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| #3486 posted by negke [88.70.243.227] on 2010/07/20 23:52:31 |
Fairly unoriginal story (biological weapon experiment gone wrong, you're the virus mutant overdude), but a fun game after all. Sort of a cross between Oni and Mirror's Edge, with DBZ- and Matrix-like physics bending. Awesome gore.
The game basically consists of jumping and runing through a sandbox Manhattan on a constant kill frenzy, leaving an insane bodycount behind (after each mission you get a statistic about civilian/military/infected losses and destructions costs). Lots of combos and upgrades which can be bought with the EP points gained from free-roam wreaking havoc, story missions of average quality, and timed events like speedrunning, gliding, combat scenarios, and collectibles. Fast gameplay with smooth movement/navigation.
Not the greatest and most sophisticated game in the world, but a fun blast nevertheless. Well worth the $15 (Steam summer sale).
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Hmm |
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| #3488 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/07/21 00:28:08 |
Darkspore looks cool. Half diablo, half spore and with L4D's director.
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Yeah |
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| #3489 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/07/21 00:45:06 |
I was just noticing that. Does look interesting.
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Hmm |
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| #3490 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/07/21 01:02:30 |
Needs more than 2 players tho.
Speaking of which, Alien Swarm; 'sup?
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Alien Swarm |
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| #3491 posted by negke [88.70.56.205] on 2010/07/22 00:36:13 |
Quite nice for a free game. Too bad it only has a single campaign so far. So, go mappers!
Fairly easy with a 3+ team. The parasites in the fourth level are evil, though. Probably pretty challenging on hard skill and above.
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Alien Swarm Mapping |
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| #3492 posted by DaZ [78.147.99.17] on 2010/07/22 13:46:51 |
As an fyi, if people have not looked into it.
It uses a tile based mapping system whereby you create a seperate map for each tile and then you can either snap them all together yourself or use the games in-built map generator. Looks very easy to do, and you can use the pre-existing "official" tiles you simply generate your own new map if you are getting bored with the single campaign.
More info : http://developer.valvesoftware.com...
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| #3493 posted by Willem [24.199.192.130] on 2010/07/22 15:15:15 |
You can also mix and match. You can stamp the prefabs together and when you're basically happy, open the merged map in Hammer and customize the hell out of it.
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| #3494 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/07/22 19:25:10 |
i've actually been thinking of trying to make a map this way... built a couple of corridors, corners and outer walls for rooms that all snap together.
you could make something pretty big that way at the risk of it being boring, i guess...
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| #3495 posted by Willem [24.199.192.130] on 2010/07/22 19:32:00 |
I actually tried that with Left for Dead 2 since Hammer supports instances. I made a bunch of standard sized rooms and hallways and tried to piece together an office building. It kinda worked but I got itchy to customize it very quickly after I started and it sort of fell apart. But I think the idea is sound...
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Modular Mapping |
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| #3496 posted by Preach [77.98.129.22] on 2010/07/22 19:38:56 |
I made something like that for quake years ago - it requires a custom engine like dp so that statically* rotated bsp objects work. It was posted at qexpo
http://qexpo.quakedev.com/booth.ph...
The way it works is that a single bsp file contains a 'set' of tiles. Each tile is an individual bsp entity with entry points marked in the entity's fields. The progs then generates maps from these tiles each time you load the map. It obviously doesn't create the most exciting maps known to man, but I think the caverns map actually looks quite good.
Anyway, I'm sure I've posted about it before, but you know how it is when you did something first...
*ie SOLID_BSP entities which have an angle set, but no avelocity.
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Oh Well |
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| #3497 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/07/22 19:50:03 |
automating it would be cool too, but i just meant like make a bunch of func_groups and CnP them yourself.
as willem said, i think the hardest part would be resisting the urge to start customizing at least until you're done. :P
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Prototype |
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| #3498 posted by [Kona] [121.73.104.148] on 2010/07/23 01:09:48 |
watched a few prototype gameplay videos on youtube. looks like you start in a street then randomly walk down more streets back and forth until all the innocent people are dead. absolutely no linearity, variance in gameplay or even a point. am i wrong?
people were raving on about this game, but seeing it in actual it looks crap.
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You're Pretty Much Right |
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| #3499 posted by negke [88.70.251.237] on 2010/07/23 12:17:13 |
Almost feels like they created the environment and then just tacked on a few missions and game modes. But it's still fun - I enjoyed indulging in an excessive killing spree.
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Quake |
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| #3500 posted by Willem [24.199.192.130] on 2010/07/23 13:48:31 |
Watched a few Quake gameplay videos on YouTube. Looks like you start in a hallway and then randomly run down other hallways and go through rooms shooting monsters and finding keys with no variance or point whatsoever. Am I wrong?
(sorry, had to be done)
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Yes You're Wrong |
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| #3501 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/23 15:05:59 |
Sometimes you find secrets.
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Yes, You're Wrong (bis) |
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| #3502 posted by JPL [82.234.167.238] on 2010/07/23 19:48:42 |
Sometimes you die also :P
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Wrong, |
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| #3503 posted by meTch [99.61.109.162] on 2010/07/23 22:53:29 |
The point is to have fun while randomly running down hallways to shoot monsters and find keys [and find secrets, health, ammo, places to walk where you're not supposed to and go 'he he he' at the author of the map because you're/you've doing/found something that they did not intend for you to do/find].
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| #3504 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/29 02:36:48 |
So who wants to be my StarCraft 2 friend? I would if I were you.
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Hehe |
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| #3505 posted by DaZ [78.147.174.163] on 2010/07/29 04:24:37 |
feel free to add me if fancy a few games, I am a total starcraft scrub though :)
name : bughunt
character code : 292
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| #3506 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/29 04:35:55 |
What is this character code shiz?
name: zwiffle
and I swear I thought yours was "bigcunt" at first.
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| #3507 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/29 06:54:54 |
character code 650
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Starcraft2 |
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| #3508 posted by Bal [81.249.103.14] on 2010/07/29 08:01:56 |
name : Bal
code : 384
Probably can't add Zwiffle cause he's not on EU server though.
