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ColonialRaptor
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19 & 21 said:
Please elaborate as to why you're not enjoying it?
Freakinchair
Member
Pandoracell said:
Cool beans - I'll add it to my favorites when its up. Hopefully sometime this week they release some sort of "fix everything" patch. At least the blue fog/sound bug and I would be happy.
darkressurection
Banned
This is really an amazingly fun game, but it is being brought down by some severe tech issues. I hope Splash Damage can get this shit fixed up FAST before the community starts hurting too much.
ColonialRaptor said:
Its only broken in that:
Performance issues (everything seems to stay under or at 30 during gameplay, 60+ in menus).
Odd graphical glitches (white lines for Radeon 4800 series users or some people having a title screen glitch where its just blue).
Sound glitches (sound can go out or sounds muted at times).
Discotheque
Banned
This game is fucking fun. There are framerate drops from time to time but this really is the next enemy territory for me. The objective wheel is quick and intuitive, you switch objectives really fast and keep going and then if you're bored with that one or want to switch it just takes half a second.
And playing with gaf people so far we've all been using teamwork like crazy (and we just jumped into the game really). Good stuff. Was surprised to see such low scores after I played this.
There are a few sound issues and framerate drops though. Needs to be patched.
And playing with gaf people so far we've all been using teamwork like crazy (and we just jumped into the game really). Good stuff. Was surprised to see such low scores after I played this.
There are a few sound issues and framerate drops though. Needs to be patched.
My thoughts on the game so far (pc version):
- Level design is very cramped and compact. It's similar to team fortress 2 but very bland.
- Guns feel good and the sounds are fantastic. There is definitely recoil in the pc version of the game (the console's recoil was minimized apparently).
- Textures load in while you're playing even on the pc version, though it's not too big of a deal and it's much better than the 360/PS3 versions
- Gameplay feels solid. It still seems quite simple to me but I'm not sure the game has really clicked for me yet -- I've only gotten servers with a few people in it so far (with the rest of the slots being filled with bots, which have poor AI)
- Disappointed in how much of a graphical downgrade the game got from when it was first debuted. It looks nowhere near as good as the first videos.
- I'm having some lag and performance issues. Lag is probably to be expected since the game just launched. I'm hoping the performance issues (really smooth frame rate sometime, really choppy sometimes) can be patched up soon.
- Level design is very cramped and compact. It's similar to team fortress 2 but very bland.
- Guns feel good and the sounds are fantastic. There is definitely recoil in the pc version of the game (the console's recoil was minimized apparently).
- Textures load in while you're playing even on the pc version, though it's not too big of a deal and it's much better than the 360/PS3 versions
- Gameplay feels solid. It still seems quite simple to me but I'm not sure the game has really clicked for me yet -- I've only gotten servers with a few people in it so far (with the rest of the slots being filled with bots, which have poor AI)
- Disappointed in how much of a graphical downgrade the game got from when it was first debuted. It looks nowhere near as good as the first videos.
- I'm having some lag and performance issues. Lag is probably to be expected since the game just launched. I'm hoping the performance issues (really smooth frame rate sometime, really choppy sometimes) can be patched up soon.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Discotheque said:
Good to hear!
How is 360 GAF liking the game?
Unhandled Exception
Member
Guns feel terrible, online lag is persistent even when it -looks- smooth. Grenades don't feel right, the SMART traversing system feels no different than if wall climbing in something like Black Ops was set to auto when sprinting. The maps are super cramped from what I've seen, which makes little sense as a design choice when they're pushing the acrobatic stuff so hard. Aside from all that, the characters look great. It feels like even with the delay this game needed more time in the oven.ColonialRaptor said:
Teknopathetic
Member
Splash Damage needs to put up some console commands like yesterday.
ColonialRaptor
Member
Teknoman said:
So which gfx card are you using?
Does anyone with a really beefy card have this game and is this happening for them as well?
Am I to understand that the game has been locked to 30fps then? Why would they do that? 30fps feels almost like slow mo in FPS's on PC especially when the frame rate moves around all the time.
Unhandled Exception
Member
I should make it clear that I'm running the PC version, no idea if the console version is this laggy.
