What Games Are You Playing?

[sygnus21]

I didnt realize there was a third one either until I noticed the Pre-order sale on STEAM.
Pre-Order price is 44.99.
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Supposed to unlock in 3 days. Seems it was a bit under the radar.

Will definitely be getting this next week

Thanks

 

[vierasniper]

Staying with the retro theme

I still fire this up every now and then



FE and SE. Even set up a coop game with my son occasionally, or there are even still the odd server running it as well.

Thank You for Reminding me about Serious Sam!!!! Seriously!! i beat the first one on the xbox, now im playing the second one on the pc. ill pick up the HD remakes of first and second encounter later. Its gonna be sweet when when Serious Sam: BFE comes out. i think it comes this year in the fall, i forget.

 

[stormy13]

Some time this summer apparently,

E3 2011: Serious Sam 3 BFE - Shacknews.com

 

[vierasniper]

This is gonna be a Serious Summer. :devil:

 

[Wishmaster]

Playing Alice - Madness Returns ATM


So far it is interesting & Im having fun with it although its wierd.
Alice seems totally insane, and the world itself is just really wierd , although thats not a bad thing.

The world & characters makes me think Alice in Wonderland mixed with Nightmare Before Christmas .. I dunno maybe just me.


A bit early to tell exactly what its going to be like as Im not to far into the game. Ive only just got into Wonderland.
Not the type of game everyone will like, but fun for me so far. Something different anyway

 

[sygnus21]

Yeah I was reading about the game here - Alice: Madness returns - Rage3D Discussion Area. Thought about it for a minute but I'll pass.

 

[Wishmaster]

Still playing this, and a bit further in.

It is fun and interesting, but overall, although lots of action and combat, it is mostly a platformer.

So for those who do not like platformers at all, its not a good choice.
Although Im not a huge platformer fan, I do like a few of them.



So for those who may be interested about Game Performance;

Overall, the game itself seems to be running very well for me.
And although not a graphical masterpiece or something revolutionary in that regard, it is quite pretty. And the enviroments look very good, and are very well done.


In all honesty, I have encountered a couple minor glitches, but only very minor things.

Camerea angles can be a bit funky at times, mostly when fighting 2 or more enemies and dodging around. But, just mildly annoying at certain points, and I havent seen it too much.

The major thing was the framerate lock. The game by default is locked at 30FPS, but by changing that FPS cap to 60, it smoothed everything out for me. This is one of those must do tweaks IMHO,.


Thats all Ive encountered up to this point.

 

[sygnus21]

Sorry I'm a bit slow.... what's a platformer? Example?

 

[BugMeister]

i read on the steam forum that Dungeon Siege 3 is available with DS1 and DS2 as a bundle..
- amazin' value for money..!!

- anybody tried DS3, yet..??

 

[vierasniper]

i have, its a bit of a mash up between diablo 2 and torchlight. ok story with lots of items and monsters.

 

[beecher]

I play
Full tilt pinball (well on my 98 vm)
SMW the essance star (well on zsnes)

 

[Wishmaster]

Sorry I'm a bit slow.... what's a platformer? Example?

Maybe not the best term to use ..


Things that fall into this category IMHO are games such as, Super Mario Bros or Super Mario 64 and even Tomb Raider are what I consider Platform games.

I just meant the game has this type of gameplay meaning
Lots of jumping form platform to platform, flip a switch or pull a lever to unlock paths that were closed previously (or solve a small puzzle), and figure out how to progress through the world as you explore.
As well as lots of action and combat in the mix as well.

 

[smarteyeball]

Even Half Life has platform elements

 

[vierasniper]

Duke Nukem took forever, i wonder why.

 

[smarteyeball]

Duke Nukem took forever, i wonder why.

Because the developers were in the same position

 

[sygnus21]

Sorry I'm a bit slow.... what's a platformer? Example?

I just meant the game has this type of gameplay meaning
Lots of jumping form platform to platform, flip a switch or pull a lever to unlock paths that were closed previously (or solve a small puzzle), and figure out how to progress through the world as you explore.
As well as lots of action and combat in the mix as well.

Got it

Thanks

 

[vierasniper]

Duke Nukem took forever, i wonder why.

Because the developers were in the same position

I cant argue with you on that. Its starting to occur more and more often, then we end up with games like dragon age 2.

 

[smarteyeball]

Unfortunately with the amount of time and money that it takes to develop games, especially cross platform titles - the publishers have an ever increasing say in not only when a game is 'ready' for release but also the creative direction a game should go. And us, the end users, pay the price which are often generic and unfinished games.

 

[Wishmaster]

If you think about it, alot of the really good games took quite some time to develop. Also, it would be obvious many times, that the developers put a lot of love and care into the project, because they loved what they were doing.

As of late, it just seems more about, how much money can we make as opposed to lets do this because we love doing it.

 

[smarteyeball]

As of late, it just seems more about, how much money can we make as opposed to lets do this because we love doing it.

It's mostly the publishers that are the bane of our existence trying to maximise profits.

There are undoubtedly still developers who love what they do and take pride in their work but with the way publishers are now, fewer and fewer developers have the freedom to make what they really want.

The 'release then patch, patch, patch' is testament to these enforced deadlines. So too is some of the DLC content that is available so soon after release. Aside from the fact that it's double dipping to make $$$, you just know that some of it would have been included for free if the developers were given the extra time.

*sigh* I miss the pre-DLC days when small things were added in a patch for free and major additions were sold as expansion packs. Not this gouging piece-meal released DLC crap that exists today