Favorite PC Game

[Bleipriester]

I am completely useless at driving in computer games, I just keep crashing. I was playing 'Rage' until I came to a part of the game where you have to win three car racing games to progress and I have not played the game since. I just like shooting computer bots, not trying to out drive them.

When I first tried Grand Theft Auto 4, I hated it because I couldn't drive, but after giving GTA4 a second chance and then playing Watchdogs and Saints Row 3, I soon found the driving a lot of fun. In those 3 games, drive like a maniac and don't worry about pedestrians. You aren't penalized for killing them. In fact in Saints Row, you get extra points for how many you run over. Well, that's not the case in Far Cry 4, Hit any civilians, and you lose 50 Karma points per civilian. You don't want to lose them because they are valuable to unlock future upgrades to your skills, which you will need if you ever expect to advance in the game.

I use a keyboard and mouse to drive. I use the right mouse key to walk or drive forward, the middle mouse key to back up and the A and D keys to turn left or right. It takes a while to coordinate your fingers, but you will finally get it. My fingers have become very strong by playing those driving games. Then again, I also get cramps when the games really get intense.

Did you get used to the choppers?

Yes! actually, as an ex motorcyclist, I fared better on the bikes.

I actually meant the helicopters xd

 

[Dajjal]

Yea, just ignore me, I got my wires crossed.

 

[Bleipriester]

Yea, just ignore me, I got my wires crossed.

?

ok

Motorcycles are good for heavy frequented roads.

 

[XPostFacto]

I am completely useless at driving in computer games, I just keep crashing. I was playing 'Rage' until I came to a part of the game where you have to win three car racing games to progress and I have not played the game since. I just like shooting computer bots, not trying to out drive them.

When I first tried Grand Theft Auto 4, I hated it because I couldn't drive, but after giving GTA4 a second chance and then playing Watchdogs and Saints Row 3, I soon found the driving a lot of fun. In those 3 games, drive like a maniac and don't worry about pedestrians. You aren't penalized for killing them. In fact in Saints Row, you get extra points for how many you run over. Well, that's not the case in Far Cry 4, Hit any civilians, and you lose 50 Karma points per civilian. You don't want to lose them because they are valuable to unlock future upgrades to your skills, which you will need if you ever expect to advance in the game.

I use a keyboard and mouse to drive. I use the right mouse key to walk or drive forward, the middle mouse key to back up and the A and D keys to turn left or right. It takes a while to coordinate your fingers, but you will finally get it. My fingers have become very strong by playing those driving games. Then again, I also get cramps when the games really get intense.

Did you get used to the choppers?

l hated the choppers. I never could land them and always crashed them into buildings if I was trying to chase someone. There was one mission where I had to steal a chopper for a CIA agent, and I just ignored his calls and went and played another part of the game.

Far Cry 4 has you flying a gyrocopter, which isn't too bad, but I'm in an episode where I have to use a special flying suit and fly through a canyon in the Himalayas. I have tried it at least 50 times and just can't make it without hitting the side of a mountain. I almost got to the end and at the last minute crashed into a mountain. Now, that is frustrating for me because I play games to enjoy them not to be frustrated. I have tossed several other games because I couldn't get through the boss levels.

 

[Bleipriester]

I am completely useless at driving in computer games, I just keep crashing. I was playing 'Rage' until I came to a part of the game where you have to win three car racing games to progress and I have not played the game since. I just like shooting computer bots, not trying to out drive them.

When I first tried Grand Theft Auto 4, I hated it because I couldn't drive, but after giving GTA4 a second chance and then playing Watchdogs and Saints Row 3, I soon found the driving a lot of fun. In those 3 games, drive like a maniac and don't worry about pedestrians. You aren't penalized for killing them. In fact in Saints Row, you get extra points for how many you run over. Well, that's not the case in Far Cry 4, Hit any civilians, and you lose 50 Karma points per civilian. You don't want to lose them because they are valuable to unlock future upgrades to your skills, which you will need if you ever expect to advance in the game.

I use a keyboard and mouse to drive. I use the right mouse key to walk or drive forward, the middle mouse key to back up and the A and D keys to turn left or right. It takes a while to coordinate your fingers, but you will finally get it. My fingers have become very strong by playing those driving games. Then again, I also get cramps when the games really get intense.

Did you get used to the choppers?

l hated the choppers. I never could land them and always crashed them into buildings if I was trying to chase someone. There was one mission where I had to steal a chopper for a CIA agent, and I just ignored his calls and went and played another part of the game.

Far Cry 4 has you flying a gyrocopter, which isn't too bad, but I'm in an episode where I have to use a special flying suit and fly through a canyon in the Himalayas. I have tried it at least 50 times and just can't make it without hitting the side of a mountain. I almost got to the end and at the last minute crashed into a mountain. Now, that is frustrating for me because I play games to enjoy them not to be frustrated. I have tossed several other games because I couldn't get through the boss levels.

They are hard to fly indeed and I change the controls to have them under control haveway. But I am experienced from Battlefield where I fly good.

