PetriP-TNT
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Day one for me. If it wasnt for Resident Evil 7, the first one would be the best horror gale this gen so far.
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The Evil Within 2 releases in 2 days
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Played through all of TEW1 earlier this year and quite enjoyed it outside of the myriad of insta-death scenarios.
In many ways, the opening chapters were my favorite as it evoked tension and combat strategy through stealth and traps that the lategame mostly did away with in favor of heightened arena combat you couldn't circumvent or avoid. When you weren't surviving enemy waves, you were dealing with large invincible FOE's that have a radius of instant death to avoid or puzzle-solve to defeat, too many of them really(especially the DLC).
Hoping this sequel evokes the feel of the early game of the first. Creeping through a big environment and handling placed foes at your own whim(going in hot or with subtlety).
In many ways, the opening chapters were my favorite as it evoked tension and combat strategy through stealth and traps that the lategame mostly did away with in favor of heightened arena combat you couldn't circumvent or avoid. When you weren't surviving enemy waves, you were dealing with large invincible FOE's that have a radius of instant death to avoid or puzzle-solve to defeat, too many of them really(especially the DLC).
Hoping this sequel evokes the feel of the early game of the first. Creeping through a big environment and handling placed foes at your own whim(going in hot or with subtlety).
Pilgrimzero
Member
I'm trying to go through the 1st one again, ever finished it the first time.
I realized pretty quickly what ticks me off about the game. Far FAR to many instant death bullshit. You better run away! And don't fuck up or you start the sequence over again!
That's not fun. That's trial and error bullshit. And it reached its head for me near the end when the ghost kid or whatever is hunting you in the house. Opened the wrong door apparently and dead. Fuck it.
I'm trying again to go all the way through since 2 looks better but yeah some real shitty design choices in the first game.
I realized pretty quickly what ticks me off about the game. Far FAR to many instant death bullshit. You better run away! And don't fuck up or you start the sequence over again!
That's not fun. That's trial and error bullshit. And it reached its head for me near the end when the ghost kid or whatever is hunting you in the house. Opened the wrong door apparently and dead. Fuck it.
I'm trying again to go all the way through since 2 looks better but yeah some real shitty design choices in the first game.
Dusk Golem
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Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.
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Bloodporne
Member
This is the most fun I've had all day...
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
drotahorror
Member
I'm excited but something I read about it doesn't sound like a fun way of managing resources.
Maybe I ready it wrong (not trying to read or see much about the game before playing it), but it seems like the Green Gel that is used for upgrades can also be used as a consumable? Like you can choose to use it for upgrades or, perhaps something else like a weapon or sorts but of course it's gone once you use it on some ammo or w/e it can be used for.
I dunno, I don't like that. Got it preordered though. I bought the first on day 1, but lost interest around chapter 6 or 7. Finally played through it this year again, and beat it. It had a lot of potential but the first half or so of the game was so much better than the last half.
Maybe I ready it wrong (not trying to read or see much about the game before playing it), but it seems like the Green Gel that is used for upgrades can also be used as a consumable? Like you can choose to use it for upgrades or, perhaps something else like a weapon or sorts but of course it's gone once you use it on some ammo or w/e it can be used for.
I dunno, I don't like that. Got it preordered though. I bought the first on day 1, but lost interest around chapter 6 or 7. Finally played through it this year again, and beat it. It had a lot of potential but the first half or so of the game was so much better than the last half.
Weapons and character abilities are upgraded separately, using weapons parts for the former and gel for the latter (IIRC). And consumables can be crafted (not just bolts) at benches, with a slight penalty if you're doing it on the fly (higher mats used per).
Shadowhaxor
Member
Looking forward to this. Played the original multiple times, I'm actually doing another playthrough + DLC on Mixer. Was present at E3 and was at the Bethesda announcement (up front with a laptop in hand).
Hell, I already scheduled off work to get into it, Day one!
Can't say much about the game as I've been on a media blackout and you have no idea how hard that is when you're a gaming journalist ;(. Said I won't get a review copy, but I already pre-ordered this, I really hope it doesn't disappoint.
Hell, I already scheduled off work to get into it, Day one!
Can't say much about the game as I've been on a media blackout and you have no idea how hard that is when you're a gaming journalist ;(. Said I won't get a review copy, but I already pre-ordered this, I really hope it doesn't disappoint.
Aggelos
Member
The game is running on a custom engine by Tango Gameworks, which uses some of the skeleton of both idTech 5 & 6 within it. A Frankenstein Engine, of sorts. They put it together to fit their own needs, but have aimed to elevate some issues of the original, including reducing and removing many load times, lowering the amount and time of texture pop-ins with the engine, allowing much easier HD resolutions and 60fps, and to have a lusher lighting system for them and to allow much bigger levels.
