>>12980
The only wrong word I'd have to say about that would be the level win conditions which they changed for every game after GTA II because it was so bloody difficult. If you don't get enough points in one level by winning missions before you lose all your lives you have to start the level all over again, and there is no save. This makes GTA and GTA II the only games where you can fail a mission and have the game continue, which makes them more well-written in my opinion but that's me.

>>12980

I'd have to actually play it for a bit first but I'll get around to it.

>>12983
You could save in GTA2.

>>12985
That's correct. What's your point?

>>13052

>Then you're completely clueless about the world around you. "Most people" aren't interested in playing these games at all. Most people who do play them have zero interest in Linux. So if we assume you meant gamers who want to use to Linux, but don't because they know how bad the entire experience is, I'm pretty damn sure you're still wrong.

Stopped taking you seriously when you resorted to an insult in your first sentence, but for the sake of boredom, let's do this.

See, here's the problem. You're saying that I'm wrong, yet you're providing the exact same amount of proof/citations that I've provided. What we're sliding into here is little more than
>UR WRONG U CLUELESS
>NO U WRONG, U CLUELESS

But to think that popular games that Steam carries, like Football Manager and Call of Duty, won't at least attract some people who've been put off by some of the intricacies of Linux, is doltish. You seem to have mistaken my saying that it might help Linux grow as
>HOLY FUCK UBUNTU HAS GOT AVERNUM 6 RUNNING ON STEAM GOODNIGHT WINDOWS, YOU'VE HAD YOUR TIME.

>>13057
Do you think I spoke to you in that tone wanting you to take me seriously?

I know how rigorously I presented my argument. I don't know why you seem to think you deserve more rigour than you offered yourself.

If you'd have said a native Steam client will "at least attract some people [to Linux]", then we wouldn't be having this conversation, because that much is obvious. You said nothing of the sort, but instead lazily claimed "most people" will share your likely course of action, neglecting to specify what subset of the planet's population you were talking about. You've now qualified you didn't actually mean "most people" at all, though that much was always clear.

The most popular FPS games aren't coming to Linux. This announcement hasn't changed the development resources required to write cross platform games and it won't sufficiently enlarge Linux's marketshare such that Activision and EA take it seriously. It's made distribution easier and little else. The announcement is certainly positive news for Linux adoption and great news for existing Linux gamers, but when you start invoking the name of Call of Duty, you only continue to demonstrate your poor understanding.

>>13055
Developers developers, developers, developers, developers

>>13070

>I don't know why you seem to think you deserve more rigour than you offered yourself.

Not him, but if you're complaining about a lack of real evidence and being a sarky wanker about it then replying in the same way makes you look like an oaf.

If Steam gets properly ported to Linux - as in available for distros other than Ubuntu then it won't take long for a stripped down (possibly Debian based) distro with a really light desktop like Openbox to come out. Provided you have the right hardware these games will absolutely fly and serious gamers will probably make the switch.

>>13061

Well it has been getting fairly unbearable with the consistant lag and disconnects, maybe it's just time.


Anyone care to say a prayer?

>>13064

But I haven't finished my enormously shite lava fortress!

(tbf, the lag has been so bad that I would never finished it so long as I have to break every block 5 times before it stays broke)

The server is dead. Long live the server.

... And by that I mean, can someone get to work on fixing it or sticking another one up? Pretty please? I quite enjoyed playing with you chaps.

I thought the server was rented, how can it just die?

>>13067
Because some server providers grossly overload their servers to make more money.

>>13054
Shops are dead, man. Every time I've been in one all they've stocked are COD, COD BLOPS, WOW and the sims. Pea sea globe stocks trainz and farm sims in addition to that, but that's your lot really.

>>13053
That looks like a deliberate troll attempt given that more than half of those points are completely unverifiable or purely matters of opinion.

Awesome game.

>>13058
Blizzard just has one of the most entitled, bitchy, fanbases around. I feel sorry for them on the whole, I don't think they deserve to be bashed so much. The way half the pricks on forums related to their game act you'd think they were a cross between EA and the devil.

