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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:39 pm

played for another hour or so, got to the boss at level 18 but every hit he does with that crazy spam hits really hard and only the barbarian king feels capable of tanking him to any degree. I managed to get him to just under half hp after a few runs but realised I simply don't have the equips yet to deal with him. I will try and level up a bit more and try to grab some blueprints and runes to help me out as well.

I've encountered the areas outside the initial castle part as well, but had my ass handed to me really hard so just turn tail instantly when I accidentally run into these new areas. Think I will leave them for later xD
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:06 am

Just beat boss #2 in the forest area, 15 hours logged so far according to Steam.

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Post by AxeD » Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:45 am

Would this game you're talking about be playable on the infamous 'gpu-less laptops'?
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:10 pm

Doubtful:
System Requirements
Minimum:
OS:Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor:1.6 Ghz
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:X1950 Pro, 7900 GT
DirectX®:9.0c
Hard Drive:400 MB HD space
Additional:Windows 8 is currently NOT fully supported. Support for this OS will be available at a later date.

Recommended:
OS:Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor:2 Ghz
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:HD 4770, 8800 GTX
DirectX®:9.0c
Hard Drive:400 MB HD space
Additional:Windows 8 is currently NOT fully supported. Support for this OS will be available at a later date.

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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by pete_bubonic » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:13 pm

deadly habit wrote:Just beat boss #2 in the forest area, 15 hours logged so far according to Steam.
I can't beat the 3rd boss at all. Utter bastard. Fantastic and wholly addictive game. Could do with more monster variation if anything.
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Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:20 pm

Yea I'm gonna try to tackle him today, I wouldn't mind some more enemies and content as well, but damn best $15 spent on a game in ages, and hell I got it free by selling those Steam cards -w-

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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by AxeD » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:25 pm

Damn game developers always disregard people who don't own gpu's.
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:32 pm

I don't really understand why this game needs a GPU anyway, the graphics are extremely basic....

might be worth trying out the demo before the full game mate, you never know you might get it running anyway.
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Post by DRTY » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:32 pm

WALKING DEAD DLC OUT TODAY FOR PS3 USERS. CAPS NECESSARY

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Post by AxeD » Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:36 pm

hugh wrote:I don't really understand why this game needs a GPU anyway, the graphics are extremely basic....

might be worth trying out the demo before the full game mate, you never know you might get it running anyway.
Think it'll be a stretch, but I'll try.
Blindly bought Awesomenauts, thinking that it had to run smooth on low but that's not really the case.
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:38 pm

man I am SO tempted to make Rome II the first game I have ever prepurchased.... £15 off and you get the Greek States as well.
hmm :p
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:49 pm

Yea I was amped for Rome 2 until I saw there is about $60+ of day one DLC. Fucking Sega.
I am gonna preorder the new Rise of the Triad though, amped as fuck for that.

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Post by cosmic_surgeon » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:57 pm

Got Borderlands 2 recently, was really impressed. So much polish. £20 as well! To think some absolute dogshit games are asking for £35-£40...
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Post by gαммα » Tue Jul 02, 2013 5:58 pm

funny how people think bad/simple graphics = no need for a good PC.
it doesn't work like that sadly

also minimum requirements are almost always higher than what is actually required, also try looking for modded drivers for your integrated GPU, I used to have an old dell with intel graphics and modded drivers let me play loads of games that wouldn't run at all otherwise
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:02 pm

cosmic surgeon wrote:Got Borderlands 2 recently, was really impressed. So much polish. £20 as well! To think some absolute dogshit games are asking for £35-£40...
yeah I really enjoyed BL2, I am thinking about getting the season pass as that gives you the level 61 cap and 4 dlcs, the newest of which is meant to be really good.
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:03 pm

deadly habit wrote:Yea I was amped for Rome 2 until I saw there is about $60+ of day one DLC. Fucking Sega.
I am gonna preorder the new Rise of the Triad though, amped as fuck for that.
yeah, I get the feeling it will be even worse than shogun 2 in that respect, which was fucking awful. I don't own half that game, since half the content is DLC locked. But it is still happy to do a 5 GB download to update the files....
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:06 pm

gαммα wrote:funny how people think bad/simple graphics = no need for a good PC.
it doesn't work like that sadly

also minimum requirements are almost always higher than what is actually required, also try looking for modded drivers for your integrated GPU, I used to have an old dell with intel graphics and modded drivers let me play loads of games that wouldn't run at all otherwise
The reason these indie games require good machines is because they are poorly optimised. There's literally nothing going on in Rogue Legacy GPU wise, there's no shading, no dynamic lighting, nothing. I can play Crysis on max settings and my GPU doesn't go above 70 degrees. If I play Rogue Legacy it goes up to 75-80 degrees. It's just pixels and a high frame rate. A good CPU and a bit of RAM should be all you REALLY need for a game like this.
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by gαммα » Tue Jul 02, 2013 6:52 pm

I agree that indie games are usually terribly optimized, but it is usually down to the complexity of the code and the functions within the code that make up the requirements. Like procedural generation, etc. There are other things that require alot of processing as well, like audio.

I agree that a game like rogue legacy should be able to run without a gpu though

the reason your gpu heats up so much is probably because the game has no frame rate cap, so your gpu is processing a stupidly high framerate

do you get coil whine while playing it?

try forcing vsync
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by hugh » Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:56 pm

I just beat the first boss, turns out the spinning flame spell thing you get makes mincemeat of him :D
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Re: What game are you playing?

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:11 pm

Really good 4 page interview on the future of Dwarf Fortress on Gamasutra.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/1 ... n_2013.php

Speculating version 1.0 in 20 years time. Makes sense since it's probably one of the most in depth games to date.

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