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[Glitchesarecool]

how do Fallout 4 and Xcom 2 run like shit on a high-end PC? people are awful at optimizing their games. you can talk about this gen's consoles being underpowered and you might be right, but it barely matters when stuff like this keeps happening.

Like I understand that, and I know that's the proper answer. But it's still flabbergasting to me that you can end up with a game that's poorly optimized on standardized hardware. Especially one that doesn't look terribly taxing for any particular reason.

 

[Wunder]

Dan Periscope

He's working from home and busy with the XCOM 2 review!

 

[Anjin M]

What does one have to do to get the GB OT 21?

Ask Anjin M

I'm more than happy to give anyone else a chance. I'm mostly here to make sure this never happens again.

Keep in mind, you have about forty days until the next thread.

 

[Twin Tails]

Happy New Year

 

[shwimpy]

Barefoot... WTF?

 

[Twin Tails]

Barefoot... WTF?

Sounds about right for Taco Bell.

I'm more than happy to give anyone else a chance. I'm mostly here to make sure this never happens again.

Keep in mind, you have about forty days until the next thread.

We need someone to make a fake GameSpot OT again.

 

[stump sock]

Like I understand that, and I know that's the proper answer. But it's still flabbergasting to me that you can end up with a game that's poorly optimized on standardized hardware. Especially one that doesn't look terribly taxing for any particular reason.

they're saying it's a Unity issue. so I'm sure that means it will never be fixed.

if I didn't have a PC I'd be so mad at every game I'm excited for

I'm more than happy to give anyone else a chance. I'm mostly here to make sure this never happens again.

best OP imo

 

[Wunder]

rip steve

 

[Lonestar]

Dan is now a known commodity at the Taco Bell

 

[Volotaire]

rip steve

He's still in our hearts.

 

[Wunder]

holy shit what a queue

 

[skynidas]

 

[Brashnir]

no shirt, no shoes, no service.

 

[Lunar FC]

I'm more than happy to give anyone else a chance. I'm mostly here to make sure this never happens again.

Keep in mind, you have about forty days until the next thread.

Sweet, I'll probably start working on it in a week or so.

 

[Wunder]

end of MGS Part 22 was GREAT

 

[ratcliffja]

I still need to beat mission 31. I keep getting to the very end and then dying because I end up next to a wall, try to run to the side, and can't do it in time before I get destroyed. I'm tempted to watch the video, but I don't want to see anything I haven't played yet, so if they manage to beat it, I don't want to be spoiled.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Drew could've gotten a silenced sniper rifle like back in episode 10 lol.

 

[Chuck]

regarding the Kerbal vid

Spoiler

OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH MMMMYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOD

 

[Ibleedbolts]

This recent tweet from Austin...

Spoiler

can you take pictures in Firewatch and have them printed and sent to you!? Truely, what is Firewatch? That's so damn cool.

 

[robotrock]

This recent tweet from Austin...

Spoiler

can you take pictures in Firewatch and have them printed and sent to you!? Truely, what is Firewatch? That's so damn cool.

Yup. It's super cool!

 

[ratcliffja]

Drew could've gotten a silenced sniper rifle like back in episode 10 lol.

I do wish Dan would have explained about making custom equipment. It's a total game changer and something that I think Drew would have been really into.

 

[NumberThree]

This recent tweet from Austin...

Spoiler

can you take pictures in Firewatch and have them printed and sent to you!? Truely, what is Firewatch? That's so damn cool.

Spoiler

As a European I can't wait to make use of this service that will undoubtedly be reasonably priced.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I do wish Dan would have explained about making custom equipment. It's a total game changer and something that I think Drew would have been really into.

He could've customized his riot smg to have a bigger silencer which would've made it slightly more useful than it really is.

 

[tuxfool]

Spoiler

As a European I can't wait to make use of this service that will undoubtedly be reasonably priced.

Just take screenshots yourself and then print them out on photo paper.

 

[repeater]

So guys, I have never played any XCOM game, but I have the previous game sitting in my Steam account and all the XCOM2 hype has gotten me to think it is now time to play it (especially since 2K clearly have no intention of ever releasing the Vita port they're apparently sitting on). "Enemy Within" is on sale on Steam right now and I've got credit sitting in my Steam wallet: is Enemy Within the best way of playing the previous XCOM, or is there some point to playing the vanilla game unexpanded?

