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InfiniteWarrior
post Oct 3 2019, 11:39 PM
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Hi guys! Just another ghostrider checking in. So....

What are you playing now? Recommendations?

I'm personally avoiding most publishers and games these days for obvious reasons. After all, anything not created and produced by CDProjektRed has become rather suspect, hasn't it? laugh.gif

Ergo, I have resurrected, polished up and profusely modded some of the old classics, e.g. the Fallout series, and am especially into New Vegas at the moment. (Just have to cruise through the DLC before heading to the dam on that one.) Also hope to get around to the Metro series, eventually, but am presently playing Enderal, a game-in-itself mod built atop Skyrim's creation engine.

Would also love to play Red Dead Redemption 2. (I mean... look at this!) Horse bonding?! Awesome! Can you see me spending all my time with the horse? (Don't answer that. nod.gif) Who needs botched robberies and social drama when you can outfit, feed, brush and ride the horse to your heart's content? (Edit: Oh! And hunting, fishing, camping, harvesting, cooking and crafting, of course.)

The chances of it coming to PC grow slimmer by the day, though. Blast your pandering to consoles, Rockstar! doh.gif
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post Dec 2 2019, 06:53 AM
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I'm still glad that I am not interested in a digital download of RDR2, as I've heard they've had tons of issues with online play, since its launch. Maybe at some point in the near future, they'll have those issues fixed and physical copies of the install. lol


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post Dec 2 2019, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 2 2019, 07:53 AM)
I'm still glad that I am not interested in a digital download of RDR2, as I've heard they've had tons of issues with online play, since its launch.   Maybe at some point in the near future, they'll have those issues fixed and physical copies of the install.  lol
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Oops.

Well, I wasn't going to play the online component anyway, so it's all good, but for the lack of a physical copy thing.
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post Dec 3 2019, 12:07 AM
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QUOTE(InfiniteWarrior @ Dec 2 2019, 05:09 PM)
QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 2 2019, 07:53 AM)
I'm still glad that I am not interested in a digital download of RDR2, as I've heard they've had tons of issues with online play, since its launch.   Maybe at some point in the near future, they'll have those issues fixed and physical copies of the install.  lol
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Oops.

Well, I wasn't going to play the online component anyway, so it's all good, but for the lack of a physical copy thing.
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It's pretty short sighted of them, to not have a physical disc to install the game on the pc, when they have physical discs for the ps4 and xbox 1 versions of the game.


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post Dec 6 2019, 08:11 AM
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QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 3 2019, 01:07 AM)
It's pretty short sighted of them, to not have a physical disc to install the game on the pc, when they have physical discs for the ps4 and xbox 1 versions of the game.


With streaming services being all the rage today, I'm not too surprised. If you can stream games, surely you can download a personal copy of one, right? dry.gif

Most of the offerings in the gaming industry have gone the way of being little more than (if not completely) interactive, animated movies anyway. Most studios already have ditched what is, imho, a video game's most compelling feature: player agency. Makes me wonder, at times, if we're not seeing the beginning of the end of the video game as an art form unto itself.
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post Dec 8 2019, 07:37 AM
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QUOTE(InfiniteWarrior @ Dec 6 2019, 06:11 AM)
QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 3 2019, 01:07 AM)
It's pretty short sighted of them, to not have a physical disc to install the game on the pc, when they have physical discs for the ps4 and xbox 1 versions of the game.


With streaming services being all the rage today, I'm not too surprised. If you can stream games, surely you can download a personal copy of one, right? dry.gif

Most of the offerings in the gaming industry have gone the way of being little more than (if not completely) interactive, animated movies anyway. Most studios already have ditched what is, imho, a video game's most compelling feature: player agency. Makes me wonder, at times, if we're not seeing the beginning of the end of the video game as an art form unto itself.
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It's not that I can't, but this particular one is super huge at 150 GB. It will take most of a week to download, with my dsl being up to 4 mbps. I kept having issue with doing GTA 5. That one kept stopping with an error code, and having to delete a partial file, just to continue. Rockstar tech support wanted to blame my internet speed, instead of looking at how crappy they packed the files.

Other large games, 65+ gb, I've had no issue getting downloaded, or large updates to those games. Just the huge very large ones, from Rockstar. Even very large updates to GTA 5, have given me issues.


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post Dec 9 2019, 02:08 AM
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QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 8 2019, 08:37 AM)
It's not that I can't, but this particular one is super huge at 150 GB.  It will take most of a week to download, with my dsl being up to 4 mbps.


Try it without DSL, dude. FO4 took the better of a month. : )

It's not a question of can and can't (or, even, haves and have nots, maybe), but of why such oversights exist in the first place.

Witcher 3 was better, of course. I had a physical copy of that one. Just one...laboriously slow...update. lol

Yeah. They really need to think about that whole "download via our launcher..." thing.

Edit: I need this in my life. Wish me luck! (Because I don't have any. lol)

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post Dec 12 2019, 06:24 AM
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QUOTE(InfiniteWarrior @ Dec 9 2019, 12:08 AM)
QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 8 2019, 08:37 AM)
It's not that I can't, but this particular one is super huge at 150 GB.  It will take most of a week to download, with my dsl being up to 4 mbps.


