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[lashman]

Mosaic Maze



Tap Tap Legions - Epic battles within 5 seconds! (f2p)



Vernon's Legacy (EA)



Unending Galaxy



Mysteries of the Past: Shadow of the Daemon Collector's Edition



Valley of Death (EA)

 

[fertygo]

If you're experiencing stutter, turn off hardware vertex shading in the launcher options. This setting in particular fixed stutter for a lot of people so try it out.

Its actually the opposite that fix it for me.

Btw game's super hard on Hard, damn.. I can't imagine how its like on Nightmare.

 

[freshVeggie]

Thanks anon for ROM. Looks dope.

"Hey Frost, what's new?" you ask.

So yeah, Rise of the Tomb Raider... completed. There's 5 achievements left from that are not DLC-based. Maybe I'll go after them, I haven't quite decided yet, since 100% is not open to me at this point unless I want to shell out a bunch of cash for DLC.

The game was alright, but it didn't quite deliver anything new or improved from the last game (and I thought the last game was a ton of fun). If you liked the TR2013, you'd probably dig this and the $20-$30 that the Nvidia promo codes were going for is a pretty fair price for what you get.

The story strikes similar tones to the last game (as well as much of the Uncharted games), but isn't going to blow anyone away. The tombs are similar to the first game, but maybe a little more complex in terms of puzzle solving to get a unique skill every time. The combat is alright, though it feels like something is missing, but I can't put my finger on what exactly.

The main differences from my experience lie in the increase focus in resource gathering and the fact that the game is mainly comprised of 2 large hub areas which contain the majority of the challenges/missions/collectibles and then some small story maps which can be revisted at a later time to search for whatever you may have missed. It's been a bit since I played TR2013, but I remember that having a lot of varied environments on medium sized maps interconnected rather than large hub areas with a few offshoots.

The game suffers from a bunch of technical problems in places as well. The performance of the game in the main hub areas, particularly the second one, can cause the frame rate to absolutely tank. Sometimes cutscenes do this too, but since a lot of games have 30fps pre-rendered cutscenes, as long as it wasn't dropping massively during the cutscenes, I didn't really notice. It has some other issues too, like problems with the game recognizing which area you're in when you bring up the map and not displaying it unless you zoom out and move the cursor around a bit.

Random thought: The game reminds me A LOT of a third person FC3. The hunting/dealing with animals in the wild. The mass killing of mercs with assault rifles/bows/pistols/shotguns. It lacks the vehicles of FC3, but there's more of an emphasis on climbing/platforming in spots (FC3's main climbing was relegated to the radio towers, from what I remember, so it's not a huge stretch for the comparison either, actually).

Overall, TR2016 didn't really meet the lofty expectations I had after the series was rebooted (especially when I was anticipating that copy I won from shadownet's birthday giveaway and the game finally coming to PC after the xbox fiasco), but it's a solid effort and I wouldn't mind playing another iteration of the franchise in a few years.

I just

Spoiler

found and lost the atlas

and I have to say, I'm having a lot of fun with RotTR. A lot more than with TR13. Like you said, it's not many different regions overall but I found those present being done well while having their own style and looks to them. There is good variation.
One thing I'd definitely should have done different was not spending too much time in the

Spoiler

Soviet Installation

when freshly arriving there. I made my life more boring than needed. Later levels are really much better.

Ready for Dark Souls 3.

Not bad. You get faster and faster. Dark Souls 3 gonna be a 50hrs affair for you

 

[Nyoro SF]

Its actually the opposite that fix it for me.

Btw game's super hard on Hard, damn.. I can't imagine how its like on Nightmare.

Heh. For a first-time player who isn't used to the Sky system yet, it's pretty ballsy to try Hard first. Props. Still, once you figure out the strongest strategies, it'll be pretty awesome kicking ass.

 

[fertygo]

Heh. For a first-time player who isn't used to the Sky system yet, it's pretty ballsy to try Hard first. Props. Still, once you figure out the strongest strategies, it'll be pretty awesome kicking ass.

I always goes through my first playthrough on hard.. but have any tips?

feel how I use Estelle's Taunt should've the key.

 

[Tizoc]

Thanks anon for ROM. Looks dope.

I just

Spoiler

found and lost the atlas

and I have to say, I'm having a lot of fun with RotTR. A lot more than with TR13. Like you said, it's not many different regions overall but I found those present being done well while having their own style and looks to them. There is good variation.
One thing I'd definitely should have done different was not spending too much time in the

Spoiler

Soviet Installation

when freshly arriving there. I made my life more boring than needed. Later levels are really much better.

