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A few questions - I'm planning on trading in Batman for this, does anyone know where I'll get the best price? And do Blockbusters do price match, as that'd be handy as Morrisons is just around the corner from them.

I just got £26 cash for Batman at CEX, which I thought was pretty good. Gamestation offered me £25 trade in.

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A few questions - I'm planning on trading in Batman for this, does anyone know where I'll get the best price? And do Blockbusters do price match, as that'd be handy as Morrisons is just around the corner from them.

Yep, HMV. I got a superb £30 trade in for my copy of Batman AA at the weekend. GAME will give you £24.

Just bear in mind that the staff at HMV may not locate the game when they scan it for a trade price. However, when they search on their other pc in store they can locate it.

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On that note, cheers to Tomdominor, Trok, wiener and jonny_rat for some top entertainment tonight. Had an awesome time. Especially the large map with the VEHICLES. We're finally given the one thing missing from Gears' Horde mode (those tanks are fuckers though).

Yeah, it was absolutely brilliant, cheers again guys.

I know it is a subjective view but how is firefight mode say compared to Horde. I feckin loved and do love Horde mode on GoW2 so some comparisons, if poss, would be useful. I still play horde and mainly play with randoms which has never been an issue really.

Is there more scope for tactics in firefight, can you set up choke points, can you place barricades, does it require team play or can 4 lone wolves working independently get through.

To be honest, I think it's a fair bit better than the Horde mode on first impressions.

There were certainly 'tactics' that we discussed as a group (mostly me being boisterous), especially on the large south african desert type level. A lot of the fun was discovery though, like when we first found the warthog or that massive laser cannon that takes out tanks. I think it's gonna be a game that better spend with your mates, because too soon on the internet the best solution would be discovered and everyone would stick to that, where as here, we all felt like we were discovering the map ourselves and working out the solutions together.

Essentially, the reason for me why firefight it soooo good, is that it takes the bets parts of Halo (i.e. the gunfights with the AI) and makes a whole mode about that and only that, but with co-op. It was really brining back memories of the old halo 1 fights on legendary, with a real feel of being hunted by clever (but never unfair) bastards and a massive scoop of happistance thrown into the mix (For instance, I watched two Brute Choppers crash into each other, one exploding into a shower of parts, as they both attempted to run me down).

I was even enjoying shooting those flying insect tw@s, which I usually hate.... :lol:

Oooooh, can you do this?? I wasn't squad leader so had no idea! Is it possible to up the number of lives in the pot too?

I was the squad leader for that game, sorry if I didn't really know what was going on...

The only Skull changes I seem to notice were 'secondary'. For instance: 'confetti pops out of there head with a head shot' and stuff like that. I didn't notice any real game changers and all of the main skulls were unavailable for selection. To me, it looks like this will open up after reaching a certain level or after a certain time, rather like the locked levels.

Also, I never noticed the lives thing as well. Maybe I am missing something.... :)

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Gah! I seem to have lost my single player progress for no reason. I had just finished the 2nd flashback and my xbox disconnected from LIVE. I used the guide to reconnect and upon exiting the guide I found the game had reset to the title screen with no option to continue, only to start a new game :)

Up to that point I've been loving it

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Transient Curse

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Erm, can someone turn the fucking lights on? Even with the VISR permanently activated this is way too dark. Dumb design decision, Bungie. One of many it seems.

Glad I rented this.

I had to adjust brightness up a notch in the settings. Maybe try that. Are you playing it right now? Might be a game to leave until night-time.

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The worst thing is how pretty much the moment you decide you want to cancel it's just been sent out.

Gameplay sent GTAIV a day after release, I should have learnt my lesson.

Mine got sent out on Friday though!

Starting to worry it's been pinched, i've been receiving post as usual since Friday/Saturday so you can almost certainly discount the strike being the reason.

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played through three flashback missions, the game is dope. each mission is this wonderfully tuned and polished vignette of halo gameplay, whether it be street level encounters, warthog skirmishes or using the tank, full of great encounters; that fight against the hunters in the first level was brilliant. these are then linked by the hub world, the mood of which i'm really digging with the music, the different yet beautiful art direction, the insanely cool skyboxes and the feeling of isolation and vulnerability punctuated by very freeform and enjoyable pieces of combat with the patrols. i'm yet to really explore the world, i've just been jumping from one beacon to the next, but i like the bioshock-esque audio diaries and the matrixy phone calls which bring some extra character to the environment.

i fucking love it.

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Yeah I really like the bits of the campaign so far. The main hub world is wonderfully atmospheric, has a metroid like loneliness to it. Plus turning into a room with two jackals in the dark with night vision and a shotgun is just :D The music is gorgeous.

I've only played one flashback so far but the combat was fan-fucking-tastic. Plenty of enemies and open spaces and flank points via going through the buildings.

But firefight is just wub. It's a great reminder that Halo combat is just the pinnacle of FPS combat for me. If one day a proper sequel as good or better than Halo 1 (with elites) was made, it would be the best FPS in the wooorld.

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