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Nickname eRe4s3r
Email Concealed by request
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Description 3D-Modeller, Anime Geek, Internet Addict, Lurker
Homepage http://ere4s3r.deviantart.com
Signed On Jan 29, 2009, 14:16
Total Comments 5074 (Guru)
User ID 54727
 
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News Comments > Morning Metaverse
9. Re: Morning Metaverse May 7, 2013, 11:57 eRe4s3r
 
Someone mentioned free alternatives...

To Lightroom and Bridge, maybe. To After Effects (Could be tricky..)

But to Photoshop ? Have you guys even looked at GIMP? That is a complete train wreck of usability nightmares, the fact that it doesn't have a FULL SCREEN CONTAINED GUI is the death sentence before any other consideration.

I had to use GIMP for some game projects and I nearly jumped off a cliff. That is how much it drove me nuts (especially how it handles 32bit PNG and Alpha vs Transparency) oh my, fucking, god.

If you have no idea what I talk about there, be thankful. Be very very thankful. Personally I am going to CS6 and then never upgrade again. 90% of Photoshop work is plugins that you can't "cloud" anything. And you need it localized anyway because game development IS NOT RUNNING ON A FUCKING CLOUD.

Though I guess if it's just subscription it is not as bad as cloud. But yeah, I wish adobe good luck with that. If there was another alternative to Photoshop, one that is NOT named GIMP I'd long since use it.

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News Comments > Morning Mobilization
6. Re: Morning Mobilization May 7, 2013, 11:49 eRe4s3r
 
Graham wrote on May 7, 2013, 11:32:
I create scripts, creative briefs, and notes on an iPad mini daily.

I wrote half a novel on one (my first novel is called 1666, you can find it on Amazon).

Bill ain't right here. Pages is always in the top 10 paid apps for iPad. Looks like he's trying to acquire a reality distortion field of his own.``````

So let me tell you something. I just tried to find your book And I failed. What I did find was 1666 sex tips. So I give you kudos for naming your book so avanguardist that nobody can find it, and when they search for it they find tips to improve their sex life.

Is that a meta cultural approach to teach us? If not, your naming failed.
 
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News Comments > Op Ed
23. Re: Op Ed May 6, 2013, 20:57 eRe4s3r
 
Don't forget that I played WoW when it came out, many years ago... and I was even in the closed beta I dunno what happened the past years with mmo's but this one actually managed to make the start extremely confusing. It drops you (after an extremely boring combat introduction) into the massive hub town with ZERO guidance. And I don't mean quests, I mean functions. Every function in WoW had a quest. And some races starts were extremely fun and unique (well, back then..)

By the way I also played DDO on launch or maybe it was beta or whatever, and while that was superior to NW:O, after WoW (I quit it after a year, before even the first expansion) nothing drags me in anymore it seems.

I am just surprised in this day and age a generic as hell MMO like NW:O even gets to the market. I am not even sure whether it does anything unique to other MMO's. Edit: (The foundry excluded)

The reason I am not hyped about the Foundry at all is that you can not make proper role play missions. And the combat is so dumbed down... just a meh game

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News Comments > Evening Interviews
3. Re: Evening Interviews May 6, 2013, 20:49 eRe4s3r
 
That sim city interview was pretty half assed.... if someone doesn't answer your questions it isn't an interview.  
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News Comments > Op Ed
17. Re: Op Ed May 6, 2013, 16:01 eRe4s3r
 
jacobvandy wrote on May 6, 2013, 12:27:
eRe4s3r wrote on May 6, 2013, 09:59:
Speaking of Cryptic: I played Neverwinter Nights Online... and uninstalled 2 hours later. Crap Combat. Crap story, Crap characters and has nothing to do with NWN.

A honest to goodness terrible MMO.

Well, to be frank, if you misinterpreted it to be an MMO version of NWN (the title is simply 'Neverwinter', i.e. the licensed D&D setting for the other games), that's your own fault. Not saying it's a great game, I feel pretty meh about it so far myself, but I never expected it to be living up to, or even inspired by, those classic efforts from BioWare and Obsidian...

