Favorite PC Game

[XPostFacto]

In Crysis I liked the combat with the North Koreans but hated the alien sequences, which became the mainstay for all the subsequent games. That part about being caught in the belly of that ship floating around with all the space junk was annoyng. It was great to finally get out of that part.

 

[Uncensored2008]

All the Crysis games were good games.But then Crysis 2 and 3 became nothing but linear walk throughs. The open world was taken away from both games. Crysis 3 was extremely short, too, and in my opinion lacked any repeatable gameplay. Once I finished it, that was it
I didn't finish the last boss scene. I got sick of it. I lost it all with the crash, and I have no desire to reload it.

That's because they became console games.

This is my complaint, not only do consoles have shit graphics, the games are dumbed down to appeal to the Jr. High crowd.

Crysis was a masterpiece. Yes, I hated the part in the cave, but I muddled through it. The early game against the Koreans was phenomenal. I thought Warhead was top notch as well.

Crysis two was a massive let down for me. When I got the game, it looked like utter crap. DX9 and low res. I really didn't like it.

6 months after release, Crytek released a DX11 patch with a MASSIVE high resolution texture pack - this got Crysis 2 up to the original Crysis level as far as visuals. It was still an inferior game to the first, but it at least looked good.

I haven't bothered with Crysis 3, if it goes on sale for $10 I might, but otherwise won't.

I will say that I LOVED Far Cry 3 - talk about beautiful graphics! And I loved the game play. A sandbox game with a lot of solid quests, which could be completed in any order, or skipped if you didn't like them. First time I got stalked by a tiger, I was really into it. It was big, mean, and stealthy. Taking over the bad guy camps was always a blast.

Really, I loved that game. I'm not sure what boss fight you're speaking of? You fight Vaas, but he isn't really that hard. The weird temple thing is the hardest part, but I didn't find it all that difficult either.

 

[XPostFacto]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

 

[Dajjal]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

Thats a bummer, I get 40gigs a month with BT, and if I exceed that they just charge more money, which does not bother me as long as I don't get cut off.

My favorite PC Game was Wolfenstein. I played it twice, and it was more fun the second time because I knew what I was doing. You find Gold and buy upgrades for your weapons and the second time I played it I purchased all the upgrades for the sniper rifle. Then it was easy to kill enemies by ambushing them from a roof top and sniping them.
What can I say, I like sniping people.

 

[XPostFacto]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

Thats a bummer, I get 40gigs a month with BT, and if I exceed that they just charge more money, which does not bother me as long as I don't get cut off.

My favorite PC Game was Wolfenstein. I played it twice, and it was more fun the second time because I knew what I was doing. You find Gold and buy upgrades for your weapons and the second time I played it I purchased all the upgrades for the sniper rifle. Then it was easy to kill enemies by ambushing them from a roof top and sniping them.
What can I say, I like sniping people.

If you go over the 10 gig limit, you are slowed down and don't pick up until the month is over. We can wait until 12 AM to 5 and download as much as we want, and it doesn't count against the 10 gig cap. It's all better than dial up, but not by much. At least this new system will be faster so maybe I will be able to download everything for Skyrim in one night vs. 2 nights.

With Wolfenstein, I take it you mean the pretty graphics remake where you had veils that you used to defeat the Nazi's? I liked that game, but hated the constant boss sections. I mentioned earlier that I just went on god mode just so I could get past them. Those sections were ridiculous.

Now, I liked Return to Castle Wolfenstein. That was a romp, and the graphics were superb. Even with the boss fights, there was a way out where you could hide and snipe them, unlike what they have done or didn't do, with Space Marine.

 

[Dajjal]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

Thats a bummer, I get 40gigs a month with BT, and if I exceed that they just charge more money, which does not bother me as long as I don't get cut off.

