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 Topic: Styx: Master of Shadow (Cyanide new Action/RPG) |
The_Leaf
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 18:01 Subject: Styx: Master of Shadow (Cyanide new Action/RPG) |
| I love games that are heavy on stealth, but the trailers for this never quite convinced me. Waiting for someone to try it... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 15:43 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
all captains and chiefs have weak points, some bitch that game is too easy, others it's too hard ffs
rushing into the battle like an idiot is never smart, this game believe it or not requires at leas ... |
| Topic: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 12:28 Subject: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
Damn, this game is optimized! I don't know if it's only because it's mainly dark corridors rather than complex outdoor environments, but I can max it out on a laptop graphics card. Quite impressive.
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| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 12:25 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
Well I suck at this game 
I keep getting killed which in turn keeps making my enemies stronger, which in turns makes me die quicker. It's a "cat biting its own tail" scenario. By now I have sever ... |
| Topic: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 12:20 Subject: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
| Damn, this game is optimized! I don't know if it's only because it's mainly dark corridors rather than complex outdoor environments, but I can max it out on a laptop graphics card. Quite impressive. |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
Replies: 1203
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 11:28 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
Well I suck at this game
I keep getting killed which in turn keeps making my enemies stronger, which in turns makes me die quicker. It's a "cat biting its own tail" scenario. By now I have sever ... |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 11:19 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Someone, who read that article on Kotaku, which mentioned "how easy it is emulate PS3" did. Let's not point fingers.
But you were quoting me 
No problems tho, I agree with you, in fact I ... |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Oct 2014 10:29 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Damn, that's impressive. This emulator is as powerful as my washing machine which I once used to play Doom just for fun. Small screen but it is still doable.
I know you're being sarcastic, but if y ... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Oct 2014 15:58 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
I have an octa-core i7 on my laptop, but I can only play @medium settings, because the GPU is a mediocre GT750m
There are no octo core i7 laptop chips. Only quads cores with hyper threading.
Yea ... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
Replies: 1203
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Oct 2014 13:11 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
Point of all of this? Don't listen to the elite graphic whores and high end PC sellers....this game scales fine as long as you don't play below a 64bit dual core....... 
I think the point ... |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
The_Leaf
Replies: 6131
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Oct 2014 10:13 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Damn, that's impressive. This emulator is as powerful as my washing machine which I once used to play Doom just for fun. Small screen but it is still doable.
I know you're being sarcastic, but if y ... |
| Topic: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
The_Leaf
Replies: 18640
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Oct 2014 10:07 Subject: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |
| TW2 got the reputation for being "hard" only because the "intro" was the most difficult part of the game After you level a bit you become OP incredibly quickly, especially if you upgrade Quen, whic ... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
Replies: 1203
Views: 120421
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 5th Oct 2014 19:15 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
I found the perfect solution to the frustration in this game, if you die, instead of waiting for the captains to level up and get harder, press ALT + F4 as soon as you're down.
They can fuck themse ... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 5th Oct 2014 17:39 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
I don't know... it feels like a poor man's Assassin's Creed: same basic concept ... and less precise stealth mechanics.
How can you have less precise stealth mecahnics than AssCreed? 
Well ... |
| Topic: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 5th Oct 2014 17:00 Subject: Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| Played for a couple of hours... a bit underwhelming to be honest, especially considering all the glowing reviews. Seems extremely repetitive, all you do is press X and occasionally Y when the prompt p ... |
| Topic: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
The_Leaf
Replies: 376
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 29th Sep 2014 19:49 Subject: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
This game is every lazy dev's new personal nightmare
A small dev studio with an even smaller budget created something that, from a graphical standpoint, wipes the floor with most AAA blockbus ... |
| Topic: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
The_Leaf
Replies: 2422
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2014 19:03 Subject: Alien: Isolation #asurvivorisborn |
As I said some time ago in the console thread, I don't understand all this hate about scripting.
Horror games need a tight script. To make a game scary you need to build tension and control the pac ... |
| Topic: Schrödinger’s Cat And The Raiders Of The Lost Quark |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 28th Sep 2014 15:35 Subject: Schrödinger’s Cat And The Raiders Of The Lost Quark |
Schrodingers.Cat.And.The.Raiders.Of.The.Lost.Quark-SKIDROW
Mmmm, can't even start a new game, it's just stuck endlessly on the loading screen (the cat running on a purple background).
