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I think the v-sync tearing would be more distracting than an occasional loss of 5fps. Does it have an install option? That might speed up loading on PS3 (if there is indeed load time issues).

  On 5/22/2012 at 7:19 AM, Squee said:

  On 5/22/2012 at 4:27 AM, Bubba69 said:

Oh my fucking god how can they make such a terrible sequel. I'm trying to play prince of persia warrior within and basically everything about it is done completely wrong. Damn disappointing. Almost want to skip it and see if the two thrones is better?

 

Warrior Within is the one where he went from having a beautiful English accent to being a unsufferable cunt who calls everyone 'bitch', right? I wonder who in their right mind thought that would be a good idea?

Yeah. What I don't understand is how it seems to have better scores and better reviews than the first one. I mean maybe I haven't given it a chance, but so far it seems like it is really unpolished. Like they took prince of persia sands of time and modded it to have dual weapons and lame guitar riffs. then put in some really unpolished fights and traps and puzzles. Or maybe the port to ps3 is just bad. I gave up after I had yet another tedious fight while following that stupid short haired lady whose ass is constantly being zoomed into by the camera.

still sludging through the end of Far Cry (pc) as it is a clusterfuck of an ending.. but i kind of like the challenge of it as long as i don't get too pissed. it's pretty hellish though. one of the best fps's tho, no doubt.

  On 5/23/2012 at 8:48 PM, mafted said:

still sludging through the end of Far Cry (pc) as it is a clusterfuck of an ending.. but i kind of like the challenge of it as long as i don't get too pissed. it's pretty hellish though. one of the best fps's tho, no doubt.

The first Far Cry? Yeah, that game never ends. Just as you think you've finished the game a new level loads.

Max Payne 3

I'm all for new settings. But I really liked the New York level. I wished to whole was set there to be honest.

  On 5/23/2012 at 9:27 PM, Squee said:

  On 5/23/2012 at 8:48 PM, mafted said:

still sludging through the end of Far Cry (pc) as it is a clusterfuck of an ending.. but i kind of like the challenge of it as long as i don't get too pissed. it's pretty hellish though. one of the best fps's tho, no doubt.

 

The first Far Cry? Yeah, that game never ends. Just as you think you've finished the game a new level loads.

lol very true.. tho i'm not sure this volcano shit is worth going through.. esp since Crytek admitted there was no design to it. they had to compete with HL2 so they released it too soon, basically. aaghh

  On 5/19/2012 at 4:20 PM, Philip Glass said:

RBR is still the most accurate rally sim on the market. There is none that can match it for that aspect of racing.

Took me almost a month before I was confident that I could finish some of the harder tracks without crashing in RBR. Amazing game.

Dark Souls...Painted World of Amaris.

  On 5/25/2012 at 9:47 PM, DotRR said:

Dark Souls...Painted World of Amaris.

In related news... Atlus has said they are going to keep the Demon's Souls servers running as long as they can (they previously said they were going to shut them down at the end of May)

Due to the massive indie game sale on at the moment (http://www.becausewemay.com/index.html), I've finally got hold of the games I've been meaning to get for ages - Super Meat Boy, Braid, The Binding of Isaac and World of Goo. Braid I'm gonna have to be really careful with playing at night as it seems exactly the sort of game mechanic that can stick in your brain and lead to insanely complicated feverish dreams.

Pikmin 2 for the US Wii, finally. One of the most underrated Nintedo games ever!

http://pikmin2.nintendo.com/

  On 5/25/2012 at 5:30 PM, usagi said:

YES, still good and still fkin hard

  On 5/26/2012 at 4:00 PM, usagi said:

Stalker is buggy as hell but it sure has its moments. First encounter with a radiation storm/blowout was pretty awesome.

there's this huge mod/total makeover for Stalker 1... i cant remember the name, Paradise Lost or something?

played thru that twice and still reckon it's the best singleplayer fps ever made.

question...i know i brought it up a while ago here, but does anyone here have the Silent Hill HD collection, and if so, how bad is it? Are they patching the problems?

I cannot telll you how fucking angry I am that they have apparently ruined this collection.

Successfully replaced the dried old batteries in my Link's Awakening and Super Mario Land 2 Game Boy cartridges today, will be beginning them soon!

Bought Fifa street today, got bored after 10 minutes, it just reminded me how much i love Fifa 12.

Is anybody playing the Game of Thrones video game ? is it any good? i'm going to return fifa street and buy GoT but the reviews are making me doubt.

  On 5/26/2012 at 10:19 PM, usagi said:

  On 5/26/2012 at 5:58 PM, iep said:

  On 5/26/2012 at 4:00 PM, usagi said:

Stalker is buggy as hell but it sure has its moments. First encounter with a radiation storm/blowout was pretty awesome.

 

there's this huge mod/total makeover for Stalker 1... i cant remember the name, Paradise Lost or something?

 

played thru that twice and still reckon it's the best singleplayer fps ever made.

