What are you playing?

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I have been playing Project Cars for a total of 225 hours. ( well, me and my pals)

for about the last 5 hours of playing time i have been using EVGA GTX 680 as opposed to my previous HD7970

When they say the game is optimized for Nvidia cards they arent joking.

In the benches i have looked at the GTX 680 beats the HD7970 by 10-20%
In Project Cars the Nvidia has nearly doubled my framerate from 70 to 120 FPS, (all ultra or maxed)

The game not only looks better i am getting significantly better laptimes as well.

5 seconds quicker around Bathurst in Formula A.

Love my new (second hard) GPU, still loving the game, talk about good value for money !!!

 

[Moofachuka]

I like hard GPU's too

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

I like hard GPU's too

Im not correcting it...

 

[Guitar]

I finally got some Just Cause 3 in after not really playing it since pre-ordering before launch. Gotta say, it is no Just Cause 2....it is pretty fun, vehicle handling blows, physics seem weird as fuck (even weirder than JC2), don't like grappling hook as much, shooting is alright. It's still got the blow shit up and create chaos theme that makes JC great, and big open world, but definitely nowhere near as smooth as JC2 was for me. We'll see if that changes with time.

 

[PP Mguire]

I didn't see an official Ark thread so just wanted to give a heads up for anybody playing it. I got a developer to finally admit they aren't addressing any clientside performance issues until after the game is released. So if you're holding out waiting for them to make the game playable if you have the FPS drop issue don't hold your breath. They're too concerned wasting money on contests and riding the early access train until it comes to a crashing halt when they have to finally release that garbage.

 

[Drone]

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, well actually I'm playing Japanese version which is called Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk

 

[PP Mguire]

Wow, that vaguely resembles Kingdom Hearts.

 

[Drone]

Indeed lots of JRPGs share the same elements: weapons, monsters, combat mechanics, even re-occurring characters like Zack from Crisis Core got to Birth by Sleep.

Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk has some demons that were in the Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles. Combat system resembles Crisis Core and level diversity is just like in Kingdom Hearts from medieval castles and depths of Hell to hi-tech labs:

But unlike old FF games battles are real-time not turn based, which is good because I don't really like turn based battles.

And like all JRPGs some monsters have insta-death curses/ailments. One hit and you're dead no matter how high your character level is

 

[PP Mguire]

I man just the way it looks. The art style slightly resembles it and if you just scroll over a pic of the main character really fast you could think it's Kingdom Hearts unless you stop and really look at the UI and such.

 

[AsRock]

No, I don't have them all. A couple in Havana have eluded me. I WILL though...no piece of code can defeat a human!

Yeah, it's my favorite, including Ezio era, with Syndicate maybe 2% behind. The reason? Controls. I feel from BF on, they have proper attention to normal keyboard operation, since I prefer m/kb. Unity took a step back and made shit unintuitive again.

Haha find it funny, i will try explain. I thought i ( we ) would play though the Mass Effect series again and felt the same way were it seems like they got a bunch of things right then in the next one screwed those good idea's and did some other good ones lol.

Playing though ME3 now and finally can scroll with the wheel but playing ME3 at 3200x1800 is not as much fun than ME1 or 2 as the interface scales badly. So if you could play ME3 on a UHD TV chances are you would not want to as reading shit would be such a pain in the ass.

I hate the unreal engine maybe it's not the only issue, it's the makers them selves too.

Playing ME1\2 though again was a total blast.

I stopped playing AC @ the 3rd due to being so boring and dam like most games they get some thing right you get used to how to they they screw it all up and another example of this is Dragon Age. One day i will continue playing but getting used to the keys again with that game which i thought was much easier with the early ones of AC.

Spoiler: added some pics

 

[rtwjunkie]

@AsRock if you decide on AC getting a try again, then do it with Black Flag or Syndicate. Both have wonderful kb/m control and are actually fun! So many of the series felt like a chore to play, but not those two.

 

[alucasa]

Xenoblade Chronicles X on Wii U

How do you like it?

And how would you compare it to, let's say, Phantasy Star?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Another Witcher 3 bug: horses run on their front legs (or face?) going down steep hills:

I think I'm getting close to the end. The side quest list is getting short, the contracts are all terminated, and all the treasure hunts completed.

 

[Ithanul]

How do you like it?

And how would you compare it to, let's say, Phantasy Star?

I really enjoy the game. Then again I liked the first one back on the Wii.

The battle system is not your regular JRPG. Kind of a really good blend between action and time turn base battle system.

 

[Liquid Cool]

FordGT90Concept...and everyone...

The overall consensus here for Witcher III is ?

Does everyone like it?

I've been staring at THIS all weekend and I'm thinking about pulling the trigger. It's a GOG key.

Currently playing STALKER: Call of Pripyat, just starting to check out Deadfall Adventures, and downloading Dreamfall Chapters.

Best,

Liquid Cool

P.S. CAPS, you might like that GTX 680, but I love that motherboard you're sporting there. In my humble opinion....piece of art.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I've sunk over 120 hours into it and I'm still not done. I highly recommend it but I'd say wait until the final expansion releases. The game still needs more polish. I'll just ramble...
-Kind of disappointed by the major battles. It isn't like killing that Kraken in Witcher 2 or the Striga in Witcher where preparation is the key and you have to ace the test. Why? Because you're not trapped. If something is too hard, come back to it later. You very rarely have to run into a battle and do your best and keep trying until you succeed.
-The story doesn't seem as riveting as the first two games. It might be because it's so drawn out due to side content.
-Importing a game doesn't seem to make that big of difference (much the same for Witcher 2); granted, I haven't replayed it to verify--just guessing.
-There's lots of bugs but so far none have been really game breaking beyond getting stuck once and having to reload the most recent save.
-Where Witcher and Witcher 2 never had me thinking "is this really worth doing," Witcher 3 does. It's the nature of open world though so not really a strike against it.
-Combat on hills is atrocious because hits/counters don't connect.
-It's usually pretty easy to figure out enemies attacks and how to act accordingly.

