Anyone play video games?

[bigger dreamer]

I posted this previously on the wrong topic woops.

I know it sounds like a dumb question but it got you to click on this thread :p

what games do you like to play and on what console?

Gamertag? starcraft name? playstation ID? anyone wanna have a tournament?

[Boomer3000]

I play BF3 on xbox 360, assassins creed on ps3 and COD of course.

[bigger dreamer]

ahar. which COD?

[eljefefx]

xbox gamer tag: eljefefx - Hardly play.
EVE Online name: Typical EVE paranoia prevents me from telling you.
Diablo III: Dranch#1744.

[Boomer3000]

I have Black ops, and MW3

[bigger dreamer]

on 360?

[stealthify]

Favorite games for this year in my free time include Deus Ex HR (PS3), Max Payne 3 (PS3) and Diablo III (PC). :)

There's a lot of games I like, just so little time.

[Sin'sVr4]

counter strike source

[bigger dreamer]

Favorite games for this year in my free time include Deus Ex HR (PS3), Max Payne 3 (PS3) and Diablo III (PC). :)

There's a lot of games I like, just so little time.

I heard Deus Ex HR got a bad review and the sale prices plummeted but i never took the time to buy it. what is it like?

[stealthify]

I heard Deus Ex HR got a bad review and the sale prices plummeted but i never took the time to buy it. what is it like?

I was a big fan of the first one, so I bought it for nostalgia's sake. At the time, I saw more positive reviews on it than negative (unlike Diablo III, which is getting hammered out there). Still seems to rank 4/5 stars on Amazon. I would suggest getting it for PC as opposed to for console, though.

In short: I'm happy with it. It's a fun game.

[nodoze]

coh - pc , bf3 - pc , skyrim - 360 as of right now thats it , waiting for deadpool to be released :)

[bigger dreamer]

well you just changed my mind i am going to get it next time im at game stop

[Boomer3000]

Yes 360

[stealthify]

Bump this thread with what you think. For less than $20, might as well!

Just as a caveat though, I'm not sure if non-DX fans will like it. The original was one of my all-time favorites.

[VR-4 0wnz j00]

PS3 MW3, computer Diablo III and BF3

[IPD]

STO (star trek online). Been playing this almost exclusively since march. I've gone back and started playing rogue-squadron 1 for shits & giggles. Imho, STO > EVE....but I'm sure that there's some convincing arguments on both sides. Space combat in STO is way better than SW:TOR, or so I've heard.

Dx1 is an awesome game. Dx2 wasn't bad, but not quite as good as 1. Haven't played 3 yet.

When I get tired of griding out STO, I'll probably switch to Fallout:NV--which I still haven't touched. I occasionally play alien-swarm as well (free on steam).

Never touched COD, BF or halo. Never felt like I was missing anything; I was too busy with UT2k4 back in the day.

[eljefefx]

STO (star trek online). Been playing this almost exclusively since march. I've gone back and started playing rogue-squadron 1 for shits & giggles. Imho, STO > EVE....but I'm sure that there's some convincing arguments on both sides. Space combat in STO is way better than SW:TOR, or so I've heard.

Dx1 is an awesome game. Dx2 wasn't bad, but not quite as good as 1. Haven't played 3 yet.

When I get tired of griding out STO, I'll probably switch to Fallout:NV--which I still haven't touched. I occasionally play alien-swarm as well (free on steam).

Never touched COD, BF or halo. Never felt like I was missing anything; I was too busy with UT2k4 back in the day.

Never played STO but I may give it a shot when things cool down here. EVE is still pretty much awesome.

[Alan92RTTT]

Currently playing Rage or finishing siude quests on Arkham city.

Wating on SCII: Heart of the swarm

I jump back and forth between DC Universe and City of heroes

Maybe if we get a group playing STO I migth jump back into that.

[UTRacerX9]

Dark Souls on PS3 was the last... a very difficult game by today's standards, which is why I bought it. Graphics are very good as well. Beat the first playthrough, second playthrough is 3-4 times harder IMO. Before that, it was Arkham City, beat the game, didn't quite finish all the side quests, some of those Riddler things I couldn't figure out for the life of me.

[Valhallaz]

I play, but not often. Skyrim and MW3 mostly, I'd play Rage if it worked (Will not let me exit town without crashing). Loved Fallout 3, New Vegas, UT (all of them) and Portal2. Have DX HR, never been able to get into it.
All on the PC.

[Alan92RTTT]

Some of the riddeler ones are hard. I normally look thoes up on line.

I'm primarly working on the mini quests and the catwoman content. I am considering buying the Harley Quinn DLC.

[Alan92RTTT]

I play, but not often. Skyrim and MW3 mostly, I'd play Rage if it worked (Will not let me exit town without crashing). Loved Fallout 3, New Vegas, UT (all of them) and Portal2. Have DX HR, never been able to get into it.
All on the PC.

Do you have a ATI based graphics card? I had one when I got rage and could not play it. WHen batman AC came out I got in on the buy a Nvidia card and get Batman free deal. Rage works fine now.

I need to figure out why Duke forever will not work. Not a huge priority as I got it for $5 from Steam.

[Valhallaz]

Do you have a ATI based graphics card?

Yes, crossfired 4870's, and no real desire to change them. They run everything else, glitch free, with all the bells and whistles on...

[Alan92RTTT]

I was runing a 4850.

I had heard they finally got the drivers working for Rage. Shame.

[IPD]

woah! DNF is now $5? i'm going to have to check that out!

as far as STO, I already have my own fleet started, so if we want to get a 3sgto group together, i'm willing to donate my fleet to the cause. I'll even promote Alan to leader. :)

I've already got a few fleet missions started, so with a little bit more help, we should be able to get that tier 1 starbase in no time at all!

