yuastnav wrote on Aug 21, 2017, 08:29:

VaranDragon wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 14:04:
The first one was really well done. On a realistic car sim scale of 1 to 10, I guess an 8 would be my score. Where 10 is Richard Burns Rally of course.

I believe the AI does kind of use a simplified model, since I doubt our PCs could handle all of that simmulation at once.

Hmm. I actually read in an article where an actual professional Rally driver described Richard Burns Rally as even more difficult than reality so I'm not sure whether it's really as realistic as a lot of people claim.

Retired wrote on Aug 20, 2017, 21:38:
Dang! Is PUBG going to dethrone Skyrim?

jdreyer wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 20:49:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 14:48:
Sadly it's absolutely insanely expensive. A "cheap" gasoline car here with a cost of around 1€ per 100km is around €13k while the Tesla 3 (for example) is around €49k (and it costs 5€ per 100km due to our power costs)

Meaning a small car is 5 times cheaper to tank (with gasoline) than charge with electricity in Germany.. bah ;/ No wonder we got no growth in this market.

Not sure where you're getting your numbers from. I've heard the Model 4 is 36.250€ with VAT including incentives in Germany. Gasoline currently runs about 1.5€ per liter in Germany. With fuel economy about 15km per liter, it costs about $10 to travel 100km.

Trevellian wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 14:29:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 02:08:

Slick wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 02:00:
I still have my physical hat I got with my Firefall gold founders pack, oh and the Audio CD from my Half Life 2 Gold founders pack ^_^

Honestly, throwing money at projects beyond the base game is usually a case of me just believing in the project, and wanting to show my support rather than getting DLC or unlocks or swag.

But you are clearly very picky You don't buy random founder packs from what I gather, the funny thing is for stuff like Hellgate: London I'd totally understand it too (even now, with mods, totally playable ;p) But for a f2p game where nothing is known, shown and playable?

And how many developers do you trust enough to support them this way nowadays?

Nothing Playable? This was playable way back in spring in PAX. Playing it then I knew I liked it enough as a Monster Hunter fan to support it. While it may not be the deepest when it comes to weapon combos (It's no DMC/Bayonetta/Nier Automata as far as combos goes) the fights with the monsters themselves are very deep and very challenging. It will definitely do well with the MH Fanbase on PC, at least until MH World if it makes it to Steam. And even then, I still currently enjoy Dauntless more than MH due to it cutting out all the bullshit fights with random little mobs and focusing on engaging and difficult boss fights.

Cutter wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 13:24:
I was just gonna say, how the hell do you have a 2D sidescroller MOBA? Clearly a game made by marketers.

Slick wrote on Aug 19, 2017, 02:00:
I still have my physical hat I got with my Firefall gold founders pack, oh and the Audio CD from my Half Life 2 Gold founders pack ^_^

Honestly, throwing money at projects beyond the base game is usually a case of me just believing in the project, and wanting to show my support rather than getting DLC or unlocks or swag.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 17:39:

jdreyer wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 16:47:
Watched a bit of this anime with my daughter. It's your typical angsty Japanese teen drama, but set in an online RPG which no one can leave or they die IRL. Most games based on such properties are designed to appeal to said audience, and I would expect this will be no different.

I was unfortunate enough to see a portion of sword art online also. Although there are a couple good action sequences, I found that the plot was very forced and contrived, especially the romantic relationship between the main protagonist and the first female he befriends in the show. It's a good example of everything that is wrong with "modern" anime, IMO.

Kajetan wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 13:21:

Parallax Abstraction wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 11:28:
So wait, this is published by Focus and developed by Sabre. So the original developer's not involved in this at all?

He is. He now works for the new studio.

jdreyer wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 21:49:
I dunno, I'm feeling like this "test" could be gamed.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 16:07:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 03:42:
And it doesn't help if you just wanna fight terrorism, you have to fight anti-fa, which is the primary reason so much hate exists nowadays against cops as well.

Are you joking? Seriously, you think 'antifa' is the reason people hate the police? People hate and fear the police in the US because they are often racist, murderous criminals, who treat civilians as the enemy. Most US citizens don't have a clue what/who antifa even is.

Ps.: I think doxxing is equal to any other hate crime.

*Eyeroll*

I don't condone doxxing, but saying it's equal to lynchings, murders, bombings etc. is ridiculous.

The false equivalency shit is getting out of hand.

Parallax Abstraction wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 11:28:
So wait, this is published by Focus and developed by Sabre. So the original developer's not involved in this at all?

RedEye9 wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 09:06:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 17, 2017, 22:49:

RedEye9 wrote on Aug 17, 2017, 21:35:
Are the ruskies just now remembering WW2?

You mean the part where they allied with the Nazi's and invaded Poland?

That alliance did not last long, you may want to read the next chapter in your history book.

Quboid wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 08:21:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 03:42:
The most absurd thing is that I can't even disagree with Trump. He said there are bad people on both sides, violent people on both sides, and that is a fact.

Yes, it's more his false equivalence that I object to, he said that to appeal to white supremacists. This was a white supremacist march, where everyone was either literally a Nazi or close enough to be willing to march along side them. There were no fine people. So the counter-protest was anti-Nazi and anti-white supremacist. These weren't all fine people, but they were all there for a good cause. These are only equal to Nazi sympathisers.

Beamer wrote on Aug 17, 2017, 15:46:
I don't think I've seen a photo of Blue since 99 or 03 or some such.

He... he looks younger now?

jdreyer wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 04:26:

eRe4s3r wrote on Aug 18, 2017, 03:42:
Blah, blah, blah

The Nazis gassed 6M Jews, but French partisans blew up some Wehrmacht trucks. BOTH SIDES DO IT!

This fucking false equivalency stuff has got to stop. There is only one side that engages in fatal terrorism to the tune of hundreds of deaths. There is only one side trying to undermine how the government functions. There is only one side that dog whistles to Nazis and racists. There is only one side cuddling up to Putin. There is only one side that is demonstrably worse, and it ain't the left. So get a clue: "Both sides do it" legitimizes the violence that the right perpetrates, so stop saying that already.