Useless gaming news & chatter

[jakonovski]

Oh lol, that one guy is at it again on RPS.

[Yegolev]

Torchlight has been a bit crashy lately, wondering if it's me or what.  So ready for the sequel.

[Velorath]

Portal 2 is Amazon's Deal of the Day.  $35 for PS3/360, $30 for PC.

They've also got Mortal Kombat down to $39.99 now.

[Yegolev]

I fired up Dead Space today (PC) and remembered how much the mousing in menus sucks.  I mean, it's maddening and I can generally put up with some shit-ass-crap control schemes.  I'm thinking abut what my options are.  There is the obvious copout of purchasing it on a console, but that's sending the wrong message and would also make my ass pucker due to buying a game twice again.  Maybe there are some modifications I can do to the PC versions.  All I know is that I want to play it now and I don't have much time to waste on making it tolerable.

[Rasix]

Sounds what I had to put up with playing Alpha Protocol.  Extensive UI tweaking made it tollerable. Barely.

[Kail]

I fired up Dead Space today (PC) and remembered how much the mousing in menus sucks.  I mean, it's maddening and I can generally put up with some shit-ass-crap control schemes.  I'm thinking abut what my options are.  There is the obvious copout of purchasing it on a console, but that's sending the wrong message and would also make my ass pucker due to buying a game twice again.  Maybe there are some modifications I can do to the PC versions.  All I know is that I want to play it now and I don't have much time to waste on making it tolerable.

Just started playing through it myself, and found the same thing at first.  But all the menus are navigable with the arrow keys as well (options, inventory, map, everything), as far as I've found, which solves the problem for me.

[Malakili]

Anyone heard anything about Brink?  It looked pretty generic to me but then I heard the people who made Enemy Territory are making it and that piqued my interest.

[Strazos]

Bought DA:O Ultimate edition today for $20 since it came with that (still) pricey expansion and DLC. Unfortunately, the expansion is not some sort of separate install - I was hoping to have a DA:O copy to gift. 

Though, I'm hoping my saves will be transferable. I'm guessing I'll have to do that manually.

[Sky]

There is the obvious copout of purchasing it on a console, but that's sending the wrong message and would also make my ass pucker due to buying a game twice again.  Maybe there are some modifications I can do to the PC versions.  All I know is that I want to play it now and I don't have much time to waste on making it tolerable.

Have you tried using a gamepad? Kinda destroys the mouse for aiming thing the pc has going for it, but at least you wouldn't have to buy it again.

[Yegolev]

There is the obvious copout of purchasing it on a console, but that's sending the wrong message and would also make my ass pucker due to buying a game twice again.  Maybe there are some modifications I can do to the PC versions.  All I know is that I want to play it now and I don't have much time to waste on making it tolerable.

Have you tried using a gamepad? Kinda destroys the mouse for aiming thing the pc has going for it, but at least you wouldn't have to buy it again.

This is Plan C.  Or D, I don't know.  As you say, I bought it on PC so I could aim with the mouse.  This works great, it's the menus that bother me since the mouse pointer code is obviously the same as the thumb stick code.

[Lantyssa]

Is there an ini file you can tweak?  In the past there have been games with a horribly slow mouse in menus that I could fix by changing a few constants.

[Amaron]

Anyone heard anything about Brink?  It looked pretty generic to me but then I heard the people who made Enemy Territory are making it and that piqued my interest.

I believe that's the shooter that has parkour.  Basically CoD meets Mirror's Edge?   Looked pretty cool when I watched some vids of it.

[Yegolev]

Is there an ini file you can tweak?  In the past there have been games with a horribly slow mouse in menus that I could fix by changing a few constants.

It's not that it's slow, it's that it doesn't start moving when I move the mouse and it keeps gliding after I stop the mouse.

[Malakili]

Anyone heard anything about Brink?  It looked pretty generic to me but then I heard the people who made Enemy Territory are making it and that piqued my interest.

I believe that's the shooter that has parkour.  Basically CoD meets Mirror's Edge?   Looked pretty cool when I watched some vids of it.

