What are you playing now? [2007-2018]
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I never had trouble with the Mann Store.
And by that, I mean I never dealt with it until last week to claim a few items and stuff I had built up from various purchases.
It's not really a big deal, due to the way the game is set up. Item purchasing is more of a shortcut than anything...
Silent_Buddha
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It's only bad if you go overboard with it. And if a person does, well it's their money to spend how they like.
Myself when I play F2P games that have stores so the developers can, you know, get paid for what they do, I just limit my spending to what I would normally pay for a MMORPG. Namely about 10-15 USD a month. If I spend a little more one month, then I spend a little less the next. Or just don't spend money if I don't feel like it.
In the end I still far FAR prefer pay to play versus F2P systems as you get everything always for one monthly fee, rather than maybe not being able to afford as many features for the same amount each month.
And, of course, some games are more reasonable than others with regards to what you need cash to buy. LOTRO, IMO, did fail on that front at least when it first went F2P. I have no idea if it's gotten better though.
Right now, playing WAY too much Rift. It's still "easy mode" MMORPG (/big huge sigh) but at least the raid content is made semi-challenging by having some difficult achievements you can attempt to gain.
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SB
I guess I don't either, I suppose. I use it myself from time to time. What annoys me are the keys needed to open boxes, they cost €2 each, and typically it will just be a duplicate item of something I already have in it. The game also drops A LOT of those damn boxes, THAT is a moneygrab move if ever I saw one.
If they had you spend €2 to open a rarely dropped box which was guaranteed to contain a hat or a misc. item, then it wouldn't be a big deal, but if you play TF2 as much as I do you end up with a couple of these damn boxes every friggin' week. They're starting to crowd up my inventory now.
I don't mind that they want to get paid, it's just that when a game is built around microtransactions it tends to become a lot more expensive to play than one that has a flat monthly fee. Also, I don't like that the factor gating my character's progress and development is the size of my wallet. I feel like I'm constantly being nickled and dimed, so that's why I avoid F2P MMOs. It's not...*ahem*..."fair", that you can buy your way to success rather than earn it through gameplay like in a traditional P2P MMO.
Is it F2P only now, no sub options at all?
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You can subscribe to LotRO and get a ton of stuff for "free" (extra bags, all quest/skirmish packs, mount and much more). You still have to buy expansions but almost everything else will be usable/accessible as long as you pay monthly fee. If you stop paying it then a lot of stuff will still remain usable but I'm not quite sure what.
You have to buy lots of areas, you can't get quests in the zones beyond the starter areas without buying them. But I think they're running a $99 year VIP special, which gets you the full game for one year (though I'm not sure that includes Moria and Mirkwood, the two expansions).
I'm a subscribed player and haven't had to buy any quests or skirmishes, they are all availiable to me. Only things I did have to buy were expansion packs and account-shared bank space, though the latter was for pure convenience.
D'oh, you're right. I missed Grall writing "if I subscribe", I was still in f2p mindset.
Billy Idol
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Playing BF BC2 multiplayer and bought the Vietnam extension yesterday...coolo game.
I am also slowly fighting through Crysis 2 campaign...
I am also slowly fighting through Crysis 2 campaign...
Sigfried1977
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Crysis 2 campaign. Just fell through the ground to be more specific.
14 bucks for C2 on Amazon.co.uk was just an irresistible offer. Cheap enough in fact that adding Alice Madness Returns for another 18 bucks felt like a total no brainer.
14 bucks for C2 on Amazon.co.uk was just an irresistible offer. Cheap enough in fact that adding Alice Madness Returns for another 18 bucks felt like a total no brainer.
green.pixel
Veteran
I think that was his point
green.pixel
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. Braid is a puzzle-platformer, the platform part sucks and the puzzle one is not very good either, IMO. The platform part needs to be examined how good it is, in relation to other, better platform games, and is appropriate to compare it to Mario games (among others ofc). Why whouldn't it be?While reviewing Portal, the puzzles need to evaluated primarily, then the shooting/aiming mechanics. That said, I don't think that P2 is a great puzzle game either, since the puzzles aren't much challenging. Compared to the first game, mechanics have been pampered for the thumbstick crowd, unfortunately.
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Sigfried1977
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Finished Alice Madness Returns.The art direction is very inventive and full of symbolism (if not exactly subtle), and ultimately it's pretty much the only reason why anyone would keep playing the game I'd imagine. This is a boilerplate platformer if I ever laid hands on one. Would have been rather exciting in the pre-Mario 64 era I assume, but in the here and now it just feels archaic. Mechanically it's all workable, but being workable is everything the game ever aspires to. That's pretty fucking sad if your work is based on source material as unconventional and nuts as Alice in Wonderland. I don't think I've ever played a game where the disparity between art direction and game design was this enormous. What makes matters even worse is that the game seems to be terribly in love with itself, resulting in enormous levels that all take multiple hours to complete. Every little chunk of gameplay gets repeated again and again and again. When was the last time you finished a 15 hour game with just 5 levels?
What's the deal with enabling Ubersampling in The Witcher 2? Is that intended for GPU setups running SLI? I'm seriously considering purchasing another GTX 580 and linking them. Even with an i7 2600k and a single GTX 580, enabling Ubersmapling makes the game crawl.
Sigfried1977
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Try triple SLI
Seriously, it's an enormous performance impact that gives you very little in return.
It is supersampling. I'm not sure how much (4x I'd assume), but even if you're running *only* 1080p it will bring your GPU to it's knees.
A silly solution to aliasing if you ask me. They should have used DX11 and allowed for MSAA + transparency supersampling.
A silly solution to aliasing if you ask me. They should have used DX11 and allowed for MSAA + transparency supersampling.
Sigfried1977
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http://images.benchmark3d.com/benchmarks/witcher2/UberSampling_witcher2.jpg
A split image to highlight the difference between ubersampling (which doesn't entirely eliminate the jaggies either if you look at the tent poles) and the game's MLAA method. (which works very well if you ask me, and I'm only at 1680x1050)
A split image to highlight the difference between ubersampling (which doesn't entirely eliminate the jaggies either if you look at the tent poles) and the game's MLAA method. (which works very well if you ask me, and I'm only at 1680x1050)
RenegadeRocks
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I am really interested in playing Alice:MR, but have been holding back just because of such reviews. Hmmm....wish there was a demo or something to chk it out. From what I have seen in the videos it looks pretty cool to me, but ur gameplay concerns seem pretty genuine to me, but then I like old school gameplay, simple and fun. The fun part can differ a lot from person to person and hence...............no way to know unless one tries it out !
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