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Dishonored is kicking my balls, trying a no kill run and then I randomly get a kill that I don't even know when it happened. Maybe it was the stupid flies.
 
Walpknut said:
Dishonored is kicking my balls, trying a no kill run and then I randomly get a kill that I don't even know when it happened. Maybe it was the stupid flies.
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I just went full out murderdeathkill in that game since I rented it. It was ok.
 
I figured that out. ;)

I can barely participate in Steam sales since most AAA sale games are fucking 50gb.
 
It being a Bethesda game of course it's also very poorly optimized, out of the gate it set me to Very Low on everything, shit looked like a ps2, which is weird because I run Witcher 3 with everything on high with no Hair Physics. Had to tinker with it a bit so it didn't crash but also so it didn't look like ass. I am convinced a lot of these PC Ports have their required specs truncated artificially.
 
Walpknut said:
It being a Bethesda game of course it's also very poorly optimized, out of the gate it set me to Very Low on everything, shit looked like a ps2, which is weird because I run Witcher 3 with everything on high with no Hair Physics. Had to tinker with it a bit so it didn't crash but also so it didn't look like ass. I am convinced a lot of these PC Ports have their required specs truncated artificially.
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I think they are unoptimized with how lax they are getting with ports and publishers rushing devs.
 
TorontRayne said:
I've been in a bit of a retro mood recently so I booted up Robocop Vs. Terminator. Don't ask me why. I recall renting it as a child for the SNES. It appears that is the shit version to play though so I plan on trying the Genesis version soon. Speaking of which I want the new SNES Classic. I won't try hard to get it though. If I come across one I might buy one otherwise I will just finish my emulator box.
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While the Genesis version may be more action packed and has gore, I do find the SNES version enjoyable as well.
There are little touches here and there I think the Genesis version could have used such as the cutscenes between the levels, or that the OCP facility really felt like a factory instead of an office.

The Terminators in the Robocop present also feel more like their movie counter parts. Two of them you can not even defeat with weapons and instead have to be destroyed through alternative means.
And their AI was pretty impressive for a 2D game. Once they have spotted you they start to pursue you, climbing ladders and jumping from holding bar to holding bar.

And then of course the ground based Hunter Killer you get to fight in the Terminator future.

The Genesis version is perhaps the best but the SNES version is honestly not the shit version.
Have you ever tried the Gameboy version? I gave it a try recently and oh boy, even for Gameboy platformers it is pretty crappy and there was also something wrong with the rom as I kept having this awful sound over the sound effects and the music.

Perhaps you should give The Terminator Sega CD also a try. I think the people who worked on Robocop vs the Terminator worked on this as well.
It is probably the best game based on the original The Terminator movie (if you don't count the unofficial "prequel" Terminator Dawn of Fate)
 
I did try Terminator CD. ;)

Very good game and excellent soundtrack. Oh and I disregard the Gameboy version of Robocop Vs. Terminator. I did play the Gameboy a bit back in the day I just don't ever count those really. It's like counting Donkey Kong Land. Although there are exceptions like with Super Mario Land.
 
TorontRayne said:
I did try Terminator CD. ;)

Very good game and excellent soundtrack. Oh and I disregard the Gameboy version of Robocop Vs. Terminator. I did play the Gameboy a bit back in the day I just don't ever count those really. It's like counting Donkey Kong Land. Although there are exceptions like with Super Mario Land.
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Well the Gameboy was sort of like a "the best out of a situation" thing at the time. Before that you had those little pocket games that could only play one game (LCD games?) and they weren't really video games.
The Gameboy really gave us games on the go for the first time, even if the graphics were very simplistic and in that yellow monochrome style. You would be surprised and even impressed to see what developers managed to get out of the Gameboy near the end of its lifetime regarding graphic quality.

Personally I felt that the Game Gear was much better looking at the time. Unfortunately it was a battery guzzler, and did not have such an extensive library as the Gameboy. (TBH, I am not even sure if the Lynx should be taken into account, it may have been had better tech than the Gameboy and Game Gear but its fanbase was small)

I think none of us could have imagined at the time that we would one day have portable consoles that could run 16 bit games like the Gameboy Advance, and later on the DS, the Playstation Portable, and so on.
The idea of playing 80s and 90s early Arcade games perfectly on a portable console today would have astonished me as even the best ports during the 80s and 90s barely ever could match their Arcade originals.

The original Gameboy is more a relic now, something from a museum to show gamers where it all started.
We should respect it for what it did but its time is long past now and other than Indie gamers who want to emulate the graphic and gameplay style I think it should be left in history.
 
