Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - BaconShelf

Pages: 1 ... 949596 9798 ... 358
2851
Gaming / Re: I dare you, gaming edition.
« on: June 01, 2016, 02:16:08 PM »
Fallout 4

2852
This shit is amazing. Happened to stumble across it on spacebattles, thought it would be interesting to share.

The efficiency isn't too good right now, but it's still a very early technology. Considering how wind power efficiency has basically doubled every twenty years since the 80's, I'm excited for the potential of this. Graphene is awesome.

2853
The Flood / Re: A simple question: what is the speed of gravity?
« on: June 01, 2016, 01:28:16 AM »
look up escape velocity
look up gravitational acceleration
now do some calculus to see how much the two fight each other but the escape one just barely wins.
That's your answer.

This is flawed on so many levels

2854
Gaming / Re: Titanfall 2 Megathread
« on: May 31, 2016, 11:16:44 PM »
Wasn't this crap?

Nah. The core mechanics and balancing were nearly spot on, with a few exceptions. But the game hasn't been updated since late 2014 and it stagnated pretty quickly due to lack of variety, as you unlock all the gear pretty quickly and the maps get pretty tiresome. It's not like BF4 where you can play on one map all the time and generally get a different enough experience to keep things fresh, Titanfall was very predictable in how things played out and so it got boring quickly.

Fun game, but a lack of variety killed it.

2855
The Flood / Re: Did Marvel jump the shark, or is this awesome?
« on: May 31, 2016, 01:36:06 PM »
so everything he did fighting hydra up to this point was just a bit of banter

absolute madman

2856
The Flood / Re: Did Marvel jump the shark, or is this awesome?
« on: May 31, 2016, 04:59:29 AM »
There's no way it's legit. It'll be a clone, or some flashpoint-esque shit, or some brainwashing from getting his youth back by the cosmic cube, etc. That, or they're trying their damnedest to make Rhodes the new Cap.

They're trying to make War Machine the new Cap? What?

I would have expected more along the lines of Wilson than Rhodes.

2857
The Flood / Re: You can kill one person in history...
« on: May 30, 2016, 05:13:35 PM »
Nothing. Paradoxes and all that.

2858
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 30, 2016, 03:14:21 AM »
Local leader is really good, too

2859
Gaming / Re: Remakes
« on: May 29, 2016, 03:16:23 PM »
A proper Battlefront game for XB1 would be a dream come true

2860
The Flood / Re: how low are you, sep7agone?
« on: May 28, 2016, 01:30:05 PM »
I'm hardcore

Though

Quote
Forcing memes
should put most people here at the bottom

2861
This is pathetic. They've had >6 months to make this content and they still are managing to fuck up.

2862
Serious / Re: If you had the possibility of creating AI, would you?
« on: May 27, 2016, 04:45:15 PM »
Depends on capabilities. Would it be comparable to Avina/ Superintendant/ Codsworth etc or would it be more like Cortana or Guilty Spark or a synth or John Henry Eden or whatever?

Because I think that distinction would drastically affect my choice.

2863
Gaming / Re: So I was playing DOOM...
« on: May 26, 2016, 02:48:15 PM »
Trust no one, not even yourself.

2864
The Flood / Re: My 1st ever selfy
« on: May 26, 2016, 01:48:00 PM »


I have best shoes

2865
Gaming / Re: Sep7 Stellaris Galaxy: Give Me Empires!
« on: May 26, 2016, 11:41:15 AM »
Clusterfuck sounds fun.

2866
I can do BF4, MCC and Halo 5 though I staunchly refuse to play Halo 5 multiplayer.

2867
Gaming / Re: June Games with Gold.
« on: May 26, 2016, 04:13:59 AM »
Ooh cool xcom

Now I don't have to buy it

2868
Gaming / Re: Comfy/cool shit in video games
« on: May 25, 2016, 04:47:13 AM »
Halo 5's forge is pretty fun to use if I don't want to do anything that requires a particular amount of effort.

I want to get stellaris but I don't think my laptop could handle it.

2869
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 24, 2016, 04:24:28 PM »
There a level req for Farbor?

I want to start over on survival, but the main game is boring as shit.

You need to save Valentine from Vault 114. Otherwise, no level requirement.

2870
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 24, 2016, 03:57:20 AM »
i wont be home for a few more days, so for those of you who have far harbor what would you rate it out of 10?

The writing is much better than Fallout 4 base game, with multiple options for resolving the central conflict more in line with New Vegas than the base game - I was actually surprised at the amount of choice given to the player. Side quests also matter, as there's a pseudo-reputation system in FH. Not as good as Vegas', but suffice to say, helping people out makes it worth your time in the endgame. The DLC also managed to do something that the base game didn't which is give a shit about Synths and care about them, so props on that.

The characters and factions all come off as believable and there's no particular bad guy like the Institute or Legion or Enclave or Pitt Slavers or so forth like the previous games/ DLC. I was surprised at how I even felt some sympathy for Children of Atom in the end. While I'm not keen on them being a big faction as they are, I felt they were done surprisingly well in a way that neither Fallout 4 or even Fallout 3 never did. The new
Minor Location Spoiler for a sidequest
Vault
is easily one of my favourits in the series thus far and definitely reminded me of Old World Blues in some ways, with some additional nice connections to the lore introduced with Automatron. The new settlements aren't exactly amazing on account of the fog covering the island, but they seem to be signs Bethesda has listened to the complaints about some of the base game settlements, as pretty much anything inside the areas are scrappable.

