The last poster wins

[Ironman5000]

Thanks for the heads up, I won't be in a rush to buy that one then. I've not playing this sort of game in a while but it's not surprising to hear that QTE is still playing a very large role, which I (aggreeingly) find pointless, annoying, immersion breaking and repetitive. First time I ever noticed QTE was in God of War and since then developers for some reason insist it's a good thing and try to shove it in as many games as they can as if they think gamers are babies that want to just play put the coloured shape in the hole :dry:

 

In fact it's this very mechanic that stopped me trying to complete Darksiders, just got sick of it when I can't progress because my tiny brain missed the 0.5 second gap to press a certain button for fancy death move despite my skill.

[Vindekarr]

The thing that makes Tomb Raider's QTE obsession so painful, is that it completely breaks what would otherwise have been a brilliant game. The storyline is excellent and throws up some intensely dramatic moments-and yet every single one of them is ruined by you having a tiny fraction of a second to push a random key on your keyboard. They aren't even easy QTEs: not only is the prompt the size of a grain of rice, the time window is microscopic. This means you'll have to replay nearly every single cutscene at minimum five times, since you rarely even get long enough to see which key you need, let alone then put the controller down and press said key. As if that's somehow not bad enough, you often need to match a certain rhythm of keystrokes. That's right: if you mash either too fast or too slow you instantly fail and have to reset to a checkpoint, watch an entire unskippable cutscene again(some of which last 5+ minutes) and then use trial and error to work out the correct rhythm-you don't get any hints or clues at all.

 

I've never played a game before that was ruined by a single feature, and I never expected it would be Tomb Raider. But these QTEs are so annoying, hard and constant, that it completely destroys the experience of what would otherwise be an exceptional game. And that's what saddens me: Tomb Raider could be one of the greatest gaming stories to date, but because of the fact literally every single action taken in game involves a QTE(if you think I'm exaggerating look on youtube) in some way, and the fact the QTEs don't even reliably work with most keyboards, or even show the correct key, it becomes a needlessly frustating, disjointed mess that's impossible to enjoy. I feel like I bought a perfectly cooked steak and then had to watch someone(Square Enix) urinate on it. Deeply disappointing and completely unnecessary.

 

EDIT: Just an addendum but when I think back, it really feels like a game that was written by one(talented) group of people and then edited by someone else. It's constantly self-contradictory in everything it does: the biggest example would be Lara herself. On the one hand she's a fairly believable, impressively capable and generally badass female character, who isn't sexualised in any way. And then the game spend literally two out of the first five minutes, zoomed in on her tits. It completely undermines the entire point of making a proper female character. If you're actually going to make an effort, and make a woman rather than a stripper, why undermine that by spending so much time with the camera shoved down the front of her shirt. I mean seriously, if there had have been an actual camera used, the lens would have been about ten centimetres from her chest. Which would have been utterly hilarious if it hadn't have A spoiled a very serious game or B been so goddamn immature and embarrassing.

Edited December 17, 2013 by Vindekarr

[Pushkatu]

I saw a bunch of space mud crabs the other day, nasty creatures...

[BlackRampage]

http://cdn.scratch.mit.edu/static/site/projects/thumbnails/1403/9583.png

[Iv000]

http://www.jutarnji.hr/multimedia/archive/00621/fifa1_621627S1.jpg

 

Here's the perfect reason to #1 Why I hate sports and #2 why I hate my country.

 

"Za dom spremni" is the Croatian version of the fascist salute "Sieg heil". And why these idiots are writing this on FIFA's Facebook wall, is because our player took a microphone and yelled "Za dom spremni" in the stadium multiple times (and the crowed followed) and he was banned from the games, then afterwards he said that he didnt mean it as anything fascist.

 

Firstly, this shows how stupid football players are (again), secondly, it shows how stupid Croatia is as a whole for actually yelling along with him, thirdly, it shows how retarded the people here are for spamming FIFA with THIS FASCIST s#*! even thought its just a SPORT AND THEY GAIN NO MONEY THROUGH IT.

 

How did we even manage to get in the EU?

Edited December 17, 2013 by Iv000

[Pushkatu]

http://cdn.scratch.mit.edu/static/site/projects/thumbnails/1403/9583.png

 

I'm haunted, heeelp............

Edited December 17, 2013 by Pushkatu

[Thor.]

I'm sooooo getting me this freaking awesome case, still can place it on top of my Console table, i doubt i would have room placed below or on my desk.

 

The mobo is placed on the top which is a awesome feature.

 

 

99$

Portability is my main goal.

 

I can use my corsair 80I with this thing, still may need to replace the fans on the the h80i because they are so loud.

Edited December 17, 2013 by Thor.

[Werne]

How did we even manage to get in the EU?

Simple - Foreigners didn't want to pay customs and wait on the border in order to come over to their private property.

 

What do I mean. Again, simple:

 

HEP - German (private owner)

INA - Hungarian (MOL)

Vodovod - Hungarian (MOL, Vodovod is a sub-sector of INA)

HŽ - Hungarian (private owner)

HP - German (Deutche Telekom)

HT - German (Deutche Telekom, sub-sector of HP)

Zagrebačka Banka - Austrian (Erste Group)

HAC - German (private owner)

Hotels on the Adriatic - Austrian (private owners)

Pliva - Israeli (Teva)

 

The list continues, but I'm bored, so I shall stop here. :smile:

[slayerpaul]

:mellow:

[BlackRampage]

I'm sooooo getting me this freaking awesome case, still can place it on top of my Console table, i doubt i would have room placed below or on my desk.

 

Err.. to each his own I guess.

 

Word of warning: In my humble experience, Cooler Master cases are, despite the name might suggest, not the best in cooling.

 

If you can, rip out those standard case fans and replace them with better ones. Though water cooling might make it a moot point.