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

So guys, I have never played any XCOM game, but I have the previous game sitting in my Steam account and all the XCOM2 hype has gotten me to think it is now time to play it (especially since 2K clearly have no intention of ever releasing the Vita port they're apparently sitting on). "Enemy Within" is on sale on Steam right now and I've got credit sitting in my Steam wallet: is Enemy Within the best way of playing the previous XCOM, or is there some point to playing the vanilla game unexpanded?

Enemy Within might be a bit tough if you never played EU before since it adds more mechanics and stuff on top of the original game. It would be interesting to hear from someone who has only played through the game via EW though. I personally felt like i was spinning enough plates already without the extra stuff thrown in from EW

 

[Wunder]

So guys, I have never played any XCOM game, but I have the previous game sitting in my Steam account and all the XCOM2 hype has gotten me to think it is now time to play it (especially since 2K clearly have no intention of ever releasing the Vita port they're apparently sitting on). "Enemy Within" is on sale on Steam right now and I've got credit sitting in my Steam wallet: is Enemy Within the best way of playing the previous XCOM, or is there some point to playing the vanilla game unexpanded?

EW from the get go may be overwhelming for a completely new player. It builds on the base game in a big way and introduces concepts that may be hard to adjust to initially. So if you're the kind of player that hates losing/doing badly then I'd probably recommend going vanilla for now. But if you like experimentation and are fine with restarting once or twice after figuring out what the game wants you to do, then EW is the more complete experience.

 

[EdReedFan20]

FYI, for anyone who liked it/wanted to try it: Need For Speed: Most Wanted (the Criterion Games version) is currently free as part of Origin's On The House feature.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

So guys, I have never played any XCOM game, but I have the previous game sitting in my Steam account and all the XCOM2 hype has gotten me to think it is now time to play it (especially since 2K clearly have no intention of ever releasing the Vita port they're apparently sitting on). "Enemy Within" is on sale on Steam right now and I've got credit sitting in my Steam wallet: is Enemy Within the best way of playing the previous XCOM, or is there some point to playing the vanilla game unexpanded?

Fuck vanilla, play Enemy Within. Since you've never played XCOM before, I'd pick the easiest difficulty to settle into things.

 

[avengers23]

 

[Salty Catfish]

So guys, I have never played any XCOM game, but I have the previous game sitting in my Steam account and all the XCOM2 hype has gotten me to think it is now time to play it (especially since 2K clearly have no intention of ever releasing the Vita port they're apparently sitting on). "Enemy Within" is on sale on Steam right now and I've got credit sitting in my Steam wallet: is Enemy Within the best way of playing the previous XCOM, or is there some point to playing the vanilla game unexpanded?

EW absolutely makes the game better but for your first time I would lean towards going towards vanilla to get a feel for the mechanics and such. Playing through Enemy Within after having a basis of XCOM knowledge made it significantly more enjoyable.

 

[shwimpy]

You don't have a play a single "replay" mission in MGSV after Chapter 1. I critical pathed it so that I skipped all of those. You do have to a couple side ops to trigger some of the last missions though. It would be extremely disappointing if they just youtubed the rest.

 

[ArjanN]

Although most of this MGSV playthrough is pretty bad and should finally put the argument to rest that you can't play a game wrong, watching Dan's reactions as he's setting up Drew for the reveal this was only chapter 1 was hilarious.

 

[Twin Tails]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1181451

 

[repeater]

Thanks for your advice, guys. I watched Jeff Green stream the original UFO: Enemy Unknown yesterday, so I think I've got enough pro strats under my belt to tackle Enemy Within head on.

 

[Mister Negative]

I'm actually kind of excited that firewatch is short-ish. I feel like my attention span for games has been shit lately so being able to play through something short and sweet will be nice.

that's why I've been holding off on xcom. I KNOW I don't have the attention span for it.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

I'm actually kind of excited that firewatch is short-ish. I feel like my attention span for games has been shit lately so being able to play through something short and sweet will be nice.

that's why I've been holding off on xcom. I KNOW I don't have the attention span for it.

