I upgraded my desktop last night to Vista Ultimate, but I've been running Vista on my laptop for a few months now. Except for the price, I really like it and actually get annoyed with XP
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. I knew I was going to upgrade at some point and this game pushed me over the top since my laptop can't run it.
Couple things about the game; there are 4 races each with distinct abilities. There is quite a variety of magic, tech, and weapons that can be purchased, however you can only have 3 magic/tech assigned at once, and I believe only 2 weapons. If you die, you lose your purchased weapon, and deaths are like they are in CS..no respawn. Although a teammate can rez you if they have purchased that magical ability, if said teammate dies..you start to "bleed out" and quickly die.
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You get the cash to buy stuff by playing. At the start of a match everyone starts with $2000. You get bonuses for doing certain things, teamwork..etc. At the end of each round you get more cash and so on. You do get heavily penalized for friendly fire at the end of the round...money is taken. The balance of the game is superb. Tonight I think we'll have the XBox and the PC going.
Another little jab in the ribs from MS is that the cross-platform play requires a Windows -LIVE account which is just like an XBox 360 Live account. Thankfully if you have an XBox 360 Live account already that can be used. Otherwise you have to again..shell out more money to the MS machine as this is a subscription account.
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