My favorite PC Game was Wolfenstein. I played it twice, and it was more fun the second time because I knew what I was doing. You find Gold and buy upgrades for your weapons and the second time I played it I purchased all the upgrades for the sniper rifle. Then it was easy to kill enemies by ambushing them from a roof top and sniping them.
What can I say, I like sniping people.

If you go over the 10 gig limit, you are slowed down and don't pick up until the month is over. We can wait until 12 AM to 5 and download as much as we want, and it doesn't count against the 10 gig cap. It's all better than dial up, but not by much. At least this new system will be faster so maybe I will be able to download everything for Skyrim in one night vs. 2 nights.

With Wolfenstein, I take it you mean the pretty graphics remake where you had veils that you used to defeat the Nazi's? I liked that game, but hated the constant boss sections. I mentioned earlier that I just went on god mode just so I could get past them. Those sections were ridiculous.

Now, I liked Return to Castle Wolfenstein. That was a romp, and the graphics were superb. Even with the boss fights, there was a way out where you could hide and snipe them, unlike what they have done or didn't do, with Space Marine.

It was the 2009 activision version of Wolfenstein that I played. I did not use any cheats.
But as I say it was easier the second time. For one thing you learned how to destroy heavily armoured soldiers with flame throwers by hitting them three times in the valves of their gas tanks with sniper bullets. The first time around they killed me a lot.

 

[Uncensored2008]

If you go over the 10 gig limit, you are slowed down and don't pick up until the month is over. We can wait until 12 AM to 5 and download as much as we want, and it doesn't count against the 10 gig cap. It's all better than dial up, but not by much. At least this new system will be faster so maybe I will be able to download everything for Skyrim in one night vs. 2 nights.

With Wolfenstein, I take it you mean the pretty graphics remake where you had veils that you used to defeat the Nazi's? I liked that game, but hated the constant boss sections. I mentioned earlier that I just went on god mode just so I could get past them. Those sections were ridiculous.

Now, I liked Return to Castle Wolfenstein. That was a romp, and the graphics were superb. Even with the boss fights, there was a way out where you could hide and snipe them, unlike what they have done or didn't do, with Space Marine.

Then that is your answer.

There are tons of auto-downloaders that let you schedule large downloads at off peak times. Hell, I think Steam has that feature built in.

 

[XPostFacto]

It was the 2009 activision version of Wolfenstein that I played. I did not use any cheats.
But as I say it was easier the second time. For one thing you learned how to destroy heavily armoured soldiers with flame throwers by hitting them three times in the valves of their gas tanks with sniper bullets. The first time around they killed me a lot.

Yeah, that's the game I played. It was heavy on the supernatural bit, but very interesting concept.

I don't like to use any cheat codes, but sometimes, it's inevitable if I want to ever finish the game, or just put it aside and never go back to it, like in my present dilemma.

 

[XPostFacto]

If you go over the 10 gig limit, you are slowed down and don't pick up until the month is over. We can wait until 12 AM to 5 and download as much as we want, and it doesn't count against the 10 gig cap. It's all better than dial up, but not by much. At least this new system will be faster so maybe I will be able to download everything for Skyrim in one night vs. 2 nights.

With Wolfenstein, I take it you mean the pretty graphics remake where you had veils that you used to defeat the Nazi's? I liked that game, but hated the constant boss sections. I mentioned earlier that I just went on god mode just so I could get past them. Those sections were ridiculous.

Now, I liked Return to Castle Wolfenstein. That was a romp, and the graphics were superb. Even with the boss fights, there was a way out where you could hide and snipe them, unlike what they have done or didn't do, with Space Marine.

Then that is your answer.

There are tons of auto-downloaders that let you schedule large downloads at off peak times. Hell, I think Steam has that feature built in.

I just set the alarm for when I can do that. I start the download and make sure nothing is going to hang up, then go back to bed.

Incidentally, someone mentioned earlier that I should play Rift, but it is strictly on line, and I just want a good single player game like Skyrim, Fallout 3, and the like. On line play is not an option with me.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I just set the alarm for when I can do that. I start the download and make sure nothing is going to hang up, then go back to bed.

