BTGBullseye

Just Cause 2/3... JC3 has a literal 25km x 25km map, and it is FULL of shit to blow up. (only able to go to about 10km vertically though) The Saint's Row series. (starting at 3) The Grand Theft Auto series. (starting at San Andreas) Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor. The Batman: Arkham *whatever* series. (apart from Arkham Asylum apparently) The Far Cry series. The Borderlands series. The Assassin's Creed series. Brütal Legend. The Dead Island series. Mass Effect. The Prototype series. Rage. Red Faction: Guerilla. These are all open world games with minimal or no fast-travel requirements. (and I only looked at my Steam Library to get this list)

I can't seem to find that 'open alpha' you were speaking of... They're charging at least $45 just to download on their site.

I'm still an INTP-A... Let's go with the flow and give a nice rundown of their strengths and weaknesses compared to my own perception of myself. "Strengths" Great Analysts and Abstract Thinkers: I can fully confirm that I do have this. Imaginative and Original: When it comes to getting a job, this is actually a weakness, not a strength. (I do have this one) Open-Minded: You better believe it! Enthusiastic: Only on the inside. I've learned the hard way that enthusiasm should be reserved solely for pizza. Objective: Yup. That's me. Everyone that knows me says it comes across as a lack of feeling, but it's not. Honest and Straightforward: To a fault. "Weaknesses" Very Private and Withdrawn: I like dark corners and walls... Basements are awesome! Insensitive: Not really, I just refuse to be dishonest. Most people incorrectly assume it to be insensitivity. Absent-minded: Only when th... Ooooh, shiny. What was I saying? (just kidding) Condescending: Same as the "Insensitive" comment. Loathe Rules and Guidelines: Unless I can see the good in following them, I absolutely agree. Second-Guess Themselves: Nope. Not even in the slightest. I decide something, and live with the decision. If it was wrong, then it was wrong. There's no point in second guessing something that can no longer be changed. (this one is fully countered by my 100% assertiveness) I 100% agree with my 100% assertiveness result.

Mods also have the huge advantage of not having a release deadline... You release when you're done, not when the company you're working for says it wants to make money off it.

Star Trek Online.

+1

I'll get MD from a torrent before I buy it... I like to test first. (I did this with HR as well)

It's essentially the free version of those purchased things... Besides, it's almost more fun making the trainer than it is playing the game. lol

And people that don't know about trainers...

Bullet penetration. I hate it when you shoot a cardboard box, and it somehow stops an armor piercing .50 high power rifle round that was fired from 3 feet away. I very much appreciate games that not only allow a bullet to penetrate, but also deflect the bullet, and reduce its damage on the other side appropriately, based on the material of what was penetrated. (this system exists in HL2, but you have to use a mod to fully enable it)

Star Trek Online.

In addition, it is blatantly obvious that they weren't really finished building the game, but they had so much hype going for it that they couldn't afford to miss releasing on the deadline.

Just Cause 3. Just beat the game. Not too bad.

Just Cause 3. Jetpack wingsuit with missile launcher and machine gun... Nah, this isn't OP at all...

It may have been relatively complete when they showed it, but in implementing the other systems necessary for the game to function as a game instead of a demo, it may have broken something in that content that couldn't be easily fixed... Hence, cut content. We don't know, so don't be hostile until we find out for sure.

How do you know that that content would even be in a format usable by the current engine? It isn't always cut just to remove it from the game, there can be technical issues with the content. As I said, we haven't given the devs sufficient time to find out if they're going to let the game rot, or finish it.

Just Cause 3. Impressive visuals, and it's just as impressive that it can run on my system with SSAO and Global Illumination, and average over 12 FPS. (after a few tweaks, and dropping resolution to 720p)

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.

Stuffed frogs are cool... My Mom says so.

Pineapple. It's neither pine, nor apple...

Dutch?

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)

Devs that aren't dicks, but are still actively communicating with the community.

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.

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.