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    #62
    EoinHef
    Registered Users Posts: 5,571 ✭✭✭EoinHef


    Any HD quality setting is crashing the flash player in Firefox for me on the 60fps vids. I know Chrome supports it but ive become very attached to Firefox over the years so i guess ill be waiting till it supports it. Shame cant choose the fps till then.

    Good move on googles part though imo,now not only get to play at 60fps but get to watch it as well:)


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    #63
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyJTlMYAzSE


    Bit puzzled by this.

    It's a fan-made version of Halo made in CryEngine.

    Not sure what the legal dealy is with it. I would think it'd be the same as Black Mesa but that didn't seem to have too many problems.


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    #64
    rolexeagle1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭rolexeagle1


    cable-ezee-wrap-r1035-534.jpg

    Where would I get some of this in Dublin?


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    #65
    dreamers75
    Registered Users Posts: 20,558 ✭✭✭✭dreamers75


    srumball wrote: »
    cable-ezee-wrap-r1035-534.jpg

    Where would I get some of this in Dublin?

    maplins on jervis street


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    #66
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Having a playthrough of Crysis (and Warhead after that) at the moment.

    What a masterpiece it is.

    You have to replay it to realise why 2 and 3 were seen as such let downs.


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    #67
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    I've still never played Crysis. Got about an hour in back when it was launched, and it burned out my graphics card iirc. Pretty sure i bought it for a few quid in a Steam sale, so must give it a go.


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    #68
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Kiith wrote: »
    I've still never played Crysis. Got about an hour in back when it was launched, and it burned out my graphics card iirc. Pretty sure i bought it for a few quid in a Steam sale, so must give it a go.

    Initially it wouldn't run for me on Windows 8.1.

    I think I found the fix for it on the steam forums though and it's pretty straightforward.


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    #69
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Blizzcon is this weekend.

    Hopefully they're going to announce Legacy of the Void, ideally to be released around March/April (if Heart of the Swarm is anything to go by).

    Rumours that there's going to be a Hearthstone expansion and Heroes of the Storm has been kicking about for a while now so maybe they'll give a release day for that too.

    I think I had my fill of Mobas when they were just mods for Warcraft 3.


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    #70
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Yeah, i've no interest in MOBA's or Hearthstone to be honest, so i'll only be interested in the Starcraft finale. Still haven't played the HotS, but will do once we get closer to the release date of the last part.


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    #71
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Yea, really looking forward to the SC2 finals, was watching the RO16 at the weekend, some really brilliant games. I don't really get MOBAs, not my sorta game at all and the learning curve seems impossibly steep (and who wants to be called a n00bie fag over and over and over again because you don't know what all the magic items or whatever do when the alternative is to stomp around in a Titan). Hearthstone baffles me, I have no idea how it works and having only a passing familiarity with CCG's anyway, I have nothing to really reference to get a handle on it at all. I'm really glad it's doing so well for them, it's the dark horse hit of 2014 for sure.


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    #72
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,586 ✭✭✭Glebee


    Gbear wrote: »
    Having a playthrough of Crysis (and Warhead after that) at the moment.

    What a masterpiece it is.

    You have to replay it to realise why 2 and 3 were seen as such let downs.


    I really enjoyed Warhead, for some reason seem to remember it more than the original..


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    #73
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    It took installing it on a virtual Windows XP machine on my server but I'm playing Civ 2 for the first time in about 14 years!

    Oh the memories...


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    #74
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Gbear wrote: »
    Having a playthrough of Crysis (and Warhead after that) at the moment.

    What a masterpiece it is.

    You have to replay it to realise why 2 and 3 were seen as such let downs.

    They're entirely different games. Crysis 2 and 3 were just generic by the number shooters, a world apart from what Crysis and Warhead offered. Admittedly Crysis gets a bit suspect towards the end, but on the whole it was a great experience. I got through Crysis 2 but turned off Crysis 3 after the 3rd mission, couldn't even go on. Wonder what went so wrong.

    The port of Crysis for the Xbox 360 is surprisingly good too.


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    #75
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    EA.

    Nuff said really.


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    #76
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    ZJwerar.jpg

    SQUEEE!!!


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    #77
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    I wonder what the 'big announcement' will be. Apparently, it's a new IP (or at least, not related to Warcraft, Diablo or Starcraft).


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    #78
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    Overwatch they're calling it - looks like a 1st/3rd person arena shooter.


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    #79
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,733 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    looks like team fortress, I'm not that impressed tbh


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    #80
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    I need a new game lads. Currently motoring through BL pre sequel. Any ideas?


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    #81
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    9bred4 wrote: »
    I need a new game lads. Currently motoring through BL pre sequel. Any ideas?

    Preferred genre?


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    #82
    9bred4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 728 ✭✭✭9bred4


    Find myself playing alot of shooters. Mass Effect, Far Cry, Borderlands. Have the Bioshock series but I like to play them in one fell swoop so will wait a while before going at them. Games like the Sims, CIV also interest me!


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    #83
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Shooter: Warframe (F2P co-op MMO thing)

    Strategy: Crusader Kings II (grand strategy, steep and long learning curve)


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    #84
    Rebel Rebel
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Rebel Rebel


    Xcom

    combo between shooter and strategy


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    #85
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    I've quite enjoyed watching WCS Starcraft 2 at Blizzcon.

    The final is about to start for anyone interested.

    There were serious technical problems but the last 4 or 5 games have gone by without a hitch.


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    #86
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    I'm watching the finals now, Taeja is up at the analysis desk with Smix translating joking that the Artosis Curse is coming into play so MMA's bound to lose :D

    Really impressed with Life, but I was really hoping for one of my Brotoss to make the finals :(


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    #87
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,726 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    looks like team fortress, I'm not that impressed tbh

    looked into trailers and gameplay and honestly I wouldn't knock it till I've tried it.

    Blizzards first new IP in 17 years; and remember when Starcraft came around? "Oh, just another Command and Conquer. Pfft"


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    #88
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Overheal wrote: »
    Blizzards first new IP in 17 years; and remember when Starcraft came around? "Oh, just another Command and Conquer. Pfft"

    It was more like "Ooh, Warcraft in Space.."


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    #89
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users Posts: 10,733 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Overheal wrote: »
    looked into trailers and gameplay and honestly I wouldn't knock it till I've tried it.

    Blizzards first new IP in 17 years; and remember when Starcraft came around? "Oh, just another Command and Conquer. Pfft"

    I actually still think that about SC/2, and TF didnt hold my attention for as long as it did with others, i even bought it, that's how long i've had it.

    Competitive gaming being mentioned as a selling point was enough to sour me


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    #90
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,336 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    9bred4 wrote: »
    Find myself playing alot of shooters. Mass Effect, Far Cry, Borderlands. Have the Bioshock series but I like to play them in one fell swoop so will wait a while before going at them. Games like the Sims, CIV also interest me!

    Shooter? Curious as to the genre here.


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    #91
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    Competitive gaming being mentioned as a selling point was enough to sour me

    I take that to mean there is a low skill floor so it's easy to watch and a high skill ceiling so the men are separate from the boys, which also makes it fun to watch.


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