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Just Cause 2 |OT| of No Thread Name Can Do This Game Justice
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The Interrobanger
Member
My Walmart only had PS3 copies (or so they tell me). I picked one up, but if anyone in Toronto wants to swap it for a 360 copy, I'm interested.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
This game is mine in 4 hours
JonnyKtyler
Member
If anyone can post eyefinity impressions of the full version of the PC game plz do so, otherwise I will tonight after I get home and play it some. I know the demo ran like garbage in eyefinity, when BFBC2 runs perfectly fine. I'm hoping that was a problem with the demo.
p.s.
downloading on steam now.
p.s.
downloading on steam now.
What are your specs?
I'm running an i7-930@3.8GHz + 5870 and I was able to get a rock solid 60 fps in the demo by dialing down just a couple settings to medium. I did everything I could to drop the framerate, but it would not budge. Looked incredible.
What I'm curious about is whether or not your performance has varied from the demo. Does it seem any more demanding in spots?
stump sock
Member
The game runs beautifully on PC. Even bumping some of the settings down to medium, it definitely outshines the console version. Just turning off motion blur gave me an extra 10fps...
I tried to do the "cool guys don't look at explosions" thing only to realize that I was still in the blast radius and fell on my face. oops. Can't wait to get home tonight.
I tried to do the "cool guys don't look at explosions" thing only to realize that I was still in the blast radius and fell on my face. oops. Can't wait to get home tonight.
Dead Prince
Banned
how does the game hold up if you played 30+ hours in the demo. is there anything new in the full game that we haven't seen?
Game should be in from amazon sometime later today. Still would love to read som reviews.
I am ashamed of my computer especially being a computer engineer lol. I try to stick to console gaming. Once I save some more funds/get another source of income/ finish my phd then I can afford another computer.
EviLore what are your thoughts on the game so far?
EviLore said:
I am ashamed of my computer especially being a computer engineer lol. I try to stick to console gaming. Once I save some more funds/get another source of income/ finish my phd then I can afford another computer.
EviLore what are your thoughts on the game so far?
smhsdornan said:
30+ hours wow. I would assume the demo did not have everything finalized even if you broke out of the small space that we were allowed to traverse. Maybe I am wrong.DMPrince said:
Are we assuming that they did no fixes to the console version? Just wondering was not sure if the demo was indicative of the final version of the game. I know the pc version will probably always look better.stump sock said:
Game is fun. Kinda annoying to get 100% on some of the locations, since things can be so spread out and you don't have the greatest ways to track upgrade boxes and government owned structures, but the easy solution to that is just to not go out of your way to get 100%, just blow things up as you see them and whatnot.
GhostRidah
Member
that only pops up when you are near a upgrade.MThanded said:
MrTroubleMaker
Member
some command line options from the demo
Picked up my PS3 copy this morning from GameStop and put around an hour or so into.
I have to agree with EviLore that getting 100% is probably going to be a pain on some of the missions, just due to the size of the complexes and what you're doing. Regardless, it's a blast to play and the ability to capture video and upload it to YouTube should make for some fun highlight swapping.
My first attempt with the video capture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnfIJxWMMdU
It does contain partial spoilers I suppose, so you've been warned.
I have to agree with EviLore that getting 100% is probably going to be a pain on some of the missions, just due to the size of the complexes and what you're doing. Regardless, it's a blast to play and the ability to capture video and upload it to YouTube should make for some fun highlight swapping.
My first attempt with the video capture - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnfIJxWMMdU
It does contain partial spoilers I suppose, so you've been warned.
Living outside of NA it really blows i have to wait a few more days for this game. I havent done it before but can you get someone from NA to gift it to you, and in doing so be able to play the game early in European territories? Ive never been sure what the protocol was, whether its tied to the NA account, and thus unlock able, or whether its activated in my country and thus blocked from playing til release.
If any fine NA folks are up for a gift/paypal swap id be most gracious.
If any fine NA folks are up for a gift/paypal swap id be most gracious.
I'm currently playing Saboteur which sidesteps the whole '100% problem' by selling maps that list off the exact locations of anything that requires collecting/scouring/blowing up/etc...
Though the in-game map ends up with thousands of white dots scattered everywhere to grab attention, it's the sort of respect for the player that makes open-world gaming fun and "FAQ-less".
Pixel hunting in a game involving 400-square miles of terrain is kind of a mood killer, as awesome as it does look to be. This is the sort of game that speaks directly to my internal OCD achievement-whoredness afterall.
Though the in-game map ends up with thousands of white dots scattered everywhere to grab attention, it's the sort of respect for the player that makes open-world gaming fun and "FAQ-less".
Pixel hunting in a game involving 400-square miles of terrain is kind of a mood killer, as awesome as it does look to be. This is the sort of game that speaks directly to my internal OCD achievement-whoredness afterall.
foomfoom415
Member
tim1138 said:
Wow they really compressed that video to shit
Is there an adjustable quality setting or anything?foomfoom415 said:Wow they really compressed that video to shit
I didn't see anything in the in game menus about it, but to be frank didn't spend too much time looking around, I assumed it would upload it in 720p since thats what it was recorded at. If no one else answers, I'll let you know when I get home from work later on this evening.
MassiveAttack
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brain_stew
Member
zsswimmer said:
You do realise the 360 version has a lot of settings lowered by default as well right? Like most multiplatform games its roughly equivalent to low/medium PC settings @ 720p. All the high end options are just bonuses for the PC crowd. If you're on a low end system be sure to cap your framerate at 30fps as well, should make it much smoother.
Considering how much the mods added to the demo and how great performance was I'd say anyone with a 8600GT and a Core 2 Duo or better really should't be considering anything other than the PC version imo. Its one of the best "ports" of this generation.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
MassiveAttack said:
brain_stew
Member
dark10x said:
Oh, incase you missed it, there's an option for a framerate cap in the PC version now as well. You're probably not going to need it, but its nice to be able to push the settings to insane levels and not get a single drop, even on more modest hardware. They've done a stunning job with the PC optimisation.
CloakedPuppet
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Just grabbed my $40 copy from Walmart (along with Deadly Premonition). Looking forward to giving it a proper run through tonight.