I think that there's two possible scenarios that explains what's happening at YouTube.

1, Youtube doesn't care about staying alive. It's having a hard time making enough profit for investors and it'll try anything to do it, regardless of consequences. Often in pretty random fashion.

2, Youtube's "algorithm" isn't well designed and has too much control over everything and no one at Youtube can understand or control it.

Or a mix of the two.

I think Netflix knew damn well that very few shows would be good. They're knowingly going for quantity. People will watch anything, regardless of if it's good or not. It really doesn't matter for their profits. It's not really in their interest to buy all the best, costly stuff. As long as there's a handful of good things on their service, it's good enough for users to keep paying just to fill their free time. The new Netflix "review" system is proof of that. It was designed specifically to hide if titles are good or not.

I'm definitely not going to pre-order. I hate early unlocks. I hate dlcs that affect/break progression.

jdreyer wrote on Jan 3, 2018, 02:39:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 21:29:

ItBurn wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 11:49:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 10:13:
Notepad++ is best notepad

Nope, I prefer UltraEdit. Notepad++'s search is a nightmare.

Because it adds line numbers? It adds 1 step for a regex expression to clean it up, sure, but I accept that for a VASTLY superior replace function that supports regex.

Either way, whatever floats your boat They are all vastly superior to notepad and wordpad.

Notepad++ does have all I need, which is basically regex replace that works across files and a side-by-side mirroring of files with changes highlighted. And for those purposes, line numbers are kinda relevant And of course, syntax highlighting with relative references. Saves you a ton of typing

There are plugins for Notepad++ that imitate the functionality in UE or any other text editor.

Good to know. I might check it out if I ever have time and don't want to pay for UltraEdit.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 21:29:

ItBurn wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 11:49:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 10:13:
Notepad++ is best notepad

Nope, I prefer UltraEdit. Notepad++'s search is a nightmare.

Because it adds line numbers? It adds 1 step for a regex expression to clean it up, sure, but I accept that for a VASTLY superior replace function that supports regex.

Either way, whatever floats your boat They are all vastly superior to notepad and wordpad.

UltraEdit also supports regex. There's several different regular expression formats supported.

MacLeod wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 14:27:

ItBurn wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 11:49:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 10:13:
Notepad++ is best notepad

Nope, I prefer UltraEdit. Notepad++'s search is a nightmare.

What do you find to be a nightmare in Notepad++ search... never really had any issues with it myself and I'm curious.

I often had to spend days going through 100mb-3gb sized logs at my previous job. It's been more than a year though, so I don't remember all the issues I had, but the main one is that when you search, it adds line numbers and spaces to the output. So when you try to copy the search into another document to trim the logs, it would add unremovable spam to them. If you had to do a search on the search, you then had twice the spam and so on. Also, when you copy from the search window, it copies the contents of the previous searches too and adds even more spaces. Another issue is that it will put the same line multiple times in the output if the search string is there more than once, which makes reading some logs extra confusing, especially if having the same log line twice is something that actually could happen.

UltraEdit has none of these issues and going through logs with it is at least twice as fast.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 13:18:
https://community.amd.com/thread/223615
Comments are priceless.
HOLY SHIT, check out this list. Crysis is on it, brings a whole new meaning to "but can it run x"

Ouch, not good publicity for AMD. Unless they take major steps to fix this, I no longer have a choice and must go with NVidia.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 2, 2018, 10:13:
Notepad++ is best notepad

Nope, I prefer UltraEdit. Notepad++'s search is a nightmare.

jacobvandy wrote on Dec 29, 2017, 21:19:
Such a shame, what happened to STALKER. The only thing going on with it anymore are user mods like this one (updated last week): http://www.moddb.com/mods/lost-alpha

Yeah, there's a giant hole in my life for a new STALKER. There's the Metro games that are a bit more modern. They definitely have some of the atmosphere, but I find all of them shalow and boring.

I'm sorry, but it just doesn't have anything to do with Contra. This is like saying that Skyrim is like Mario on the NES because you get coins in both games.

Flatline wrote on Dec 24, 2017, 23:24:

Cutter wrote on Dec 24, 2017, 21:50:

Flatline wrote on Dec 24, 2017, 17:45:

ItBurn wrote on Dec 24, 2017, 17:43:
Division is a great game overall. For 4-5 hours. Then you've played every possible gameplay combinations and all that's left is the same exact thing over and over.

Dunno what you're talking about. I played casually and got almost 100 hours in. The single player story will take you almost 20 hours.

I mean, any reality-based shooter you can say shows you everything you'll see inside of 15 minutes essentially.

Yes, facing the same groups of enemies over and over and over again. You completely missed what we were saying.

No I understood completely. If taken literally you've made a completely useless point because almost *every* game gets repetitive within 15 minutes essentially as they are all, by necessity, systems of patterns that have some variation. If taken figuratively it's still inaccurate because you don't run out of new content and new variations on the Division until probably about 20 hours in, not 4-5.

I disagree. I think that the Division is MUCH more repetitive than >95% of loot-based action RPGs. Not enough enemy variety, not enough loot variety, not enough gameplay variety. The settings isn't a good excuse for the extreme repetition. I mean, this is my opinion, and you seem to love the game a whole lot more than me, but I believe that my opinion is much more representative of the majority. I still like the game. What is there is great. I just don't think it's worth full price.

Solid remake. I think it's the definitive way of playing HL1 today. I wish they'd make a different version that would be less faithful, but more modern.

