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[wilflare]

my Origin is reflecting everything in Euros T_T

 

[Copons]

Also, word on buying Tropico 4?

It's great. Nuff said.

 

[Mavromatis]

Happy birthday, timeatraveller.



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Thanks JaseC and wonderful avatar, but it took me a moment to recognize you/saoirse.

 

[nightstorm]

Today(4/20), is my birthday, and yes, I'm from the future.

Happy birthday

 

[PandaPedinte]

It's so strange wait for the weekend to spend some time with the games you bought, but when it comes you don't want to play nothing. D:

Today(4/20), is my birthday, and yes, I'm from the future.

Happy birthday time traveler.

 

[JaseC]

Also, word on buying Tropico 4? And what about Quake 3 pack for ~£3? Anyone still play it?

Depending on where you live you may find a few active servers, but for the most part people transitioned to Quake Live since it's practically the same game.

Thanks JaseC and wonderful avatar, but it took me a moment to recognize you/saoirse.

<3

 

[MRORANGE]

Updated for the month, give a shout if a thread should be in here:

What is this thread about?
A reference list of all relevant PC threads and communities that are active on GAF.

How do I contribute?
You can submit or update a PC thread by posting it here (avoid gaming OT's, mod threads for a particular game are okay).


LIST OF THREADS

PC Hardware & Overclocking
I Need a New PC!" 2014 Part 1
2014-2015 Gaming Laptop Thread
Race Your PC Thread2 of Voiding Warranties
Lez talk mechanical keyboards
120/144Hz Thread of Lightboosting
Official Headphone Thread
TechSupportGAF Thread of No Case Too Big, No Case Too Small

Mods and Enhancements
Dark Souls internal rendering resolution fix (DSfix)
Downsampling, a simple method for making your pc-games look better.
GTA4 + iCEnhancer mod. Holy mother of god.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mod Discussion and News
Crysis mods/tweaks to make the game look maximum eyecandy
Fallout 3 and New Vegas Mod Discussion
FXAA to all DX9 games
The Silent Hill 2, 3 & 4 PC thread - A guide to a better HD Collection
Source Mod Megathread

Screenshots and User Content
2014 High-Res PC Screenshot Thread
The NeoGAF Screenshotter's Compendium Thread
2013 PC Bullshot thread
2014 Game GIF Thread
Show off that gaming PC

Emulation
Dolphin - Emulating Wii and Gamecube Games
PS2 Emulation with PCSX2 - share your game configs!
PPSSPP Emulation and Discussion Thread
RETROARCH - The all-in-one emulator

Steam
STEAM Thread
Steam Trading |OT|
Steam Greenlight
Custom Steam icons for Grid View
Enhanced Steam Discussion Thread - Ideas, Suggestions, and Feedback
Steam Trading Cards
SteamOS
Steam Family Sharing Thread
GAF Steamgifts Group Invite Thread
GAF Steam ID list, post em!
Steam In-home Streaming Beta
Steam Universe (beta) videos, impressions

Other Digital Download Services
GOG News and Updates 2014
Green Man Gaming Thread
Origin Thread

Development Scene
Oculus Rift - Dev Kit Discussion
Indie Game Development Discussion Thread
GAF Learns - Unity [Game Engine]


Gaming Communities & Advice
Indie Games 2014
Introduction to MOBAs
PC Racing Sims
Point n Click Adventure GAF 2014


Misc*
Giving Away Steam Keys with ModBot
Official DD (Steam/D2D/etc) gifting thread of equal global distribution
Kickstarter Thread - 2014
Indie Bundle Thread
The Comprehensive PC Games Sales Figures Thread.
Playfire Rewards Discussion


​

 

[Dr Dogg]

For a giggle and seeing as there's a sale on I dropped by the Origin thread. Christ that place is a ghost town.

It's so strange wait for the weekend to spend some time with the games you bought, but when it comes you don't want to play nothing. D:

That's me every weekend. With a few games coming up I really want to play, I've lost my motivation to get stuck into anything else at the moment. That and Sonic Generations is doing my nut in. New Sonic can go die in a fire along with all his hipster animal pals.

 

[MRORANGE]

For a giggle and seeing as there's a sale on I dropped by the Origin thread. Christ that place is a ghost town.

Still find it hard to believe how it managed to get beyond 8 pages.


Edit: Happy birthday Atraveller!

 

[Levyne]

Lords of Shadow is a little long for an action game. 20 hours or so. It also kind of stinks that the part that you hit right at the two-thirds mark or so is the worst part of the game.

Happy birthday Atraveller!

 

[Dambrosi]

It's great. Nuff said.

Wow, that was such a convincing argument that I've decided to buy it

Spoiler

with my card money

right freaking now!