Ehm, think Witcher 2 (assuming you played that) overlaying Skyrim (assuming you played that). That's pretty much what it is like. In terms of value, Witcher 3 and Skyrim are about equal (about the same amount of time put into both before boredom sets in).

Witcher 3 was probably the best game released in 2015.

 

[rtwjunkie]

The overall consensus here for Witcher III is ?

Does everyone like it?

I've been staring at THIS all weekend and I'm thinking about pulling the trigger. It's a GOG key.

Currently playing STALKER: Call of Pripyat, just starting to check out Deadfall Adventures, and downloading Dreamfall Chapters.

Yes!! A resounding yes!! I agree with Ford, best game of 2015, hands down. Where we differ is it gets my vote for best game I've ever played! The only one that comes close for the depth of story and expansiveness of the world is Skyrim, IMO. Buy, buy, buy!

I played it twice in a row the first month it was out, consuming about 280 hours. I'm ready to play again after I play Rise of the Tomb Raider.

On a side note, I'm glad to see you got Dreamfall: Chapters! The writing that went into the story and dialogue is top-notch, and somehow, despite only being kickstart funded, they managed to get unbelievably good voice actors.

As to Deadfall Adventures, I enjoyed that game a great deal. Think one of the old Indiana Jones games overlayed onto a tomb raider game, and there you have it. I think it's an overlooked and underrated game because they failed miserably in promoting it. The pacing is good, the level design is sound, and it's just a fun time, including puzzles. It won't win awards, but worth a buy. I've played it twice.

 

[Liquid Cool]

it gets my vote for best game I've ever played!

Well...that makes it an instant buy in my book.....

I wanted to drop in and tell you both I'm very appreciative of both your comments. I'm going to probably go against FordGT90Concept's advice a little though and not wait to purchase. I'm not sure if it's impatience...or the fact that it's a GOG key(which for me is VERY attractive), but I'm going to go ahead and pick it up now. The price seems more than fair.

Deadfall Adventures...I have only 45 minutes under my belt on this one because I'm concentrating on CoP right now...but I really like the gameplay. I've had this sitting in my inventory for awhile now....and wanted to see what it's like. The next one on the list is "Singularity", I've let that one sit way too long. I played a solid 4 hours into the game but got distracted and never finished....AND I left the game right when the story was getting interesting...so, it's always made me want to go back and finish it.

Dreamfall: Chapters...I'm just going to sample right now to get a feel for it, but I'm going to wait to play it AFTER I get SteamBox 2.0 completed. As mentioned....really trying to build up my linux and GOG titles.

Again gentlemen....Thank you for your input...much appreciated.

Liquid Cool

 

[Drone]

Chapter 5 in Tales of Symphonia Knight of Ratatosk is really gloomy and scary. Dark places, tough bosses ... checkpoints are way too far away from each other, if you're not careful and die then you lose 1.5-2 hours of your gameplay.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Finished Witcher 3 and now I'm finally going to try to finish RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Soaked and Wild expansions. They were backed up 7 years ago...

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

hitting lvl45 on Blade & Soul as Jin Blade Master. Massive update inbound after Chinese New Year.

 

[Ahhzz]

I'd rather be waiting no longer for Black Desert @RCoon I expect a review any day now!!!

Ok, @RCoon I came across a competitive reviewer with some info on black desert. Where's ours??!!??!! we neeeed some info!! (and beta keys would be nice, thanks very much. )

 

[RCoon]

Ok, @RCoon I came across a competitive reviewer with some info on black desert. Where's ours??!!??!! we neeeed some info!! (and beta keys would be nice, thanks very much. )

It's been sat on the Evolve Terminal for months with the "No Codes" tag. There's a press kit and that's about it. MMO's are dubious to review, not entirely sure I'd have the time or patience for an MMO. Not even seen a release date yet (besides Q1 2016).

 

[GreiverBlade]

hitting lvl45 on Blade & Soul as Jin Blade Master. Massive update inbound after Chinese New Year.

stopped Touka (Jin Assassin) at 35 started a Gon Kung Fu Master (Megami Ken or Goddess fist in English .... fitting ... 31 atm) and finishing my daily dash on her ... god the designer of that outfit deserve a hall of fame ...


also ... redo of my Lyn Summoner (op by excellency ... named Inari Megitsune, obvious reference as Inari is a fox deity and Megitsune stand for female fox, 21 atm)

Ok, @RCoon I came across a competitive reviewer with some info on black desert. Where's ours??!!??!! we neeeed some info!! (and beta keys would be nice, thanks very much. )

Black desert, funny enough when i started Blade and Soul i did read some "sooo, when Black Desert come out that game (BNS) is finished, no one will play it anymore" ... i don't get the hype over BDO the character creation looks nice but ... the overall look is not at my liking, and i suspect BNS will not be "deserted" once BDO is out

 

[Ahhzz]

It's been sat on the Evolve Terminal for months with the "No Codes" tag. There's a press kit and that's about it. MMO's are dubious to review, not entirely sure I'd have the time or patience for an MMO. Not even seen a release date yet (besides Q1 2016).

Get crackin'!!! *sigh* I understand about the extensive time needed for an MMO review. I was just hoping to see something from a reviewer I trusted. It's not going to have a subscription model, so I'm worried about what the microtransactions will do. I got in on the Archeage beta, and played reliably, just because that was my commitment, but I knew I'd never come near the game after release considering the limits on a "free" player. Thanks for the work on the other reviews tho!! *cheers*