LadyCrimson

The character bodies/faces are tons better than WoW. I think (especially w/the new changes) it holds up well considering the age of the game, as Hurlshot mentioned. Shots of Far Cry (2004) & other older games - it's not like those look uber by today's standards either.

Don't own a console but from what I've seen, seems like it'll look just fine overall on them. For the console abilities, it seems pretty spiffy/they did a good job in that regard. It's not like most sit 2 feet from their 40-60" TV anyway. My CPU may be a little old at this point but mine still better eat it alive on ultra or I'll be mildly unhappy (w/my rig, not the game).

Finally got around to M&B:Warband. Based on experience w/the 1st game, I thought my horse & lance would be enough to take on 11 bandits solo at lvl1, for some exp. & loot to hire some Heroes. Then I realized the lance was refusing to couch for some reason and by the time I'd adjusted my thinking, I was dead (well, unconscious at least). They must've changed speed or weapon requirement or something for the lance to couch, I guess. The next group of looters, however, felt my wrath and were all beaten unconscious, taken prisoner and sold.

Ah, finally. Not quite in the mood to play it, but I'll be buying/downloading it now, to have for later.

How do I get the Steam website to stop telling me I'm logging in from a new browser/PC, "enter code we emailed just you"? Didn't do that a few/several months ago. I set it so cookies are allowed from their site in case that was it, but it keeps doing it. The code they keep emailing me is exactly the same all the time too (edit:was different couple days ago, but the 4 they sent me today were all the same...)....just normal new security measure? Bug? ?

So when y'all say "Deus Ex" I'm assuming it's the Human Revolution one... ...and I'm not playing anything at the moment. Two Worlds2 was boring/irritating me too much and nothing else on my immediate game agenda. Still lookin' tho...

Hope it's not a huge/overly dangerous fire, Malcador. Stay safe. Not in a gaming mood yesterday/today so I've been catching up on some TV again. "Man, Woman, Wild" is a strange survival show. 1st episode wasn't very good but it became better after that. I like the idea conceptually (man/woman) but the couple is kind of annoying and I don't like the "helpless woman" shrieking the wife sometimes does. Get a grip, lady. The show "Dual Survival" is much better entertainment.

That's what I remember - along with some farms and a bit of river & green hills. Couple rounded pillar buildings. Don't remember a huge water bridge and stuff, but maybe that was a different spot or I never got over there. And of course: (never played her that much, I ended up loving the Monk instead)

Looks nothing like how I remember the GW starting area to look, even discounting the bloom. I only played GW when it very first came out tho.

I'm not much into highly military-styled shooters, if that makes sense (I know they're all gun/whoohaa themed, just prefer more fantasy settings). Deus Ex is a maybe... The 2 GPU thing on this card still confuses me (the fan settings, the heat stuff) but whatever....as long as it turns me on when I play the games.

Two Worlds2 has me raging about bad enemy AI (it's really really bad/buggy in my experience), enemies that would be squishy except for the fact they do nothing but stand like a post and block, forcing you to spam the melee 'get dmg thru the block' move (zzzz) and the lack of true free roaming/sense of reward for exploring (95% of all doors/caves you'll discover are padlocked until you get a quest). While it looks like a great big world to explore, eventually you realize it's really not much different in effect than being channeled through a cliffside path. I do like the changed crafting system that lets you do a little more with items (altho I also liked the item-stacking from the old game too), and the somewhat more complex magic card system....plus the new graphics are nice and the voice acting is much better than in the 1st game, but the lack of freedom+bad AI is bringing me down.

Well, some people really like challenges, as a motivator to keep playing. But for me personally, I'd agree....while it is sorta fun to see "ding, you made an achievement" I don't typically play to get them and don't find challenges/achievements to be motivating - could care less if they existed. They do seem a pretty weak thing to advertise a DLC's merit with.

Lost World was on cable so I tried watching some of it for the first time in years. But I was quickly reminded how I only really liked the first movie in that series.

That's what hubby sounds like every time you mention the name "Adobe." Still trying to wake up, really. Lazy Sunday.

