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It's kinda weird because MGR was a solid PC port and I don't remember people complaining about anything in Transformers. I really shouldn't have to run it at 720p on a 950 when Witcher 3 is perfectly playable on 1080p, or at least I don't see anything that would hit performance that hard in this game. However, I kinda take the Dark Souls stance on this port, which is "better than not playing it at all".
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Augus posted:Oh my god that soundtrack cue in the (Route A spoilers) BECOME AS GODS boss fight. I KNOW!!! That song had been playing in my head ever since I saw the trailer where they first used it, and when it rolled in... aaaaah! SO GOOD. RoadCrewWorker posted:Yeah same here. I just want them to address and fix the growing perception of this being a somewhat risky port ASAP so people can get turned off the game by actually designed dick moves instead of technical issues. When stuff like this happens (company releases iffy PC port, modder(s) immediately swoop in to start fixing it), I have to wonder why they don't just contact the modder and offer them some contract work to help fix up the actual official product. IdolNinja fixed the SR2 PC port, and he got hired by Volition or THQ or whoever it was. Dias posted:I really shouldn't have to run it at 720p on a 950 when Witcher 3 is perfectly playable on 1080p, or at least I don't see anything that would hit performance that hard in this game. Have you tried installing the FAR mod and fiddling with the Global Illumination setting that comes with it? Some people have reported fairly chunky performance gains from turning that down one or two notches from the game's default. Instant Grat fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Mar 26, 2017 |
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Mar 26, 2017 17:51
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Dias posted:However, I kinda take the Dark Souls stance on this port, which is "better than not playing it at all".
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Mar 26, 2017 17:54
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Instant Grat posted:Have you tried installing the FAR mod and fiddling with the Global Illumination setting that comes with it? Some people have reported fairly chunky performance gains from turning that down one or two notches from the game's default. I installed it but didn't have the time to figure out WHERE exactly I should be fiddling about, hehe. RoadCrewWorker posted:After 300 hours in the DS1 pc port, i'm entirely desensitized at this point and get what you mean. But yeah, it's just so unnecessary and nobody should have to, the game deserves better than "bearable, mostly functional". Yeah, I'm just...it's nice to get a thing that I could have bet on being PS4-exclusive (and was already sad ahead of time), y'know? Even if the port sucks.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:00
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Dias posted:I installed it but didn't have the time to figure out WHERE exactly I should be fiddling about, hehe. In the menu that pops up when you hit CTRL + SHIFT + T, there's an option labeled "Nier Automata", it's under there. I think changing it in there resets when you close the game, but he might have updated that. The mod itself actually searches for updates when you launch the game, which is nifty.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:04
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It took until route c to come out in full effect, but it's good to see the legacy of Drakengard's hate for all children is still not dead yet.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:16
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That's... unfortunate.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:22
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HenryEx posted:It took until route c to come out in full effect, but it's good to see the legacy of Drakengard's hate for all children is still not dead yet. I mean in Route A A2 just casually murders a baby machine ...Wait, a baby machine? How does that even work?
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Mar 26, 2017 18:23
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Augus posted:I mean in Route A A2 just casually murders a baby machine It wasn't... exactly a baby... the robots are very interesting how they choose their social bonds with each other. They know that humans form families, nations and such, so they do it too. They take up the roles that exist in those groups, and act them out. But of course, a baby robot is never going to grow up. SHISHKABOB fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Mar 26, 2017 |
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Mar 26, 2017 18:25
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Are there any particularly good places to farm large gears? I only need 2 to finish my last weapon upgrade but I haven't been able to get the traveling vendor to spawn with the good mats and I spent like 15 minutes killing enemies in the infinite spawn pit and only got one the entire time.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:27
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Augus posted:I mean in Route A A2 just casually murders a baby machine Have you done Route B yet? But I guess doesn't really explain it... "we put the memories of our king into this baby..." WHERE DID YOU GET A BABY?! Maybe they custom built one because they know that's how monarchies are supposed to work? That would make it even more tragic; they could have just built an adult machine...
