Why are you equating quality with difficulty?
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Why are you equating quality with difficulty?
Most people who say that (including me) compare the combat to Souls/Borne series and Witcher 3 absolutely completely loses that fight when it comes to how tight the controls are, how good it feels to play, move and fight. Witcher 3 combat isn't bad, but the bar is just a bit higher than what Witcher 3 achieves in that sense. There's depth in Witcher 3 but I never felt completely in control, maybe the animations were a bit too long and hits didn't quite feel like they were connecting. It just didn't feel as good to play.
Now Witcher 3 is an action game so comparing it to DA:Origins and such doesn't feel right to me even though both are basically direct control games. They just feel like different genres. It's weird when I start thinking about it, why do I criticize the combat in Witcher 3 when DA:Origins plays much the same, but worse? Now if we add Dragon Age Inquisition into the mix, that game I consider to be in the same genre as Witcher 3 and I really dislike DA:I combat. Now why do I consider DA:Origins and DA:I to be games of different genre? There's a mystery right there. Still, I consider DA:Origins to be a great if not fantastic game, DA:I to be garbage and with both games my enjoyment/dislike starts with the combat.
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I wasn't. I was speaking more of being able to just use the same strategy on everything without fail. That's an issue of variety.
There's a Witcher 1? What crazy conspiracy theory are you going to tell me next? There's a Persona 1 and 2?
But yeah, basically reduced everything to this flowchart of mine:
Now, obviously I've stuck around because it's obvious it wasn't the combat this game is famous for. It's been a long time since I played an RPG with as much emphasis on decisions and consequences as this. I really miss Bioware and the other RPG devs that used to make RPGs like this. Wonder what happened to them.
It ought be noted that I am the Cheese King and have had a knack for accidentally stumbling into game-breaking builds and strategies for a long time. I beat the infamous Dead Rising on my first campaign run on nothing but exploits that I figured out on my own. Some of which don't have any notable documentation even ten years after release.
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Tried playing Souls 3 PVP again. Yep still bullshit and full of phantom hits.
Now I remember why I only play co-op or PVE.
Now I remember why I only play co-op or PVE.
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It's not optimal, but you can still adapt and have loads of fun.
Don't give up on it just yet, imo!
How much PvP have you played?
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The secret to Grim Dawn is channeling all of your power and skills into two-handed weapons and then turning the enemies before you into a fine red mist before they can finish killing you. Bonus points for lifesteal.
It's so good.
Are invaders still ice skating or did they fix that? It completely broke online for me.
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It's so good.
Are invaders still ice skating or did they fix that? It completely broke online for me.
Edit: Bah. What a bummer.
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Nah I'm good I don't have time to adapt and work plus school. I've played a good amount of PvP throughout all 3 games but Souls 2 always felt the best without a ton of ghosting.
The single player is the only reason to play these games imo but that's fine, I really really like the single player.
^ no ice skating but you'll roll away from an attack and still take damage but not flinch, making parries impossible to time right, etc. Very irritating to hit someone and hear the sound, grunt, blood, but not do any damage at all and no flinch.
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Sure. I know the low bitrate kind of defeats the purpose, but I think the grain-filter makes it even worse.
paperspace
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Yeah, I feel you. I really hope they implement dedicated servers in the future, but I guess it's too much to hope for when it comes to 1v1 PvP. On the other hand, P2P should be able to work better than this.
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http://www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/ should do that.
Sadly no way to do this directly in the client though, it's something Valve should really include.
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I dont see any buy button tho :x
Yeah, I found out about that web thing, but indeed it would make much more sense to be able to do that from within the application.
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So, I completed Transformers Devastation on Easy (after starting the game on Hard and having my ass kicked by the first boss).
I didn't like the game so much. It's not a bad game, just...average. It's around 3 hours long and still very repetitive, the city really is all the same, you face the same boss again and again, there's a lack of variation.
The gameplay is pretty much MG Rising: you have one stage, depending on where you go you can clear side missions. You can dodge, you can parry (if you buy a move), you can create new powerful weapons to equip and so on. Even the score system is pretty much the same, but I think doing all SSS on the hardest difficulty is simply impossibile, because there's too much stuff on the screen like laser, explosions, flashes etc and way too often the visibility is ZERO. When you face huge bosses you can't even see if they are attacking you because you simply can't see them since they are too big.
It's an enjoyable title for what it is, if you are a Transformers fan it has an added value based on nostalgia, but don't expect something curated like Rising.
So, I completed Transformers Devastation on Easy (after starting the game on Hard and having my ass kicked by the first boss).
I didn't like the game so much. It's not a bad game, just...average. It's around 3 hours long and still very repetitive, the city really is all the same, you face the same boss again and again, there's a lack of variation.
The gameplay is pretty much MG Rising: you have one stage, depending on where you go you can clear side missions. You can dodge, you can parry (if you buy a move), you can create new powerful weapons to equip and so on. Even the score system is pretty much the same, but I think doing all SSS on the hardest difficulty is simply impossibile, because there's too much stuff on the screen like laser, explosions, flashes etc and way too often the visibility is ZERO. When you face huge bosses you can't even see if they are attacking you because you simply can't see them since they are too big.
It's an enjoyable title for what it is, if you are a Transformers fan it has an added value based on nostalgia, but don't expect something curated like Rising.
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There is Normal difficulty yo :V I had no issues beating enemies on Normal but Hard and higher is where the challenge is and how to get the better weapons.
I overclocked my good old i7 2600K finally I went for 4.2GHz, max voltage is 1.280V. Idle temps are 33-35 degrees, LinX pushes temps up to 85 degrees, 3D Rendering is up to 65-67 degrees and Prime95 is same 65-67 degrees. i didn't run Prime or LinX that much (20 minutes max) but so far it looks like OC is stable. I will try few games when my GTX1060 arrives.
I went for 4.2GHz, max voltage is 1.280V. Idle temps are 33-35 degrees, LinX pushes temps up to 85 degrees, 3D Rendering is up to 65-67 degrees and Prime95 is same 65-67 degrees. i didn't run Prime or LinX that much (20 minutes max) but so far it looks like OC is stable. I will try few games when my GTX1060 arrives.Atraveller
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I know, I also tried Normal and it was manageable without problems. But when I realize the game was repetitive (in chapter 3) I changed the difficulty to Easy to clean it as fast as possible.
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Anyway I started Dead Rising and...quitted it after 10 minutes. I played it so much on 360 back in days I realized I don't really want to do all over again, even because I remember the game way too well since I spent like 200 hours on it.
I noticed the game on PC is...too bright? Dunno if it's my impression, but I remember on 360 it was kinda grim, on Pc it looks too clean. Also the textures really didn't age well.
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Nice, been waiting for this. There's still a lot missing but I remember you noting it will be on par with ChromeES once FF50 hits, so all is good. Thanks for your work!I've updated Enhanced Steam to version 8.9.1 for Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
Edge users will need to update their files manually from https://github.com/jshackles/Enhanced_Steam_Edge then click "Reload extension" in Edge.
Let me know if anyone runs into any issues.
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Why, there is no Idris Elba in it?
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