This thread is for stupid GAMING questions that don't deserve their own thread

Which version of The Witcher do I want to get? Enhanced, Enhanced: Director's Cut, or Enhanced: Director's Cut Platinum?

What are the differences in these versions?
 
macfoshizzle said:
why do games have embargos?
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Because game reviewers need time to familiarize themselves with the game. Without embargos everyone would put up an article immediately in order to divert traffic from their competitors. If sites break the embargo they will no longer get access to early information. A reason for late embargos is to prevent the customer from reading bad reviews before they purchase the game.
 
Along similar lines to an earlier question I had on this thread:

Megaman Legends: Competent PAL port, or track down the US version?

Same goes for 2.
 
FutureZombie said:
Which version of The Witcher do I want to get? Enhanced, Enhanced: Director's Cut, or Enhanced: Director's Cut Platinum?

What are the differences in these versions?
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Enhanced Edition made several improvements, bug fixes, and added new content.

Enhanced Edition Directors Cut just exactly the same as Enhanced Edition but uncensored. The NA versions of the game were censored originally, but the directors cut removed that. The European versions were always uncensored.

I think Enhanced: Director's Cut Platinum is just a new packaging with the latest patches installed.

I don't think it actually matters which version you get as the Enhanced Edition Directors Cut is available as a free patch for any version of the game.
 
Anyone know what exactly was enhanced by the new release of Divinity 2? I can't seem to find a straight answer other than improved engine and some fixes to gameplay.
 
Masamuna said:
So my 60gig died a couple weeks ago and I received my replacement a day after the data breach. I managed to back up most of my save files that weren't copyright protected, but will they work once I'm able to restore my account? Or will trophies/saving be disabled even though they'll be under the same PSN account? Waiting to find out whether or not I want to continue Yakuza 4 is killing me :(
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Anyone?
 
Anyone know the name of a NES game I used to play as a kid?

You could throw a grappling hook diagonally and it would stick to walls and you could climb it, you had throwing knives, a whip(i think) and big rocks/clusterbombs that could destroy walls. The cartridge I had as a kid labeled it as Indiana Jones, but I think that was wrong since I looked up all NES Indiana Jones games and it wasn't amongst them, please halp.
 
Momo said:
Anyone know the name of a NES game I used to play as a kid?

You could throw a grappling hook diagonally and it would stick to walls and you could climb it, you had throwing knives, a whip(i think) and big rocks/clusterbombs that could destroy walls. The cartridge I had as a kid labeled it as Indiana Jones, but I think that was wrong since I looked up all NES Indiana Jones games and it wasn't amongst them, please halp.
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It doesn't fit *all* the criteria, but is it Spelunker?
 
Momo said:
Anyone know the name of a NES game I used to play as a kid?

You could throw a grappling hook diagonally and it would stick to walls and you could climb it, you had throwing knives, a whip(i think) and big rocks/clusterbombs that could destroy walls. The cartridge I had as a kid labeled it as Indiana Jones, but I think that was wrong since I looked up all NES Indiana Jones games and it wasn't amongst them, please halp.
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You might have better luck here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=360236
 
A friend told me about a certain block based puzzle for XBLA that is specially good in visual rewards (huge texts for combo, and I gess huge colorful explosions and stuff like that).

The only clue he had was that the 'gravity' makes the pieces to go to the right, instead of to go down as usual.

Do you have any idea of what game is it?
Roto13 said:
You might have better luck here:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=360236
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I think I'll try there too. I think my question fits better there.
 
You can play Heavy Rain Move Edition with regular DualShock controller right? Just want to make sure before I order.
 
I've got a PS2/Xbox/GCN that I want to hook up in my room to my 32" HDTV. I've got the PS2 hooked up by component cables but I feel like the image still isn't that great. Is there any kind of connect thru option that will make the image... Better?
 
I have a stupid question:

What the hell should I play next? I just beat Yakuza 4, and I'm gonna start something new, but I have a crazy amount of choices. Here's what I've whittled i down to:

Okami
Nier
Soul Nomad and the World Eaters
FFIV: Complete Collection
Dragon Quest VI
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Tactics Ogre PSP
Yggdra Union
Knights in the Nightmare
Infinite Space
Finish (Pokemon Black, Radiant Historia, Ghost Trick)

I'm paralyzed by the freedom to start any of these games (among a backlog 10x the size of this list)
 
Ok, I'm probably desperate to play a JRPG in the PS3 so can anyone recommend me which is decent?

