General Videogame Thread

I'm getting into this Zelda breath of the wild game... I've played every Zelda in the past and have been easily bored of them after 2 hours, the constant hand holding through the games pissed me right off, and the one where the fairy keeps bugging you every 5 minutes destroyed that game for me.

BoTW though has been the first Zelda game that I've actually enjoyed playing, albeit the Assassin Creed tower thing is pretty annoying, amongst other things I've addressed. But besides that it's a good game, whether I put in 100 hours will be another question, but the puzzles are great and are a good bordem breaker (besides the motion control ones, which are just annoying)
 
Taxi said:
Can anyone help me out with recomendations for good pc gaming sites to buy from and play.
I notice now that most games appear to be purchased by download for a heck of a lot cheaper than a hard copy.
How reliable is this service and who are the most dependable and affordable.
Imagine building up a collection of games to see the supplier go tits up.

I was just pricing up a few online and need doom 4 2016 and also counterstrike OS.
An outfit called cdkeys keep coming up the cheapest but how good are they.
Anyone any experiance of them.

And after downloading counterstrike os can I just play offline for practise first or do I have to join steam et valve or whoever.
Any info greatfully appreciated.
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Steam, UPlay and Origin are all bang on the money for downloading games.

CDKeys also. They are usually a bit cheaper as well.

I am a huge PC gamer and haven't bought an actual hard copy for years.
 
BimboBob said:
Steam, UPlay and Origin are all bang on the money for downloading games.

CDKeys also. They are usually a bit cheaper as well.

I am a huge PC gamer and haven't bought an actual hard copy for years.
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I still tend to buy hard copies of games I really like/want... I'm a bit of a collector in that sense, I've noticed that PC hard copies are getting more expensive though. South Park FBW was £40 download or £40 hard copy for PC, normally the digital version is more expensive, but in most cases it's not like that any more, only console games are still like that now.
 
EA pulls in-game purchases from 'Star Wars: Battlefront II'
The launch of Star Wars: Battlefront II has been marred by controversy over the game's loot system. While players can earn bonuses like new heroes, equipment and vehicles by playing to earn credits that purchase loot crates, they could also buy more crates with "crystals" sold for real-world money. Predictably, the effect of this came off as allowing or encouraging players to pay to win, which has made gamers and even some regulators unhappy. Tonight, EA announced it's pulling the plug on all in-game purchases, as DICE GM Oskar Gabrielson said the company will "spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning."

At first the company tried making some heroes easier to earn, but clearly, that wasn't enough. Gabrielson says that the plan is for crystal purchases to return eventually, but it's difficult to see how that will be received well if players are still buying items that have a real impact. While the "digital deluxe edition" has already been playable for a few days, the game's worldwide launch is happening now -- let us know if this changes your decision to buy.
 
waspish said:
EA pulls in-game purchases from 'Star Wars: Battlefront II'
The launch of Star Wars: Battlefront II has been marred by controversy over the game's loot system. While players can earn bonuses like new heroes, equipment and vehicles by playing to earn credits that purchase loot crates, they could also buy more crates with "crystals" sold for real-world money. Predictably, the effect of this came off as allowing or encouraging players to pay to win, which has made gamers and even some regulators unhappy. Tonight, EA announced it's pulling the plug on all in-game purchases, as DICE GM Oskar Gabrielson said the company will "spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning."

At first the company tried making some heroes easier to earn, but clearly, that wasn't enough. Gabrielson says that the plan is for crystal purchases to return eventually, but it's difficult to see how that will be received well if players are still buying items that have a real impact. While the "digital deluxe edition" has already been playable for a few days, the game's worldwide launch is happening now -- let us know if this changes your decision to buy.
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Guarantee they'll turn it back on once people start buying the game
 
BimboBob said:
Steam, UPlay and Origin are all bang on the money for downloading games.

