I downloaded the latest Magic the Gathering demo. I’ve never played it in any form so the tutorial was useful. I think I could play a game now without looking like a total nub.
I'm trying to play Bioshock 2 for the first time. Had to wait for the updates to download........ then had to wait for the updates to install...... now I'm waiting for the game to install....... I'm bored of this game already. If I were playing this on my Xbox I'd actually be playing it by now.
Bioshock 2 is lame. Get System Shock 2 off of bittorrent (it's abandonware, so it's not illegal) and play it on your laptop. It's old as hell, but it still makes Bioshock and Bioshock 2 look like turds by comparison.
+1 although my opinion is restricted to Bioshock 1 (haven't played Bioshock 2), I found it to be a weak echo of what System Shock 2 had been. to be frank, however, I've tried to reply SS2 like 2 or 3 years ago and I couldn't stand how poorly 3d characters do look like. environments are ok, mostly because of the smart design but characters look really bad as for today's standards.
Been playing Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions again. Left it months ago at the Belias fight as it has always been for me the hardest battle in the game and was annoying me but decided it was time to finish it. The lag stilll annoys the hell out of me, how they messed this game up so much when it comes to the lag you get when you cast a spell or use a move I have no idea but I am managing. If you watch the PS1 game moves happen so smoothly but on the PSP they take an age and the whole game feels like it has gone into slow motion. I have just recruited Cloud and now just need to go back to the volcano to get his sword so now have all of the secret characters bar the one from the deep dungeon place. Should have it finished up sooner rather than later now. Fantastic game ruined by the poor PSP port but at least I can play while Mrs Grim has access to the TV. I think my chipped PS1 is now dead so I don't even have the option of playing it on a console anymore. I believe the PS1 version has been released on the US PSN but as it was never released over here I doubt we will ever see it.
I heard that some PSN PS1 games from the US store work on PAL machines. You'd need to set up a US account and get a points card but it could be possible. Not sure if anything gas changed and whether Tactics works so look into it - noooooow.
I actually prefer the text/script in the PSP game. They have re-written just about everything and it works really well whereas the PS1 version I expect was just a straight and basic Japanese to English translation. If they had the PS1's framerate with the PSP's script and extra job classes it would be fantastic. I am actually finding Balthier(FFXII) really handy, he has high speed and fantastic range.
I had no clue about the plot in the original. Some people laud it as one of the best but it lost me. Still an amazing game though.
They have re-written the script so that the plot is the same but told better and it fits the kinda medieval setting better. Some of the changes are quite, well I can't think of the right word so look for yourself. PS1: Human? Hmph, ridiculous! From the minute you were born you had to obey us! From the second you were born you were our animals!! PSP: You, no less human than we? Ha! Now there's a beastly thought. You've been less than we from the moment your baseborn father fell upon your mother in whatever gutter saw you sired! You've been chattel since you came into the world drenched in common blood! And I saw this one yesterday and although I can't remember what it said on the PS1 version, I am sure it didn't say this. Rufian talking to Aerith. Ruffian: You know, now as I look at you, you're quite the rum-duchess, aren't you? Seems to me as you'd earn a lot more selling that tinder-box o' yours than them flowers! Shocked I was! EDIT: I found the original. Knave: Hmm, pretty good looking! Oughta try sellin' your body instead of flowers. Hee, hee. O and I forgot about this one but they threw it in for a bit of nostalgia! Wiegraf: Ha! No spoony bard could spin a sweeter tale!
I've been on quite a Mass Effect 2 kick lately. This was pretty weird: It just hung around and didn't do anything. I positioned Zaeed and Legion below it. Strange.
BF3 Beta has a my single 6950 at 99% GPU. However, it's playable. Usually. I'll need to get a second for a smooth frame rate at Ultra. Curse XFX for selling me an expensive paperweight.
How is the BF3 beta on the CPU end of things? BC2 is still the most CPU intensive game I've played other than GTA4 which was just an all around shit port. I had to overclock my E6600 to 3.4ghz to get BC2 to run smoothly. I can max out just about every other game at 1680x1050 with no overclocking. I don't quite understand why it was so CPU intensive. It seemed like a really poorly optimized port that didn't take advantage of the power of PC GPUs or nvidia PhysX technology. I really hope BF3 isn't like that.
I hadn't really investigated anything regarding the CPU because I have such a beast of a CPU. If there was an issue with CPU power, there's not much I could do, as an overclocked i7-2600K is among the best on the market for gaming. I'll take a look and see what sort of resources it's consuming. As for video cards, I think it's generally fair to say the 6950/GTX 560Ti will give you playable frame rates for High and the higher end cards and dual card setups will give you the grunt needed for Ultra.
so at the minimum you'll be spending 500 bucks t play a 50 dollar game. No thanks I think I'll just get the ps3 version.
No, I think that would be at maximum. I don't think you'd see any improvement beyond that price range. Also, you don't need to set everything on Ultra to play the game. A $220 graphics card would be fine for High settings. I am willing to shell out extra cash to play the best looking games at max or close to max settings, but I don't really need to.
The public beta is out tommorow. So I guess I'll find out if I'm fine or if I need to finally pull the trigger on that i5-2500K upgrade I've been looking at. I've heard some people say BF3 is better optimized than BC2 so hopefully I'll be fine.