The upcoming PC game debate and discussion thread

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 14th, 2008, 18:10

HereComesPete wrote:GTA looks very shiny, and a bit more forgiving than the last one. Possible buy on that. Seems a bit too serious business. I enjoyed the top down run stuff over old school stuff a lot more. Hawaiian shirts and phil collins as you perform a drive by was pretty fucking sweet however.

I'm thinking it'll be a good 5punk game.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 14th, 2008, 18:20

It might be a good 5punk game but will it's standard multiplayer be 8-player as well on PC? That'd be a cockslap.

Lee · Post by **Lee** » October 14th, 2008, 20:04

Baliame wrote:It might be a good 5punk game but will it's standard multiplayer be 8-player as well on PC? That'd be a cockslap.

They said that the PC version will support more players, not sure how many but I think it was at least 16.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » October 15th, 2008, 7:11

I'd sweep GTA for 5punky multiplayer, if that works, but won't buy it as I've completed it on the 360 already.

Just had a bit more of a look at L4D, and I think Fallout 3 still beats it for me, unless L4D becomes a 5punky staple. However, as doggers said, I fear that it may have a short lifespan.

Far Cry 2 looks pretty, but my PC won't be able to play it with all settings at 11 so I'll not get the full benefit. I probably need to think about upgrading it at some point, but no chance of that happening in the next 6 months. Also, any upgrade would need to start with the mobo, cpu and ram at the least, so it would probably be a comprehensive rebuild.

Mirror's Edge does look more like a console game to me, and I might consider getting it for the 360 in the future, but not bothered for now.

Post by **FatherJack** » October 15th, 2008, 9:50

Hamachi might be the only way we get to play together in GTA. While I've played many hours of it on both the 360 and PS3, I've not bothered with multiplayer with randoms. In SP the bit I got stuck on again was a section where having a mouse would make it easy, but I find the driving much less fun on a keyboard.

amblin · Post by **amblin** » October 15th, 2008, 10:09

Post by **FatherJack** » October 15th, 2008, 11:02

Am buying everything else though, including the perhaps-not-mentioned-yet Football Manager 2009, Mirror's Edge and Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3 and the NWN2 expansion Storm of Zehir which better not have an arbitrary game ruining crappo time-based bullshit element.

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Order Date: 15 Oct 2008
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    * 1 of: Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir - Expansion (PC)
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    * 1 of: Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
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    * 1 of: Mirror's Edge (PS3) [Unknown format]
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    * 1 of: Left 4 Dead (PC DVD) [DVD-ROM]
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Shada · Post by **Shada** » October 15th, 2008, 16:38

Well, after playing COD5 for a bit I can safely say FUCK YES I AM BUYING THIS SHIT.

It's the fucking same as COD4 only with bolt action rifles and molotov cocktails. Also dog armies.

Killavodka · Post by **Killavodka** » October 15th, 2008, 16:48

Ouch £150 worth of games preordered ><

Far Cry 2 (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 24-Oct-2008

Fallout 3 (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 31-Oct-2008

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 31-Oct-2008

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 13-Nov-2008

Call of Duty: World at War (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 14-Nov-2008

Grand Theft Auto IV (PC Games)
Availability: Pre-order - Release Date: 21-Nov-2008

Post by **Grimmie** » October 20th, 2008, 12:07

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 20th, 2008, 14:05

That's a point, I got this month's PCG on saturday. Verdicts off the top of my head:

Fallout 2: 90%
World of Goo: 93%
There was something else that got 85%, but I can't remember what.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » October 20th, 2008, 14:19

Dog Pants wrote:Fallout 2: 90%

Fable 2 this weekend. Ordered even though I've seen no reviews. Should be good though.

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 20th, 2008, 16:19

Dog Pants wrote:That's a point, I got this month's PCG on saturday. Verdicts off the top of my head:

Fallout 2: 90%

Are you sure Pants? Are you 100% certain that Fallout 2 got 90% in this month's magazine? I seem to recall it getting around that quite a few years ago now

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 20th, 2008, 16:36

Pfffft, good point.

Fallout 3: 90%
Dead Space: 86%
Multiwinia: 79%
Lego Batman: 85%

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 20th, 2008, 16:54

Dog Pants wrote:Pfffft, good point.

Fallout 3: 90%
Dead Space: 86%
Multiwinia: 79%
Lego Batman: 85%

Well, apart from the shear glee of seeing F3 getting 90% in PGC, Dead Space and Batman look like they shall be aquired.

Might get Lego Star Wars 2 again while I'm at it, I enjoyed the first.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 20th, 2008, 17:14

I've not read the reviews yet personally, so don't blame me if you disagree with the ratings (Clear Skies anyone?).

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » October 20th, 2008, 17:38

A very quick scan of the web saw PCG Sweden (teh fuck?) give it 81%, but a spattering of 90's around from other mags, and Offical Xbox Mag giving it a 10/10 (not that it means anything from them, after all, they gave Halo 2 that, I'd have given it a 5/10).

But I think it's safe to assume it's probably good, just the jury will be out to see if it's good until other 5punkers and myself have played it.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » October 22nd, 2008, 0:18

[H] Farcry2 Perfomance preview.

Summary: this game runs well on current gen stuff, only the 4850 comes close to failing, but that is at 2560x1600 and maximum settings

I'd say any machine that runs cod4 well should be happy with this, certainly anything based on the budget machine thread will be fine.

Baliame · Post by **Baliame** » October 22nd, 2008, 10:35

Dog Pants wrote:Multiwinia: 79%

I like how they fuck over anyone thinking outside the box.

Post by **Dog Pants** » October 22nd, 2008, 10:53

PCG gave Darwinia something like 85-90% and urged everybody to buy it. They later chastised everybody for not doing. Later still they urged everybody to buy it again after it was re-released on Steam. They didn't rate Multiwinia as 79% (which isn't a bad score by the way) because it was thinking outside the box, they rated it 79% because there was no variety to the gameplay and too many random ways to lose the game.