[Alan92RTTT]

DNF was $5 on one of their christmas sales.

It crashes hard not far into the game. Best I can find is some kind of driver issue.

[DrGonzo]

I play MW3 on Xbox and that is about it anymore. I usually play at night when the wife goes to bed for a couple hours.

Wanting to get my hands on Portal 2 but Gamestop hasn't had it in stock in some time. Waiting for the new Black Ops to come out. If it's still glitchy like the past ones I'm switching over to Battlefield.

[Alan92RTTT]

portal 2 is $10 on steam right now(for PC at least) they are running their summer sale.

DNF is showing at $5 for the next 12 hours.

[DrGonzo]

I got out of PC games when I got my Xbox. Got tired of having to upgrade hardware every year or so to stay up to date with graphics/processors just to play the latest games. Plus I spend all day on a computer for work. So going home and playing on one just wasn't the same. Console is a different feel and a nice welcomed change after sitting in front of a computer all day long.

[BigTyla]

I was playing SC2 ladder an average of about 5-7 hours per week until my twins came four months ago. Haven't played competitively since.

Every once in awhile I get a small window of time to play D3 (read: 30 mins to an hour) but I haven't felt the urge to play any games for the past few weeks. I'm sure that will change when I'm no longer getting less than 5 hours of sleep per day, but if I ever get a longer window of free time I'll be spending it on my car.

[AdamVR4]

my current time sinks...
pc - civ 5 (I HATE ghandi, that back-stabbing POS)
xbox - ncaa 13, mlb2k12, mw3 (in order of decreasing use)

[Dbeltran24]

Games I USED to play often (Too much to do, too little time):
PC - Diablo III
XBOX - Trials HD, Gears of War III, Dead Island, COD Black Ops (for the zombies), Outlander, and Split Second

[BigTyla]

my current time sinks...
pc - civ 5 (I HATE ghandi, that back-stabbing POS)
xbox - ncaa 13, mlb2k12, mw3 (in order of decreasing use)

Are you a fan of the Civ genre? Did you see the article about the guy that played Civ 2 out for ten years?

10-year-long video game creates 'hellish nightmare' world - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/18/tech/gaming-gadgets/civilization-ii-ten-years/index.html)


(CNN) -- Can you imagine playing a single video game for 10 years?

One man did. And it helped him imagine something else: a bleak, war-ravaged future version of Earth.

A member of the social news website Reddit who goes by the name Lycerius posted his results from a decade-long game of "Civilization II," a turn-based strategy games in which players build their own society. His epic struggle pushed the game to its limits, further than developers ever imagined or planned for.

The "Civilization" franchise is a series of strategy games that allow players to grow small tribes into large, sprawling nations. Players can manage resources, build armies and engage in diplomacy in an effort to grow their civilization into a world leader.

"Civilization II" was released in 1996. But when the third version of the game was released in 2001, Lycerius said, he was already deep into his current game and wanted to see how far he could go.

He doesn't play every day but returns to what he called a "hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation" when he has some free time.

Now in the year 3991, his world is down to three super-nations, each competing for dwindling resources, and a planet left scarred by multiple nuclear wars. His Celts are locked in a 1,700-year war with the Vikings and the Americans. All other nations have been destroyed or absorbed.

"Peace seems to be impossible. Every time a cease fire is signed, the Vikings will surprise attack me or the Americans the very next turn, often with nuclear weapons," Lycerius wrote on Reddit. "Even when the U.N forces a peace treaty. So I can only assume that peace will come only when they're wiped out. It is this that perpetuates the war ad infinitum."

Because of the continual fighting, he was forced to abandon his democracy and adopt a communist state, because his Senate kept overruling him when he wanted to declare war. Also, his cities are filled with starving people (90% of his world's population died from nuclear annihilation or famine from global warming) because, he says, he has to keep building war machines to sustain his combat efforts.

"So you want a granary so you can eat? Sorry; I have to build another tank instead. Maybe next time," he wrote.

Constant nuclear bombardment and sabotage have melted the world's ice caps over and over again, resulting in the flooding of all terrain other than mountains. He said his world is full of swamp (which is useless for farming) and irradiated lands.

"Civilization" franchise creator Sid Meier said developers never even thought about someone taking a "Civ" game this far into the future.

"There's no way we could have tested for this, so it was a surprise to us," Meier said. "I can't say that we ever thought anyone would play a game of 'Civ' for that long. It's exciting that a fan of the series would dedicate 10 years to playing one continuous game."

Before you think Lycerius is just an unfeeling ruler, he said he does want to find a way to end the longstanding war.

"My goal for the next few years is to try and end the war and thus use the engineers to clear swamps and fallout so that farming may resume. I want to rebuild the world. But I'm not sure how. "

Reddit users have been filling up his post with suggestions on how to make his world livable again. And a new thread has developed, called The Eternal War, where players are chatting about their own experiences.

Meier has a new challenge for Lycerius.

"We should probably send him a copy of 'Civ V' and 'Civ V: Gods & Kings.' Maybe in 10 years, he can create a similar scenario. We applaud you for playing what's sure to be the longest-running game of 'Civ' ever."

[Boomer3000]

Just bought gears 3... Haven't played it yet but will tonight if anybody wants to join. That or bf3 or assassins creed

[AdamVR4]

Are you a fan of the Civ genre? Did you see the article about the guy that played Civ 2 out for ten years?

10-year-long video game creates 'hellish nightmare' world - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/18/tech/gaming-gadgets/civilization-ii-ten-years/index.html)


I am and I had seen that, actually. I probably starting playing Civ 2 around the time he started his marathon game.