- Atelier Rorona
- Ar Tonelico Qoga
- Trinity Universe

I'm not sure if I'd want Eternal Sonata (I know who's the final boss and this game has well... No trophies).

I don't like Strategy games (or something similar) much so Resonance of Fate and Valkyria Chronicles are off the list.
 
ruxtpin said:
I've got a PS2/Xbox/GCN that I want to hook up in my room to my 32" HDTV. I've got the PS2 hooked up by component cables but I feel like the image still isn't that great. Is there any kind of connect thru option that will make the image... Better?
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Component cables are as good as it gets for Playstation 2.
 
I'm trying to remember the name of an old 2D platformer. I was playing it on my 11MHz 386 back in the day.

If I remember right, you start near a castle but if you enter it at the start you get fucked up, it's too hard or something or you need to get abilities. So you travel to the right, through some green grass and trees, eventually you get to a rocket ship that blasts you off to a moon base where you may get moon boots for better jumping or something. You eventually get back to the castle but I never really could get any further.
 
wormstrangler said:
I'm trying to remember the name of an old 2D platformer. I was playing it on my 11MHz 386 back in the day.

If I remember right, you start near a castle but if you enter it at the start you get fucked up, it's too hard or something or you need to get abilities. So you travel to the right, through some green grass and trees, eventually you get to a rocket ship that blasts you off to a moon base where you may get moon boots for better jumping or something. You eventually get back to the castle but I never really could get any further.
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Captain Comic.
 
Can someone show me/ teach me how to properly make multiple Xpadder files for separate games?

I feel like a dumbass here, every time I make a new file for a new game, it overwrites the old files, despite it showing four different custom key bindings files for four different games. (please see photo)

What am I doing wrong? I usually go to "Save As" once I key all my buttons for a new game, but then when I go to LOAD the file for a Previous game, now it's OVERWRITTEN by the same file I just "Saved As"??? what gives? What am I doing wrong here, also why is there two different icons ( I circled in the photo) why are there two up there?

Would appreciate the help, thanks

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You are saving controller layouts as game configs. That's why you have two PS2 controller icons as well.
In other words, on the screenshot: where you have "Chime" should be "PS2" and vice versa. The small controller icon is the config for any given controller, the sheet icon to the right of it represents game profiles assigned to the controller.
 
Rufus said:
You are saving controller layouts as game configs. That's why you have two PS2 controller icons as well.
In other words, on the screenshot: where you have "Chime" should be "PS2" and vice versa. The small controller icon is the config for any given controller, the sheet icon to the right of it represents game profiles assigned to the controller.
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Hollie Shit!! ***Mind Blown***

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar!

I seriously wasn't kidding when I said I was being a "dumbass' about this.

That explains A LOT actually. I'm definitely going to enjoy my superior PC gaming on the couch a lot more now that I know it's only a simple click changing joystick profiles when starting a new game.

Thanks again,

Also, I love Xpadder, I think it's the best thing every happened to the modern day PC gamer/console savvy veterans like me.


(Joy2Key with Bluetooth is too complicated for me, requires the right Bluetooth adapter [that you may have to order from China] and can seriously mess up your keyboard and mouse drivers)

ruxtpin said:
I've got a PS2/Xbox/GCN that I want to hook up in my room to my 32" HDTV. I've got the PS2 hooked up by component cables but I feel like the image still isn't that great. Is there any kind of connect thru option that will make the image... Better?
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Yeah component is the best by far for the PS2, and 480P games look amazing (as far as PS2 games go) on HD TV's through Component cables.

My Guess is you are playing interlaced 480i games on an HDTV and hence why the picture's not to your standards. don't blame your component cables here, you're simply playing a standard definition, low resolution image on a High Definition TV. there's not much you can do here, unless you can plug those components to a SD TV.

There might be good news here, granted the PS2 game(s) you're playing support progressive scan (480p) you can turn them on in the games (Video option) or pressing triangle /\ and X right when the "PlayStation 2" logo appears at system boot up.

