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Created 13 years ago2010-12-11 02:04:50 UTC by
AJ
Created 13 years ago2010-12-11 02:04:50 UTC by
AJ
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-15 13:12:17 UTC
Post #336075
You can turn off all the graphical features Darkplaces offers and play the "vanilla" version of Q1.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-15 22:29:35 UTC
Post #336084
I'm 160 hours into Breath of the Wild. Hard mode is good. Also it's hard.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-16 02:14:34 UTC
Post #336085
I recently found out about an emulator hack that lets you play Goldeneye and Perfect Dark using keyboard and mouse controls, so I've taken the opportunity to finally try and beat both games on the hardest difficulty, something I've never been able to come close to on the N64.
...Even with the overpowerdness of having precise aiming and quick reaction times, 00 Agent and Perfect Agent are really difficult, especially towards the end of the game. Perfect Dark in particular ramps up the difficulty, with me having my first death in dataDyne Central: Extraction and having to redo Air Force One: Antiterrorism about 12 times.
So really what this proves is that there's no excuse to have bullet-spongey enemies ever. The game can still be challenging, even infuriatingly so, with guys who die after a couple hits.
EDIT: Come to think of it, I never truly beat Goldeneye or Perfect Dark at all on my cartridges - Never unlocked Egyptian through legit means, and I kept dying at the Skedar King boss battle, to say nothing of the secret missions in Perfect Dark.
...Even with the overpowerdness of having precise aiming and quick reaction times, 00 Agent and Perfect Agent are really difficult, especially towards the end of the game. Perfect Dark in particular ramps up the difficulty, with me having my first death in dataDyne Central: Extraction and having to redo Air Force One: Antiterrorism about 12 times.
So really what this proves is that there's no excuse to have bullet-spongey enemies ever. The game can still be challenging, even infuriatingly so, with guys who die after a couple hits.
EDIT: Come to think of it, I never truly beat Goldeneye or Perfect Dark at all on my cartridges - Never unlocked Egyptian through legit means, and I kept dying at the Skedar King boss battle, to say nothing of the secret missions in Perfect Dark.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-17 13:12:06 UTC
Post #336104
I recently found out about an emulator hack that lets you play Goldeneye and Perfect Dark using keyboard and mouse controlsIntrigued and fully erect
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-21 17:51:31 UTC
Post #336211
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-21 20:08:08 UTC
Post #336214
#PraiseTheSun
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-22 01:57:23 UTC
Post #336218
I assume those structures underneath the left side are part of Eolis.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-22 04:26:41 UTC
Post #336220
Started playing Titanfall 2's singleplayer. Fun so far, and it looks gorgeous.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-22 06:40:34 UTC
Post #336221
I assume those structures underneath the left side are part of Eolis.That is/was our base. We're hoping to remove the tree using an editor or something.
It kinda looked like this when it was burning:
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-22 21:15:56 UTC
Post #336242
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-23 11:58:05 UTC
Post #336250
Aw, now I want to launch Min-
Oh snap, I forgot that my laptop will explode if I do.
Oh snap, I forgot that my laptop will explode if I do.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-24 21:13:34 UTC
Post #336324
Do you ever quit complaining about your laptop?
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-24 21:28:25 UTC
Post #336331
@The Mad Carrot
I'm so sorry, I just can't help myself. XD
I don't hate my laptop, I don't like it either, I'm just happy that I didn't get anything worse, like an Intel GMA 950 + T2300 laptop with 1GB of RAM.
In fact, I'm going to play Crysis on it again. I'll somehow manage to install it, lol, and take a few screenshots for this thread, and show how much I don't really hate my laptop. :3
I'm so sorry, I just can't help myself. XD
I don't hate my laptop, I don't like it either, I'm just happy that I didn't get anything worse, like an Intel GMA 950 + T2300 laptop with 1GB of RAM.
In fact, I'm going to play Crysis on it again. I'll somehow manage to install it, lol, and take a few screenshots for this thread, and show how much I don't really hate my laptop. :3
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-24 21:30:31 UTC
Post #336332
"In fact, I'm going to play Crysis on it again."And you told me you don't like turn-based strategies...
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-25 11:51:54 UTC
Post #336345
@Windawz
Crysis is an exception. A very good one.
Crysis is an exception. A very good one.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 15:10:11 UTC
Post #336462
As I had promised:
Ahh, 72fps. 
Ahhhhhhhh, 272fps!!! >:D
Ohhh
OHHHHHHH
Nope, never mind. 2fps. 
