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The article is really focusing on console games, which has an added threat of the console being controlled by one particular company. A lot of people will lose a lot of games if Steam were to cease to exist, but there are other outlets (directly from the developer, GOG, GamersGate, etc) to purchase and download games from, so the future is not so bleak on the PC. Microsoft or Sony could simply say next year that games purchased in 2014 no longer work on the device, and you must purchase a yearly subscription on every game you "own", and there wouldn't be much people could do, other than leap to the PC, of course.
All of the cars and tracks are unlocked from minute one. The only thing XP does is allow for very minor upgrades to existing vehicles. I have no problem with this.
JediPunisher wrote on Jul 3, 2014, 17:24:Pandora: First Contact?
I've been waiting 15 years for a sequel to my favorite turn-based strategy game of all time, Alpha Centauri.
Creston wrote on Jun 25, 2014, 13:44:I haven't gotten far enough in the career mode to see if it gets longer there, but you can do custom cups and change the length: the upper limit is a 20 lap race or a 40-minute endurance race (no pit stops, though).
Can you force the game to give you longer races right off the bat, or is it stuck with the "you're in the beginning of career mode, so you do 3 lap races?"
Everything (all tracks and cars) are unlocked from the instant you start the game, so if you don't want to play the career mode at all you can avoid it altogether.
Creston wrote on Jun 25, 2014, 11:34:Yes. And I've been mid-pack after running a bad race and back of the pack after running a terrible race.
So you've been out in front by a good bit after running a great race?
Of course, the length of the races in the career mode start out short (3-5 laps) so you're never really that far ahead. I've been about 1 second a lap better than the best AI in a race or two and finished about 5 seconds ahead at the end.
SpectralMeat wrote on Jun 25, 2014, 06:34:That's excellent analysis (that I should probably steal for my reviewCreston wrote on Jun 24, 2014, 21:39:Creston
Does it have rubber banding, though? That's an absolute deal breaker for me.
Check out the PCGamer review. I've found it surprisingly informative.
Regarding rubber banding here is what they've had to say:Perhaps the best thing Grid Autosport does is place you more often than not in the middle of the pack. There probably is some rubber-banding at work (a term our friend in games marketing no doubt hates, and would rather see replaced by PackSense or some such), but it’s much subtler than any of Autosport’s contemporaries. You’re used to having slightly better acceleration than the AI in racing games (spoilers: that’s why you always win) but here, you don’t. You have better brakes. That means in order to take a place, you need to line up an opponent, anticipate his braking point, then either brake slightly later or pick a wider line and brake earlier, hoping to carry more speed out of the apex. In either event, they usually repass you. Suddenly, 5th place becomes a towering achievement. Trying to fulfil a sponsor objective that demands you drive a clean race and still bag the podium necessary to win the championship becomes the single hardest and most rewarding thing you’ve recently done in a racing game. It’s excellent.
). In my races, the good AI stays out front and the bad AI stays in the back. I've never been the victim on "oh, the human is way in front, let's speed up. The AI in GRID Autosport is excellent.
I'm reviewing it now (on a gamepad, fyi) and I like it much, much, much better than GRID 2. Aggressive AI, better handling, lots of cars and tracks. Practice and qualifying sessions. Cockpit view, although it's extremely low-resolution.
I can't believe they are charging $60 for it.
Actually, I can believe they are. I wish people wouldn't buy it.
Actually, I can believe they are. I wish people wouldn't buy it.
BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jun 17, 2014, 18:04:The maps are semi-random: each level is broken up into large sections and there are several particular layouts (6 or so per map type?) that are placed when the tactical battle starts. The tiles are recycled often enough to be noticeable after your first couple of matches.
I was really pumped about this game, but the fact that the battles are not randomly generated just killed the whole thing for me. If I'm mistaken on that detail, please correct me.
I kinda liked it, although I don't care about the story being good or not. I just like shooting and hacking and multiplayer.
After playing the beta, Battlefield Hardline felt like a $60 mod to me.
The Half Elf wrote on Jun 5, 2014, 18:23:I've played once. The rest of the time people quit and the game keeps migrating the server around.
Has anyone been able to play Team Decrypt the file? I've looked and can't even find any sort of settings.
Cutter wrote on May 28, 2014, 21:19:Yup.
That Endless Legend game looks pretty sweet. Anyone playing it yet?
Rigs wrote on May 24, 2014, 11:46:He seemed to be infatuated with complaining about the missions. Apparently they were too specific for him. I don't think they are; since you usually have 3-6 going on at the same time, I didn't think it was excessive hand-holding.
ArsTechnica didn't like it too much, though he went off on a tangent about...actually, I don't even really know
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