Keep running into a bug in Chapter 2 of Deadly Premonition. Guy I am tailing keeps stopping in the road so I can't finish the mission. Ugh.
 
It's kinda annoying how all these peopme who got into Pokemon through Pokemon Go just bitch about everything. First they bitched abput the amount of information revealed before the game released as "Spoilers" and I was just like "Bitch, we used to have to wait until a Japanese magazine leaked every month to get any pre release info. And now Ultra Sun and Moon haven't shown any info since the announcement one month ago and the same douchebags are using that as proof that the game won't have new content and GF sold out for doing what they have been doing since Gen1.
Little kids don't bitch as much as the mobile gamers it seems. Pokemon Go was the worst thing to ever happen to the player base.

Just needed to vent that.

Still playing Dishonored 2, really fun, gameplay has beeen refined and I think it's actually more challenging. What I don't like as much is how they switched to directly tell you the lore of everything instead of subtly imply like in the first game, kinda removes a lot of the eeriness of the setting, also Corvo won't shut the fuck up.
 
At this moment, I booted up Fallout New Vegas with Fear And Loathing mod guide. It gives the game a lot of depth.

Still, it aged a lot and gamebryo is so terrible it makes it much less enjoyable, even with Project Nevada and few others.

Random crashes, weak physics, forced plugin count, etc. I wish NV was developed on creation engine, this way I am sure it would have similar modscene to skyrim. Outside of that, shitty year for gaming.
 
I am liking Dishonored 2 but isn't it a bit on the short side? Gameplay is good but I am 14 hours in and I am already on the last mission, also the plot was a bit weak, at least on the Corvo campaign. Then again I guess I still have the Emily campaign to play through on high and low chaos, along with trying a High Chaos Corvo later. Can't wait to go back to be Rat boy on those jerks.

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I am not good at Sneaking but I am good at not killing anyone at least. The combat really allows you to be the cruelest Pacifist.
 
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This video is a blast from the past and definitely worth a look for 90's kids.
 
Ediros said:
I wish NV was developed on creation engine, this way I am sure it would have similar modscene to skyrim.
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And I am glad FNV does not have a similar modscene to Skyrim.

Skyrim brought the start of the really toxic/downhill Bethesda modding community.

Full of primadonnas, giant egos, god complexes, blind fanboys (yes, there are blind fanboys of modders in the Skyrim modding scene), attention seekers, mod thieves/plagiarism, etc. It is a mess I wouldn't want to dwell in, that's for sure.
 
Risewild said:
And I am glad FNV does not have a similar modscene to Skyrim.

Skyrim brought the start of the really toxic/downhill Bethesda modding community.

Full of primadonnas, giant egos, god complexes, blind fanboys (yes, there are blind fanboys of modders in the Skyrim modding scene), attention seekers, mod thieves/plagiarism, etc. It is a mess I wouldn't want to dwell in, that's for sure.
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Really? I didn't know that, then in that case I take it all back. Still, wish Gamebryo was replaced with something better. Btw, what happened to Skyrim mod scene that made it so toxic?
 
Ediros said:
Really? I didn't know that, then in that case I take it all back. Still, wish Gamebryo was replaced with something better. Btw, what happened to Skyrim mod scene that made it so toxic?
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Well, like I said:
"Full of primadonnas, giant egos, god complexes, blind fanboys (yes, there are blind fanboys of modders in the Skyrim modding scene), attention seekers, mod thieves/plagiarism, etc.".
I can add more:
Modders who don't share knowledge about modding, people who take over other people mods and get the credit for those mods even though they are only maintaining the mods (and not created them), people who dismiss anything other (way more knowledgeable) modders tell them, modders who think they are superior modders (and handwave other people's work, words and knowledge) because they managed to get a (small or big) fanbase but their mods are only cluttering interiors, etc.
 
Risewild said:
Well, like I said:
"Full of primadonnas, giant egos, god complexes, blind fanboys (yes, there are blind fanboys of modders in the Skyrim modding scene), attention seekers, mod thieves/plagiarism, etc.".
I can add more:
Modders who don't share knowledge about modding, people who take over other people mods and get the credit for those mods even though they are only maintaining the mods (and not created them), people who dismiss anything other (way more knowledgeable) modders tell them, modders who think they are superior modders (and handwave other people's work, words and knowledge) because they managed to get a (small or big) fanbase but their mods are only cluttering interiors, etc.
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Like AWOP...
 
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