Favorite PC Game

[XPostFacto]

While playing Dragon Age Inquisition, I received an error which presented an error box referring to driver 347.09 of my NVIDIA graphics card. That was the second time I got that error. The first time, I just uninstalled the driver and re-installed it, since it is the latest NVIDIA driver. As a result, instead of re-installing the same driver, I removed it and installed November's driver, 344.75. The game automatically set itself for 1920 resolution, ultra mesh quality, and the rest of the settings to medium. The game has played superbly so far. Knock on wood, there have been no hiccups so far. Since I have had at least two errors regarding my GTX 660 board, then it may indeed be driver 347.09, which is causing the headaches. Yet, driver 347.09 played Far Cry 4 superbly.

This is why im a console gamer. Not enough time to play as it is, i certainly dont need to screw around with them that much just to get them to play. I was done doing that back in the 90's when i was making custom config.sys and autoexec.bat files for ms-dos 6.22 to squeeze the most out of that 640k of conventional memory so i could run wing commander iv and descent and rebel assault

I would love to play console games, but we only have one wide-screen 40 inch Sony, and that's my wife's territory. She would not appreciate me hogging the TV for games. Sure, we have another old analog TV in the kitchen with an HD converter box on the top, but somehow games just aren't as good on a 19 inch screen. Hence, I do the PC thing on a 23 inch monitor. I can make as much noise as I want until the wife wants me to turn down the volume at midnight while I'm in the middle of an intense fire fight or sword fight, and I am on the 20th iteration of trying to get through because I'm not allowed to save while in combat. That's how it is in Dragon Age Inquisition. Sure, I could use headphones but opt not to do so. I build PC's just to be able to play games. It's a hobby of mine. I like the challenge of researching problems.

 

[Bleipriester]

I have really improved the character during the past days of playing.

 

[XPostFacto]

If you want to play Dragon Age Inquistion and have an NVIDIA Graphics Card GTX 660 or higher, roll back to November's graphics driver (344.75). I haven't had one hiccup while playing the game with that driver. I did have to reformat my hard drive on Saturday, though because the damage of constantly locking up the game using driver 347.09 corrupted Windows 8. I tried a Restore and was able to save the recent files I hadn't backed up, but when I tried to go in and run updates, I discovered I couldn't get into the update area. That's when I knew I had to reformat. Now, I did have some earlier saved DAI games on the cloud so was able to go back to when I originally had played the game as a rogue archer. I switched to knives vs. the bow, though. Playing as a rogue is much more difficult than playing as a warrior. That's advice for anyone contemplating, playing the game.

 

[XPostFacto]

Regarding the above picture of the guy firing the recurve bow, it is not wise to fire a bow in a horizontal position because as you release the arrow, the bow string will slam against the archer's left forearm, taking off his skin. Not only is a shot like that very painful, but it is also very inaccurate. Granted, when one shoots a long bow or recurve the bow is angled slightly to keep the arrow from falling out of the nock, but holding the bow as depicted in this picture is not realistic.

 

[RKMBrown]

Regarding the above picture of the guy firing the recurve bow, it is not wise to fire a bow in a horizontal position because as you release the arrow, the bow string will slam against the archer's left forearm, taking off his skin. Not only is a shot like that very painful, but it is also very inaccurate. Granted, when one shoots a long bow or recurve the bow is angled slightly to keep the arrow from falling out of the nock, but holding the bow as depicted in this picture is not realistic.

You do know those are pics from a game right? But yes that pic only works if that pic is of a guy shooting a re-curve "cross bow."

 

[Bleipriester]

Regarding the above picture of the guy firing the recurve bow, it is not wise to fire a bow in a horizontal position because as you release the arrow, the bow string will slam against the archer's left forearm, taking off his skin. Not only is a shot like that very painful, but it is also very inaccurate. Granted, when one shoots a long bow or recurve the bow is angled slightly to keep the arrow from falling out of the nock, but holding the bow as depicted in this picture is not realistic.

The guy ("anonymous hero") has over 1000 pieces of fried meat and far more in his pockets and can still bend a bow.

 

[XPostFacto]

Regarding the above picture of the guy firing the recurve bow, it is not wise to fire a bow in a horizontal position because as you release the arrow, the bow string will slam against the archer's left forearm, taking off his skin. Not only is a shot like that very painful, but it is also very inaccurate. Granted, when one shoots a long bow or recurve the bow is angled slightly to keep the arrow from falling out of the nock, but holding the bow as depicted in this picture is not realistic.

You do know those are pics from a game right? But yes that pic only works if that pic is of a guy shooting a re-curve "cross bow."

I suppose that could be a crossbow now that you mention it, but from the angle it's not that easy to tell since his body is in the way. If it is a crossbow, it has unusually long limbs. Looking at the bottom of the screen where it lists the weapons, I notice that a regular bow is seen, not a crossbow.

I remember Skyrim having a sequence where if you crouched, the bow would be horizontal, allowing you to to make a stealth shot., unrealistic at best.

