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Unguided posted:What does everyone have planned for the final game they'll play this year? I'll probably just choose something arbitrarily on New Year's Eve. I won't have time for video games on NYE but I'll probably finish up my PC run of DaS2 finally. I beat it on PS3 when it came out but for some reason I could just never get into it the way I got into DeS or DaS. I know there was kind of a lovely argument about the quality of DaS2 recently in the other thread but there it is, I don't think it's as good. Bleusilences posted:I really hope The Division is good. RIP Sweet if it is good but I bet it isn't even a video game
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Bleusilences posted:I think I said it in another thread but I really want a game like that. The fact that it's been push back and the track records of ubisoft tell me it will either be a revolution or another watch_dog. Don't you get that too good to be true vibe? A good 3rd person shooter with loot mechanics, a persistent open world, insane graphics, AND it's all online? Even if they pulled it all off, they'd pack it with non cosmetic microtransactions.
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scraps69 posted:I'm really sinking my teeth into Eve Online, and Hearthstone. Is WOW Draenor any good? It owns
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Dec 30, 2014 02:26
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Why in the YOOL 2014 are games still using FXAA as the only AA option
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Dec 30, 2014 02:49
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Stux posted:what game is this? most have moved on that ive seen Mordor. It has built in super sampling which I really appreciate in either case but my PC is an aging midrange rig and I'd rather not sacrifice that much framerate for decent image quality.. Also IDK what Alien uses but it isn't working Edit: it has SMAA but there's still jaggies out the wazoo
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Dec 30, 2014 02:56
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Endorph posted:kewpuh has called people fags too System Shock 2 is amazing. An interesting fact I didn't even learn while playing is that it actually has the full stealth system from Thief in it.
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Dec 30, 2014 02:59
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A Steampunk Gent posted:Maybe I'll give it another go just playing like a dick, it just felt like you were playing against the game's expectations even more than usual and that took me out of it. I guess that's why Saint's Row works so well, where the actual narrative and gameplay mechanics are perfectly in sync with the player being a tremendous dick. Sleeping Dogs knows it's a video game.
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Dec 30, 2014 20:06
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Ahundredbux posted:Me and my buddy played dead space 3 co-op and origin was never any problem Origin is the PC digital download equivalent to having a game in a paper sleeve.
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Dec 31, 2014 23:54
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Revengeance is the most fun I've had with a character action game since God Hand.
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Jan 2, 2015 22:06
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hubris.height posted:i am looking forward to playing that sometime after i finish lightning returns For maximum enjoyment please play 2 and 4 first. It's for the sake of you enjoying those as much as it is for the sake of Revengeance. Revengeance probably works just fine on its own, but it's better if you know MGS.
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Jan 2, 2015 22:21
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hubris.height posted:i have played 2 before like a decade ago and just remember some cyber nonsense If you can deal with 2 you can deal with 4. A lot of the cinematics are front loaded, but I believe there are still fewer than there are in 2. Also, it sets up Revengeance. But yeah if it turns out you don't enjoy playing them obviously just skip to Revengeance and cut the poo poo out of some robots. Edit: for clarification 3 is the best MGS but it contributes the least to enjoyment of Revengeance imo which is why I didn't mention it. Fergus Mac Roich fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jan 2, 2015 |
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Jan 2, 2015 22:42
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Static Rook posted:I was one of the very whiny babies who was upset at the Raiden swerve in MGS2 when it first came out. Now I am older and wiser and appreciate it. G_d bless Hideo Kojima. The Raiden bait and switch was so amazing, and it let Snake be a total badass who is one step ahead of the player at almost all times.
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Jan 2, 2015 23:05
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ArfJason posted:was this good? been a big oddworld fan since i was a kid and i was ecstatic they kept trying to bring it back and wouldn't mind playing a better abe's oddysey It's Abe's Odyssey. It owns.
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Jan 2, 2015 23:08
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ArfJason posted:exoddus was even better though. that quicksave, man I have excellent news for you.
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Jan 2, 2015 23:15
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Looper posted:What's the difference between a character action game and an action game? Character action is a pretty loose term but you usually use it for the type of game where you run around hitting XXY and poo poo to do a combo. Virtually always third person behind the back or over the shoulder. Can include puzzles and platforming but it doesn't have to, I normally see it applied to games that focus on combat. Devil May Cry, God of War, and Bayonetta are canonical examples.
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Jan 3, 2015 04:46
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Ddraig posted:Hoooly poo poo Blacklist is a good game. If I specifically want a stealth rear end stealth game close to Chaos Theory is it good?
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Jan 3, 2015 19:59
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Problem Sleuth posted:Hm. The twirl around shooter bit sounds kind of fun actually but I can't say I really want to play a poop rape abortion game. I guess it's good I didn't shell out :tenbux: for it on the sale It's a fun game and while it's technically a twin stick shooter it doesn't play a drat thing like the ones that are out there.
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Jan 4, 2015 01:28
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precision posted:The Gane cube controller was almost literally perfect It's too small imo I also don't get why Nintendo liked those non-round wells for the analog sticks, didn't make any sense to me
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Jan 4, 2015 23:34
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euphronius posted:started Dark souls 1 yesterday. Apparently I am better at gaming than I was 2 years ago because it is a lot easier than when i tried it when the PC version came out. I hope I can stick with it an finally beat the game. The timing is pretty tight on the kick. Early on I had to consciously force myself to start moving the stick forward first, but after enough practice you can do it naturally
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Jan 5, 2015 19:57
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The word human being has completely lost its novelty
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Jan 6, 2015 00:54
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Alain Post posted:MGS3. All of them but MGS4 are good, though. I like 4 Decent gameplay and Kojima set out to wrap up most of the loose ends in his batshit fuckin story and by God he did it.
