Crentist the Dentist
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God that reminds me, I'd love to pick that up.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 III - Don't Believe The Tags
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God that reminds me, I'd love to pick that up.
Well, from Ubi's perspective, it could either be an Assassin's Creed game, which would be guaranteed to sell at least a few million, or a Price of Persia game, which would have a distinct possibility of bombing.
Didn't the last PoP game bomb?
derExperte
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No, one series. Like Tom Clancy stuff today. Or AssCreed.
StAidan
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Well, I installed a new video card earlier this week after my old one crapped out. I upgraded to a GTX 650 Ti, but unfortunately my video driver has been crashing ever since, often requiring me to hard reboot my machine. (Funny enough, it crashes every 5-20 minutes on the Windows desktop, but never happens in game.)
So, after a whole bunch of unfruitful fiddling with driver settings and hardware configuration, I guess my next step is to try and reinstall Windows. I'll be going from 8.0 to 8.1, other than that nothing will change, but hopefully it stops this infernal crashing.
Now, to get Game Save Manager going... Can't be losing any of my dang saves.
So, after a whole bunch of unfruitful fiddling with driver settings and hardware configuration, I guess my next step is to try and reinstall Windows. I'll be going from 8.0 to 8.1, other than that nothing will change, but hopefully it stops this infernal crashing.
Now, to get Game Save Manager going... Can't be losing any of my dang saves.
Well shiiiiiit
What's your power supply?
PM sent.
So I ended up cracking and picking up the Rambo videogame cheap on PC, played through basically the intro, the First Blood portion and a few levels of Rambo II. I was actually quite surprised how they handled First Blood, I was expecting them to go fuck it and just kill all the cops even in the starting police station but with the police station escape they use QTEs and reinact those moments from the film. The next level is the national guards in the forest and you get more points for disarming/shooting them in the legs rather than killing them. I must admit I did smile at them doing the knife to the sheriffs throat part. It's just strange seeing them handle First Blood in a videogame, afterall it's not an action film but a film about vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD and being treated like shit when they came back home to the US.
Now the sequels, or at least First Blood 2 is were it feels more at home for this game since I've not played the Rambo III portion yet. The first level has you sneaking about using your crossbow and then it goes straight for the typical lightgun style action. The QTE parts are your standard pressing timed button presses
There are perks which you get by leveling up etc and I guess there's plenty of room for improving your score, replaying levels etc. It does very much scream a 5/10 game but it's core 'lightgun' mechanics are pretty solid IMO and I won't lie when I say the Rambo license is part of the reason I picked it up, couldn't resist. It's a likeable enough budget game IMO, I've played much worse bigger budget games. I paid around a tenner for it and don't regret it.
Now the sequels, or at least First Blood 2 is were it feels more at home for this game since I've not played the Rambo III portion yet. The first level has you sneaking about using your crossbow and then it goes straight for the typical lightgun style action. The QTE parts are your standard pressing timed button presses
There are perks which you get by leveling up etc and I guess there's plenty of room for improving your score, replaying levels etc. It does very much scream a 5/10 game but it's core 'lightgun' mechanics are pretty solid IMO and I won't lie when I say the Rambo license is part of the reason I picked it up, couldn't resist. It's a likeable enough budget game IMO, I've played much worse bigger budget games. I paid around a tenner for it and don't regret it.
DO IT.
Some UK specific deal occurring right now?
DaBargainHunta
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Question from someone who just got back into Steam:
What are the best Bundle sites (OP only lists a few) and are there any to avoid because they're sketchy, etc.?
I've been using this list, but I don't know if there's anything else out there or what to avoid (if any).
http://www.indiegamebundles.com/complete-bundle-list/
What are the best Bundle sites (OP only lists a few) and are there any to avoid because they're sketchy, etc.?
I've been using this list, but I don't know if there's anything else out there or what to avoid (if any).
http://www.indiegamebundles.com/complete-bundle-list/
Haha, the only thing stopping me is that it's out of stock on Amazon.
Ogedai_Khan
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I wonder why Ubi-Steam-Sale-Decision-Maker decided to leave out Ghost Recon Pack 2014 from the Tom Clancy sale. It's a pack that has all the Ghost Recon Games (even Future Soldier) and DLC in a neat package.
And...hooray for the new thread!
And...hooray for the new thread!
Garcia
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I think it'll be worth the money. The PS3 version is my first pre-sale of the year.
Krusenstern
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I hope the PC version isn't like a month or so away from the console versions. It will be a pain in the butt to wait that long for my most anticipated game of this year.
But as much as I worship Souls I certainly won't buy double dip. I suspect that it's just Scamco who just wants people to double dip on the game. I don't support such a thing.
Traitors.
You are right where Namco wants you.
All information out of From Software is it will still release in March. They said yesterday that they will announce a PC release date, 'very soon.'
Krusenstern
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Exactly you stupids! Don't fall for it.
Garcia
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LOL. I won't douple dip though. . . Unless the game turns out to be really good.
Rickenslacker
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H-hold!
derExperte
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Don't you all remember how terrible the framerate of DS1 got on PS3 later on? Negatively influenced the gameplay and was headache inducing.
Spectacularly:
There are rumours that the next-gen PoP supposedly unveiled by this leaked screenshot has since become a next-gen AssCreed.
Garcia
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Holy crap, what a flop. :|
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That Blur and Split/Second numbers makes me sad.
...wow, what a shame. I actually enjoyed the last one as well
NingenJanai
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Some of the Ubisoft titles are slightly cheaper in the UK.
An Assassin's Creed set in the Civil War with a black protagonist might just get me to play an AC game.
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sorry Sub Zero, that was nice screenshot too, btw
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sorry Sub Zero, that was nice screenshot too, btw
killatopak
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Garcia
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I just noticed that most people in that screenshot are actually levitating.
killatopak
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Garcia
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For those who have played Bit Trip Runner 2: Is there any way to get perfect bullseye everytime you finish a level? or do I just have to get better at it? :-/ . It's just that I lose the motivation to perfect score every level because of the chances I might not get it right (which happens ~50% of the time).
I'm just fed up not knowing an exact date. It feels like Namco Bandai are fucking around and purposefully delaying the game. That may not be the case, but I'm not keen on the silence.
StAidan
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It's 475w, which of course the 650 Ti requires 400w minimum. My machine is nearly 3 years old, also not in my favor is that it's an OEM device (Dell XPS 9000, first gen i7), so it could easily be a compatibility issue as well.
This type of problem seems pretty common with this card (regardless of manufacturer, but mine's EVGA) judging by a Google search. Kind of a bummer.
It all depends what the Japanese definition of very soon is.
If they release the date to us in the next few days, then we know From has been working hard trying to nail down the 'gold' date.
If they magically release the date just after the console version releases, then we will know that Bandai has been bullshitting us this whole time.
I just want to hear about the PC port. Will it have Steam Achievements? Is it really Steamworks (Its never been officially confirmed)? Graphical options? Will online still use dedicated servers? And more.
Alessandro
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Yes, Hawx 1 & 2 support x360 gamepad.
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