[Aptorian]

Click reply on my comment.

When the window opens notice the formatting around my link.

The link I posted was an image in the form of a gif. Therefore the brackets around the link has to be

[img][/img]

In your case you are posting a video, you should be using the media brackets, not the url brackets if you want the video to be embedded.

[media][/media]

[Dadding]

Apt, on 12 May 2015 - 05:03 PM, said:

Click reply on my comment.

When the window opens notice the formatting around my link.

The link I posted was an image in the form of a gif. Therefore the brackets around the link has to be

In your case you are posting a video, you should be using the media brackets, not the url brackets if you want the video to be embedded.

[media][/media]

I could be an idiot and am missing something, but I'm fairly sure that's what I'm doing. Here's what it looks like on my end:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=lorGFH-28rM[/media]

But it turns out like this:

http://www.youtube.c...?&v=lorGFH-28rM

This post has been edited by Dadding: 12 May 2015 - 05:06 PM

[Aptorian]

Strange. I also just had a video not embed in the Ye Big Videogames thread.

[Traveller]

Yep, only a week to wait. That minimap will have to go, along with the text and other clutter. I don't know why games that look this good have to have a screen covered in health bars and subtitles.

Hope the bugs are ironed out, it looks amazing.

[Rictus]

Cautiously optimistic about The Kurwa 3. Hope it doesn't turn out like DAI did with its super duper open world, that empty and insipid tripe.


Also, just to get into the spirit of things: https://www.youtube....h?v=jYzwpF6MNQU

[Aptorian]

Briar King, on 12 May 2015 - 11:51 PM, said:

I may buy an XBONE just help out my PS4's dwindling gb. I don't want to even imagine how big this game is going to be.

Not that big according to what I've heard. Something like 35 GB.

[Dadding]

Preloading on steam now and it's 21.3GB. With my terrible internet that means it's going to take me 2 days to finish downloading.

[Mentalist]

Been reading some of the reviews. General consensus: (beyond the "oh god, this is awesome"):

-the open world is generally well-realized, in a sense it's not just one village copypasted hundreds of times
-main story is adequately gripping, though not the best thing ever. Some reviewers focused on the portrayal of women and violence towards them with not-so-great comments
-some disagreement b/w individual reviewers as to the quality of optional content-some refer to "hundreds of fetch quests", others considers most quests to be unique, due to the personal decisions, even if it's not obvious if they go anywhere/have any impact.
-consoole versions are locked @ 30 fps. When scenes get "busy", game has problems handling it, graphical glitches and frame rate drops happen.
-following on this, there's apparently scandal afoot that the final game won't look as good as earlier screenshots. (personally, I found TW1's graphics to be perfectly adequate-that's not why I play games anyhow), and so that may be smth we'll be hearing about post-release.
-combat has been simplified (no more manually picking steel/silver sword), blocks don't use stamina, there's now a dodge and a roll. Difficulty scaled down, overleveling on Normal is likely. But potions can once again be consumed in combat!

...
It sounds like CDPRED "mostly" nailed their goal of "make an interesting open-world game AND fill it with interesting content". Eurogamer preview compared the "livability" of the world with Red Dead Redemption.

NA unlock on Monday, which is a long weekend. Though i'm not planning to play it until I do a recap of 1 and 2 (to start either tom or Sat), I'll probably still launch it just to see if my PC melts or not.

[Traveller]

I really hope so, I've been waiting for a world comparable to Red Dead Redemption ever since I finished it.

'Fetch Quests' are not a bad thing all the time - if the story is convincing, the landscape is dying to be explored, and there's a nice prize at the end, then why not.

There's already an update available to help the frame rate, or will be on release day anyway.
I just want a believable world to explore without it feeling like a bunch of copy paste areas stitched together,where the best moments aren't the scripted ones, but those that just occur because the world mechanics combine well to create an immersive experience.

[MTS]

Very excited for this, and comparisons to Red Dead Redemption's world seem like a good sign.

[Traveller]

'Order Dispatched'.

Fortunately I'm not at work tomorrow, so I won't be installing and downloading patches at 10pm in the hope of getting some play time in.. it will be on about 2 minutes after it comes through the door.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 18 May 2015 - 06:50 PM

[Mentalist]

Been playing through the original over the weekend at a somewhat leisurely pace. This is my 5th or 6th playthrough, I'm reminded of why I love this game so much.

[Mentalist]

Oh NEAT!

Russian voice pack is availabe @ launch this time!

trying to install as I'm typing this...

EDIT: I R idiot. download updated installer before trying to install, lol

Anyhow, the EULA is great. I suggest everyone actually read it (it's short)

Also, the pikturs running during the installer are just gorgeous

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 18 May 2015 - 11:46 PM

[Mentalist]

Game runs, albeit not super fast (20 FPS in game, about 10 in convos). Gonna have to tweak some settings.

Oddly enough, my CPU is dealing with this better than it did with TW1, haha.

minimap is VERY cluttered. I preferred to just hold a key and have items highlited for me. There's a million tweaking UI options, though so much tinkering will be happening.

speaking of which- why is ENTER in-game menu, and can't be changed? grr. ENTER is my go-to "interact button"

anyhow, looks fantastic. I'm prolly gonna get back into it once I'm done the originals. Combat looks simpler, though I still need to master riposte.

[Dadding]

Noooooo, I was an hour away from downloading... then my computer crashed. I have no idea why. It's giving me weird beep codes. WHY NOW?

[Traveller]

Dadding, on 19 May 2015 - 02:16 AM, said:

Noooooo, I was an hour away from downloading... then my computer crashed. I have no idea why. It's giving me weird beep codes. WHY NOW?

Because, like printers, they recognise any sense of urgency, and BAM - instant unexplained failure.

[MTS]

I've had mine ready to go since this morning, only now just getting to it (6:30 p.m. now). Super pumped.

[Traveller]

Ah, it looks great. And plenty of options - why they put subtitles on as a default I'll never know.

Nice intro. (Also, the map in the box is gorgeous.)

This post has been edited by Traveller: 19 May 2015 - 10:26 AM

[Maark Abbott]

What's all this I hear about Geralt's equine companion?

[Rictus]

Game's very impressive on the performance side. I've just tweaked everything to the lowest possible setting in the ini, which makes for acceptable frame-rates even on my rather average laptop. Pretty cool and I don't even meet the min. requirements.

This post has been edited by Rictus: 20 May 2015 - 04:02 PM