MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on May 2, 2012, 12:52:
Looking good, and also looks as though you can physically move to dodge attacks. This is only possible vs certain enemies in Diablo 3.

Obviously these guys don't have the budget Blizzard does, but I like what I've seen from this game so far. Offline mode, price of around 15-20 bucks, sounds like a definite buy so far.

They had been aiming for a March 31st release date though... oh well.

SpectralMeat wrote on May 2, 2012, 14:54:

Highlander wrote on May 2, 2012, 14:51:
DONE with the Call of Duty series. Hoping that EA can pickup the ball with the next MOH and give us PC players what we need, instead of lies.

Giving up on Activision in hopes that EA will do any better?
Don't hold your breath

Elessar wrote on May 2, 2012, 10:59:

Darks wrote on May 2, 2012, 09:38:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 1, 2012, 22:11:
I just watched it on the official website: http://callofduty.com/blackops2/videos/reveal

Anyway, the graphics look absolutely appalling. They've used the same shitty engine for five years and it wasn't even great when it first came out. I only play COD games for the singleplayer and then only when they're cheap, which seems to be NEVER. The Steam store lists Blacks Ops at £40/$65, while even Amazon at £25/$41 isn't good value.

Every other publisher discounts games to generate sales but Activision knows it can charge whatever it likes for the COD series and people will queue up to hand their money over. Whatever novelty value it once had has been destroyed by Activision's desire to bleed people's wallets with shitty rehashed games. That's especially annoying when the competing franchise is owned by EA, a company that does exactly the same thing.

I really wish that Valve would step in and put them all to shame.

And I hate Microsoft and Sony for keeping such shit consoles on the market for so long. They can't even handle 720p, let alone with any graphical fidelity and they still want to charge stupid prices for games. I hope Valve does come out and compete with them on hardware. Perhaps that's why nVidia has been working on its cloud-sourced service to automatically select the optimal graphics settings for games? Plug and play PC gaming?

Someone needs a reality check and a new pair of glasses because I saw nothing in that video that said shitty graphics.

The textures were not that great. Bland, muddy, the opposite of crisp/realistic. The graphics are serviceable, but it is not exceptional or innovative in any way. The engine has been showing it's age for years now and they continue to use it. They keep making money off of it and it has to require minimal development time, so I can't blame them. Doesn't mean I like it or will buy it though.

I was expecting this to have more of a futuristic setting but, unsurprisingly, it looks like the same old rehash.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on May 1, 2012, 22:11:
I just watched it on the official website: http://callofduty.com/blackops2/videos/reveal

Anyway, the graphics look absolutely appalling. They've used the same shitty engine for five years and it wasn't even great when it first came out. I only play COD games for the singleplayer and then only when they're cheap, which seems to be NEVER. The Steam store lists Blacks Ops at £40/$65, while even Amazon at £25/$41 isn't good value.

Every other publisher discounts games to generate sales but Activision knows it can charge whatever it likes for the COD series and people will queue up to hand their money over. Whatever novelty value it once had has been destroyed by Activision's desire to bleed people's wallets with shitty rehashed games. That's especially annoying when the competing franchise is owned by EA, a company that does exactly the same thing.

I really wish that Valve would step in and put them all to shame.

And I hate Microsoft and Sony for keeping such shit consoles on the market for so long. They can't even handle 720p, let alone with any graphical fidelity and they still want to charge stupid prices for games. I hope Valve does come out and compete with them on hardware. Perhaps that's why nVidia has been working on its cloud-sourced service to automatically select the optimal graphics settings for games? Plug and play PC gaming?

Creston wrote on May 1, 2012, 17:53:
Yay, 360 timed-release exclusive.

It's like Todd Howard sits there wondering just HOW he can piss people the fuck off. "well, those damn PC pirates have had my game in the Steam top 10 for going on six straight months now, so let's make the DLC 360 exclusive!"

And yes, before some boring corporate assdrone comes on to whine how this was agreed on before the game released, it still fucking sucks ass, so shut up.

Creston

Teddy wrote on Apr 30, 2012, 16:44:

Mikus_Aurelius wrote on Apr 30, 2012, 14:50:
I played a warrior and guardian, almost exclusively melee, and I had to dodge a ton or I died. I think ranged can just stand and spam, which is less fun and also imbalanced. Being up close with mobs 3-4 levels above me, I had to watch for their special attacks and negate them, or lose half my life. Did it require the reflexes of a FPS? Not quite, but I enjoyed it.

This is definitely something they need to find some way to balance better, giving melee weapons extra toughness or vitality or something because melee take WAY more damage than ranged and don't deal a significant amount more damage to compensate.