 

this one?

 

I'm playing the OGSE mod. there's a crazy number of mods for Stalker out there.

 

those blowouts or "emissions" or whatever they're called are really something. best game scare I've had in a while. a simple but effective concept of terrifying a player with the fearsome nature of the world itself, as opposed to some contrived gameplay mechanism or whatever. being caught out in this

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJXesjCKxA

 

without knowing what's happening is scary as fuck, especially if you're running around in the rain and murk to begin with.

I tried the OGSE mod for a bit. I start without a gun and I can't see a thing since it's raining at a very early morning. I try to enter the camp next to the trader guy and they want to shoot me... also, now all speech except the dialogs seem to be in russian which only adds to the disorientation... I'm for a challenge but is it supposed to be like this?

  On 5/26/2012 at 9:47 PM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

question...i know i brought it up a while ago here, but does anyone here have the Silent Hill HD collection, and if so, how bad is it? Are they patching the problems?

 

 

I cannot telll you how fucking angry I am that they have apparently ruined this collection.

http://exophase.com/41760/silent-hill-hd-collection-was-ported-from-beta-source-code/

  On 5/27/2012 at 7:31 PM, usagi said:

  On 5/27/2012 at 2:18 PM, missingsense said:

  On 5/26/2012 at 10:19 PM, usagi said:

  On 5/26/2012 at 5:58 PM, iep said:

  On 5/26/2012 at 4:00 PM, usagi said:

Stalker is buggy as hell but it sure has its moments. First encounter with a radiation storm/blowout was pretty awesome.

 

there's this huge mod/total makeover for Stalker 1... i cant remember the name, Paradise Lost or something?

 

played thru that twice and still reckon it's the best singleplayer fps ever made.

 

this one?

 

I'm playing the OGSE mod. there's a crazy number of mods for Stalker out there.

 

those blowouts or "emissions" or whatever they're called are really something. best game scare I've had in a while. a simple but effective concept of terrifying a player with the fearsome nature of the world itself, as opposed to some contrived gameplay mechanism or whatever. being caught out in this

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJXesjCKxA

 

without knowing what's happening is scary as fuck, especially if you're running around in the rain and murk to begin with.

 

I tried the OGSE mod for a bit. I start without a gun and I can't see a thing since it's raining at a very early morning. I try to enter the camp next to the trader guy and they want to shoot me... also, now all speech except the dialogs seem to be in russian which only adds to the disorientation... I'm for a challenge but is it supposed to be like this?

 

yeah, that was my experience as well. I've been playing for about two days. some tips:

 

- the stalkers in the camp near trader guy are neutral, they shouldn't shoot if you don't aggro them.

 

- speech appears to be mostly Russian without subs/translation except for key dialogue and mission stuff which is in English. it's inconsistent and annoying at times but you get used to it. there are a lot of inconsistencies and bugs you get used to (quick-save's your friend)

 

- I got my first weapons by accident. I went exploring a bit further south down the main road and was spotted by the military near their outpost. they sent a death squad after me which followed me back to the camp and massacred everyone while I hid in the bushes. I crawled out a couple of hours later and scavenged amongst the bodies for loot, found some good stuff by pure luck.

 

- the map/objective/location system is really spotty. some missions you can set markers for, some you can't and just have to seek out by exploring. I dunno if this is deliberate or just a bug.

 

- one of the first missions the trader guy gives you is to collect an artifact from the ravine near the camp (though the trader asks you to do a rescue mission first). I found the ravine after some blundering around, it's basically directly to the North. turn left as soon as you emerge from the trader's underground bunker and when you reach the fence, follow it around.

 

it should get easier as you level up. it's a lot like Fallout in that sense, but it has some really cool ideas that Fallout doesn't. also some of the survival mechanics are quite similar to what I've seen of Day Z. btw if you don't feel safe venturing out (e.g. in the initial rain, with poor visibility), don't. use your sleeping bag and sleep some time off, the weather will clear and it'll be easier going. travelling at night is not recommended to start with (it's fucking terrifying). I'm trying to find NVGs to help with that.

 

edit: and remember the emissions they usually happen at least once every 24 hours, if you get caught out in one you're toast. you usually get a few minutes' warning on the network but it's easy to miss it since it's just a text update scrolling by silently.

Wicked, another OGSE player! I've been playing for a bit longer and have these tips:

When emissions happen, if you are around a building, on your radar there will likely pop up one or a few blue-ish bubbles. Not right at the outset of the warning, but as things start to heat up. These bubbles are safe areas. So you don't have to go underground, you just need to find a "bubble".

Everything is fucked up from the start, the point of the mod is that nobody trusts you so you are completely on your own. But you can use this to your advantage. Mutants and random happenings can turn the tables to your favor. Even the military aren't safe from mutants. Near the bridge there will likely be a dead soldier from mutant charges, if you don't anger the soldiers you can walk right up, pick up his gun and snipe his buddies.

