BTGBullseye
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Stuffed frogs are cool... My Mom says so.
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Pineapple.
It's neither pine, nor apple...
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Dutch?
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Honestly, I feel like Bioshock would do better as an open-world than it would linear, despite the linear story. (you can have both, and do it well)
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Devs that aren't dicks, but are still actively communicating with the community.
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16GB is overkill, and tells me the game's poorly optimized for PC.
You have to bear in mind that I'm using a laptop, so it has shared memory between the system and GPU... The equivalent of 6GB system RAM, and 2GB GPU RAM. (the first is about 1GB less than needed, the second just barely enough) 16GB for a system isn't overkill, nor is is even close to overkill for a game that literally has a 50km x 50km open world map with no travel load screens, and full rendering at ~0.75km distance. (and fairly high res minimum texture settings)
It's not poorly optimized, I'm just running it way below specs, and surprisingly getting 10-15FPS out of it. (going by their official minimum settings, I shouldn't be getting more than 4FPS) I'd personally say it's incredibly well optimized, but they didn't think to include an option to disable the grass/shrubs.
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It'd be a good idea to include a link next time.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/77868/?
It's an 8.3GB 'mod' for Skyrim.
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I have all three on Steam, with all DLCs. I also own the first Bioshock on physical media. (and played it back when I only had a DX9 GPU, and was 'amazed' when I finally got to see the DX10 effects)
Don't jump to conclusions.
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Fallout 2:
I'm enjoying Fallout 2 and I can't figure out why which is weird. Like I can't give you a reason why I'm playing Fallout 2 except that I'm playing Fallout 2. Usually I can describe what makes a game fun pretty well but I couldn't give you a reason why Fallout 2 outside of saying it's just fun.
It's pretty close to perfectly balanced, (apart from some of the combat) which results in that a LOT.
Fallout 2:People keep saying that Fallout 3 and 4 don't feel like 1 and 2. What on earth are these people talking about? Even though I'm having a lot of fun with Fallout 2 it's setting is generic as fuck. I mean you're in a post apocalyptic desert with 50s iconography. How is that interesting? I just don't understand these people that find it so intriguing when from my perspective it really isn't.
Here's the main reasons why most people think there's such a difference:
1. The later games are 1st person shooters instead of turn based strategy.
2. They can't directly control their companions in the later games.
3. They wanted another isometric TBS, and they refuse to accept that it isn't that anymore.
4. The later games aren't viewed through the lens of nostalgia, for obvious reasons.
5. The setting is the same, the gameplay mechanics are what they're referring to when they talk about the 'feel' of the game.
I personally fully agree with you, there is no significant difference in the feel of the environments, despite the different gameplay style.
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OT: Just Cause 3 @ about 10-15 FPS. (it has incredibly high RAM requirements, and it is a requirement not a suggestion, and I only have 8GB instead of 16GB)
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If you want to try out a non-toxic group, you could try Battlefield 2142... You have to install the game normally with all patches, then patch it with a custom patch that tells it to link to the custom private server, (there are no official servers anymore) then you can play on their server. This is literally the ONLY way to play this game.
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if you own the original games on steam you will get the remastered version for absolutely free!
Now I'm interested... lol
Bioshock is one of those games that really needs the remastering, if only to give it better compatibility with modern systems.
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Yes, but if what I'm reading about Lightworks is right, your CPU is going to be your bottleneck if you have a decent GPU already. A single large SSD will probly do you nicely if you decide on using Lightworks.
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You don't like teamwork? My guess is you rarely have someone on your team that can keep up with you, and that has soured your experiences.
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Yeah, I recall one panel interview about Fallout 4 after its release, (don't ask which, I don't care enough to remember) and they said Obsidian still had full rights to make another Fallout title, and that the F4 devs were looking forward to seeing what Obsidian came up with.
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Just Cause 3 + all DLCs. (they were on sale for $45 total)
I'm not sure, but I think this may be the largest single game I own... (46.1 GB for a 25km x 25km equivalent open world map)
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I like that for a FO:NO theme. It definitely fits the Fallout feel.
I personally would like to see a Fallout that gets this for an abbreviation: FO:SHO
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If you use just one, then it's reading and writing from the same drive. Effectively it reduces the transfer speed of the files. With 2 drives, it can use the maximum read speed on one drive, while simultaneously using the maximum write speed on the other.
2 SSDs, faster video transcoding. 1 SSD, better space for the price. The difference in conversion speeds are guaranteed to be entirely dependant on the program and other system hardware if you use 2 SSDs. A single SSD may or may not be the bottleneck in the transcode process, depending on the program and other system hardware.
Get the 2 SSDs if you want to guarantee maximum possible performance for this specific use. If you intend to use your system for other things primarilly, and just dabble in the video editing, then I'd recommend saving up about $40 extra, and get a 512GB SSD. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226765
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Voodoo Supermutants...
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You could, but then you'll be compromising the video transcoding speeds. (Windows and your video editing program are going to be reading/writing from their install locations a lot, and it can reduce the drive IO bandwidth available to read/write the video files) This wouldn't be a huge drop in performance though.
Of course, you would gain the speed of having all of those programs and the OS on an SSD, which can massively improve overall system speeds compared to using an HDD. (I personally would never go back to HDD from SSD if I had a choice)
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Definitely NOT abandonware. They are all available on Steam, and the Humble Bundle Store. (and a few other places as well, you need to work on your internet searching skills if you couldn't find somewhere to buy these) https://www.humblebundle.com/store/xcom-complete-pack ($15 for all of the pre-Enemy Unknown/Within games)
I'm not sure, but I think this was the mod for Starcraft.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-war-saga-expansion/news/ai-difficulty-included
Read this to get the gist of what the mod does. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/AI_script
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The 'Complete Edition' of this game is currently available on Steam for $10.
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Give the XCOM games a go... Not just the new ones either, as they seem to be a bit easier.
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Personally I am getting tired of microtransactions in full price games. Like, if I've paid for the game and season pass, I shouldn't have to shell out even more cash for stuff...
Agreed. "Fee to pay" is a stupid concept. It is somewhat defendable if it's in a 20$ game, but not I paid premium price.
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You can get a decent 256GB Mushkin for $80 on Newegg... (or a 240GB with better performance for the same price)
You can get a pair of 120GB Mushkin ECO2 SSDs for $50 apiece and free shipping. (my recommended) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226678
Larger capacities are cheaper per GB, so always look for the largest capacity you can afford.
Just use them as standard data drives, nothing installed on them. Put the source video that you intend to edit on one drive, and set the output from the editor to the other drive.
As for guides, I never did video editing myself, so have no firsthand experience with the process. Try searching for forums that deal specifically with video editing, and go from there.
Was No Man's SKy doomed to fail?
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What I take from what I've seen of it compared to the promise, is that they were unable to meet their deadline because they stupidly set it too soon. Because of this, they released a late Alpha, or early Beta instead of the final product.
Unfortunately, most devs would take the money they made on this, and move on... It remains to be seen if the devs are actually going to finish the game, or leave it to rot.