I think my biggest quest complaint for what I played of GW2 thus far is spawn-camping. They should cap the zones to even lower max populations if they're going to have quests that other players compete for so directly. Or up the spawn rates based on the player count. Something. Personally, I hate MMOs, loved that GW1 was not in fact an MMO, and was really down to learn that GW2 was going to be an MMO. But they could mitigate the spawn-camping (already do for certain things, like scaled events); they need to eradicate it entirely.

What spawn camping? Mobs aren't flagged, and anyone can contribute to killing them and get credit toward their own objectives. I suppose it can be an issue if there's 10 people per mob and it's dying before people can get a hit in, since one hit is all it will take to get credit. I experienced nothing of the sort in the 20 some odd hours I put in over the weekend.

avianflu wrote on Apr 30, 2012, 10:01:
Australia's far right political conservatism is always surprising to me. It's in the middle of nowhere strategically and no one on the planet wants anything that it has. It is not a particularly religious country. And yet they are successfully passing more and more laws restricting content in the marketplace.

Ripperjack wrote on Apr 27, 2012, 13:31:

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 27, 2012, 13:11:
For a game that bombed in Korea, I just don't understand the excitement that is being generated over it. It is basically the same game, but a more westernized version.

Indeed, I predict this game going Free2Play within 3 months.

Also, strange how ArenaNet has their first Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase beta event over this weekend as well... ahhh, I see what you did their ArenaNet, well played sir!

deqer wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 17:10:

Darks wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 13:41:

deqer wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 10:45:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 09:56:
argh. Trying really hard not to buy this. But I have 3 days off in a row on release day..........

Dude, don't do it. Don't get sucked in. Not even for that initial $60. Don't do it. ActiBlizz needs to learn.

Learn what? Learn that the 15 Million copies they are going to sell are hurting their business because some of you decide to boycott the game? Please, you are joking right? There is nothing wrong with this game that deems anyone from boycotting it. Other then the few of you nitpicking it because of a internet connection to play the game. I for one while playing the beta for several hours at a time have never once experienced a disconnect. So if you are one of those that gets disconnected. Then you might want to look at your own ISP or router for the problem.

^ total fanboi

Blizzard could make a Diablo 4 and put a scoop of poop in it and you'd still buy it.

deqer wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 10:45:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Apr 26, 2012, 09:56:
argh. Trying really hard not to buy this. But I have 3 days off in a row on release day..........

Dude, don't do it. Don't get sucked in. Not even for that initial $60. Don't do it. ActiBlizz needs to learn.

Dmitri_M wrote on Apr 24, 2012, 09:32:

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 24, 2012, 08:06:
Shame too, they used to put out decent games.

Well, this is a decent game. An exceptional one actually. It's sad that many are passing on it as a result of the DRM, not that I fault them for passing on it. I bought it and enjoyed the hell out of it, I'm just not a strong willed gamer's rights activist like the rest of you. I also support nuclear power and think police officers should be respected.

Tumbler wrote on Apr 23, 2012, 23:11:
There are simply too many games to bother with anything that hassles paying customers.

Bucky wrote on Apr 21, 2012, 11:26:

Zoso wrote on Apr 21, 2012, 11:16:
I have to say that trailer was pretty bad. I would even go as far to say it might even chase a few buyers away.

I can't remember where I read it, but I'm pretty sure the cinematic stuff was outsourced to Klei Entertainment (the studio behind Shank, Eets and a few other games).

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Apr 20, 2012, 15:06:

RollinThundr wrote on Apr 20, 2012, 14:56:

Cutter wrote on Apr 20, 2012, 14:53:
Well, this is fucking ridiculous. Not only can I not even get it installed - like a lot of other people - but I can't even post in their tech support forums. Yeah, that's real smart. Keep people from accessing the forums when they need feedback. And this thing is supposed to launch in 3 weeks? LOL.

It installed fine for me, can't log in obviously and doubt anyone will be able to for hours. But yeah, good luck Blizzard. lol

Getting "Error 3005" when I try to login to the game. And apparently their website is fucked now too. Fun stuff.

Ant wrote on Apr 20, 2012, 14:01:

Sorry man, I don't think they offer that option anymore since the client is an integrated patcher. At least I don't see it on any official Blizzard source

Oh well, thanks. I hope I can try D3 beta this weekend. Bad timing! Question: How big is the download and installation?

baltar wrote on Apr 19, 2012, 14:34:
I played and beat Syndicate. Sure, the original is better, but this game had a bit of a charm to it. It was like when I first played Daikatana. Sure everyone said it was a bad game, but it had that sort of charm that only a shitty game can provide that kept me playing. It's similar to that charm where you see an accident on the side of the road and can't help but watch.

Shok wrote on Apr 18, 2012, 10:05:
I bought DS2 when it was a $5 Steam sale. I must really suck or something because I kept dying at the friggin very beginning of the game. I think I reloaded 3-4 times before I just said 'wtf' and played something else. I'm sure I could have figured it out but why make the first experience in a game that frustrating?