Aren't the download speeds known to be bullshit?
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Aren't the download speeds known to be bullshit?
LiquidMetal14
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http://store.steampowered.com/app/285310/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/285330/
Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 & 2 are now on Steam.
And with that and other filler we say goodbye to Transistor and Wolfenstein off the front page of new releases.
ashecitism
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Yes, it has been debunked already.
I've given up. Kept dying at level 6 no matter what I try to do
CosmicQueso
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I do not know quantitatively if my comment is factually true, but it feels faster to get up and running. I could be full of crap.
I'm one as well, for the exact same reasons, in addition to being burned by Stardock's sale of Impulse.
Impulse was so good before Gamestop got a hold of it.
Nabs
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Speeds are identical. Origin just lies about it.
"The feel of 10mb/s"
It seems to report hard disk write speed rather than download speed. So consequently if it's uncompressing it'll report higher numbers.
Atraveller
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CosmicQueso
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmsooooooogood.gif I love you guys.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Forum bans were leading to game bans at one point (still?) so that was mighty dumb. I haven't set out to boycott it but I have yet to use it, I just need a more compelling reason to get a new account to manage and a program to run in the background solely for EA games. I like their games on occasion, but not that much.
Dog Problems
Banned
Dragon Age 3 will probably be the first game I play on Origin.
I just came to an interesting realization.
We spent the past 5 years on GAF getting told that frame rate is irrelevant and you can't see the difference between 600p and 1080p from your couch.
Now we have hundred page threads arguing 900p vs 1080p...
The hypocrisy is truly laughable
We spent the past 5 years on GAF getting told that frame rate is irrelevant and you can't see the difference between 600p and 1080p from your couch.
Now we have hundred page threads arguing 900p vs 1080p...
The hypocrisy is truly laughable
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Performance has only ever mattered when my favorite company has told me it does.
Atraveller
Banned
And also when we found another group with worse performance to feel good about.
Which is basically nvidia vs amd.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
The performance gap between me and him is enormous. What a piece of shit machine. The performance gap between me and you is too hard to see and barely worth it.
PSN, not Xbox Live =p
The debating will only become more worse in the coming future. Especially if VR takes off. These frames and these seconds will literally be all up in peoples faces. Everyone will turn into experts and opinions will be all over the place.
I agree. I am frustrated by all the people that ask, "Why does everyone hate Origin?" Because I don't hate Origin, but I do hate pointless hassles. And Origin provides nothing of value to me that Steam doesn't already do and usually better.
I would argue it's true of all kinds of titles but particularly true of games that don't have (or can't afford) very much marketing. In my mind, presence on Steam isn't just a storefront, but implicit "free" marketing.
Rarely ventured out of Steam GAF and my knowledge is probably equivalent to living under a rock about consoles but just checking one of the thread and 60fps is a reason for a day 1 purchase and apparently not the standard for next gen? 900p & sub 60fps for a new console in 2014? How?
At chapter 11/14 in Max Payne 3.
I can see myself completing it this week, which is a huge accomplishment in itself, as I never complete games.
After that, I plan on going through Gone Home > The Plan > Brothers > Arkham Asylum > Kentucky Route Zero > Papers Please > Stalker: SoC.
That should be enough variety.
But of course, The Forest, The Stumping Land H1Z1 will change my plan.
I can see myself completing it this week, which is a huge accomplishment in itself, as I never complete games.
After that, I plan on going through Gone Home > The Plan > Brothers > Arkham Asylum > Kentucky Route Zero > Papers Please > Stalker: SoC.
That should be enough variety.
But of course, The Forest, The Stumping Land H1Z1 will change my plan.
DunderHassan
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Wait what?
Know all about the resolution war (which I don't care for because PC!) and that inaccurate size/resolution/distance graph that gets thrown up everywhere, but do people really say frame rate is irrelevant?
Sony and MS both targeted profitability over power. The latter in particular just went about it the wrong way, which is why there's a relatively somewhat significant difference in power between the PS4 and X1.
Dog Problems
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The highlighted a pretty short so you should have no problems with completing those.
ashecitism
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Well, before PS4 vs X1, yes lots of people did say that. Even now there are people who say they can't see the difference or they prefer 30fps for the turned up eye candy. But yeah, ever since the performance differences in favor of the PS4 both res and fps matter a lot now.
Atraveller
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There are only 2 sides, so doesn't count.
Gangxxter
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True that, I've never delved into the legal situation about this topic in Austria until now. I only briefly skimmed over the "Abzeichengesetz 1960" a while back and I totally missed § 2 which permits the display of Nazi symbols in media, as long as it's not propaganda (which Wolfenstein clearly isn't).
Let's hope Bethesda will unlock the English version of Wolfenstein TNO in Austria soon then. Actually I don't care if there are Swastikas in the game or if I fight against the Nazis or some random made up regime. I couldn't care less. But I really want to play the game in English language because I can't stand German in computer games (barring a few exceptions like Broken Sword).
I'll be more brutally honest and say I could care less if racing games, along with every other game, is 60fps. I play games to have fun and don't give a damn it it's 30 or 60 fps.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Almost any argument that' starts with "framerate doesn't matter" eventually becomes "stable framerate is better than variable" to "I can't even tell the difference between 30 and 60 and neither can most of the general public" to finally end at "all that matters is the games anyway."