Ah... ok that is a good point. I did indeed misinterpret it but I approached it more as a "how it measures up to WoW" kind of game. And everything was crap. The start, the combat, the quests, the instances... it didn't grip me at all. But when you put your "mmo" in a city like Neverwinter (Which is of pivotal lore importance) how can I not be tempted to measure it up to the classic efforts?

This game has the DnD 4.0 license and does nothing with it. Everything is dumbed down to retardation. If you didn't tell me I wouldn't ever guess this game has anything to do with DnD.

Well just saying, I was not impressed. My NWN comparison is only a last straw. I'd have tried it longer had it ANY saving graces or relation to actual good DnD games. Anyhow, a huge disappointment and with all that hype it had... blah.

Also the first impression was nearly the same I got from that Star Wars MMO that went pseudo-f2p. There is "premium" stores everywhere next to normal stores always shoving in your face you could be paying something here or there. Ah well.. I didn't enjoy the game at all, and it was free.

I am glad I waited for the open beta...

And lastly, the first hour of this game was horrible. The first hours of WoW was one of the most fun I had ever in a game. They eased you into it so well.... it's why WoW is nr1. You could get really easily into WoW, but you are prone to quit NW Online before the intro ends. That's how bad it is.
 
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News Comments > Op Ed
3. Re: Op Ed May 6, 2013, 09:59 eRe4s3r
 
Speaking of Cryptic: I played Neverwinter Nights Online... and uninstalled 2 hours later. Crap Combat. Crap story, Crap characters and has nothing to do with NWN.

A honest to goodness terrible MMO.
 
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News Comments > Sunday Consolidation
1. Re: Sunday Consolidation May 5, 2013, 19:44 eRe4s3r
 
I hate console exclusives....  
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
8. Re: Out of the Blue May 4, 2013, 14:39 eRe4s3r
 
"Flying a plane isn't that hard.... even our stewardess can do it!"

I guess their marketing plan failed
 
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News Comments > Might & Magic Heroes VI Patch Issues
3. Re: Might & Magic Heroes VI Patch Issues May 4, 2013, 14:35 eRe4s3r
 
Then try uninstalling the original game and see how stand alone it is, (note: It isn't 100% stand alone, even though it should be, I assume this is the problem with steam they talk about)  
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News Comments > Game Reviews
3. Re: Game Reviews May 4, 2013, 14:31 eRe4s3r
 
How would you even know that if you didn't play it through? The first hour is not indicative, I played it through .. it is an OK, 5/10 RPG game. It's a raw SCi-FI RPG done in a way that I wish more indy rpgs were done.

It's only fault is that it's too short and too weirdly paced. Which leaves them no time to develop the characters or really the player (who ends up with skills coming in so fast you have a "WIN" button for battles by the 2hr mark.) And yeah, the naming of the characters.. let's just chalk that up to "ideas we hope to never see in a RPG ever again" I liked the crafting system... combat was meh, story was good, but it was short, and that means every element was too short, not fleshed out enough.

Anyway, it is a average RPG, played worse, played better. But in no way is it "on so many levels bad" . It is not great, but it is not horrible either.
 
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News Comments > Dishonored Void Walker's Arsenal DLC This Month
1. Re: Dishonored Void Walker's Arsenal DLC This Month May 3, 2013, 20:02 eRe4s3r
 
So what exactly is the point of DLC for this game... played it once, was great.. but playing it again? What for?  
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News Comments > Morning Safety Dance
1. Re: Morning Safety Dance May 3, 2013, 10:48 eRe4s3r
 
Some interesting business concept the US has there...

First Research with TAX funds
Then It all gets stolen
Then Chinese build it
Then Chinese sell it

Looks like the Chinese have a good business concept.. and the US companies are too stupid to build a secure network infrastructure.
 