If you have the guts, you can use your newly found soldier weapon to attack the starter village and loot everyone's stuff, then sell what you don't need for the ammo type you need. Eventually, if you want to get back on "good" terms with the Loners, it will set you back 40k. But you will get 40K to waste sooner than you think, and right at the start the stuff they're carrying can really help you out.

There's a drivable APC in the south military base by the starter village. An APC with a cannon!

Once you find medium to long-range rifle you will be golden, like an AK74 with a scope. Hide, hide, hide, keep your distance. Quicksave alot, because the enemies throw grenades and can ruin your day with a headshot. They are also really good at flanking you. But once you get the hang of it it will be extremely fun, simply because you find how rewarding it is to be tactical. Think outside the box and be a ruthless, sneaky bastard.

Everything is really expensive so don't waste your ammo (i.e never full-auto firing) nor money on stuff except bare essentials; ammo, medkits and bandages. Loot good quality armor and guns and then sell everything but the stuff you actually use. Before you get to the Bar, taking a long trek back to trader Sid with a backpack full of stuff once in a while can set you up real good. After a while, Sid will get neat stuff like mine detector, GPS beacons, anomaly detector.

Anomalies will destroy animals, mutants and people and turn them into pricey artifacts. Lure the aggressive ones into a nearby anomaly and you've got a great source of income.

Stalker suits and military armor have night vision, absolutely imperative for night ops. Don't stock up on more food than the bare minimum you need, because it turns foul quickly. Sooner than you think you'll be a one man army.. until chimeras and other nasty things show up, but that's going to be a while.

  On 5/27/2012 at 8:44 PM, usagi said:

  On 5/27/2012 at 8:10 PM, chimera slot mom said:

When emissions happen, if you are around a building, on your radar there will likely pop up one or a few blue-ish bubbles. Not right at the outset of the warning, but as things start to heat up. These bubbles are safe areas. So you don't have to go underground, you just need to find a "bubble".

 

I don't get those bubbles on my radar at all. do they appear later or something? maybe I just panic too much to notice, lol. whenever an emission is imminent I just shit my pants and run madly for the nearest shelter. my panic is doubled if I'm carrying excess weight and tire quickly.

It could be that the trader's shelter is the only safe zone in Cordon. They should happen after that, when you run into some proper buildings, like in Agropom and the Bar.

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There's a drivable APC in the south military base by the starter village. An APC with a cannon!

 

I have to get my hands on this. I've just been giving the south base a wide berth since they sent that death squad after me.

Those soldiers are antsy fucks and will not hesitate to send everything they have. Which, after a few fights, means that their base is left unattended. Just beware of two automatic turrets. They are lethal as hell but a few shots from safe distance, or a grenade, will take care of them.

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luckily the scoped AK74 was one of the first weapons I found when looting the corpse of a soldier after the camp massacre. it's saved my ass a few times.

Yeah, I still use that one and the AK74 assault version, which is like a holographic sight but uses different ammo. I tend to vary between those two and an automatic shotgun for monsters. It's actually a quest item but I don't want to lose it, ha.

wow ok I will have to retry this some time.

playing too much Tribes now though.. really getting into it. sometimes. other times I suck horribly. lvl20 now. playing mostly Soldier or Sentinel.

yeah, tribes man..

i've tried playing sentinel for a bit but it was incredibly difficult and frustrating so i got back to my combat-jug, lmg+mirv+4 spinfusor discs can murder pretty much anything, especially if my aim with the lmg is steady. the only class that can be a pain in the ass is raider with whatever smg and a shield.

I like playing sentinel sort of close quarters, I don't like standing around so much but found that hiding behind hills and standing in off spots around the map sniping enemy as they slide past can work pretty well.. phase rifle + falcon + energy recharge obviously.

Reading your post I thought for a second they'd done (another) update to this:

Currently having a coronary playing Super Meat Boy, I've not been so stressed about a game since those Shadow Mario levels on Super Mario Sunshine.

  On 5/28/2012 at 12:55 AM, missingsense said:

I like playing sentinel sort of close quarters, I don't like standing around so much but found that hiding behind hills and standing in off spots around the map sniping enemy as they slide past can work pretty well.. phase rifle + falcon + energy recharge obviously.

Have you tried the phase rifle with the new improved rage perk? It's ridiculous.

  On 5/28/2012 at 10:52 AM, Adam Beker said:

  On 5/28/2012 at 12:55 AM, missingsense said:

I like playing sentinel sort of close quarters, I don't like standing around so much but found that hiding behind hills and standing in off spots around the map sniping enemy as they slide past can work pretty well.. phase rifle + falcon + energy recharge obviously.

 

Have you tried the phase rifle with the new improved rage perk? It's ridiculous.

ahh will do that sounds good

was playing soldier before with spinfusor, egocentric and reach which was interesting, mostly chasing flag carriers and an occasional grab.