Loving the absolute tits out of this game. Went through it at a leisurely pace with friends and we finished Act IV last night. Currently going through on Nightmare and just killed the skeleton king. Nightmare has definitely spiced things up.
I genuinely feel sorry for the people who aren't playing it because PAY TO save timeWIN or that it's not monochrome.

>>12881

Added you (rezilve), but one thing I would point out is that if you are new you (usually) get placed with other sub-rank-5 players so the learning curve isn't too brutal. If you join on others you skip the match-making, which isn't a problem if you don't mind getting slapped around a bit as you learn.

You are always welcome to join on me and I'll come join you in whatever you wanna do - even if it's just duelling the other team in midfield. I was helping a new friend get into the game this afternoon so I was babysitting him and a bit pre-occupied.

I enjoyed your trolling immensely anyway.

>>12882
>I enjoyed your trolling immensely anyway.
Thankyou, I imagine I was really quite annoying in reality, but never mind.

Yeah I don't mind being thrown in at the deep end, it's an interesting concept for a game, the skiing thing really does lend an extra dimension to it...

I can't login at the moment, it's stuck at 'please wait...'

Humph

Feel free to add "MajorKong". I won't be playing much over the next few weeks due to university finals but I'll be on a lot when they are out of the way.

>>12857
I dunno. I think Raindance is actually one of the better maps. The major issue with that map is that the skybox is ridiculously low, but that will get fixed soon no doubt, otherwise it's really great. It's ported from one of the older tribes games so in a way it's had a lot of tweaking already. In my opinion Sundance is the only really bad map (especially since the last patch broke my .ini and now I can't see shit due to the excessive bloom). Crossfire isn't much fun either if you're against highly competent players (i.e. there's no point in killing that sniper because he respawns in a position overlooking all the flag capture routes anyway... hmm!)

>>12955
When that happens it usually just means the client needs a restart. It's a bug that been around for a while.

Picture shows how much I've been nerding this game. Only one class left to max out...

>>13024

I think my problem - other than finals too - is that its fundamentally un-fun to play without friends. Pic related.

/vg/ server is the only place I know where you can have non-retarded games without going all in and trying to be a comp player.

Since playing with 5-6 friends on voice comms for a few weeks I can't handle the llama-fest and defensive stacking that comes with solo play. It's a great game, but it's enhanced ten-fold by even the most remedial teamwork. Even two people with timed clear/distract and capping can win a game.

If anyone fancies joining us on mumble in the coming months it's always welcome. Although exams, holidays and d3 have put a hold on things for the immediate future.

>>12902
I'm a complete noob, been playing for a couple of days and made 100 mil.

>>12910
And there you are. You should get a PLEX before the week is out. How have you been making your money?

>>12915
I have had a fair bit of help from a ladm8, getting the first wad of cash is the hard bit, then I can mindlessly scoot around buying low and selling high. Once you've got the skills and collateral, I can see it becoming much easier/fun.

Any incursion runners here? After the nerf it seems that the noble sport of Sansha popping has died. Hardly any fleets, even in specialised channels. I need a PLEX within 10 days too

>>13034
Get thee to the britfa.gs channel, lad!

>>12978
You don't have to have the base game to care about it, dickhead. I can't play it either but I still understand how exciting it looks.

>>12988
No need to be upset, mate. He asked if anyone cared, and he replied correctly. He even went as far as to apologise.

>>12937
This looks absolutely awesome. I'm going to grab ARMA just to play it, it has similar reasons to appeal to me as EVE, but none of the negatives.

Amorality ahead!

>>13026
>I'm going to grab ARMA just to play it
I don't subscribe to this. In a month and a half the Steam summer sale will start, and in all probability ARMA will have a heavy discount. In addition because this is in alpha and so rough, that relatively short amount of time will result in the mod being radically improved, and your first experience will be a better one. Don't you got no patience boy?

