Paranoid

Yeah, it appears all those other dates given for last week were all BS. I got my copy yesterday and played it until I started falling a sleep in my eazy chair. I got up early just so I could play an hour before leaving for work... Well worth the wait and hassle.

Bravo!

I am convinced that good customer service has gone the way of the Dodo. My order was not in any of the numerous box received today and now I am told (for the third time) it will be in tomorrow. Having had enough of GameStop/Funcoland I called every Best Buy & CompUSA in the Modesto & Fresno area. They are all saying the same thing. They were ordered but never showed up and they don't know why and they don't know when. All this leaves me to believe whomever the US distributor of this game is should be publicly flogged. If I wasn't dying to get a hold of this game I would have to laugh...

So your GameStop told you Wensday? I was told Friday last week and then on Friday I was told Monday or Tuesday. Also on Monday I was told it is "active" by all the stores I contacted. Meaning the game is on shelves if they have it. Yet they don't have it. I hate being like this but I also hate not being able to purchase an item that is already out. Though I have learned a valuable lesson. If you live in North America and are excited about a European game being released soon do not wait for it to arrive in you local store. Order it from the UK (which usually has a earlier release date) and have it shipped. I just ordered Silent Storm that way over the weekend now I know I will get it weeks before the state side distributor even thinks about shipping it. I just hope my pre-ordered UFO:Aftermath arrives today. I can't wait any longer. If I don't get the retail version soon I will have to drive to pick it up or stop playing the demo for fear of getting bored of the limited game it provides. EDIT: Great news for me. I just called Funcoland and the guy said it is on the packing list so it is either inside one of the many boxes he has yet to open or it will be in tomorrows shipment. I resisted the urge to tell him to open the damned boxes for the love of God.... I should go down to the store now and hover around the sales counter until he sorts through the boxes to find it. :devil:

Space Cadet, One thing you can do is repeat the easy missions a few times to increase your skills if you started with poor character attributes. Also you can restart the demo and the characters will have different stats also. First thing I do was to change two bases. Make one a reserach base and the other engineering. That will insure you receive more sniper rifle ammo after a day or two. And also more RPG for the launcher. I use two characters for medium to up-close and personel combat. If their capacity will permit I load them up with shot guns and AKs. The other two characters are the sniper and rocket launcher. Also give them weapons for close range if they can carry that much. As far as the downed pilot map. I immediately send my sniper to the hill-top at the edge of the map close to the spawn location near the trees. That character alone can take out most of the aliens from a great distance before those nasty fire bettle have a chance to toast your men. I usually put the Launcher midway down the hill and the other two with AKs (unless you already have the G3s) near the bottom of the slope. I take out all visible creatures before moving on along the maps edge toward the houses. Keeping the sniper in the highest possible vantage point. Using this method you can qucikly move around the map to the downed pilot take the hill top directly above him and slowly advance along the map.... Works for me everytime even if my given characters are not as strong stats wise. Remember to use the terrain to your advantage and use every possible bit of cover nearby especially when under fire from alien scum. Cheers.

I can tell you Funcoland/GameStop doesn't have it here in Cali yet. Not my store or the other four I called within a 60 mile radius... from Fresno to Modesto. Not sure what is going on. I just hope it has nothing to do with the changed release date for Canada. With my luck the dummies at GameStop are thinking the release date has been changed to Jan-2004. I must admit this North American release has been nothing short of a disaster. The date was changed so many times in the past three weeks they don't even know when they can put it on the shelves. And if you checked the internet you could find 3 or 4 different release dates as late as last Thursday. I am giving GameStop one last strike tomorrow and if my pre-ordered game doesn't show I will be force to go else where... if the game can be found, that is.

You can also place weapons on the ground if your inventory is full. Just don't forget the weapon before you move on or you will have to back track to get it. I just wish the demo had a save feature....

I am still trying to get my hands on the game here in California. I love the demo but it won't save your progress. I am now left wondering if I should have pre-ordered the game from the UK. I tried but most UK retailers won't ship to North America. I have read posts else where others are having a hard time finding the game on shelves also. Let's hope that is a good thing for the developers. Hell, I even pre-ordered it from a local store and they still haven't got it. Slaughter, I'll be back when I get it. Cheers...