Posts by Chimeray

If you've bought the game then of course, just torrent it and play it that way. Totally fine imo.

But I hate it when people think they're suddenly entitled to pirate it (without buying), if you don't support the game then just let it go.

I'm not gonna defend always online DRM though, it's pretty stupid but from what I've read it's just the way the whole social aspect of the game is designed, and you can't get around the servers for that (+ some of the simulation is server side apparently?). A bit of a dodgy design choice but with their focus on the mainstream market I can see why they chose to do it.

Is this game cloudsaved? If yes then I'll start downloading here straight away and play a bit after work.

While raising awareness, I feel it's still as stupid as liking a post to cure cancer.

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The most noticable, is that other countries offer tax subsides that do not allow even competition. If a VFX studio in California bids on work for a set price, then a VFX studio in Vancouver can bid that very same price AND offer a 30-35% (not sure of exact figures) tax rebate on that work, but the VFX studio doesn't get that money, the movie studio does. So they (the movie studio) automatically get 30% of their VFX paid for by tax payers instead of out of their already wealthy pockets. The California VFX studio therefore cannot compete with this situation, so fair competition is impossible.

Which is also true for other kinds of businesses, like game development. (I believe Canada's game development studios are also subsidized to a degree, at least that's what I've heard. Never properly looked into it.) But there's still ways of competing, like the behemoth studios/publishers in other countries have proven. It is kinda depressing for smaller studios though, even more so without proper publisher funds.

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Only at page 200 but I really like it There's some things that bug me though, for instance there always only seems to be one thing going on at the same time. (Guess that's good if you don't like complexity) And I wish they focused a bit more on the interesting backstory and some other world-stuff. Other than that I really like it, I loose track of time when reading but eventually I really need a break so the pacing could be a tad bit higher. Still 400 pages to go so that might come

I should read more fantasy and sci-fi ermahgerd I've been missing out.

Thrik, regarding hardware for xbox360 and PS3. Do you mean actual specs or build quality? I can't argue with build quality (RROD lawl) but if you're arguing specs then I have no idea what you're on about PS3´s architectural choices haven't really helped them last generation... (As there's so much multi-platform going on). As a dev, I'm very happy that the PS4 is pretty much just a PC So it seems they are learning from their mistakes!

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F.E.A.R. - Horribly bland environments galore but still the best combat in any FPS to date. I forgot how long this game is, it feels like you've been through a war when it's all over.

Gonna play through Project Origin next and I'm torn as to whether or not I should buy F.3.A.R. since I haven't played that one yet...

Play F.E.A.R. Extraction Point as well, it's really really good (IIRC)! Perseus Mandate isn't quite as good though and can be skipped.

PRO! Gratz Rick

Ali and siege?

Still haven't booted up the game, well... at least I supported you guys

(The reports about bad performanced detered me from starting it, got so much other stuff to play I'm playing on a laptop so I'm kinda scared... although I can run Dishonored and Hitman on high. Guess I'll have to find out some day...).

FTL, finally... After 12h worth of tries xD

Burst laser mk2 is OP. 2 of those early game and you're golden (unless you get shitty luck later on)

Isn't level design just a subgenre of game design to begin with? At least that's how I always viewed it, often you find yourself designing game systems next to your level design duties. But I suppose that depends from studio to studio.

MGS4, Heavy Rain, Journey. Bought the ICO & Shadow of the colossus bundle a while ago. That's pretty much all I have for PS3

Well I just don't wanna be that guy that's so interested in knowing what everyone else is making. Might be looking into things too much but better safe than sorry I think it's interesting though if that information is out there.

Can someone send this around the company? I don't wanna be the one instigating this xD

Skyfall, other than the photography the movie was very dull imo... What a shame The guy that played Silva did a superb job though, very impressive acting but somehow the movie in itself lacked substance.

Tried FTL again, had several tries and still haven't managed to complete it on easy. This is by far the most frustrating/random game I've ever played, I've never been so pissed off at a game before. So I died at stage 3 in the boss battle, the first 2 were a breeze and then out of nowhere some modules get damaged and I was fucked. It feels as though there's no middle ground in battles...

Too many random factors in this game to my taste imo; evasion, which missile is gonna hit where, the loot, the contents of the stores... I'm either not flexible enough or this game is just hard as fuck. Or the Kestrel is just a piece of shit ship and I should just play with a different one.

Gratz! And welcome

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HAHAHA, this isn't anonymous at all! All I have to do is lie and say I want to have sex with everyone. Then I get emails telling me exactly who wants to have sex with me. Sounds like a great way to get utterly shamed by people out of your league.

I kinda feel the complete opposite... There's only 4-ish exclusive titles that I really wanted for the PS3 and besides that I watch an occasional Bluray movie on it. Other than that it has been gathering dust

Those few games still make it worth it though so I'm not regretting my purchase, gonna get both consoles again this cycle!

I'd agree that the white hair bitching was unwarranted. But I played in the store for a bit and it felt very underwhelming, dumbed down even (but perhaps there weren't enough moves unlocked, was the start of the game). I might eventually buy it though, was too short of an experience to judge it yet. But from the little I've seen I'm not really convinced yet...