The Half Elf wrote on Aug 16, 2011, 00:05:
Demo is interesting. Would like to see more ship customization, but that could be due to demo size.

Jerykk wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 23:55:
You dare question the authority of Reagle? Better watch yourself. He'll own your ass in CoD.

[VG]Reagle wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 23:14:
Why do you need this many stores to sell a game that sucks ass?

Jerykk wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 21:56:
FO3 definitely has better dungeons. They were bigger, more interesting and most of them had some sort of backstory, whereas most of the dungeons in FNV were small, bland and typically had no backstory (which is weird given the game's much better writing).

If Obsidian makes another Fallout game and improves their dungeon design, they may just have the best RPG evar.

Verno wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 08:40:
I'm not sure what you're looking for here, sympathy or consideration? Most people here aren't going to care about what features console gamers get because the games are usually made for them anyway. If you want FoV adjustments and etc then you need to let the developers know but be prepared to be a minority who is ignored (and there is some irony here somewhere).

saluk wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 07:28:
PC gamers don't really need fov controls. The fov has more to do with how close your eyes are to the screen than they do with the width of the screen. Also, since you are further away,

Jerykk wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 01:24:

So again, why is it that PC gamers deserve these settings but console gamers don't?

Because the vast majority of console gamers don't care about these things and thus, don't demand them. If they did, these features would start showing up in console games.

jacobvandy wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 02:58:
However, anyone with "a love of complex games" has been tragically misled if he believes console titles are fulfilling that need.

Jerykk wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 22:52:
It's pretty simple: PC ports use console FOVs, which are not ideal for the PC audience. PC gamers expect a wider FOV and therefore, they expect to be able to adjust the FOV in games that default to lower ones. Console gamers are the target audience for almost all design choices these days, including FOV, so they don't need adjustable FOV as much as PC gamers do.

Ultimately, if console gamers cared as much about FOV, aspect ratio, resolution, framerate, AA, AF, etc, as PC gamers do, they'd just switch to PC gaming.

Rockn-Roll wrote on Aug 15, 2011, 00:50:

finga wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 22:45:
Let's face it: PC gamers aren't "more hardcore", by definition, than console gamers.

You're facing the wrong direction. Tell me which console gamer is running their games on 5040x1050 resolution...huh? What? Nobody. That is a common resolution for a triple-wide widescreen LCD setup like mine. An FOV of 60 makes the tunnel vision three times as bad for us than a console gamer.

JediPunisher wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 22:14:

Shok wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 17:30:
All those DX11 features makes me want to upgrade my video card. It's a Radeon 5850 but DX11 specific features are slow.

Can anyone suggest a fairly future-proof (~2 yrs) DX11 video card $200 or less?

That 5850 is a good card... Your best bang for the buck would be to add a second 5850.
That's what I have, and when I enable crossfire I usually gain 70% or more fps. Upgrading to a 6950 will only net you a 30% boost.

I found a comparison of various cards running Metro 2033 (a very demanding DX11 game with tessellation, "very high" settings @ 2560x1600) and I added the percent gain:


5850 10.7 fps
6870 11.3 +5.6%
GTX 560 11.9 +11.2%
5870 12.0 +12.1%
GTX 470 13.0 +21.5%
6950 14.0 +30.8%
GTX 570 16.0 +49.5%
GTX 480 16.2 +51.4%
5850 xfire 17.5 +63.5%
5970 (dual-gpu) 18.8 +75.7%
GTX 580 19.2 +79.5%


Jerykk wrote on Aug 14, 2011, 19:54:

As for that list of PC games in your sig, you really should remove the whole "inferior to console versions" part. None of the games in that list are inferior to the console versions. A port that's inferior to console versions is extremely rare. A port that's inferior to the best PC-exclusives, on the other hand, is much more common and clearly the standard by which you are judging those games.

Jerykk wrote on Aug 12, 2011, 23:57:
Why do Steam users have to periodically log in?

Nate wrote on Jul 29, 2011, 19:52:
I had many hours of fun in Brink for the PC. Agree that the servers are getting quite thin.

The only reason I kept playing Brink was that I'm tired of TF2. It has some new elements which made it fresh. Now, its not so fresh. Perhaps 2 new maps will keep me interested for a few more plays. But probably not.