june gloom on 23/8/2011 at 21:39
yeah but people are all different too and some of them are morons
SubJeff on 23/8/2011 at 21:57
It's the qualifiers he uses Pemptus. CCC has mostly found that the min requirements are bs (or so he says). If he said sometimes they are bs I could believe it.
Bad workman tools and all that.
Yakoob on 23/8/2011 at 23:34
Quote Posted by dethtoll
yeah but people are all different too and some of them are morons
Wait, are you calling me and CCCToad the morons or SubJeff? This is critical to whom I will insult next.
Jokes gais! Jokes!
I dunno, whenever I play games just barely at the tip of min reqs I'd get like 10 FPS or something barely playable like that. I donno, maybe I'm just unlucky. Or maybe they're just not optimized for Pentium 2 :/
Going back to the OT, I reallly need to get on the Battlefield bandwagon. I missed out on the second one and kinda feel like it could've been a game I would have really enjoyed; from what I hear it's a much different animal than the spray and unlockables fest that is CoD MP.
SubJeff on 23/8/2011 at 23:51
Quote Posted by Yakoob
just barely at the tip of min reqs
the answer is in the question
Yakoob on 23/8/2011 at 23:56
Wait. So you are agreeing with me that if you just barely meet min system reqs the game will run like shit on min settings? Isnt' that the point you were just disagreeing with us on?
:confused:
catbarf on 24/8/2011 at 01:03
Quote Posted by Yakoob
Going back to the OT, I reallly need to get on the Battlefield bandwagon. I missed out on the second one and kinda feel like it could've been a game I would have really enjoyed; from what I hear it's a much different animal than the spray and unlockables fest that is CoD MP.
If you can find a copy of Battlefield 2142 on eBay, it's basically a refined version of BF2's gameplay, and the DRM's been patched out (EA patched out the DRM, lost_soul will have a fit) so it's not a hassle to set up and play. You could try Bad Company 2, but it's a bit more fast-paced than BF2 and IMO closer to a cross between traditional Battlefield and Modern Warfare gameplay.
Jason Moyer on 24/8/2011 at 02:09
Quote Posted by catbarf
If you can find a copy of Battlefield 2142 on eBay
There's a brand new copy on Amazon for $6.42.
sNeaksieGarrett on 31/8/2011 at 04:55
Somewhat off-topic, but if you buy battlefield 3 at retail you're going to be forced to use it. And by it, I mean Origin. Article (
http://www.gamesradar.com/ea-tries-again-justify-origin-fails-more-spectacularly-ever-justify-origin/) here.
I pretty much agree with the anti-origin sentiment. Why do we need yet another product on our hard drives that manages our digital content, when we have steam already? I know that sounds biased, but look at it this way.
If BF3 is available on Steam
and Origin, then there's the potential for customers to buy from either or and be happy. Now, considering what is actually happening, those of us who already use Steam and want it on steam will miss out, or end up having to download (or is it web based?) a second digital distribution product which would be a pain to have, since you'd have two competing programs running at the same time. (Which is one of the reasons why I dislike GFWL.)
To cover the bases, if the reverse was true (that is, BF3 was available on Steam and not Origin which doesn't even make sense, unless it was owned by another company) the same situation of customers missing out would apply. So by not offering it on one of the platforms, you are essentially forced to use the other platform. (Unless of course you never used Steam, in which case my point is not valid.)
Shit, I just realized after rereading my post that it has been said that (just recalled) Origin won't have to be running in order to play a game, right? So I guess it's not that big of a deal after all, but for me I'd rather just stick with one digital distribution program if possible.
CCCToad on 31/8/2011 at 21:10
Agreed, but the reliance on digital distro software is something that publishers now see as key after Steam's success as compared against other DRM methods. More importantly it allows them to have a level of control over add-on content that was previously restricted to consoles. In other words they can now make more money by making the games incompatible with user content and making use of their digital platform the only way to obtain map packs and other DLC.
