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"Imagine a dating community where EVERYONE is actually beautiful …"
So begins the tag-line to beautifulpeople.com's homepage as it attempts to lure you into the 'beautiful' world of online dating. Pass me a bucket.
Beautifulpeople is a worldwide website that claims 5 million members -- and the Irish men who seek to join are the most rejected.
According to a website spokeswoman, a mere 10 percent of Irish men who try to join their dating site are accepted.
The website asks applicants to submit a profile picture and then existing members of the opposite sex vote you in. Members rate new applicants over a 48 hour period based on whether or not they find the applicant 'beautiful.'
"Unfortunately, it is the case that Irish men in particular are not very successful at getting onto the site, around nine percent of applicants get through," Miki Haines-Sanger from beautifulpeople.com told Newstalk's Breakfast Show.
"Meet REAL beautiful people who actually look in real life as they do online!," offers the website.
Please, show me ONE person who looks the same in person as they do in any profile picture.
"Other countries are sunnier, so you get more applicants that have got beach bodied tans," said the spokeswoman.
"They look happier and more relaxed in their profile pictures, maybe they will use outdoor summer photographs where as a lot of the Irish applications are photographs from inside a pub for example, those pictures are not the best ones to upload," advises Sanger.
"Other countries go to a great deal of effort with professional photographs, in U.S and Brazil where beauty is very much a huge industry.
"Our applicants will go to the trouble of having their hair done, having make-up done and uploading a professional photograph," she told the popular Irish breakfast show.
Hmm, let me see which would I prefer, a Jersey Shore-loving, meat-head, who pumps iron daily before hitting the tan saloon, or an Irish lad with a pint in his hand, who's main concern of the night is having the craic, is there really any contest?
Not for this Irish woman.
Do I take the poser at the bar drinking Martini's who gets distracted by his own reflection in the mirror? Or do I go after the guy concentrated on having fun with his friends?
While Irish men, even Irish people, in general, may not be famous for their aesthetic beauty, their tanned physics or pearly whites, our attributes are much more endearing not to mention enduring.
After all, who can resist an Irish man? Now just to find one.
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I think they are all wrong Irish men are sexy all of them!!!!
That's grand, obviously that site is aimed at two-dimensional plastic people who take steroids with their protein shakes and have their chests waxed at the tanning salon. Would you really be interested in a woman who only seeks that kind of man? Probably not. Let the shallow women have their shallow plastic men - it makes the search for a genuine, intelligent mate much easier :)
If THIS was the case, American women wouldn't be saving every penny they had to venture over to Ireland for love. Two words ,"Celtic Thunder".
@eiriamach "Bono and Liam Neesan are not good looking, but they are swimming in sex appeal. Sex appeal is not about looks;" True that!! I 100% agree.
@Jessyluv & turzovka- the Spaniards are blood related to Irish anyway..the final "invasion" of Ireland was of Milisius -first Ardrigh of Ireland, no?? and his brother is the one who remained in Spain to settle the land there..so blood and relations to Ireland n Spain have always been tight. But even then, Norse settlers have always intermixed with Irish and the English have as well.. and many Irish ended up settling in France after William of Orange...soooo really it's unfair to say that anyone is truly 'pureblood' anything because it just doesn't happen that often anymore, no matter where you live. As for the article itself, yah, it's all BS. those sites are BS and anyone who can't appreciate the good looks of a Celtic man is just blind!! ;)
Guys, i really wish you'd stop using mixed Irish as an arguement. The majority of Irish-Americans are mixed up so much they're barely Irish anymore. So please stop using Irish American actors because they don't help the "Irish are beautiful" case since all the actors you name are like 4-5 other ethnicities. That said, i think some of you Americans need to actualy visit Ireland. its far from Collin Farrells & Olivia Wilde's running around FAR FROM.
We know it's not true. It makes for a good laugh, however!I love down-to-earth Irishmen, hard working and fun loving! You can't go wrong there.
Jim Morrison was of Irish decent. And quite captivating I might think. Several others. Is it true many Spanish intermixed with the Irish after the Spanish Armada went down (altering the gene pool)? I've heard this stated before, I simply do not know.