The game will support PS4 Pro and Xbox One X Enhancement, being able to run at 4K on PC, PS4 Pro, and XOX. It also has HDR support on all platforms.
Really?
2160c with solid 60fps on PS4Pro? Can they push it that far?
Or perhaps is it sth lower than 2160p on PS4Pro just to keep the 60fps?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Within_2
There is NO WAY the console versions will be 60FPS. I'm fairly confident that is reserved for PC
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Hey everyone, this is Dusk Golem aka AestheticGamer. I have posted on NeoGAF since 2011, and have decided to resign. I have enjoyed posting about horror games here for years, but I no longer wish to support the site and will be leaving for good. I will still be around the internet, I go by AestheticGamer on YouTube, I make games on Steam as Yai Gameworks, and I plan to go by Dusk Golem on other forums. I'll be joining an off-set of the GAF community leaving to try other ventures like ResetEra (Official Twitter for that here: https://twitter.com/reseteraforum ). I hope some of you who read this may consider it, and I plan to try to expose more people to horror games in the years to come. Just not here.
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
I hope you all are having a good day, and know I always loved the community, and in the end it's the community I'm going to stick with, not the site itself. If you want to follow me, my official Twitter is here: https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1
Thanks for the reminder lol.
How About No
Member
Looking forward to this. Played the original multiple times, I'm actually doing another playthrough + DLC on Mixer. Was present at E3 and was at the Bethesda announcement (up front with a laptop in hand).
Hell, I already scheduled off work to get into it, Day one!
Can't say much about the game as I've been on a media blackout and you have no idea how hard that is when you're a gaming journalist ;(. Said I won't get a review copy, but I already pre-ordered this, I really hope it doesn't disappoint.
man i liked the first game well enough but still only spent 40 hours on it, according to steam lol
Mostly just playing through once, then replaying the chapters I really liked and showing the beginning to friends
I didn't think there was even that much to do in the game (unless that counts the DLC too, which I did not play)
Astral Dog
Member
wow i didnt know this one was 60fps
It's important to clarify that this was at launch (2014-10-14), and it was fixed about two months later (2014-12-10) - at least for NVIDIA GPUs. AMD still seems to have problems with id Tech 5 games.
If the game is (or was) randomly crashing, then something in your PC is not stable - most likely the GPU.
At launch the game had performance issues where it was poorly threaded and GPU usage was very low. I had an i5-2500K, a GTX 970, and a 1080p60 display at the time, and the game would drop to about 40 FPS with GPU usage below 50% and CPU usage of about 40%.
After the game was patched, CPU usage was much higher, with the GPU able to be fully-utilized.
That system has my old GTX 570 in it now, and it can still run the game around 55-60 FPS if I drop the resolution to 720p - which is smooth if I lock it to 50Hz.
It even scales well to modern systems, with all 16 threads being well utilized on my Ryzen system.
Since the polling speed for the stats is low there, and even then it hits 95% GPU usage, I suspect the issue is that you have the settings turned up too high for that system.
TestedTurok
Banned
It'll be good... My only concern is if it gets the Dead Space treatment and starts losing its focus later in the series
Not my video, but I've read people still having the issue with higher end systems and/or dropping the settings. Using something like FRAPS would always fix it for some reason.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Yeah, I played this back to back the first time, then again a few months afterward. But that's ok, this tame compared to all my Dark Souls 1-3 hours... something around 500-600 hrs per game
Aggelos
Member
The PS4-Xbox1 TEW1 left much to be desired from a technical standpoint. Besides, it was the 1st game of small and newly-formed dev studio called Tango Gameworks.
Now, let's skip to the present for the forthcoming TEW2. If they're able to give anything beyond 1080p combined with well-paced 60fps on both PS4Pro and Xbox One X, then that's
a huge leap forward and a success story for the small studio called Tango Gameworks.
It's gonna be wait and see.
Shadowhaxor
Member
I haven't heard anything about what resolutions the PS4 Pro/Xbox One X would support. So I hit up my Bethesda rep. If they reply, I'll let everyone know. I also asked about the PC requirements, since I don't think we ever got those either. There's nothing on the Steam page either.
That doesn't make a lot of sense, since Afterburner is hooked into it for the video.
Just looks like the GPU is hitting 100% and dropping frames, but the polling rate is set too low to catch it.
Maybe I linked a bad video, as in it doesn't show what I'm referring to. The actual thing looks more like bad framepacing a la Bloodborne, particularly when turning the camera. I could've sworn there were other videos somewhere.
I dunno.