Not bad. You get faster and faster. Dark Souls 3 gonna be a 50hrs affair for you

Persinally infound the one good thing about the game to be the bow and arrow
Everything else was either badly thought out, unintereting or left much to be desired
I wrote my full thoughts some pages back if u havent read them yet :v

 

[JaseC]

You always seem to know so much about the intricacies of the behind the scenes stuff

If only I knew how to generate keys.

 

[zkylon]

yeah after an hour and a half of fooling around with the ue editor for xcom thingie i think i'll either wait a long while until proper documentation exists or quit

i hate that kind of editor

 

[Nyoro SF]

I always goes through my first playthrough on hard.. but have any tips?

feel how I use Estelle's Taunt should've the key.

Rely on Time Arts and Time quartz; speed is really important in every Trails game.
Buffs and debuffs are important. You'll see crafts for certain characters that raise defense or lower the enemy's attack later on, these are extremely useful.
Don't be afraid to use Arts because of their delayed startup. With proper speed, you can fire off multiple arts quickly.
Try to create "extreme" characters, not balanced ones.

That's about all I've got. Good luck.

 

[kagamin]

I always goes through my first playthrough on hard.. but have any tips?

feel how I use Estelle's Taunt should've the key.

I feel like you're gonna have a really bad time with "that man".

 

[Se7enSword]

Rely on Time Arts and Time quartz; speed is really important in every Trails game.
Buffs and debuffs are important. You'll see crafts for certain characters that raise defense or lower the enemy's attack later on, these are extremely useful.
Don't be afraid to use Arts because of their delayed startup. With proper speed, you can fire off multiple arts quickly.
Try to create "extreme" characters, not balanced ones.

That's about all I've got. Good luck.

This. Chrono drive and Clock down are always a must.

 

[bigzgod]

I always goes through my first playthrough on hard.. but have any tips?

feel how I use Estelle's Taunt should've the key.

Like others said, Clock Down and Action Quartz are first priorities. I'm a huge fan of Earth Wall myself as well.

Titanic Roar is a great art to use if you're facing a lot of mobs, especially since it only requires 8 earth.

Aerial is one of the best arts starting out. Has a fantastic area and really cheap EP wise.

Edit: Fixed for FC

 

[Hektor]

The only controller that really matters.

Well so far, I may get a Steam one later on.

White gamepads, ugh. Wouldn't wanna know how that one would looke after a year of use.

man it's so satisfying when you get to see the alien base blow up after finishing a mission

xcom is so rad

edit: i do really wish they'd just tell you when a mission is gonna be timed or not

i guess you learn about it as you progress but still

Pretty much all optional non story missions are either directly or indirectly timed. The only exception beeing the

Spoiler

alien facility

missions.

 

[Deques]

White gamepads, ugh. Wouldn't wanna know how that one would looke after a year of use. .

Just use bleach to make it white again

 

[AHA-Lambda]

But that's not a DS4.

Good

I don't get why people love that controller :/
I'd take 360 or xb1 over it any day

 

[zkylon]

Pretty much all optional non story missions are either directly or indirectly timed. The only exception beeing the

Spoiler

alien facility

missions.

yeah i guess i wish the mission briefing was a bit more descriptive so you could prepare a little better

like if you have to rush something you might not want to take a sniper or if you know there's gonna be a lot of hackable stuff you'll want a specialist, etc.

also the difficulty is really weird, i've had some "easy" missions be 100% impossible and then a difficult be super easy to ace with barely any damage

weird

 

[lashman]

The Count Lucanor

 

[ramoisdead]

Dammit you guys, I bought Firewatch. Gonna have to play it when I get back from work tomorrow though.

 

[zkylon]

The Count Lucanor

that game looks AWESOME

 

[corrosivefrost]

I'd take 360 or xb1 over it any day

Masochist.

 

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[lashman]

Dying Light: The Following

 

[bkw]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

 

[fertygo]

Rely on Time Arts and Time quartz; speed is really important in every Trails game.
Buffs and debuffs are important. You'll see crafts for certain characters that raise defense or lower the enemy's attack later on, these are extremely useful.
Don't be afraid to use Arts because of their delayed startup. With proper speed, you can fire off multiple arts quickly.
Try to create "extreme" characters, not balanced ones.

That's about all I've got. Good luck.

This. Chrono drive and Clock down are always a must.

thx for the tips!

I'm still really early and lowly mobs already burn my consumeable

 

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[Adnor]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

The game was designed for KB/M but I've heard some people say that they prefer to play it with a gamepad, so I guess it works fine.

 

[zkylon]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

the tutorial when it was released was actually much harder

it was ridiculous lol

 

[Atraveller]

Just use bleach to make it white again

Might as well be Trump's slogan.

