except in borderlands, you can just bind a key to change FOV and, while the engine will sometimes reset it to default (when you get out of the cars), it doesn't fuck anything up.

i just bound the fov setting to my move forward key, the as soon as i walked, it would switch back.

but ME2 is the opposite: the fov sticks no matter what. i would be perfectly fine if the fov reset to default after a cinematic. :\ 

I did actually notice the fov in borderlands, it felt extremely low but I was too lazy to fix it :P

Quakis, I believe the fov in bc2 (and Crysis 2) is based on "vertical fov" rather than horizontal, so 55 isn't actually as low as it sounds, but still low enough to distract for sure. There is actually a website you can go to that will do the math to convert a desired horizontal fov into the needed vertical fov number. Have to google it though I can't find the link atm :P

Also, for BRINK people, http://thebrink.tv/ is going live in approx 1hr 30 mins from this post and will be shoutcasting brink tournament games for most the evening im guessing, so if you want to see what the game is like on pc you might find it interesting! 

cos I cant seem to find a straight answer.

32 bit vs 64 bit, any noticeable differences? 

 

Seem unfavorable. Can anyone attest?

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/brink/critic-reviews

Yeah, yeah, metacritic, I know. I was expecting more around like 80-85% average, but 72% seems surprisingly low. 

I think that the 64bit does have a further detail distance or something, but not so you'd notice. The 32bit version was proven to be faster than the 64bit version, so I use 32 :) 

Are out now. :D 

I didn't play it, but the entire TF2 competitive community before it came out was all 'OMG this is going to be amazing, TF2 is dead now' and then a day after it came out all said in unison 'wow this is total shit, back to TF2'. 

Just wait until Brink introduces HATS.
Just.
You.
Wait. 

MOAR 

i've realized something interesting.

often, the term RPG is abused in that a game is mostly just about stats. leveling up and assigning stat points, getting new weapons and armor for more stats...

ME2 has gone in the opposite direction. they've pretty much removed stats.

i guess this makes it more a true RPG than say Diablo, but then again, we're mostly left with a shooter with dialog trees.

i guess it's more action-packed this way, but i'm not sure i like the super dumbed down RPGs direction. 

is it much of an improvement/upgrade over the standard version? Currently $7.49 at Steam for 1 and 2. 

then realize the games are actually pretty stupid and not nearly as fun as they were when playing them the first time back then. 

so unless they have changed gameplay in the HD version, I'm still up for it provided the upgrade is actually worth it 

Can't believe I never posted about this:

http://www.frogatto.com/
Frogatto & Friends is an old-school 2D platformer game, starring a certain quixotic frog. It's a big adventure with all the classic fun - you fight monsters, collect coins, talk to people, and buy new stuff.

It is free and open-source and of fantastic quality. 

Played 2 hours of Portal 2 coop yesterday and am super disappointed. Boring puzzles, no story to think of, loading extra double plus. Part of the frustation surely was playing on half a tv screen (left/right, ugh) and with a ps3 controller. But still, even more disappointing than the sp game for me so far, maybe because it is just more of the bad aspects. 

I should add that it sure is a very good game but the icing is missing for me. 

I think you're the only person who found the puzzles boring. You must über smrt or something. 

Yeah, I hate anything split screened. Try it the right way next time, k? 

 

I'm just downloading the game now, no spoilers please! 

Frogatto owns btw 

Hey guys. I was working on Steel Storm game for last few months, and now at last it's released. It's old-school top-down view shooter, made with Darkplaces engine. Some pictures of the maps I've made for it:

http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_skycrusade_06.jpg
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Steel Storm at Steam :) :
http://store.steampowered.com/app/96200/ 

Haven't played it in a while. I preordered episode 2 a long time ago. Maybe i'll finish it this week. :p 

I played the first episode (demo?) a while ago. The levels looked cool. The gameplay was okay but it kind of got stale after some time. I died in the presumably last level after foolishly testing if it was possible to jump/fall down the cliff, and then didn't feel like restarting from the beginning. It's a nice little indie game, but doesn't interest me enough to pay for it. Originally I thought it was a classic spaceship shooter taking place in the air, not only just above ground.