All hopes about framerates have been lost. xd
So, I really enjoyed Crysis, even though it lagged so much for me.
Dis gaym haz bettr grefiks den Mainkreft. xd
I didn't quite enjoy the fact that the dynamic light didn't light up the terrain. :/
But hey, my GPU is older than my brother!
This game looks pretty even on the lowest graphics.
Let's see the frametimes, too:
So, we have 2, maybe 3 big lag-spikes.
The biggest one (lasting 14 seconds before the next frame) was when the game auto-saved. Probably my laptop's 5400rpm HDD, lol.
Most of the time, I had 6 to 7fps, so that's a good result considering my laptop's age.
At least it's better than what I get in CS:GO. In CS:GO, I got 3 to 4fps.
All hopes about framerates have been lost. xd
So, I really enjoyed Crysis, even though it lagged so much for me.
But hey, my GPU is older than my brother!
Let's see the frametimes, too:
The biggest one (lasting 14 seconds before the next frame) was when the game auto-saved. Probably my laptop's 5400rpm HDD, lol.
Most of the time, I had 6 to 7fps, so that's a good result considering my laptop's age.
At least it's better than what I get in CS:GO. In CS:GO, I got 3 to 4fps.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 15:23:00 UTC
Post #336463
"This game looks pretty even on the lowest graphics"Just like Unreal Tournament 4.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 15:59:26 UTC
Post #336464
Somebody from another website said:
(and you've seen it, 2fps)
"You can play at 7fps?? I would get a headache and become very irritable."No wonder you can get headaches at such a high framerate. 6fps is, like, a godsend compared to what I got on cutscenes. >:P
(and you've seen it, 2fps)
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 16:24:16 UTC
Post #336466
Well, I have no idea how it feels to play at 7 fps, because I get 45-50 fps in UT4 on lowest settings.
Oh, wait. I remember how I launched S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl on my old laptop a long ago. the average framerate was 2-5 fps.
Oh, wait. I remember how I launched S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl on my old laptop a long ago. the average framerate was 2-5 fps.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 16:49:14 UTC
Post #336469
I honestly never saw the fascination with Crysis' graphics. It never looked particularly pretty in my opinion. Not to mention the gameplay which got sooo dull after the first hour or so.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 17:06:05 UTC
Post #336470
When I completed Half-Life the 60th time, I stopped seeing any difference between CryEngine 2 and UE4 graphics. Any game with graphics better than in Half-Life is next gen for me.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 17:09:12 UTC
Post #336471
I'll take fun gameplay over graphics any day of the week.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 18:15:06 UTC
Post #336474
@Urby
That opinion about Crysis' graphics gets formed when you play it way after its release. It was so good in 2007. :]
But then, CoD4:MW1 also had good graphics, yet it was released in 2007.
(but it wasn't even close to Crysis xd)
About fun gameplay over graphics, well, I completely agree.
Sadly, I can't have either because of my GPU. XDDD
That opinion about Crysis' graphics gets formed when you play it way after its release. It was so good in 2007. :]
But then, CoD4:MW1 also had good graphics, yet it was released in 2007.
(but it wasn't even close to Crysis xd)
About fun gameplay over graphics, well, I completely agree.
Sadly, I can't have either because of my GPU. XDDD
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 18:33:57 UTC
Post #336477
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Recently beaten super Anor Londo bros and great wolf, shots taken at Darkroot Garden bonfire. Next stop: Ruins of New Londo.
This character is fashion souls build, which means that it's mostly centered around character's appearance, but it's still a heavily armed killer machine.
This character is fashion souls build, which means that it's mostly centered around character's appearance, but it's still a heavily armed killer machine.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 18:48:41 UTC
Post #336479
Never played DS. Should I? How do you think?
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 19:01:55 UTC
Post #336483
Well, if you are fine with dying every single time you try to kill something, then play Dark Souls.
It's pretty challenging, as far as I've heard.
I've never played it myself and I never will, simply because I'm not into it for a multitude of reasons.
It's pretty challenging, as far as I've heard.
I've never played it myself and I never will, simply because I'm not into it for a multitude of reasons.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 19:13:49 UTC
Post #336485
That opinion about Crysis' graphics gets formed when you play it way after its release. It was so good in 2007I did play it in 2007. It may have been impressive to look at back then, but it's always been a dull ass game.
Fallout 3 was out within a year and while it certainly wasn't graphically ground breaking and was downright ugly in places, I've logged literally hundreds of hours over the five or so I spent in Crysis.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 20:02:01 UTC
Post #336487
@Urby
Contradictory, I don't like Fallout games, so there. They're boring in my opinion.