CDKeys also. They are usually a bit cheaper as well.
I am a huge PC gamer and haven't bought an actual hard copy for years.
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Cheers Bob lad and thanks for the heads up.
CDkeys certainly appear cheaper and Counterstrike OG can be downloaded for £7.99.
That's incredible value but the Doom 4 2016 is even more so.
Retailing for a hard copy at £39.99 you can get it from the keys for £7.99.
There is a snag ?

Will the system spec of my recent upgrade cut the ice with Doom 4 or will I have to wait for the new one arriving.
Windows 7
8 gig ram ddr3
Amd A8 5600k processor.
1050ti ge force 4 gig

I can see the weak link is the processor but could I get away with it at less than 1080 and medium settings
I checked online and don't think the A8 comes up to anything like minimum required ?
If it's not possible what would be a low cost upgrade to the A8 that would play Doom 4 with the rest of the listed spec.
Cheers.
 
aguerrrroooooooooooo said:
Guarantee they'll turn it back on once people start buying the game
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Its an absolute mess at the minute. I dont blame Dice as ive heard EA forced this on to the game to make more money. I bet Disney have got involved in this as no way would they want the Star Wars franchise tarnished especially with the new film out next month.

The sad part of this is that ive played the trial and it has the potential to be a really good game but when someone has dropped £100 on lootboxes and then is just so overpowered and just wrecks everyone else it completely ruins the game.

Im more of a single player gamer(elder scrolls, fallout, witcher) and was thinking of upgrading to an Xbox One X but even single player games are being infested with microtransactions and DLC witch you have to buy to even finish the game or spend hundreds of hours grinding(see the new assassin creed and shadow of mordor games) Also there are strong rumours that Rockstar are going to put all this shit in the new Red Dead Redemption game. I'm seriously thinking of buying a Switch instead just so I can play quality single player games like Mario or Zelda.

I'll keep my xbox as I have a ton of games for it still but am very doubtful I'll buy another triple A game for that system again.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Its an absolute mess at the minute. I dont blame Dice as ive heard EA forced this on to the game to make more money. I bet Disney have got involved in this as no way would they want the Star Wars franchise tarnished especially with the new film out next month.

The sad part of this is that ive played the trial and it has the potential to be a really good game but when someone has dropped £100 on lootboxes and then is just so overpowered and just wrecks everyone else it completely ruins the game.

Im more of a single player gamer(elder scrolls, fallout, witcher) and was thinking of upgrading to an Xbox One X but even single player games are being infested with microtransactions and DLC witch you have to buy to even finish the game or spend hundreds of hours grinding(see the new assassin creed and shadow of mordor games) Also there are strong rumours that Rockstar are going to put all this shit in the new Red Dead Redemption game. I'm seriously thinking of buying a Switch instead just so I can play quality single player games like Mario or Zelda.

I'll keep my xbox as I have a ton of games for it still but am very doubtful I'll buy another triple A game for that system again.
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Complete joke of a company, the only thing that surprises me is that people are still surprised by ea doing this kind of thing.
I'm back on the old 2005 battlefront since they've relaunched the servers and I'm having a blast
 
BimboBob said:
Up the windows to 10, more optimisation. add another 8gb of ram. Your processor should run it.
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Thanks and I was going to do that but cost cutting came into play.
I will up the ram but not sure on windows 10.I really like 7 and it has a good feel to it.
 
aguerrrroooooooooooo said:
Guarantee they'll turn it back on once people start buying the game
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They have already said as much. Get nice big juicy Christmas sales numbers and then sneak back in the loot boxes once everyone gets bored of the story. There will be the odd thing pop up but no-one will care by then, and no one will be able to get a refund anyway. The only way to send the message properly is to not buy the game. Crying shame that it's still most likely going to break records because it's Star Wars.
 
adrianr said:
They have already said as much. The only way to send the message properly is to not buy the game. Crying shame that it's still most likely going to break records because it's Star Wars.
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It's got average reviews because of the payment system. Now that's on hold it might be worth it. I say might because having played the beta it still didn't feel like a decent game for the price.
 
aguerrrroooooooooooo said:
Guarantee they'll turn it back on once people start buying the game
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Well this is taken from Reddit so you may be right.