IamDodongo
Member
I just put in my preorder. Thanks for the reminder.
theyturkerjurbs
Neo Member
Stellar work OP! I've booked 2 weeks off work for this, easily my most hyped game currently. Main concern is that framerate. Its the only thing that sours me on the first one, ps4 here.
At worst we'll get another solid, lengthy horror game. At best it could potentially be the next GOAT ala Re4 😆
At worst we'll get another solid, lengthy horror game. At best it could potentially be the next GOAT ala Re4 😆
BanjoLayleeYookaKazooie
Banned
TEW was a 7/10 for me on a good day. Encountered a near game breaking glitch on PS4 about 2-3 hours in but somehow made it past and there were a few good moments (some very good) mixed with quite a lot of average stuff. Don't regret buying it but at the same time I consider Resident Evil 4 to be the best game ever made so I was left a bit letdown.
I will buy this game but I'll be interested in seeing reviews and general opinion. The few bits of gameplay I've seen do look good I'll admit.
I will buy this game but I'll be interested in seeing reviews and general opinion. The few bits of gameplay I've seen do look good I'll admit.
TheMoon
Member
that's actually very close to the system I had then (i5 2500, gtx560) but I run an ancient screen at 720p and was cool with 30ish fps so that's what I meant by fine
I finished The Evil WIthin sometime during 2015 and I think it is one of the best horror experiences I've had in a long time. It's incredibly varied; At times it plays like Resident Evil 1, others like Resident Evil 4, and still other times like "modern" horror like Amnesia. The framerate is absolute garbage on PS4 though, but I managed to power through.
I should add that I am really looking forward to the sequel next month!
I should add that I am really looking forward to the sequel next month!
Got it for 30 buckarinos which is exactly 50% and what I'm fine with paying for a Denuvo infested game so I'll be playing on release.
Cautiously optimistic. All the actual gameplay I saw I liked and both Seb and Juli have better VAs now. Only fear is bad performance but I hope I can just power through with a 1080 at 1440/60.
Cautiously optimistic. All the actual gameplay I saw I liked and both Seb and Juli have better VAs now. Only fear is bad performance but I hope I can just power through with a 1080 at 1440/60.
Looking forward to this. Played the original multiple times, I'm actually doing another playthrough + DLC on Mixer. Was present at E3 and was at the Bethesda announcement (up front with a laptop in hand).
Hell, I already scheduled off work to get into it, Day one!
Can't say much about the game as I've been on a media blackout and you have no idea how hard that is when you're a gaming journalist ;(. Said I won't get a review copy, but I already pre-ordered this, I really hope it doesn't disappoint.
Goddamn, I don't even have that kind of playtime on Resident Evil 4, which I finished 9 times when it came out (there's no time played counter on the Gamecube but I know that it can't have been that much).
I enjoyed the first game even though it supplemented its highs and amazing ideas with huge lows. Never got through my New Game + playthrough because the game just had so many problems with its encounter design.
Liked it enough to have EW2 on preorder though, so here's hoping it fixes everything that was fucked up about the first.
Also, doth mine eyes deceive me OP, the game runs at 60fps on console? Sacre bleu!
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Deleted member 17706
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I'm excited. I enjoyed the atmosphere and gameplay of the first one for the most part (story was nonsense), but petered out around chapter 10 or 11 or so if I remember correctly.
I recently tried to install it and finally finish it, but some combination of Windows 10 Creator's Update and AMD hardware seems to completely break id Tech 5 games.
Frame rate was capped to like 20 fps and it wouldn't go full screen properly. Totally busted.
I recently tried to install it and finally finish it, but some combination of Windows 10 Creator's Update and AMD hardware seems to completely break id Tech 5 games.
Frame rate was capped to like 20 fps and it wouldn't go full screen properly. Totally busted.
How About No
Member
NeoGAF OT's, now coming to Early Access!
It's more a "please don't forget about this soon-to-be released niche game in light of Destiny 2 etc."
I'm looking forward to it, but I'm worried. Very high quality games published by Bethesda haven't done well lately. I'm worried about this trend of really good games not doing well since why should the publisher do more of those if all of them pretty much fails. I want more games like this, and wolfenstein and dishonored and Prey. I love well done single player games.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Nope. Stay tuned.
Cool stuff, thanks!
Sadly none yet, probably in a week or two and I bet it also includes an achievements list for some reason.
supernormal
Member
I'm really hyped for this game but I never finished the first one. Got about halfway through and dropped it when some new games came along.
Should I wait till I finish the first game in order to buy this?
Should I wait till I finish the first game in order to buy this?
popsicle_sundays
Member
I think I left out a pretty crucial detail; I want to run this in 4k/60
TEW1 if I remember right, I ran fine with a single 1080 (it's superclocked) but not sure how TEW2 will fare.
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