What are you playing now?

[BruceVC]

Guys I want to start playing Far Cry 3 (PC), is it better to use a Controller or Mouse and Keyboard in this game?

[Serrano]

Guys I want to start playing Far Cry 3 (PC), is it better to use a Controller or Mouse and Keyboard in this game?

 

In almost every case mouse and keyboard are far better for FPS games than a controller.

Edited March 12, 2013 by Serrano

[BruceVC]

 

Guys I want to start playing Far Cry 3 (PC), is it better to use a Controller or Mouse and Keyboard in this game?

 

In almost every case mouse and keyboard are far better for FPS games than a controller.

 

 

True, good point

[Katphood]

Guys I want to start playing Far Cry 3 (PC), is it better to use a Controller or Mouse and Keyboard in this game?

The controls were pretty sharp on the PS3 but keyboard+mouse is usually more fun when it comes to fps games. Hmmm, now I feel like playing the original F.E.A.R on hard again

[Darkpriest]

Breaking from DotA 2 and Path of Exile for the long awaited SC: Heart of the Swarm (although I am more excited about CoH 2!!! - when will you arrive)

Edited March 12, 2013 by Darkpriest

[cyberarmy]

Breaking from DotA 2 and Path of Exile for the long awaited SC: Heart of the Swarm (although I am more excited about CoH 2!!! - when will you arrive)

 CoH 2 is coming in June 25 Its official now!

Edited March 12, 2013 by cyberarmy

[Gorgon]

Controllers are only good at one thing: melee action. Every time you have to aim at something you want a mouse. They are also responsible for the great pestilence of button mashing quicktime events which hit game development nearly a decade ago and is still going strong. 

 

Press 'E' repeatedly to not die... this is not gameplay, but it's more tolerable with a controller I suppose. 

[Oner]

Breaking from DotA 2 and Path of Exile for the long awaited SC: Heart of the Swarm

I'm hoping they don't pull a Frozen Throne this time and derail the story just so they can announce an MMO.

[Keyrock]

Controllers are only good at one thing: melee action. Every time you have to aim at something you want a mouse. They are also responsible for the great pestilence of button mashing quicktime events which hit game development nearly a decade ago and is still going strong. 

 

Press 'E' repeatedly to not die... this is not gameplay, but it's more tolerable with a controller I suppose. 

Controllers are also massively superior for any driving as compared to m&kb.  Driving with m&kb is awkward at best.

Edited March 12, 2013 by Keyrock

[Gorgon]

Yes, that too. 

[BruceVC]

Valid points raised around Controller vs M&KB

 

I'll be using the M&KB as recommended. I have  just installed Far Cry and loaded all the necessary updates, I am excited about this game

[HoonDing]

Funny thing is that outside of Arma, 90% of modern PC shootars are console ports and aiming is henceforth ruined by mouse smoothing or horrible engine like Fallout 3/NV.

[Nordicus]

More Mask of the Betrayer

 

Just got to the academy in Thaymount, and it's pretty inte-

 

OH MY GAWSH ACTUAL PUZZLES!

[melkathi]

 

Breaking from DotA 2 and Path of Exile for the long awaited SC: Heart of the Swarm

I'm hoping they don't pull a Frozen Throne this time and derail the story just so they can announce an MMO.

 

I felt the whole of Wings of Liberty (and thus the expansions in turn) were only meant, storywise, as world-building in anticipation of a MMO. After all, already in WoL they scaled down from the "epicness" they always seemed to aim for, to tell a much more personal story which did not call for a "And you have vanquished all your enemies. Everyone is dead Jim. But once we make a sequel we'll have to figure out how to bring people back to life." I think they are trying to make a more gradual evolution in the story towards the MMO type world with the required loads of factions, locations etc than what they did with Frozen Throne.

[Oner]

 

 

Breaking from DotA 2 and Path of Exile for the long awaited SC: Heart of the Swarm

I'm hoping they don't pull a Frozen Throne this time and derail the story just so they can announce an MMO.

 

I felt the whole of Wings of Liberty (and thus the expansions in turn) were only meant, storywise, as world-building in anticipation of a MMO. After all, already in WoL they scaled down from the "epicness" they always seemed to aim for, to tell a much more personal story which did not call for a "And you have vanquished all your enemies. Everyone is dead Jim. But once we make a sequel we'll have to figure out how to bring people back to life." I think they are trying to make a more gradual evolution in the story towards the MMO type world with the required loads of factions, locations etc than what they did with Frozen Throne.

These are some of the many reasons why I'm scared they are shooting for an MMO.

[Nordicus]

 

 

 

I'm hoping they don't pull a Frozen Throne this time and derail the story just so they can announce an MMO.