Yep, me too. Let's break down the last few games I've played:

1. Metal Gear Solid V [Haven't finished]
2. Witcher 3 [Haven't finished]
3. The Witness [Haven't finished]
4. Her Story [Finished]

 

[StoveOven]

I'm actually kind of excited that firewatch is short-ish. I feel like my attention span for games has been shit lately so being able to play through something short and sweet will be nice.

that's why I've been holding off on xcom. I KNOW I don't have the attention span for it.

I'm also completely okay with it being 5 hours. I think this weekend I might sit down in the morning and just play it straight through. Seems like a good game for that

 

[Antiwhippy]

I think I have short attention span too, but to me it doesn't mean that I can't play long games anymore, it's just that I need some snappy moment to moment gameplay.

Which is why I've dropped TitS: SC for now. I like it, but the pace of those games are so plodding.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Project B.E.A.S.T is so great, and the next episode ... :O

 

[Mister Negative]

Yep, me too. Let's break down the last few games I've played:

1. Metal Gear Solid V [Haven't finished]
2. Witcher 3 [Haven't finished]
3. The Witness [Haven't finished]
4. Her Story [Finished]

Yeah. I finished MGSV but I forced my way through the last third of the game and ended up resenting it for that reason. So I stopped playing the witness around 14
hours in because I didn't want that to happen again. Witcher 3 I finished and loved but I still have to play the DLC, which I've been enjoying it, but I can't be bothered to start it up for some reason.

I'm also completely okay with it being 5 hours. I think this weekend I might sit down in the morning and just play it straight through. Seems like a good game for that

yup. pretty snowy week coming up so it seems like a great game to get cozy and just play.

I just yearn for the days where I was doing stuff like sitting there playing trough bioshock infinite til five AM the night I bought it.

 

[jaina]

something quick'n'dirty like Uncharted 2 was nice to have last week. whipped it out within a few days.
I mostly don't mind trying a <20 hour game but I'm carefully budgeting my 50+ hour titles.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

as someone who has finished +80 games per year the last two years (i only started tracking these things in 2014), I find that i need to rotate between both genres and game length.

So if i finished something like Xenoblade, i would try to play the oddworld remake next. I'm currently playing Enemy Within after having wrapped up Braid in about 5 hours.

Variety is the spice of life

 

[Patryn]

Yep, me too. Let's break down the last few games I've played:

1. Metal Gear Solid V [Haven't finished]
2. Witcher 3 [Haven't finished]
3. The Witness [Haven't finished]
4. Her Story [Finished]

This made me think back to the last four games I've played, and I've finished two of them and only quit on one.

Maybe my backlog will finally shrink!

 

[Antiwhippy]

I don't think I've played 80 games in 3 years.

 

[BearPawB]

I beat XCom 2 already, and will keep playing it.
I saw the initial ending of the witness. Have more to do, and might.
Beat Rise of the Tomb Raider PC

As a guy who is bad at finishing games, I am doing prettyyyy good in 2016.

 

[Incandenza]

as someone who has finished +80 games per year the last two years (i only started tracking these things in 2014), I find that i need to rotate between both genres and game length.

So if i finished something like Xenoblade, i would try to play the oddworld remake next. I'm currently playing Enemy Within after having wrapped up Braid in about 5 hours.

Variety is the spice of life

I don't even know if I've played 80 games in the last 5 years

 

[randomlyrossy]

I think I have short attention span too, but to me it doesn't mean that I can't play long games anymore, it's just that I need some snappy moment to moment gameplay.

Which is why I've dropped TitS: SC for now. I like it, but the pace of those games are so plodding.

I cannot parse what you've abbreviated here at all.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Last 5 games I've played took me about 60-110 hours to finish each dating back to MGSV in September.

Well, 7 if you wanna also count the amount of time I must've put into SF4 and the SFV beta in the past few months.

I cannot parse what you've abbreviated here at all.

Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter.

 

[Bacon]

Being heavily addicted to a moba (and probably mmos as well but I've never played one) makes it really hard to finish single player games and it bothers me sometimes.