Beauty is decided by the beholder. Thank God we do not all like he same "thing".
what do these people want black slick hair, phony tan , and a man that is in love with himself? There are alot of great looking irishmen out there. as far as good looking kids I'll take the irish/italian blood, they are all beautiful.
This story is a crock of crap,anyone with an ounce of sense knows that 'Beauty' is in the eye of the beholder whether they be Irish,German,Dutch,Italian or whatever so tell me does it really matter? Lets get on with the really important stuff like, how big is your 'Arse'.
Can you say SUPERFICIAL? I think anyone who would even consider applying to a group like this needs to take a long hard look at themselves- and not in the mirror... Sad, Sad, people...
Living in a city of 8 million people here in NYC I have seen all kinds of creatures on the subway going to work. Irish men are most certainly not the ugliest I have seen; in fact they would be some of the better sights I have seen out here.
Wow...not only is that a BS idea for a website, but what a ludicrous finding! If I had to choose some nationalities/ethnicities to label as "most attractive" overall, Irish would rank right up near the top. (And perhaps being a redheaded, part-Irish lass biases me a bit, but I'd like to think I'd feel the same even if I weren't.) Put simply, Irish folk are hotties, hehe. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but come ON--how could people fail to see that?! ;) And what do I want with tan, "beach-body physiques," anyway? Give me a cool, pale, genuine laddie any day of the week.
I think irish men are very good looking. I'm married to an Irish decendect of the ol' Wallace family. They are very handsome men who are passionate and caring of there familes. there's nothing ugly about these men. Yiu have to look beyond looks. it's the matter of the heart and hwo they treat a women and there family. i married a good one. god bleesed very well inndeed..
I have to disagree. I work in an industry (airlines) where I meet more people in one day than most people would meet in a week or a month. I have to say that from my observation the Irish and Irish American men and women are the best looking of all the ethnetic groups. They usually have very nice features; the men are all tall and the women are very attractive. Most the Irish both the men and women would not even join such a site. I think that Beautifulpeople.com is trying go get more Irish to join by saying that most of the Irish are rejected. They are the most educated of all groups and a site like that would not interest them.
I would take a kind, gentle man any day over arm candy - candy tends to melt if you leave it in the sun too long! As far as the looks of the Irishmen - nothing at all wrong there - in my younger days I would have been absolutely delighted to have found one of those darlings!
imagine a dating site where everyone has nose jobs...
@hybernia - lol! lol!...brilliant post!
A dream for me would to be sitting in an Irish pub sitting next to my Irish man. It is just a dream but I am not dreaming about sitting next to Mr. Pretty with his pretty face and pretty hair---no thanks!
As a senior I have to mention the all American male, John Wayne, born Marion Morrison. John Wayne was so proud of his Irish background, named his yacht "The Wild Geese" and even became a catholic on his deathbed. He always said his favorite movie was "The Quiet Man." He looked typically Irish.
I don't know anything about the group that put this trash out but looking around today it is hard to find good looking people anywhere. I think the Irish, men and women are extremely good looking. What is getting to me is why the Irish accept this garbage and don't refute it. One thing I find about this site is negativism in all aspects of life and it is getting me down. As for Irish women, what could be lovelier than an Irish girl with big blue eyes, a splash of freckles across a tiny nose with red, blonde or brown hair. Most Irish men I know are tall, rugged individuals and much better looking than the people around them. Get over the negativism. By the way, Aiden Quinn inspired a generation of Aidens of all ethnicities all across the US as did Liam Neeson. Both of these names were unknown in the US befroe these two Irish men were put on the screen.
Nothing is more beautiful for this Irish lad than having a lass in one hand and a pint of stout in the other.
Of course some Irishmen are very beautiful, I am and my mammy told me I was :-)
Stop trying to change the Irish, they are fine as is. Mel Gibson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Bono, Tom Sellek, Ronald Reagan - very attractive. Who are you trying to kid?