Aaaaaand...Done.

Depending on where you live you may find a few active servers, but for the most part people transitioned to Quake Live since it's practically the same game.

Yeah, I thought so. Though, doesn't Quake Live have its own issues regarding ads, lag, et al?

 

[JaseC]

It's so strange wait for the weekend to spend some time with the games you bought, but when it comes you don't want to play nothing. D:

I haven't finished a game since Black Flag's DLC. I would have finished South Park by now, but I played through a huge chunk of it at a mate's place and we managed to get a fair bit ahead of where I got up to on the PC and now I can't be bothered resuming my save.

I'm currently working my way through Blood Dragon but who knows if I'll see it through to the end.

 

[mrgone]

Speaking of ghost towns, Battlefield 1942 is now free on Origin (unless it was always free?)

 

[Rhaknar]

where the fuck is my dark souls 2? fucking days with their 24 hours and weeks with 7 days and shit...

 

[fantomena]

(unless it was always free?)

Yep.

 

[Levyne]

At least Dark Souls 2 releases on a Friday. I enjoy and prefer that.

 

[DXLelouch153]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

 

[Dambrosi]

At least Dark Souls 2 releases on a Friday. I enjoy and prefer that.

Damn you April 25th guys. I have to wait till May 2nd. Fuck you Namco UK.

 

[Shade]

Thanks Shade for Savant Ascend.

A belated thank you to Shade for Shivah: Kosher Edition!

No problem!

 

[Mavromatis]

For a giggle and seeing as there's a sale on I dropped by the Origin thread. Christ that place is a ghost town.

Even the fact that the last post isn't by me on that thread is good enough for me.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

For a giggle and seeing as there's a sale on I dropped by the Origin thread. Christ that place is a ghost town.

Even the DS collecting and appreciation thread moves faster than that, damn.

 

[Knurek]

I haven't finished a game since Black Flag's DLC.

In other, AssCreed related news, I've started my Revelations playthrough (still need to rest after the horror that was Ravenholm, and AssCreed is pretty much the definition of a brainless game).

God, there really were 10 or so Ubi studios working on the game. No wonder they have close to 10k people employed.

 

[dark_inferno]

Buying on GMG is like hell.

 

[RavenValor95]

Lords of Shadow is a little long for an action game. 20 hours or so. It also kind of stinks that the part that you hit right at the two-thirds mark or so is the worst part of the game.

Happy birthday Atraveller!

I'm amazed you finished it.
I'm just under 4 hours in and I honestly lost all motivation to play since it just felt..weird.
Something about the combat just didn't click with me.

I'll probably force myself to play through it later in the year since a friend of mine wants me to finish it since he likes it, but yeah, wow, congrats on finishing it, mate.

 

[TouchMyBox]

Thanks JaseC and wonderful avatar, but it took me a moment to recognize you/saoirse.

You say that like they're different things.

 

[Cloudius12]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-860M.107794.0.html

Should be able to play games on Medium if not High for some titles. Scroll down to see FPS benchmarks for the some games.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

I forget, was Black Flag the first Asscreed game to have something interesting going on during the credits? I remember the older ones taking forever to get through the credits thanks to how many studios worked on them.

But then, a friend bought me NEStalgia on steam. Holy fuck, game of the forever. Dragon Quest meets Wow with smallish servers (20-60 players). I've had no free time for the last week lol.

Also due to a comment from another thread, I now kind of want NEStalgia even more now. I usually dislike mmos but something about that sounds great.

 

[DocSeuss]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

My laptop, with a 560M, can run quite a few games on high.

I'd still recommend a desktop. Just play some Tetris for a while, you'll figure out where to put it.

 

[MRORANGE]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

It's alright.

Btw: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=745783

 

[Dr Dogg]

Still find it hard to believe how it managed to get beyond 8 pages.

Even the fact that the last post isn't by me on that thread is good enough for me.

Even the DS collecting and appreciation thread moves faster than that, damn.

You know what that thread needs? Another code cock up where everything is free again. Not even TitanFall's release gained any new activity.

 

[Levyne]

I play on a desktop, but I have a 555m companion laptop which is okay in a pinch. Helps that it's only 1600x900. Didn't realize they were on the 800m series of notebook cards.

 

[JaseC]

I forget, was Black Flag the first Asscreed game to have something interesting going on during the credits? I remember the older ones taking forever to get through the credits thanks to how many studios worked on them.

Not during, but there is a post-credits cutscene featuring Kenway.

 

[DXLelouch153]

My laptop, with a 560M, can run quite a few games on high.

I'd still recommend a desktop. Just play some Tetris for a while, you'll figure out where to put it.

there are doors blocking both spots i could put it
i literally cant fit it anywhere

 

[Sub Zero]

Question. If I buy Tropico 5 from a trader will I still receive the preorder rewards?