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News Comments > Aliens: Colonial Marines Lawsuit Responses
8. Re: Aliens: Colonial Marines Lawsuit Responses May 3, 2013, 10:18 eRe4s3r
 
I am all for sharing work in progress. I am however confident it can be proven that they lied in their advertising.  
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News Comments > Epic Citadel on the Web
4. Re: Epic Citadel on the Web May 3, 2013, 08:26 eRe4s3r
 
Doesn't work at all on latest Chrome for me. Javascript reports "Whoops, failed to load due to site error"  
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News Comments > Borderlands 2 "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep" DLC in June
13. Re: Borderlands 2 May 3, 2013, 05:49 eRe4s3r
 
Worse imo is that the DLC doesn't actually merge with the game. Everything is stand-alone and capsuled off. When you got a "Addon" it's supposed to be ADDING TO THE FUCKING MAIN GAME. Not adding new stuff and leaving the main game untouched.

Anyway, this DLC season was imo absolutely terrible. First and last season pass I ever bought. Maybe the last DLC will be a passing decent experience, but if that's the only one I liked maybe I should have just... skipped on buying the season pass entirely.
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
15. Re: NOT 4K May 3, 2013, 04:36 eRe4s3r
 
Am gonna assume more advanced technology will use direct to eye light projectors instead of screens. It would make the device a lot smaller and you'd not need screens...  
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
13. Re: NOT 4K May 2, 2013, 13:43 eRe4s3r
 
Beamer wrote on May 2, 2013, 08:42:
gray wrote on May 2, 2013, 08:19:
eRe4s3r wrote on May 1, 2013, 16:42:
Well I don't care for the people who can't use it But I would use it if I could.. even if I could only just use it 2 hours a day... so what? 2 hours a day of perfect virtual immersion... that'd be worth it.

Can go as long as you want in the Oculus Rift, it's focused at infinity so no eye fatigue. As to other people, 5-10 yrs the plan is for most people to have one in the form of glasses (replacing their cell phone). Think late 80s-90s cell phone uptake.

Kinda FUD there. It's focused at infinity, but it's still a light emitting screen an inch from your eyeballs. That's fatigue.
Then there's blur. That's fatigue.
Then there's that it's impossible to "focus at infinity." You're still looking at things at different distances virtually. That's fatigue.
The display will have some strobing noticeable at that distance. That's fatigue.
The color gamut is less than the eye can see. That's fatigue.

Bottom line - there will be fatigue, no matter what they claim.

Which is why I think this tech doesn't work with what the Occulus is offering... there need to be some serious advances to get it to 100% eye compatibility and before that happens the RIFT will be a device that blows you away and makes you sick in one way or another. And as someone who wears glasses, there is also the compatibility with bad eyesight that needs to be considered.

Anyway, I think the technology is not there yet. Especially not if they use phone displays. We need custom VR displays with different illumination and display technology.
 
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News Comments > Steamships Ahoy - FEZ
34. Re: Steamships Ahoy - FEZ May 2, 2013, 07:56 eRe4s3r
 
Unless I played all 2D side scrollers of all genres and hated all of them. Which I did. I have never played a single 2D Side scrolling game of any kind that I liked.

Fighting games also are usually not 2D side scrollers. And the only fighting game I ever liked (One Must Fall 2097) wasn't doing a whole lot of side scrolling (The arenas in OMF 2097 were boxes) ^^
 
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News Comments > Steamships Ahoy - FEZ
32. Re: Steamships Ahoy - FEZ May 2, 2013, 05:07 eRe4s3r
 
Jerykk wrote on May 1, 2013, 23:50:
Prez wrote on May 1, 2013, 21:59:
Phil Fish is a fucking douchebag asshole who I wouldn't piss on after a case of beer if he were burning, but I would still buy FEZ if it interested me in the slightest because I am a gamer. Sadly, it doesn't. It looks like crap. Of course, looks aren't everything, but it doesn't sound all that exciting either. Maybe I am missing something?

You don't like platformers or 2D games in general. 'nuff said.

Hardly a platformer, this is a slow paced puzzle game with some jumping involved. But most of it is puzzles.. and boring to boot. This has great style, but 0 substance.

But then, I don't like sidescrollers....
 
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News Comments > Morning Tech Bits
10. Re: NOT 4K May 1, 2013, 16:42 eRe4s3r
 
Well I don't care for the people who can't use it But I would use it if I could.. even if I could only just use it 2 hours a day... so what? 2 hours a day of perfect virtual immersion... that'd be worth it.  
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