Don't be too hard on George Dillon. Diet and exercise are important. Looks though are only skin deep and looks fade with time. There are good looking and unattractive people in every nationality and some people that think they are beautiful are not that great. Beautifulpeople.com indeed, how delusional. What are they going to do when they are judged on that site to be no longer beautiful? Have a nervous breakdown?
what a ninkcompoop..[author of ugly story...] beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. I am an Irish american woman I love Irish men and love to listen to them talk..they sound wonderful..
Well now, if that dont tear the rag off the bush.
I'm an Irishman and my wife thinks I'm ok. What's a matta you?
A female with a poison tongue and pen was given access to a computer. This, after she was dumped by her Irish boyfriend! HaHAA! Let the beautiful people intertwine and intermarry! Let them live on an island unto themselves. There will be no poets, Respectable writers, scientists, mathmaticians, musicians,etc, emerge from this man-made primordial ooze. There will only be bisque outer shells of humans containing large vaccuums. Eventually, they'll all implode, for want of inner substance,and a great black hole will be ripped in the universe! Fake people will cease to exist, and the lively Irishmen will tell the tale of when they were rejected by a sucking hole!
Well look at the site. Looks like where Paris Hilton and Snooky would fit right in there. Bet they have many accepted from Italy and New Jersey.
I would say our men are rough and ready with a twinkle in thier eye, and most would never join a site like that. all great comments bar one....guess who.
Bono and Liam Neesan are not good looking, but they are swimming in sex appeal. Sex appeal is not about looks; it's about . . . hummm! I would not want to be censored here, so I'll just keep that to myself.
I deem the 9% tell more about them "ladies" of that website than about Irish men ... I'd prefer a man having craic with his friends much over those artificially styled robots. Maybe that's why me isn't there to vote ;)
I know I can't resist an Irish man. They are talented, intelligent, and funny. They love family life, their culture and not to mention enviable personalities. Well, the women are just as great, too. People are judgmental and close minded. Such rubbish shouldn't be advertised on the net or anywhere else. Wait for the right person to come to you. Like I am.
If women reject Irish men because of that stupid website, it's doing me a favor. More Irish men available for me to get to meet! YES!!! And I agree with NJmaggie1129, the men of Celtic Thunder are handsome, sexy and talented.
This is just a ploy by this website to get more business. That kind of site thrives on people's insecurity about their looks. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it has been said. From where I'm looking the Irish have the most beautiful eyes.
... well I have no idea what would drive any man to join such a club. As someone as modest as myself i must say I have been told far too often over far too many years that I am a gorgeous looking man and well it doesn't make it easy
Who cares? Humphrey Bogart was once asked why women regarded him as a dreamboat, when he was obviously not very good looking? "That's easy," he said, "women love with their ears." And it's true, so a charming accent and a nice turn of phrase will make up for anything we have to face with the lights on. ,-p
When i was in Ireland i found the men charming, polite, and very friendly as were the women give me a real man anyday not a powderpuff
What a waste of print.
This is nasty. Irish men are very good looking. Of course in middle age if they let themselves go it's a different story. Also, have you ever seen an ugly Irish baby? How about a column on that.
When I visited Ireland, it was hard to leave. The men are VERY good looking, just not as good as my husband back home:)
the irish for the most part are probably too white to be included with such a colored mishmash of forms.
As I'm a 32 year old man just under 3/4 Irish myself, with two Grandparents on my Father's side fully Irish and One on my Mother's side like myself at just over 1/2 Irish, I was bummed to read the headline. But then I read this magical woman's writing and felt entirely rejuvented. I shared the article with my social network crowd. I love Irish Central, it makes me feel confident, especially when I'm drinking lager just before Noon. I live in the States, Molly Muldoon! As an aside: I think percentiles like this aren't always relevant. Ten percent of how many? In any case the operators of the site could be more honest: "Ten percent of Irish Men (who've tried our service despite our offensive and delusional policy) make it through the gauntlet of our subscribers (who aren't gauranteed in their faculties or morals and probably share said deluded state) and are considered beautiful by our standards (which exist to make money entertaining and catering to mass delusions and apparently promoted through hysteria)." They're just crazy.
Ah, i forgot Aidan Quinn, gorgeous, and so many of my family of Irish descent!
