Chairmanchuck
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STEAM | August 2015 - Three versions of Windows since the last Half-Life
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What gamescom conference?
Eanan
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Se7enSword
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Dragon1893
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Finished The Evil Within. 14.5 hours on survival. It's far from perfect but it's definitely my kind of game. They nailed the atmosphere, gunplay feels great, creature designs outside of the zombies are pretty good, some really intense moments combined with other slower ones where the tension is palpable made for some good pacing.
It has its flaws though.
The worst is the collision detection, I've never seen anything like it, sometimes your shots go right through the enemies, and I mean point blank shots.
I even had a perfectly aligned head-shot with a zoomed-in sniper rifle where I pulled the trigger only to see the bullet hit the wall behind the monster. It happens rather frequently too, crazy how this makes it into a final product.
Some questionable design decisions here and there that can make certain sections frustrating.
As for the story, it's painfully obvious you're not given enough to fully understand it without playing the dlc.
Final chapter is disappointing, final boss fight is the worst in the game.
Technical issues are well known, texture streaming during cutscenes is terrible.
Had to lock it to 30fps since 60 was all over the place.
But you know what? I had a blast with the game. Literally anything can happen because of the way the story is set up and overall I thought it was paced pretty well which made it very entertaining, the atmosphere is so good that it just sucks you in.
Some people had issues with the controls/camera but I think it worked.
I can definitely recommend it to fans of the genre.
It has its flaws though.
The worst is the collision detection, I've never seen anything like it, sometimes your shots go right through the enemies, and I mean point blank shots.
I even had a perfectly aligned head-shot with a zoomed-in sniper rifle where I pulled the trigger only to see the bullet hit the wall behind the monster. It happens rather frequently too, crazy how this makes it into a final product.
Some questionable design decisions here and there that can make certain sections frustrating.
As for the story, it's painfully obvious you're not given enough to fully understand it without playing the dlc.
Final chapter is disappointing, final boss fight is the worst in the game.
Technical issues are well known, texture streaming during cutscenes is terrible.
Had to lock it to 30fps since 60 was all over the place.
But you know what? I had a blast with the game. Literally anything can happen because of the way the story is set up and overall I thought it was paced pretty well which made it very entertaining, the atmosphere is so good that it just sucks you in.
Some people had issues with the controls/camera but I think it worked.
I can definitely recommend it to fans of the genre.
You should definitely play the two story dlcs next. They are quite different but really good, especially the final.
nightstorm
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If you do upgrade to win10 , real upgrade key hidden.Maybe it doesn't even exist since they track your hardware ,track everything
Thanks for taking the time to share your impressions! It's on my backlog along with the dlc, but I did have a taste via the demo. As a fellow lover of the RE titles, I'm hoping to enjoy this one as well. The atmosphere is already fantasic from the 3 chapters I did experience.
NingenJanai
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Why doesn't this have coop? :\
NVIDIA are putting their enhancements into MGSV. My AMD card just trembled.
Probably just HBAO+ and shadows, both works ok on AMD cards because it's not tesselation (Which is what hairworks use to make the hair, also a thing AMD cards have a real hard time with)
Atraveller
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No one reads lashman's post yadda yadda. Like the above said, HBAO+ is nice.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I was promised lewd gamescon pics. I was let down. Thanks lashy and blaburn.
I was sure you need one, now I am really confused. Are you sure you don't need? Didn't win8 (or was ir 8.1?) already required an account without any option to choose otherwise? That's how I got my third account, actually, wasn't expecting that and hadn't my passwords handy at that time.
Since when had Gamescom any lewdness in it? It seems to me a pretty straight affair.
Dragon1893
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I will, waiting for the season pass to hit that 75%
If you liked the demo you will definitely enjoy it. It definitely brought back memories of RE4 but don't let that set your expectations too high, just be ready for a great (if a bit unpolished) ride. It's a great survival horror experience. I played on survival and thought the challenge and ammo count was just right to give that challenging survival experience without too much frustration.
It's set in germany.
And? I thought all Germans are pretty much on the straight and narrow, what with all those simulators there.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
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And that never stroke you as weird? Think.