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Ahh |
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| #3509 posted by DaZ [92.26.163.248] on 2010/07/29 15:51:09 |
thats a bigcunt :(
I'll happily let you kick my arse though Bal =)
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Starcraft 2 Quick 1st Thoughts |
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| #3510 posted by DaZ [92.26.163.248] on 2010/07/30 00:38:35 |
I've got to around half way in the single player campaign (I think) and I've dabbled a little in the multiplayer so I guess its time to offer some 1st impressions.
On the single player:
They really pushed the boat out here, each and every mission has a unique mechanic involved in it that forces you to play differently and use different tactics. New units and explained a drip-fed into your pool as you complete missions and you have plenty of time to experiment and practice with them.
Also, the between mission story elements came as a complete surprise to me. I think the best example I can think of to explain it would be the planet surface "point and click" interface of Freelancer. You can click on items and characters in the environment and get a cutscene or some funny news broadcast on the tv or whatever. You can also research unit upgrades, hire mercenary forces to fight for you and further enhance specific units in the armoury. Its also polished to high heaven, very impressed!
On Multiplayer : Now I am a total starcraft scrub, I have no idea about build orders, micro/macro management or actions per minute, so I expected to get well and truly pasted in multiplayer, but Blizzard added a really great system whereby you play 5 "performance analysing" matches and then the game will put you in a bracket of other players with the same skill level as you. From what I can tell it works very, very well. When you learn to play better and start beating everyone in your bracket the game will move you up to the next bracket, and so on. Great stuff.
Other shizzle : The interface and menu's are fucking fantastic, really. "Challenge missions" to improve your multiplayer skills. When you load the game up, you only need to click twice to start a multiplayer game, its really streamlined. It also runs fairly well on my shitpile of a pc, which I am very thankful for :)
So, err. Yeah I guess I'm liking it so far.
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| #3511 posted by Bal [83.204.196.70] on 2010/07/30 07:49:15 |
Yeah, it's nice, I've obviously played the beta quite a bit already, we should up for some coop later Daz, I could teach you some tricks. :D
The singleplayer is really well made, but what the hell, the characters and story is like the ultimate cliche in science fiction, it hurts to hear the dialogue sometimes. Fortunatly it's beautifully made.
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Heh |
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| #3512 posted by DaZ [78.147.101.85] on 2010/07/30 14:50:56 |
Yeah that would be nice, I finished my placement matches and got seeded right at the bottom of the copper league :P
I agree about the dialogue, some of it is pretty cringe worthy, but the characters are pure Blizzard cliché's in a bottle like all their other other games :)
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| #3513 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/30 15:10:04 |
Missions : yeah, they're fun and interesting. Just played the train-robbing one last night, it was pretty tough, just barely made it. I played it the wrong way (like a base-building mission) and so I got 0 of the achievements. I'm currently in Plat, but should def. be in Diamond, just gotta work my way there I guess.
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Zwiffle |
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| #3514 posted by Bal [194.2.155.253] on 2010/07/30 15:47:00 |
Yeah I think you can't be placed in Diamond directly after the placement matches.
I haven't done them myselves, too busy with the solo stuff, but if it's anything like the beta I should end up in Plat league I think.
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| #3515 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/07/30 15:49:25 |
Oh yeah. I was able to befriend a BugHunt and saw him online, but when I said howdy there was no reply, so I'm sure whether it was Daz or not.
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Zwiffle |
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| #3516 posted by Bal [194.2.155.253] on 2010/07/30 16:08:52 |
I can't add you to my friends, so it's doubtful.
How do you befriend someone without his code anyways?
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| #3517 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/07/30 18:50:10 |
FACEBOOK
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Zwiffle |
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| #3518 posted by DaZ [78.147.101.85] on 2010/07/30 20:40:34 |
Don't recall seeing any messages from you :(
I thought USA & Europe players were separated anyhow?
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| #3519 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/07/30 20:57:46 |
Well I thought so too, until I saw I had Bughunt as a friend, and then I was confuzzled.
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LOL |
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| #3521 posted by Shambler [86.25.223.66] on 2010/08/02 15:48:58 |
Looks infuriating!
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So... |
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| #3522 posted by Shambler [86.25.223.66] on 2010/08/02 17:08:03 |
Thought I might give SC2 a go. Looks kinda fun from the videos I watched of it.
Just one small question....
WHY THE CUNTING BOLLOX AM I EXPECTED TO PAY 45 FUCKING QUID TO DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE FUCKING BATTLENET SITE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY FUCKING SHIPPING, BOX, ART, SHOP PROFIT ETC ETC COSTS SHOULDN'T IT BE CUNTING CHEAPER OR WHAT, DO THEY WANT ME TO GIVE THEM THE MONEY OR JUST THINK THEY'RE A BUNCH OF GREEDY CUNTS AND FUCK THE WHOLE THING OFF???
45 fucking quid!! In the age of digital distribution!! Fucking comedy ha-de-fucking-ha. Where's a bricks and mortar shop then??
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Shamb |
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| #3523 posted by DaZ [78.147.169.8] on 2010/08/02 17:33:52 |
If you have a friend or workmate or whatever that has brought the game, it comes with 2 10-day trial keys that give you access to the entire game, worth a look perhaps.
Also, I picked up my copy for £35 in Tesco of all places :)
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Cunts. |
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| #3525 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.93] on 2010/08/02 18:02:28 |
Yeah but I want to try it now before my ADD interest wanes. Wish I'd known about Tesco though.
Paid for the fucking thing, and it's been shit ever since then.
1. Terrible download speeds.
2. Completely raped the rest of my connection forcing a restart.
3. On restarting, it wouldn't let me continue the download as it was an invalid account.
4. Support link was broken and the page didn't exist.
Fucking GG Blizzard, what a bunch of cunts.
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Hmm |
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| #3526 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/02 18:02:49 |
Robert Kotick loves you and in no way wishes to sell your children into slavery.
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It Gets Better. |
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| #3527 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.93] on 2010/08/02 18:05:46 |
Called their billing and account support to cancel my account and download.
"Sorry due to high number of callers all our operators are busy and we cannot accept any more callers into the queue, please try again later".
I hope everyone in this company dies a miserable and painful death very soon.
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| #3528 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/02 18:34:21 |
Bler I could have given you a trial code so you could try before you buy. Also, yeah, the Blizzard downloader is full of shit, you're likely better off just buying a boxed copy.
