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 Topic: Battlefield 2042 |
bart5986
Replies: 997
Views: 86726
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 28th Jan 2025 12:49 Subject: Battlefield 2042 |
I've given up on expecting new battlefield games to be as good as their classics. The biggest issue with the new developers is likely that they are slow to develop with Frostbite.
My bet is they wi ... |
| Topic: Ready Or Not |
bart5986
Replies: 157
Views: 22441
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 6th Jan 2024 06:03 Subject: Ready Or Not |
The enemy AI is fine for the most part.
My only issue with the game is the pixel spotting/shooting they do, as well as your own teammates.
If you reveal one pixel of yourself to the enemy, or th ... |
| Topic: The Expanse: A Telltale Series |
bart5986
Replies: 33
Views: 3847
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 24th Aug 2022 15:26 Subject: The Expanse: A Telltale Series |
| Besides the first episode of back to the future I've never understood how or why Telltale games exist |
| Topic: HITMAN 3 |
bart5986
Replies: 215
Views: 26618
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 26th Jun 2022 13:45 Subject: HITMAN 3 |
I finally got around to finishing the three of these. I stand by previous deleted comments that these new games are average at best.
Great sum up.
The only thing I'd add is that by Hitman 3 I wa ... |
| Topic: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
bart5986
Replies: 10983
Views: 979739
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 22nd Dec 2020 23:43 Subject: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
| Question / opinion enquiry: if a game company sells a buggy mess but then fixes it in 1-2 months, is that really objectively worse than just releasing it 1-2 months later? In either case, you get the ... |
| Topic: Crysis Remustard [Orly Access] |
bart5986
Replies: 417
Views: 36367
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 24th Sep 2020 09:06 Subject: Crysis Remustard [Orly Access] |
| So the message I got from that video is that Crytek still don't trust current consoles to run Crysis 1, so they've downgraded it heavily. Instead of an aggressive downgrade to make it work, they've ju ... |
| Topic: Microsoft Flight Simulator |
bart5986
Replies: 651
Views: 57200
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 23rd Aug 2020 13:50 Subject: Microsoft Flight Simulator |
It's the best looking flight sim ever made. What the hell do you guys want, ray-traced photo-quality of every single building in the world?
Sometimes I think the Hump really exists for people to bi ... |
| Topic: Divinity Original Sin II |
bart5986
Replies: 1366
Views: 159016
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Jul 2020 09:29 Subject: Divinity Original Sin II |
Nah, don't get me wrong. I'm all about options, those games I savescum usually come with ironmode and at times I do play in that mode.
I was more triggered about Bart wanting limited saves. Iron m ... |
| Topic: Divinity Original Sin II |
bart5986
Replies: 1366
Views: 159016
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Jul 2020 15:29 Subject: Divinity Original Sin II |
| The ability to save before each battle and reload to get the ideal outcome meant the game wasn't challenging and there was no risk associated with making a decision, and I got bored once the novelty o ... |
| Topic: HITMAN 3 |
bart5986
Replies: 215
Views: 26618
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 12th Jun 2020 04:27 Subject: HITMAN 3 |
| Personally, I hate the new formula they opted for the series. Here's a checklist of 20 different ways to kill the target - now replay the same level 20 times and do them all. This is a method of recy ... |
| Topic: Kingdom Come: Deliverance / Deliverance II |
bart5986
Replies: 3238
Views: 369324
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 14th May 2020 15:11 Subject: Kingdom Come: Deliverance / Deliverance II |
Finally finished it and I have mixed feelings.
There is a huge difference in gameplay between normal and hardcore though, some of your issues seem to be just because the game was too easy for you. |
| Topic: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
bart5986
Replies: 8198
Views: 579983
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 25th Apr 2020 03:08 Subject: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
So @bart5986 u been posting release dates for 5-6 years now, whats the latest timeframe?
Late 2021-2022, probably similar to previously right? |
| Topic: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
bart5986
Replies: 8198
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 24th Apr 2020 11:09 Subject: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
It's basically Elite: Dangerous Lite.
I mean really, what else does Elite Dangerous have in the gameplay loop besides some computer generated planets and missions that mean nothing at all? |
| Topic: Door Kickers / Door Kickers 2 |
bart5986
Replies: 85
Views: 11873
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 6th Feb 2020 08:42 Subject: Door Kickers / Door Kickers 2 |
The first game was barebones AS FUCK.
I hope this is deeper. I mean, it will be, but in a significant way? We'll see.
I wish it was more like Swat 4. |
| Topic: The Emulation Thread |
bart5986
Replies: 6125
Views: 646778
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 23rd Jan 2020 11:03 Subject: The Emulation Thread |
Trying to play smash 4 on cemu and I can't get past the SD card prompt. Hard to find a solution to it, best I found so far is to crate an SD folder and place it somewhere.
Anyone know how to solve ... |
| Topic: Half-Life: Alyx [VR] |
bart5986
Replies: 1059
Views: 67797
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 15th Jan 2020 09:19 Subject: Half-Life: Alyx [VR] |
Screenshots look good. But everyone keeps forgetting that this is not how we will see the game.