Try it without DSL, dude. FO4 took the better of a month. : )


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How would I try it without DSL? Obviously other than cable internet. The cable company that services my area, measures data usage. A 150 GB download, would eat up almost half, if not half, of what I'd be allowed in a month. That is, if there are no issues downloading it. I had to download GTA 5 twice, just to get it to install correctly, ;because of the piss poor job at packing the files, that Rockstar does.

As I mentioned before, they're the only developer that I've had issues with, for games that are 60+ GB in size. Every other game I have, has had absolutely no issues with the downloads finishing, and finishing correctly.


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post Dec 12 2019, 01:41 PM
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QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 12 2019, 07:24 AM)
How would I try it without DSL?


Mobile connection. lol

Better to have a portable HD to take to a friend's.
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post Dec 13 2019, 04:05 AM
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QUOTE(InfiniteWarrior @ Dec 12 2019, 11:41 AM)
QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 12 2019, 07:24 AM)
How would I try it without DSL?


Mobile connection. lol

Better to have a portable HD to take to a friend's.
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Ahh, okay. I had my cellphone set up as a wifi hotspot a few months ago, when I was starting all over again, after replacing my hard drive. With World of Warcraft being 65+ GB and GTA 5 being about 85 GB, I gave it a shot, since the internet on my phone, is lots faster. I wound up finding out that I don't have unlimited data as a wifi hotspot on the phone. lol

I eventually got a message saying that I ran out of data, and they were slowing the speed down for it being a wifi hotspot, but regular data speeds were going to be unaffected.


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post Dec 13 2019, 09:23 PM
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QUOTE(DarcWolf @ Dec 13 2019, 05:05 AM)
I wound up finding out that I don't have unlimited data as a wifi hotspot on the phone.  lol

I eventually got a message saying that I ran out of data, and they were slowing the speed down for it being a wifi hotspot, but regular data speeds were going to be unaffected.

Gotta love those limited unlimited data plans. They shouldn't be able to advertise them as "unlimited" then throttle the hell out of them, but of course, they do and no one bats an eyelash.

Interesting, though, that -- even if you've used up your allotment for the month -- you can still stream video from one of the major streaming services without the speed being throttled.

Hmmmm.

Net Neutrality doesn't exist.
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InfiniteWarrior   Old Is New Again   Oct 3 2019, 11:39 PM
DarcWolf   I've been primarily playing GTA 5 and WoW. I ...   Oct 4 2019, 12:36 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Wow. WoW. Haven't heard that name in a while...   Oct 4 2019, 05:17 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Well, well. Would you look at that. Rockstar jus...   Oct 7 2019, 12:55 AM
DarcWolf   GTA can be a pain, when there's modders in i...   Oct 7 2019, 01:57 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Not just thinking about getting RDR2. Definitely w...   Oct 7 2019, 10:24 AM
DarcWolf   Even though it became available to preorder from t...   Oct 9 2019, 04:18 PM
InfiniteWarrior   Oh! You had to mention "upgrade." ...   Oct 9 2019, 11:14 PM
DarcWolf   Back in August, had a hard drive failure, and had ...   Oct 10 2019, 01:27 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Second drive.... Yep, yep, yep. If the gaming in...   Oct 17 2019, 11:03 PM
DarcWolf   Second drive.... Yep, yep, yep. If the gaming in...   Oct 18 2019, 12:37 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Done deal. Not that I'm actually on Steam mu...   Oct 27 2019, 03:22 PM
InfiniteWarrior   Rocky start for RDR2 on PC, but looks like Rocksta...   Nov 22 2019, 11:21 PM
DarcWolf   So I've read. I saw earlier, that we can ...   Nov 24 2019, 01:25 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Yeah. Ain't happening here, either. On the b...   Nov 26 2019, 10:33 PM
DarcWolf   I'm still glad that I am not interested in a d...   Dec 2 2019, 06:53 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Oops. Well, I wasn't going to play the onli...   Dec 2 2019, 07:09 PM
DarcWolf   Oops. Well, I wasn't going to play the onli...   Dec 3 2019, 12:07 AM
InfiniteWarrior   With streaming services being all the rage today...   Dec 6 2019, 08:11 AM
DarcWolf   With streaming services being all the rage today...   Dec 8 2019, 07:37 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Try it without DSL, dude. FO4 took the better of...   Dec 9 2019, 02:08 AM
DarcWolf   Try it without DSL, dude. FO4 took the better of...   Dec 12 2019, 06:24 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Mobile connection. lol Better to have a portabl...   Dec 12 2019, 01:41 PM
DarcWolf   Mobile connection. lol Better to have a portabl...   Dec 13 2019, 04:05 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Gotta love those limited unlimited data plans. Th...   Dec 13 2019, 09:23 PM
DarcWolf   As I said, the data was only throttled as a hotspo...   Dec 15 2019, 04:19 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Yeah. 'Course, I'm still talking about m...   Dec 15 2019, 09:07 PM
DarcWolf   If your only option it using your cellphone as a m...   Dec 16 2019, 06:07 AM
InfiniteWarrior   Yep. Unfortunately. I miss my buds, but what are...   Dec 17 2019, 12:21 AM
DarcWolf   Is there ANY options where you're at, for home...   Dec 18 2019, 01:10 AM
InfiniteWarrior   There are. Mostly bundled with a bunch of other j...   Dec 18 2019, 10:28 PM
DarcWolf   I can relate to the whole budget thing. My dsl is...   Dec 21 2019, 06:08 AM


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