Also, the game is $60 in US, because Activision knows that people will buy a PC game for $60 when it's MW2 or SC2 or WoW or whatever other franchise they depend on.
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Still Onto Cunt Support. |
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| #3529 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.93] on 2010/08/02 18:45:59 |
Finally got through. Estimated 15 min wait time is up to 23 mins and counting CUNTS CUNTS CUNTS.
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CUNTS |
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| #3530 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.93] on 2010/08/02 18:53:06 |
29 mins then cut off.
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Try This. |
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| #3531 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.93] on 2010/08/02 18:59:29 |
I have been attempting to download and play Starcraft 2. Due to the extremely slow download speeds and how badly the Battlenet downloader interferes with my connection, I need to cancel my account and get a refund - I *may* then purchase a physical copy of SC2. I am attempting to contact Blizzard on the phone support number. After numerous attempts where I couldn't even get in the call queue, I got in a queue with a 15 min waiting time. After 29 mins, the phone cut off and I was not able to speak to someone.
Please cancel my account and refund my SC2 order (order number *******) immediately, and then call me immediately on 0********* to confirm this. When this happens then I may consider purchasing Blizzard products in future.
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Try |
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| #3532 posted by Spirit [80.171.82.191] on 2010/08/02 19:35:20 |
I am a Shambler and there are huge cojones beneath my fur!
Now, imagine you want to play your legit copy of SC2 20 years from now.
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Shambler |
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| #3533 posted by SleepwalkR [78.52.102.153] on 2010/08/02 20:07:39 |
I hope you get your money back, but only after more assraping from Blizzard, which you can then relate here! ;-)
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| #3534 posted by gb [89.27.247.251] on 2010/08/02 20:14:21 |
In 20 years, you have to appear in person, are chained to a console controller and filmed the whole time while a Blizzard paramedic stands by in case you starve or dehydrate (except in the US).
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Hmm |
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| #3535 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/02 22:47:47 |
are chained to a console controller
Microsoft want a word.
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| #3536 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/02 22:48:42 |
Also, is there not a torrent or some such for the SC2 installer that would mean you could circumvent the ridiculously bad blizzard downloader?
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Hmm |
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| #3537 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/02 22:52:49 |
In fact, I believe the warez release by RELOADED is actually the legit installer but with cracked patches/.exe to avoid registration/battle.net.
Altho I may be wrong, I care not for RTS
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| #3538 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/02 22:56:40 |
I know a guy who plays it cracked/free/whatever. So it's possible I'm sure.
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| #3539 posted by Spirit [80.171.82.191] on 2010/08/02 22:56:43 |
Razor1911 said their release would work like a legit copy if you enter a legit key, at least that's how I understand it.
P.S. Owners of legit game keys may use our keytro in just the same way in order to prolong their offline activation period indefinitely
Reloaded is nuked for borked singleplayer.
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Lol |
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| #3540 posted by RickyT23 [86.23.98.66] on 2010/08/03 02:44:30 |
Hooray for Steam!
Except for the fact that they didnt get Starcraft 2.
Hooray for Amazon!
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You Know What Really Annoys Me. |
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| #3541 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.36] on 2010/08/03 14:19:09 |
Fucking Daz, getting the game from fucking Tesco, for fucking £32, which is fucking cheaper than fucking Amazon. I bet they fucking stock it for £3fucking2 in the Morrisons 2 fucking minutes walk away, I could have got it and some fucking Scotch Eggs n stuff too.
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Hmm |
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| #3542 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/03 17:02:21 |
Scotch Eggs? Man, that shit is wrong.
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Also Daz Said He Got It For £35, Not £32 |
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| #3543 posted by RickyT23 [86.23.98.66] on 2010/08/03 19:29:01 |
So if you get it from Amazon, then you win by price by £0.09p
On other notes, I waited for Borderlands to drop in price, and started playing that recently. First impressions are that its pretty good, no-nonsense shootin' action. Also I wasnt sure what I was going to think of the gfx, but it actually works better than I had expected! Very addictive. Maybe one day MW2 will drop to <£10'000'000'000.00p per copy, and I'll try that aswell!
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I Feel For You Smabler... |
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| #3544 posted by DaZ [78.147.98.131] on 2010/08/03 20:23:00 |
hugs! =)
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Calm Down |
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| #3545 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/08/03 21:31:41 |
Scotch Eggs remain within your reach. Always a calming thought.
The above solution mentioned by Spirit seems the best idea.
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Or, Better. |
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| #3546 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.36] on 2010/08/03 23:36:02 |
Keep fighting for a refund, fuck the game off, buy £35 worth of Scotch Eggs WINNER.
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| #3547 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/03 23:42:21 |
or maybe just £35 worth of Scotch to help you relax. ;)
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My New Computer |
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| #3548 posted by [Kona] [121.73.104.148] on 2010/08/04 03:45:18 |
Where's the PC rig thread, I thought there was one? Well i'm not creating a new one, but this is kind of related (since its a rig to play other pc games).
So I'm looking at getting the following:
· Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz CPU
· Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard (1366)
· 4GB Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 DDR3-1600 Memory Kit
· 1TB Western Digital WD1002FAEX SATA3
· Sapphire HD5850 PCIE 1GB DDR5
· 2nd video card: GeForce 8800GT
· 600w Vantec ION2 Plus Modular ATX2.3 Power Supply
· Microsoft Windows 7
Looking at about $2300NZD ($1600US). Can't really afford much more than that. Thoughts and suggestions???
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| #3549 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/08/04 03:55:15 |
What is the purpose of the 2nd video card? I hope you're not planning on trying to have both your HD5850 and 8800GT in at the same time!
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| #3550 posted by Mr Fribbles [118.209.49.139] on 2010/08/04 06:32:27 |
Sounds like a great setup, the only thing I'd really want to mention is the RAM - that CPU and motherboard supports triple channel RAM so to get the most out of it you'll want a kit with 3 DIMMs, 6gb is probably the best option (2+2+2).
You'll also want to be sure that power supply will be adequete, particularly if you intend to have multiple drives and video cards either now or later. (It may very well be, I don't know, but it'd be worth hitting one of those online calculators to see if you can get an idea of the power draw you'll expect to see with that.)
I'm also curious about the 2nd video card, are you intending to have more than 2 monitors?