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Bobby The Rookie posted:In one of the sloppiest ways possible. I do like that article some person wrote detailing how MGS4 is just about Kojima finally throwing his hands up, tired of being forced to keep working on the series. To tell the truth I don't think there was a clean and satisfying way to resolve it all. Cutting the Gordian knot in this case is just blowing up the world or something. That's Kojima's own fault for writing a story that insane and contrived but that's not a worthwhile criticism now since that's kind of the thing that makes the story fun. Fergus Mac Roich fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Jan 6, 2015 |
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Jan 6, 2015 02:40
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Buck Turgidson posted:I got the Heretic/Hexen bundle while it was on sale and I'm really enjoying Heretic. It's basically a well-made fantasy doom wad. Hexen, on the other hand, is total garbage. The gameplay is basically wandering around lovely maps with boring enemies and only a couple of crap weapons looking for switches, then aimlessly poking around trying to figure out what the switch changed, which is often in a different map entirely. Am I missing something or are the Hexen games just awful? I still like Hexen but the modern day consensus is that Hexen sucks. Heretic is just Doom with a wizard skin so of course it owns now and forever.
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Ddraig posted:I love people defending this, saying that it's just a parody and the game really opens up later on. SS3 isn't as good as SS1 obviously but this is plain wrong, get to the end of the game some time
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Jan 6, 2015 20:09
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Ddraig posted:Why would I want to get to the end of a poo poo game and hope it turns out better when I can play a better game (any of the previous SS, including 2) and experience the end state right from the start? There's 3 sorta crappy levels at the beginning. That's basically it. They're not nightmarishly bad, just a minor bummer. You don't have to play the game, I don't think it was super amazing, just don't mislead people. It's absolutely a Serious Sam game by the end. For what it's worth, in coop on the difficulty where the enemies are invisible, even those first few levels are kinda fun.
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Eonwe posted:does anyone know of a DOS game that was like Advance Wars man up and play Wizard's Crown
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Seriously though the 310 should only be bought if you have a super strict budget, there's never a reason to get one anymore if you aren't building someone an emulation machine that absolutely must stay under $x. The DS4 software is basically invisible after setup, at least the ones I've used. I hit the PS button, it syncs to my bluetooth dongle automatically, done.
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Jan 8, 2015 19:29
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ArfJason posted:cool enjoy the worst level design in the series Doom 1s later levels aren't exactly amazing and the Doom 3 level design is just lovely hallways so it's a wash imo. Doom 2 has a better range of enemies and it also has the super shotgun so I think it's a fine choice
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I did a good chunk of a Duke3d run at work
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Eye of Widesauron posted:Getting a job that you actively enjoy leaves you happier which is good for gaming. In my case I didn't play it because I hate my job I just played it because I had literally nothing better to do
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Ciaphas posted:it sort of boggles my mind that this works fast enough over an internet connection, even for older games, to... well, work Since you're just grabbing video, it doesn't really matter whether the game is new or old(unless they seriously streamed 320x240 video for PSX I guess), only the actual pace of the game. One frame links are as impossible streaming Street Fighter 2 as they are streaming SF4 Ultra. I have no idea if either of those are available for streaming, just an arbitrary example. It does work, but you'd never mistake it for running the game locally.
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Real hurthling! posted:QA question for people that know how games are made: Your standard QA guy has no qualifications, just any guy you'd see working at Chipotle or whatever. A buddy of mine actually started as a lowly QA guy and worked up to producer at a well known studio but I understand that to be an exception. He had no prior experience in any tech oriented job and has no experience coding or anything that would make him especially suited to QA software. There's also computerized testing of games, so places will employ engineers to create tools that can execute certain kinds of tests.
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Bicyclops posted:I legit didn't know CHIM was an Elder Scrolls term, having only played IV and V, until this thread. Virtually nobody who played 3 knows it either because it's only for ultra spergs who read in-character posts from developers on forums.
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SunAndSpring posted:Most of the basics are in the 36 Sermons of Vivec. Reading all the Sermons in-game is difficult, though, because they're hidden all over the place. Also it involves reading an in-game book for what I'm guessing is like 50+ IRL pages rather than off a nice page or kindle screen or whatever. I read that poo poo off my TV on my Xbox because I first played Morrowind on console and it was garbo. Also the books aren't clear on what's a metaphor and what's literally true and what's a bunch of nonsense and stuff, it's not like it just tells you "Well you see CHIM is like console commands..." Morrowind owns, the graphic overhaul makes a weird looking game look somewhat weirder but with pretty sunsets, and rather than play Oblivion just play Morrowind and then Gothics 1 through 2 Skyrim is fine, someone new to the series might actually want to play it first so they aren't let down by it later
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Well I'm not saying that as a criticism, just noting it as a reason some people(actually, I'm guessing 99.9% of people) who played Morrowind never even heard of CHIM
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Jan 16, 2015 20:46
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Third World Reggin posted:Harder than understanding that someone with fists lowers your stamina by hitting you. It's cool how when people play video games they pretend that they are temporarily complete retards and can't figure out even the simplest things
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Stamina is barely even at issue, weapon skill makes it irrelevant quickly. Just don't make a stupid character class that has only minor or misc skills for weapons. edit: Also if it isn't on by default turn on "always use best attack". as much as I wish it were, Morrowind is not Ultima Underworld.
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Third World Reggin posted:Morrowind combat is just like your posting This would be a decent burn if Morrowind combat wasn't so simple a child could figure it out
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ZenVulgarity posted:It still sucked True, great game with bad combat
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