Kastagir wrote on Oct 10, 2011, 03:03:

Mad Max RW wrote on Oct 9, 2011, 23:56:
I reverted back to the unpatched Rage.exe when I discovered they locked almost all of the console command values. The game is so much better with my custom config disabling health regen, better accuracy for bad guys, faster run/walk speed, infinite and faster sprint, no stupid highlighting objects and things you interact with, some other tweaks, oh and also this:

Inside the Wellspring Bar:
Before
After

Wellspring mayor's office:
Before
After

Call me crazy, but I think the "after" screens are better. The Wellspring Bar seems too awash with light in the "before" shot. The darker scenes are more convincing.

Alamar wrote on Oct 6, 2011, 11:42:

Kythlyn wrote on Oct 6, 2011, 11:29:
I just started playing this series. The Legend seems like an enourmous game. If the sequel, expansion and now this 2nd sequel are as big, oh man... that's a lot of King's Bounty. The question is, will the gameplay remain interesting throughout?

I can't speak for everyone, and this example isn't even necesarily indicative of anything but my sometimes typical long term play sessions...

If you're still with me, I'm merely trying to say, I picked up the KB 3 pack on steam (likely the summer sale), and got about 20-25 hours in, and moved on to other stuff... I keep wanting to go back, but when I try, I forget where I am, and I don't want to restart just to get a sense of placement...

-Alamar

Shouldn't a game set "within a realistic world" use, I dunno, realism? Looking at their scenarios they're more going for the ultra-PC tripe from the disgraced East Anglica research unit.

Oh well, science isn't all that important when there's money to be made...just wish the world didn't have to support these credentialed yet ignorant folks.

rlknight66 wrote on Sep 23, 2011, 07:35:

Jivaro wrote on Sep 22, 2011, 15:37:
You never played the original games and you criticize people for being angry about this severe change in gameplay mechanics and perspective?

I'm just critical of fanboys who feel like the developers OWE them something, really - if you don't like the game, don't buy it. It's not like and X-COM fps has never been done before (x-com enforcer) which I believe also radically changed gameplay mechanics as well as in a time line separate to that established by the first four games.

So, yea, people who are all like "ZOOOMGZZZZ!!! WTF IS 2K DOING TO MY BELOVED FRANCISE?!?!?!" kind of leave me scratching my head.

CommunistHamster wrote on Sep 25, 2011, 07:49:
I thought FC2 could have been a great game, but was hamstrung by bad design decisions. I have absolutely no desire to play FC2 ever again but FC3 looks like it might be somewhat good. Not day-1 good, but maybe day-30

What really grinds me is how they hide it in the T&C paper that NO ONE ever reads and is very difficult to read or understand.

DAO for example sill had those 20 second loads where DA2 got it down to 3 seconds. How much the putrid bioware engine needs to load, that is a big deal to us. That's part of the fluid statement.

Overon wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 11:09:
Jerykk I agree with everything you said. But you need to define what you mean by "CoD demographic" because you seem to be using it a perjorative term.

reisub wrote on Sep 14, 2011, 20:14:

Ray Marden wrote on Sep 14, 2011, 18:11:
He looks way too aged as well.

To be fair, he aged a fair bit from 1 to 2 so that makes a bit of sense. I wonder if he'll risk breaking his hip every time he dives to the floor in MP4 though.

If used games were just player-to-player they'd be mostly ignored, because it wouldn't be someone making more money off of them than the people that made them.

Beamer wrote on Sep 12, 2011, 23:25:

yonder wrote on Sep 12, 2011, 20:40:

Beamer wrote on Sep 12, 2011, 12:37:

As far as used games, it's a used physical device.

It isn't really, though.
A game is code. The CD either works or it doesn't. There's very little value lost in a transfer of ownership.
A book is a physical item. It is defined by being a physical item. It is also an intimate item, as people tend to read in bed. Do you want to bring something with someone else's hair, snot, coffee stains, etc into bed? No, so used books drop drastically in value.
Cars are physical devices that get significant wear-and-tear, most of which isn't evident from an economically-viable glance. Plus someone has been farting in the driver's seat for years and possibly doing worse in the back seat. The value drastically drops.
Not to mention things like cars and houses, which have enormous used markets, cost so much that most could not buy a new one without selling an old one (in fact, many can never buy a new one, period, and would never without financing - how many Americans ever have over $20k in their savings account?)

Games, though? A used game sells at GameStop for 10% off at most. A $60 game sells for $5 off. A $20 game sells for $2 off. What other product holds value like this used? And games tend to be cheap, with the price falling even quicker. You save very little
buying used and often would save more if you just waited 6 months.

There's one obvious, glaring hole in your logic. If there was only *ONE* retail store that sold used books, you'd better believe they'd cost quite a bit more. You don't have to buy used games at GS. Ever been to a yard sale? Ebay? Swap.com? Buying a game from a yard sale for 15 bucks gets you a cheaper game and gets the re-seller more money in his (/her) pocket.

And the hole in your logic is that those sales are inconsequential. They are a tiny fraction of used sales.

If GameStop did not exist you would not see this war being waged by publishers and developers. But it does, and they can look at the 10k and see how many billions GameStop is making instead of them. They can see the GameStop CEO getting rich despite adding next to nothing to the industry.

Panickd wrote on Sep 12, 2011, 12:16:
Sadly the next generation of consoles will probably take care of his (and other whiny ass developer/publisher's) problems with second hand gaming by removing the physical media aspect of it altogether. I'd be shocked if the next PS or Xbox has any media beyond a built in hard disk with, maybe, some sort of removable flash card support. It's an all download future folks. As Steam has done for the PC so the console makers will do unto their audience as well.

Neither of those can pay for Starbreeze. And yeah, they can hire a cheaper staff, but would you rather a cheap EA staff make a new Syndicate game or would you rather a hungry indie make a Syndicate-inspired game?

Fucking assbags, this is just like Shadowrun. We all heard a new Shadowrun was in the works and geeks everywhere got serious mahogany untill we saw what they did with it. Trading on the name alone only serves to destroy an otherwise valuable IP.