Well I was including the way skills leveled along with enemy scaling. All I know/remember is that in both I'd end up making my desired skills the secondary skills so I could control speed of chr level up's better to avoid triggering rapid progression of enemy difficulty...because the way I play, my increase in gear/ability to kill did not match enemies level by level (or in Morrowind, sudden influx of difficult enemies that weren't there before, IIRC). It was a long time ago tho, and I didn't play Oblivion too long so didn't get to high levels in that game. Anyway - has there been any/more news on PC graphic settings for the game? eg, I know the basic requirements aren't high but will it have lots of high settings to tweak? Or will such be more dependent on mods ala FNV.

Oh...one of the many expansions/sequels I take it? Wow, sure has changed a lot.

So long ago when I purchased Honest Hearts, in order to activate it/play it I had to check the .esm. I've now patched and have OWB/LR, and I see their .esm's in the file list....but now, even when they are NOT checked, as soon as I start the game w/a new chr. I get the quest messages to go to their start spots etc. (with HH I only got that message popup when it was checked) It could be a mod conflict but I thought I'd ask if that was supposed to happen or not, first.

There's quite a few multiple-companion mods out there. Some of them became a little flaky (usable but flaky in some way) with later patches so I'm not sure anymore what's the "best". Unlimited Companions was the most popular at one time. I used Improved Companions which makes it Charisma based. For music go to http://www.newvegasnexus.com/index.php and Search "radio" - there's some under there. Haven't tried any personally tho. -------------------- Sounds like Rage might be something my husband might like...I'll skip it for now tho. I suppose I should just wait for Skyrim since it's so close, before buying something else.

Can't edit: what's a good (single player-able) shooter these days? Recent title. (edit) How about Rage? Anyone try it? Looks Borderlands like. Reviews anywhere from "disappointing/sucks" to "best game so far".

The game is so weird...I have their Bloom setting turned down to 0 but it still does that in the dx9 version. It's icky. heh I need a graphic-hungry/pretty game (FNV doesn't count)...

Aye, I hate it when toenails do that. Mine mostly do it a bit when I haven't cut them recently tho. 1:30am I am amped up/unfocused for some reason. Bouncing around the web instead of doing anything more productive or even "fun." Won't be going to sleep anytime soon.

What online game is that?

Have Lonesome Road/OWB, latest NVSE etc. now. Still have to update a few mods but about ready to play it again I think. I fired up FNV to check save games & see how it ran on the the new vid. card (runs great!), and I realized I've completely forgotten half the GUI hotkeys, as well as most console commands. Had to look them up again. haha. So will be alternating between 2W2 and FNV for a bit. Good times.

I don't know if you already tried the "Nova Hairstyle" mod...but if not, it's one that I don't have clipping issues with, since the ponytail is so high up. I'm not sure about clipping while wearing glasses, but at least if you put on a hat, instead of going bald it gives you a short/flat 'do like it's up in a bun, I guess. Sadly, it's only the one hairstyle. But I liked it. Works with the current game version far as I can tell. http://www.newvegasnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35222

Ah...ok, that makes sense. I'll leave it alone then. So far it does seem to run slightly cooler than the old 275, but that could just be because it has no dust in it. Heats up the CPU/overall case innards a bit more because the 590 doesn't blow all the GPU heat directly outside of the case, however. Two Worlds2 is the only dx10 specific game I have at the moment, I think, and the 275 was getting 30-35fps using that mode & seemed less stable. Playable, but I've gotten used to having at least 50-60fps in all games so that's why I ran out for a new one. (spoiled now...) 275 was getting 50-60 in dx9 mode tho. Anyway, haven't tested it a lot yet but it's definitely a nice card for a single configuration. The reviews/benchmarks I've read online seem to be about right. Still think it's stupidly overpriced tho. Now to have fun trying some other games. Here's a couple full-size, low-compression 2W2 screens, both using the 590 but one is dx9 and one is dx10. Not the best game to use (since for some reason it doesn't allow AA in dx9, in-game) but it's what I'm playing right now. Interesting to notice the differences between the dx, like how dx9 is so much more "glare-y/bright". I have no clue what dx10 is supposed to do "better." Didn't force any higher settings via the card itself. dx9 dx10 Edit:fixed link