Well, I only enjoyed Fallout Tactics a little bit. Then I got bored and decided I'll never play Fallout games again.
Hmm...
If I can make things like these in a game I play...
... then I'll play it, just for the sake of being able to make that stuff in it. It looks like that I only stick to games I can mod, in this particular way.
I don't play games for playing them. I play games to test my maps, as I had said earlier. Most of my hours in CS 1.6 are because of mapping, as well as in Sven Co-op. The same will go for TF2, CS:S etc. and pretty much any game I'll make maps for in the future.
Lastly, and I'm most certain about this:
I like games from specific genres. FPS and racing. Well, it's been FPS-only lately. So, yeah, if it has quick movements, weapons, a first-person view etc. then I'll play it.
I also have a specific taste in games. I like it modern and/or mildly futuristic like Crysis.
Of course, there are 2 honourable exceptions: Grand Theft Auto and Sumotori Dreams.
They just... they just stand out so much that I like them even though I'll never mod them. :]
Contradictory, I don't like Fallout games, so there. They're boring in my opinion.
Well, I only enjoyed Fallout Tactics a little bit. Then I got bored and decided I'll never play Fallout games again.
Hmm...
If I can make things like these in a game I play...
I don't play games for playing them. I play games to test my maps, as I had said earlier. Most of my hours in CS 1.6 are because of mapping, as well as in Sven Co-op. The same will go for TF2, CS:S etc. and pretty much any game I'll make maps for in the future.
Lastly, and I'm most certain about this:
I like games from specific genres. FPS and racing. Well, it's been FPS-only lately. So, yeah, if it has quick movements, weapons, a first-person view etc. then I'll play it.
I also have a specific taste in games. I like it modern and/or mildly futuristic like Crysis.
Of course, there are 2 honourable exceptions: Grand Theft Auto and Sumotori Dreams.
They just... they just stand out so much that I like them even though I'll never mod them. :]
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 21:06:04 UTC
Post #336491
I bounced hard off of Dark Souls the first time I tried to play it, but quite the opposite the second time. It's definitely worth trying, at the very least, because it is a great game.
Depending on how you play, you may want to just look up what the various stats are so forth are, though. I feel like part of why I bounced off of it the first time was because I didn't know anything about the stats, and they don't really tell you in-game; you're expected to parse it yourself. (But there's pretty thorough resources out there these days.)
In other words, yes. Play Dark Souls.
Depending on how you play, you may want to just look up what the various stats are so forth are, though. I feel like part of why I bounced off of it the first time was because I didn't know anything about the stats, and they don't really tell you in-game; you're expected to parse it yourself. (But there's pretty thorough resources out there these days.)
In other words, yes. Play Dark Souls.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 22:12:10 UTC
Post #336496
Well, I'm familiar with KotOR, so all this "stats" stuff doesn't seem difficult to me, even though I've only heard about DS, and never even seen any gameplay of it.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-27 23:21:46 UTC
Post #336499
After talking about Fallout I had to fire it up again. I couldn't even remember what my characters were like.
There's me. Urby. A man of the people. Mostly travels alone and doesn't lean towards any faction in particular. Gives everyone and everything a chance. Everyone else gets a round between the eyes, from a spec on the nearest hilltop. (He has a sniper rifle for all occasions)
The lady in the background is his traveling companion and current love interest.
My wife, Mrs.Morris. Where I roleplay myself as a stealthy sniper, I play my wife as quite the opposite. Serving with the Brotherhood of Steel, she makes little time for anyone but her brothers and sisters in arms. Follows orders without question and vaporises enemies with laser/plasma weapons.
Ditto, sans helmet.
I really must make a 100% evil character. I'd likely make them very high charisma so that they can talk their way in and out of anything. I'm thinking melee/stealth focused, stealing what is needed to survive and slicing up anyone who notices. Hehe... yeah. Gonna need to do that now.
The lady in the background is his traveling companion and current love interest.
I really must make a 100% evil character. I'd likely make them very high charisma so that they can talk their way in and out of anything. I'm thinking melee/stealth focused, stealing what is needed to survive and slicing up anyone who notices. Hehe... yeah. Gonna need to do that now.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 15:21:53 UTC
Post #336515
I played Crysis again, just to get to some parts I've never gotten to before:
Poor Jester.
Then I decided to increase the graphics quality to medium:
Looks like the shadows aren't being rendered properly.
Well, that's pretty much it. I probably won't play Crysis again until next year...