[bigger dreamer]

my current time sinks...
pc - civ 5 (I HATE ghandi, that back-stabbing POS)
xbox - ncaa 13, mlb2k12, mw3 (in order of decreasing use)

LOL!!! damn ghandi that evil bastard just wants world domination

[IPD]

I got out of PC games when I got my Xbox. Got tired of having to upgrade hardware every year or so to stay up to date with graphics/processors just to play the latest games. Plus I spend all day on a computer for work. So going home and playing on one just wasn't the same. Console is a different feel and a nice welcomed change after sitting in front of a computer all day long.

you must have stopped playing pc games a LONG time ago then. pc games haven't really been taxing hardware in several generations. it doesn't take a whole lot of chutzpa to run 1080p, which is what everything is designed to play in these days. besides...all that money that you're supposedly "saving" on not buying a half-way decent pc....is being eaten up by paying premiums for console games.

steam is your friend.

[FeaRpb]

Did you just say steam is your friend?

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[IPD]

Did you just say steam is your friend?

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that was directed at gonzo. i think steam is ok...but i still have a major problem with how it is trying to kill off used games.

[DrGonzo]

you must have stopped playing pc games a LONG time ago then. pc games haven't really been taxing hardware in several generations. it doesn't take a whole lot of chutzpa to run 1080p, which is what everything is designed to play in these days. besides...all that money that you're supposedly "saving" on not buying a half-way decent pc....is being eaten up by paying premiums for console games.

steam is your friend.

New PC Games are a major tax on hardware specifically the Video Card. Unless your playing Tiny-Toons or something low graphic.

Crysis 2 was the last game I messed with on PC. I am running a quad core AMD black x64 at 4.5ghz with 8gb ddr3 ram and 3x nividia gtx9800 GPUs in SLI. If I can't run the game with full video effects on max I'm not going to play it!! Had performance issues with both Crysis 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2.

And the concept of Steam SUCKS!! Go out buy a game get home all excited to play and you spend the next 12 hours waiting for it to download.. WTF!! I picked up a couple older games like "Left 4 Dead" Get home and install the disk to find out the disk only comes with a fucking Steam install!!! I waited 6-9 hours for the game to download from their shit servers... I was so pissed!! I don't even think I played the $5.00 game that long.

In the end I'll stick with console as they are all designed to use the same hardware/technology so the game play is the same on every system and when I buy the game I maybe have a 10-20 min download for patches and such not wait for the entire game to download........

[Jeremy C]

New PC Games are a major tax on hardware specifically the Video Card. Unless your playing Tiny-Toons or something low graphic.

Crysis 2 was the last game I messed with on PC. I am running a quad core AMD black x64 at 4.5ghz with 8gb ddr3 ram and 3x nividia gtx9800 GPUs in SLI. If I can't run the game with full video effects on max I'm not going to play it!! Had performance issues with both Crysis 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2.

And the concept of Steam SUCKS!! Go out buy a game get home all excited to play and you spend the next 12 hours waiting for it to download.. WTF!! I picked up a couple older games like "Left 4 Dead" Get home and install the disk to find out the disk only comes with a fucking Steam install!!! I waited 6-9 hours for the game to download from their shit servers... I was so pissed!! I don't even think I played the $5.00 game that long.

In the end I'll stick with console as they are all designed to use the same hardware/technology so the game play is the same on every system and when I buy the game I maybe have a 10-20 min download for patches and such not wait for the entire game to download........

Love Steam here. I've spent about $80 so far this sale. Not too bad, as I've done a lot worse before. And 6-9 hours to download? How bad is your connection? Whenever I pickup a game, it's always maxing my bandwidth, never taking more than an hour, maybe 2. About the only time it takes longer is if I buy something for each account and all 3 are downloading at once. (me, wife, kids have our own Steam accounts)

Crysis 2 didn't really do much for graphics. Definitely was a step back from the original. Didn't even support DX11 out of the box and when the DX11 patch was released it was crap. Low res textures, big blocky poly's, just another console port. A single 480GTX will max everything in that game and wonder what you were thinking. BF3 and Witcher 2 can tax new rigs pretty good, but unfortunately most games today are console ports made to run at 720p/30fps on 5 generation old GPU's. I'm still running a 285GTX and haven't had the need to upgrade as there aren't any games that I play that have really put it down yet.

[DrGonzo]

Ohh my network internet speed is up to the task! Pretty sure most people won't see speeds like this....LOL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2070372909.png

The issue was not my connection but the Steam servers.... Don't know if it was due to it being an older game and they allot they bandwidth to newer games but the ones I had to download took forever and it really turned me away from steam.

[IPD]

New PC Games are a major tax on hardware specifically the Video Card. Unless your playing Tiny-Toons or something low graphic.

Crysis 2 was the last game I messed with on PC. I am running a quad core AMD black x64 at 4.5ghz with 8gb ddr3 ram and 3x nividia gtx9800 GPUs in SLI. If I can't run the game with full video effects on max I'm not going to play it!! Had performance issues with both Crysis 2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2.

And the concept of Steam SUCKS!! Go out buy a game get home all excited to play and you spend the next 12 hours waiting for it to download.. WTF!! I picked up a couple older games like "Left 4 Dead" Get home and install the disk to find out the disk only comes with a fucking Steam install!!! I waited 6-9 hours for the game to download from their shit servers... I was so pissed!! I don't even think I played the $5.00 game that long.