 

[XPostFacto]

Regarding Dragon Age Inquistion and all the problems I had with crashing, I determined it was my computer. I installed Darksiders and started having problems with the screen locking up after playing several hours, or even every 5 minutes. I then ran the Furmark test on my graphics card to benchmark it. One disturbing observation was the extreme heat that my board was giving off, topping out at 87 degrees C. At a resolution of 1920 X 1080 it only delivered 22 FPS, but 47 fps at 1280 X 720. Even at 1280, it ran at 87 degrees C. Now, this Furmark test runs the card at maximum TDP (thermal design power) or the maximum power the board is designed to operate. My card, the GTX 660 is an overclocked board. I replaced the power supply and the graphics card. with a 1000 watt PSU and an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 750 TI. I ran the same test with the new board, and the temps never got above 56 degrees C. Looks like I found the problem, and it was the graphics card, not the PSU. The thing that had me stumped was that the board worked fine on the ASUS motherboard. Now, it too may fail, but I don't have another case to put it in, just to find out, and I don't want to re-install the 660. Crashing all the time is very hard on the hard drive when you're running Windows 8.

 

[RKMBrown]

Regarding the above picture of the guy firing the recurve bow, it is not wise to fire a bow in a horizontal position because as you release the arrow, the bow string will slam against the archer's left forearm, taking off his skin. Not only is a shot like that very painful, but it is also very inaccurate. Granted, when one shoots a long bow or recurve the bow is angled slightly to keep the arrow from falling out of the nock, but holding the bow as depicted in this picture is not realistic.

You do know those are pics from a game right? But yes that pic only works if that pic is of a guy shooting a re-curve "cross bow."

I suppose that could be a crossbow now that you mention it, but from the angle it's not that easy to tell since his body is in the way. If it is a crossbow, it has unusually long limbs. Looking at the bottom of the screen where it lists the weapons, I notice that a regular bow is seen, not a crossbow.

I remember Skyrim having a sequence where if you crouched, the bow would be horizontal, allowing you to to make a stealth shot., unrealistic at best.

Yeah, I shoot canted like hill did, but not canted 90 degrees. heh

 

[martybegan]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

 

[XPostFacto]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

How does the combat compare to Dragon Age Origins?

 

[XPostFacto]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

How does the combat compare to Dragon Age Origins?

I never played it. DAI is my first introduction to the Dragon series. One thing that really irritated me when I first bound my keys for game play is that you can't set your right mouse key to move forward. You have no mouse action other than using the left key to attack, and the mouse can be used to look around or turn but no moving forward. That took some getting used to for me because I have been a gamer for years, and I always configure the right mouse key to move forward.

There was another game I played where you couldn't configure the mouse to move forward. That was Dead Space. I hated that game.

 

[martybegan]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

How does the combat compare to Dragon Age Origins?

It's more hectic than DAO, and you really have less control. But the AI is better except when it comes to your squishies being gang banged early in the game when they don't have as much escape tools.

 

[martybegan]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

Yeah, it does seem to lend itself to be easier if you go with a Sword/board warrior and 2H warrior up front coupled with a mix of an archer and a mage.

 

[XPostFacto]

There is one neat part of DAI. You can put your character and everybody else on automatic and watch them go at the enemy. This game differs from Skyrim in that the dragons in DAI are damn near impossible to kill, and I'm playing at the Normal level. I'm up to Level 20, and I still can't take one down.

Now, the worst demon boss I have fought is Imshael. That took quite a bit of effort, but you have a choice. I won't reveal any more because those are spoilers.

 

[XPostFacto]

Just picked up Dragon Age Inquisition. Really liking it so far. The combat took some time to get used to, but so far having a hoot.

Combat in DAI is like one big gang bang. Just remember to unclick friendly fire, and you'll be good to go. Also, play as a warrior, not as a rogue or mage. You will die less.

I played as an archer when I first picked up the game but when an enemy closes in on you, you can't pull knives for close quarter combat. Seems you're not allowed to switch weapons when under attack. Now, that is just stupid and unrealistic for the game to be designed that way.

How does the combat compare to Dragon Age Origins?

It's more hectic than DAO, and you really have less control. But the AI is better except when it comes to your squishies being gang banged early in the game when they don't have as much escape tools.

Hectic? That's an understatement. Attend the ball where you have to find out who is plotting to assassinate the Empress. That one is a long one, filled with many twists and turns. Decide who you want to ally with because it influences the rest of the game.

 

[hipeter924]

Difficult to say. At the moment either Starcraft II, Skyrim, or Fallout New Vegas - no other games interest me really right now.*

*Though Dragon Age Inquisition is the next on the list, when I get bored of Skyrim.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Difficult to say. At the moment either Starcraft II, Skyrim, or Fallout New Vegas - no other games interest me really right now.*

*Though Dragon Age Inquisition is the next on the list, when I get bored of Skyrim.

I plan to play Inquisition at some point. I got board with Skyrim and bought DA Origins for $5, and found it to be an amazing game. Huge amount of depth to it. Combat is different, and hard - more squad tactics like XCom than real time combat like Skyrim - requires more thought and less clicking.

 

[hipeter924]

Difficult to say. At the moment either Starcraft II, Skyrim, or Fallout New Vegas - no other games interest me really right now.*

*Though Dragon Age Inquisition is the next on the list, when I get bored of Skyrim.

I plan to play Inquisition at some point. I got board with Skyrim and bought DA Origins for $5, and found it to be an amazing game. Huge amount of depth to it. Combat is different, and hard - more squad tactics like XCom than real time combat like Skyrim - requires more thought and less clicking.

The major problem with Skyrim wasn't even combat, but a flawed map system. In Skyrim they stop the character from climbing mountain areas for no good reason, which forces the player to guess where an entrance is and hope they haven't walked around a mountain for nothing.