The main thread seems to be inundated with people bigging up their statistics, post here instead of the discussion thread.
Everyone loves a statistics or two.... hell I created the BC2 stats thread before for the very reason
For the third year running I'm polling it.
2008 [H]ardforum posters voted Fallout 3 GotY ( http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1374926 )
2009 it was Dragon Age: Origins ( http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1473501 )
What has been 2010's outstanding game for you?
Terrible news, looks like it's the shape of things to come.
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/03/18/ea_follows_ubisoft_will_sell_titles_with_always_on_drm
Edit - already mentioned in C&C 4 thread. I would have read about it if I was interested in the game.
I put money on Valve winning.
Who's your money on?
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/global/tournaments/standings/2-2010-March-Mayhem-Developers-Showdown
Updates to MW2
http://store.steampowered.com/news/3331/
* Fix for latest texture hacks
* Fix to prevent players from getting inside geo
* Fix to prevent players with illegally pirated copies of Modern Warfare 2 from matchmaking with legitimate Modern Warfare 2 players
* Connection...
Can anyone recommend a game that is in your opinion underrated and off the beaten track? I've played most of the mainstream stuff and am looking for something original, offbeat but fun.
I would go for Hard Rain. I love the way the map double backs on itself once you have got the fuel and there is a sense of deja-vu but with so many twists and surprises. The weather effects set the atmosphere brilliantly and require your team to stick very closely together. The finale isn't as...
I found this on the BBC site last night. Nice to find a quality broadcast on gaming.
I found sections of it hilarious, the 50 Cent piece in particular. Also the bit where Charlie Brooker is playing CoD WaW and pauses it to have a swig of a can, belches and goes back to mindless killing had me...
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk
This is a beta driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs.
New in Version 191.03
Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
Accelerates performance in...
http://kotaku.com/5316303/is-team-fortress-2s-soldier-trying-to-tell-us-something
Tenuous but could be true. King of the Hill game mode sounds interesting.
The Pitt came out for download a few hours ago, costs 10 smackers or 800 MS points
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-GB/Live/Pages/fallout3thepitt.aspx
Looks like there will be a sequel to Dead Space. :D
I found the original to be one of the best games of last year. Superb level design, terrifying gameplay with a captivating story that left me wanting more. Looks like my wish will come true...
http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/924/924742p1.html
Well the year is nearly up already. I think it has been a decent year for PC games, many titles I have enjoyed and a few that have disappointed..
So what has been your GOTY?
The Witcher is an epic adventure. I really don't have enough superlatives to say how good it is. Superb, magnificient, outstanding.....!
Act I starts slowly but with patience you will be rewarded with the best RPG that has come out in many years.
I currently have a 420 watt Enermax Noisetaker PSU. The 12v rails are rated 29amps. One rail 15 amps the second 14 amps.
Would this cope with a 260GTX or is it upgrade time?
During the summer lull, I'd been looking for a game to play. Looking around I decided to pick up GRAW 2 for a few pounds on eBay.
The game is excellent; I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Graphics still look good maxed out and the game play is challenging. The game is difficult and tactical...
Apparently Assassin's Creed is spying on you. Every 75 seconds there is internet traffic to Ontario Canada. http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/04/14/assassins-creed-on-the-pc-bad-ui-bad-drm-bad-port
In game freezing problems are caused by internet access. Thread here and solution...
I'm in a bit of a quandary, I'm looking for a budget LCD that I can buy locally. All I can see that is really suitable is a Viewsonic VA2216W as here. http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/UK/Products/LCDE2/VA2216w.htm
The only issue is that this is D-Sub analog only. Currently I have an Viewsonic...
I currently have a 19" Viewsonic VX922 and decided to upgrade to a 24" widescreen.
So far I've had 3 monitors but sent all back for refund. Each one had dreadful backlight bleeding.
Of the 3 makes namely Samsung, LG and Iiyama not one was even close to having an even image. The problem...
I came across this, Jon Hare of Cannon Fodder, Wizball and Sensible Soccer fame lambasts 'Americanised' games industry. I have to say having read his comments he has made some very good points. It left me asking myself, where will the next Bullfrog come from? Perhaps we'll never see small...
I seem to be experiencing problems with Crysis running DX10 mode in Vista. There is quite noticible mouse lag. DX9 does not exhibit this problem - very smooth. Framerates for both according to Fraps look almost identical, but the lagging in DX10 makes it feel like it's running much slower...
Is it possible to connect more than 1 SATA cable to another SATA cable? For instance connecting from my eSata port with a eSata to sata cable then adding another standard SATA cable to that (like a daisy chain) to connect it to my internal HDD
I ask as a eSata to Sata cable is eSata male to...
Hi
I'm looking for some advice on my planned CPU upgrade.
I currently have an Enermax Noisetaker AX 420W power supply (28A on the two combined 12V rails). This seems to run my 4600+ X2 without any problems. The question is will I need to upgrade my PSU if I go for the Q6600 Go Stepping...
I'm looking to upgrade my PSU. Can anyone recommend a good PSU for the aforementioned case.
I need the power connector (both 24pin and 4 pin connector) to go all the way to the top right of the motherboard near the 120mm extract fan at the rear and the 120mm extract fan at the top...
I wonder if anyone can help.
I've just bought an 8800GTS and there appears to be a problem with it. There seems to be a high-pitched whining noise coming from the card. It seems to happen when you scroll in IE or open screens. It varies in tone and pitch depending on what you're doing and it...
Title says it all really. What is your GotY so far?
Game of the year so far for me was S.T.A.L.K.E.R - SoC. Incredibly challenging and atmospheric adult shooter that came out of no where (well for me at least). S.T.A.L.K.E.R is quite easily the most impressive game-play experience this year...
After a few weeks deliberation I went ahead and bought an X2 4600+ - thinking that a dual core with the same clock speed as my last CPU would net a similar performance in games. After all a 3800+ and a 4600+ have the same clock speed, 2.4 GHz. The problem is games are now noticeably slower...
Quite a few people have been experiencing stuttery performance with Prey - including me! Annoying slight pauses when moving around. Check out the 3DRealms website to see what I mean. Apparently this is a common problem with Doom 3 engined games on some hardware.
There is a way round this -...
Currently I have a Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 120GB SATA I drive and recently I've just bought a Hitachi T7K250 250GB SATA II HDD.
What would be the best way to use these two drives together? I've read up on RAID 0 but performance increases seem negligible. Will these two drives work together in...
As the 7800gs is imminent in AGP form. Do you think it is worth me upgrading to this card. My machine is a bit 2 years ago, do you think I will get major bottleneck or in fact any performance increase?
I've been reminiscing about the Thief franchise. The games were fantastic, particularly 1 & 2. They had an atmosphere like no other game before or since. I long for another game in the series but it looks doubtful with the demise of Looking Glass and Ion Storm. Does anybody know who owns the...
Is anyone using this combination of mobo and cpu cooler?. I know there are some incompatible motherboards for this cooler, the Abit isn't listed on the Zalman website, but there appears to be transitors right next to then cpu which could cause trouble..