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GreiverBlade · Aug 9, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
Finally played more than the initial 4 hours of Rebel Galaxy. In fact, over the last week I've put in at least 30 and have found it's downright addicting! I just took a high risk dead drop pickup that involved trekking across two systems, a gate jump between systems, and intervention (attempted pirating) by every enemy group in the game so far 4 times.

Normally I would have rather taken a low risk job that paid a guaranteed 4,000 credits. I couldn't pass up the payout on this one though: 125,000 credits for 1 run! Naturally.

pfeeww already jumping gates with "only a little more than 4hrs" ? oh wait ... 30hrs? i guess i should get pass my initial 19.5hrs then

FordGT90Concept · Aug 9, 2016

Played through Jade Empire for my first time. Surprised it supports Xbox 360 controller and 1920x1200 out of the gate. I found my mind wandering in a lot of the dialogs though. I think, in terms of writing, it was probably the worst Bioware title I've played. There's places where dialog repeats and drags on. It's not a bad game but it is not a great game either.

Oh, and the combat is poor. The fact you can be standing right next to an enemy and not hit gets really frustrating. That said, Greg Z. of Bioware said in PUDGC that they were aware of the combat issues and wish they could have fixed them.

Not really sure what I'm going to play next. Don't really feel like playing anything.

EzioAs · Aug 9, 2016

@FordGT90Concept Play older titles, like pre-2000. When I'm not sure, what to play, I always look to old games.

FordGT90Concept · Aug 9, 2016

You reminded me that I never played MDK (1997) nor MDK2 (2000). Might as well give those a spin.

64K · Aug 9, 2016

FordGT90Concept said:
You reminded me that I never played MDK (1997) nor MDK2 (2000). Might as well give those a spin.

If you do please post back here with your thoughts on those two (or anyone else that has played them). I've wondered off an on over the years if they are worth a play. I guess at $12 for the two on GOG it wouldn't be a big loss if they weren't fun though.

My biggest problem is lack of time to game so I try not to waste what little time I have on poor games.

EzioAs · Aug 9, 2016

@FordGT90Concept I've never even heard of MDK till you mentioned it. Let us know how it goes.

I'm still playing Parasite Eve. I finished the main story a couple days ago and now playing the EX-mode and climbing the ridiculous 77-storeys Chrysler Building. I'm still at the 20th floor, and might finish the rest tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I've got Metro 2033 installed already and I am looking forward to playing it afterwards.

FordGT90Concept · Aug 9, 2016

Well, I played MDK for a bit...
-GOG Galaxy refused to launch it. Had to run it directly.
-Had to use the nglide config executable to change the resolution.
-The game runs at 200+ FPS but the jitters when turning are giving me motion sickness.
-I think it only saves between level transitions. There is no manual save option.
-Can't bind mouse Y-axis to look.
-Default binds suck but except for the aforementioned one, rebinding makes it doable.

If I can't find a solution to the jitteriness, motion sickness is going to stop me from playing it further.

I give up. I can't find a solution to the jitters.

64K · Aug 9, 2016

FordGT90Concept said:
Well, I played MDK for a bit...
-GOG Galaxy refused to launch it. Had to run it directly.
-Had to use the nglide config executable to change the resolution.
-The game runs at 200+ FPS but the jitters when turning are giving me motion sickness.
-I think it only saves between level transitions. There is no manual save option.
-Can't bind mouse Y-axis to look.
-Default binds suck but except for the aforementioned one, rebinding makes it doable.

If I can't find a solution to the jitteriness, motion sickness is going to stop me from playing it further.

Thanks man. I guess I will write that one off then. Too many good games to play to bother with that one.

FordGT90Concept · Aug 9, 2016

Tried MDK2...
-During first cutscene, it's almost like a character got stuck so he failed to move to where he needed to be to trigger cutscene progression. I hit escape because it obviously wasn't going anywhere.
-It did a black thing with typing. Problem is, the typing was like one character every 2 seconds with an annoying looping sound. When it reached the end, the game full on locked up.

...and this is why I hate dealing with really old games.

Edit: I was going to try again but now, apparently, MDK2 doesn't even think I have a graphics card installed.

Edit: So apparently after sitting for about a minute, the game does progress. At this point though, it took longer to load the levels (I assume that's what it is doing) than actually play them.

64K · Aug 9, 2016

FordGT90Concept said:
Tried MDK2...
-During first cutscene, it's almost like a character got stuck so he failed to move to where he needed to be to trigger cutscene progression. I hit escape because it obviously wasn't going anywhere.
-It did a black thing with typing. Problem is, the typing was like one character every 2 seconds with an annoying looping sound. When it reached the end, the game full on locked up.

...and this is why I hate dealing with really old games.

Edit: I was going to try again but now, apparently, MDK2 doesn't even think I have a graphics card installed.

Thanks again. Sorry to see you got burned on those two but you saved me from wasting $12 and some frustration. Maybe saved some others too.

I can't go by reviews alone because a game that came out 15 or 20 years ago might have a great review at the time compared with what was out back then and what the expectations were at the time but trying to play it today is sometimes a different story. I'm not referring to graphics quality. I don't expect a game that old to be easy on the eyes as long as it's fun to play.

