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Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:58 pm
by MaxMaps
Achtane wrote:Weird...so everyone's jumping on this all-in-one thing now? Is that this past gen's MOTION CONTROLLLSSSSS?

No.

It's basically Gabe Newell giving a gigantic middle finger to Microsoft and making a huge push to bring Linux into mainstream gaming. The steaming technology takes one decent computer with the ability to run PC games and allows to use lesser devices and computers to play your game as if you were sitting at your desk. I find the concept really cool, I think it was almost a year ago Nividia introduced cloud based gaming.

Other than porn my machine is geared towards video gaming only so I could really dig this. Steam is OS and is in beta but once a stable version comes out with a better driver package then I am going to partition my machine and install it.

Its a huge step in the right direction and I hope it takes off.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:40 pm
by 01010111
MaxMaps wrote:
Achtane wrote:Weird...so everyone's jumping on this all-in-one thing now? Is that this past gen's MOTION CONTROLLLSSSSS?

No.

It's basically Gabe Newell giving a gigantic middle finger to Microsoft and making a huge push to bring Linux into mainstream gaming. The steaming technology takes one decent computer with the ability to run PC games and allows to use lesser devices and computers to play your game as if you were sitting at your desk. I find the concept really cool, I think it was almost a year ago Nividia introduced cloud based gaming.

Other than porn my machine is geared towards video gaming only so I could really dig this. Steam is OS and is in beta but once a stable version comes out with a better driver package then I am going to partition my machine and install it.

Its a huge step in the right direction and I hope it takes off.
I might try this steam os. I'm not really jiving with the fedora partition I'm running right now.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:10 pm
by Andrew
I kind of want more games released on Linus before I'd swap OS, but Windows 9 really shouldn't be that long and I'm interested in seeing if they get their shit together. My phone is Windows 8, it works well for that as well as tablets - just not for PCs.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:28 pm
by futuresailors
Like what the fuck microsoft. those tiles are stupid. i know you have mind reading technology hidden away in the lab.

Dark souls 2 is the only upcoming game i can think of that looks cool.
oh and cyberpunk. god I hope they don't fuck that up.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:09 pm
by Achtane
MaxMaps wrote:
Achtane wrote:Weird...so everyone's jumping on this all-in-one thing now? Is that this past gen's MOTION CONTROLLLSSSSS?

No.

It's basically Gabe Newell giving a gigantic middle finger to Microsoft and making a huge push to bring Linux into mainstream gaming. The steaming technology takes one decent computer with the ability to run PC games and allows to use lesser devices and computers to play your game as if you were sitting at your desk. I find the concept really cool, I think it was almost a year ago Nividia introduced cloud based gaming.

Other than porn my machine is geared towards video gaming only so I could really dig this. Steam is OS and is in beta but once a stable version comes out with a better driver package then I am going to partition my machine and install it.

Its a huge step in the right direction and I hope it takes off.
This is actually pretty cool then, I might have to check it out.

I'm getting back into Wurm Online :lol:
Wurm is the Everquest of sandbox games. It's like an older Minecraft for masochists. Each server is a gigantic map and everything apart from the wilderness, everything else is player-created.
There are a bunch of different skills you can raise and they're the only permanent thing the players have. Every item and building will degrade. The game's mostly creation-oriented, but if you die, you lose skill EXP. All of your shit is lootable unless you lock it up, and even then you have to barter for or craft a lock yourself out of various parts (that you also have to buy or make). There's a heavy emphasis on player interaction and community building.
Instead of digging an entire block away like in Minecraft, you have to dig each corner of a block away and lower the landscape grade by grade. BRUUUUTALLLLLLL.
Also, you can totes build a ship and sail to the other servers 'cause they're all big-ass islands in the ocean. Super sweet.
I'm not sure why I enjoyed it so much before, but I did. I think I will even more now that it finally got out of beta state (after 6 years) and there's recently been a graphics overhaul -- now things actually have animations; players walk around and move more naturally instead of everyone sharing the same floating, wooden model. Wow! :lol:

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:12 pm
by Andrew
This was kind of interesting
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ty-Control
futuresailors wrote: oh and cyberpunk. god I hope they don't fuck that up.
Fuck Watch Dogs, this is what I want. :drool:

I kinda want Thief to be work out aswell.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:20 pm
by MrNovember
Andrew wrote:This kind of hit the spot
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... ty-Control
futuresailors wrote: oh and cyberpunk. god I hope they don't fuck that up.
Fuck Watch Dogs, this is what I want. :drool:

I kinda want Thief to be work out aswell.
Yup, that's totally on my radar now. Thanks guys:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs[/youtube]
Although I'm still excited for Watch Dogs

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:27 pm
by Andrew
Don't know if you'd find it boring or not, but I think this is pretty interesting. Talking about the old Cyberpunk table top gaming.

http://spoonyexperiment.com/counter-mon ... nkey-punk/

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:24 pm
by MaxMaps
wfs1234 wrote: I might try this steam os. I'm not really jiving with the fedora partition I'm running right now.


You will like Debian which is what Steam OS is based off of. It has a really awesome packet manager that makes installing really easy.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 8:39 pm
by leaves turn
METAL SLUG 3 ON STEAM GO GO GO GO GO


I already own the PC collection and I bought 3 again. Because the world needs more Metal Slug.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:03 pm
by GardenoftheDead
Andrew wrote:My phone is Windows 8, it works well for that as well as tablets - just not for PCs.
Which is 99% of my problem with it: A tablet OS they ported to full-featured computers.

(My other problem is that it's a resource hog that has massive compatibility problems with any video games older than 3 or 4 years).

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:13 pm
by foomanfat

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:25 pm
by Achtane
foomanfat wrote:EVE Online, folks. Jeeze.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/the-u ... 1100-4857/
I saw that earlier, so ridiculous. EVE's one of those games that I love the idea of, but dislike actually playing. More spreadsheets than an accounting class.
The music and graphics in EVE are seriously awesome, too...

I tried out EYE: Divine Cybermancy 'cause you guys are getting me all hyped for Cyberpunk, but...ehhhhhhh. I'm kinda biased against Source games 'cause they all feel like Half-Life 2 mods. I know that sounds stupid, but it just doesn't feel "right". It doesn't bug me when other games use, say, the Unreal engine, so I dunno why...

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:06 pm
by leaves turn
Divine Cybermancy is straight up insane. It's like the dev team had a lot of big ideas which then imploded, and they delivered a half-baked, half-translated mess. It's awful, and yet I don't regret buying it.

Re: The Video Game thread

Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:39 am
by dub
I love the slipperiness of Source. Reminds me of the Quake days.