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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24518 |  Labotomizer (1674) Dec 13, 2011 - 09:46 am
| | Knowing Valve I don't think it's reaching to think LaO3 might very well be a hint at HL2E3. Unfortunately that could mean it's still 2 years away. You never know with those guys. The only thing you can be sure of is it will be excellent. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4716 | Labotomizer (1674) Dec 07, 2011 - 05:49 pm
| A Wii is $129 versus a ridiculous amount of money for the Cave. And Skyward Sword's 1-1 controls are absolutely excellent. The sword tracks your hand exactly, including twisting the blade/net/whip. It's a ton of fun.
It's sad many gamers will miss out on this title. The best Zelda game and everything that everyone imagined when the Wii was first announced. It's too bad it took them 5 years to finally realize it though. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4716 | Labotomizer (1674) Dec 07, 2011 - 08:40 am
| Who's waiting on that? It's already out and it's called Skyward Sword, the game that made me totally abandon Skyrim for over a week.
I know, I know. It's on the Wii. But it is an amazing game, probably the best I've played all year. Going back to Skyrim's controls makes it feel so archaic. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24460 | Labotomizer (1674) Dec 04, 2011 - 06:29 pm
| I only ever used this once. Money is pretty easy to come by anyway. I have a chest full of stuff I haven't sold because I've run vendors out of money. The only reason I did it was to see if I could. It's a pain to line it up on their head anyway.
And the game isn't that challenging anyway. If you want a hard game you should look elsewhere anyway. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24469 | Labotomizer (1674) Dec 04, 2011 - 06:27 pm
| It can't be as bad as the N64 game...
I think an RPG that actually has everyone involved and Trey Parker and Matt Stone writing the story could be pretty awesome. I think that's what we wanted back in the day on the old South Park game. Perhaps what we expected. Instead we got a terrible FPS. I'll likely pick this up, I still love me some South Park and I think the show is better now that it's more satirical as opposed to just irreverent humor. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24460 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 29, 2011 - 02:40 pm
| | I thought as much too until I managed to finally chase one down and pop it with an arrow. Usually they'll land after that and attack. This one didn't, it just flew away as fast as it could. It was an elder dragon too, which are almost dangerous. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24460 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 29, 2011 - 08:17 am
| I was really hoping for some balancing fixes. Oh well, I guess that was too much to hope for. We'll likely have to wait for the CK for modders to fix that themselves.
And it's funny, dragons not attacking seems to happen frequently, not rarely. And I've had the issue with dragon souls not absorbing several times too. I just wonder when I'll get a Bethseda game that doesn't randomly crash to the desktop with no error and for no apparent reason. That one drives me crazy and has been happening since Oblivion, including FO3 and New Vegas. I was thinking the new engine would fix that but nope. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24409 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 19, 2011 - 02:46 pm
| Hit level 41, trying to finish main story before midnight release of Zelda tonight. I've used 3 points in enchanting so I have 4 items with fortify one-handed (gloves, ring, necklace, boots) at 22% each. Decided to go dual wield since I was taking so little damage. Dual 1 handed Daedric swords at 150 damage each. I also enchanted a ring, neck and gloves with improved smithing for upgrade of armor/weapons. 550 armor with Dragonbone plate and no movement penalty. 150 damage on each sword. 17 damage fire and shock on them so I drain mana and do extra damage.
I accidentally killed the elder dragon at the Throat of the World before he could say anything, had to run all the way back up.
I actually think whirlwind sprint is my favorite shout (well, that and Storm if there's a lot of baddies) simply because mages are the only thing that are even slightly dangerous. Being able to close on them instantly takes that out of the equation. Perk focus is:
One-Handed
Heavy Armor
Smithing
A few points in Archery, Restoration, Enchanting and Block (wish I had those back). Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24409 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 18, 2011 - 08:05 am
| Anyone else mess with any of the cheats? I didn't on my first character because I want to play through as much as I can pure but I started another just to screw with them. Pretty awesome. Especially 'coc qasmoke' which will take you to a room with every item in the game. All keys, potions, spells, armor types with every type of enchant possible. It's pretty cool.
That said my first character feels like I'm cheating already most of the time. Dragonbone plate set with sweet enchants combined with a Daedric sword that drains health is pretty nasty. The one handed sword is up to 120 damage. Although I think the dragons are scared of me now, I'm having a heck of a time getting them to come fight me. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24421 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 18, 2011 - 08:01 am
| That was my first thought but since it ties into Steam's acheivments wouldn't that mean even a boxed copy would load into Steam? I've had other games do that. Sort of like a game you buy on Steam that loads into Windows Live. So yes, my initial reaction to those numbers was that we had 500k purchases on Steam of Skyrim that could be misleading.