>>13027
I didn't say I was doing it soon, I have shit to do, summer stretches away peacefully in a few months, I'll be getting it then.

>>12996
FOR AMERICA

Calm down, you haven't even seen the game yet. Fucks sake.

>>12998 At the very least, this is cherry-picked footage exploiting yank patriotic sentiment at the expense of anyone else (as usual.) They can't expect to be so obnoxious without rustling a few jimmies.

>>12999

They?

>>13000
Yes, they, the people making the game and/or trailer, viz. Ubisoft.

The brightest known star in the universe in real life

it's very bright

I know this isn't the review thread, but I'm currently installing Celestia and Stellarium for giggles and I thought I'd let you all know my impressions.

>>12991

I've been playing this for a couple of hours now, and the detail is quite staggering. Is Space Engine much of an improvement over Celestia?

>>12992
I haven't used SE but from looking at the screenshots I'd say definitely.

>>12974
I'd recommend practicing in custom games, because practice games aren't at full speed and the other player can't offer advice as they'll be new too.

IGN and character code?

>>12975

HaskeL#2142

>>12976
Whoops, Chracater code is 454 and IGN is HaskeL

>>12977
I was going to make a joke about how a better name would be "Hathkel" because a lisp is always better, but then I realised that would have side effects and dropped the idea.

>>12974
I'd advise only using the practice matches to get to know the tech-tree and building method of each of the races. Playing all 50 will get you to used to slow-speed and anti-rush rocks.

>>12941
Reckon they'll manage it no problem.

Anger Rover. Nice touch.

As for the kickstarter thing, I thought it was a rather good idea. And everyone would love to see Carmageddon return. O yes.

Here's some TESO screenshots for those of you that weren't already cynical.

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/

It looks as though I was right and they will be making a more class-based character system. But it also looks as though they've scrapped their usual aesthetic and just decided to make a general, run-of-the-mill MMORPG.

The problem with MMO's is that there's no immersion at all. Someone needs to make a game where it makes sense in the game world for all the players to be running around shouting "LFG! MEDI LFG!" and that sort of thing. Where the in-game characters are aware of HP or equivalent and can discuss it without it breaking the 4th wall or what-have-you.

May be possible with some sort of sci-fi theme but certainly not medieval. Maybe Bethesda are hoping to dominate the market through being really well-known rather than making an original or innovative game.

>>12846
That was a point I was going to make just then. Bethesda aren't making this one, which could be a bit of a problem. Bethesda have a tendency to spend a long, long time making games whereas this just seems to have been churned out in the wake of Skyrim and the lack of, well, anything special about it might just be a sign that Zenimax are hoping it just rides on the back of Skyrim's popularity.

I think the festering pile of shit that is Star Wars: The Old Republic has more or less proven that it doesn't matter how big or infuriatingly fanboyish your fanbase is, if you make a shit game then nobody will play it.

Not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread so far, but, http://skyrim-online.com/ This has been underway since people were able to mod Skyrim and is currently in Alpha. The idea is that it will turn Skyrim into a CORPG.

>>12862

The reaction from neckbeards and autists has not been entirely favourable. A fat girl on Jim Sterling's Facebook page actually said "but playing with other people is stupid!"

Dynamic snow! Quite a big deal when CoH is so focussed on cover maneuvering.
Nazis and Soviets oh my!
A second world war game not focussing on American protagonists!

>>12850
Will you be able to play as the Nazis?

If not then it can suck on my huge fleshy beins.

I'd certainly hope the wermacht are playable up until Stalingrad or something, but they'll probably come in an expansion pack like in the original. You'll get them in skirmish/online though.

I'd like to see some content dealing with the winter wars too, getting to play as the Finns and kicking ridiculous amounts of arse would be great.

>>12827

I'd be just like you if it wasn't the only game I could play with my doltish mates.

>>12827
Strangely, the trailer interested me.
I want to ride a horse while firing an AK47 too.

>>12828
Get better non-dolt-like friends.

>>12826
eh?

>>12830

If only it were that easy.