Posts by GregBoffins

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    Looks like we have the same gfx card. Did you have any trouble with it yet? One of my fans started to make a vibrating noise after a long 10 hour Skyrim session. Same yesterday after a long night session. Always happens when it goes to idle again after a long period of load. Not sure if this is something normal or if i should return it. Card is only 1 month old.

    I have 2 EVGA superclocked 560TI's and the fans are really noisy when the visuals are intense. (it's actually louder than the GTX480 I had)

    What brand is it? Depending which one you can return it easily, but fan's making loud noises is normal.

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Quote from dux

    So I have had the WORST performance in this game with a beast of a machine. The auto detect always put me at max everytime and changing everything to low made fuck all difference. Turns out, the 360 controller option is enabled be default and fucked my performance. Seems a lot of people had the same issue as me. So simple yet so annoying!

    Are you using the latest drivers for everything? Are you sure it's a beast of a machine and not what you think is a beast? (had to ask that because people have different onions on what is a beast etc)

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    I agree the game could've looked a bit prettier.

    But the thing that annoys me is the bullshit bethesda was going on about with the new animation system, and the combat.

    The animations are improved, but they are still awful and stiff. Weapon sheaths for example are erect like a cock on most characters and don't bounce.

    The combat is fairly awful. You don't get any hit feedback (apart from the clang of metal from the audio) if you parry or black, yeah you get something. But when I hit some arsehole in the face with a 2handed hammer, you don't continue to hit me, you fall on your arse or stumble back.

    But other than that, I am enjoying the exploring and sneaking around and stealing shit

  • Dark Souls

    Quote from Puddy

    HP, your image brings us to the bigger question; who the fuck buys game guides?!

    I buy all the Final Fantasy guides after I beat the game to see where I can get all the shit that takes 100hrs.

  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Quote from Rick_D

    bought it from webhallen after a fucking hour long journey to find the store - unrelated note stockholm city is nice this time of year - installing it now, got myself some fuel and i intend to stay up till 1am playing it! hardcorrrre!

    1am hold your horses there man, you're sure you can handle 1am?

    On a related side note: Yes stockholm is amazing this time of year. I do miss that lovely swedish weather.

  • State of Game Design 2011

    Quote from Puddy

    In development these are the worst human beings ever made

    Well, I say that jokingly because I have no professional experience of producers - it's just that in every promo-video I've seen they talk so much shit But that's part of the job, I guess.

    Quote from Izuno

    I loved Borderlands. Guess not everyone did.

    I know a lot of people like it. I don't understand them.

    Yeah that's my general thing with producers. Some of the ones I worked for in the past were really good, the managed stuff well. But then you get other producers who take 80% of the credit for making the game, when all they did was manage the personal and sign off holidays

  • Rick D - Zombie Slayer

    Quote from Rick_D

    no, somebody reported some posts from here to my managers and they let me go.

    Considering how hard it is to get fired in Sweden (I worked with some people who just attended work to get paid did nothing but play with their balls all day)

    You're full of shit

  • State of Game Design 2011

    Quote from barrakid

    I think the worst thing atm are PC releases filled with bugs that make the games unplayable. It seems like developers don't even care about the quality of their products anymore.Also developers insisting that I register on their content delivery platform, social network, and hundreds of other services before i can even play. I remember buying GTAIV on Steam, and besides having to lunch Steam, I had to login on Rockstar Social Club and GFWL so that I could save my games, it was the most frustrating experience ever.

    Even better, stop using GFWL, it's a complete piece of shit.

    That's not a design issue, that's a production issue.

    And that's been happening since for ever on PC, so it is not knew. It's just that people get upset (and go stupid) when their pixels on their textures are a bit blurry.

    For me these are the things that are getting old(Although we are older generation gamers, we have played most things since the C64):

    Cover shooters, trading values with someone gets boring after a while. Being able to flank and what not adds to the fun, but over all no more cover shooters for a while.

    The main problem with going in to cover all the time is that (well other than every 2nd game uses a cover mechanic) you are locked in to a static entity/actor and it really limits the way you move around in the world. Combine that with melee enemies who love rushing at you while you are glued to a wall is fun times.

    From the R6 thread, had to rant about this. But that trailer doesn't show Quick Time Events. A quick time event is something you have to react to in a time frame or face consequences, pressing X to blow out a candle isn't time bound, so it is not a QTE. Having interactive cutscenes in a new thing designers are trying (I don't really like it, but I see what they are trying to do) to make the player feel more involved in what is going on with his character. I've had this argument at work quite a few times with people that I think it is pointless, but it's quite interesting how many people actually like it.

    So get used to it, it could be a new thing in games. Press X to press circle to pick your nose.

  • Rainbow Six: Patriots

    Quote from Pericolos0

    Pretty much everything that's wrong with games today was in that video.LMAO @ press circle to blow out candle.

    Whoever are the designers on this should stop pretending they're game developers and go make movies already :derp: .

    (btw no offense meant to you deceiver )

    Very true.