Bard wrote on Dec 12, 2011, 19:48:
Orcs must Die! is a bloody good game. Perfect balance of puzzle, action and humor.

I think I've killed about six and a half thousand orcs, ogres and other miscellaneous denizens of evil. It's torn me from Skyrim.

Beamer wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 14:46:

avianflu wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 13:57:
The framerate speeds (and with no screen tearing) and also the ability to increase FOV to 120 is a gamechanger with Skyrim.

Give it a whirl on a PC and you'll see! Blows the console experience away.

I should add that I output the game to my HDTV via simple HDMI. You lose lines of resolution at 1080p but the over all result speaks for itself when you see it.

Wowbagger_TIP wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 13:23:

Beamer wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 12:44:

avianflu wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 12:11:
Skyrim is a rare current gen. multiplatform game that plays crazily better on the PC with a decent GPU and CPU.

I think will word is getting out fast about that among gamers.

Except that many no longer want to buy a decent GPU or CPU, don't want to go from spending 8 hours a day upright in a chair in front of a monitor to relaxing at home upright in a chair in front of a monitor, and think it runs perfectly well the way they currently play.

Well, I guess they can just play the inferior versions then. If that's what does it for them, that's fine with me. I'll enjoy my comfy office chair and much better game experience.

I'd argue that it is not, in fact, a better experience. It is better technically. That is only part of the experience.

Increasing the FOV makes no sense for TVs. I wish to god that point would stop getting brought up. FOV is based upon closeness to the screen and size of the screen. A bigger FOV on consoles would feel as awkward as a smaller FOV on monitors

And yeah, whatever, you can output your computer to your TV. Great. Fine. I have a large apartment. I have my TV in my main room. I have my computer in my office. They're nowhere near each other. Want to buy me a 100 foot HDMI cable then fine, they'll work. Also buy me a desk that scoots forward since mousing on the couch is a great way to get carpal tunnel.

At some point in life desktop computers went from representing fun to me to representing work. And sitting upright like that, no matter how "comfy" your desk chair is, isn't a healthy thing to do for the 8-12 hours I'm jammed in my office, let alone if I did it for relaxation as well.

Beamer wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 12:44:

avianflu wrote on Dec 5, 2011, 12:11:
Skyrim is a rare current gen. multiplatform game that plays crazily better on the PC with a decent GPU and CPU.

I think will word is getting out fast about that among gamers.

Except that many no longer want to buy a decent GPU or CPU, don't want to go from spending 8 hours a day upright in a chair in front of a monitor to relaxing at home upright in a chair in front of a monitor, and think it runs perfectly well the way they currently play.

wonkawonka wrote on Dec 2, 2011, 02:11:

Creston wrote on Dec 1, 2011, 19:14:

Teddy wrote on Dec 1, 2011, 17:06:
I'll see your 560 hitpoints of bow damage and raise you a backstab from my blade of woe. 2(29 * 15) = 870 damage, add another 50 if you want to bother with poisons, but generally the only ones that seem to live past one are Centurion Masters.

Ideally I could forge a new blade that does more and enchant it higher, but I haven't found a reason to bother yet, and that's on Master difficulty.

Yeah, but you have to sneak all the way there. I kill them from 400 yards out.

Admittedly, my bow is nowhere near top of the range. With enchanting you can get it to like 280ish, but I purposely stay away from smithing and enchanting.

Creston

If you stay away from smithing and enchanting, bows are the way to go. In the lower levels I used to enjoy immensely finding the high ground to snipe away a full array of castle guards but lately at level 42 I've been wanting to accelerate the pace. And of course I can't get enough of cutting throats. I've got a couple of tricked out glass daggers that mince everything and I don't even have the 2x dagger armor of the dark brotherhood.

Each dagger does 49 base damage. If you don't even enchant them you get 735 damage each. Add the one-handed skills, added bonuses from armors, etc... I probably easily blow by 1,000 damage.

Creston wrote on Dec 1, 2011, 11:23:
It's a shame that while they boosted thieves and archery, however, they nerfed mages. Mages are just pieces of shit now. I have to cast 600 mana's worth of spells to kill one fucking high level bandit. After which I can either suck down 8 potions, or die.

High level conjuration balances it out, but it's kind of boring watching your dremora lords kill everything.

CJ_Parker wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 14:51:

Jerykk wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 12:22:

Some things haven't changed in the last 10 years.

Uh, Ubisoft was a lot better 10 years ago. They were still releasing genuine tactical shooters back then, designed for the PC.

Yep. And then pirates like yourself with your "try before you buy... or maybe never" attitudes and your sense of entitlement to deserve free games ruined it for us all. Well done. Thank you very much... *golfclap*

Prez wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 17:30:
Not me - I get almost every one, unless I have all the games. I got this one because I didn't have Runespell, Eufloria, and RBS.

Charlie_Six wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 01:04:
my 20gb PS3 YLOD'ed on Black friday...

Kythlyn wrote on Nov 29, 2011, 02:08:
Not a single quest bug fix? Really?

Pankin wrote on Nov 4, 2011, 11:51:
"Me love you long time ago in a galaxy far, far away."

El Pit wrote on Nov 4, 2011, 11:07:

Rattlehead wrote on Nov 4, 2011, 11:00:
Also how is sexual violence ever justified?

Exactly. That made me scratch my head, too.

yuastnav wrote on Nov 2, 2011, 12:33:

Jerykk wrote on Nov 2, 2011, 03:39:

In my opinion it was much better than Alpha Protocol. I tried to like Alpha Protocol but I couldn't but I loved Saints Row 2.

AP and Saints Row are completely different games. AP was definitely a better port than SR2. Whether it was a better game is completely up to your personal tastes.

I did not mean the gameplay, I mean the port.
People generally complain about the port of SR2 and, at least that is the impression that I have, seem to be of the opinion that Alpha Protocol is a better port. Which in my opinion it is not.