Redmask wrote on Apr 7, 2013, 21:32:
You're excused. Games are not all created equal and no, not everything is in service to the gameplay in every game. Bioshock Infinite marries solid gameplay and a great story, there is nothing wrong with one or the other taking precedence. Besides the shooting is above average in my opinion, not mediocre or terrible.

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 15:06:

Verno wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 12:43:
That sucks about Banks, great author

I'll repeat what I said previously in another topic on this subject:

Mr. Tact wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 11:58:
First of all, condolences to him and his family. But secondly... damn, Damn, DAMN! No more Culture novels! *sigh* By far, my favorite fictional universe and the fictional place I would most like to live in. Just damn.

Lord Tea wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 14:48:
So much fuss about... what? a console? that wants to be online, always?

Fine. Not joining the rant parade. Never owned a console, never will.

Fun thread, guys.

Bodolza wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:11:
PCs aren't going anywhere. My cellphone is just a small PC, like a shrunken down iMac. I don't think towers are going to go away until the high-bandwidth add-in cards, like GPUs, either get miniaturized or can be put in external boxes.

I just built a new HTPC on this platform: http://us.shuttle.com/barebone/Models/DS61V1.1.html

It's small, quiet, and I still get to pick my CPU, storage, and memory. but the on-board graphics are just barely adequate for gaming. Once that's resolved, I'll probably ditch the tower PC.

avianflu wrote on Apr 5, 2013, 13:21:
sorry but 30fps on next gen console games = lame and lazy devs.

Me too would love to see Microshaft fail with their always online bull shit if it is true even.
I am also curious why would they want such requirements, and how will that hinder games, if you are not connected you can't save? Ones you activate your game you can not sell it anymore etc etc?