The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !
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Sorry, an extra$50if Sony cheaps out and uses a shitty drive again. If Microsoft does, well you're dumb for buying an Xbone, but you're stuck with external USB drives.
hodj
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Well, if you think about it, the more you reboot Windows, the more corrupt the files become, too. I don't have to reinstall Windows every year, either. Just replace a hard drive once every couple of years because those tend to wear out quicker because they're moving most of the time.
I dunno. It seems like basic chemistry to me. You apply heat to the components, the molecules move faster, pull apart more. So then when they cool down, that's going to cause shrinkage, which contributes to pulling components apart from one another more, and from the boards they're embedded in. The more frequently you do that, the more often the components wear out.
I could be wrong, but that's my justification for doing it. I used to put it in sleep mode but its always been unfriendly to me so I just leave the thing on.
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Take a breath from your oxygen tank, Sean. Your in-call nurse will be by shortly to change your afternoon diaper and wipe the drool from your chin.
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Heh, that's a nice summary for me that I probably should've stuck to (although not quite 40 yet... still got another 4 weeks...)... both are nice to have if you can afford the money/time/space to make appropriate use of both.
Hodj: Nod, I'm agreeing with you on the fundamentals making sense - I'm not as savvy on the innards as they are, it'll spawn an interesting conversation either way next time we see one of them.
Alright guys, listen up. Apparently the term "PCfags" hurt some people's feels. Thusly, PCFags, Consolefags, Console Peasants, PC Master Race, and all such terms are Off Limits. Too many feels have been hurts.
(*This post entirely made in jest, anyone bitching about any of those things is just plain gol-darn hilarious.)
(*This post entirely made in jest, anyone bitching about any of those things is just plain gol-darn hilarious.)
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I would say stick to the wireless 360 controller for the PC if you are using it in the living room. Batteries are so cheap now anyways that charging isn't an issue. When I have friends over it's a lot nicer in the living room to have the PC tucked beside the TV stand with the wireless dongle. I cant imagine having four 12 foot USB cables hooked into controllers running across the entire living room.
The wireless 360 controller has had flawless input for me also for the 4-6 months I have had it now, which was my biggest concern when I decided to go wireless =)
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It's also easier to find cheap wireless controllers if you ever want to get more than one. I got the Tomb Raider special edition version for a second controller for like $30 once the game had been out for a while.
How many controllers can the dongle handle? I think I read before that it worked on up to 4 yeah? Does it actually work reliably on that many?
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There is a wireless + dongle for $37.Amazon.com: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows: Electronics
But you're right. Now that I look it seems that you'll be able to find controllers within a few bucks of each other regardless of whether they are wired or not.
I mean at the end of the day it's up to you. I only use the controllers when I have friends over or if a game really caters to the controller, so a $12 48 pack of costco batteries gives me a few years worth of battery life. I just am giving my 2 cents that when I put my computer in the living room and have people over to play games, it's a lot nicer having 4 wireless controllers going than the idea of four 12 foot USB cables running across the room. If that's not something you would do then the wired would work awesome.
Now only if the D-pad didn't suck shit on the 360 controller. Even the transforming one on my premium controller is terrible.
But you're right. Now that I look it seems that you'll be able to find controllers within a few bucks of each other regardless of whether they are wired or not.
I mean at the end of the day it's up to you. I only use the controllers when I have friends over or if a game really caters to the controller, so a $12 48 pack of costco batteries gives me a few years worth of battery life. I just am giving my 2 cents that when I put my computer in the living room and have people over to play games, it's a lot nicer having 4 wireless controllers going than the idea of four 12 foot USB cables running across the room. If that's not something you would do then the wired would work awesome.
Now only if the D-pad didn't suck shit on the 360 controller. Even the transforming one on my premium controller is terrible.
New details on The Order 1886, pulled from the latest Game Informer:Tons of new The Order 1886 details - NeoGAF
- In concept since 2005
- Trailer graphics are what you can expect it to look like in-game
- Everything in the world is rendered with soft body physics
- Metal beams react for example to magnetic forces, bending and shifting in real time
- Incredible attention to detail: Lens flare catches light as you rotate the camera, oil lamps flash independently in an underground scene, light bouncing off every object provides uncanny realism, insane attention to material detail like wood, leather and cloth.
- Clouds and particles of dust float around lamp flames, subtely settling down on the camera lense
- Ready at Dawn spent a lot of time making the weapons unique, giving each personality. Grounded in understandable science but also have behaviors that you wouldn't expect
- Examples of guns: Arc Gun like you saw in the trailer, Combo Gun has two different settings, you can blow enemies back with a non-lethal charge to make space as well as using standard rifle fire, Thermite Rifle can shoot a chemical onto enemies, using secondary fire to shoot flares to light them on fire, frag grenades can be used typically or hoisted onto the environment via spikes
- Around 7th or 8th century, humanity splinters, with many getting 'beastial traits', becoming 'half breeds'
- Thus begins the conflict
- Humanity basically forms a version of the Knights of the Round Table, in this case, The Order to fight off this enemy
- Through a strange turn of events, they discover a substance called "black water", giving them unusually long lives and unique ability to recover from injury
- The Knights continue to age, but at a much, much slower rate which they use to battle for centuries
- It's basically a curse given they continuously see everything around them leave and die off, it's both a salvation and a curse for them
- This leads up to the 19th century and the changes facilitate the unique futuristic Industrial Age you see before you
- You play as Grayson, known as "Sir Galahad" (guy with the porn stache)
- A new threat emerges as parts of society (humans) begin to rebel against the rulership and are disgruntled with the inequality between layers of society
- Battle scenes are chaotic and exciting, with use of cover, somewhat similar to of Gears of War
- Ready at Dawn took a unique twist to QTEs, sometimes melee attacks occur during gameplay, time slows down and you can rotate your camera and find different things in the environment to give you an edge. These can range from dodging a punch or grabbing an improvised weapon for example
- Focused on a very strong story driven single player now, not willing to talk about any multiplayer
Utnayan
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Well, to be fair, the thread does say Xbone Vs PS4 Vs PC. So since this thread is not based on consoles only, I do not think it is out of bounds at all to discuss why people should bypass this console generation entirely, especially since Steam has their shit together with great gaming deals, and with cross platform development, PC ports utilize the same type of controller control natively, with an addition of running in higher resolution and more power. The price difference after accessories isn't far off these days. Add in additional yearly fees to play games online which doesn't exist on the PC, the same functionality for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime - - Aside from some exclusives, the long run haul compared to what we have seen on market place pricing for Xbone (A joke) and even taking account better deals on the PS store and value of PS Plus - with Steam sales, mod-ability of PC games, the only thing really holding anyone from just using a PC in their living room becomes 8-10 games over the spam of a consoles life.
It isn't like these are the days of SNES/Genesis, or even 360/PS3 any longer. The market has changed in a rapid PC comeback, and with Sony and MS being so behind the 8-ball while the nickel and diming continues, PC makes the most sense when looking at overall cost to value. Again, purely in most part because of Steam, GMG, GOG, and new Amazon digital deals.
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