HEAVILY influenced by King.

The play time was probably around 10-12 hours. No in game timer so it's a rough guess. But approx 2 hours per episode, give or take. Replay will likely be twice for people who want the whole story - which I would imagine once you play it you'll see why you want to do it again. Oh, and 550 acheevo points for a basic play through, didn't get all the collector's achievements...I was close on a couple things.

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Anyone know what's going on with Bright Falls? The only info on release dates I could find is a press release on the official xbox site, saying the first two would be 4/25 and one would follow each week. Did I miss something about the next one being delayed?

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I think the third one is out now.

edit: Yup.

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Sweet. I'd just been checking on the marketplace, thinking they'd put them up everywhere at once.