 

[Bleipriester]

Now playing Homefront, a cod like fps with unique story.

 

[Bleipriester]

I begin the year with the old Half Life 2 triology. The game features a good story and makes intense use of the built-in physics engine. Very nice.

 

[XPostFacto]

I love Half-Life. The only problem right now is that even though, I can install it on my Windows 8 PC, the game won't recognize that the disk is in the DVD reader. I have heard that I would have to buy the Black Mesa game from Steam to be able to play it. Well, I don't want to re-buy a game that I already own. There must be some kind of workaround to make the program recognize that the disk is indeed in the PC.

 

[XPostFacto]

Just built my new system right before the new year was rung in. I have a Z97 Gigabyte motherboard with Devils Canyon Core I5 processor at 3.5 Ghz and Ripjaws 16 Gigs of Ram. I am still using my old power supply, case, hard drive and graphics card with a new Blue Ray DVD burner. I didn't have to re-install Windows 8 after the new build, but I was hit up by Microsoft to re-establish that I was still using my win 8 copy on one PC. I was also hit up this morning by my copy of Office 2007 to reactivate it with my new hardware. Last night, even though I had the internal LAN configured within the BIOS, the LAN wouldn't work until I loaded network drivers for the motherboard. I have never had to load network drivers before. Each motherboard is configured differently.

 

[Bleipriester]

I love Half-Life. The only problem right now is that even though, I can install it on my Windows 8 PC, the game won't recognize that the disk is in the DVD reader. I have heard that I would have to buy the Black Mesa game from Steam to be able to play it. Well, I don't want to re-buy a game that I already own. There must be some kind of workaround to make the program recognize that the disk is indeed in the PC.

In that case it is allowed to modify the software in order to make it work in my country. However, you should look out for a fixed exe. If the game no longer requires the disk the problem might be solved.

 

[Bleipriester]

Just built my new system right before the new year was rung in. I have a Z97 Gigabyte motherboard with Devils Canyon Core I5 processor at 3.5 Ghz and Ripjaws 16 Gigs of Ram. I am still using my old power supply, case, hard drive and graphics card with a new Blue Ray DVD burner. I didn't have to re-install Windows 8 after the new build, but I was hit up by Microsoft to re-establish that I was still using my win 8 copy on one PC. I was also hit up this morning by my copy of Office 2007 to reactivate it with my new hardware. Last night, even though I had the internal LAN configured within the BIOS, the LAN wouldn't work until I loaded network drivers for the motherboard. I have never had to load network drivers before. Each motherboard is configured differently.

I recomend a complete reinstall. That includes to delete all partitions on the primary HDD. Despite my years old 500 GB HDD and old hardware basing on the ancient but still powerful Core 2 Quad Q6600, Windows 8 starts within seconds and runs like crazy.

 

[XPostFacto]

Just built my new system right before the new year was rung in. I have a Z97 Gigabyte motherboard with Devils Canyon Core I5 processor at 3.5 Ghz and Ripjaws 16 Gigs of Ram. I am still using my old power supply, case, hard drive and graphics card with a new Blue Ray DVD burner. I didn't have to re-install Windows 8 after the new build, but I was hit up by Microsoft to re-establish that I was still using my win 8 copy on one PC. I was also hit up this morning by my copy of Office 2007 to reactivate it with my new hardware. Last night, even though I had the internal LAN configured within the BIOS, the LAN wouldn't work until I loaded network drivers for the motherboard. I have never had to load network drivers before. Each motherboard is configured differently.

I recomend a complete reinstall. That includes to delete all partitions on the primary HDD. Despite my years old 500 GB HDD and old hardware basing on the ancient but still powerful Core 2 Quad Q6600, Windows 8 starts within seconds and runs like crazy.

Weren't you the one, who told me that I didn't have to re-install Windows 8? If so, you were right. I backed up everything in anticipation of doing it, but now, I will just see how everything works.

Recently, I was having trouble with my Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 13, showing an error message every time I tried to play a movie. I traced it back to the NVIDIA drivers. Even though, I had installed the latest driver, all the old drivers still remained, even though they weren't visible. When I removed all the old drivers. Cyberlink played flawlessly, but that was only after I restarted the system. If I came in on a cold boot, I still got the same errors, both for Cyberlink and Geforce Experience. Now, since I have installed the new motherboard and I5 processor, everything works perfectly, even with a cold boot. I would say that maybe my motherboard or Q9400 processor were causing all the issues. I figure the board or CPU was getting ready for catastrophic failure.

 

[Bleipriester]

Just built my new system right before the new year was rung in. I have a Z97 Gigabyte motherboard with Devils Canyon Core I5 processor at 3.5 Ghz and Ripjaws 16 Gigs of Ram. I am still using my old power supply, case, hard drive and graphics card with a new Blue Ray DVD burner. I didn't have to re-install Windows 8 after the new build, but I was hit up by Microsoft to re-establish that I was still using my win 8 copy on one PC. I was also hit up this morning by my copy of Office 2007 to reactivate it with my new hardware. Last night, even though I had the internal LAN configured within the BIOS, the LAN wouldn't work until I loaded network drivers for the motherboard. I have never had to load network drivers before. Each motherboard is configured differently.

