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Homefront is a terrible game

 
It isn't terrible...it is mediocre...


I beat Stacking and got 100% of achievements while I was at it. I logged 11 hours but some of that (an hour maybe) was from a previously started game I threw away. I'm glad I gave the game another chance. It's pretty good.

I then went straight into Homefront on normal and beat it in (what Steam says) 3 hours. The whole premise of the story, and the timing in which it occurs, is horribad--it's not even remotely plausible. Even the whole concept of tankers being the ultimate goal of the game...facepalm.jpg...there is so much wrong with that I don't think it's even worth elaborating. I had nothing against the gameplay--other than being unable to collect 5.56mm (e.g. SCAR-L) ammo off of guns that use 5.56mm (e.g M4). Oh, Homefront crashed to desktop once in Chapter 6...that was fun.
 
Still rocking Cities: Skylines. The maps are just massive and there is so much intricacy to the game that you can really focus in on different aspects tweaking things just right. This is the first game in quite some time that I have not gotten bored of it after 10 hours of game play. I highly recommend it if you like sims strat games.
 
I have played about 2 hours of Rebel Galaxy and i'm really enjoying it so far. the tutorial is so much better than Starpoint Gemini 2 and the soundtrack is amazing lol
 
BumbleBee said:
I have played about 2 hours of Rebel Galaxy and i'm really enjoying it so far. the tutorial is so much better than Starpoint Gemini 2 and the soundtrack is amazing lol
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That is so good to hear! I'm glad my gut was not completely off base on this one.
 
rtwjunkie said:
Yeah, you're right. I had to do that a couple months ago. I reinstalled Skyrim, and then added ten mods at a time, ordering them high middle or low, then starting game, followed by 10 more.

It got me my smoothest game ever, 234 mods (1under the limit, LOL), and no crashes.

I wish Skyrim was 64 bit, we wouldn't have a mod limit.
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i ... kinda sorted out the issue that made my FPS dips ... i have a lots of follower mods and all are heavy HDT type (include hairstyles ) at last 54 mods on my 229 are follower (yeah yeah i know i am a folower'olic ... but i do a lot's of Aether Suit photoshooting :roll: for ENB test and clothing )

:oops: WELL! it seems that the 980 i have don't like to do the PhysX work (that or Skyrim doesn't like my 980 being the PhysX chief ) ... setting it on CPU calculation s kinda solved my FPS misbehave ... instead of going from 60 to 4-7fps i only drop to 45 sometime ... (and that's in the Aether suits darkroom and 42 follower around :laugh: )

Nvidia SHAME ON YOU MY 6600K handle PhysX better than your card!
 
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GreiverBlade said:
i ... kinda sorted out the issue that made my FPS dips ... i have a lots of follower mods and all are heavy HDT type (include hairstyles ) at last 54 mods on my 229 are follower (yeah yeah i know i am a folower'olic ... but i do a lot's of Aether Suit photoshooting :roll: for ENB test and clothing )

:oops: WELL! it seems that the 980 i have don't like to do the PhysX work (that or Skyrim doesn't like my 980 being the PhysX chief ) ... setting it on CPU calculation s kinda solved my FPS misbehave ... instead of going from 60 to 4-7fps i only drop to 45 sometime ... (and that's in the Aether suits darkroom and 42 follower around :laugh: )

Nvidia SHAME ON YOU MY 6600K handle PhysX better than your card!
(Skyrim use PhysX right?)
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Actually, I thought Skyrim uses Havok, but I could be mistaken. In any case, I always have my CPU do the PhysX because it's not as extreme (more realistic), as what you get with the heavyhanded GPU (over)doing it for you.
 
rtwjunkie said:
Actually, I thought Skyrim uses Havok, but I could be mistaken. In any case, I always have my CPU do the PhysX because it's not as extreme (more realistic), as what you get with the heavyhanded GPU (over)doing it for you.
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well ... i did set the PhysX on my CPU when i had my 4690K (for solving Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward crash issue ...) but i forgot to redo it when i got my 6600K setup

and indeed Skyrim use Havok

oohhh funny ... my 980 lost 4°C by doing this ... now i see 45°C max instead of 49°C max
 
BumbleBee said:
I have played about 2 hours of Rebel Galaxy and i'm really enjoying it so far. the tutorial is so much better than Starpoint Gemini 2 and the soundtrack is amazing lol
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Is it just me, or is the default camera angle for broadside firing a little jarring? Perhaps its just the starter ship's shape.
 