Incidentally, someone mentioned earlier that I should play Rift, but it is strictly on line, and I just want a good single player game like Skyrim, Fallout 3, and the like. On line play is not an option with me.

Try the Torchlight series.

 

[XPostFacto]

I just set the alarm for when I can do that. I start the download and make sure nothing is going to hang up, then go back to bed.

Incidentally, someone mentioned earlier that I should play Rift, but it is strictly on line, and I just want a good single player game like Skyrim, Fallout 3, and the like. On line play is not an option with me.

Try the Torchlight series.

Do you mean that new Russian game, Metro? I haven't been able to find that in Best Buy, and I don't even bother with Gamestop, since they only cater to console players. I sure miss CompUSA. They were the best for anything computer, and their games were awesome. Alas, they went out of business.

 

[Bleipriester]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

I use the Arrow Rifle, the MP5 and the Uzi in FC2.

As for your limitation: I had one, too. 5 GB. I went to an internet cafe to download BF3 from Origin, took the files home and put the files to where to Origin installs it. Then I installed it the regular way and Origin sees the files are already there and downloads only what is missing. Didn´t try it with Steam, but could work.

 

[XPostFacto]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

I use the Arrow Rifle, the MP5 and the Uzi in FC2.

As for your limitation: I had one, too. 5 GB. I went to an internet cafe to download BF3 from Origin, took the files home and put the files to where to Origin installs it. Then I installed it the regular way and Origin sees the files are already there and downloads only what is missing. Didn´t try it with Steam, but could work.

I don't play any games on my laptop, just the desktop, which has all the power and RAM, so going to Starbucks is out of the question. I did take my laptop to the local car dealership when I was having my Tacoma inspected, and their Wi-FI was so slow that it took an hour and a half to download just a 400 megabyte upgrade for Windows 8.

I'm so glad I'm not a student because I hear that the local schools in Virginia are requiring at least one on line course and plan to advance into more. The students who live out here in the rural environs are taking their laptops to Starbucks just to get their assignments. School administrators from the city don't think about the forgotten ones. So it is with the game designers.

I have heard that if you don't like Steam, after you get your game and all its forced upgrades, you can uninstall Steam and then play the game, anytime you want. I never tried it because I do like the option of looking at the Steam offers for DLC addons.

 

[Bleipriester]

I lost interest in getting killed so many times trying to fight the ink monster at the temple. Then the whole PC went belly up, and I never bothered reinstalling it.

I played Far Cry 2, but it got old using the entire magazine to bring down some bandit. It got where I just carried an M-60 wherever I went. You'd clear them out of the checkpoints, only to have to go back through the same checkpoint, and it was already filled with more bandits. There was never an end to the same scenario over and over. I liked the original Far Cry, and there was no substitute for that one.

I would love to be able to download a cheap game from Steam, but that's out for me. I am getting a new satellite system with more download allowances but even then there will be a cap of 10 gigs a month. I will still have to watch it.

I use the Arrow Rifle, the MP5 and the Uzi in FC2.

As for your limitation: I had one, too. 5 GB. I went to an internet cafe to download BF3 from Origin, took the files home and put the files to where to Origin installs it. Then I installed it the regular way and Origin sees the files are already there and downloads only what is missing. Didn´t try it with Steam, but could work.

I don't play any games on my laptop, just the desktop, which has all the power and RAM, so going to Starbucks is out of the question. I did take my laptop to the local car dealership when I was having my Tacoma inspected, and their Wi-FI was so slow that it took an hour and a half to download just a 400 megabyte upgrade for Windows 8.

I'm so glad I'm not a student because I hear that the local schools in Virginia are requiring at least one on line course and plan to advance into more. The students who live out here in the rural environs are taking their laptops to Starbucks just to get their assignments. School administrators from the city don't think about the forgotten ones. So it is with the game designers.