Division is a great game overall. For 4-5 hours. Then you've played every possible gameplay combinations and all that's left is the same exact thing over and over.

I don't know about all the rest, but that "trailer" was good.

NKD wrote on Dec 20, 2017, 16:36:

eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 20, 2017, 08:51:
Maybe the 3rd game will not have us play a mass murdering terrorist nobody in any way sane can ever connect to. Wouldn't that be something....

;p

Of course, I dunno if that was intentional by Ubisoft to basically sabotage their entire plot this way in WD2, or if that was an accident.. But when behavior analysis flags him as a terrorist, then he becomes one after discovering this.... just.. wow. Tone deaf doesn't even begin to describe this plot..

At least in WD1, we played a genuine asshole, can get behind that. But in WD2 we play a terrorist, and I can't get behind that. Must be me

I've seen this criticism here before, but it doesn't make much sense. Yeah, Ubisoft The Game allows you to kill your enemies because it's a sandbox game, but you aren't forced to. I don't think there's a single person you have to kill in the game. If you're playing real stealthy, the number of people you even have to takedown at all, even with a taser, is pretty minimal. And canonically, Marcus isn't a killer.

Even if the crime prediction algorithm was able to predict Marcus' anarchist tendencies, does its accuracy make it ethical? And it's not even that accurate: Remember that Marcus got convicted of a crime he didn't commit based on that profile, before he even started looking into ctOS.

Also you're missing the dozens of other types of abuses of technology in the game, and how easily corruptable the system is. Even if it was 100% right about Marcus, which it wasn't, it still wouldn't be a vindication of the system.

The stealth/non-lethal is terrible in WD2. You can't move bodies, and when you knock someone out, they have these lengthy death animations/ragdolls and you can't predict where the body is going to end up. You can do everything perfect and the game will decide to place the body in view of other npcs and there's nothing you can do. Also, you're forced to physically go activate some things. Sometimes, you can't even use the remote controlled robots. Why??? It was awesome in WD1 when you could stand outside and never move an inch to complete the whole mission.

Beamer wrote on Dec 17, 2017, 10:15:

Jerykk wrote on Dec 17, 2017, 04:10:

Quinn wrote on Dec 16, 2017, 12:22:
My favorite Far Cry order: 2, 3, 1, Primal, 4.

Far Cry 4 always felt like a Far Cry 3 DLC/expansion to me. I couldn't get myself to appreciate the game at all.

This game again looks like Far Cry 3 in a new setting. So far, though, it looks like I'll really love this setting.

Weird, 4 is easily better than FC3 in every way. Better enemies, better animals, better NPCs, better vehicles, better characters, better world-building, better story, more interesting terrain, better mission design. You also get the wing suit right away.

I think FC4 is in many ways the Fallout: New Vegas of the Far Cry series. FO3 left a better first impression than NV and FC3 left a better first impression than FC4. However, like FO:NV, FC4 got better the more you played it while FC3 got worse. If you didn't play much of FC4, you really ought to give it another shot.

You're 100% right, and I'd never thought about it in that way. FC4 did get better, and I remember later missions as being fun, and seriously enjoyed taking helicopters everywhere with a grenade launcher in my off-hand, just hovering and taking things out for fun.

FC3 started great, but was wearing out its welcome, and by the time I found out there was a second island I was over it. Still finished, still had fun, but I remember loving the game yet being so angry there was a second island.

For me, it's absolutely 4,3,1,2. 3 invented a new formula, 4 perfected it. We'll see what 5 does, but even a rehash will be fun for me. It'll get tiring quickly, but I would have 10 fantastic hours, if not 20, with a polished coat of paint over 4.

Well I disagree somewhat. I think that Vaas was the best character in the whole series and I think that FC3 was more focused and less all over the place than FC4 was, which made it more fun to me. It could be because I was kinda done with the FC3 formula and 4 was basically the same thing.

The thing is, I think that gameplay wise, FC3 is a step back from FC2. The economy in 3 and 4 is absolutely f***ed. Money is basically useless, your wallet is always full and you get all guns for free at the towers. You get the grenade launcher super early in FC4 and you're then an invincible god. I liked FC2's system way more with the gun jamming and the saving your money to get that shiny gun.

I also prefer FO3 over FNV

Quinn wrote on Dec 16, 2017, 12:22:
My favorite Far Cry order: 2, 3, 1, Primal, 4.

Far Cry 4 always felt like a Far Cry 3 DLC/expansion to me. I couldn't get myself to appreciate the game at all.

This game again looks like Far Cry 3 in a new setting. So far, though, it looks like I'll really love this setting.

The story in Farcry 4 is probably my favorite though. It's not immediately clear after you've played the game, but when you put everything together, it's really cool. I won't get into it because spoilers.

Jerykk wrote on Dec 15, 2017, 22:46:

ItBurn wrote on Dec 15, 2017, 17:17:
I'll definitely play it, but I fail to see what's different about this game gameplay wise. Looks like just a different coat of paint.

Pretty much. I definitely got that feeling from Primal, which is probably why I got bored of it so quickly. The Far Cry formula is getting stale. FC4 was the best one but at this point, I think they need to mix things up a lot more.

To be fair, Primal is probably the post-Farcry 1 Farcry with the most different gameplay. I got bored of it really quick too though. My favorites are in this order: 1,2,3,4... Not a good sign I guess...

I'll definitely play it, but I fail to see what's different about this game gameplay wise. Looks like just a different coat of paint.

This is going to make other devs want to use the Cryengine...