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| pikachupi wrote: | | sabin1981 wrote: | | Aye, the 8800GT/GTS-G92 and the 4850/4870 have been fantastic cards for the money. |
8800gts wasn't very good deal imo, was expensive in copaire to the 8600gt who came few weeks maybe 2-3 monts after the 8800gts came out and the 8600gt was less expensive and even faster. but overall the 8800gts well served me for about 4 year but again was too expensive for it's return. |
8600 GT < 8800 GTS 320/640Mb < 8800 GS < 9600 GT 512mb < 8800 GT < 8800G GTS 512mb
Intel i7 14700K | Gainward RTX4090 Phantom GS 24GB | 32GB DDR5 Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000mhz | SSD nvme Samsung 970EVO 500GB | SSD 2TB Sandisk Ultra 3D | SSD 2TB NVME Crucial P5 Plus |
Creative Sound BlasterX G6 | Fractal Meshify 2 XL | Logitech G703 | Corsair RM850x White | HyperX Cloud | DELL S2721DGF 27" 165hz Gsync + Sony 55XH9077 4K @ 120hz + VRR
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 04:19 Post subject: |
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i forced myself to complete this game in about 5h through 9 levels of utter garbage. 
the default menu is ridiculously slow. luckily, they have an option, 'fast menu,' to speed things up. 
2560x1600 is wasted in this game. the graphic is horrid. you shoot robots after robots until you get so bored out of your mind that it becomes automatic. sure, there are buttons to push. but oh, no, you can't push them until you kill all the stupid robots in the area. 
the atlas boss was kinda cool as well as the crawler boss. the upgrade 'booth' has a neat layout to it where you're not forced/stuck in an upgrade screen. when you're done, you simply walk away. 
xb360 pad is flawless in-game. although, menu navigation requires you to use the digital directional pad instead of the left analog stick. 
once you've beaten the game, there is nothing left to do. you can, if you want, replay all the levels in the extra menu. ...and yes, the ending cutscene uses the same cheap slide show animation as the rest of the in-game 'story.' 
anyway, it's time to wipe this sucker off my hard drive and on to the next game! 
Last edited by heckknow on Sat, 24th Sep 2011 05:45; edited 1 time in total
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 04:28 Post subject: |
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oh good point, i forgot how much i wanted to rip on the menu. its nice and cool for about 10 seconds, but its so utterly impractical... style over rational thought... i dont think when i last saw such a silly menu.
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 04:30 Post subject: |
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Yes, it's fucking terrible IMO, but once you click the "fast" option, it's not a problem anymore.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 05:40 Post subject: |
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 06:27 Post subject: |
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i think i know what the problem is... i too thought the game looked kinda meh, but everyone kept saying it was awesome... so i jsut went back and played it a little more and i think i know what the problem FOR ME is... so far ive only played the first level, and... yea i think the problem is the design, for me.
everything looks kinda boxy and simplistic... technically it looks good, but the design of things just isnt doing it for me as much as other games do (and im not talking about the aesthetic here..)
runs very nicely though, as i said... everything on ultra @ 2560x1600, its almost always @ 60fps.
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 12:14 Post subject: |
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| heckknow wrote: | i forced myself to complete this game in about 5h through 9 levels of utter garbage.
the default menu is ridiculously slow. luckily, they have an option, 'fast menu,' to speed things up.
2560x1600 is wasted in this game. the graphic is horrid. you shoot robots after robots until you get so bored out of your mind that it becomes automatic. sure, there are buttons to push. but oh, no, you can't push them until you kill all the stupid robots in the area.
the atlas boss was kinda cool as well as the crawler boss. the upgrade 'booth' has a neat layout to it where you're not forced/stuck in an upgrade screen. when you're done, you simply walk away.
xb360 pad is flawless in-game. although, menu navigation requires you to use the digital directional pad instead of the left analog stick.
once you've beaten the game, there is nothing left to do. you can, if you want, replay all the levels in the extra menu. ...and yes, the ending cutscene uses the same cheap slide show animation as the rest of the in-game 'story.'
anyway, it's time to wipe this sucker off my hard drive and on to the next game! |
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 12:17 Post subject: |
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| Breezer_ wrote: | | heckknow wrote: | i forced myself to complete this game in about 5h through 9 levels of utter garbage.
the default menu is ridiculously slow. luckily, they have an option, 'fast menu,' to speed things up.
