Posts by Gloglebag

  • Dragon Age: Origins [BioWare]

    List of locations and which character joins you there. It doesn't really spoil anything imo, and it's good to get from me instead of having to browse trough spoilers on /v. And it helps you get the characters as fast as possible.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

    Finished sp, just got better and better. They really did a fantastic job. I love how it feels like they didn't hold back one bit, like it was their last game. Really hate the unfinished cliffhanger trend these days.

    Also what about this, these folks claim IW copied a community map http://www.codboards.com/showthread.php?t=31565 ?

    Love to read more MP experiences from PC players, my impression is that it works better then expected. But there have been some good writeup of bad experiences,

    like here.

    http://www.gamearena.com.au/pc/games/ti ... id=5033868

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    The following game, I got a taste of two bars, which is not a taste you want to remember. As I hit escape to drop from the game and pick another server with a better connection I had to stop myself and remember: "no, you can't do that in Modern Warfare 2." Every game really is rolling the dice. Perhaps your host's connection was good in the lobby, but if their sister starts watching YouTube videos, their email client kicks in, or just about any other conceivable connection-interfering setback occurs, you're in for a bumpy ride. So I didn't bail on the game with my yellow, two bar ping substitute flickering away. And boy did I pay for it. Sprinting off at the start of the map proved difficult. I'd hit my sprint key, sprint forward a couple of steps, and slow to Modern Warfare 2's normal canter. At first I thought perhaps this was some strange, new imposition given to the full automatic "Overwatch" class, but no. What was actually happening was the lag was kicking in. I was to find with better hosts one tap of the button was all it would take to set me off and running.

    My solution on laggy hosts is to hold the sprint button down for about a second - that seems to "register" with the host and you're happy. It got me thinking though - even though the rest of your commands are usually immediately shown occurring on screen - the host is obviously getting a different picture. If I round a corner and run into an enemy and make a snap shot at them - is it going to be registering in time or will it be like the sprint key - a blip quickly forgotten?

    The last time PC online FPS gamers had to worry about things like these we were using dialup. Nowadays, we look at our server browser, pick a fast pinging server - preferably one we know is cheat free - and off we go. Ending up on an overseas server? It's been over a decade since we could accidentally end up somewhere foreign by accident. Prepare for it to happen a fair bit in Modern Warfare 2. In the few hours I have devoted to multiplayer to date, despite being in a hotbed of games activity - California on the US West Coast - the matchmaking software has sent me to games in England, Eastern Europe and on the other side of the country. They all usually show up as two bars. Great if you're feeling like sampling other cultures, not ideal if you want a fast, responsive first person shooter.

    The games I've played on PC with three bars are not much better. You can still shudder every now and then. It's better than two, but not only would PC gamers notice something is wrong - a console player would too. Clearly three bars on MW2 PC does NOT equal three bars on MW2 console.

    Inconsistent connection reporting aside, the way the host migration has been executed on PC is anything but smooth. In my second game ever (yes, straight to two bars) the host disconnected mid-game. What followed was not what we've seen in those YouTube videos. The game hunted around the remaining players, flashing the screen a few times until it settled on the least worst option (I was still two bars) - ten or so seconds of this took place before the game finally started counting down from five to resume play. So it's not a five second delay when the host is playing silly buggers - start at 15 and work your way upwards.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

    Liking the SP so far, but mostly because of the spectacular scenes and variety of weapons. The airport mission was brilliant. I still dislike so much wack the mole gameplay and hate the veiwjerk and blood every time you get shot. That's not proper in a game with automatic weapons, feels like someone is constantly shaking you. Also visually incredible game tbh.

    I'm going Friday to Britain, and if the MP is still good like people seem to be saying it is, I'm buying the game if I can get it for under 40,-.

    Anyway back to dragon age for a few hours then I'll play the rest of the SP.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

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    Quote from socK

    "Games graphics is awsome. Online is shit for me so far. Its the same setup as Xbox360.... right down to no ping just the 5 green bar strenght level crap.... Have tried to play 15 games only played 3 so far.. Host quits , Time outs , Host quits during game , players quit before timer finishes and start wait all over again... blah blah....Gonna try and play again.. Good luck to others."

    god, it doesn't even list the fucking ping.

  • Dragon Age: Origins [BioWare]

    I was wondering when someone would make a thread about GOTY 2009.

    Also my favorite start is the dwarf noble, followed by human noble and mage. I think human noble may turn out to be the most interesting considering what happens at Ostengar.

    Also the game is totally PC, it's as PC as it can be.

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

    Quote from Steppenwolf

    Way too gimmicky for my taste. I loose more and more interest in that franchise with every iteration, which is a bit sad because the first cod was my most favourite online fps ever. The wide public of course seems to have a different opinion.

    Hey back the fuck off man, it's not balanced for good taste.

  • God of War III

    I don't think it looks as good as the previous games, art wise they were better. And I haven't seen anything that might be as fucking amazing as well pretty much every scene in gow 2 was, Dante's Inferno footage looks better.

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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

    I like the fact they capped the MP. Playing maps designed and tested for 16 people on 30+ server was ridiculous, well it wouldn't matter if one could find a proper 16 player server but 99% of the servers were 24+.

    I tried playing cod4 a couple days ago, and I remember why I quit, 1/3 of the deaths was by grenade, and there were constant air raids/ helicopter gunships, which were both the result of so many people playing in such a small space. Still though the following picture is appropriate.

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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Teaser

    The best way to call it would be to say that media needs to satisfy, it can do that by making you laugh, or making making you cry. I certainly did not feel happy after i watched something like casualties of war or schindlers list but I did feel satisfied for seeing something so good, that made me so emotional. I would put Silent Hill 2 in that ballpark, I did not feel happy, but I did feel satisfied after playing that game because it was a good mature sad story.