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Sweet |
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| #3551 posted by [Kona] [121.73.104.148] on 2010/08/04 09:22:49 |
Got 2 pci slots, so might as well fill em both? I figured they'd both combine to help with gaming... or does it not work like that? If you only have 2 for a second monitor, then I won't bother.
I thought 6gb ram might be an overkill, but if you think it's much better then i'll go with that.
Calculated out at 430w, so I guess the 600w will be okay, just.
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Kona |
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| #3552 posted by RickyT23 [81.156.237.207] on 2010/08/04 10:38:18 |
Thats almost exactly the same rig as I would buy!
Have you got a nice Air cooler? For overclocking your CPU to >4Ghz??? Should be fairly easy with that motherboard.
I wouldnt bother with the 8800. I tried putting one in my rig as a dedicated PhysX card, but it was really just a pain in the neck to get the drivers working properly, and then it turned out that for the game I wanted to use the PhysX stuff, it was impossible to use both cards (Metro 2033).
The Radeon 5850 is a seriously speedy card, I would know, I have one!!! I was thinking of buying another, but since all of the games I play run maxed out, there would really be no point.
RAM thing: The socket 1366 motherboards are deigned for using DDR3 RAM in TRIPLE CHANNEL mode, which means you're gonna need 3 DIMMS instead of two. I would buy a nice 6Gb kit (3x2Gb) instead of crippling the motherboard by forcing it to work in dual-channel mode.
:D
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| #3553 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/08/04 15:43:14 |
The thing about 2 video cards working in tandem is that they should both be the same card - and they definitely should both be either Nvidia or ATI, but not cross-brand baloney (balogna gives me a spelling error, weird.) The HD5850 is pretty rock solid, so you shouldn't need 2, but if you plan on getting a 2nd one, make sure your mobo supports Crossfire, and you might want to double/triple check that you'll have the space in your case to support both cards.
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| #3554 posted by Mr Fribbles [118.209.142.183] on 2010/08/04 16:20:59 |
The 5850 will slaughter anything released now and even within the next couple of years I'd imagine. As Zwiffle says, if you're doing any kind of Crossfire or SLI thing with multiple cards, they must be the same make and model and almost everybody says it's usually better to get the best single card you can afford anyway.
Almost all video cards come with dual DVI or at the very least a 2nd VGA connector. In other words any card you could buy would support 2 monitors anyway. You only need more cards if you want to do some kind of whacky triple or quadruple monitor setup.
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| #3555 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/04 18:46:48 |
if that's the case, i'd most definitely drop the the extra video card in favour of more ram. i've found with 3gb of ram, i'm quite often running low and need to step down game settings. remember that w7 is a modern os and requires a lot of memory to function.
with 6g, you'd probably be set on ram for a good long while.
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Hehe |
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| #3556 posted by DaZ [78.147.175.242] on 2010/08/04 20:48:06 |
Yeah, don't get stuck in the hole I am in atm, 2 ram slots on my motherboard died (its 5 years old) so now im running win7 on 1gb of memory :P
To be fair, stuff still works, but it can take an age to do things. Go for the 6b matched set of sticks, there are some nice deals around from the top manufacturers!
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Sweet |
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| #3557 posted by [Kona] [121.73.104.148] on 2010/08/05 00:39:00 |
sweet, thanks guys! definitely won't bother with 2 video cards then, and i'll get the triple memory pack.
i'm always behind in gaming anyway - it'll probably be another few years before i actually catch up and start playing the 2010 releases, by which time this one will be ancient.
i can finally play hl2 and quake4 maxed out though yay
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You Can Play |
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| #3558 posted by RickyT23 [86.23.98.66] on 2010/08/05 02:55:44 |
Crysis Warhead maxed out too.
Also the Radeon 5850 overclocks really well, infact the Catalyst Control Center that comes with the ATI drivers allows you to raise the core clock speed a bit, out of the box.
You can use "AMD GPU Clock Tool", (a different free util) to really overclock them. And they can take like 15-20% without breaking a sweat.
Also:
Borderlands is really very very cool. Far too addictive, and a lot more playable than I thought it was gonna be. The way that Co-op play works is really cool too - basically you just "invite" friends to join your singleplayer mission. All XP earned and items picked up whilst playing in your game, they get to keep. Character development works really well here too, seems to be endless leveling up. Even the AI is good.
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Back To PC Games... |
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| #3559 posted by Shambler [86.25.223.134] on 2010/08/06 19:51:23 |
Rather than the hardware thread http://www.celephais.net/board/vie...
...and my saga of trying play (or actually now avoid) other PC games continues:
Blizzard non-customer non-support:
Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we will be unable to provide you with a refund for your StarCraft II license.
Any queries, please contact:
Legal Department
Blizzard Entertainment Europe
Billing Support
TSA 60 001
78143 Velizy Villacoublay Cedex
France
Shambler:
That is not acceptable. I have not taken possession of the game (I only
managed to download 200 meg before finding the Battlenet Downloader utterly
intolerable). I paid the full price for the game before finding out it was
unsuitable to get it via Battlenet. I do not expect to have to jump through
hoops and be writing to people in France to have a perfectly normal action
of returning a game and getting a refund.
Given that Blizzard is very familiar with online gaming, there must be some
simple way to delete my account, cancel my download (and prevent any
attempts to re-download it via that purchase) and refund my money.
If whomever this email reaches is unable to deal with this issue, please
pass it on to your superior and get them to call me on 0********** or
0*********. I expect to receive proper customer service from Customer
Service, and my chance of being a Blizzard customer ever again (including
buying a physical copy of SC2 as I had previously intended) depends on that.
Is there any other area of a media purchase industry that takes this attitude to refunds?? If so, I haven't encountered it in my life previously.
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| #3560 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/06 21:12:14 |
Prostitution, maybe. But then you probably never ask for refunds from your prostitute.
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Downloadable Content |
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| #3561 posted by ijed [216.241.20.2] on 2010/08/06 21:12:52 |
Isn't regulated at all, so a lot of the time the providers will just shit on the customer if it suits them. It usually does.
I can condense what their reply was into something more honest:
'This is our policy so fuck off, you're not getting anything. If you think you're big and clever enough try fighting with our legal team in France.'
I suspect the phone number will have you jump through more hoops until you can find an English speaker who will basically reword the above and invite you to declare a civil action (whilst making a slam dunk action).
