Video Games What video games are you currently playing?

  On 3/31/2012 at 5:04 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

LOL, just because they squeezed all of the juice out of the PS3's CPU, RAM and GPU doesn't mean they couldn't have got more juice if they spent another few months strictly on optimization... the PS3 is notoriously difficult to optimize because of it's overly complex architecture. BESIDE THE POINT. The game could be longer if they spent more time on it because CPU, RAM and GPU is not a limiting factor on the size of a game, that dependent storage (hard drive/blu ray/dvd/cd/flash drive etc.)

 

*that's dependent on storage*

No, because the whole game has to be loaded into ram when you first load it.

I don't understand how the PS3 can have such a low frame rate with such high processing power. The OS must suck pretty bad.

my god I need to pry myself away from the crack that is Skyrim.

downloading two old classics from oldgames.com:

Lords of Magic

Lords of the Realm II

Sierra ftw!

It must be one of the annoying bosses I have ever faced in a video game! It might be against my principles, but I "cheated" by using save/load state on my emulator so I didn't have to start over every single time I fell into the pit. I must have loaded my game to the beginning of the combat at least 30-40 times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WzC-6N0GxM

  On 3/31/2012 at 5:17 AM, gmanyo said:

I don't understand how the PS3 can have such a low frame rate with such high processing power. The OS must suck pretty bad.

depends on the game. There isn't much of an OS overhead at all, and there shouldn't be, it is a game console. There is a single core reserved for the background services like network and save-games and global settings and such, but the rest of the resource management is wholly dependent on the way the game is programmed. The OS doesn't have to do any scheduling or memory management because there is a defined sandbox of resources for the game to use, you cannot run multiple games/services simultaneously. The real issue is in the unconventional hardware. There are definitely some ps3 games with framerate but this is usually because the developer does a crude job of porting it. Most exclusives look/play very nicely.

  On 3/31/2012 at 5:10 AM, Bubba69 said:

  On 3/31/2012 at 5:04 AM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

LOL, just because they squeezed all of the juice out of the PS3's CPU, RAM and GPU doesn't mean they couldn't have got more juice if they spent another few months strictly on optimization... the PS3 is notoriously difficult to optimize because of it's overly complex architecture. BESIDE THE POINT. The game could be longer if they spent more time on it because CPU, RAM and GPU is not a limiting factor on the size of a game, that dependent storage (hard drive/blu ray/dvd/cd/flash drive etc.)

 

*that's dependent on storage*

 

No, because the whole game has to be loaded into ram when you first load it.

Well if they did that then they are behind the times, tons of games with huge maps/lots of textures are starting to use streaming and searching in their engines so they can only pull the data that's necessary when it's actually needed. I can understand how they didn't want any loading in their game once you're in, but they could have worked around the limit if they worked hard enough, implemented smarter technology.

So I just bought the original megaman collection for the GameCube, all 10 original games. Was super pumped about it.

Come to find out they rearranged the jump and shoot buttons from what they were originally and from what makes complete sense

Gonna have to return it in the next few days. Sucks cause I was really excited to play it

  On 3/31/2012 at 12:31 AM, 747Music said:

Mass Effect 2 on Insanity is really frustrating at times. I get so pissed off as it seems impossible at parts. Then I get past the impossible part somehow and relief washes over me. It's a good feeling. Missions take a lot longer of coarse, so I probably wont be finishing it until the end of next week or so.

 

Picked up Final Fantasy XIII-2 to play once the platinum trophy pops for ME2.

I'm planning to do insanity playtrough sometime too. Mass Effect 3 on insanity was dissappointingly easy though. Overall I died not more than 5 times in the whole game, is that insanity?

  On 3/31/2012 at 1:43 PM, YELLOW said:

So I just bought the original megaman collection for the GameCube, all 10 original games. Was super pumped about it.

 

Come to find out they rearranged the jump and shoot buttons from what they were originally and from what makes complete sense

 

Gonna have to return it in the next few days. Sucks cause I was really excited to play it

What do you mean?

