carcarias

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I think you hit the nail on the head there. I also chuckled at the term, 'word salad'.

2346d ago 4 agree0 disagreeView comment

I'm getting 60 frames with all my games, albeit with some ever so slight adjustments for games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey. And even if I keep max settings I don't drop below 50.

Blair Witch just has some kind of issue. I've noticed that the video menu doesn't even correctly display what your current settings are.

The best look for me so far was to go to 1440 and have full resolution scalability. Using full scalability on 4k tanks...

2347d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

@Atom666

Well said, my sentiments exactly.

Social media in general comes across to me as some kind of warped, hall of mirrors style distortion of the world we live in and is seemingly ridiculously easy to abuse.

2348d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

Yeah, I'm not sure where some of these comments are coming from. They've stood quite firm against quite a lot of recent criticism, including the 'mix it up' poster and stuck with their creative vision, as far as I can tell.

2348d ago 2 agree1 disagreeView comment

Oh, I thought they stood quite firm against the 'mix it up' poster backlash. Mind you, I feel they shouldn't have apologised for the 'did you assume my gender?' joke.

2348d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

Yeah, I was thinking the same. I feel sorry for those who really wanted TPP but no defence of 1st person should be necessary. It's their choice and if they had chosen 3rd person, then I wouldn't expect them to need to defend that either.

2348d ago 6 agree2 disagreeView comment

They're apparently in 1st person too, something I've never seen in a mainstream game before. Mind you, I think you could go into 1st person in GTA when in the car with hookers, iirc.

2348d ago 3 agree7 disagreeView comment

@HentaiElmo

Don't worry buddy, I still got it ;)

2351d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Perfectly fine with me; that's still plenty big, especially with the added verticality.

2355d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

In fairness I haven't. I'm guessing it's a better in some ways now.

Also, I know exactly what you mean about the first one having newness on its side, and being Xbox Arcade. You make a good point there.

2356d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

I'm guessing knowing whether it's purposeful or not is going to be a challenge and might lead to a few unfair bans.

That'll do wonders for the cause; nothing like pissing people off to make them sympathetic to your ideals.

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

It was but a bit of tom-foolery, sorry to confuse the issue. My bad.

Yes, I have, woe betide me, played the sequel, and yes, I'm my own source ;p I am the 'source' incarnate!

According to a link provided above, MS swear they didn't interfere. So, innocent until proven guilty and I stand corrected, though I still have my suspicions.

Like I've said to others, I'm glad you felt it was an across the board improvem...

2356d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Well, it's all subjective so the 'literally' part of your comment is arguable when pertaining to the 'better' part.

I thought it was poor and it reviewed more than 10% worse than the first.

It seemed strange because I thought the team would have found it a relatively mild challenge to improve upon the original so I felt that MS must have meddled. If they truly didn't, then 'my bad'.

I shall put the blame...

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

I'm glad you liked it but I wonder if that means you thought the first one was awful.

Because it reviewed noticeably worse than the first and all the people I know who were fans were deeply disappointed, as was I. Oh well, it's all subjective. I wish my experience of the game had been similar to yours :)

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

My source, subjective as it may be, is that the sequel was a very poor game that didn't expand or build on the promise of the originals that I absolutely adored. I was at a loss to understand it so, perhaps unwisely, felt that MS was the cause.

Thanks for the link. Assuming they're telling the truth (after all, how many times has EA said the same thing?), that makes it even more of a shame then, based on my experience of the game. At least before I could believe ...

2356d ago 0 agree1 disagreeView comment

Well, I'm glad you all liked it but among the dozen or so people I know who loved the first one (plus DLC), none of them liked the direction or end product of the sequel.

It reviewed poorly too so I guess my gaming social circle isn't alone even when looking at internet opinions because after all, yes, it's all subjective.

I most certainly had a different experience to you all, unfortunately. The sequel seemed like a real step back for a vari...

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Not to be rude, but that's a naive thing to say if I may say so.

Just like producers or studios in movies, the money people can have a lot of sway. Or do you think EA receives all the hate unfairly?

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Well, on the basis that everyone wants world peace, I hope you're right ;)

2356d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Loved the first one, got high hopes for this.

Funny to see all the preview articles hyping it though, as I have to wonder what these journos opinions will be once it releases. Will we get the usual bollocks about 'zombie fatigue'?

They create hype to get cash in on everyone's excitement and get clicks in the build up to launch and then create controversy and negativity for more clicks once the game's released.

2357d ago 1 agree1 disagreeView comment

I loved Wasteland 2 and am excited for this...but, imho, Microsoft's involvement could go either way.

Loved State of Decay (Xbox Studios) but then Microsoft took a greater interest and meddled with the development of the sequel and look what happened.

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