I just looked up some pics on Gamescom '15...
I'm sorry, kinda overworked right now, so the joke is going over my head this time.
Those are censores pics for the US audience.
Germans, like most of Europe, are naked all the time.
Atraveller
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35 dollars for an upcoming anticipated game that would most likely be a great port is not a bad deal.
Yep! But it's interesting how the news of it releasing at the same as consoles increased demand. I was selling like a couple of them each day. The day the news get out, got like 70 PMS about in a couple of hours lol
Gesundheit.
freshVeggie
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Interesting. Glad I always chose Faye in my party. After I finish the game I'll likely watch alternate cutscenes on Youtube though. Probably not gonna replay anytime soon.
Will get Win10 likely anyway in future for free, so I can wait.
Totally agree with Miguel.
Dusk Golem
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The aiming thing may be related to the 'accuracy' trait you can upgrade. Though a weird design decision to make that something to upgrade, I know.
I liked Evil Within also, it's not perfect but a lot of things appealed to me and some parts of it are fantastic. I love all sorts of horror, and the game captured a lot of high notes about some elements of different kinds of horror I like. The flaws also didn't bother me too much personally, and I liked the game's challenge and, "What's going to come next?", aspect. It stores a lot of ideas in its 13-17 hour run. The DLC has even more ideas as well, and all 3 together easily take an additional 5-10 hours.
I will say that I look forward to a sequel. I think with a different engine that's not idTech5 and what they've learned from Evil Within, they could make an amazing sequel. Tango is definitely working on their next game now, been hiring recently, looks like they're working with Unreal 4 from job listings now. No ideas what the game is yet, but Tango said multiple times before release that they wanted to make Evil Within a franchise rather than a single entry, the ending of the game and the DLC definitely point at 'things to come', Evil Within sold well, and notably at last E3 'The Evil Within' was featured a lot by Bethesda and was listed as one of their big IPs and a game 'series' being supported at their upcoming site for easy modding, which definitely implies Bethesda considered a success and may very well have plans for it.
freshVeggie
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Grundstücksverkehrsgenehmigungszuständigkeitsübertragungsverordnung
Yes, it is a totally correct German word. A single one.
No, really. Look it up.
edit: Welcome to Germany and how the Gamescom really looks behind the scenes :>
freshVeggie
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So hyped. Will wait till 10 bucks.One of the most anticipated games of 2015 for 35 dollars, it's expected
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
The US laughs. Oh you.
freshVeggie
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Dragon1893
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I thought about the accuracy thing but honestly, that's complete BS.
The shots go through the enemies, you can see them hitting the wall right behind them. Like I said, it even happened with the sniper rifle with the enemy's head filling the screen completely. Even if the game is calculating some sort of probability of me hitting the target based on the level of my accuracy trait, a hit is a hit.
In The Last of Us, aim can be ugraded but what happens is that your sight sways while aiming which can cause you to miss and it becomes steadier as you upgrade.
Bullets going through enemies is called a glitch, nothing more.
You don't implement an accuracy system by simply making the game ignore 100% accurate shots.
I don't want to sound too negative since I want to encourage more people to give the game a shot but there's really no excuse for this particular issue.
Hero Prinny
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Im going to go to your base and steal everything, and then when i get back to my base im going to destroy everything i stole from you, bitch. 😉
Dragon1893
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I'd definitely put TEW above AW, AW is more polished but it loses in every other department imo. TLOU trumps everything for me though.
freshVeggie
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Hahaha. Well, I hope you do find a big replayability value in it since I am likely gonna enter the MGS-verse a tad late in the coming years.
AMD cards didn't have a problem with Ground Zeroes did they? You shouldn't worry about the game proper. I doubt the Gameworks situation will be like Batman.
Hero Prinny
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Its okay, as soon as you start playing ill give it a week and re install the game and fuck up all your shit over and over until you rage quit
Dragon1893
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Yeah, GZ runs maxed out at 60fps and 1080p on my 280x. I'm not worried.
I can live without Nvidia's stuff.
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