Yeah, it sounds pretty neat in theory, but I'm feeling pretty good on shooters.  Maybe I'll just wait to hear some buzz after release.

[Lantyssa]

It's not that it's slow, it's that it doesn't start moving when I move the mouse and it keeps gliding after I stop the mouse.

Sounds like software mouse.  You need to look for an option to force it to hardware.

[Nightblade]

Anyone heard anything about Brink?  It looked pretty generic to me but then I heard the people who made Enemy Territory are making it and that piqued my interest.

I believe that's the shooter that has parkour.  Basically CoD meets Mirror's Edge?   Looked pretty cool when I watched some vids of it.

Yeah, it sounds pretty neat in theory, but I'm feeling pretty good on shooters.  Maybe I'll just wait to hear some buzz after release.

If I had to wager it's going to be another PoS forgettable built in mouse acceleration performance issue laden FPS ala bulletstorm, homefront and so on. Petulant dev talk doesn't fill me with much faith either. Would be nice if I was wrong though, haven't had a decent shooter since TF2, BC2 was pretty close though.

[Malakili]

Anyone heard anything about Brink?  It looked pretty generic to me but then I heard the people who made Enemy Territory are making it and that piqued my interest.

I believe that's the shooter that has parkour.  Basically CoD meets Mirror's Edge?   Looked pretty cool when I watched some vids of it.

Yeah, it sounds pretty neat in theory, but I'm feeling pretty good on shooters.  Maybe I'll just wait to hear some buzz after release.

If I had to wager it's going to be another PoS forgettable built in mouse acceleration performance issue laden FPS ala bulletstorm, homefront and so on. Petulant dev talk doesn't fill me with much faith either. Would be nice if I was wrong though, haven't had a decent shooter since TF2, BC2 was pretty close though.

This is the feeling I get looking at it, which is why I dismissed it initially.  In fact, the only thing at all that has me interested in how much I loved Enemy Territory.

[Strazos]

Wolfenstein, or Quake Wars?

[Stormwaltz]

I believe that's the shooter that has parkour.  Basically CoD meets Mirror's Edge?

Don't forget the avatar customization. Which probably doesn't mean much to FPS junkies, but as an MMORPG player, I think it's neat.

[Strazos]

Oh, was this the game where the devs weren't going to allow headshot kills because they don't think it's fun for the players or some-such nonsense?

[Malakili]

Wolfenstein, or Quake Wars?

Both, actually.  But I was referring to Wolfenstein as the one I liked a lot.

[Kail]

Oh, was this the game where the devs weren't going to allow headshot kills because they don't think it's fun for the players or some-such nonsense?

There are a ton of games that take that stance, as far as I know.  Doesn't really seem that strange to me, though I do roll my eyes when they say "no headshots" in a game with dedicated snipers.

[Strazos]

If a game isn't going to have locational damage scaling, that's fine. But if you have a sniper rifle, and award more damage for head shots...but it still takes 3 shots to kill, that seems silly.

EDIT: Also, Wolfenstein: ET was one of my all-time favorite multiplayer shooters of all time. I loved me some recon and...whatever class got to toss around mortar/airstrikes. I might even have some old screenshots of obnoxious scores hanging around.

[Kageru]

What drives me nuts is that lots of the European games (Grotesque tactics, Magicka and quite a few others) not only don't respect windows settings for left handed mouse they don't allow you to remap it. Grotesque tactics sort of let me remap it but it didn't actually work.

Brink looked somewhat fun in a borderlands sort of "lots of guns" way and the same Junkyard ambience. How deep it is in practice would be a big question. But at 90 USD$ for Australians they can go f**k themselves.
 

[Amaron]

If I had to wager it's going to be another PoS forgettable built in mouse acceleration performance issue laden FPS ala bulletstorm, homefront and so on. Petulant dev talk doesn't fill me with much faith either. Would be nice if I was wrong though, haven't had a decent shooter since TF2, BC2 was pretty close though.

