RedEye9 wrote on Oct 1, 2018, 17:43:

CJ_Parker wrote on Oct 1, 2018, 17:29:
-= In YouTube we trust =-

Sweety, I provided one reviewer who states exactly what {PH}88fingers wanted, except for it did not fullfill his request that it be in Blues list.

You failed to provide a single reviewers name, neither print nor video, in your "Try again next week for a few mostly (maybe) unbiased reviews and review sources" blather.

But thanks for playing.

sigh

Alamar wrote on Sep 30, 2018, 20:37:

[VG]Reagle wrote on Sep 30, 2018, 19:25:
Well isnt this a disgusting sell out. Hold on its MicroSux, so pretty much expected.

Seriously have no idea what you mean by this... Any chance you can elaborate?

rist3903 wrote on Sep 19, 2018, 06:12:

Kajetan wrote on Sep 19, 2018, 04:36:
Good luck with that sales goal!

The game suffers from a MAJOR lack of polish. Its core is ok, the gameplay is what was promised. But the game needs another 3-4 months at least. Horrible load times of savegames and textures, bad performance all over. This wasnt release ready at all.

Harsh. Is this the sort of thing that can be fixed in post like they did for No Man's Sky?

WaltC wrote on Sep 18, 2018, 20:27:
Fargo should have held on to Interplay--it was what put him on the map, after all. But, sad to say, really, that Fargo was one of the ones who lost faith in the PC side of the gaming market, and actually went around for years preaching that "the PC is dead" as a gaming platform--playing up consoles, etc. He obviously has learned better! I'm liking the BT IV just fine so far, and it is gratifying that Fargo sees his mistake after all of these years.

I was always puzzled by "the PC is dead" remarks, as my PCs never died--not even once--in terms of game playing, and in all the years I've been in the industry and also as a paying customer of the software houses--Including Interplay, way back when Fargo still had it...;) I never saw a logical reason to reach that conclusion, myself. But Fargo did--Tim Sweeney did--and he's had to admit he was wrong, too, about that. Today, in fact, the two most powerful consoles--the Sony and the Microsoft boxes--are themselves x86 computers inside! The PC won...but as I say, it never made sense to suppose it wouldn't.

Interesting statistics: when I bought my Amiga 500 in '87, it was estimated that the entire installed global market for PCs (Apples, C=, Amiga, and x86 clones) was somewhere on the order of 6-7 million total ! That's it! By 1990, it had grown to ~10 Million installed. Things took off in a big way in '95 because of the Internet boom--and the migration from 8-bits to 16-bits to 32-bit computing was just getting started. Today, a recent estimate I read concerning the total global installed market for PCs is something on the order of 500,000,000...! Huge growth. Also, some 10% (or more, it's another estimate) of those installed are capable of playing any game being sold today--so that's a gaming market of 50M, at least. Count the marginal PCs that can be upgraded to better hardware, and the number jumps to ~100M...;) So I can understand Fargo's initial thoughts on the matter, as well as his wish to return to the PC marketplace today, even if I didn't personally agree with his initial assessment that "the PC was dead"...Very funny when I think back on it...;)

Anyway, it's all good news. I think this is the first time I've ever paid for a game > three years in advance! But I did, and got Wasteland 2 DC, Tides, BTIV, The remastered BT trilogy including BT1, 2 and 3, and the emulated BT1, 2, 3, wrapped in a Windows-friendly exe, all for $75 plus I got a lot of other junk along with it that I can't quite recall at this moment. Honestly, if Fargo had not been involved I don't think I would have put any money on a three-year project. But I did--and Fargo and company delivered, 100% The BT1,2 and 3 Remastered versions far exceeded my expectations (even though BT2 and BT3 remastered are being delivered later in the year.) Happy camper here...;)

HorrorScope wrote on Sep 5, 2018, 00:45:
Athlon's website is about the most generic thing I've seen in years. Three links, doesn't tell shit about actual game name accomplishments and for what little is there, this is fun:

"There are currently no job openings available. We’re always looking for talent though, so please email your resume to careers@athlongames.com"

No jobs but always looking, gotcha!

Feeling Daybreak'ish.

