BBAlpert

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#1 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 27 days ago

Rochester, New York!

It's got all the gray skies you could ever want and I'm pretty sure it's not the murder capital of New York state anymore! What more could you ask for in a city?

#2 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 27 days ago

@banishedsoul1 said:

Anyone else getting kinda tried of all the marketing when it comes to gpus? The sad thing is most people don't even know what these things are. I remember people saying over the wii u rumors of its gpu " wii u will use dx 11 anything else would be stupid" Why would a nintendo machine use dx 11? Have they ever heard of any other api?

An older one not long after ps3 coming out people were saying we need "ray tracing"

Nvidia has phyx!!! you cant get that on amd! what does it do? well...um.. it makes things move a bit different....

I can't really speak for dx11 and physX, but I can say that ray tracing is a real graphics thing and not just a made up catchphrase. It's a rendering process that takes (or at least it can take) a ton of computing power, but it makes (or again, can potentially make) things look reeeaal nice.

#3 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

Man, I can't wait to see this at EVO '13

#4 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

@SmilingPig said:

I would advise to stay clear of Afterglow controllers; I had 2 controllers break on me after maybe 20h of use.

Thanks for the heads up.

#5 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

I actually hadn't considered just getting some adapters and using my 360 controller. I may have to daisy chain 3 or 4 different things to get it to work, but a few cheap cables/adapters from somewhere like Monoprice is still a lot cheaper than 1 PS3 controller.

#6 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

I should have specified that I meant for use with my phone (a Galaxy Nexus, if that makes a difference). I've got a 360 controller laying around, but I didn't think that the wireless signal it used was compatible with the phone's.

#7 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

If I had a PS3 or a Wii, I know I could just use those controllers, but I don't have either. Should I spring for a PS3 controller, or are there cheaper bluetooth gamepads available elsewhere?

I could also use a bluetooth keyboard, I suppose.

#8 Edited by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 28 days ago

I think the only times I ever 100% games are when they have weird scoring systems that extend past a hundred (Fez, Castlevania: SotN, etc). That's not to say I max out the score on those, going to 212% or whatever, but if the game is set up to allow you to get that high, I generally will end up with at least 100%

#9 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 9 months, 30 days ago

I'm fine if it's more difficult without a partner, as long as the later levels are still beatable. I'm hoping it doesn't suffer from the problem/feature that started to creep into Orcs Must Die 2 where some levels are designed specifically to take advantage of having a second character (making you guard 4-6 separate paths rather than 2-3).

#10 Posted by BBAlpert (710 posts) - 10 months, 2 days ago

@Willtron said:

@BBAlpert said:

An old DOS Jeopardy game I played when I was like 5. Something about the characters scared the absolute shit out of me.

I never trusted that Dan character, and Pete looks pretty goddamn shifty to me, too.

I wish I was kidding, too. That game gave me nightmares.

Dan legitimately looks like he wants to violate you.

Pete will join in. And Irene will watch.