FordGT90Concept · Aug 9, 2016

MDK2...
https://www.gog.com/support/mdk_2/Slowly_updating_text_before_missions

Forcing vsync appears to fix that...

MDK2 opens with a comic cutscene that basically explains what happened in MDK. I'm not saying MDK2 isn't worth it yet but MDK is probably a pass unless you have an old machine to run it on...

rtwjunkie · Aug 11, 2016

Alternated the last two days between Rebel Galaxy and The Solus Project. Once I figured out the setting to slow the day/night cycles, The Solus Project became much easier to play. I'm doing well on maintaining adequate stocks of food and water. I love the world. I'm surviving, but have gotten so engrossed in the world that I quite forgot my goal is to get off the planet. I'm just enjoying the exploring, and the interesting backstory of the planet I have been uncovering.

Chapter 3 of The Descendants released yesterday. I'm going to likely hit that this weekend. It's a suspenseful story, bearing some similarities to a movie I saw recently:

cgchambers93 · Aug 11, 2016

First post!

I am currently playing WoW getting ready for the release of Legion. I played a little bit of the demon hunter class that was release on Tuesday. I also play CS:GO on occasion.

Ahhzz · Aug 11, 2016

Welcome, and enjoy

Frick · Aug 11, 2016

cgchambers93 said:
First post!

I am currently playing WoW getting ready for the release of Legion. I played a little bit of the demon hunter class that was release on Tuesday. I also play CS:GO on occasion.

So the patch is live then. Before Draenor (and MoP iirc) I got like a week or so free on my account. I hope I get one now as well.

cgchambers93 · Aug 11, 2016

Frick said:
So the patch is live then. Before Draenor (and MoP iirc) I got like a week or so free on my account. I hope I get one now as well.

Yep the patch is live!

Dethroy · Aug 11, 2016

Welcome to TPU @cgchambers93 :toast:

FordGT90Concept said:
MDK2...
https://www.gog.com/support/mdk_2/Slowly_updating_text_before_missions

Forcing vsync appears to fix that...

MDK2 opens with a comic cutscene that basically explains what happened in MDK. I'm not saying MDK2 isn't worth it yet but MDK is probably a pass unless you have an old machine to run it on...

That's sad. MDK is far better than its successor tbh. MDK still ranks very high in my personal best games of all time list.

EzioAs · Aug 12, 2016

Tried some Metro 2033

I think the game lighting is very good though most of the places are still too dark in my opinion. Maybe it's time I get a better monitor. Can't really say much about the game yet since I've had less than 2 hours in it so far.

Ahhzz · Aug 12, 2016

EzioAs said:
Tried some Metro 2033

I think the game lighting is very good though most of the places are still too dark in my opinion. Maybe it's time I get a better monitor. Can't really say much about the game yet since I've had less than 2 hours in it so far.

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EzioAs · Aug 12, 2016

@Ahhzz I only have Clear Sky and it seems like it's not the first game so maybe I have to withhold the series for now. Plus, I try to avoid playing the game sequel or something of the same genre of the game I just finished. It helps to keep things fresh and I wouldn't feel like gaming is such a chore.

rtwjunkie · Aug 12, 2016

EzioAs said:
@Ahhzz I only have Clear Sky and it seems like it's not the first game so maybe I have to withhold the series for now. Plus, I try to avoid playing the game sequel or something of the same genre of the game I just finished. It helps to keep things fresh and I wouldn't feel like gaming is such a chore.

You are right, Clear Sky is not the first. However......it is the first chronologically, so you CAN play it first, before SOC and COP.

EzioAs · Aug 12, 2016

It's always a hard decision for me when game chronologies and release are not necessarily in order but I prefer playing a game in the order they were released in.

Ahhzz · Aug 12, 2016

Understandable

I have to admit to liking Clear Sky and CoP better than SoC....

manofthem · Aug 13, 2016

Thanks to @FordGT90Concept, I was able to get into a little Kholat last night. Initial impressions: the game is pretty, eerie, and atmospheric; the game opens strong but doesn't give you a lot to go on, direction wise (usually I'd hate this but it's ok so far); game doesn't run too well, fps seems to hang in between 30-40fps.

Thank you Ford! :respect:

All in all, I'm looking forward to getting back into it, and I'll report back. Some screens below in spoiler

rtwjunkie · Aug 13, 2016

manofthem said:
Thanks to @FordGT90Concept, I was able to get into a little Kholat last night. Initial impressions: the game is pretty, eerie, and atmospheric; the game opens strong but doesn't give you a lot to go on, direction wise (usually I'd hate this but it's ok so far); game doesn't run too well, fps seems to hang in between 30-40fps.

Thank you Ford! All in all, I'm looking forward to getting back into it, and I'll report back. Some screens below in spoiler

You're right, the game falls into average to above average.....but Sean Bean's narration alone makes it worth a playthrough for me!!

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What are you playing?

GreiverBlade

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"I go fast!1!11!1!"

EzioAs

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

64K

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"I go fast!1!11!1!"

64K

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"I go fast!1!11!1!"

64K

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"I go fast!1!11!1!"

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