Verno wrote on Jun 3, 2011, 12:08:

If their past EA Online Store DRM is any guide, AVOID.

What DRM do they use?

Kajetan wrote on Jun 3, 2011, 11:31:
Any word if it will use DRM?...Or the ultrahard Securom-Stick with limited installs or even a re-download fee?

nin wrote on Jun 3, 2011, 11:12:

EA announces the launch of Origin

Oh, the irony...

descender wrote on Jun 3, 2011, 10:25:
Consolized or not.

Tom wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 17:41:
Sorry, but there's a big difference between "using an incorrect API" (NVIDIA's words) and "making an invalid call to an API" (your words). It's up to applications to use the correct APIs and use those APIs correctly. It sounds like The Witcher 2 is not in this case.

It's up to the API vendor to make the API behave reasonably. Without knowing more about what The Witcher 2 is doing, I'd say there's insufficient evidence to accuse NVIDIA of wrongdoing here.

Techie714 © wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 16:15:

DrEvil wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 15:49:
Somebody should mirror their FTP server ASAP. They have a trove of valuable patches, soundtracks, etc. that other sites don't have.

Whats their FTP addy?

Drayth wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 15:24:

DrEvil wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 14:00:

The fact that an application could cause that behaviour shows it was a driver bug, not a Witcher 2 bug.

From NV's forums:
""A drop in performance with the game The Witcher 2 may be observed if the user has ever completed the NVIDIA 3D Vision Wizard, and persists even after disabling 3D Vision through the NVIDIA Control Panel. The apparent cause is that the game uses an incorrect API to check whether 3d stereo is activated with each frame. A workaround will be provided by NVIDIA through a future display driver update which will restore performance when 3D Vision is disabled. We are also working with The Witcher 2 game developers to resolve the root issue. Please check back for new driver release information."

*shrug*
(the part about restoring performance when stereo is disabled is this driver release)

Drayth wrote on Jun 1, 2011, 12:27:
The performance issue was if you had ever run the Stereo 3D setup wizard, The Witcher 2 was pinging the wrong part of the driver to see if 3D was enabled which caused a massive slow down in performance. The solution was to disable the Stereo 3D service, or uninstall the Stereo Driver portion of the nvidia drivers.

There's still a bug that causes massive slow down in indoor portions of The Witcher 2 when running stereo.. that fix is coming later this month.

space captain wrote on May 27, 2011, 14:26:
translation:

HORSE SHIT

Tom wrote on May 25, 2011, 17:27:
Whether or not the game is currently out on consoles is hardly relevant, I think. Playing it, especially after having played the first one, it's clearly designed with consoles in mind and will certainly be released on consoles. I don't fault the developers for that. There's $$$ in consoles, and they need $$$ to continue making games. The important thing is how much of a detriment to the game the console-minded design decisions are.

I'd say on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is a horrific console port and 10 is a PC game in all its glory, this game is about a 7 maybe. With some work I think they could bring it up to an 8 or maybe even a 9.

Steele Johnson wrote on May 25, 2011, 11:57:
It plays just like a console game anyway, so it makes sense.

born2expire wrote on May 20, 2011, 01:09:

Jerykk wrote on May 20, 2011, 00:53:

thats a 2D surface, its not replicating your head/eyes.

Your monitor is a 2D surface.

yes and no, its more a "window" into the game. obviously invert/non-invert is a preference, no amount of debate is going to change peoples opinions.

GinRummy wrote on May 19, 2011, 22:09:
I'm apparently old school; I just CAN'T play an FPS view game without mouse inversion. I guess it's whatever you get used to. The standard a long time ago was what is now inverted, so newer gamers prefer the non-"flight control" style.

Sepharo wrote on May 19, 2011, 21:26:

Bumpy wrote on May 19, 2011, 21:25:
How on earth they missed invert mouse option is beyond me?!!!!

We've been over this before, it's because nobody in their right mind does that. All you crazies though...

nin wrote on May 20, 2011, 11:40:
Do YOU like talking/drinking/kissing with your helmet on?

Do YOU like pressing a single button over and over, and watching Teh Awsom happen?

Do YOU like padding your own review scores on Metacritic?


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nin wrote on May 19, 2011, 11:32:

Quick! Someone get me a reaction from a lifetime sub victim member...

RoTide wrote on May 18, 2011, 12:18:
If they don't reverse that decision, I will simply stop trusting them as a gaming company.