I had a similar experience with Steam recently.
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Nice. |
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| #3562 posted by Shambler [86.25.223.134] on 2010/08/06 22:00:25 |
I might make a huge and previously highly undesirable break from tradition, and make my next downloadable content something I don't actually pay for....
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Bah |
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| #3563 posted by DaZ [78.147.160.77] on 2010/08/07 01:07:56 |
That's a shame Shamb :( I've never used the blizzard downloader for anything besides WoW patches so I can't really comment on it.
is it not possible to leave the download running overnight or something while you are not using the pc? if it works the same as the WoW patcher you should be able to stop and start the download process without having to start from the beginning again every time.
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You Have To Wonder |
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| #3564 posted by ijed [190.22.2.95] on 2010/08/07 03:19:05 |
Are the execs either idiots, or is the intention to criminalise and alienate their customer base.
Stupid question.
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| #3565 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/07 03:43:44 |
i think i'll stick to circular plastic discs for now. o.o
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Dazbler. |
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| #3566 posted by Shambler [86.25.220.61] on 2010/08/07 12:30:26 |
Well....consistent with the quality of my experience trying to get this game, when I stop the downloader and restart it, it claims it can't continue as the download is not authorised, and I have to go to the Battlenet site to log in (or rather discover that obviously I'm still logged in so the fuckign download IS authorised) and start from there, albeit at the same place (200meg / 7gig before I gave up).
Anyway due to how appalling there customer service is (I think I was trying to get this sorted for 2 hours on Tue evening), there is no way in hell I want the game, I want my money back. Where's my money mother fucker??
IF I'd phoned up customer service, got in a queue for 10 mins, and they'd sorted out it as you'd expect any decent company to do, then I'd have gone out and bought the game on disc that evening....
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"LOL" Tattooed On Your Bollocks |
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| #3567 posted by nex [78.54.79.77] on 2010/08/07 13:01:38 |
StarCrud 2, is it?
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Borderlands |
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| #3568 posted by negke [88.70.251.192] on 2010/08/07 18:55:11 |
More like Bordomlands. The graphic style is cool but the game lacks atmosphere. It's like driving through samey liveless wastelands levels doing seemingly pointless quests for random NPCs and killing the same few types of respawning enemies over and over. There's no point to exploration either, because all there is to find are lockers and caches with money, ammo, or one of the hundreds of different weapons with small differences in stats that have you stop all the time to compare them to the ones you're carrying. Every now and then there's an annoying boss fight, too.
I kept playing because I always hoped there would come something interesting at some point. Haven't tried coop yet - Ricky ignored my chat requests...
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Negke |
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| #3569 posted by Zwiffle [70.92.141.255] on 2010/08/08 01:37:41 |
I agree with you about borderlands EXCEPT for the graphic style being cool. I am vehemently against it - the style is quite and ugly and imo definitely a step back from their more realistic style they had before.
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Borderlands |
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| #3570 posted by Bal [83.204.222.47] on 2010/08/08 11:48:56 |
I think the style is cool, at least they're trying something different. Some of the env work looks quite nice.
As for the game itself, it's ok. It's much better when playing with 3 friends obviously. I like picking up random loot, but there's not enough diversity, like in Diablo, where it works better because of all the different armor pieces etc.
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Adding To Ijed's Pile Of Flash Games |
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| #3571 posted by onetruepurple [89.77.120.196] on 2010/08/08 22:38:59 |
Don't Look Back. The gameplay is pretty run-of-the-mill platforming (enjoyable still) but the atmosphere is excellent.
I think metl posted it a few hundred posts ago(?) but it's good enough to be reiterated.
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Posted. |
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| #3572 posted by Shambler [86.25.220.162] on 2010/08/09 12:39:32 |
My letter to Blizzard today. Hmmm.
You know if their customer support weren't so fucking useless, I'd be playing a bought physical copy already.
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Yeah, We Know |
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| #3573 posted by SleepwalkR [130.149.148.83] on 2010/08/09 13:20:14 |
by now.
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Unreal 1 Dx10 Engine |
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| #3574 posted by DaZ [78.147.97.154] on 2010/08/09 15:43:43 |
Bluesnews gave the heads up on a new DX10 renderer for the original Unreal engine and its games, I re-installed Deus Ex to give it a try and its fantastic.
Its completely faithful to the look of the original Unreal engine, no mucking around with new shaders or anything like that, it does support things like HDR but you can turn if off if you don't want it. You can also use AA and AF etc and it works flawlessly (with deus ex at least).
Obviously as its DX10, you need windows Vista or Win7. It fully supports Deus Ex, Unreal 1, Unreal Tournament, and Rune so far.
Page with info : http://www.kentie.net/article/d3d1...
Download : http://www.kentie.net/article/d3d1...
You also need the very latest version of direct X, linky : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...
And you also need some visual c++ runtimes 2010 update, linky : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...
I had forgotten how awesome DX was, im really enjoying playing through it again :)
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| #3575 posted by gb [89.27.241.166] on 2010/08/09 19:42:49 |
There's also an inofficial patch 227, with new renderers, lots of fixes, Linux and OpenGL support:
http://www.oldunreal.com/oldunreal...
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| #3576 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/09 20:02:39 |
thanks for the heads up on deus ex. man what a great game... probably give it a run through now. :)
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Shambler |
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| #3577 posted by RickyT23 [86.23.98.66] on 2010/08/09 21:51:51 |
You have a license, so why dont you stop whining and just "aquire" a copy via a torrent or something?
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| #3578 posted by Spirit [80.171.154.228] on 2010/08/09 22:05:22 |
Because that is not allowed.
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For Unreal And UT |
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| #3579 posted by nitin [124.148.142.168] on 2010/08/10 00:15:21 |
for those without dx9, there are unofficial d3d and opengl renderers available that are quite an improvement performance and feature wise.
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Oops |
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| #3580 posted by nitin [124.148.142.168] on 2010/08/10 00:15:48 |
I meant 'for those with dx9 only...'
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Hmm |
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| #3581 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/12 22:52:30 |
So... Does Rage on the iPhone go in here or the console thread?
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The Iphone Is Not A Console |
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| #3582 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/12 22:58:50 |
But it probably doesn't go in here. So let's all not talk about it.
