Posts by Beck

  • Gravity

    Quote from D3ads

    Well that was probably one of the best films set in space ever made, absolutely fantastic from start to finish! Great 3D use as well, I was literally blinking when the debris was flying through the air!


    My only issue was;


    Anyway, I enjoyed the film a lot, was a nice ride!


    Quote

    She did say she'd spent some time in the simulator so she had at least some knowledge of how the Soyuz worked I guess?


    Saw this a couple of days ago and loved it. Saw it in old fashioned 2D since my friend doesn't like 3D and thought it was probably the best space-based film I've ever seen. Very very tense throughout and there were some lovely shots in it. Kinda makes me not want to go to space since if anything goes wrong up there you're fucked xD Not that I'm ever going to get to go to space anyway!

  • Battlefield 4

    I tried to play this last night with some friends and every single server we went on had massive amounts of rubber banding, crashing, un-able to connect and just general lag. It's a really horrible experience, I understand they keep getting DDOS'd though? Just wish the game would get fixed and it'd all work, I don't remember BF3 being this bad at launch.


    Anyway, the trailer below looks great and it's nice to see some of the old maps back. It'd be nice to see some other maps too.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkek5slFXBg

  • Playstation 4

    Quote from Thrik

    I don't have any hate towards them, the review itself is excellent. I just think giving a console an overall score is silly, even more so than the way games are scored in general. How can you possibly say the PS4 is a 7/10 console while the XBone is a 9/10 console for example so early? And what would the Wii U be? Once you start talking about using the score to decide which to buy because it's the best it reveals how stupid it is to use scores in this context.


    But I don't hate Polygon for it, I think they do a lot of great shit. Just wish we could get away from the obsession with scores, god damn...


    I agree. At the end of the day which console is better is whichever has the best exclusive games in my opinion.


    8.5/10 post right there, Thrik. Well done!

  • Ryse - A not-so-exclusive XBOX One title by Crytek

    Quote from Corwin

    I don't get why we have to show the whole game before we release it. I guess that's part of being a launch title for a new generation of consoles...


    Tell Wayne I said hi (I assume he's on your team )


    But yeah, this does look great. Wouldn't mind giving it a go but I'm probably not going to have an Xbone for a good while.

  • Battlefield 4

    BF4: Second Assault maps confirmed:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQPEqjOySDs


    Metro, Caspian Border, Gulf of Oman and Operation Firestorm.


    I'm kind of sad that Grand Bazaar didn't make the cut, which in my opinion is a MUCH better infantry map than the meat grinder that is Metro. Perhaps with it being updated they can sort out some of the stalemate problems.


    Anyway, I've played BF4 for over 40 hours now in the multiplayer and got through the single player campaign and in my opinion it's not as great as BF3.


    In the single player campaign I had no idea what was going on since things moved so fast. I feel it is actually worse than BF3's campaign which is saying something. Visually it was nice with some awesome explosions, weather effects and locations. Overall though, I was bored throughout it.


    Multiplayer wise... there is a LOT to unlock which is good. I'm just scratching the surface after 40 hours so there should be plenty for me to go at. The guns take a little while to get used to, but once you learn not to spray unless it's very close quarters you should be ok.


    The vehicles are your standard fare of tanks, choppers and jets with a few changes to how things work. They have limited ammo now which replenishes over time, which for the most part is not a hindrance. BUT if you find yourself in an extended battle with a few opponents it can be very annoying when you run out of ammo. All you can do is sit there and watch them pound you. It's really frustrating when I die because I run out of ammo in a battle I probably could have won.


    Levelution isn't really all it was made out to be on most maps. There are a few maps where the levelution does change the flow of the battle (Operation Locker, Flood Zone, Paracel Storm and possibly Hainan Resort) where a capture point is basically completely changed. On these maps if one team is stomping the other and completely owns said point the levelution event will often see that point change hands which is really nice.


    However, on the other maps the levelution stuff doesn't really change all that much. It might block off a road which doesn't really get used or put a hole in the floor for infantry to use but that's about it.


    Also, some maps are very hard to play if you are just infantry. Because they are so open you just get sniped or shot by a vehicle before you can do anything. I know people complained about the BF3 maps having the points pretty close together, but at least infantry stood a chance getting between points.


    Perhaps with the expansions and patches to fix the lag things will get better. But at the moment I feel it's a bit of a let down in some areas.

  • Battlefield 4

    Quote from knj

    OK serious question

    attack chopper: in previous BF's after shooting all the rockets, it was automatic reload and again all the rockets are ready to use, why here after some time you can't shoot rockets and need to wait (don't know how long, don't know why) and this is really bad ?

    chopper are too easy to shoot down right now imo, they are not as movable as in BF3 and the new damage system is very weak ! a guy shooting at you form 50cal can kill you very easy too easy IMO


    You effectively have ammo in the choppers and other vehicles like the tank/apc main guns. You can let out three or four full bursts then will have to wait for the next set to be replenished.


    Quick search bought me to this video.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHGWXIcx_9Y


    I take it you play in hardcore so you can't see your ammo? Hop into normal mode or go to the test range and you should figure it out quick enough