Nostalgia is Playing Wipeout 2097 Again
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s 1996. Clinton is in power in the US and can do no wrong, while on this side… Read More »Nostalgia is Playing Wipeout 2097 Again
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s 1996. Clinton is in power in the US and can do no wrong, while on this side… Read More »Nostalgia is Playing Wipeout 2097 Again
Plain Sight was on sale for the staggeringly low £1.60 / £1.20, so I decided to get a copy. It is a very fun, fast-paced… Read More »Plain Sight Dedicated Server Crash Fix
As someone who still has the original floppies for Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (or IJatFoA, it’s easier that way), I thought I’d give the Steam version a whirl. I picked it up (along with The Last Crusade) probably when it was on sale as part of a bundle.
My initial thoughts are: “what have they done to the music?”, “since when did the characters have voices?” and “this is a lot simpler than what I remember playing as a 7 year old”.
Read More »Playing The Steam Version of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
A6BQXSMBXD9S [for Technorati, please ignore] If, like me, you are looking to round off your Half Life 2 Episode 2 achievements, you’ll want to have… Read More »Little Rocket Man / Get Some Grub
I’ve been playing a little Battlefield 2142 recently. Because I notice little things, I missed the weapon highlighting that I was used to in Battlefield… Read More »HOWTO: Highlighting Kill Weapons In Battlefield 2142
To go along with the Medic update released a while back, Valve are now releasing the Pyro version. Not only is the release time shockingly… Read More »Team Fortress 2 Pyro Update
Long time no blog, but bored now. The Spore Creature Creator Demo has been released to the wild. It is a trial which contains 25%… Read More »Spore Creature Creator
After what seems like forever being down, the premium Battlefield 2 stats site is back up! I am quite excited, as it now means i… Read More »Bf2s Returns!
It has always been hinted that Crysis is the first in a three part story, and after finsihing it I can say this seems very… Read More »Crysis Sequel Update
After years of waiting and anticipating Crysis has finally arrived! The big question is – was it worth the wait? The short answer is “Hell Yes!”, while the long answer is more complicated…
First off is the system requirements – this game is mean on your PC. It will stretch any system to its limits. I am running on a Q6600, 8800GTX, 4GB system, and there were some noticeable slow downs at first. However, by using the first 20 minute section to tweak my settings, managed to get it running at 30 fps with all the settings on High and AA on 4x. Now I do have Vista and can use Very High legitimately (There is a hack to get it working on XP), however I found the trade-off between increased image quality and frame rate drop really didn’t make it worth it. Also, AA seems to kill any frame rate you had – 4x was the maximum I could put it on without watching a slideshow.
Having got the settings just right – the game ran very smoothly and it looks jolly good! In fact, it is by far the best looking game I think I have ever played. This is in part to the excellent technologies running behind the scenes, but also in part by some excellent art direction and all rounded off with some clever level design to show all this off. But everyone knew this game was going to look good. It was the one thing that was certain before its release. But how does the rest of the game hold up?