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#1 · (Edited)
Post your random gaming thoughtS!!

To start things off:


Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops will be playable in stereoscopic 3D when it launches worldwide on November 9.

Publisher Activision said that the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions of the shooter will be compatible with 3D-ready HDTVs and 3D PCs utilising active shutter 3D glasses.

Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia said: "Development of stereoscopic 3D began as an R&D project, but once we saw what the technology brought to the Call of Duty experience, what a great fit and how immersive it was, we knew that we had to develop it for Black Ops.

"Aiming down the sights of your weapons, flying in helicopters, rappelling down mountains, and moving through highly detailed environments are just some of the awesome experiences you will have in 3D with Black Ops."

He added: "We made sure the experience is seamless for gamers to use with a simple menu option to enable stereoscopic 3D or disable it at any time whether playing in the single player campaign, multiplayer or Zombies."

Black Ops multiplayer was looking more ambitious than we imagined when we went hands-on last month.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_236961_thumb300.jpg


They seem really keen to force this 3d crap on us :|.
 
#8,301 ·
I've pre-ordered TLOU for PS4 and it's due out for release in Australia today.
EB where I pre-ordered the game opens in 1.5 hours (It's 7:30am here)
 
#8,307 ·
The sprites look like crap on higher res, they could've at least allowed users to choose between other alternative scalers beside bilinear-the-f***-out.
 
#8,308 ·
Heartstone had an issue earlier where players couldn't purchase the Plague Quarter (new wing in Naxx).
This has been fixed, it can be accessed now.

For people who have trouble getting the gold needed (it is 700 gold, after all), I recommend looking at the hidden quests in the game: http://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Quest
If you're new to the game, it's not too hard to unlock every hero + beat every hero in AI Expert. That's 200 gold, right there.
I'm lucky, got 300 for 100 games won earlier today.
 
#8,309 · (Edited)
codies have just announced F1 2014; like Grid Autosport it will be a "last gen" release on 360,PS3 and PC using their current engine.

F1 2015 will be their next-gen game... tbh I'm not surprised since they've stated before that they didn't want to just port over the old engine and assets to PS4 and XboxOne.
I think that's great, but it also makes this year's entry a tad uninteresting (unless you absolutely must own it because of ugly car noses and horrible engine sounds). Can't blame them for trying to maximize profits on their current tech while developing the new one, although they're overdoing things with the GRID autosport DLC (that's more GREED than GRID).

http://blog.codemasters.com/f1/07/f1-2014/

Here's hoping their new gen offering will explore a different color palette. The world is always a bit brownish in their games.
 
#8,312 ·
Blizzard remove the Artifacts from Heroes of the Storm. Good deal.
They were at risk of being Pay-2-Win and players rightfully complained. Didn't take too long for Blizz to say "you know what, you're right, they're gone".
Nice to see them take feedback seriously.

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Damn now that they reset the levels on hearthstone things are very competitive.
At least for now.
The competitive aspect of Heartstone is definitely challenging, I have to say. It doesn't help that I'm horrible at creating a deck, but even as low as rank 19-20 you get people who are crazy good and stop you from progressing.
 
#8,313 ·
Blizzard remove the Artifacts from Heroes of the Storm. Good deal.
They were at risk of being Pay-2-Win and players rightfully complained. Didn't take too long for Blizz to say "you know what, you're right, they're gone".
Nice to see them take feedback seriously.


The competitive aspect of Heartstone is definitely challenging, I have to say. It doesn't help that I'm horrible at creating a deck, but even as low as rank 19-20 you get people who are crazy good and stop you from progressing.
last time i reached level 16, couldn't pass that.
Now that everybody started back, i'm struggling at level 19, as most players have better cards.
lets have a duel Thana. pm me your battle.net id.
 
#8,314 · (Edited)
It's Thanakil or Thanakil#1242, everyone should feel free to add me if they want.
I'm probably not gonna do very good tho, I mostly have the basic cards for every classes but nothing specialized.
Haven't been spending gold on arena since I keep all of it for Naxx.

Edit: I keep fighting mofos with Onyxia, Ragnaros and Ysera. Here I am, fighting with a Warrior who only has 14 of the 20 Basic cards.
 
#8,319 ·
The hype is ridiculous, at gameplay feels like it's getting in the way.

It's hilarious sneaking around clickers while your companions are sprinting around them giving no f***s about what's going on. The pacing seems really weird, they might walk out of a building, then completely chill out without checking their surroundings, assuming that everything is a-ok while the game loads new assets and you get to walk around looking for crap on the ground. Very, very formulaic gameplay. Walk, story sequence, combat sequence, all clear, walk, story sequence, combat sequence, all clear, walk, story...blah blah blah.

I like it however, and I can easily see why people love it, but boy that pacing is not smooth in comparison with the rest of the production.

Sound engineering is ridiculous, comes out great in 7.1 surround and is impressing me the most.
 
#8,320 ·
I've played about 6 hours, it's overhyped to hell and just a really clunky 3rd person shooter. The cover mechanics are godawful and essentially the game is just a cult bmovie.

Wolfenstein is the game to get so far
Yeah, those were my feelings when I played it on PS3. And so repetitive it isn't even funny. Took me awhile to finish it as I got bored in the middle and returned only after a few months. Not feeling like playing it for the second time at all, even though I am a big sucker for post-apocalyptic themes. But only 4 enemy types, really? And insta kill by the clickers is quite annoying. The best part was the prologue, the rest is meh. I don't know how people jizz all over this game and claim it's the best game of the generation as well as quite a revolutionary one. Not even close.
 
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