Danne-Danger
Member
I'm no expert on online console gaming(tm), but this is what SD had to say about it:Animator said:
darkressurection
Banned
It doesn't seem like it locked at 30, because there were a few times (mostly indoors) where I was getting 60fps. There has to be some sort of memory leak or something that is breaking shit.ColonialRaptor said:
Danne-Danger
Member
Should be a server option. Is there no filter for bots?Nocebo said:
I can go around corners and go from 20 (or below) to 60 fps. Most of the time it's 20-30 fps on lowest settings. I finally turned textures back to high, and it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Even on high textures were iffy though.darkressurection said:
The game seems like it has interesting concepts, though dying to shotguns in 1-2 hits constantly seems to be my current talent. I may have lost every single game I played in a 2-3 hour period tonight. I just want to know if anyone with an ATI card gets 40 fps or better, and if not, how do you play at 24 fps. XD
Unregistered007
Banned
IGN review 6.0 - Another Hyper BOLA BULLSHIT by GAF.................
Danne-Danger
Member
How does the game look with everything at low? Just post the link if you feel embarrassed!
ColonialRaptor
Member
Unregistered007 said:
What?
For anyone that still isn't playing for whatever reason, pixelenemy has a decent stream up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkQNvlOOhgQ
darkressurection
Banned
I am VERY interested to see reviews from the outlets that are holding off on reviewing the game until they can get some proper play time in MP.
Danne-Danger
Member
If it's like in Quake Wars then you can only create one once you're in a server, I think.legbone said:
Discotheque
Banned
Teknoman said:
did you play the 'challenge' modes yet? it lets you unlock a whole bunch of stuff.
Dog Problems
Banned
All of this negativity is really disheartening. But when Amazon delivers the PC version tomorrow I'll see for myself and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.
How do you stay mobile and time any hits when you have 20 fps going?Teknoman said:The key is staying mobile, use the slide and climb everywhere
People move around too much between frames I'd think.The wikicvars console command says it writes a cvars.txt file, but I can't find it if so. It's supposed to have a description of what the commands do. The "listcmds" command lists commands.
People, PLEASE stop saying "locked" fps. It's horrible fps, but it's not locked. I'm getting the impression that ATI is worse than nVidia, or at least I haven't heard any ATI people getting 40 fps average.derFeef said:
Anerythristic
Member
Played my buddies Wal Mart copy with him for about an hour and a half. Going to sleep now will pick up my copy in the morning.
Alot of fun, hardcore team oriented, "arcade action" FPS plebes will fall to the wayside on this one fast.
Its not a "mess" on console unless you considered Black Ops and MW2 launch day a "mess."
Alot of fun, hardcore team oriented, "arcade action" FPS plebes will fall to the wayside on this one fast.
Its not a "mess" on console unless you considered Black Ops and MW2 launch day a "mess."
Impressions
- Meh framerate w/ 4890 at medium settings. Don't know if this is because it's capped or what, but it feels lower than it should be. Perhaps this is because it's capped at 30?
- Freerunning mechanic works well. Medium body type is pretty maneuverable.
- Solo campaign play is pretty tedious. Objective selection is good, but friendly AI is awful at actually flanking enemies, dodging mines/grenades, and helping you complete objectives. It's evident to me that anyone who reviews this game based on bot play would think it sucks.
- I think multi would be a lot of fun, but I wanted to get a feel for the mechanics in single player. Just hit level 7 on level 4 of the resistance campaign.
- Tried to play with a friend in co-op but we couldn't get a game going. Not sure why.
- Meh framerate w/ 4890 at medium settings. Don't know if this is because it's capped or what, but it feels lower than it should be. Perhaps this is because it's capped at 30?
- Freerunning mechanic works well. Medium body type is pretty maneuverable.
- Solo campaign play is pretty tedious. Objective selection is good, but friendly AI is awful at actually flanking enemies, dodging mines/grenades, and helping you complete objectives. It's evident to me that anyone who reviews this game based on bot play would think it sucks.
- I think multi would be a lot of fun, but I wanted to get a feel for the mechanics in single player. Just hit level 7 on level 4 of the resistance campaign.
- Tried to play with a friend in co-op but we couldn't get a game going. Not sure why.