In the end I'll stick with console as they are all designed to use the same hardware/technology so the game play is the same on every system and when I buy the game I maybe have a 10-20 min download for patches and such not wait for the entire game to download........

so let me get this straight:

you won't play pc games unless you can max out the video settings on everything....and if you can't do that, you will play it on a console where you're limited to 1080p?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XMsJQbgsmLo/T6O8l_iH1OI/AAAAAAAACaU/C-yGAyiRkB4/s1600/Boxxy-WTF.jpg


jeremy is spot-on. 99.9% of all pc games simply will not tax your hardware--especially if you have a desktop. the reason laptop gaming has become "acceptable", is because of the absolute fail on the part of software developers to continue to push graphics forward.

[IPD]

p.s.

i'm going to rename my fleet "3SGTO of STO", just in case anyone wants to look it up.

[Zaroth]

jeremy is spot-on. 99.9% of all pc games simply will not tax your hardware--especially if you have a desktop. the reason laptop gaming has become "acceptable", is because of the absolute fail on the part of software developers to continue to push graphics forward.

There are plenty of taxing games out there. You apparently only play ancient or low end games when Steam hands them out for free.

[BigTyla]

I'd agree that there are plenty of taxing games, but they are certainly in the minority. Crysis, Batman: Arkham Asylum, etc, are the exceptions, not the rule.

If I can run SC2 on ultra and maintain 60+ fps during a massive battle with something as budget-oriented as a GTS 450 (a $100 card), I'd say I have a video card that can handle much more than just "ancient or low-end games."

[IPD]

There are plenty of taxing games out there. You apparently only play ancient or low end games when Steam hands them out for free.

care to explain how COD or BF are even remotely taxing on a PC....when they were designed to run an a shitty-ass console at a max of 1080p? and honestly, in any event--my point is valid. how can you possibly knock the graphics on your pc if you're willing to settle for console gaming?

[nodoze]

I run battlefield 3, in max setting with a quad core amd , and a decent 1gig VIP card without a flaw I'm not at home to remember the series for everything

amd phenom 9850 quad core , 8 gigs of 1066 ram , radeon hd 4850 , plays battlefield at full settings flawlessly
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[Jeremy C]

care to explain how COD or BF are even remotely taxing on a PC....when they were designed to run an a shitty-ass console at a max of 1080p? and honestly, in any event--my point is valid. how can you possibly knock the graphics on your pc if you're willing to settle for console gaming?

just making a quick note here as I've seen it a few times now...

The consoles don't play anything at 1080p. The max resolution they run is 720p and upscale it to 1080 and a max of 30fps (at least as far as the last time I looked at anything with them). The hardware in the console is simply not capable of playing anything decent if it actually rendered 1080.

-back to your regularly schedule programming

[Jeremy C]

There are plenty of taxing games out there. You apparently only play ancient or low end games when Steam hands them out for free.

Please name all these taxing games. If it plays at max settings and over 60fps at 1920X1080+ on hardware from within the last 3 years, then it is not taxing. Go look at most video card reviews lately, and you'll see that they have to run 2560X1600 just to get the average between 45-60fps.

[IPD]

^^pretty much what i've been saying, jeremy.

[Zaroth]

Please name all these taxing games. If it plays at max settings and over 60fps at 1920X1080+ on hardware from within the last 3 years, then it is not taxing. Go look at most video card reviews lately, and you'll see that they have to run 2560X1600 just to get the average between 45-60fps.


Care to narrow down your logic a bit? We are not talking about consoles with linear hardware. "hardware from 3 within the last 3 years" could mean a variety of things. a 2000+ dollar computer from 3 years ago may still be viable where as your typical gamer pc "700-1200" may not. The vast majority of high graphics pc games will not play on max settings on "3 year old hardware". At least not in the 45-60 frames I want it to be at.

As for titles that fit these criteria when they were released I can only speak for the games I have played that were taxxing.

Crisis 2
Max Payne 3
Battlefield 3
Bullettime
Metro 2033
Bioshock - Any of them
Aliens Vs Predator
Batman Arkham city
Dirt 3
Dragon Age 2
RAGE
Deus Ex: HR
Dead Island
Mass Effect 3
Dead Space 2
The Witcher 2
Skyrim
Rift

I'm sure there are others, but these were all games there were taxxing on my rig at the time they were released. I bought a 6950 for BF3 because I wanted to play it in its full glory and it was very choppy on my 4850 even with the settings turned down. Of course you can always make tweaks to the graphics settings or turn them down. I'm talking about 1920x1080 with everything turned up to its max, because that is how I play every game.


and IPD, I'm not sure who mentioned COD or said it was taxing (doesn't look very pretty to me and I haven't ever played it), but BF3 is one of the most visually appealing games out right now(excluding Metro 2033, because that game is beyond beautiful). When I play it on my quadcore rig with a 6950 and monitor what my computer is doing, all 4 of the cores and my graphics card are at high usage. That is the definition of being "taxxed" Whether or not you think the game is optimized for PC or not... the game is beautiful and it takes decent hardware to get it that way.

Maybe if you stopped preaching about games not being taxxing and actually actually went and bought one of the games that is tougher on your computer you would change your opinion. I can guarantee you, however, that as long as your just skimming sales on Steam waiting for them to hit 5 dollars... that isn't going to happen.

[DrGonzo]

I switched to console as what I get is what I get in games. They are set to run on the hardware I play them on at max settings no fussing about the graphics. No worries on buying a new game and wondering if it will run and have to check specs on the game before purchasing it.

Most of my hardware is 3+ years old and was pretty much top of the line when I bought it. Even though I run 3 cards SLI they are each only 512mb ea and single thread gpu's. So if I get a new game for it my hardware is really not up to the task anymore. If I wanted to play newer games I would need to re-clock the GPU's/Voltage and Do some bench testing to be sure it is stable to handle a couple hours of playing. Now I could go out and spend $2-3k and update my PC but why?? It runs all of my video editing, 3d design and graphics software just fine I have no need to upgrade just to p[lay a newer game I'll just get it for the console.