I have heard that if you don't like Steam, after you get your game and all its forced upgrades, you can uninstall Steam and then play the game, anytime you want. I never tried it because I do like the option of looking at the Steam offers for DLC addons.

You could try to install the game on your notebook. Then copy the game from your notebook´s steam folder to your deskop´s steam folder and then install it. With Origin it works.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Do you mean that new Russian game, Metro? I haven't been able to find that in Best Buy, and I don't even bother with Gamestop, since they only cater to console players. I sure miss CompUSA. They were the best for anything computer, and their games were awesome. Alas, they went out of business.

No, you'll hate Metro - they LOVE nearly impossible boss fights in that thing.

I mean Torchlight and Torchlight II

Torchlight II

 

[Uncensored2008]

I don't play any games on my laptop, just the desktop, which has all the power and RAM, so going to Starbucks is out of the question. I did take my laptop to the local car dealership when I was having my Tacoma inspected, and their Wi-FI was so slow that it took an hour and a half to download just a 400 megabyte upgrade for Windows 8.

I'm so glad I'm not a student because I hear that the local schools in Virginia are requiring at least one on line course and plan to advance into more. The students who live out here in the rural environs are taking their laptops to Starbucks just to get their assignments. School administrators from the city don't think about the forgotten ones. So it is with the game designers.

I have heard that if you don't like Steam, after you get your game and all its forced upgrades, you can uninstall Steam and then play the game, anytime you want. I never tried it because I do like the option of looking at the Steam offers for DLC addons.

On the student thing, I did my entire MBA online. That is definitely the model that higher education is moving to.

About Steam, that is not true. BUT you can use Steam offline any time you please. You don't need to be connected to play - unless it's an online game. You can also choose not do automatic updates on games.

 

[XPostFacto]

I know that when I installed Space Marine, I didn't have the option of opting out of the update. My Steam account was already up to date, but I couldn't play the game until I received all the game updates. Steam assumes that everyone is going to play on line so updates are a must.

Yeah, I know about playing offline. The story about refusing Steam updates probably applies to any new updates, but not when you initially install the game.

 

[XPostFacto]

Do you mean that new Russian game, Metro? I haven't been able to find that in Best Buy, and I don't even bother with Gamestop, since they only cater to console players. I sure miss CompUSA. They were the best for anything computer, and their games were awesome. Alas, they went out of business.

No, you'll hate Metro - they LOVE nearly impossible boss fights in that thing.

I mean Torchlight and Torchlight II

Torchlight II

I can tolerate boss fights as long as I have somewhere to hide, and I can find the loophole. I have nowhere to hide or run in Space Marine, plus no maneuverability with the power armor.

 

[Uncensored2008]

I know that when I installed Space Marine, I didn't have the option of opting out of the update. My Steam account was already up to date, but I couldn't play the game until I received all the game updates. Steam assumes that everyone is going to play on line so updates are a must.

Yeah, I know about playing offline. The story about refusing Steam updates probably applies to any new updates, but not when you initially install the game.

You absolutely can disable updates for games - not for Steam itself, but for games. However, you have to do this on a game by game basis.

When in your library, simply right click on the game, and uncheck the "allow updates" box.

 

[XPostFacto]

I know that when I installed Space Marine, I didn't have the option of opting out of the update. My Steam account was already up to date, but I couldn't play the game until I received all the game updates. Steam assumes that everyone is going to play on line so updates are a must.

Yeah, I know about playing offline. The story about refusing Steam updates probably applies to any new updates, but not when you initially install the game.

You absolutely can disable updates for games - not for Steam itself, but for games. However, you have to do this on a game by game basis.

When in your library, simply right click on the game, and uncheck the "allow updates" box.

Excellent, I found what you're talking about. I'll try that when I re-load Skyrim and see what happens. The only thing with Skyrim is that I want Dawnguard and Dragonborn to install along with the resolution packs, but in any even, it's worth the experiment.