I have a ps4 but the xbones got some pretty good exclusives going for it. It's a shame that some of their fanbase is really having a tough time accepting that their machine was underpowered so that they could pack-in a camera that they've now ripped out because I'm envious of their exclusives, tbh.
spacemonkeynation
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It's up:
$14.99 / £10.99 / 14,99 / 349 rub
Nice! I didn't realize this was still coming to PC. It even has a demo!
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
It's up:
$14.99 / £10.99 / 14,99 / 349 rub
Published by Microsoft, no less.
Understandable, I'm just really surprised that 1080p and 60fps isn't the standard considering the visual quality of PS4/X1 games.
It's up:
Looks like there's a demo as well, sweet.
edit: which is only 12.7 MB and doesn't work.
What gets me is that many people aren't arguing over stability (though they will complain if a game isn't, but often not know why), increased rendering, improved graphics, or other aspects, but rather in the same tone and style they would argue over "bits" and "flops" or dare I say video game rating score numbers.
The actual core content sometime doesn't seem to matter, but if it's a "better", see higher, then obviously it's more important or some such thing.
If people wish to debate over what is more important, if they want to argue over what does or doesn't matter for their personal entertainment, if someone wants to show that from a business side of things things can be lower until the cost has come down, or if someone wants to explain the technical or artistic reason a game may be at a lower resolution or frame rate to deliver a specific experience or display in a certain way, all that's fine. I just want people to actually talk about it with some understand and not focus so much on just numbers when it's the output and experience that will truly affect the gamers.
I would also like a snickerdoodle cookie. So I'll get that at least in the near future.
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New page, which means time for a recommendation.
One might take a look at this game and see simple voxel graphics, an almost cheerful cartoonish take on horror due to the brightness and designs and simplicity of things, and yet in this randomly generated level first person dungeon game it all works quite well.
Inspired by Lovecraft stories, this game throws you into a realm full of traps, items, and ever changing enemy and item locations where as it should be, everything not bolted down (excluding the traps) can and will kill you if given the chance and so you do have to pay attention to where you are going and not rush in blindly. Yes, even against the penguin.
It has a fault, depending on what you are going into this for, in the fact it's not too terribly difficult. However I say that works for it as sometimes I do want to play one of these games and just relax a bit to it, where if I'm calm I can make it through without too much stress. Likewise if you want to get someone into the genre, this is a good first step I do believe.
It's been in a couple of bundles, it's been on sale a number of times through Steam and Humble Bundle store, and it's fully expected to do so again.
The actual core content sometime doesn't seem to matter, but if it's a "better", see higher, then obviously it's more important or some such thing.
If people wish to debate over what is more important, if they want to argue over what does or doesn't matter for their personal entertainment, if someone wants to show that from a business side of things things can be lower until the cost has come down, or if someone wants to explain the technical or artistic reason a game may be at a lower resolution or frame rate to deliver a specific experience or display in a certain way, all that's fine. I just want people to actually talk about it with some understand and not focus so much on just numbers when it's the output and experience that will truly affect the gamers.
I would also like a snickerdoodle cookie. So I'll get that at least in the near future.
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New page, which means time for a recommendation.
One might take a look at this game and see simple voxel graphics, an almost cheerful cartoonish take on horror due to the brightness and designs and simplicity of things, and yet in this randomly generated level first person dungeon game it all works quite well.
Inspired by Lovecraft stories, this game throws you into a realm full of traps, items, and ever changing enemy and item locations where as it should be, everything not bolted down (excluding the traps) can and will kill you if given the chance and so you do have to pay attention to where you are going and not rush in blindly. Yes, even against the penguin.
It has a fault, depending on what you are going into this for, in the fact it's not too terribly difficult. However I say that works for it as sometimes I do want to play one of these games and just relax a bit to it, where if I'm calm I can make it through without too much stress. Likewise if you want to get someone into the genre, this is a good first step I do believe.
It's been in a couple of bundles, it's been on sale a number of times through Steam and Humble Bundle store, and it's fully expected to do so again.
ashecitism
Member
Ironically, depending on the game higher framerates make it more fun. I don't think you want to play competitive games at 30fps for ex
DunderHassan
Member
Do you have Dark Souls?
Use DSFix and toggle between 60 - 30 fps.
I did it while getting up/down ladders and it felt like being stabbed in the eyes every time.
This is in a slow and methodical 3p action game, so I'd say it's important in pretty much most, if not all, games.
Yeah heard such talk many times before, it tends to mainly come from console gamers though doesn't it?
Last-gen was filled with sub-30 fps games, no wonder they get used to shitty frame rate, some games are just painful to play on my PS3.
Too bad consoles are getting behind more and more for every gen.
Ironically, depending on the game higher framerates make it more fun. I don't think you want to play competitive games at 30fps for ex
I imagine you'd want higher fps for competitive gaming yes. Personally, I don't remember the last multiplayer game I played. For me, 30 or 60fps makes no difference.
Yes, what I meant is whilst I'd obviously prefer 60fps in all my games. I'd only consider not getting a racing game as a result of it being 30fps (especially one that aims more to simulation than arcade).
Henry Swanson
Member
It's up:
$14.99 / £10.99 / 14,99 / 349 rub
Oh very nice, my daughter will love this.
DunderHassan
Member
Makes no difference as you see no difference or you don't care about the difference?
Yeah that's another matter.
30 fps sure is playable, but it doesn't make 60 fps irrelevant.
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