Now my console is also 3+ years old and I can buy any new game and not worry about it not working or playing like it should in the console.

I used to be majorly against consoles and would only play PC games, But then I realized the cost of PC games and keeping up with hardware/video/software just did not make financial sense when I could buy a console and it would not out-date itself for 5+ years.

[whitedragon]

Can we get off the PC vs Console debate and get back to more about video games?

I'm currently hooked on Mass Effect 3 (I'm in love with Femshepard) and SW:TOR! (Where I can also be Femshepard!).

Don't tell my wife! (Except she already knows.)

[Zaroth]

I switched to console as what I get is what I get in games. They are set to run on the hardware I play them on at max settings no fussing about the graphics. No worries on buying a new game and wondering if it will run and have to check specs on the game before purchasing it.

Most of my hardware is 3+ years old and was pretty much top of the line when I bought it. Even though I run 3 cards SLI they are each only 512mb ea and single thread gpu's. So if I get a new game for it my hardware is really not up to the task anymore. If I wanted to play newer games I would need to re-clock the GPU's/Voltage and Do some bench testing to be sure it is stable to handle a couple hours of playing. Now I could go out and spend $2-3k and update my PC but why??


2-3k on a desktop computer is insane. $1,200 would get you a computer that would be good for years. Once you start going past that price point you hit diminishing returns pretty hard. You might have to upgrade your videocard at some point, but the rest of your computer will have a decent life span. I generally build a computer for about 1,200 and every couple of years I buy an ~$150 videocard. Not really too unreasonable I think. Certainly much cheaper than my car hobby :P.

It is definetly more expensive to game on a PC, but I find that the experience is more rewarding due to the player base being generally older and more mature. Not to say it isn't riddled with children, but the atmosphere is much different than consoles because of the price and sometimes he difficulty of getting a PC game to work at all... lol

[Zaroth]

I'm currently hooked on Mass Effect 3 (I'm in love with Femshepard) and SW:TOR! (Where I can also be Femshepard!).



Mass Effect 3 was great. I honestly never finished it because I got so hooked on the multiplayer that it kind of killed the single player for me.(heard it wasn't really worth the play through anyways). and SWTOR was a lot of fun. Easily one of the best MMOs I have played in a long time.

Has anybody played TERA? I feel like this is the best MMO out right now. The combat system is a lot of fun and definitely outside of the norm.

[IPD]

so your argument is that pc gaming is irrelevant because you can only do it if you can max out the settings? what a sad life you must lead.

i'm sorry, but a top-of-the-line pc purchased the same year as any gaming rig...is going to still offer viable gaming performance on new games--long after the console has choked on FPS. you might not be able to run x64 AA/AF in 2560x1600....but you'll still be able to run playable framerates at moderate resolution (especially if all you have to compete against is 720p).

I run a Q740 (intel i7) 1.73ghz, 6gb ram, and a radeon mobility 5870 on a 1080p laptop. now i don't know what crack y'all be smoking, but this thing runs everything i throw at it just fine--including postal 3 (probably the "newest" game i tossed at it recently; also STO). for the $1350 i paid (net after MIR) back in december 2010, i find it amusing that people insist that gaming pc's are so expensive. laptops are always more expensive than desktops--and this laptop was piss cheap.

i really don't get the people who swear off pc's as a money pit.

1. you own a 3/s....are you a moneypit hypocrite?

2. just because you can't play with an 8MP rendered picture doesn't mean that pc gaming sucks.

3. i'm fairly certain that any pc with integrated graphics (including a kindle fire) can probably out-render any of the existing console generation at this point. :eek: 720p is a pathetically low resolution in the 2012. 1024x768 was a resolution i was gaming at back in 2001--and that's got a higher pixel count than 720p.

4. when you factor in the cost of your "live" subscription, the premium you almost always end up paying for console games (vs. pc games, especially from steam), the inability to get much community-created content, and the cost of peripherals & all the other junk you usually need to game on a console--you're really not saving any money.

[FeaRpb]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110826003524/icarly/images/4/46/20100108063328%21Exploding-head.gif

[Jeremy C]

2-3k on a desktop computer is insane. $1,200 would get you a computer that would be good for years. Once you start going past that price point you hit diminishing returns pretty hard. You might have to upgrade your videocard at some point, but the rest of your computer will have a decent life span. I generally build a computer for about 1,200 and every couple of years I buy an ~$150 videocard. Not really too unreasonable I think. Certainly much cheaper than my car hobby :P.

It is definetly more expensive to game on a PC, but I find that the experience is more rewarding due to the player base being generally older and more mature. Not to say it isn't riddled with children, but the atmosphere is much different than consoles because of the price and sometimes he difficulty of getting a PC game to work at all... lol

I'll agree with that. My current system is archaic by most standards. Built the core system 5 years ago. Upgraded the video card once, and changed from 7200rpm drive, to 10K rpm drive, to SSD for OS and 10K RAID-0 for Steam. I spent about $1200 when I built it. It still handles most anything I throw at it, though the moment I can find another $1200 or so laying around I'm doing an overhaul. I'm WAY overdue. This entire "buying a house and being a family man" thing is BRUTAL on my play money.

So as to not be a complete ass and actually go to the thread topic:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/jc81/ -about the only place you'll find me online.

[1stStealthN/A]

I upgrade the PC every two years with last years hot parts. Currently running an i5 2500K at 4 ghz, 8 gb ram, Radeon 6800 and a 120 gb Sd drive primary and 1 tb secondary drive. All I play is black ops multiplayer. Never got used to a controller, I like the keyboard and a trackball.