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Hmm |
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| #3583 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/12 23:03:16 |
No, you're right, let's not. It's not that impressive anyway.
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Did |
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| #3584 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.233] on 2010/08/13 16:28:12 |
someone mention Bioshock Infinite?? The trailer looks cool. I like the way they are doing it as a spiritual sequel to Bioshock (which I still haven't played, waiting to upgrade first).
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Hmm |
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| #3585 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 16:29:49 |
Yeh, I think I forgot to mention it on here, but it looks awesome. An actual BioShock sequel rather than the farmed-out cash-in that was BioShock 2.
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Bioshock: Infinite |
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| #3586 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/13 16:33:08 |
I am so going to preorder as soon as it is available. Bioshock is one of my favorite 'new' franchises, just simply fantastic. I would very much like to petition them for inclusion of level editor with this game, it's a fucking shame neither Bioshock nor Bioshock 2 had one.
Do want.
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Hmm |
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| #3587 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 17:46:55 |
Oh, and could a mod please change the name of this thread to 'other games' please. It just seems to make sense.
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No. |
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| #3588 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.233] on 2010/08/13 17:47:24 |
Balls to consoles.
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Hmm |
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| #3589 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 17:48:27 |
God dammit Sham. That was a scary fast response.
And DO IT!
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Not Feelin You On That One Either My Hard Raving Amigo |
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| #3590 posted by RickyT23 [86.23.98.66] on 2010/08/13 17:51:44 |
Rage = PC game.
Bioshock = PC game.
3500 posts in its not worth changing the name of the thread. Just my 10 english pennies.
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| #3591 posted by Spirit [80.171.127.123] on 2010/08/13 17:55:02 |
It was for all systems until Shambler decided to split.
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Hmm |
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| #3592 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 18:27:18 |
Deus Ex 3 gameplay; http://kotaku.com/5612092/your-fir...
The hell is he dragging the body with at 0:47?
But other than that, I'm fully hyped about this game. About time there was a proper sequel.
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Yeah |
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| #3593 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/13 18:41:52 |
Deus Ex 3 looks sweet. Like the yellow color scheme, but hope they don't use it everywhere in the game.
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Yeah. |
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| #3594 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.233] on 2010/08/13 18:42:47 |
Yuh.
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Yeah |
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| #3595 posted by DaZ [92.26.174.161] on 2010/08/13 20:27:03 |
I does look very neat indeed, im replaying Deus Ex 1 at the moment and loving every minute of it, I just hope this 3rd one will be better than the lol-fest that was DX2. I heard its possible to complete dx3 without killing anyone (though you wouldnt know it from that trailer) and the story and characters seem decent enough.
A with Shambler, I need one hell of a pc upgrade before I even think about getting it though!
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Deux Ex |
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| #3596 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/13 21:29:12 |
I purchased Deus Ex with the intention of enjoying some old school awesome that I missed out on, but unfortunately the program doesn't seem to want to work with my dx11 vid card and 64 bit system. I am not happy with that.
Any one got an answer/work around?
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Hmm |
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| #3597 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 21:57:10 |
Wasn't there some post about a new unreal engine build a few days ago? Would that solve the problem?
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Ta |
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| #3599 posted by Zwiffle [184.60.27.118] on 2010/08/13 22:18:23 |
I will check that out this weekend.
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Stalker 2 |
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| #3600 posted by DaZ [92.26.174.161] on 2010/08/13 23:13:16 |
Offical sequel was just announced. GSC plans for a multiplatform release which I am sceptical of, but w00t all the same :)
http://www.bluesnews.com/s/113116/...
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Hmm |
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| #3602 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/13 23:40:30 |
September 13th 2011 tho
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Rage Iphone Sept 13 2012 |
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| #3603 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/13 23:43:03 |
nt
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Hmm |
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| #3604 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/14 00:04:40 |
Quiet you. Apart from anything else, Carmack said there would be a iPhone game using Rage tech/universe out before Rage. Then iRage would be out at some point after console/PC release.
Also, the 13/9/11 is the US date apparently. EU has to wait 2 days; http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c7...
Bastids.
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IN YOUR FACE BLIZZARD. |
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| #3605 posted by Shambler [86.25.165.196] on 2010/08/15 22:33:26 |
14 Aug 2010
Velizy Villac FR
Debit Card Refund - Battle.Net Starc 44.99
Now off to buy 45 quids worth of curry and fuck that SC2 shit....
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| #3606 posted by [Kona] [121.73.104.148] on 2010/08/16 01:26:54 |
make sure to let them know when you get the sc2 torrent :D
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Any Modern SP Games Worth Mapping For? |
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| #3607 posted by huh [92.100.126.55] on 2010/08/16 09:53:45 |
Any modern SP games worth mapping for?
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So How Did You Get It? |
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| #3608 posted by megaman [91.66.119.75] on 2010/08/16 10:50:10 |
did you threaten to moan and bitch about them on the internets?
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Persistence. |
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| #3609 posted by Shambler [86.25.165.196] on 2010/08/16 11:08:12 |
Errr that's all.
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Shambler |
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| #3610 posted by nitin [202.161.17.215] on 2010/08/16 13:35:39 |
come on, spill the tactics.
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Srsly. |
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| #3611 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.27] on 2010/08/16 14:09:32 |
I just kept emailing them, telling them it wasn't acceptable and I expected better customer service, and I wrote a letter to their French dept as suggested - although I got an email saying they'd refund me before that letter would have arrived, AFAIK.
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Can't Say There's Any Evidence |
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| #3613 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/16 21:53:33 |
I heard rumors about the same thing, except replace Gearbox by Epic, Valve or id. All I can say is that it's a rumor. Would be great if it were true though.
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Yub |
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| #3615 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/18 18:24:08 |
Do want.
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Want |
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| #3616 posted by SleepwalkR [85.177.90.207] on 2010/08/18 20:08:27 |
indeed.
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Portal 2 |
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| #3617 posted by JPL [82.234.167.238] on 2010/08/18 20:53:28 |
... wow... looks impressive !
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Torchlight 2 Has Co Op |
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| #3618 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/18 21:15:54 |
I'm sure I'm not the only Torchlight 'fan' (okay, it's not my favorite game but it is a good bit of fun) and I'm sure it'll tide Diablo fans over until D3 comes out.
http://kotaku.com/5615698/torchlig...
