i was thinking of picking up metro last light, but looking at the minimum specs for it has me a little worried...

i'm fine for cpu, ram, etc... but it has the nvidia 250gts listed as minimum.. which is what I have.

anyone here playing the game: what video card are you guys using vs how well does it play? 

Up to Chapter 5.

The controls are broken as fuck just like in Dead Space 2.

Use overrides aim mode for collecting items and opening doors, but not for using the bench nor control panels.

Any tutorial introducing a new action requires holding aim to use despite almost all actions working with aim toggle on otherwise.

A few random things don't work with aim toggle for no reason.

Quick stasis doesn't work in aim mode despite quick health working.

The mouse feel is horrible and swingy especially in aim mode.

The health bar is obscured most of the time in close combat despite the cruciality of quick health.

Basically one of the main ways I get through combats is focusing a lot on the keyboard and what to press, rather than actually aiming and moving. This is of course the polar opposite of what a natural and transparent control system should be like.

The other issue is that apparently (I read in a few comments on Blues etc) there are loads of resources and ammo and health in the game. So far I have found the resources to be more scarce than pretty much any other game I've played. This is including playing carefully, using stasis a lot, not wasting ammo and hunting in every bloody area I can find. This is the other main way I get through combat, by cheesing the fuck out of it by running away and waiting for stasis to recharge.

But...

It looks great, the detail is excellent, the sci-fi style is done very well, the ship graveyard is splendid, and it's intriguing enough for me to put up with the seemingly deliberate control bullshit and keep playing. 

I'm back playing games again! Haven't actually had time to play anything since last year. Anyway I played COD: World at War and Necrovision. Anyone played Necrovision? I really liked it, the design and art in second half really feels like an id game. Combat was good fun.

Reviewed them both http://www.etherealhell.com/etherealhell/reviews/2013/call_of_duty_world_at_war.php
(7.5/10)

and http://www.etherealhell.com/etherealhell/reviews/2013/necrovision.php (8/10) 

Oh, I tried to play The Witcher too. Turns out you can't remap the mouse buttons and most the keys. Fuck that infuriates me. Same with the sequel I think (anyone tried?).

Anyone looked into the possibility of playing an Xbox or PS with mouse/keyboard? Too many games are coming out for consoles and not PC, I might have to get a console, but I sure as fuck aren't playing without my mouse/kb. 

though they say it's easy to play FPS with the controller on xbox360, I would surely prefer to take down baddies with mouse and keyboard. 

I don't think so, the majority of current console constituency has been raised with twin stick shooters.

It's actually not that bad once you get used to it... there's far bigger problems with console fps (z-axis? never heard of it! the new patch allows you to raise your fov to a whopping 30! I heard you like health management so it now regenerates at twice the rate!) There's a few Wii fps games which work surprisingly well with the Wii controller, though it takes some getting used to (and the controller is still lacking in reliable tracking regardless) 

I am playing this on PS3 right now, but posting here since supposedly the PC version is even better. DO GET THIS GAME. It's stupidly good. Some very amazing level design. Also the first Tomb Raider game in over a decade that actually got me interested. 

the ld in this One is quite amazing, if Not to say briliant. yes!
evryone should at least live it a try. 

Indie dev Lunar Software just released a new trailer for Routine, a SS2 style space exploration/horror game. LOOKS SICK! Permadeath btw :)))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAcAd1fUiy8 

is too "ouch, I'm so emotional and helpless" for my taste.

Old Lara was a kickass rich British sexually confident adventurer. Apparently that is not a role that's accepted for women in Western society anymore. We have become too touch feely for that.

All Crystal Dynamics TRs have great level design, btw. I'd almost go so far as to say, "all TRs have good level design". 

"ouch, I'm so emotional and helpless"

Keep playing, that doesn't last very long at all. 

Looks awesome. They seem to be fans of Dark Souls at that developer so they definitely have good taste in games.
I didn't think you liked hard games DaZ? 

http://imgur.com/gallery/DFUIO 

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! 

Thanks for posting that. As you've stated, it looks (and sounds) sick - definitely one to look forward to. 

reminds me of a UT2K4 mod called Hollow Moon 

New Lara is too "ouch, I'm so emotional and helpless" for my taste.

That's kinda the point, this game is a prequel/reboot which is timeline-wise Lara's first actual expedition ever, so she is very green. That being said, Lara gradually stops being so afraid and emotional about 1/4 into the game as she gets accustomed with the situation she has to deal with. 

... is so gay ... czg would love this :P 

rofl 

Too much twink for me. Bring on the bears. 

why is the resolution locked for Dark Souls?

Please tell me I can change it. 

You can change the game client resolution as you would in any other game, but the resolution of the internal renderer is locked. To unlock it use: http://blog.metaclassofnil.com/?tag=dsfix 

but I still dont understand why that decision would be made by the game developers. Why allow client resolution changes if the renderer is locked? Thats like zooming. 

I don't know about DS, but many games nowadays decouple world drawing from gui drawing. That way the gui is always crisp even when you don't have the power to do full high res. I like that feature a lot.

Not saying locking the world renderer is a good thing tho. 

The PC port of DS is ridulously lazy one. In case you havent noticed, in-game hints only include XBOX button suggestions even if you don't actually use a controller.

On a sidenote, you should play the game with a controller, even on a PC, it plays much better that way.