Here's a list of games on the PS2 that support 480p picture, if you have any of these games you can take advantage of your component cables, otherwise you have to get used to the "blurry" image on your HD TV.
 
How does DLC work for Black Ops on PC?

Do they charge for it? Can't modders just take those maps and have them be on the servers as custom maps, and therefore, free?
 
Just got DMC4 for the PC and I was wondering if there was anyway to switch the 360 prompts/inputs that appear on screen with PS3 controller prompts since I'm using a DS3 to play.
 
Why is it that in competitive FPS games with Red and Blue teams, whenever there's an offense vs. defense gametye, like One Flag CTF, or Payload in TF2, it's always the Blue team on ofense, and Red on defense?

I've mainly noticed this in Halo and TF2, but I'm assuming there's a game or series that began this trend?
 
InfiniteNine said:
Just got DMC4 for the PC and I was wondering if there was anyway to switch the 360 prompts/inputs that appear on screen with PS3 controller prompts since I'm using a DS3 to play.
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Doubtful, the game was probably created with native Xbox controller support, which the PC has none for DS3.
 
This has no doubt been asked before, but if the ps3 outputs the majority of games at 720p and the 360 1080p, surely the 360 is the better machine for gaming on my 1080p tv?
 
Rickeh said:
This has no doubt been asked before, but if the ps3 outputs the majority of games at 720p and the 360 1080p, surely the 360 is the better machine for gaming on my 1080p tv?
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Your HDTV will upscale the 720p signal to its native resolution. The 360's upscaler isn't better than most HDTV's.
 
Rickeh said:
This has no doubt been asked before, but if the ps3 outputs the majority of games at 720p and the 360 1080p, surely the 360 is the better machine for gaming on my 1080p tv?
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There are only a handful of games for both systems that output at 1080p. That's your television upscaling the signal to 1080p.

Playstation 3 actually has many more games than Xbox 360 that are 1080p.

PS3 games that are native 1080p:
Cars Mater-National = 1280x720 (QAA), 1920x1080 (QAA)
Fifa Street 3 = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Full Auto 2 (demo) = 1920x1080 (4x AA)
GT5 Prologue (demo) = 1080p mode is 1280x1080 (2xAA) in-game while the garage/pit/showrooms are 1920x1080 with no AA. 720p mode is 1280x720 (4xAA)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance = 1280x720 & 1920x1080 (no AA)
MLB09: The Show = 1280x720 (2xAA) or 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA07 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA08 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA Street Home court (screenshot) = 1920x1080 (no AA
Ridge Racer 7 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel = 1280x720 when sub-HD output selected, 1920x1080 for any HD output (no AA)
Virtua Tennis 3 = 1920x1080 (2x AA)
World Series Of Poker 2008 = 1920x1080 (2xAA)

PSN games that are 1080p:
Blast Factor = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Calling All Cars (screenshot) = 1920x1080 (4x AA)
Commando 3 = 1280x720 (4xAA) or 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Echochrome = 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Elefunk = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
Fat Princess = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Go Puzzle = 1920x1080
High Velocity Bowling = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Locoroco Cocoreccho = 1920x1080 (2x AA)
Pixel Junk Monsters/Racers/Eden = 1920x1080
Rocketmen = 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Sudoku = 1920x1080
Wipeout HD = dynamic-framerate-dependent 1080p framebuffer (1280x1080 to 1920x1080)

XBOX 360 games that are 1080p:
Fifa Street 3 = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
NBA Street Home court (demo) = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel = 1920x1080 for any HD output (including PC res), 1280x960 for 4:3 output, 1376x768 for 480p widescreen (no AA)
Virtua Tennis 3 = 1920x1080 (2xAA)

XBLA games that are 1080p:
Boogie Bunnies = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
 
Am I doing any good by backing up my Steam games on DVDs? Like, if I choose to reinstall from a backup, can I do so with Steam in offline mode?
 
storl026 said:
There are only a handful of games for both systems that output at 1080p. That's your television upscaling the signal to 1080p.

Playstation 3 actually has many more games than Xbox 360 that are 1080p.