I'm a Producer at a AAA Studio(I'm more than happy to provide proof to subreddit mods)

This is pretty clear what they're doing to anyone who works in the industry. They want to maximize their initial sales numbers to show to investors. Once the trade off is worth it(Probably 1-2 months in), they will enable the gamble boxes again because:

  1. Everyone who was on the fence will have bought the game by now

  2. You can't refund the game at this point

  3. The news will have died down, and if new articles do come out, it won't be as relevant

  4. They will already have good numbers to show investors
EA is going to royally fuck over the average gamer who doesn't have a clue how the industry works on this. This is about as deceptive as it gets. I hope that clarifies things
 
adrianr said:
They have already said as much. Get nice big juicy Christmas sales numbers and then sneak back in the loot boxes once everyone gets bored of the story. There will be the odd thing pop up but no-one will care by then, and no one will be able to get a refund anyway. The only way to send the message properly is to not buy the game. Crying shame that it's still most likely going to break records because it's Star Wars.
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It's a shame, I won't be buying it but the masses will and that's what counts to EA

AcceptedWalnut said:
Well this is taken from Reddit so you may be right.


I'm a Producer at a AAA Studio(I'm more than happy to provide proof to subreddit mods)

This is pretty clear what they're doing to anyone who works in the industry. They want to maximize their initial sales numbers to show to investors. Once the trade off is worth it(Probably 1-2 months in), they will enable the gamble boxes again because:

  1. Everyone who was on the fence will have bought the game by now

  2. You can't refund the game at this point

  3. The news will have died down, and if new articles do come out, it won't be as relevant

  4. They will already have good numbers to show investors
EA is going to royally fuck over the average gamer who doesn't have a clue how the industry works on this. This is about as deceptive as it gets. I hope that clarifies things
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He's bang on, it's blindingly obvious what they're going to do
 
BimboBob said:
Up the windows to 10, more optimisation. add another 8gb of ram. Your processor should run it.
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I don't play many PC only titles, so I've been getting along with 8GB fine for the occasional game, I think it's helpful to the PC side how similar the Console hardware is these days.

Having said that though I just had a quick look if there were any DDR3(2x 4GB - preferably G-Skill for compatibility sake) deals around. I'm a bit surprised even the best prices seem to be around £80 but I don't remember paying that much for the pair I got originally. Does anyone know if prices have risen much in the last few years or am I just remembering it wrong?

I suppose black Friday is coming up, it might be worth keeping an eye out but I think I will stick with what I have if there's no bargains.
 
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I hope EA crash and burn one day.... the money they make on FIFA alone though shows that it'll never happen. As long as they target the casual gamers they'll keep making a ridiculous amount of cash!
 
Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot said:
I hope EA crash and burn one day.... the money they make on FIFA alone though shows that it'll never happen. As long as they target the casual gamers they'll keep making a ridiculous amount of cash!
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I think the whole industry is aiming for the casual gamers, they have not looked after those who supported the industry from the early days and basically stuck with gaming when the masses weren’t interested in games/consoles.
 
Metalartin said:
I don't play many PC only titles, so I've been getting along with 8GB fine for the occasional game, I think it's helpful to the PC side how similar the Console hardware is these days.

Having said that though I just had a quick look if there were any DDR3(2x 4GB - preferably G-Skill for compatibility sake) deals around. I'm a bit surprised even the best prices seem to be around £80 but I don't remember paying that much for the pair I got originally. Does anyone know if prices have risen much in the last few years or am I just remembering it wrong?

I suppose black Friday is coming up, it might be worth keeping an eye out but I think I will stick with what I have if there's no bargains.
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That's why I held back initially on the ram.
Been on the rise for the last year and seems to have impacted ddr4 more.

I need one stick of ddr3 so I am also holding back until Black Friday.
 
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