Suggested by Pappa Judas
While I think it’s agreed that just about anything Warhammer 40K is ultra-powered, I think they might have a good fight on their hands here.

Where most universe matches can be drawn out and bring many combatants, this one might be over in a blink.

What say you?

Well, I was hoping to write up an amazing story of how it was fantastic to create my own race of aliens or craft my character in just about any shape I wanted, personalized in just about every type of polygon bliss available.

But my friends, it didn’t turn out that way.

I have to say that I was hesitant on learning about this game about getting it. I know World of Warcraft is tremendously successful and millions play it. I know that I’ve always have been a fan of the Star Trek franchise and the idea of playing an open world game in that universe was really cool. So without thinking too much more than that, I decided to pick up a copy.

As I placed the DVD rom into the drive and was prompted to go online and get started, I was hoping that this would be the experience I think a lot of us felt was missing from the previous games in the franchise. The screen prompted me for a username and such, and after about 1/2 hour of trying to create an account, I was finally able to fire up the game. So I thought.

After logging in, it told me that I needed activate my key. I was easily able to enter the randomized code provided that I know in 3 days will have some keygen crack ready to go on all the warez sites, and was hit with the whammy:

Please activate your subscription – select a billing option.

Let me get this straight – you want to get my credit info before I even play the friggin game? On the box it says it comes with a 30-day free trial. But apparently you have to provide all your credentials before they even let you see what you’re getting. But wait, I already paid $50 just to get the game, and before I can even create a character, you are hitting me up for more cash? REALLY?!

I could understand if somehow I could acquire some cool ships or exclusive content via download, return the game and screw someone else out of some goodies – but to not even let me test drive the game is absurd. And for the record, I don’t get any of this crap I review for free. I pay for all of it so I am coming from a ‘real’ person’s perspective, not some review site where I have to say good things to get a paycheck. Yes, I know that you enter your billing information now and they won’t bill you until 30 days from the date you join. It’s not about that – how do you expect to get me ‘hooked’ if I can’t even play your game? Since the experience requires me to go online to play, you can easily turn off access at any moment, if I don’t pay – so why not let me play for free?

Cryptic and Atari, you have an epic FAIL here. We all know the model works provided you have a good game. Perhaps it’s this type of thinking is what lead to the downfall of Atari previously. To be fair, since I haven’t gone in to play the game, I suppose the actual game play review can be handled by all the ‘big boys’ who get to beta test and provide glowing reviews on another turd of a game.

At least I was able to get my reserve for God of War 3 which comes out March 16th, 2010 and I guarantee right now will not suck balls.

What fuckery is this?!

Suggested by JerkwithNoName

Making his debut on FactPile is Malcolm Reynolds of the Firefly/Serenity Franchise. I know a lot of people are fans of Reynolds, but there are a few who walk the sci-fi grounds who can compete with Kirk.

What say you?

Suggested by Megaraptor18

Would they make contact with the Terran Dominion or any Terran Faction?
Would they make contact with the Protoss?
If so who would they ally themselves with?
Will they deal with the Zerg or would they get Zerg Rushed?

Suggested by Zach
Well here we have easily the two most popular science fiction universes finally matched up against each other. For this battle, all races and deities are available for each side. This fight splits the known universe equally down the middle with each side having their forces entirely on their half.

Which side wins?

Suggested by L-W
Interesting match here. For me, my choice comes down to which ship I would want to be on if I was a passenger on the ship. For my money, I would take the Enterprise for the win here.

What say you?

This match has no fighting. Instead, which one is the better leader? Which one could inspire more to join them? Which one would you want guiding your ship?

While I think the Terminator has an advantage in the combat arena, Data’s ability to quickly adapt and think would ultimately provide him with victory. If they got into a close range fight, I’m not sure which one would win.

What say you?

Yeah, it’s fake, but done pretty well. Thanks to Megaraptor for the link.