20 years in PC gaming - name your favourite

Bioshock (not shocking, boring ) and bioshock two are the same game!
The entire survival horror genre is populated almost entirely by uninspired shit.
Clumsy combat mechanics, samey grey levels and ridiculous plots. The genre needs innovation, in my opinion you shouldn't be able to/want or need to win fights in horror games. They should be able to create a world that is interesting enough, without the need for samey gun fights. As to the idea of shock in games, I'm not sure what you mean I hope you don't want the over gorey torture porn that's filled the majority of horror films for the past few years, personally I would hate to see that in games.

Cashnexus wrote:Hmm, I got that in the Steam sale but it controlled really badly with keyboard/mouse, and didn't work with my 360 pad. Which controls did you use? Looks like a really interesting game.

I changed the original settings to adws on the left response ring and mouse movement to the right. Being a warband addict the mouse movements are just like blocking and shouldn't be too hard. Maybe that's why I actually never made a single mistake

For some reason I can hold shift, "w" and "a" and thereby run to the left, but shift+"w"+"d" doesn't work on my keyboard :/ So I usually hold down both mouse buttons and shift for those long distances. But that's really the only thing that bugged me about the control scheme.

Valarya wrote:A game without any shocking moments misses something! :/...

Dude, I don't have the stomach for it... Such games make me nervous, even how good they are. Just to mention another one... "dead space"... my heart jumped up to my forehead just the first trailer they showed dammit!

Valarya wrote:A game without any shocking moments misses something! :/ I mean it works... but a dark setting needs shocking moments. And in Bioshock they were kept low... I think. Bioshock 2 had quite a bit. And Stalker had them, even though it not intended to. Its just those nasty animals jumping at you without you seeing em.. but yeah.... lets summarize:

Subway Tunnels+Darkness+Demons+Post apocalypse =
Alot, lot, lot of shock moments.

Just imagine. You see / hear beasts in a dark room...your flashlight and a little fire are the only lightsources in the room. THen your flashlight turns off, its pitch black, you only see a tiny bit via the fire wich is in some corner. And noises get louder. I mean.. thank god its no Xbox360/PS3 game. I tend to throw the controllers away. PLUS when I put my hands of the mouse (For somereason this feels safer) I can still hit ESC on the PC. Console: Throwing the Controller away...you have to watch it

I saw the previews on it when it was in dev, is it out?
I used to read its going to be extremely demanding in terms of system resources, must check if my specs (no not me and spec ) are up to it.
its definitely a go grab.

Benfree wrote: The genre needs innovation, in my opinion you shouldn't be able to/want or need to win fights in horror games. They should be able to create a world that is interesting enough, without the need for samey gun fights.

Pacifist! x'D I mean.. when there is a bad ass monster / zombie / maniac and I cant fight him? Where am I? :] Running away would be boring in my opinion. Sure, you could add it in some parts of a game.. but just running away the whole game? Hiding? It would seriously drive me to boredoom. Hmhm.

Benfree wrote: As to the idea of shock in games, I'm not sure what you mean I hope you don't want the over gorey torture porn that's filled the majority of horror films for the past few years, personally I would hate to see that in games.

100% not. I'm grossed out fairly easily. Plus I get nightmares from gore-like stuff. I think developers add alot of blood / severed limbs to survival horror, because it feels even more creepy then. If a pink teddybear jumps and you, you may get startled but you laugh. If a headless zombie jumps at you, you prolly get more shocked. I think a good horror game should give me a paranoia feeling, even if I'm out of the game (and yes that happens x.x) and it needs to make me nervous in game. This happens rarely. Never happened in Bioshock for example. I mean o_o big daddy is huge..he gives afeeling of security.

kekn wrote: Dude, I don't have the stomach for it... Such games make me nervous, even how good they are. Just to mention another one... "dead space"... my heart jumped up to my forehead just the first trailer they showed dammit!

Hmhm thats a problem :] but but... everyone gets shocked a bit. I mean thats the point of survival horror / shocking game stuff.. but yeah maybe you'Re a little easy to scare.. hihi :'D

BD_SpecOps wrote: I saw the previews on it when it was in dev, is it out?

Yes it is :]

kekn wrote:
Got any more games in the bag?

The Witcher?

Snake wrote:

kekn wrote:
Got any more games in the bag?

The Witcher?

Sure I won't be disappointed in the combat? I have been playing warband a long time

kekn wrote:

Snake wrote:

kekn wrote:
Got any more games in the bag?

The Witcher?

Sure I won't be disappointed in the combat? I have been playing warband a long time

I sujest u! And omg i loved the humor

1995 for Command & Conquer
1996 for Diablo
1998 for Unreal Tournament
1999 for Age of Empires ( I still play it )
2000 for Deus Ex and Red Alert
2001 for Gothic and Ghost Recon
2002 for Battlefield 1942 and Age of Mythology
2003 for Command & Conquer Generals, Gothic 2 and Prince of Persia
2004 for Sims 2 and Dawn of war
2005 for Guild Wars and Fable ( 2 great,excelent, fabulous titles )
2006 for Battlefield 2142
2007 for Crysis, Portal, The Witcher and World in Conflict ( This was the best year with the best games for me... )
2008 for Assassin's Creed, Crysis Warhead, Mount&Blade and World Of Goo
2009 for Dawn Of War 2 and Dragon Age: Origins
2010 for Mass Effect 2 ( was preety cool... )

have anyone tried the new gothic 4? Is it worth a try?

Also, how do you think it would work on older machines?

What graphics adapter, kekn?

virus_found wrote:What graphics adapter, kekn?

I believe it's a Radeon HD 4670... bought it a couple of years ago to replace the one already installed.

1994: Theme Park
1995: Myst
1996: Warcraft 2
1997: Carmageddon xD
1998: This one is so hard, it's the golden year of pc gaming, no other year can compete with it. Grim Fandango, Half-Life, Starcraft, GTA, Thief, Baldur's Gate and Fallout 2.... I don't know xD

1999: Heroes 3
2000: Diablo 2, Phyrex's Lazy Adventures, Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale, Sacrifice, Thief 2... man, that was a nice year too.
2001: Severence, AVP2, Black and White, Max Paybe... tough choice..
2002: Retardedly good year too, I'll go with Warcraft 3
2003: KOTOR
2004: WoW
2005: BF2
2006: Oblivion
2007: Mediocre game year.
2008: Fallout 3
2009: Dragon Age or Mirror's Edge
2010: Uh.. no idea.

you mean diablo 2

Yeah obviously, but I am too lazy to change it.