Anyone els ... |
| Topic: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
The_Leaf
Replies: 376
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 27th Sep 2014 00:00 Subject: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
This is by far the best looking game I've seen. The starting section in particular, with all the forest vegetation, is quite stunning.
I've solved a couple of the "ghost sequence" puzzles so far (t ... |
| Topic: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
The_Leaf
Replies: 376
Views: 38676
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 26th Sep 2014 23:17 Subject: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter - Horror game by Astronauts |
This is by far the best looking game I've seen. The starting section in particular, with all the forest vegetation, is quite stunning.
I've solved a couple of the "ghost sequence" puzzles so far (t ... |
| Topic: RYSE (with 4K resolution) |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 24th Sep 2014 10:44 Subject: RYSE (with 4K resolution) |
No, pokerface that 25-30fps on top-shelf hardware is so applauded. I just... I don't get it.
Well, to be fair, 4k resolution is quite taxing. The GPU has to move 4 times as many pixels as it would ... |
| Topic: PC version of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD |
The_Leaf
Replies: 232
Views: 26868
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 22nd Sep 2014 15:28 Subject: PC version of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD |
| Exactly. Every game is "made" on a pc, in the sense that design, scripting and modeling tools obviously are used on a pc. This doesn't mean the engine is made to RUN THE GAME on a pc. It's two differe ... |
| Topic: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes |
The_Leaf
Replies: 2077
Views: 148490
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 19th Sep 2014 10:40 Subject: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes |
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I may try 2 and the new version of 3 again if I have time.
Speaking of MGS3 though, if you don't like the default camera, you can download the Subsistence version w ... |
| Topic: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes |
The_Leaf
Replies: 2077
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 18th Sep 2014 10:38 Subject: Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes |
The only MGS I've played was the first one on PSX.
Tried the 3rd on PS2 but the controls and camera were so bad that I didn't get pas the first mission.
Now for the question. I know these games ... |
| Topic: [XBONE] Quantum Break |
The_Leaf
Replies: 155
Views: 17299
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Forum: Console Arena Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2014 18:10 Subject: [XBONE] Quantum Break |
Ok, that looks very nice (visually sounds and looks absolutely stunning aswell)... If only those traitor asshole Remedy guys would have made this on PC... :/
Well Alan Wake was supposed to be a PC ... |
| Topic: [XBOXONE/PS4] Metro Redux (August 26th) |
The_Leaf
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Forum: Console Arena Posted: Sat, 9th Aug 2014 12:34 Subject: [XBOXONE/PS4] Metro Redux (August 26th) |
| Other than the graphics, it's worth replaying 2033 just for the new AI/Stealth/Collision detection. I tried to play the original stealthily at the time but it was fucking impossible, the AI was comple ... |
| Topic: Unreal Tournament 4/2014 [RIP] |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 30th Jul 2014 10:40 Subject: Unreal Tournament 4/2014 [RIP] |
| I like what I'm seeing... feels like ut2004, which was the best in the series imho. Still play it to this day. |
| Topic: Doom 4 |
The_Leaf
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 22nd Jul 2014 17:01 Subject: Doom 4 |
The whole gameplay was kind of resource-based.
Funny that you mentioned that. Resource-management in Dead Space games was something people criticized as a bad thing.
Who? Ammo and health scarcen ... |
| Topic: [Next Gen] The Next Generation Discussion Thread! |
The_Leaf
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Forum: Console Arena Posted: Tue, 15th Jul 2014 09:13 Subject: [Next Gen] The Next Generation Discussion Thread! |
| I don't think it'll be that easy to hack the new generation of consoles (xbone/ps4 in particular). Let's not forget that the ps4 went unhacked for 4 years and even when if fell it was because someone ... |
| Topic: [X360/XBOXONE/PS3/PS4] Alien: Isolation (October 7th 2014) |
The_Leaf
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Forum: Console Arena Posted: Sat, 12th Jul 2014 19:33 Subject: [X360/XBOXONE/PS3/PS4] Alien: Isolation (October 7th 2014) |
Ok, I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this, but am I the only one that doesn't mind a linear game, as long as the story is engaging and the above mentioned "script" is good and well tweaked?
Why does ... |
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