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Mar 26, 2017 18:27
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Snak posted:Have you done Route B yet? Nope!  Just beat Route A in fact. LOL, the notification after the credits to replay the game to get the full experience was totally thrown in at the last second by SE. Any thing in particular I should keep in mind in approaching the game from here?
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Mar 26, 2017 18:29
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Augus posted:...Wait, a baby machine? How does that even work? I don't know... We're too dumb to figure that out 
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Mar 26, 2017 18:29
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I love that being a "baby machine" or "child machine" are just concepts that you are, not stages of maturity. A baby machine is a baby machine forever because machines
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Mar 26, 2017 18:33
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Augus posted:Nope! Nothing to keep in mind, just keep playing...
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Mar 26, 2017 18:32
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Nina posted:I love that being a "baby machine" or "child machine" are just concepts that you are, not stages of maturity. A baby machine is a baby machine forever because machines At least it's cute though
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Mar 26, 2017 18:33
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Sure is a cutie.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:44
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Beginning of Route B Haha, I got ending G where 9S just fucks off to study machines forever. Love it. ...wait, gently caress now I need to carry that bucket again. YOKO TARO!!! 
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Mar 26, 2017 18:48
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Instant Grat posted:In the menu that pops up when you hit CTRL + SHIFT + T, there's an option labeled "Nier Automata", it's under there. I think changing it in there resets when you close the game, but he might have updated that. The mod itself actually searches for updates when you launch the game, which is nifty. I decided to take that poo poo out for a test-drive on the intro sequence and what do you know, it makes a MASSIVE difference. I still can't do a steady 60 on 1080p, unfortunately, but it allowed me to bump resolution to 900p and get some AA and textures working with barely any frame drops. V-Sync gives me some frame issues but I actually dislike using V-Sync for action games so there's that. At 1080p it sometimes drops about 10fps on action sequences, so if you're able to deal with that and some jaggies, there you go. So if Platinum fixes fullscreen resolution stuff and the lightning issues, I guess the port goes from "bad" to "decent". It's not getting any awards for optimization, but I'll take an i3 and a 950 chugging a bit on a new release.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:52
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Augus posted:Beginning of Route B I was so busy laughing that I barely minded (same thing happened to me).
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Mar 26, 2017 18:59
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So I just went to the post-Flooded City area the Copied City (side note. drat. Thought I knew what was up with this game.), and rescued 9S. I'm still on Route A. Are there any 2B alone missions that I could be missing, or should I mainline the storyline until I get Yosuke back?
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Mar 26, 2017 18:59
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The only thing that's permanently missable is a joke ending related to an optional superboss. Just play the game, yo.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:04
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So obvious question maybe, but is there actually any benefit to playing on higher difficulties? I'm decent at Platinum games but "every enemy hits three times as hard" mixed with the Dark Souls-esque equipment loss system doesn't seem like a great time.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:10
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Oxxidation posted:So obvious question maybe, but is there actually any benefit to playing on higher difficulties? I'm decent at Platinum games but "every enemy hits three times as hard" mixed with the Dark Souls-esque equipment loss system doesn't seem like a great time. None at all except challenging yourself
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Mar 26, 2017 19:10
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As far as I know, there is no benefit whatsoever to playing on higher difficulties. The game is set up for you to play it on whatever difficulty you have the most fun with.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:12
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The game is definitely designed from ground up so that you're unable to play it in a way that'd make you feel like you're missing out on anything no matter what difficulty you play it on or what your dedication to completion is Hence the trophy shop. The sole exception is unlocking Emil's Determination but that's mainly meant as a boon to pre-existing Nier fans who are used to sidequest tedium.