Cutter wrote on Sep 2, 2018, 15:12:
No it doesn't unless you're on a very limited budget, which Valve most certainly is not. They could have dev Valve and store Valve without breaking a sweat.

Cutter wrote on Jul 13, 2018, 21:56:

Destiny pointed to a couple of other reasons for the ban, while M0E argued that using the word “fag” is passable because he didn’t use it with any homophobic intention.

“My intent was never hate filled,” m0E said on Twitter. “If you know me at all you would know that homophobia is one word that has never been associated with me before.”

The stupidity is strong with this one. Clearly he's not getting the whole pejorative thing. Another self-entitled moronic millennial. Saw a great T-shirt the other day which read "Stop Making Stupid People Famous".

StingingVelvet wrote on May 9, 2018, 03:59:
I've honestly never had major bug issues with Obsidian game

CJ_Parker wrote on May 8, 2018, 23:06:
A few hours in and pretty good so far but like every Obsidian release it has "Bugs Bunny was here" written all over it (cue a fanboi claiming they had ZERO bugs both here as well as the release version of the original game in 3... 2... 1...).

There is one really bad crash early on if you take the "game over" path.
Yes, that's right, you can literally end the game after five minutes by being uncooperative so the crash is not really that bad as far as progression in the game goes but for many people, myself included, it crashes the game and locks up the PC so it's still kinda meh.

Other than that, my save import from the first game seems to have worked fine contrary to many other people (or maybe I just have a really bad memory and don't even get a chance to give a shit), no more crashes in over three hours, decent performance but lots and lots of little bugs and issues that add up.

There is also an official list of known major issues (um, so after having a beta and a delay, why does the game still ship with KNOWN MAJOR ISSUES in the first place, Obsidian, hm? Weeeelll?? Why??? ).

Anyway, guess I'm gonna keep playing for a few more hours, then shelve it for a proper playthrough around xmas when all the DLC is going to be included and when it is hopefully patched up really well.
It's certainly a special game that deserves to be played in its best possible state.
Well, and xmas is a much nicer time of year for such an epic RPG anyway.

So far, so good. Give it a few patches and then this is going to have the potential to be RPG of the Year award material.

eRe4s3r wrote on Apr 15, 2018, 21:54:

Cutter wrote on Apr 15, 2018, 21:43:
Yeah, as this becomes more and more prevalent with insurance companies denying you insurance because you won't agree to be spied on 24/7 where will all those advocates of the "free market" be? For those of us in our poor ol' socialized democracies we don't have to worry about the bullshit.

Considering how many people run around with fitness trackers I'd be very careful of hoping for "socialized democracies" being immune to this. Insurers will push for it, that's guaranteed. And it only takes 1 weak government and a lobbyist in the right position and even we would be fucked.

And really, once this

You don't use mandated tooth brushing products? +25% on the rate)
You don't use mandated tooth brush with full sensors? +25% on the rate
You don't go the fitness center every 3 days? +25% on the rate
You don't use a full vitals tracker? +25% on the rate
You drink alcohol? +25% on the rate
You eat meat? +25% on the rate
You smoke? +25% on the rate

Becomes reality (at the start only for those receiving subsidies by the state), it will not be optional anymore for those people in our countries. And that's how they will creep this into our laws. You can be sure of it.

jdreyer wrote on Apr 8, 2018, 17:22:

Creston wrote on Apr 8, 2018, 14:17:
Most old games had no ending to speak of, just a line of "Whoo, you did it! Go you!"

Best ending of a classic game was the end of Impossible Mission on the C-64. "No, NO, NOOOOOOO!"

chickenboo wrote on Apr 6, 2018, 13:29:

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Apr 6, 2018, 11:23:

RedEye9 wrote on Apr 6, 2018, 11:14:
Instead of doing something that anyone can do WHY don't you focus on making reliable peripherals?

This is the first thing I thought. Hah. I don't buy Razer products anyways so it won't affect me...

My Deathadder 2013 is still going strong 4 years on. It's comfy, accurate, and the thumb grips haven't shown signs of wearing out yet. I'm quite pleased it's been issue-free. Judging by the Razer subreddit, there's no end to issues with their laptops.