Video Games - a general discussion thread — Page 323

Tobar said:

Mad Max (Avalanche Studios, 2015)

What a fantastic game! Avalanche Studios should be applauded for this, their Magnum Opus. Terrific mix of vehicle and onfoot gameplay. The melee combat leaves a little to be desired but the rest more than makes up for it. The main mission storyline is great. They perfectly captured the brutal and visceral world that Max inhabits. I really hope they’ll make a follow up one day. Definitely recommended.

I am trying to like Mad Max but struggling with it so far. There is so much HUD/objective/status crap on the screen all the time that it is ruining the experience. I found a toggle HUD mod… that no longer works. I’m sure I need to give this more of a chance, but the hand-holding seems ridiculous. Does the car get better handling as you upgrade?

I also played Firewatch based on your recommendation. A bittersweet experience once I found out there aren’t multiple endings. It has some of the best voice acting I have ever heard, yet could have been so much more. Did you replay it for a different conversation?

Shadows of the Empire works near-perfectly in Project 64. The problem is that the default settings are wrong. You have to make sure the Counter Factor is set to 2, not 1, and the VI Refresh Rate is at 1500, not 2200.

Just these two settings alone will fix a great many games that were broken in the more recent revisions. There are only a few that actually need them the other way. You also need to make sure you’re using Glide64 for your video plugin, because the default plugin is riddled with graphics glitches. Turn on ‘hardware frame buffer emulation’ and ‘software depth buffer rendering’ to enable many effects in various games that would otherwise be shown incorrectly or not at all.

Having said that, I’ve become increasingly dissatisfied with the state of Nintendo 64 emulation, since it still has many errors and shortcomings that get in the way, and don’t look to be fixed any time soon. Because of that, I’ll be using it less in the future, and spending more time on the actual console. The biggest problem with this is the joysticks are so prone to wearing out, so I’ve been looking into ways to repair or replace them. I got one of the ‘Gamecube-style’ sticks, which are very well made and won’t wear out, but since the sensitivity on those is completely screwed up and it’s really hard to aim properly in GoldenEye with it, I ordered a custom circuit board from a guy in Germany which is designed to fix the sensitivity and make it respond much more like a new original. I’ll have to learn to solder in order to install it, but it’s very much worth the effort.

On the subject of Zelda—if you’re going to play Ocarina of Time, for god’s sake, make sure you get a copy that is either version 1.0 or 1.1. Version 1.2 introduced the absolutely horrible revision to the music in the Fire Temple, which eliminated the awesome chanting and replaced it with some generic rubbish that just doesn’t fit. Listen to the original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGVb8Ivb9E

I know all about the oot revisions lol

moviefreakedmind said:

It’s really depressing that Call of Duty 4 and 5 are hacked and ruined on console, as they are the only two I ever enjoyed playing. Does anybody know if anyone still plays those two games on Steam? Just play the games, no hacks, no mods, just the pure unadulterated games?

If console versions are nothing but hackers, then don’t expect to find anything worth while on PC

moviefreakedmind said:

It’s really depressing that Call of Duty 4 and 5 are hacked and ruined on console, as they are the only two I ever enjoyed playing. Does anybody know if anyone still plays those two games on Steam? Just play the games, no hacks, no mods, just the pure unadulterated games?

If console versions are nothing but hackers, then don’t expect to find anything worth while on PC

Dek Rollins said:

HansiG said:

moviefreakedmind said:

It’s really depressing that Call of Duty 4 and 5 are hacked and ruined on console, as they are the only two I ever enjoyed playing. Does anybody know if anyone still plays those two games on Steam? Just play the games, no hacks, no mods, just the pure unadulterated games?

If console versions are nothing but hackers, then don’t expect to find anything worth while on PC

I smell a console peasant. 😉

Nah, PC Master Race. I just know that hacks are more available on PC so there is obviously more people using them.

Prime Examples: Pretty much every game pre-2005

Tobar said:

moviefreakedmind said:

No I’m not. Sadly I don’t have a computer capable of playing modern video games anymore, so it’s only Duke Nukem and Doom for me when it comes to computer gaming, Haha! When I get a new machine I’ll be sure to join up though!

Well in the meantime, don’t forget that GOG is there to serve all of your retro gaming needs.

Really, I’m looking through that site and I barely see anything I recognize, let alone ever played.

I think you can just play Pong and Zork for free online these days :p

Two of my favorites!

Ladies and gentlemen, I broke a record!

I got VAC banned in Dark Souls 1 BEFORE I even turned it on!

Well, I’m Banned on Steam, and I can’t find any torrents for pirated version.

10/10 good PC port