Then I decided to increase the graphics quality to medium:
Well, that's pretty much it. I probably won't play Crysis again until next year...
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 15:30:03 UTC
Post #336516
At least you won't get exploding laptop crisis.
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Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 16:22:23 UTC
Post #336518
I once melted my old desktop's CPU thermal paste by playing San Andreas all day. Good thing i'd just bought a new one.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 16:57:25 UTC
Post #336519
Just finished Crysis some weeks back, thought it was still enjoyable, at some lengths that is. I should play through Crysis 2 Maximum Edition next, but haven't yet.
I'm currently playing Faxanadu Remastered, a remastered version of the NES version.
I'm currently playing Faxanadu Remastered, a remastered version of the NES version.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 17:27:09 UTC
Post #336520
So... I tried DS 1. The PC port was so terrible I just uninstalled it. Maybe I should try DS 2 or 3?
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 21:17:38 UTC
Post #336524
Oh yeah, forgot about that. Slap "DSFix" on there, that fixes the technical problems of that. (It won't change the button prompts, IIRC, which in itself is pretty annoying, but can be felt out...)
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 21:51:30 UTC
Post #336526
@Jessie
Uhh... I will try that, thanks. But still, are DS 2 and 3 worth playing?
Not that I'm a casual gamer, but not a hardcore one too.
Uhh... I will try that, thanks. But still, are DS 2 and 3 worth playing?
Not that I'm a casual gamer, but not a hardcore one too.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-28 23:34:29 UTC
Post #336528
More Fallout! MORELOUT!!
I made my evil character and I dare say she's not too unpleasant to look at.
Here she is just after leaving the vault
After a couple of hours, she's already starting to blend in...
And another hour after that.
Also, despite being statistically weaker, I really like the look of the improvised pipe weapons. The gun in that last shot is a sub-machine gun which started out as a pistol with a 12 round magazine.
CRAFTING!
I made my evil character and I dare say she's not too unpleasant to look at.
Here she is just after leaving the vault
CRAFTING!
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 10:36:49 UTC
Post #336533
Finished tonight.
This game. THIS GAME.
This game. THIS GAME.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 11:59:21 UTC
Post #336534
@Windawz
I play without DSFix and don't have any problems with the clunky PC port. Git gud casul.
Haven't played Dark Souls 2, but played 3, it's definitely worth playing.
I play without DSFix and don't have any problems with the clunky PC port. Git gud casul.
Haven't played Dark Souls 2, but played 3, it's definitely worth playing.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 12:28:07 UTC
Post #336537
@Snehk
Thanks, I'll try it out.
Thanks, I'll try it out.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 18:17:50 UTC
Post #336554
Spec Ops: The Line was a trip.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 21:02:55 UTC
Post #336560
I remember playing the demo of it on my uncle's PC, years ago. It was so laggy, ran at maybe 10fps or so.
And once I tried it on my desktop PC (which was alive back then :P), I didn't have such a bad time, lol.
And once I tried it on my desktop PC (which was alive back then :P), I didn't have such a bad time, lol.
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-29 22:03:54 UTC
Post #336569
My evil Fallout 4 character is now an alcoholic... It's going well. 
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-31 05:12:33 UTC
Post #336593
Ugh, I miss fallout so much. I'm limited to less extravagant games while I'm down in London without my desktop.
So far I've gotten about 30 hours into civ 6. It's pretty great
So far I've gotten about 30 hours into civ 6. It's pretty great
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-31 07:18:34 UTC
Post #336594
When you be back home, Archie?
Posted 7 years ago2017-07-31 12:16:02 UTC
Post #336600
It seems Jessie is getting an itch that only you can scratch Arch.
Though we did have some HLDM fun times at the weekend. Was good fun.
Some more PUBG would be fun though.
Though we did have some HLDM fun times at the weekend. Was good fun.
Some more PUBG would be fun though.
Posted 7 years ago2017-08-01 08:06:23 UTC
Post #336627
It seems Jessie is getting an itch that only you can scratch Arch.Story of my life
Posted 7 years ago2017-08-01 14:22:26 UTC
Post #336640
Has anyone been playing PUBG?
Done the awful mistake of purchasing it in the middle of revision season - the combination of very quick matchmaking, game finding + very, very fulfilling gameplay is giving me a very good idea of what taking crack may be like.
Would be worth doing a TWHL play of it at some point
Done the awful mistake of purchasing it in the middle of revision season - the combination of very quick matchmaking, game finding + very, very fulfilling gameplay is giving me a very good idea of what taking crack may be like.
Would be worth doing a TWHL play of it at some point
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