Video & PC Game Discussion

JJ, the PS2 has some amazing titles. Tons of stuff worth checking out if you haven't already.

The Gamecube's library is much more spotty, but still got some amazing stuff. I still play Mario Kart: Double Dash with one of my friends every time we go to his. Good times. 

Also, helps that they're insanely cheap now/games are next to nothing.

As far as modern games go, I don't think it's as bad as some say. Although games are definitely a lot less interesting/original than they were. Playing Baldur's Gate 2 again for the past few days, it's hard to say I can think of many games which had the same amount of effort put in.

Also been playing Earthbound lately... Man I love this game.

 

James wrote: Most games I see released now are FPS' of some kind.  I hate FPS'.

BUT WHY

It's undeniable that AAA games are dominated by shooters because they sell, but most games being released are not shooters, and you really have to look harder. MW3 is the only shooter in the top 10 both worldwide and in the US. And while I would point out to joel that you are reaping a decade of improvement post-release, yes, a game like Baldur's Gate 2 can't exist now because making a world that huge would be impossibly expensive, even with the cut-pasting. Great, PA has regressed further and now doesn't even like the shift+enter returns on Opera. SPEND FIVE MINUTES UPDATING THE GOD DAMN SOFTWARE MAX   

Edited by Henry Plainview - December 21 2011 at 17:30

I uninstalled a bunch of things I don't play and freed up another 70GB of HDD space

I meant size and content. Daggerfall doesn't count because a lot of it is procedurally generated.

I am not even using 70 GB of space total. My hard drive is only 160 so I can't be frivolous to begin with.

I've long since passed the stage since I spend lots of time with computer games.  However, If anyone wants to join me sometime in Microsquash's version of online UNO...

Damn, well I hand it to em..in a world where all games are the same and few make you feel anything...in 20 minutes I am utterly lost, and scared Never has a game/series actually had me so intimidated to play!

Joelsy my only beef thus far is...NO NEXUS
I guess the game is linear. Gunna miss being able to choose and all but aw well...


As for FPS I dont mind per se, just they are all the same sh*t. Played a bunch, all the same thing, seriously.
No originality and care these days, especially shooters. They have short and/or sh*tty campaign and just focus for multiplayer which, is all the same


Edited by JJLehto - December 21 2011 at 19:34

Alitare wrote: My concern is not with other people having issues. I've never had framerate issues or crashes with ME1 on my Xbox 360 and I have it running right now. I could definitely show you some recording gameplay footage, efficiently outlining how these issues aren't present for me. I've never had a red ring, never had an unexpected crash, never had an overheating issue - do you think I'm lying?

It's always possible that you are just incredibly lucky and have never crashed. However, RE5 crashed 4 times on me going through one playthrough, for example. Your uncanny luck does not explain away the reality that consoles crash and have always crashed.

However, the odds that Mass Effect runs well on your 360 and not on anyone else's is pretty much nil. I suspect you just have rather low standards for framerates.

I can't psychologically tolerate a game running at a framerate below 45. I know because I tortured myself a while back tweaking Fallout III to run on my computer. 

As I said, I can send you footage of me playing Mass Effect with a tolerable framerate. I don't know why you have to pretend superiority because you'd rather play games on the holy, divine computer than the lowly, pathetic console. 

James wrote: I may boot my game up later and check my framerate as I'm curious now.

It's probably lower than you think it is. Mine even falls into the 30s sometimes. I'm on Noveria; I'll bench it some time. It's clearly lower than Alitare thinks it is, since he thinks its running faster than the limit.

Alitare wrote: As I said, I can send you footage of me playing Mass Effect with a tolerable framerate. I don't know why you have to pretend superiority because you'd rather play games on the holy, divine computer than the lowly, pathetic console.

Random YouTube search.



Go to 1:38 for 360 framerate wonderfulness. The whole video constantly shows the game chugging along at 20fps or so. Or perhaps you would prefer IGN's repeated references to the "technical shortcomings" of the game:



Notice how smooth ME2 looks in comparison, since it sticks at 30fps (which you claim to find intolerable)?

So no, I don't believe that you're running at 60fps on your 360 (not possible) or even 30fps (you'd be the only person in the world to get it). You could cherry-pick some scenes where the framerate sticks to 30, but it's moot.