JJ

If previous games are any indication, our collector's edition will probably be the DLC and nothing else. It seems Ubisoft has a thing against releasing full blown CEs in North America.

Smacks self. Never mind. Apparently I can't read.

@ipsum and unverified

You're not seeing the full effect of the Eagle. You can't 3-star a level using it. Most are not using it to pass levels. We're using it for the extra mini-game it provides.

You see, when you activate the Eagle, it removes your star ranking, and gives you a "Complete Destruction" ranking percentage. It's a completely different game unto itself to get a 100% destruction rating on a level with the Eagle.

That's what most people are doing it for. To be able to beat the game completely, you need to beat each level with a 3-star rating (with the normal birds), and get the feather, which requires a 100% destruction rating (with the Eagle).

@jsx92

You don't get that many of them it seems.

Also, considering I used one of my free ones on 1-1 level, destroyed the entire structure and pig with it, and still got a 97% destruction rating, not 100%, It's going to take some trial and error to 100% destruction each level of the game. Clearly you don't get enough from playing the game to do that, and it will require micro purchases.

It's a pretty fun game, but I am disappointed that, after all the money the players ended up making for them, they decided to change the one-shot purchase of the Eagle mechanic to a pay-as-you-use mechanic that you need to keep purchasing. I guess Rovio wasn't making enough money from the games and merchandising already.

MikeLive, PeeWee:

Not sure, but I think he's making a reference to Palladium Games pen-and-paper RPGs. In their Megadamage worlds (like Rifts), 1 MDC (Mega Damage Capacity) is equal to 100 SDC (Standard Damage Capacity). Palladium's mechanic is immediately what popped into my head when I saw the headline, so I'm guessing it was in his too.

@Captain Planet Planeteer Power
Well, it says 2179, which is the year that Aliens and A3 take place in, and specifically mentions "hadley's hope" (props for that - watched the directors cut I see. hehe).

The game talks of another dispatch of marines after contact with the Sulaco was lost, so one has to assume that the sulaco text is specifically referring to Aliens.

@Celicynd

"colony ON LV-426"

grrr... hate mistyping something.

Am I too much a geek if I point out the error that the Sulaco wasn't dispatched to "destroy a xenomorph infestation"... they were dispatched to discover the reason for loss of communications with the colony LV-426, with a possible concern for xenomorph presence because of Ripley's story.

Here's what I'm wondering.
Someone buys an item from me for say $5.
Blizzard charges their credit card $5.
They transfer item from me to them.
Blizzard credits my account with $5.
Person disputes charges. (Say for example it was a stolen card)
Blizzard gets hit with a $5 chargeback.

Do they then?
A. Return the item to me and try and debit $5 out of my account.
B. Item is removed from the person, and since they already credited me $5, they just eat the chargeback.

I don't see them doing B, since it wouldn't seem to be a good business model for them. And A seems kind of screwed up in that if items start selling for a lot of money, You'd have to worry about Blizzard essentially hitting you with a chargeback when someone scams them with a stolen card of fake dispute.