 

[oipic]

Dying Light: The Following

Not available on the AU store (yet?); Enhanced Edition update to the base game is a 3 GB download.

 

[Lain]

The Count Lucanor

I like the style for both the portraits as well as the pixel-art characters.

Though, why is the second video in... Japanese?

 

[lashman]

Destructoid Review: Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition (9/10)

 

[milena87]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

Play with what you prefer, the game works well with M+KB. It's just that the tutorial is ridiculous.

I personally prefer M+KB in both The Witcher 2 & The Witcher 3.

 

[accel]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

KB/M all the way for me.

 

[Tizoc]

I like the style for both the portraits as well as the pixel-art characters.

Though, why is the second video in... Japanese?

What is wrong with it being japanese?

 

[Lain]

What is wrong with it being japanese?

The supported languages for the game seem to only be English, French and Spanish. The second video having the narration in Japanese feels somewhat weird when the game (supposedly) doesn't feature any kind of Japanese support (nor any kind of voiced dialogue?).

 

[Endruen]

The supported languages for the game seem to only be English, French and Spanish. The second video having the narration in Japanese feels somewhat weird when the game (supposedly) doesn't feature any kind of Japanese support (nor any kind of voiced dialogue?).

A game translated to Spanish before being translated to German? That's new :O

 

[Buraindo]

Just started Witcher 2. Wow, the tutorial throws everything at you doesn't it? Feels kinda weird and overwhelming with M+KB. Is controller the way to go here?

I prefer M+KB for The Witcher 2. I also experienced a bug that made fist fighting QTEs impossible with a controller.

Completely unrelated: Far Cry 3's stealth is not great.

 

[Rhaknar]

holy shit at gametrailers dying, did not see that coming

 

[Tizoc]

The supported languages for the game seem to only be English, French and Spanish. The second video having the narration in Japanese feels somewhat weird when the game (supposedly) doesn't feature any kind of Japanese support (nor any kind of voiced dialogue?).

Hmm maybe they plan on having it release in japan and just happened to have a trailer ready in japanese? @o@

 

[MUnited83]

holy shit at gametrailers dying, did not see that coming

Not much of a surprise really, it felt like they were on Zombie mode for a couple of years now.

 

[lashman]

Amazon releases new free game engine Lumberyard (based on CryEngine)

 

[PranooY]

Ready for Dark Souls 3.

Impressive. I did get the platinum for DS2 on PS3. DS had that one stupid achievement which need you to get all weapons, one of which is only achievable by killing abt 15/30 members of the Darkwraith covenant as a member of the Blade of the Darkmoon covenant. That was a pain coz hard to find those people to invade and I gave up.

Rise of the Tomb Raider really fell out of best seller list huh, even beaten by Garry's Mod.

Shit, that's not good.

 

[Atraveller]

Rise of the Tomb Raider really fell out of best seller list huh, even beaten by Garry's Mod.

 

[NingenJanai]

Rise of the Tomb Raider really fell out of best seller list huh, even beaten by Garry's Mod.

Good news it will be bundled, bad news we might not see a third one

 

[Rhaknar]

Not much of a surprise really, it felt like they were on Zombie mode for a couple of years now.

I was gonna say "really?" but I dont remember the last time I went there...shit >_>

used to really enjoy the reviews (back then not alot of places were doing video reviews I guess, or video content), Brandon Jones is a great narrator, and I used to listen to Invisible Walls as much as the Bombcast for example, but then just completely fell off the site

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Good news it will be bundled, bad news we might not see a third one

After the previous two that might not be a bad thing >_>

 

[Rodney McKay]

Good news it will be bundled, bad news we might not see a third one

Depends on how it did on Xbox One exclusively, and how much those numbers compare to the lifetime PC and eventual PS4 numbers.

It could be that the recent sale bumped it off of the best sellers list as people are buying cheaper stuff (like Garry's Mod), so it could be selling just fine.

 

[Atraveller]

Good news it will be bundled, bad news we might not see a third one

I hope SE feels the exclusivity deal is worth it.

After the previous two that might not be a bad thing >_>

The IP is not in that bad a state that it needs to be left alone, this isn't the Terminator movies.

 

[PranooY]

Depends on how it did on Xbox One exclusively, and how much those numbers compare to the lifetime PC and eventual PS4 numbers.

It could be that the recent sale bumped it off of the best sellers list as people are buying cheaper stuff (like Garry's Mod), so it could be selling just fine.

It sold very poorly on Xbox one, AFAIK. Hopefully it will sell well on PS4 and as you said the Lunar sale may be the reason for it dropping off of the best seller list.