[whitedragon]

Mass Effect 3 was great. I honestly never finished it because I got so hooked on the multiplayer that it kind of killed the single player for me.(heard it wasn't really worth the play through anyways).

Incorrect! The story of Mass Effect 3 was amazing (except for the final 10-15 minutes which was still ok, but maybe a solid B+). Getting there is half the fun. You can also be plenty cold and ruthless if you want, because the galaxy is at war and we aint got time for no bs from no aliens! I let the galaxy burn!

[sketch]

I thoroughly enjoyed DX:HR. It was the sequel/prequel that the original deserved, none of that "Invisible War" stuff. The original is one of my favorites of all time. There were a few things that I didn't really like about how they went about doing things (or not doing things) but overall very worth it, I'd highly recommend. It generally raised questions in the same manner that the original did.

I'm also still playing a lot of SC2 & really looking forward to HOTS
Terran account: Sketch #427 (normally would be my main, but....)
Protoss account: PaulDenton #509 (yes, I really liked the original Deus Ex)
Until Queens get nerfed you'll probably find me playing a lot more Protoss than Terran (scumbag Blizzard. Buffs queens to fix ZvZ, completely break TvZ and PvZ in the process. Sit's back and watches the carnage)

I'm also keeping my eyes on the Steam sales, there's some really good stuff popping up there. Probably will start a Max Payne 3 playthrough soon.

I'm not going to post my Steam ID as my account is so old that the ID is an ancient email address that I'd prefer not to make publicly available, but PM me or post your ID (if you're comfortable with that) and I can add you =]


Jeff

[Boost4VR4]

I played the original Deus Ex and I skipped over IW and played HR and LOVED it. Very fun game, it was semi-linear, but missions that were not accomplished made the ending different.

Lately I haven't done much gaming, except from time to time I get on Minecraft. BTW, I have two public Minecraft servers in the event you want to get on and try it out. One is a bukkit server and the other is a normal server.

[UTRacerX9]

The consoles don't play anything at 1080p. The max resolution they run is 720p and upscale it to 1080 and a max of 30fps (at least as far as the last time I looked at anything with them). The hardware in the console is simply not capable of playing anything decent if it actually rendered 1080.


I disagree. My projector tells me what the feed quality is, and there are plenty of PS3 games that show up as 1080P. Bluray is 1080P, so there's not a hardware limitation for a game to play in 1080P as well.

[Zaroth]

I thoroughly enjoyed DX:HR. It was the sequel/prequel that the original deserved, none of that "Invisible War" stuff. The original is one of my favorites of all time. There were a few things that I didn't really like about how they went about doing things (or not doing things) but overall very worth it, I'd highly recommend. It generally raised questions in the same manner that the original did.

I'm also keeping my eyes on the Steam sales, there's some really good stuff popping up there. Probably will start a Max Payne 3 playthrough soon.


Jeff

I really enjoyed DX:HR. It wasn't revolutionary or anything special really, but it was a solid game with an interesting story that kept me wanting to play. It was also beautiful to look at. Id say Max Payne fell under that same category except Max Payne was obviously an entirely different type of fun. Both of those games were some of my favorite shooter single player campaigns I have done in a while.

[BigTyla]

I thoroughly enjoyed DX:HR. It was the sequel/prequel that the original deserved, none of that "Invisible War" stuff. The original is one of my favorites of all time. There were a few things that I didn't really like about how they went about doing things (or not doing things) but overall very worth it, I'd highly recommend. It generally raised questions in the same manner that the original did.

I'm also still playing a lot of SC2 & really looking forward to HOTS
Terran account: Sketch #427 (normally would be my main, but....)
Protoss account: PaulDenton #509 (yes, I really liked the original Deus Ex)
Until Queens get nerfed you'll probably find me playing a lot more Protoss than Terran (scumbag Blizzard. Buffs queens to fix ZvZ, completely break TvZ and PvZ in the process. Sit's back and watches the carnage)

I'm also keeping my eyes on the Steam sales, there's some really good stuff popping up there. Probably will start a Max Payne 3 playthrough soon.

I'm not going to post my Steam ID as my account is so old that the ID is an ancient email address that I'd prefer not to make publicly available, but PM me or post your ID (if you're comfortable with that) and I can add you =]


Jeff

Between the new Queen range and Muta/Ling to Infestor/Brolord builds littering the metagame, I'd say Zerg is pretty broken right now.

[sketch]

Between the new Queen range and Muta/Ling to Infestor/Brolord builds littering the metagame, I'd say Zerg is pretty broken right now.
Stats since the queen buff (http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/4706/sandiegostan.png)
I'm not including it as an image as it's so damn big. Zerg is so broken.

Sauce, from /r/starcraft:
MARINES, WE ARE LEAVING! (The Great Terran Holocaust II) : starcraft (http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/wptv1/marines_we_are_leaving_the_great_terran_holocaust/)

[Alan92RTTT]

just making a quick note here as I've seen it a few times now...

The consoles don't play anything at 1080p. The max resolution they run is 720p and upscale it to 1080 and a max of 30fps (at least as far as the last time I looked at anything with them). The hardware in the console is simply not capable of playing anything decent if it actually rendered 1080.

-back to your regularly schedule programming


I disagree. My projector tells me what the feed quality is, and there are plenty of PS3 games that show up as 1080P. Bluray is 1080P, so there's not a hardware limitation for a game to play in 1080P as well.

Did you miss the part were jeremy said "upscale it to 1080". The output is 1080 the rendered image is 720 and internal to the PS3 streched to 1080. Same process as a DVD.