 

I felt the whole of Wings of Liberty (and thus the expansions in turn) were only meant, storywise, as world-building in anticipation of a MMO. After all, already in WoL they scaled down from the "epicness" they always seemed to aim for, to tell a much more personal story which did not call for a "And you have vanquished all your enemies. Everyone is dead Jim. But once we make a sequel we'll have to figure out how to bring people back to life." I think they are trying to make a more gradual evolution in the story towards the MMO type world with the required loads of factions, locations etc than what they did with Frozen Throne.

These are some of the many reasons why I'm scared they are shooting for an MMO.

 

Hmm... wouldn't a Starcraft MMO increase the chances of eventual Warcraft 4?

 

They'd probably want to keep both the RTS market and MMO market, not have 2 MMOs that would cause Activision to cannibalize its profits

[GhostofAnakin]

Getting kind of bored with Dead Space 3.  At first the story was kind of cool, and the mission associated with it (ie. searching through various derelict space ships for folks) were fun.  Now it just feels like random fetch quests with shooter bits for no purpose other than to prolong the game.

[Maedhros]

Finished Heart of the Swarm. Was alright, but nothing special. If you didn't like WoL, chances are you won't like this one either. For me the quality of Starcraft lies in e-sport. Watching the pros play in front of large audiences is awesome.

 

To the people worrying about a Starcraft MMO - don't. Blizzard has said their next MMO is going to be something completely new, and not related to SC/WC/Diablo.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Thingolfin

[Calax]

 

Finished Heart of the Swarm. Was alright, but nothing special. If you didn't like WoL, chances are you won't like this one either. For me the quality of Starcraft lies in e-sport. Watching the pros play in front of large audiences is awesome.

 

 

To the people worrying about a Starcraft MMO - don't. Blizzard has said their next MMO is going to be something completely new, and not related to SC/WC/Diablo.

Eh, I enjoyed WoL, but find that the campaign for HotS is... a bit lacking. I like the actual missions better (less "Oh noes! X is happenening so you have an artificial time limit!), but the between mission cutscenes and mechanics were... sparse. There was no jukebox, no News crew that kept you up to date on how your enemies were doing, no real between mission things to do beyond sorting out upgrades, and the odd evolution mission.

 

I realize that they couldn't do some of that with Kerrigan, given you're a Zerg. However I would expect them to find ways to do certain things, like allowing you to see how your enemies react to you. Although, that doesn't work as much here due to the fact that there's no singular overarching enemy that you're fighting.

 

There's a few other nitpicks that I'd throw out but that ventures to much into SPOILERTTTHHHHHSSSSS territory.

[AGX-17]

Controllers are only good at one thing: melee action. Every time you have to aim at something you want a mouse. They are also responsible for the great pestilence of button mashing quicktime events which hit game development nearly a decade ago and is still going strong. 

 

Press 'E' repeatedly to not die... this is not gameplay, but it's more tolerable with a controller I suppose.

That's why a lot of games have a "lock-on" feature.

 

 

Anyway, TF2. They just dropped a boatload of promo items earlier, some retroactive (even one unreleased from the first item promotion, the Sam & Max promo,) and now everybody's jealous because I have Wheatley.

 

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/f/fb/Wheatley_player_death01.wav

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/f/f0/Wheatley_player_death13.wav

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/5/5c/Wheatley_sapper_hacked20.wav

[cyberarmy]

Getting kind of bored with Dead Space 3.  At first the story was kind of cool, and the mission associated with it (ie. searching through various derelict space ships for folks) were fun.  Now it just feels like random fetch quests with shooter bits for no purpose other than to prolong the game.

Stop doing side missions unless you are playing co-op. Especially late game ones are useless (no decent rewards and makes you spend everything you have) and boring.

[Tagaziel]

Just finished Dead Space 3: Awakening. While fun, it's a blatant cash grab, reinserting an apparently cut ending. $10 for 90 minutes of gameplay with *one* small new area, no new weapons, armor, monsters, nothing.

 

Seriously, EA, this is barely worth a fiver. 

[Mamoulian War]

Seriously, people, you are still buying their products?

[BruceVC]

Seriously, people, you are still buying their products?

 

Well ME and DA still come from EA, so we don't want to deny ourselves access to those games do we?

[Chilloutman]

 

Seriously, people, you are still buying their products?

 

Well ME and DA still come from EA, so we don't want to deny ourselves access to those games do we?

 

Well after DA1 and ME1 I thought I will follow these series. But then even before DA2 come out I just rezisted to their awesome Origin system and will never buy anything requiring it. (too bad I kinda liked BF3). I still a little hoping for some Megabox for ME with all 3 games and all DLCs without origin and then I will consider putting money into it. Until then, they can choke on that money from DLCs