It's a high-res screenshot thread (1680x1050 and above, ctrl+v here)

[schild]

Let's have a screenshot thread! Whoooo! You don't have to have taken them yourself, but it sure would be nice if you did! It'd also be nice if you kept them to about 1MB a piece and put them behind spoilers!

Anno 1701 Gold (1920x1200, max everything):

[Dion]

Funny, I was actually thinking about a thread like this earlier

Spoiling Episode 2, at 1650x1200 everything maxed.

[Dion]

Ok, I'll update this thread with some screens. Here are some from the Watchmen (the game) demo.

[Sky]

As I usually post in these threads, interfacelift and apod are great sites for high-res desktops.

[Dion]

Never mind.

[Yegolev]

Chicken.  I'll do it.

HAY SKY we are not posting desktops.

[Dion]

Chicken.  I'll do it.

HAY SKY we are not posting desktops.

I felt too mean and the pun wasn't that fun.

Ok, let's resume posting screenshots instead.

[Sky]

OHNOES I MISREAD

My screenshots are all 1280x720 

[MrHat]

OHNOES I MISREAD

My screenshots are all 1280x720 

It's time Sky, prices have come down.

[Yegolev]

[ffc]

What kung-fu did you use to make Demigod look that good?  I have my in-game settings on high with an ATI 4850 and it looks blurry and less bright compared to your screens.  Then I went into my out-of-game CCC settings and turned everything to max.  Looks much better now at the cost of some frames.

[Yegolev]

It's the Magic of Nvidia^TM.

Maybe.  I can look at my settings but I don't recall doing anything other than setting it to 1680x1050 and maybe upping some parameters.  I'm using a GeForce 9800 GTX+ with 185.85 on W7-64 RC.  DX10 of course.  I didn't alter the image, either, just pasted into Paint.NET and saved as PNG.

[schild]

That's what demigod looks like for me in Vista64 with an 8800GT also (at 1920x1200). Well, I have antialiasing off, but yea.

[ffc]

After clicking on anything with a checkbox @ 1920x1080:

[Yegolev]

[schild]

Ok. Fine. I'm updating Demigod.

Edit: Oh, I think I have a 50% off coupon too.

[Sky]

It's time Sky, prices have come down.

Eh, that's a washing machine + stove. Besides, no reason to upgrade gpu with 720p :)

Anyway, breaking the rules, but I'm all punkass like that. Drakensang meets Charlie's Angels:


And 

[Yegolev]

Ok. Fine. I'm updating Demigod.

I hope you noticed that I just fired up the game to take pictures.  I wasn't actually playing it.  There was an update that I applied yesterday but I'm not confident that the connection issues are fixed.

[schild]

Ok. Fine. I'm updating Demigod.

I hope you noticed that I just fired up the game to take pictures.  I wasn't actually playing it.  There was an update that I applied yesterday but I'm not confident that the connection issues are fixed.

Well, the biggest change I noticed was I connected to the internet server for multiplayer games in 0 seconds. It was incredibly fast. That's a *good change.*

[ffc]

I am having the same online problems for Demigod that I had at launch.  I'm sending it in for a refund.  If one day the issues are fixed then I'll repurchase it but I'm not counting on that ever happening.

[Yegolev]

Ok. Fine. I'm updating Demigod.

I hope you noticed that I just fired up the game to take pictures.  I wasn't actually playing it.  There was an update that I applied yesterday but I'm not confident that the connection issues are fixed.

Well, the biggest change I noticed was I connected to the internet server for multiplayer games in 0 seconds. It was incredibly fast. That's a *good change.*

Aaahhhh.... dammit.  I'll make some time to try it out.  Again.

[Yegolev]

[NiX]

That is?

[SnakeCharmer]

LOTRO.  Hi Res client.

[schild]

Haha really? I was about to say "man, Oblivion aged poorly" but it's an MMOG! haha. 

[Malakili]

Haha really? I was about to say "man, Oblivion aged poorly" but it's an MMOG! haha. 

I actually remember LOTRO Looking prettier than that :(

[SnakeCharmer]

Well.  Hrm.  I'm fairly sure it's LOTRO.

[Malakili]

[NiX]

I picture the character saying "Bang.." as the nuke goes off.

[Yegolev]

Haha really? I was about to say "man, Oblivion aged poorly" but it's an MMOG! haha. 

I actually remember LOTRO Looking prettier than that :(

Usually I'm not so far away from things.  This was a shot entirely about the water; the far landscape looks low-res because, well, it's a long fucking way off.

I took a few shots, somehow the dark ones are too dark and I decided not to edit them up for visibility.  I might have gotten a better picture of the fortress but my wife was being attacked by a large turtle.

[Yegolev]

Can't seem to get screens of DeadSpace.

[ffc]

Can't seem to get screens of DeadSpace.

Apparently I stopped playing around Chapter 3 because it is too scary for me.  In the name of taking screens I played tonight and was greeted by this thing as it made a grab for me through the glass:


Let's call him Mr. Terrible.  I walk around a bit and things seem to be going a-ok: 


The room is littered with power-ups and a save point so I'm keeping an eye out for Mr. Terrible.  But first, the bridge:

 
 

And then Mr. Terrible:

 
 
 

I only fought one monster and just glimpsed two monsters total, but I was on edge the whole time.  Dead Space is amazing.  Too bad I have nerves of jelly.

[schild]

Dead Space is far scarier on PC than it was on PS3 for me. Not sure why. Perhaps my brain just gets too involved when I'm playing PC games.

[MrHat]

Dead Space is far scarier on PC than it was on PS3 for me. Not sure why. Perhaps my brain just gets too involved when I'm playing PC games.

I noticed that too.  I think it's something about sitting at a desk, with the monitor right in front of you that elicits that edge of your seat I'm-in-the-game feeling.

[Yegolev]

Success!


This game looks better while playing it.