My favourite quirk of Far Cry 2 is that all of the characters speak in fast forward with no breaks between sentences because they had to massively chop down the sound files to fit on a 360 disk.
That's not how audio should work, ffs.My favourite quirk of Far Cry 2 is that all of the characters speak in fast forward with no breaks between sentences because they had to massively chop down the sound files to fit on a 360 disk.
That's not how audio should work, ffs.
Even if X360 didn't allow for proper speech oriented codec, they still could have just resampled stuff offline to a lower resolution.
(Unless they already are at 8000 Hz mono XMAs)
My favourite quirk of Far Cry 2 is that all of the characters speak in fast forward with no breaks between sentences because they had to massively chop down the sound files to fit on a 360 disk.
Check ur transaction history on gog. Gme should show up o there.My phone said something about GOG has a gift for you, but my phone being typical thing didn't work and I cna't find it now lol....
Wonder if it was an actual gift or not.
Gonna offer a different take.So soon too? That's nice.
God, I need to start playing these series of games.
Is Chaos:Child a good starting point?
You sure? From a technical perspective its quite easy to compress audio files that have silences in it.
The main dialogue sequences literally sound like they are being played at 1.25x speed.
See for yourself (go to 41:40 if the embed doesn't work properly):
The length I can live with, that's not surprising. I also felt that, say, root Double doesn't truly justify its length, and could have easily been cut in half and been a better more cohesive game for it. It's a bit better with protagonists, as there are more of them and they kinda make up for each others deficiencies. Character development is also incredibly slow, true.Gonna offer a different take.
Chaos;Child is enormously big (think 60-70 hours long) monstrosity that never justifies its length. The protagonist is probably one of the biggest pieces of shit (perverted, useless insect without an ounce of charisma or charm) you'll find in any form of fiction. The character development takes so long you stop caring about what happens to these people. Overall, it reads like a poorly written fanfic.
So, if you think that investing dozens upon dozens of hours into a VN that has maybe 15-20% of interesting content out of its entire length is worth it, than you'll enjoy it.
ive played it, i just don't agree that speeding it up/cutting out the breaks was done to save on space... it doesn't even occupy a full dvd.
I hope that now casual players understand old HC Assassin's Creed fans. Ubisoft is constantly bending rules and changes lore of AC to fit their current mood.
What the fuck does the old AC rules and lore have to do with this?
You don't give players choice to define their character, especially in a subject as sensitive as their sexuality, then rip that away from players. To make it worse the devs were explicitly saying they weren't going to do that because they knew how fucked up that'd be.
You made Kassandra a lesbian? Fuck you she's settling down with a guy and having a kid. You made Alexios gay? Fuck you he's settling down with a woman and having a kid.
What the fuck does the old AC rules and lore have to do with this?
You don't give players choice to define their character, especially in a subject as sensitive as their sexuality, then rip that away from players. To make it worse the devs were explicitly saying they weren't going to do that because they knew how fucked up that'd be.
You made Kassandra a lesbian? Fuck you she's settling down with a guy and having a kid. You made Alexios gay? Fuck you he's settling down with a woman and having a kid.
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I actually hate when a launcher says that I need to update but doesn't do it before it launches, see Battle.net and EGS.First time ever seeing GOG Galaxy ask me about postponing an update on launch. Finally.
I actually hate when a launcher says that I need to update but doesn't do it before it launches, see Battle.net and EGS.
Im guessing it isnt that important to update GOG though if tou can pause it.
Yeah, thats why I'd guess it is nice with Galaxy. I always gets pissed when just right when I start Battle.net, it launches and all but then I need to restart it a minute after, when the update is downloaded.The issue is it both downloads and installs at once and at times can take a while (Steam IIRC downloads the update while the client is already open and only prompts to install later). As a client for DRM-free games where you may just want to use it to briefly launch a game, wishlist a title (without signing in on a browser), etc, it becomes annoying to wait so I'm glad they finally added this.
Virtually nothing major occurs between updates anyway. I'd imagine there would be an option to disable this behavior.
I agree that it's a genre-wide problem (especially in the case of lengthy VNs) it's just that I found Chaos;Child lacking even compared to other VNs. Though, most people enjoyed it a lot as evident by VNDB score, so I'm just an outlier.The length I can live with, that's not surprising. I also felt that, say, root Double doesn't truly justify its length, and could have easily been cut in half and been a better more cohesive game for it. It's a bit better with protagonists, as there are more of them and they kinda make up for each others deficiencies. Character development is also incredibly slow, true.
And, the fanfic comment probably rings true for most of this genre. Most VN writers, I feel, couldn't survive a year as actual book authors, outside of gaming.
Still, given all that, it's still fun to experience, even if it's poorly told drivel, at least it's silly and usually quite creative.
Has valve ever provided info on percentage of games bought via steam vs redeemed via keys?
What's the situation with Steam and using a proxy?
It's kinda not really clear... basically does this already count as hiding your location or something?
Reason I'm asking is I get a lot of slowdowns with certain applications (youtube for example) and when I use a proxy those issues are suddenly gone (mind you the proxy belongs to my isp)
Anyone know?
Huh, alright thanks. It's still the same country anyways so I couldn't do that either way.Valve doesn't care so long as you're not using one to purchase games from the store of a different region.
Has valve ever provided info on percentage of games bought via steam vs redeemed via keys?
You can make some decent guestimates by looking at the reviews of popular games such as MHW or Dark Souls 3 that are available on Steam and other sites.No, I don't remember them ever releasing such info and I follow Valve news pretty closely.
I agree that it's a genre-wide problem (especially in the case of lengthy VNs) it's just that I found Chaos;Child lacking even compared to other VNs. Though, most people enjoyed it a lot as evident by VNDB score, so I'm just an outlier.
neat, crafted this Umbrella artifact (artifacts are basically the rings and necklaces of the game, gear wise) which gives +7 attack, and it actually shows on your character (on the back with the sword im using)
game is too good.
neat, crafted this Umbrella artifact (artifacts are basically the rings and necklaces of the game, gear wise) which gives +7 attack, and it actually shows on your character (on the back with the sword im using)
game is too good.
I started playing last night and when it was night time it was pitch black and I couldnt see where I was walking. I suppose they wanted me to go to bed because I eventually passed out.
I know this is an old game but I'm having issues with SOMA. There is like a permanent screen tearing happening. It's always in the same spot and doesn't go away. It doesn't matter if I have Vsync on or off. Anyone remember having an issue like this when playing SOMA?
neat, crafted this Umbrella artifact (artifacts are basically the rings and necklaces of the game, gear wise) which gives +7 attack, and it actually shows on your character (on the back with the sword im using)
game is too good.
Ignored where, ERA? Sure but that was kind of a given.absolutely, I keep being annoyed that it is ignored, well, almost ignored.
happens to the best of us, happened to me yesterday too and it was damn late too, I was sleepy, so it's funny and appropriate.