Some other stuff; the new settlement gear is all really cool if you're into that thing, the Island itself is very atmospheric and a welcome change from the Commonwealth. The Fog, the new enemies and the general look and feel of the Island do very well to create a really interesting experience, very reminiscent of the surface levels of Metro: Last Light (If you've played it). While it certainly takes some cues from Point Lookout, I think Far Harbour does more than enough to diffrentiate itself from the former, focusing more on a maritime vibe than a tribal vibe, I'd even go so far to say that it has more of a Dragonborn/ Solstheim feel than a Point Lookout one. The new weapons are alright; the Lever-Action Rifle would probably be amazing if I weren't playing at level 86, the radium rifle is a bit ehh, the Harpoon Gun is a big gun and seems more a novelty than a main weapon, and the two melee weapons are pretty good. The new Marine Armour is amazing, both aesthetically and in stats, though the new clothing and trapper (FH raiders) armour are also really cool.

Finally, I think the DLC does an excellent job of characterising Nick Valentine; I never really cared about him before this DLC so playing FH was my first time spending a long time with him as companion. Some of the unique dialogue between him, the player and a new character introduced is fantastic and really expands on his backstory. The dialogue system is also massively improved in regards to the options for what the character says, and the problem of selecting an option while the character says something entirely different has been very much mitigated, though I played with a female character so I have no idea if the male VA is any different. Honestly, I was very much surprised with how many side quests there were in the DLC, and there's was a lot more variety than the "Go here and shoot things" of the base game.

Most of the flaws with Far Harbour are flaws that get transferred from the base game itself; bullet sponge enemies, the perk system/ dialogue system and so forth which could have given some really interesting conversations (Particularly with one character from a faction we haven't seen for a while) and the pet peeve in that radioactive hazards in dialogue (Glowing Sea in FO4, Fog in FH) are really downplayed in the gameplay.

If you can get around the problems that FO4 has anyway, then I'd consider Far Harbour to be one of Bethesda's best DLC's yet, across Fallout 3, Skyrim and even including those done by Obsidian for New Vegas. While I'd still say the likes of Dead Money, Old World Blues or Lonesome Road probably top it, it is easily above Dawnguard, The Pitt, Point Lookout and Honest Hearts in quality. I'd say it's well worth the money. But that comes with the disclaimer that I really enjoyed Fallout 4 and as of now I have close to 20 days of play time on it, so I could be a little bit biased.

2871
The Flood / Re: what kind of foods do you oddly eat together?
« on: May 24, 2016, 01:14:58 AM »
I can put chilli sauce on pretty much any sandwich and make it work.

2872
Not one event, but I've slowly gone from the kind of idiot who'd vote bernie/corbyn/green party to somewhat more centrist over the past couple years.

2873
The Flood / Re: Why are certain drugs banned for medical use?
« on: May 23, 2016, 05:00:45 PM »
My friend's aunt has medical marijuana (Britain) for some psychological issue or another (schizophrenia or something like that).

2874
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 23, 2016, 04:57:47 PM »
Bethesda should be ashamed of the PS4 version of Far Harbor. Not sure about X1. I guess that's what I get for buying a Bethesda game on console.

XB1 version is fine. No performance issues for me, at any rate.

2875
The Flood / Re: Favorite bands/artists that you've seen live
« on: May 23, 2016, 02:48:14 PM »
I've never been to see anyone live; I nearly went to see Muse in Manchester at the beginning of April, but my friend dropped out on me before I got the tickets. Gotta wait until the next album releases now before they go on tour again.

2876
The Flood / Re: "Ver-bae-tum" or "Ver-buh-tim"?
« on: May 23, 2016, 07:37:00 AM »
voo-butt-iem

2877
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 23, 2016, 07:34:01 AM »
has the console mods come yet I wasn't paying attention

iirc it's in closed beta on xbox

the last word we got was this week (Week after FH) but that was a while back

2878
The Flood / Re: The Wikipedia Challenge
« on: May 23, 2016, 05:47:38 AM »
I always did these kinds of things limiting myself to ten clicks only. Made it a lot more fun.


Try this

Sand>NGC 2915  (It's a dwarf galaxy)

two things I thought of off the top of my head

2879
Gaming / Re: Fallout Megathread - Far Harbour Out Now
« on: May 23, 2016, 05:38:26 AM »
my favourite part of this DLC is the fact that there's a guy from yorkshire

I live in yorkshire

2880
I used to a lot as a kid but one day I had this sort of epiphany (Spelling?) where I sort of realised I was just being pathetic and since then I haven't really ever done it since. Aside from when told my dog might be put down after she broke her leg anyway (She was old at the time so it wasn't worth getting the surgery done because she might not be able to handle it). Thankfully I've still got her today but that's pretty much one of the only things that would make me do that.


Pages: 1 ... 949596 9798 ... 358