From what I saw of the game, the seemingly lower-res textures look like they're actually part of its style. A slightly surreal semi-realism vibe or something like that.

If it bothers you, see if forcing 16xAF in your nvidia/ATI control panel improves the visuals to your liking. 

much faster game loading , that lost episode gameplay reminds that old classic doom

a bit bright though,

not sure about new pda interface 

After beating it on normal and instantly starting a new "Classic Ironman" game (essentially hard difficulty, and only 1 save that is automatically updated whenever you do anything, so no rewinds!) it's very easy to recommend this. I've been utterly hooked since my first play session :)

It's not perfect. There are lots of nagging bugs with things like camera views, geometry popping etc and a lot of the base management menu's suffer from consolitis, but the core turn based strategy gameplay is extremely well put together and the game has that deadly "just one more mission" impulse that has you lose all track of time... 

Path of Exile act 3 screenshot! http://webcdn.pathofexile.com/gen/image/YTozOntpOjA7aTowO2k6/MjthOjI6e3M6MjoiaWQi/O2k6MjY1O3M6NDoic2l6/ZSI7czo0OiJvcmlnIjt9/aToxO2k6NDt9/1712aa4a86/act3_screenshot6.jpg

Can't recommend this highly enough if you felt let down by Diablo 3. 

I really really liked COD: Modern Warfare (in fact I think it's easily one of top3 FPS games ever made), but I have been really dissapointed with MW2 and MW3 (each one while very enjoyable in SP, got progressively worse in MP). This made me steer clear of Black Ops when it originally came out about 2 years ago.

Being curious about Black Ops 2 (coming out in 3 weeks), I finally broke down and bought the original Black Ops on the cheap. Boy am I glad I did.

The single player is standard ridiculously over-the-top crazy COD fare (which I very much love), but goddamn they didn't fuck up the MP in this one! It's actually really really good and lives up to the high standards set by MW1. 

From earlier in this thread:

HOLY SHIT I'M DRIVING A CAR NOW oh okay i've jumped out and stabbed a russian in the tit AND NOW I'M ON A BIKE and i've got to shoot down a nuke? With a crossbow? THE PRESIDENT IS ON FIRE!! What the fuck is happening? I think I've been double crossed. By myself? 

Cod4 was the last decent cod. 

Was the last decent cod. 

*slaps table repeatedly*

// Involuntary non-verbal communication from a man sat completely alone. 

...if they used a different name maybe they wouldn't get spotted?

(You guessed it, I'm bored) 

http://f1classic.your-talk.com/t11616p375-screenies-ready-to-go
forgot reg last time, login is
petrolhead
secrettoken
pages 24, 25, 26 my screenshots 

Cool trailer from Outlast, survival horror

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x3oJQ6uUA8&feature=g-high-u 

What happens to game devs when cocaine fries their brains dead: http://www.theastronauts.com/2012/11/why-we-need-to-kill-gameplay-to-make-better-games/ 

Interesting read though. 

.... :P 

News at 11. 

I think the point he was trying to make is actually similar to the classic rule of: before you make a game, you need to make a toy; i.e. something that's fun to fuck around with freely, but then you layer the gamey stuff (challenge/goals/contraints etc.) on top of that.

He just forgot to add the second part I think.

Or maybe he just really likes cutscenes. I dunno. 

 

What he is advocating for is 'interactive stories', which I think is fine in the realm of entertainment media and I'm sure there is a market for who want that sort of thing... just don't try and call it a game if you want to push the gameplay to the side. 

Legend of Dungeon
Check this kickstarter shit out. Pixel art rogue-like, but it's got swanky normal-maps and lighting. Looks rad. 

http://www.dungeonlegend.com/index/Media_files/DL_03.jpg

looks like warcraft icons..? 

btw, obviously not what starbuck is talking about, it just caught my eye. 

Here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElS7X3U8YpY 

they will turn down the retardedly colored lighting