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Oof |
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| #3620 posted by Zwiffle [97.87.57.94] on 2010/08/20 02:16:33 |
:(
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Just Say No |
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| #3621 posted by meTch [99.58.207.218] on 2010/08/20 02:40:41 |
keep the faith ... or keep losing it because it is DOOM (it's meant to be a cold war joke not a religious one)
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Hail Satan |
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| #3622 posted by Drew [216.168.120.223] on 2010/08/20 06:42:46 |
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Oh Wow |
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| #3623 posted by onetruepurple [89.77.120.196] on 2010/08/20 11:03:40 |
I read the few last posts and had the mental image of Doom4 being about a religious war with the Taliban fighting Cyberdemons
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| #3624 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/21 04:31:34 |
is there a way to do the unreal->UT combo without actually owning UT, just Unreal?
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Necros |
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| #3625 posted by nitin [220.235.80.162] on 2010/08/21 04:48:39 |
what do you mean?
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| #3626 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/21 06:06:17 |
there's a way to run unreal with the UT engine, but the guides i've seen always say you need to have UT installed first.
but you end up copying all the Unreal files over anyway.
i have the Unreal cd but don't own UT, so i was wondering if there was a way to, instead of copying Unreal content into UT, to copy the UT engine to Unreal (assuming i could find an upload with just the UT engine of course).
i only ask because i've tried to play unreal again with the DX10 renderer plugin, but there's like this really weird mouse lag that makes the game unplayable. i was hoping the UT engine fixed that, since it was more recent.
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Necros |
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| #3627 posted by nitin [220.235.80.162] on 2010/08/21 07:15:38 |
If you get this:
http://www.oldunreal.com/oldunreal...
Effectively you have the UT equivalent renderers (well actually they are improved UT renderers but same thing). IS this what you are after?
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Yes! |
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| #3628 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/21 08:27:03 |
and it also fixes the mouse lag! thanks! ^_^
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The Opengl |
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| #3629 posted by nitin [220.235.80.162] on 2010/08/21 08:35:59 |
works best for me but the d3d is also much approved.
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Deus Ex |
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| #3630 posted by DaZ [78.147.106.52] on 2010/08/22 02:09:43 |
Argh I had forgotten just how fucking awesome this game is!
After all these years, it still has one of the most intelligent plot-lines I've seen in a game, its not scared of being complex and the characters are all very nice shades of grey as opposed to the typical "good guy - bad guy, or guy with a chip on his shoulder" you find in pretty much every modern game.
I'm on the final level/mission right now if I remember correctly, and I really don't know who I want to help/trust. A lot of games that give you this sort of choice at the end are very binary, to be the good guy help A, to be the bad guy help B, etc. All the choices I have discovered so far are,again, very grey in that regard, and it really comes down to what your own personal views are.
I'm hoping that the game won't fall into some horrid contrived ending where it doesn't really matter what you decide to do, its been so long since I played it I really can't remember. (No Spoilers!!)
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| #3631 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/08/22 08:18:16 |
horrid contrived ending
nope :)
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Deus Ex. |
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| #3632 posted by Shambler [86.25.222.244] on 2010/08/22 10:57:33 |
Daz is correct. One of the very few games that lived up to what it promised.
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[spam] |
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| #3633 posted by wanglina [205.209.142.173] on 2010/08/24 03:22:17 |
[post flagged as spam]
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I'm Sold |
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| #3634 posted by DaZ [78.147.153.216] on 2010/08/24 04:25:17 |
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Right |
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| #3635 posted by Vigil [213.243.145.129] on 2010/08/24 09:02:34 |
Staff position is full of unpaid overtime and job insecurity? As opposed to freelancing?
StarCraft 2, still great.
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Bulletstorm. |
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| #3638 posted by Shambler [86.25.223.110] on 2010/08/28 11:30:21 |
http://www.bluesnews.com/s/113597/...
Enviroments and scenes look amazing. Gameplay looks moronic but kinda fun. Seems to be running at about 0.5 FPS in that clip though.
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Hmm |
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| #3639 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/08/28 17:56:48 |
I just can't get excited about it. Looks pretty damn stupid tbh. Yeh, great, it's pretty, but so's everything these days. And the gameplay/style/that horrible voice over all screams AWESOME/HUGE MONSTER/LOWEST FUCKING DENOMINATOR.
Wake me when Deus Ex 3 comes out.
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FFXIV |
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| #3640 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/08/31 17:18:22 |
The FFXIV "Open Beta"/demo is coming out soon (not today as originally scheduled due to bugs.) Anyone else interested in FFXIV besides myself? I'm unsure, I've heard bad things about the beta but I'd at least like to give it a try.
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Minecraft |
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| #3641 posted by DaZ [78.147.111.2] on 2010/09/01 02:01:28 |
Fuck, there goes my entire week!
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All I See Is Blocks |
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| #3642 posted by DaZ [78.147.108.88] on 2010/09/02 23:43:15 |
Minecraft is awesome, let me show you! :)
yes bad graphics are bad, but they have a certain charm to them.
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
My little house, that I made by cutting down trees and mining rocks. I also dug up some sand and smelted it into glass to make the windows. I had to gather some more wood and some coal to make the torches.
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
The beginnings of Castle Daz! Lots of mining was done to come up with the rock to make the walls. Its snowing here so everything is white, but you can gather the snow and throw it at things! :P
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
My house from the outside. The large watch tower at the top is so that I can fire my bow at enemies on the outside. There is a large chest full of arrows at the top just in case I run out :)
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
My castle from the top of the cliff behind it. Lots of torches around so I don't get any enemies spawning inside it at night!
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
I was digging down fairly deep below my castle when I found this underground stream, I mined through a block and suddenly all this water came into my tunnel and I nearly drowned :P You can re-direct the flow of water by building blocks around it.
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
Crafting a new mining pick, to create items you have to "draw" the item you want using the correct materials in the crafting square. There are absolutely tons of crafting recipes and you have to discover them for yourself.
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| #3643 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/09/03 00:25:18 |
that looks wild o.0
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Gameplay And Other Bits |
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| #3644 posted by DaZ [78.147.108.88] on 2010/09/03 01:05:53 |
So its basicly a sandbox building game, you start the game with nothing and go from there. There is a full day-night cycle and at night in areas that are not illuminated by torches (or lava) enemies can spawn and kill you.