Even on best vr headsets like S or Index, the game will look pixelated with chromatic aberration (some ... |
| Topic: Dying Light (WB+Techland) |
bart5986
Replies: 2948
Views: 243924
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 7th Jan 2020 12:03 Subject: Dying Light (WB+Techland) |
I use Steam almost only in offline mode (which doesn't track games' playtime)  Steam starts about 20 times faster and it doesn't require me to sign in every time with my password and 2FA (that's hap ... |
| Topic: Duke Nukem Forever (Gearbox revival) |
bart5986
Replies: 3455
Views: 273648
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 6th Jan 2020 15:26 Subject: Duke Nukem Forever (Gearbox revival) |
The trailers looked super amibtious and it seems to me they couldn't keep up with technology.
By the time they could have released it, it would have looked extremely outdated so they tried to tackl ... |
| Topic: Black Mesa |
bart5986
Replies: 2257
Views: 172643
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 29th Dec 2019 03:26 Subject: Black Mesa |
If I remember correctly (and it was a LOOONG time ago) Xen in the original Half Life was quite frustrating and annoying as well and didn't really feel "right" compared to the rest of the game.
Yes ... |
| Topic: Black Mesa |
bart5986
Replies: 2257
Views: 172643
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 29th Dec 2019 02:39 Subject: Black Mesa |
| I finished it the other week. They've done great things with the engine, but I must be honest, it just wasn't all that fun. Xen was a was a chore after the first hour and it became a case of completin ... |
| Topic: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
bart5986
Replies: 8198
Views: 579983
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 22nd Dec 2019 16:50 Subject: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
Its called freedom of choice.
Pay $20, Pay $2000, or pay nothing, you get to choose.
Not much of a choice here tho. More like an illusion. I mean look at the prices for rental ship - the Fre ... |
| Topic: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
bart5986
Replies: 8198
Views: 579983
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 22nd Dec 2019 15:22 Subject: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
I don't think people should really be paying stupid money for 'potential'... I mean, a grain of sand has potential.
Its called freedom of choice.
Pay $20, Pay $2000, or pay nothing, you get to c ... |
| Topic: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
bart5986
Replies: 8198
Views: 579983
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 22nd Dec 2019 14:08 Subject: Star Citizen (Chris Roberts is back!) [Beta in ∞ years] |
It has simple missions for a long time such as delivery, kill some pirate ships, retrieve datapads from a floating destroyed base or hack a satellite.
Sounds like more then Elite Dangerous  |
| Topic: Black Mesa |
bart5986
Replies: 2257
Views: 172643
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Dec 2019 11:41 Subject: Black Mesa |
I think the graphics overall are fine.
In my early playing there's two main issues.
1. wall textures/signs are poor quality, very obvious on a high resolution display from far away. Surely they ... |
| Topic: Age of Empires IV (Relic) |
bart5986
Replies: 191
Views: 16897
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 18th Nov 2019 15:03 Subject: Age of Empires IV (Relic) |
Thats a shame I actually liked it.
What I didn't like was that you had to earn all the good cards.
The main benefit being that every game could be different if people had different cards.
... |
| Topic: HELLION (Multiplayer Space Survival) [Early Access] |
bart5986
Replies: 24
Views: 3444
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 19th Oct 2019 03:03 Subject: HELLION (Multiplayer Space Survival) [Early Access] |
Dun-dun-dun...another one bites the dust.
Seems they bit off more than they can chew. Issues with the engine, fixing their bad code, not enough people bought it, etc. So they stopped development, w ... |
| Topic: The most advanced destruction physics coming soon |
bart5986
Replies: 36
Views: 2094
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 27th Aug 2019 01:35 Subject: The most advanced destruction physics coming soon |
| so basicly all objects are tiny little minecraft blocks ... bet its all single player, as otherwize each objects and block needs a netcode equivalent and well ... we are still stuck in the year 2000 w ... |
| Topic: HITMAN 2 (IOI+WB) |
bart5986
Replies: 353
Views: 52638
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 18th Jul 2019 06:42 Subject: HITMAN 2 (IOI+WB) |
| There's something seriously wrong with that. They should be 'nice things to do and figure out' and not things tied to progression. It wasn't so bad at first, but it sometimes takes me 3-4 nights to cl ... |
| Topic: Divinity Original Sin II |
bart5986
Replies: 1366
Views: 159016
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 21st Jun 2019 01:52 Subject: Divinity Original Sin II |
| I've heard many complaining about the humor, hmm, there's not so much so far (20h)? It's stupid though how you turn into a big rock when you sneak, why not just a normal sneaking animation.. so i gue ... |
| Topic: Divinity Original Sin II |
bart5986
Replies: 1366
Views: 159016
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 19th Jun 2019 08:45 Subject: Divinity Original Sin II |
Try clicking on their portraits, holding them and moving them closer to your controlled characters' portraits. I think a chain visually links them together when they are attached.
aha, thanks. co ... |
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