[sketch]

Many PS3 games are now rendered at 1080p, not just upscaled (though most are). God of War 3 comes to mind as one of the first to do so.

[UTRacerX9]

Did you miss the part were jeremy said "upscale it to 1080". The output is 1080 the rendered image is 720 and internal to the PS3 streched to 1080. Same process as a DVD.

No, I didn't miss it. The PS3 now has many games that are 1080P native resolution, with no upscaling, Gran Tourismo and Arkham City are two that come to mind.

[onebadmollafolla]

I'm waiting for Armored Kill to come to BF3. The map pack is going to be nuts! They just released this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF8H1Wh-Brc&feature=youtu.be&oref=http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield3/comments/wtaz7/battlefield_3_armored_kill_trailer/

[FeaRpb]

It is going to be AMAZING

[stealthify]

I really enjoyed DX:HR. It wasn't revolutionary or anything special really, but it was a solid game with an interesting story that kept me wanting to play. It was also beautiful to look at. Id say Max Payne fell under that same category except Max Payne was obviously an entirely different type of fun. Both of those games were some of my favorite shooter single player campaigns I have done in a while.

My thoughts exactly. You have great taste in games. :)

[Jeremy C]

So any other Indie Dev whores here? Some of the recent indie titles I've purchased:

Braid
BIT.TRIP BEAT
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
HOARD
And Yet It Moves
Atom Zombie Smasher
The Binding of Isaac
Botanicula
Cogs
DLC Quest
Hard Reset
E.Y.E Divine Supremecy
Frozen Synapse
Greed Corp
iBomber Defense
LIMBO
Machinarium
Trine
TRAUMA
Titan Attacks
Universe Sandbox
Greed Corp
Hammerflight
Bastion

...And more I'm forgetting or don't see immediately on my Steam list. I've got to the point that mainstream titles really don't entertain me any longer as they are all the same thing over and over. Just more of the same COD clones or other 3rd person shooter types. There seems to be a lot more creativity coming out in the indie scene, and with the Humble Bundle and Indie Royale "name your price" schemes when they offer them, it's nigh impossible to say no to these. Yeah, some a junk, but I would rather waste $4 on a game and it be bad than $50.

[IPD]

No, I didn't miss it. The PS3 now has many games that are 1080P native resolution, with no upscaling, Gran Tourismo and Arkham City are two that come to mind.

wow. in either case, welcome to gaming in 2001:

NVIDIA GeForce3 Benchmarks (http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/gf3q3/page2.asp)

p.s.

jeremy, i still swear by alien swarm as being unique enough to warrant a look. and it did start as an indie game.

[Zaroth]

So any other Indie Dev whores here? Some of the recent indie titles I've purchased:

Yeah, some a junk, but I would rather waste $4 on a game and it be bad than $50.

This is why I torrent games before I buy them. Since you mention indie games, I have been playing Krater and Super Meat Boy lately. Definitely worth the money. Krater in particular is a lot of fun.

[Valhallaz]

DL'd Fallout New Vegas from steam yesterday, $4.99 daily special (took about 45 minutes, as per usual). Loved Fallout 3, so I'm sure I'll enjoy playing it...

[sketch]

I liked both. Overall, I thought that FO3 had a much better/stronger storyline, but felt that NV gave you more options for how you'd play through the game.

[UTRacerX9]

wow. in either case, welcome to gaming in 2001:


Sorry I'm not the hardcore gamer you are. LOL (Then again, you're also talking to someone who built his own stand up MAME arcade with all the classics, and doesn't give a shit about needing to play the latest FPS or MMORPG.)

[FeaRpb]

I also felt that New Vegas lacked a certain something. It was fun playing it but it couldn't keep me interested for very long.

[Valhallaz]

Hmmm, Crysis2 is 70% off... Anyone play?

[bigger dreamer]

Mass Effect 3 was great. I honestly never finished it because I got so hooked on the multiplayer that it kind of killed the single player for me.(heard it wasn't really worth the play through anyways). and SWTOR was a lot of fun. Easily one of the best MMOs I have played in a long time.

Has anybody played TERA? I feel like this is the best MMO out right now. The combat system is a lot of fun and definitely outside of the norm.

Oh f yea SWTOR was amazing but it got expensive after a while

[bigger dreamer]

Hmmm, Crysis2 is 70% off... Anyone play?

hell yeah i just started playing online but i play on the xbox

dunepoonkiller (xbox ID) if you play that is.

[bigger dreamer]

anyone heard of the game called the slender man? it is a pc download. pretty scary at night

Slender beta 0.9 - Windows free game - File Downloads, Patches, Mods and Demos for PC Games at Shacknews.com (http://www.shacknews.com/file/32249/slender-beta-09-windows-free-game)

play it when it gets dark.

[daerdevil_1987]

Hmmm I've never heard of it, i'll download it.
anyone play League of Legends ?

[BigTyla]

Never got into LoL or DOTA. I prefer games that require a little more skill.

[Alan92RTTT]

I've been playing with City of Heroes for old time sake as its going away at the end of November or playing Black Mesa.

Black Mesa is a fan made recreation of Half-Life 1 using the source engine using all new graphics and some new voice overs.

[nodoze]

I got on COH to screen capture all my fifties , prolly up playing one last time soon , still saddens me to have it completely shut down

Sent from my HTC Hero S using Tapatalk 2

[BigTyla]

Seems like they have a powerful following. Hopefully they release the source code so the game can survive on private servers.

[Alan92RTTT]

Form what I've seen the dev team that worked on it is trying to get NCSoft to sell them the game/rights so they can keep it going. NCSoft does not seem to be interested. From all reports the game still made money.

[BigTyla]

Not sure what they'd have to lose if they sold the rights. Seems like the game was doing fine until NCSoft came around.