I guess they haven't seen Gabriel Byrne, Pierce Brosman, Bono, Liam Neeson and many many other great looking Irishmen!
Such utter rubbish! What about Pierce Brosnan, Gabriel Byrne and anyhow what are looks when you have the charisma and humour of an Irishman.
That website sucks!..big time! While I was visiting Ireland last summer, I was blown away by the numbers of stunningly good looking Irish men. And I want to meet and date one!! Ireland has produced Larry Mullen jr. and Colin Farrell...need I say more! Irish men are THE BEST LOOKING men on the planet, bar none. So take that, beautifulpeople.com and stick it where the sun don't shine!
Beautiful People is full of crap. There are some pretty fine looking Irishmen out there. Let's see: Liam Neeson: Colin Ferrell: Bono to name a few. Just gies to show you , Beautuful People dies not know what the Hell they are talking about.
If this is so true, why, then, are so many actors of Irish ancestry? The movie star guys who are considered to be so handsome? Irish or Celtic they are! This is a ridiculous article! Think of all of the jokes about the woman who lusts after a fireman (and they are usually of Irish descent). What a crazy, nutty article. I think that if you are Italian, say, and a woman, you may only like so-called "manly" men who are Mediterranean types. It's cultural. And if you are going to call a certain ethnic type the "ugliest", well, without mentioning them, I can assure you that there is one ethnic type that is what I hear all of the time as "looks challenged" (white).
Have you people met the men of Celtic Thunder, and others? Paul Byrom (Tenor/Dublin) Neil Byrne(Singer/musician.songwriter Bray), Ryan Kelly(Singer/ songwriter /accountant/Tyrone) KeithHarkin (surfer/musician/singer/songwriter/Donegal), Emmet Cahill(Professional singer/teacher Westmeath) and Damian McGinty (Derry, singer/finalist on U.S, The GLEE!Project)? Independent up and coming songwriters/singers Mickey & Raymond Coleman(Ardboe) Come on,people!!! There's a whole pack of handsome! Cheers, Mags
So how does this website explain the fact that Irish-Americans have produced the best looking men on the planet.....John F Kennedy, Matt Dillon, Chris O'Donnell, Bing Crosby, George Clooney, James Cagney, Patrick Dempsey, Mel Gibson, Aidan Quinn....need I go on?
Hey Georgie you walking around Ireland with a scale???So its bad food and habits why your Italian american wife is ugly. Do us a favor... dont visit Ireland!!
Well, that shows that so called "beautiful" people are so shallow, it is ridiculous. Pride goes before a fall, they should memorize that.
Any guy that has his nails done, hair coiffed, sits in a tanning salon, or has a personal trainer tone his body, may just qualify to be on a few other sites with some other guys. Not qualifying for this site could ruin your whole day. :-)
Irishmen are blessed in whatever their looks, they invariably have the charm that makes them attractive.
Irish men and women are beatiful! I completely agree with the author!
Excuse me? Irish men not only start out well, but they age gloriously. In the US I would take a 60 year old Irishman to a doughy young man any day. And here, they do not tend to chunk up.
Irishmen are the most handsome and, by far, the most genuine. I have been married to my love, Jack Sheehan, for 35 years.
Proud to be Irish even if we are not the best looking lads!
Now how many Irish men have to bother with a goofy blowhard site like this one? The young, youngish Irish men (mainly musicians) I see on YouTube are handsome to attractive, the older men distinguished to lovable.
What a load of rubbish. "Boy" George O'Dowd is one of the hottest men ever. Tons of gals loved him back in the day and many gals still find him very attractive to this day. When I show them a pic of him without make up, almost everyone says he is a hottie. They would I'm awful since I have never been tanning, occasionally wear make up, and don't get botox or cosmetic surgery. Is that what people really want ? Shallowness and fakeness ? As for the weight, in the US many people are over weight, of all backgrounds.
