deanb Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 From the Humble Bundle The digital book, cos I still have coin on Amazon (only got about 250 left now). Was one of my faves. I strongly recommend the Tin Man Games stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 So I totally forgot about the Wii U Deluxe Digital Promotion, but since I got Pikmin 3 digitally for free last night, that 60 dollars still counted towards my points total. I wouldn't have even thought about it but I saw a thread about it on another message board, and lo and behold, the 599 points from Pikmin bumped me past the 500 and 1000 point barriers. Basically meaning I got two 5 dollar activation points. So I used that money, and the remaining credit on my account to buy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 I've been meaning to get Dragon's Crown for a while and finally decided to go for it since it was on sale and I've pretty much exhausted my backlog of physical Vita games. Ys just happened to also be on sale. It's the lowest I've ever seen it go for and I've been getting the impression that it's getting harder to find (seems to only be available from marketplace sellers on Amazon.ca and most of them are a tad overpriced) so I figured I might as well grab it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 With a free copy of: Same. Though it won't be here until the end of the week, and I'm going out of town for a wedding all weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Not as good as the hype, but not as bad as many say it is. I'd rate it as an above-average open world game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Yeah, it's a competent GTA clone with a neat hook. One thing I love is the different dynamic the hacking gives the police chases, way better than GTA where they always felt like a chore after a little while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I will say that Watch Dogs is the first game to really challenge the ol' GTX 570 1.2GB video card. If I set the texture quality to High, it sometimes stutters when I'm driving very fast between areas as the textures stream in. Makes me want to get a video card with 3GB of memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I'd say it's less an issue with your card and more with the game itself. Pretty much everyone has heavy stuttering on the driving parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 No stutter on medium, and high requires 2GB of memory when my card is just 1.2GB. Seems like the video card is related to the issue. My completely uneducated guess is that the game streams high resolutions textures in more frequently than most open-world games, and that causes the stuttering. Maybe to reduce pop-in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 My understanding from what Ubi has said is that it has something to do with the way textures are streamed from system ram to graphics ram. On the consoles it's all one pool of ram so it doesn't need to move it, but on PC it has to move it to the graphics card and that's what's slowing it down. Essentially they didn't optimize properly for the different memory arrangement when they ported it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 This was just shy of $5 on the PSN, so I picked up the Vita version: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Was on sale on GMG a couple days ago, used my leftover credit and ended up paying about 3 bucks. Now I just have to actually put some time into it before Beyond Earth comes out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) I was already considering buying it day one (making it the first fighting game I ever buy at full price) and I just saw Amazon.ca has some E3 discounts on pre-orders. It was down to 50 bucks so while I'm still not 100% sure I'll get it at launch, I figured I might as well lock that price down now and just cancel it if I change my mind. Disgaea 4 and DanganRonpa 2 have been pre-ordered for months but I don't think I ever posted them. Anyway, they were both also discounted but for some reason my orders didn't update to reflect the lower price. I don't know if Amazon's lower price guarantee is just slow to kick in or what but I cancelled and re-ordered them both just to be safe. Probably for the better since my credit card expired this month and I completely forgot to update the info for past orders. Edited June 12, 2014 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) WHAT! Oh man, Amazon.ca not totally sucking? What's going on? Preordered: The Last of Us Remastered Destiny Assassins Creed Unity All for 53 dollars (including tax) each, much better than the $70 (+tax) bullshit the game industry is trying to pull on me. Fucking game industry. Edited June 12, 2014 by The Cowboy Poet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) WHAT! Oh man, Amazon.ca not totally sucking? What's going on? Preordered: The Last of Us Remastered Destiny Assassins Creed Unity All for 53 dollars (including tax) each, much better than the $70 (+tax) bullshit the game industry is trying to pull on me. Fucking game industry. **According to Google $CAN53 is £29 Great. Edited June 12, 2014 by bigdanhero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 $CAN53 is $US48. All of those games are on US Amazon for $60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 $CAN53 is $US48. All of those games are on US Amazon for $60. That's still £15 cheaper than I'll have to pay. Hoorah for staff discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 I didn't really want super mario kart but it's price was knocked off MK8 when you bought both so was essentially free. I chose WWHD as my free game. I was thinking of getting wonderful 101, but I didn't enjoy the demo. I've been told that doesn't well represent the game so I will probably buy it if I see it cheap which is more likely than seeing WWHD cheap. Cool thing is that WW counts toward the Nintendo premium, (more than MK8 plus super MK together, in fact) so I now have £10 I can claim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Nice! I have to recommend the NES Remix games (2 is better than 1) if you don't have them already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 I was thinking of getting earthbound but the remix games do look intriguing. I'm kind of hoping they'll be on offer at some point if you buy both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) For Vita. So, last night I figured I should probably check it out before the E3 sale ends since it's pretty much the only Vita game with a decent discount. I watched the GiantBomb quick look and thought it looked alright but not really my kind of game. Then today I remember it and go "Wait, no, that looked totally sweet!" and went to buy it. I don't know what's wrong with me... Edited June 13, 2014 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Sir You are Being Hunted. Was on a cheap deal thing on GOG. I bet come Steam summer sale it'll end up being same price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 They finally got me, and all this only cost me $236 (before tax). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielpholt Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Sir You are Being Hunted. Was on a cheap deal thing on GOG. I bet come Steam summer sale it'll end up being same price I need to get back into that game, the 5 hours I played of it were pretty enjoyable. Strikes me as the sort of game that'd be perfectly for a lazy Sunday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbassman39 Posted June 14, 2014 Report Share Posted June 14, 2014 Origin had a sale, and I"m not ashamed to admit I bought these two But I also purchased these which I am ashamed of: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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