I'm on this at the moment( kind of fed up with all those multi/single-1st/3rd-person-eyecandy-orgies..occupying the commercial realm):

http://www.asahi-net...yu/index_e.html

especially

http://www.asahi-net...ndows/tt_e.html

http://www.asahi-net...dows/ttn_e.html

http://www.playalterego.com/alterego

got to old age and died alone in a car crash with no family last night. started a new play with my girlfriend today, so far so good, not addicted to drugs or feeling suicidal, although our mother just died of cancer :(

  On 4/1/2012 at 4:22 PM, AcrossCanyons said:

http://www.playalterego.com/alterego

 

got to old age and died alone in a car crash with no family last night. started a new play with my girlfriend today, so far so good, not addicted to drugs or feeling suicidal, although our mother just died of cancer :(

just died

That's the spirit! I'm sure you will be quite pleased with whatever you purchase.

On the way to the store, you feel yourself alternating between feeling refreshed from the cool outside air, and dizzy. You stop and rest every few minutes, regain your composure, then move along.

The last thing you remember is a crowd of people gathering around you on a street corner. For some reason, you are looking up into the sky. It is clear and bright blue. You feel very peaceful. How nice it would have been if you could have said good-bye.

what a beautiful death. ;_;

  On 4/1/2012 at 4:22 PM, AcrossCanyons said:

http://www.playalterego.com/alterego

 

got to old age and died alone in a car crash with no family last night. started a new play with my girlfriend today, so far so good, not addicted to drugs or feeling suicidal, although our mother just died of cancer :(

this thing is great!

Silent Hill Downpour is... surprisingly awesome.

Beware, hugely controversial statement ahead:

  On 4/1/2012 at 2:01 AM, Enter a new display name said:

  On 3/31/2012 at 1:43 PM, YELLOW said:

So I just bought the original megaman collection for the GameCube, all 10 original games. Was super pumped about it.

 

Come to find out they rearranged the jump and shoot buttons from what they were originally and from what makes complete sense

 

Gonna have to return it in the next few days. Sucks cause I was really excited to play it

 

What do you mean?

I'm saying that the jump button is the shoot button and the shoot button is the jump button

  On 4/2/2012 at 12:10 AM, The Face Culler said:

Silent Hill Downpour is... surprisingly awesome.

 

Beware, hugely controversial statement ahead:

 

 

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It's much better than Alan Wake.

 

lol

I'm not even going to play any new Silent Hill games. The last one I played was Homecoming and it was pretty shite.

Nothing can compare to 2 or 3. Best fucking games ever.

SKYRIM!!! Yeah, this game is amazing. I'm a level 5 Dark Elf. I have a feeling my sex life is going to dip dramatically.

I just SPLURGED like crazy and bought a PS3 this weekend. Any suggestions for any games that would appeal to a 7 year old girl? She's not OVERLY girly, but not overly tomboy-ish either.

Little Big Planet (either 1 or 2) - she'll (you'll) go mad for it !

I thought that Skyrim was lacking. It didn't have a unique atmosphere; just conventionally "beautiful" scenery and really boring music. Fallout 3 is infinitely better, and I think Morrowind is, too.

  On 4/2/2012 at 7:09 PM, mcbpete said:

Little Big Planet (either 1 or 2) - she'll (you'll) go mad for it !

Seconded - my daughter loves it and spends ages making costumes...

Went back to God of War 3 to get all the trophies - my god, I forgot how awesome this game was (is)...

I finally got around to beat Bioshock 1. I have no idea why I waited so long. It's one of the best games I've ever played. But I couldn't get into it when it was released for some reason.

  On 4/2/2012 at 7:09 PM, gmanyo said:

I thought that Skyrim was lacking. It didn't have a unique atmosphere; just conventionally "beautiful" scenery and really boring music. Fallout 3 is infinitely better, and I think Morrowind is, too.

Felt the same way. But after modding the shit out of it, its phenomenally better. The way it should have been on release but probably wasn't due to consoles. Currently playing more Skyrim.

I found Dear Esther much more interesting than Journey. There's something about Journey that makes it a Walt Disney experience, but I can't be more specific than this. The online is too simple to be engaging, you can't communicate or decide to do something. Both players are just pushing forward. As a narrative experience it is miles away from Dear Esther.

  On 4/2/2012 at 12:10 AM, The Face Culler said:

Silent Hill Downpour is... surprisingly awesome.

 

Beware, hugely controversial statement ahead:

 

 

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It's much better than Alan Wake.

 

I think I'll buy SH:D at a low price. Are there puzzles in it, like in the good old Silent Hills? I miss those.