I guess the Irishmen I know must be the exception, because they are GEORGEOUS! I see Irishmen from all walkjs of life and most are as cute as they can be, but mostly they are wonderful big hearted people who value friendship over looks. Even though they are VERY easy on the eyes that is not their primary focus. So ladies, if you are fortunate to find a great Irish lad, grab him and hang on tight. You have found a most precious gem.
Well beauty is in the eye of the beholder as the saying goes. However, I found myself thinking - You have got to be kidding. When you add Irish wit and humor to their looks they can't be beat!
Sweet Mother of God. I have only one rebuttal: http://movies.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/irishactr031506.htm
I haven't been to the site ..... either disinterest or humility. Ireland hasn't taken its place in the sun as a (general populace) fashion magnet. Yes, the folks are getting a bit chunkier (thanks to the new EU diet). However, I wold bet my last Euro that kayne West is in their list.
I would argue that obesity, plus lack of taste in clothing, are what brings Irishmen down. The Poles & Eastern Europeans I see in Ireland have even worse taste in clothing, but they are rarely fat. Irish women are also getting very fat. In the years I have been going to Ireland Irish women seem to have put on an average of 12 lbs. (I've put on about six). Now you can tell when you are getting near the gate for Dublin/Shannon at Newark or JFK by the increased number of badly-dressed fat people (and children clutching bags of french fries). My Italian-American wife always points out the fact that Irish babies are actually very pretty. She thinks that bad food and other bad habits are what changes pretty Irish babies into ugly Irish teenagers and adults.


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Rather, the manager's statement suggests that he may have a problem employee but he has not bothered to counsel him adequately on his performance. The manager conveniently sees a minor infraction as a way to make an end run around the task of laying the proper groundwork for a clean termination. No. 2: Is there a rush to judgment? There are things you know and things you only think you know. A lawyer at another firm told me about a case in which his client concluded that an employee with a checkered past -- let's call him John -- was a thief. When I asked why, he said that the client had a telephone conversation (not an eye-to-eye meeting) with someone -- let's call her Jane -- who blamed John for a theft. But it turns out that Jane had been terminated under suspicious circumstances and may have borne a grudge against John. The lawyer really didn't know John was a thief. But the belief fit a preconceived view, and that was that. 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Vital said this morning in a written statement that, "Although it was a very close race, the election is over. The ballots are in and hopefully all the votes have been counted accurately. There is no need for a recount. It has come down to two-tenths of one percent difference out of 16,000 votes cast."
Vital thanked his wife, Carlene, his family, staff, supporters and volunteers who he said tirelessly campaigned over the past four months.
"I decided to run for state Senate with the purest of intentions, which was to continue my track record of public service to my community," he said. "We have met hundreds of incredible people along the way and that is a gift I will never forget. I am deeply humbled by the support of our shared vision for the future of Bradley and Hamilton counties. I have been a proud Republican and conservative since I started voting in the mid-1970s. I believe in good government and free enterprise. My reputation in this town has been honorable on all levels in the business community and statewide, as reflected by the broad-based financial support and bipartisan interest in my campaign.
"My goal in this race was to convince voters of my abilities with a positive campaign. Never did I attack my opponent nor the media. I don't believe negative tactics, character assassination or violating journalistic ethics are respectable under any circumstances."
Vital said he looks forward to getting back to his family and business in the private sector, creating jobs and volunteering with nonprofit organizations as he has done for almost 30 years.
"Thank you again to everyone who believed the truth about me," he said. "My prayers are with the people of District 10."


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The UK-based Hungarian, born Peter Simon, has been releasing his heads-down dubstep on labels like Black Box and Wheel & Deal since 2008. Later this spring, however, he'll make his first step into the A&R game with his new Roots & Future imprint. The label will reportedly centre around "reggae-influenced dubstep," according to Simon himself, and its first release features two of his own productions with a guest appearance from Japanese vocalist G. Rina.
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And -- -- controversy over President Obama politicizing the bin Laden situation one -- later but first this -- of Southern California joins us in Santa Barbara -- some comments.
On the Occupy Wall Street deal we just covered.
It's on his -- go Miller bank.
Well first up during the Heidi segment that photo of the five guys in Cleveland.
He had the wrong photo that was the starting five for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
And that's why they didn't make them play jobs this year.
