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I get what you are saying, I just don't agree on every detail, I agree that it is closer to Max Payne in narrative than GTA, but I don't want to compare it to Max Payne, because of it lacking some of the gameplay elements that Mafia has (Driving) that makes up parts of the game. I'm curious...

Yes, they are, but in the case of Mafia and GTA I can't find any other games to really compare Mafia with than GTA. Hence I think the comparison is flawed, but valid.

I define games differently than you, I don't see a problem with that. As far as I in my limited intellect can understand you define GTA as a sandbox shooter and Mafia as a linear shooter. While I define them by similarity in mechanics/content. The biggest difference would be that you can...

Yes, that's what I do mean - I can't think of a game that bridges the gap between the two games to make a better comparison though. Max Payne does'nt really cut it since it only has TPS and linearity in common with Mafia. GTA has driving, shooting and sandbox in an open world. Mafia has...

And I agree.. probably, never played GTAIV but I'll take your word for it, I'm just arguing that due to Mafia having more mechanics in common with GTA than Max Payne for instance. Will not argue with you much there, just point out that Mafia does have a sandbox-ish mode that you unlock after...

Depends on how you yourself classify the games I guess, both are TPS, both have an open world with cars. While one is storydriven and the other is... faffing about driven, their elements line up to the story point well enough that a comparison is valid I reckon.

Can't say that I would'nt have minded less linear missions, but overall the presentation was well done enough for me to get past that bit. Would'nt dare to call the game flawless, in the same way I would'nt call Fallout flawless, but were pretty damn solid games to me. Comparing it to GTA is...

That was a good read, thank you for providing the link. I hope he's wrong about his closing sentance aswell.

IGN XBox preview Not a terribly interesting preview, made me want to go to bed and forget this days existence though.

Out of secondary curiosity; If* one were to travel to the USA, can you as a tourist go anywhere to go do some shooting under controlled circumstances? And is there any way to do some legal shooting with automatic weapons?

I'm no expert, but it seems pretty small for a magazineloaded pistol, the only smaller pistols I've seen are derringers. I know that ballistic coefficients are involved, and recoil ofcourse - but where would you otherwise get it from? Weight? Or size for better grip?

Was mostly interested in what the accuracy is like? Saw a documentary wich featured this, or a very similar weapon, wich mentioned that the pistols are quite quirky - that almost each and every pistol pulls excessively to one direction or the other.

Holy shit, that gun's small - have you ever discharged it?

Bah, the first time a movie trailer makes me actually WANT to go to the movies, it's not coming to Sweden. FUCK!

Noone has ever made me want to try and build a wormhole leading to alternate universes, or regret that I never learned programming, but you've just made me do just that. Thank you very much. :D

Thank you for the link. It's quite refreshing to hear someones opinion on Fallout 3. Mr. Cain seems like a likeable sort, and quite enthusiastic talking about his old work. Thank you Tim for doing the interview.

Well, the premise is good for it. But I can't think of a single game before where Bioware has done that. C&C does'nt go that well with telling their story really. Wich is why I don't really consider their games as RPG's anymore, rather Adventure games with RPG pretentions.

The circuitbreakers activate when the difference between the current in the lines and the control line differate, if you have an magnetic field inducing currents on BOTH lines, the breaker would'nt recognize that something is wrong until it's too late. Or it burns out. And the time is'nt...

Yes, I did describe it as sort of a perfect situation though. Problem is that generators, transformers and similar equipment needs some shutdown time not to damage the gear. As far as my bossmon' told me, here we don't have those possibilities, but that was a few years ago now, and the...

Compartively yes, a solar storm basically affects all powerlines in a given area, while lightning strikes hit one tower/line many of wich have lightning rods that avert the current directly to ground. A solar storm would induce currents in all the lines in the area. Including the rods, and...