[Boomer3000]

So who here plays BF3 online for xbox live?

[Alan92RTTT]

Not sure what they'd have to lose if they sold the rights. Seems like the game was doing fine until NCSoft came around.

NCSoft has been involved since the beginning. They are shutting it down because "the continued support of the franchise no longer fits within our long term goals for the company,". Many are assuming its because NCSoft does not understand the game(it never did well in Korea where NCSoft is based) and does not want it as completion for the other MMO's it has.

[BigTyla]

Involved sure, but they didn't have total ownership of the game until a couple of years after its release.

[Alan92RTTT]

They had 50% ownership till Cryptic sold out to make the Marvel MMO that got retooled into Champions.

IMO The devs that stayed with COH did a better job with it after the cryptic split.

[nodoze]

They did a great job especially when it kept someone like me subscribed for six years

Sent from my HTC Hero S using Tapatalk 2

[IPD]

wow. cryptic has a huge track record of fucking shit up. STO ranks up there too. it has gotten a bit better recently, but there are still bugs/glitches that make you scratch your head.

i HATE it when MMORPG goes offline. i'll be crushed if/when STO dies. I love this game. tier 2 shipyard and still building for my fleet.

[ItTricky]

I played the original Deus Ex and I skipped over IW and played HR and LOVED it. Very fun game, it was semi-linear, but missions that were not accomplished made the ending different.

Lately I haven't done much gaming, except from time to time I get on Minecraft. BTW, I have two public Minecraft servers in the event you want to get on and try it out. One is a bukkit server and the other is a normal server.


if you still play alot of minecraft feel free to join the srver i am a moderator on, play.enderkingdom.com just mak an app on nerfbot.com saying i referred you and u wanna b whitelisted, i'll let you build on my continent :P

[TheGreenJavelin]

I play Starcraft 2 weekly. We have a also host LAN parties fairly often for anyone interested in the Cincinnati area (which include games like sc2, tf2, bf3, now recently planetside 2 and many others).

if you ever want to play team ladder i'd be down. GreenJavelin, same as on here (and everywhere, lol). (~diamond/master)

[sketch]

lol sc2 lan. been playing the HOTS beta at all?

[TheGreenJavelin]

Lol, yeah "lan". 20mbps down internet, normally good enough for the bunch. SC doesn't need too much.

Have not played HOTS, but been following it some though.

[sketch]

haha i can tether on my phone and play online with no problem. hots beta is pretty fun, the changes are wacky and often enough that it keeps things interesting and keeps me playing random. terran, protoss or zerg? i was once diamond terran, but am now around gold/platinum protoss/terran as i'm not playing as much

[TheGreenJavelin]

diamond zerg, master terran. little weak with toss still but working on it.

[nodoze]

Saints row the third complete bundle is on sale in steam till the first for 14.99 heck of a deal

Sent from my HTC Hero S using Tapatalk 2

[IPD]

deus ex 3-pack is on sale for ~$12 right now. if you don't have human revolution yet, this is the best deal you're going to get.

[athamay]

I play guildwars, guildwars 2, star trek online, starwars the old republic (not all at once, I alternate weekly as I only play during weekends when I got nothing better to do), on the pas3 I sometimes fire up god of war or gt5

[IPD]

let me know if you want a fleet invite on STO. there's 3 of us 3sgto guys on it so far.

[Ninja Performance]

gamertag Ninja3S

Not on much but at night around 8-10pm and we play left4dead mostly.
And I activated my gift code on the wrong account so now I am back to newbie with no stats :(

Only have xbox live cause david snook bought us 4 months gold.

And many got together when they bought us the Xbox and sent games, again also David Snook, Pauly Perl, Jared Foster, so I have some of the recent race games. But mostly Vicki plays with me at night so it's all zombies, no racing.

-Chris

[sergechronos]

Gamertag on the 360 and on Steam is sergechronos.

Not on much during the school semester. 360 is essentially just NCAA12 and Forza 3.
Steam is Borderlands 1&2, Saints Row 3, rarely Dirt3 and Empire Total War.

Used to do WoW, RIFT and D3, but stopped for a variety of reasons.

In truth, I spend a lot of time now playing old PS1 games on emulators.

[Willens]

I'll usually dick around on a few games at night and grill on a few beers. I used to play a decent amount of COD: BO2 online and will when friends want to, I'm pretty decent; love playing Forza Horizon online, the playground games are a blast. Forza 4, I have Borderlands 1, Gears of War III, Army of Two and the sequel, Fable III, and I think that is it. My longtime friend I play COD:BO2 is trying to talk me into picking up BF3, who knows.
Gamertag is Willens Leraie, weekdays I might be on for an hour or so from 10:30ish CST, sometimes on the weekends.

[Ninja Performance]

We keep getting voted to get kicked out (left4dead2). Sometimes we win the vote but sometimes not. Not sure if it is cause lag (1.4mb dsl) the fact we don't have headphones so you can't team up, or that we suck.

-Chris

[FeaRpb]

I started up bf3 again. After not playing for 4 months. I feel that I play better now haha. I have been straight up dominating every Conquest match I play. (usually...)

[nodoze]

Yea lfd2 sucked online when i played kept getting voted out.mainly cause I suck . Been playing planet side 2 lately

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[duke3k]

I started up bf3 again. After not playing for 4 months. I feel that I play better now haha. I have been straight up dominating every Conquest match I play. (usually...)


Just dropped you a friend request via battlelog... let's scrim sometime....

Duke3k

[GearHead899]

I play Forza Horizons and Halo 4. gamer tag is GearHead899

[ItTricky]

black ops 2 on 360,GT; x ItTricky x