I recomend a complete reinstall. That includes to delete all partitions on the primary HDD. Despite my years old 500 GB HDD and old hardware basing on the ancient but still powerful Core 2 Quad Q6600, Windows 8 starts within seconds and runs like crazy.

Weren't you the one, who told me that I didn't have to re-install Windows 8? If so, you were right. I backed up everything in anticipation of doing it, but now, I will just see how everything works.

Recently, I was having trouble with my Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra 13, showing an error message every time I tried to play a movie. I traced it back to the NVIDIA drivers. Even though, I had installed the latest driver, all the old drivers still remained, even though they weren't visible. When I removed all the old drivers. Cyberlink played flawlessly, but that was only after I restarted the system. If I came in on a cold boot, I still got the same errors, both for Cyberlink and Geforce Experience. Now, since I have installed the new motherboard and I5 processor, everything works perfectly, even with a cold boot. I would say that maybe my motherboard or Q9400 processor were causing all the issues. I figure the board or CPU was getting ready for catastrophic failure.

No. I recomended a new setup. Thats the best way to keep the system clean and it takes not long. I would even reinstall if I would replace the graphics card, not to mention mainboard and prozessor.

 

[XPostFacto]

I have done a complete install in the past, but it was usually I having to start with a new operating system, anyway. I have never done a complete reinstall if I changed the graphics card. That's a new one. I was more concerned with the strange problems I was having with Cyberlink and Geforce Experience, and it seems those problems have both disappeared, now that I have a new motherboard and processor. Now, had they reappeared with this new system, I would have done a complete reinstallation. Knock on wood. It would appear, though, that my problems were hardware related, vs. software. I tried everything, uninstalled Cyberlink, uninstalled all NVIDA drivers. I even removed Zone Alarm and am now running Windows Defender. My next resort would have been to re-format the hard drive, and when I reinstalled Cyberlink and NVIDIA drivers, it's possible that my problems would have resurfaced.

 

[Bleipriester]

Just trying GTA San Andreas on the phone among other games.

 

[Bleipriester]

Just trying GTA San Andreas on the phone among other games.

Amazing. Its really the full San Andreas game what means plenty of hours of gameplay, plenty of cutscenes and a huge open world. Played it on Xbox but did not finish it. Now I probably will.

 

[XPostFacto]

I just installed Dragon Age Inquisition 3 days ago, and right now I just uninstalled it and am reinstalling it. It played wonderfully until yesterday, and now it tells me it is unable to reach the EA servers. I searched on the Internet, and other people have been having the same problem since the game first came out, November 18. I bought mine in November but just installed it in January. A patch may have been installed while I left the game in pause mode to eat lunch, yesterday because right after that the game crashed with a locked screen, I was confronted with the lack of access to the servers to re-authenticate my game. I have heard that this last patch has rendered the game unplayable for everyone. What a crock, and I can't get a refund since I bought the game at Walmart, not to mention the fact that the game is now married to my Origin account.

As far as game play, it is no Skyrim and to me is disappointing. I have always been used to mapping the right mouse key to move forward, middle mouse key to move backwards, and left mouse key to attack, but I am not allowed in DAI. You can only use the W key on the keyboard to move forward along with S to move backwards or A and D to move from left or right. Of course you can map any key on the keyboard for these functions, but not the mouse. As it is, I have only been using the mouse to turn my character around so I can see where I am going. I try to configure my keys to emulate each game I play so there is very little learning curve, but DAI has created a steep learning curve for me, which when I get comfortable with the game will make it difficult for me to go back playing Far Cry 4 or Assassins Creed games.

Now, the game has been fraught with quite a few crashes, screen lockups and crashes to the desktop. These game designers need to make sure the game is ready to be released before they just throw it on the market with the idea of the user finding the problems. That's unacceptable. Then again, this failure to reach the EA servers is also unacceptable, and I may run into the same problem after reinstalling the game. Why in God's name does Origin require you to be on line before you can play their games? It's my game. I bought it, but I must be online on their ridiculous servers, who won't allow me to be online. My advice to everyone else, steer clear of Dragon Age Inquisition or any other game controlled by Origin.

 

[Bleipriester]

Games currently installed on my phone:
Asphalt 7
WRC
GTA: San Andreas
Ravensword 2
Final Fantasy 3
Candy Crush Saga
Candy Crush Soda Saga
Klondike
Modern Conflict
Raging Thunder 2

I can recommend each of them.

 

[martybegan]

Just started playing Divinity: Original Sin. I bought it a while ago, just never got around to playing it. One thing for sure is it doesn't baby you.

 

[Bleipriester]

Just started playing Divinity: Original Sin. I bought it a while ago, just never got around to playing it. One thing for sure is it doesn't baby you.

I played Devinity 2 several times and it is fun.