 

[MUnited83]

Question. If I buy Tropico 5 from a trader will I still receive the preorder rewards?

Yep!

 

[NingenJanai]

I'm totally loving The Bureau, how does Xcom EU compare?

 

[Pakkidis]

Really not feeling Supreme Commander. Game feels very slow, even on easy the enemies destroy my entire army.

 

[JaseC]

I hope Wargaming brings the Total Annihilation games to Steam one day (I have them on GOG, but, you know, library consolidation/game count ). I was never big on the original but I rented Kingdoms on a whim back in the day and loved it.

 

[louiedog]

there are doors blocking both spots i could put it
i literally cant fit it anywhere

Spoiler

not a serious suggestion

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Not during, but there is a post-credits cutscene featuring Kenway.

Ended up checking because I swore there was something more. Took me a few videos, but there's a bit where

Spoiler

you control the ship during the later half of the credits

. Maybe "interesting" isn't the best word for it, but it beats the usual 20 minutes credits the games have. I can't remember if the others had anything remotely similar to it.

 

[AngryChinchilla]

I just finished ep 1 of Jurassic Park. I'm really digging the nostalgia feelings of experiencing familiar locations and all of the other nods to the film. I don't know if it is just me but the game is really janky for me. The sound clips often, and the video stutters at all the wrong times. Plus, the controls can sometimes be frustrating. Hit Y 20 times in 2 seconds to not die can really get annoying especially when it come up with out warning. Maybe since I'm using a DS4 with drivers, it is not correctly picking up all of my button presses that are in quick succession.
Anyway, I am enjoying it enough to keep playing. Although I would say that if I hadn't seen the film, I probably wouldn't be enjoying it that much.

 

[impact]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

Mistake. Gaming laptops are always a mistake.

 

[JaseC]

Ended up checking because I swore there was something more. Took me a few videos, but there's a bit where

Spoiler

you control the ship during the later half of the credits

. Maybe "interesting" isn't the best word for it, but it beats the usual 20 minutes credits the games have. I can't remember if the others had anything remotely similar to it.

Revelations' credits are set against the backdrop of the game's opening location, which is better than a black background at least, haha.

 

[The Red Wizard]

Damn you April 25th guys. I have to wait till May 2nd. Fuck you Namco UK.

I know that feel bro. Work is going to be killer that day and Fridays already suck because they're always busy anyway. Hopefully Playfire Rewards can keep me occupied until then.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

Lelouch, I really think you should try to get a Mini ITX build or something if you're worried about space. Go check out the PC build thread or something. You can get way better than that laptop for your money if you go desktop. I overspent on pretty much all of my parts because I was impatient, spent a little less than $1k, and still have ended up with a rig that beats that laptop. And I'm guessing you don't want to be upgrading that often.

But like I told you last night that laptop still a pretty okay choice if you're set on it though.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Seeing as UbiSoft's credits are so bloody long these days they should at least go the Devil May Cry route and let you play the game whilst they roll. Though I don't know how well that would go down 1 shot insta-killing a whole bunch of guards for nigh on 40 mins? Maybe they can let you run around collecting feathers? Yeah on second thoughts this is a very bad idea.

 

[woo and indeed hoo]

I'm totally loving The Bureau, how does Xcom EU compare?

There's a demo on Steam that will give you a tiny idea of what EU is all about. I haven't played the Bureau [yet] so that's the best I can tell you. It's not the greatest demo in the world but it will at least give you a taste of the basic gameplay. It sold me on the game anyway .

 

[M.Steiner]

A bit late but wanted to say thanks

No probs dude, you're welcome. Hope you enjoy it as well!
Got a few other games to give away too, will do some of those during the week methinks.

 

[Grief.exe]

Seeing as UbiSoft's credits are so bloody long these days they should at least go the Devil May Cry route and let you play the game whilst they roll. Though I don't know how well that would go down 1 shot insta-killing a whole bunch of guards for nigh on 40 mins? Maybe they can let you run around collecting feathers? Yeah on second thoughts this is a very bad idea.

Speaks volumes for the actual gameplay of Assassin's Creed titles.

 

[Lingitiz]

i return to PC gaming once more soon
http://www.amazon.com/G750JM-DS71-17-3-inch-Gaming-GeForce-Graphics/dp/B00IKF2H12/ref=lp_8930287011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1397886080&sr=1-1
this is what im getting
good enough for atleast Med graphics?
and dont say get a desktop cause i have no where to put it

I just got a laptop with similar specs and it gets the job done. Obviously not as well as my desktop but it's really nice to have a powerful machine that I can bring around, since the time I actually have to sit down at my desktop has been dwindling.