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Oxxidation posted:So obvious question maybe, but is there actually any benefit to playing on higher difficulties? I'm decent at Platinum games but "every enemy hits three times as hard" mixed with the Dark Souls-esque equipment loss system doesn't seem like a great time. RoadCrewWorker fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Mar 26, 2017 |
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I have only played on normal so far, and once I got a handle on combat, it was pretty easy for the second half of the game. But I'm looking forward to playing the whole game again on hard, just because. I haven't felt this way about wanting to re-experience a game's story since MGS3...
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Oxxidation posted:So obvious question maybe, but is there actually any benefit to playing on higher difficulties? I'm decent at Platinum games but "every enemy hits three times as hard" mixed with the Dark Souls-esque equipment loss system doesn't seem like a great time. The benefit is that you actually feel some tension during battles, because if you stay on normal past path A or so, the combat will be completely trivial.
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At the same time, if you really just want to be focused on the story, it works pretty well. A big part of why combat became trivial for me was my chip set, which made it almost impossible for me to ever die, no matter how poorly I played. I think I'm also going to swear off shockwave for my next playthrough, because it's kind a of tradeoff, granting "sloppy" damage at the expense of higher damage while playing well...
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I actually think hard mode is pretty fun, at least once you've got a decent selection of chips under your belt, 'cause the game gives you a lot of ways to make yourself incredibly survivable and on easy mode they kind of trivialize the game but on hard mode you really need to use them to their fullest. I turned on hard mode towards the beginning of route B and kept it on like 95% of the time through to ending E and beyond, only turning it back to normal if I really wanted to play things safe or if I was fighting something strong enough to oneshot me on hard. Having the threat of losing your equipment hanging over your head definitely makes it kind of stressful in a way I don't love, though, enough that it kind of made me wish I could just straight-up die and reload from my last checkpoint instead of keeping my progress but having to do a corpse run.
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Opposing Farce posted:I actually think hard mode is pretty fun, at least once you've got a decent selection of chips under your belt, 'cause the game gives you a lot of ways to make yourself incredibly survivable and on easy mode they kind of trivialize the game but on hard mode you really need to use them to their fullest. I turned on hard mode towards the beginning of route B and kept it on like 95% of the time through to ending E and beyond, only turning it back to normal if I really wanted to play things safe or if I was fighting something strong enough to oneshot me on hard. Having the threat of losing your equipment hanging over your head definitely makes it kind of stressful in a way I don't love, though, enough that it kind of made me wish I could just straight-up die and reload from my last checkpoint instead of keeping my progress but having to do a corpse run. You can close the game in the death message screen and just reload if you don't wanna lose your chips. Although I guess that's a bit like cheating
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Ugh my game was doing fine but now all of a sudden when I minimize it's giving me that white screen problem. I put like 40 hours into it before this started, what gives.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:52
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So I was just about to buy it on PS4, but it's so expensive. Is there a more affordable non-day one edition coming soon?
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Mar 26, 2017 19:54
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Nina posted:You can close the game in the death message screen and just reload if you don't wanna lose your chips. Although I guess that's a bit like cheating
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ClaytonClaw posted:So I was just about to buy it on PS4, but it's so expensive. Is there a more affordable non-day one edition coming soon? Day One editions are really the default editions these days. So it's highly unlikely until it goes on an actual sale someday
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Mar 26, 2017 19:55
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Also I now learned that I made my way through the entirety of Route A without ever encountering Emil, which is very annoying.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:59
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Eve didn't make a whole lot of sense the first time around. In hindsight, i guess he was right. It was all meaningless. also why are the credits scrolling backwards
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Mar 26, 2017 20:13
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Nina posted:Day One editions are really the default editions these days. So it's highly unlikely until it goes on an actual sale someday Square Enix currently has box copies of the Day One edition of Final Fantasy XV for sale in their online store right now
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Oxxidation posted:Also I now learned that I made my way through the entirety of Route A without ever encountering Emil, which is very annoying. You ran into him when going through the shopping mall to get to the forest.
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