RCoon said:
Is it just me, or is the default camera angle for broadside firing a little jarring? Perhaps its just the starter ship's shape.
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you mean the tight camera angle when you're firing broadsides? I like it.
 
Easy Rhino said:
Still rocking Cities: Skylines. The maps are just massive and there is so much intricacy to the game that you can really focus in on different aspects tweaking things just right. This is the first game in quite some time that I have not gotten bored of it after 10 hours of game play. I highly recommend it if you like sims strat games.
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I got bored after 26 hours. I plan to go back to eventually though.

BumbleBee said:
I have played about 2 hours of Rebel Galaxy and i'm really enjoying it so far. the tutorial is so much better than Starpoint Gemini 2 and the soundtrack is amazing lol
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The SG2 tutorials throw way too much information at you way too fast and not particularly in a context that it is helpful.


Downloading Tales from the Borderlands Episode 5. I'm going to play it when it finishes.
 
BumbleBee said:
Homefront is a terrible game

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Pssh, i actually liked it. Sure it was not perfect but i had much more fun with it than any of the last 5 COD games.
 
BumbleBee said:
you mean the tight camera angle when you're firing broadsides? I like it.
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Nah, the vertical angle. As soon as you snap to broadside tight view, the top of your ship obscures the broadside reticle. At least it does for me.
 
NOw playing Warhammer: End Times and Tales of Zestiria
 
Playing Tales from the Borderlands and, so far, I think I like it better than Borderlands. There's some jokes you wouldn't get if you haven't played them all though.
 
i watched erocker play a little bit of rebel galaxy and it looks like arcade fun. however, it is a no buy until they work in some sort of coop. now THAT would be fun.
 
Got mixed feelings about Stalker Lost Alpha. On one hand, the game opens up a lot of new content, and the storyline is quite different from the original Stalker SHOC (which this game eventually became). There is some new equipment, and there are some technicians in the game who can repair most of your gear (excl. unique items, such as the Storming Obakan), and perform a small amount of tweaking to them. On the other hand, many areas are largely empty, and many of the quests involve spending plenty of time cross-country running this way and that. You can get a vehicle (if you find a decent one, can't even remember where I found my jeep that doesn't flip over every 5 seconds), but they are largely limited by fuel consumption (fuel runs out within mere minutes of driving) or the terrain.
 
Finished Tales from the Borderlands in 10-11 hours (one session). It's an excellent game and I'm already tempted to replay it. Really need to have played both Borderlands games to milk it for all its worth though. There's a lot of references and characters you won't get otherwise. Really the only thing I'm disappointed about is that they missed an opportunity to let the player race a vehicle instead of QTEs but, I think we would have to go all the way back to a Sam & Max game for driving in a Tell Tale game.
 
I hit the 30 hour-mark last night in Mad Max, and I don't think I'm even a quarter way through the map/missions. Sure some stuff is repetitive, but none of it has really gotten old.

I have found it a very smooth gameplay, and have only notice 1 bug: at one of the ballon sites, I took forever to get up a step. I had to roll in exactly the right place. Allowing max to jump would have fixed that.

I noticed patch 4 is coming out, but I'm mystified that it even needs a patch. It's nearly as flawless in its execution as The Witcher 3.
 
Woohoo, Hard West review key received, should be up the day after release!

Now all I need is for the stars to align and get my Fallout 4 key ready in time for release the week after.
 
I received an access code for Fable Legends, windows 10 only, of course. I may have to stick a new hard drive in my gaming PC to give it a swing. Will see what kind of condition I'm in this weekend...

***Speaking of, does anyone have a solid method for dual booting Win7 and 10?
 
after all that talking about rebel galaxy ...






i bought it ... on STEAM ... i guess i know what i will be playing between 2 WoWs sessions.
 
Ahhzz said:
I received an access code for Fable Legends, windows 10 only, of course. I may have to stick a new hard drive in my gaming PC to give it a swing. Will see what kind of condition I'm in this weekend...

***Speaking of, does anyone have a solid method for dual booting Win7 and 10?
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I saw W10 only, then realized, ahaa, Microsoft game. They're doing the same move with that they did with HALO 2, huh?
 
rtwjunkie said:
I saw W10 only, then realized, ahaa, Microsoft game. They're doing the same move with that they did with HALO 2, huh?
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Yep. I don't think I'd be buying it, especially since I've sworn off updating to W10 for active use, but a free copy to play with.... hard to pass up the opportunity...
 
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