The starting five for the caps now as far as the occupied movement Billy.
Well springtime is here and young man's -- -- turned occupying the non bloomers are in bloom.
Opposed by any other name and the reason they started on May Day is because it's the tigris and Euphrates -- procrastinate should I may do this I may do that.
But I think I'll watch Ren and -- having said that as a kid I would have probably been there but I would tell these kids it's not worth it -- Ahead with a bat with kids because you're gonna look back on this is -- to be like good girls gone wild photo.
You don't want to flush it have a couple applied you had the cops are primed the summer.
So everybody take a little easy go do your thing to remember this severe plotting to change the world.
In your parents basement they're still a few mid steps there you -- not got first.
Now you say that -- you were younger you would have to Wear them I don't think you would have been win if they started to burn down stores and if it's not what I mean -- Americans -- It's in the beginning they said they were normal people some of them and they say look I got a beef I can't get a job I've studied hard.
-- did the system is stacked against us a Wall Street greed has -- a while I'm paying a price we understand that and we were listening.
But as soon as they got out of control with the -- source -- -- that fox has his drugs and all listen you even Miller with a guy and then hey I'm good about it.
Now the first.
After the first two days when you look her out -- you realize it's walloped a loser.
Yes you're out of there by the way the -- running against Scott Brown Liz Warren says she invented the occupied -- but and that could come back to bite her by the way she also says she's native American.
Elizabeth Warren is an -- and in the same way that the stripper who accepted Brando's Oscar was Shaq had your way you are right.
Ideas to bring everybody up today did.
Big senate race in Massachusetts between Scott Brown a Republican who took Kennedy's seat the late Ted Kennedy.
And Elizabeth Warren a Harvard professor -- -- a lot of money from Hollywood -- all far left and apparently ms.
On her -- as of may at some point said that she was a native American because she was born in Oklahoma.
That -- turns out not.
-- still haven't -- feedburner and David spreading ball.
What bull it's spreading bull about -- Nazis she is -- bottle.
I think it it -- so I wanna clarify so we're not placed him under arrest during a segment.
Spreading but it is spreading propaganda that's would Miller.
Needs very of course that's what I've they explain that this that the occupy vote but after a blows up putting it take before you would that be -- for God's.
That's spreading it like -- Hockey the politicizing deal.
Is the big story of the week -- President Obama goes to Afghanistan Nero you're down with -- -- visited troops way to go over there right.
Look at that Billy that's suddenly he's on the price is right Afghanistan that bundle up.
-- -- -- -- Think it that you can't.
-- -- -- -- -- I'd do it till I was him I'd be Michael Flatley dance and on that grave and the simple fact there is the only way that -- the only person who can dance on the -- since he was buried at sea is Obama because he walks on water and by the way I read today that a treasure hunter said he might have found.
Osama -- body -- -- I have a theory Billy.
I think that body broken -- on the surface and spiraled down and there's a debris field in between the two parts that.
That is filled with beta Max porn tape xanax and Hamas that's my -- were seven Jim Cameron done next week but the simple.
Obama pat themselves on the back more frequently than a job doubled started couldn't coercion as bush joked about a -- state.
And I wouldn't do it till I was watching Dancing With The Stars.
Is this wait and Len thought it was flowery Bruno Tommy -- thought it was hot and carry out an opera said that she says the live.
Lifted his dancing on the grass but I would -- because what else what they have November 6 if he doesn't bring this one not this one we are well.
Play this card Obama -- have -- did good to hear.
Yeah I agree I mean I think that the world's gotta -- be reminded that if you mess with -- gonna wind up swimming with the fishes.
Is look like yeah.
Literally the letter but but but.
Two he -- as we said last I kind of diminish the whole thing the president did by saying it Romney wouldn't have gone after.
Obama based on the same Intel which is just -- -- Now that can't say that he wasn't mobile when he that the first thing -- this morning that the second that's Obama's girl yeah but.
I don't think that it was a Smart move to inject that he should have been presidential and kept himself up here and not.