You get resources by destroying certain block types to gain there raw materials, and then craft those materials into usable items.
The deeper you mine, the better materials you will find, for instance diamond can only be found at the very bottom of the world but is the best crafting material. You can make for instance a diamond mining pick that will last for a very long time and destroy rock blocks very fast.
There are all sorts of ways you can interact with the world also, for instance by harvesting tree leaves you have a chance for a tree sapling to drop. if you plant this sapling in an area with water and sunlight a new tree will grow there eventually and you can keep your wood resources near infinite by doing this. You can also create fields and grow your own food to regain health, or simply kill animals and take there meat and cook it to regain health that way.
The high level materials can be gained by combining different low level materials. for example to make glass you need to collect sand blocks with your spade, then smelt the sand into glass using your furnace (made with stone blocks). You have to harvest wood to place into the furnace first so that there is something to create heat to smelt the sand.
Bleh, im totally addicted! :)
Finally a warning, if you suffer from any kind of ocd you might want to skip this one!
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| #3645 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/09/03 01:23:04 |
there was another block-based game where you could build your own structures and choose textures (and dig holes-- it even had a fluid engine where if you dug a tunnel and hit water, it would fill up).
that game didn't have any gameplay mechanics though, no monsters or resource management.
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| #3646 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/09/03 01:24:02 |
roller coster video on minecraft site looks like fun
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Curse My Bad Luck, And Poor Choice Of Building Materials |
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| #3647 posted by DaZ [78.147.108.88] on 2010/09/03 03:19:35 |
So I was mining in the cliff above my house, my house made of wood, when I happened upon a steam of lava.
Hilarity ensues...
http://daz.quaddicted.com/images/t...
and Necros, I believe the 1st version of minecraft was simply a building simulator with no inventory management or crafting or enemies. The new alpha versions have all that good stuff :)
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| #3648 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/09/03 03:28:36 |
it's an alpha... and it costs 10€.
it's a sad day when someone charges you to beta-- alphatest their game.
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Hah - Lava'd |
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| #3649 posted by ijed [190.22.81.119] on 2010/09/03 04:32:01 |
It looks great though, despite the Valve style pay to playtest thing. Do you get access to all subsequent versions?
Daz, did you rebuild on top of the smoking ruins?
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| #3650 posted by DaZ [78.147.108.88] on 2010/09/03 04:51:43 |
if you pay for it now its only 10 euro's. It will be 20 once its finished. You do get access to all updates + expansions for free if you get it now.
I did manage to eventually put the fires out by running to my well with about 8 buckets and filling them with water. The trouble was that I had to stem the flow of lava first :P eventually most of the wooden walls were gone and I had a nice layer of snow on my stone floor :P all is rebuilt now and I managed to swipe some buckets of lava for my next home addition, a moat of lava! :)
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Doom3 RoE |
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| #3651 posted by JPL [82.227.228.57] on 2010/09/03 09:10:46 |
Tested it last night, it's been a long time I was looking for playing it...
More comments to come when I'll have finished the game :)
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Minecraft |
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| #3652 posted by Bal [194.2.155.253] on 2010/09/03 09:51:09 |
Yeah I bought it a while back (should play again for the new stuff, but I'm afraid of wasting too much time with it again).
It's fun, I made a really high tower of solitude, once it was done I just stood at the top with my pile of useless gold, not knowing what to do more. :)
Looking forward to some kind of multiplayer with this mode.
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| #3653 posted by nonentity [188.223.82.21] on 2010/09/03 18:21:23 |
So... either it's really being made/finished by Gearbox or it's an amazingly good joke.
Either way hilarious.
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| #3655 posted by Zwiffle [66.170.5.18] on 2010/09/03 23:55:26 |
Not surprised about DNF, and I can't say I'm all that excited about it anymore. I'll get it, I'll play it, but the hype is just too far gone for me.
Rubicon 2, on the other hand ... I would like teaser pics please :)
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| #3656 posted by Drew [65.92.134.160] on 2010/09/04 05:26:38 |
(at least about rubicon 2).
please?
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| #3658 posted by [201.58.240.56] on 2010/09/05 03:40:08 |
sad
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| #3659 posted by chinatravel2009 [66.79.164.110] on 2010/09/06 04:47:24 |
[post flagged as spam]
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| #3660 posted by mwh [202.124.96.158] on 2010/09/06 06:46:53 |
Random -- the text is from the times of india.
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Amnesia |
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| #3661 posted by DaZ [78.147.101.57] on 2010/09/07 23:45:49 |
I tried the demo today.. I need to go to the shops tomorrow to pick up some new pants :P
Its great, and a pretty natural evolution from the Penumbra games.
..Don't...stand...in the water
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DNF, |
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| #3662 posted by Shambler [86.25.166.225] on 2010/09/08 13:07:21 |
GG Gearbox really. Reckon they'll get a half-decent shooter out of it.
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So-called "Quantum Chess" |
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| #3663 posted by metlslime [159.153.4.50] on 2010/09/09 05:59:22 |
interesting anyway: http://research.cs.queensu.ca/Para...
1. Pieces randomly choose their type when you click on them once, then you click again to move (or if no legal moves are available, your turn is over.)
2. once a piece type is determined, it won't go back to a question mark until it lands on a black square.
3. you have to actually capture the king to win, rather than just mating.
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It's Kind Of Interesting |
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| #3664 posted by necros [99.227.131.204] on 2010/09/09 06:25:46 |
but totally missing the point of chess.
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VVVVVV Now Only $5 |
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| #3665 posted by metlslime [159.153.4.50] on 2010/09/09 06:41:45 |
http://thelettervsixtim.es/
Posted previously, but it was $15 which is pretty outlandish for a (nice) flash game. $5 seems reasonable.
(Also on Steam apparently)
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| #3666 posted by Bal [81.249.102.150] on 2010/09/09 07:58:37 |
It's super hard!
But fun. :)
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Rofl |
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| #3667 posted by megaman [91.66.119.75] on 2010/09/09 11:42:22 |
The computer always gets the right pieces and all i get are peasants.
Maybe it would be intersting if there were specific rules that decide what piece you get.
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