However I could easily see 1/2 of all PC purchases being on Steam. I still know a few people who want the physical media. I don't. I can lose that, I won't lose my Steam account. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24421 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 17, 2011 - 12:11 pm
| I'm a fan of Sign of the Lover. Increased leveling for all skills = win. Although I stuck with warrior for quite a while.
Also, I wonder how many people are playing Skyrim who had never heard of TES before. And that's not counting digital sales through Steam, which I would think is a large percentage of the PC sales. Which itself is probably a small percentage of total sales. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4710 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 16, 2011 - 07:15 am
| | Safari uses the same Webkit rendering engine as Chrome. That's strange... IE9 is fully compliant with all the actual web standards. So Google is doing something non-compliant after the fuss they've raised about the problems IE6 caused. MS and Apple have their issues but Google takes hypocracy to a whole new level. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24409 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 15, 2011 - 08:45 am
| | I haven't started those yet. The Cidnha Mine chain was pretty awesome. Couldn't agree more on the UI though. Requires using mouse and keyboard and can be clunky. Just hit 80 smithing and 50 enchanting so my Ebony armor and sword are sick, used philters of blacksmithing and enchanting so sitting over 500 armor with 60% increased one handed damage. So good. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24384 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 07, 2011 - 04:03 pm
| | I'm right there with you. Short of seriously screwing up the story and dialogue I'll be good with it. The gameplay was secondary in the series anyway. I look at ME3 the same way as I do Memory of Light for the wheel of time. I have to finish the story at this point. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24378 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 05, 2011 - 12:00 pm
| | Making games was always about making money. The difference now is there is a larger available audience so they make games that try to appeal to as many as possible. The old R6 games likely wouldn't appeal to the average modern gamer. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24365 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 05, 2011 - 06:44 am
| | I got a Vizio 32" 1080p TV 2 years ago for $299 at Target, that's been my monitor ever since. It took some getting used to having something that big but I can have my Wii and a cable box hooked to it as well so I really enjoy the switch to a TV. The only trade off is it's darker than a normal LCD so I have to switch brightness in games and then back to normal when I'm at the desktop. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24365 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 05, 2011 - 06:41 am » Edited on Nov 05, 2011 - 06:43 am
| I did a Phenom II X6 here recently with 16GB of memory. I already had the 6870 graphics card. I didn't upgrade the CPU/memory for games though, I did it so I could have a proper virtual lab. I dual boot with 2008 R2 running Hyper V with an Exchange VM and Lync VM both running 2008 R2. I've got 3 Linux server VMs I run under it too. Trying to learn as much about getting those to all play nice together as I can so I can offer some unique solutions to clients. But if not for that I'd probably still be on my E8400. Honestly I had zero complaints about game performance with just the graphics card upgrade.
I sort of wish I would have gone the Intel route but I upgraded when the SandyBridge boards had their problems and I wasn't sure how long it would take to get the new boards out. While it wasn't as long as I had feared, and I'm sure you can understand this, when my wife said I could spend the money on the upgrade I couldn't afford to wait. Money that I don't spend will be confiscated for other uses rather quickly. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24379 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 05, 2011 - 06:37 am
| | You're right. The unofficial bug fix is still required for Oblivion to run right after all this time. Hoping for something more for Skyrim is a pipe dream I suppose. It just takes away from how good the game really could be because of it. The bugs could very well take it out of the running for Game of the Year. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24365 | Labotomizer (1674) Nov 03, 2011 - 09:46 am
| Mine turns out to be every 2-3 years. It's usually less when my PC needs it and more when my wife's computer is starting to show its age. Considering the upgrade happens in mine and the hardware gets passed down to her PC the second computer functions rather well. It's currently a Core2 E8400 and an HD4850 w/ 4GB of RAM. Performs really well even now despite being over 3 years old. When her computer can no longer play whatever MMO we're playing at the time we usually go through an upgrade. I'll sometimes do the video cards sooner though, depending on if there are games I really want to play that are having trouble.
It seems like the cycle gets longer each time. In some ways the fact that consoles are holding back PC graphics is a very good thing as it saves me money on PC upgrades. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=24323 | Labotomizer (1674) Oct 25, 2011 - 07:12 am
| | Kung-Fu Pandas aren't even the worst part. They're making the cosmetic pet system into a Pokemon battle system, including having to find them, trade them and battle them. 3 at a time in a battle, with 3 of 6 skills per "pet". It's sad to see where the game has gone since 1.0. Flag this | Edit this post |
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