Played the political game on this occasion -- -- -- Figure out figure politician not living up -- -- -- now -- we go to second -- could you elaborate than what we are no one.
The minor Baldwin zapped by a lot of laughs no we have a couple of other things we want to talk to you about hard.
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For anyone thinking of picking this up, I can highly recommend it. From what Ive seen so far, your mainly trapped underground because the surface is full of mutants. It looks/plays a lot like Fallout 3, but graphically far better (Im playing the 360 version which looks great, but Im sure it would look amazing on a good PC) and is a kind of RPG/FPS 'Survival Horror' (which equals WIN in my books ) I dont want to reveal too much of what Ive seen so far because it would spoil it for others. But, I just teamed up with another Russian guy to raid a camp of bandits and before that I was travelling on a mine kart that was attacked by hordes of dog-like beasts From what Ive seen so far, the game has some really nice touches to it. For one, I like the way your objective pointer is a clipboard with a compass attached to it and to view this in the dark you can use your lighter, and the way you use AMMO as currancy is pretty cool. Military Grade ammo (pre-war ammo that was made before the remaining humans were forced underground) is worth more then 'dirty' ammo (post-war ammo, made underground by hand).....so when your firing at enemies using the Military Grade stuff, you are literally 'shooting money' Im pretty sure that this is going to be a hit
Too early for me to say really. But by the looks of it its free-roaming because I can walk around and choose what mission to do etc.
*sigh* another 50 bucks...but wait...do i have to...i have bc2....ugh....*MUST FIGHT URGE TO BUY GAMES*
Heres a vid I took: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1APye70Z-o (no spoilers, just to show you how nice the GFX are)
been hearing about this game ,thats good, and if it is similar in some ways to fallout3 ,ahhhh, the joy it will bring to many
Well considering that vegas isn't going to be released until the end of the year barring its not pushed back and the fact that V isn't even confirmed to exist and has no release window inside the next 10 years currently you have fun missing out on what looks to be a good game while you wait months on end
No Elder Scrolls this year. Sorry, but it's true. Anyone "play" this game yet? I really, really hoping this game is good. It looks great!
Everyone is talking about how great this game is supposed to be visually. Personally I think that is code for the game having bad code. Just like Crysis. While Crysis did look good don't get me wrong.... I can think of a tone of games IMO that look better and are better coded and less taxing. I have seen some of the screen shots and personally.... while they look good.... they aren't really all that impressive. They kind of remind me of the screen shots from AVP recently. While AVP looked very good and was supposed to have the defining visuals that separated PC from Console's......I think Metro 2033 will also have something in common with AVP. All that they are saying about it is just hype! I have a feeling that one of the reasons they listed the specs so high to be able to play it.... is because they are using that as a selling ploy to get gamers to buy the game as well as to get people to buy Nvidia cards! I also think on a side note that PC graphics have passed up Console graphics along time ago! But with all that said and off my chest. It looks like a great game. I like the idea of the story. And if it doesn't turn out to be a poorly written piece of crap.... I will probably buy it. All I would have to do then is bight my tongue during all the Nvidia advertisements! Or maybe I am just getting upset for no reason about the tactics used with this game. That's probably it Although from this video my suspicions seemed to be realized with the crappy coding part..... doesn't it seem to be a little choppy there? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_G9deuCBvs
I'm guessing you've not played Crysis yourself then? The level of shit going on is insane. Its all in real time too.
Been looking forward to this game for nearly 4 years . . . Prior to the beginning of this year, I was starting to assume this was going to be vaporware (much like DNF). Either way, I'm hoping I can find a copy tomorrow by the time I get off work . . . PC games don't tend to sell too fast at our local stores, although, STALKER:CoP sold out everywhere within only a couple of days (which shocked the hell outta me).
I own all 3 games..... If you include Crysis wars a game by it's self. I'm not going to defend mo opinion on it..... It's just what I believe. But I know I am not alone in this opinion. I know there has been several posts across the net on how crappy Crysis is coded. I did't say I didn't like to play the game.... and yeah if you did notice I said the game looks good. But I also said it didn't look as good as most people said it did. But I do have great anticipation for Crysis 2.


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