PS3 games that are native 1080p:
Cars Mater-National = 1280x720 (QAA), 1920x1080 (QAA)
Fifa Street 3 = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Full Auto 2 (demo) = 1920x1080 (4x AA)
GT5 Prologue (demo) = 1080p mode is 1280x1080 (2xAA) in-game while the garage/pit/showrooms are 1920x1080 with no AA. 720p mode is 1280x720 (4xAA)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance = 1280x720 & 1920x1080 (no AA)
MLB09: The Show = 1280x720 (2xAA) or 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA07 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA08 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
NBA Street Home court (screenshot) = 1920x1080 (no AA
Ridge Racer 7 (demo) = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel = 1280x720 when sub-HD output selected, 1920x1080 for any HD output (no AA)
Virtua Tennis 3 = 1920x1080 (2x AA)
World Series Of Poker 2008 = 1920x1080 (2xAA)

PSN games that are 1080p:
Blast Factor = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Calling All Cars (screenshot) = 1920x1080 (4x AA)
Commando 3 = 1280x720 (4xAA) or 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Echochrome = 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Elefunk = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
Fat Princess = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Go Puzzle = 1920x1080
High Velocity Bowling = 1920x1080 (no AA)
Locoroco Cocoreccho = 1920x1080 (2x AA)
Pixel Junk Monsters/Racers/Eden = 1920x1080
Rocketmen = 1920x1080 (2xAA)
Sudoku = 1920x1080
Wipeout HD = dynamic-framerate-dependent 1080p framebuffer (1280x1080 to 1920x1080)

XBOX 360 games that are 1080p:
Fifa Street 3 = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
NBA Street Home court (demo) = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel = 1920x1080 for any HD output (including PC res), 1280x960 for 4:3 output, 1376x768 for 480p widescreen (no AA)
Virtua Tennis 3 = 1920x1080 (2xAA)

XBLA games that are 1080p:
Boogie Bunnies = 1920x1080 (4xAA)
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So basically sports games?
 
Whenever I play Counter-Strike Source and I'm looking at all the servers a big lagging problem occurs. It only happens when I change the filters to a new map. Ex. I'm refreshing the servers and I don't want it to be de_dust so I change the filter to mg_ and it lags for like 30 seconds. Lagging as in, it doesn't even respond to my keystrokes. Is there a reason for this? It's just really annoying.
 
archnemesis said:
Because game reviewers need time to familiarize themselves with the game. Without embargos everyone would put up an article immediately in order to divert traffic from their competitors. If sites break the embargo they will no longer get access to early information. A reason for late embargos is to prevent the customer from reading bad reviews before they purchase the game.
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I prefered the old days when a magazine deadline decided when articles came out.

Embargos just feel like a really weak excuse to keep opinions about your game away until after your pre orders and first day impulse buys are out the door.
 
Misanthropy said:
Whenever I play Counter-Strike Source and I'm looking at all the servers a big lagging problem occurs. It only happens when I change the filters to a new map. Ex. I'm refreshing the servers and I don't want it to be de_dust so I change the filter to mg_ and it lags for like 30 seconds. Lagging as in, it doesn't even respond to my keystrokes. Is there a reason for this? It's just really annoying.
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Can anyone help?
 
Any suggestions on a good site to pick up gaming related action figures, models, posters, plushies etc... I'm guessing Ebay is the best place but I wish there was an online store that I could just browse as I'm not even sure what I'm looking for.
 
Thinking about buying a Wii off Gumtree.

It's the white Wii, one controller, charging station, wii sports, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Galaxy and New Super Mario Bros. all for 100 quid, do people think this is worth it?

Also is the Wii backwards compatible with the Gamecube? Can you plug Gamecube controllers staright into the wii? and lastly if you can play Gamecube games can you save them to the Wii's internal memory?
 
Zombie Lyle said:
Thinking about buying a Wii off Gumtree.

It's the white Wii, one controller, charging station, wii sports, Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros. Super Mario Galaxy and New Super Mario Bros. all for 100 quid, do people think this is worth it?
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I'd say so, unless you don't have interest in any of those games. It's a pretty high-quality collection, though.

Also is the Wii backwards compatible with the Gamecube?
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Yep. Magic slot drive copes with the small discs.

Can you plug Gamecube controllers staright into the wii?
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There's a flap on the side which flips up to reveal controller ports and memory card slots.

and lastly if you can play Gamecube games can you save them to the Wii's internal memory?
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Nope. You need original memory cards.
 
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