2560x1600 is wasted in this game. the graphic is horrid. you shoot robots after robots until you get so bored out of your mind that it becomes automatic. sure, there are buttons to push. but oh, no, you can't push them until you kill all the stupid robots in the area.
the atlas boss was kinda cool as well as the crawler boss. the upgrade 'booth' has a neat layout to it where you're not forced/stuck in an upgrade screen. when you're done, you simply walk away.
xb360 pad is flawless in-game. although, menu navigation requires you to use the digital directional pad instead of the left analog stick.
once you've beaten the game, there is nothing left to do. you can, if you want, replay all the levels in the extra menu. ...and yes, the ending cutscene uses the same cheap slide show animation as the rest of the in-game 'story.'
anyway, it's time to wipe this sucker off my hard drive and on to the next game! |
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 12:17 Post subject: |
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Well, I played the game on the highest possible settings and it looked magnificent. Hechnow's arguments and tastes should be automatically rendered useless on immediate sight.
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 12:27 Post subject: |
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It looks good, but the gameplay is severely dated. That is of course not that big a problem since the game does not pretend to do more than that, but I think we all got spoiled by all shooters with blabla mechanics. Going back a few steps on the gameplay ladder takes getting used to.
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| Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2011 12:58 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | It looks good, but the gameplay is severely dated. That is of course not that big a problem since the game does not pretend to do more than that, but I think we all got spoiled by all shooters with blabla mechanics. Going back a few steps on the gameplay ladder takes getting used to. |
well...it feels like the old mechanic of waves of enemies and then boss +- but it works for me , no need to think , just kill them all and even no need to reload (only stop is when the gun is overheat). |
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2011 18:54 Post subject: |
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Hard Reset Update 1-SKIDROW
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2011 19:20 Post subject: |
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I'm annoyed that the "twist" in the slide show cutscene had absolutely no effect in-game. Heck the story if you call it that was a mess.
The game is brilliant as an old school shooter but fails if you are going to play it for the story.
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2011 20:02 Post subject: |
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| Mister_s wrote: | | It looks good, but the gameplay is severely dated. That is of course not that big a problem since the game does not pretend to do more than that, but I think we all got spoiled by all shooters with blabla mechanics. Going back a few steps on the gameplay ladder takes getting used to. |
In a sense, you are right, we did get spoiled by modern day shooter, as successes and rewards are steadily spoon fed to everyone, everyone is a winner, the game doesn't challenge you etc. In this game, like all oldschool shooters, you have to be good, to do harder/hardest difficulties.
We have been spoiled also, when it comes to getting out of danger. In modern day shooters, to get out of danger, all you have to do is get back in your nice little cover, have a cup of tea, and all of a sudden, you're full HP again, ready to pop your head up and take a few easy kills. In this game, like in all oldschool shooters the only way you can get rid of danger, is if you kill it, before it kills you. There are no safe zones, there's no time to wait for the opportune time to attack, since if you wait and sit in one place, they'll go after you, swarm you, and eat you for lunch.
Whilst if you think chronologically, then yes, this game does use "less evolved" mechanics, but this gameplay requires so much more skill and thought from a player, than a modern shooter does, it's not even funny.
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2011 21:11 Post subject: |
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I just played this for the first time. Damn it sure is beautiful. And I appreciate the fact that when you choose the Normal difficulty setting, it pretty much rapes you if you suck.
My overall review (on a scale of 1 to 10):
Graphics: Who the fuck said that DX9 was defunct? 10
Audio: Good, crunchy soundtrack along with better than average effects. 8
Story: Who the fuck plays a shooter for story? (fucking twelve year olds, thats who)
Gameplay: Raping is a necessity in shooters and is something that most, if not all, games today are lacking, to the detriment of the aforementioned twelve year olds. How the fuck else would anyone ever get better at these games unless the rape you every so often? Not everyone deserves to beat a game.
I've spoilered my rant (below) because not everyone wants to read my inane, rambling, blather.
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On a side note, I cannot tell you how many video games I beat as a child, most probably because most of them were so difficult that I couldn't possibly get good enough to beat them in the time I that I had to play them (my parents actually parented me and made me do my homework/chores before I could play, thusly leaving me with very little time to play). For the life of me, I cannot understand this, "everyone gets a trophy/ribbon/pizza party," mentality that is so prevalent in today's society. Sadly, it's beginning to affect my favorite hobby, gaming. I keep telling myself that if they dumb these games down any more, that I'll be forced to focus on other endeavors. While this might not be such a bad thing, where would I get the sweet release that video gaming offers me? I know that my job doesn't give me that. I know that reading a book/magazine/comic/graphic novel, and/or watching a movie/television program/music video doesn't do it. And I will not allow myself to become stupider just to play the newest games. Damn them. Damn them straight to Hell. |
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| Posted: Mon, 26th Sep 2011 14:22 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 27th Sep 2011 06:00 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Oct 2011 21:35 Post subject: |
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That's Fermi! I'm actually surprised you're surprised by the performance boost.
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Oct 2011 21:37 Post subject: |
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I half expect to get dud hardware mate, heh.
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