I don't think it's going to be that bad because it's at least been mostly touted as a multiplayer game.  A lot of the stuff I saw led me to believe they are still fairly PC centric as well.   That of course doesn't mean it will be any good though.

[bhodi]

I also had the mouse control issue in dead space one. It's caused from not being able to turn off vsync. I managed to make it tolerable by dropping the res by quite a bit.

[Nightblade]

I don't think it's going to be that bad because it's at least been mostly touted as a multiplayer game.  A lot of the stuff I saw led me to believe they are still fairly PC centric as well.   That of course doesn't mean it will be any good though.

What did you see that led you to believe it was going to be PC centric? I remember DICE foaming at the mouth about how they were PC developers first and then I fire up to single player and find the mouse controls nearly unusable, no performance scaling and updates that disappear so that they can "focus on Battlefield 3, this time we're for reals".

[Strazos]

I also had the mouse control issue in dead space one. It's caused from not being able to turn off vsync. I managed to make it tolerable by dropping the res by quite a bit.

It seems that in most of my games now I HAVE to have vsync on or else I get terrible tearing. I haven't really noticed a drop in input response, but it's possible I've just adapted without realizing it.

[Yegolev]

It's not that it's slow, it's that it doesn't start moving when I move the mouse and it keeps gliding after I stop the mouse.

Sounds like software mouse.  You need to look for an option to force it to hardware.

Google says I'm stuck with it.  Google also says "use a gamepad" and I just might do that.

I'm getting the idea that Black Ops is a good game.  Someone tell me that's bullshit.

[Malakili]

It's not that it's slow, it's that it doesn't start moving when I move the mouse and it keeps gliding after I stop the mouse.

Sounds like software mouse.  You need to look for an option to force it to hardware.

Google says I'm stuck with it.  Google also says "use a gamepad" and I just might do that.

I'm getting the idea that Black Ops is a good game.  Someone tell me that's bullshit.

Black Ops is a good multiplayer twitch shooter ala Counter Strike, the single player is trash.  If that sounds up your ally, its a solid choice.  I still get some play out of it when I'm in the mood for a change of pace from Battlefield: BC2.

[Yegolev]

I played CoD4 with some friends and it was fun even though I was the worst one.  Now, however, one of the guys' twelve-year-old son plays and he kicks everyone in the fucking balls.  Damn kids and their reflexes.  So I suppose I'll pass.

[Malakili]

30 minute interview with Gabe Newell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMgfPU9y3yo

    What is Valve up to these days?

    With the addition of STEAM to the PSN is Valve planning on shifting development focus to consoles or are you going to remain developing games primarily for the PC?

    How does Valve plan on differentiating the game from the very popular "League of Legends"?

    How do micro transactions affect the future of Valve's business model?

    Do you still plan on making single player games? (dispelling a rumor)

    Do you ever get a chance to play games for fun anymore? If so, what games are you playing?

    Do you plan on deviating from SOURCE or do you plan on indefinitely updating the current engine?

    What games in the last decade do you believe have improved the gaming industry?

    Will Chell from Portal and Gordon Freeman from HL be meeting?

    Why are some of your most famous protagonists silent? How do you feel this affects the games as a whole?

    What advice would you give to somebody aspiring to get into the gaming industry?

    I read that you collect knives. How many knives do you own? What do you like about them?

    What was your favorite game to work on?

Kind of interesting to listen to.  Some of it goes beyond the questions listed here.  Anyway, lots of interesting insight from Gabe on their design process and challenges they face, etc.

[Azazel]

is there a cliff's notes version in text? I can't be arsed listening to a 30 minute interview.

[Amaron]

What did you see that led you to believe it was going to be PC centric? I remember DICE foaming at the mouth about how they were PC developers first and then I fire up to single player and find the mouse controls nearly unusable, no performance scaling and updates that disappear so that they can "focus on Battlefield 3, this time we're for reals".

No it wasn't anything they claimed.  I can't say as it was anything specific and really it's just a vague hunch after seeing several videos.

[K9]

Gabe Newell: We've moved beyond the episodic model

So... no HL2:Ep3?