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Gunsmith 22nd October 2008, 15:58

remember there is an issued with directx 9 and 10 in the number pre rendered frames for control input due to ms loving thier little ******* lovechild xbox a little too much, i know in the nvidia drivers you can set the number of pre rendered frames from 3 to 0/1 thereby solving laggy input but i dont know how you would do this on ati cards. might be worth giving this a try.

i've already ordered it as i love sci-fi games and i loved doom 3 and crysis

sl1xx 23rd October 2008, 02:40

i hope the controls are nothing like alone in the dark 5,omg what a total let down it would be again.

Amon 23rd October 2008, 02:46

All of those Space screenshots and not much action taking place whereat. My erection has subsided.

General Crespin 27th October 2008, 19:11

I'm not having any problems with controls' responsiveness, C2D 3GHz, 8800 GTS 512MB, 4GB RAM, Vista 64-bit.

Y'all try turning off V-Sync and see how that improves the controls. :) The game is much more fluid and responsive with V-Sync off, the consensus I'm getting from threads around the web is that V-Sync is broken.

Redbeaver 30th October 2008, 14:20

just got into chapter 6 now... i say this is much better than Crysis. its abit of apple and orange, i know, but i'm so much more entertained with this one. heh, graphic aside, even FarCry2 is better than Crysis.

ComputerKing 1st November 2008, 20:26

cool game and dam scary :( never felt that from long ages, I LOVE THE GAME :)

Controllers need some time to get used to it ;) I'm on chapter 2 now, LEAVE ME GAME.

Tokyotony 2nd November 2008, 17:02

Load times? It takes like a couple of seconds to load a save and the initial load, dunno where the hell you got that from.
And plug in a game pad, play it again.

ComputerKing 2nd November 2008, 17:07

the load times is fast! I don't feel it. it's nothing. you press e and boom you are done, no waiting.

Tokyotony 2nd November 2008, 17:09

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Originally Posted by ComputerKing
the load times is fast! I don't feel it. it's nothing. you press e and boom you are done, no waiting.

What he said, except not so boom for me as my PC is a little dated, still runs it on Medium oh so fine.

Mister_X 22nd April 2009, 16:27

Just finished it and loved it, A good solidly enjoyable game. Good looking and an entertaining story.
Didn't mind the controls at all really.
Load times were fine on my system.....

Yes some niggles with the zero G but it was just a wee thing.
I concur with the 8 out of 10. and Going for £11 in some retailers great value

boiled_elephant 7th August 2009, 02:03

Thread resurrection ho. Just wanted to throw in my vote of awesomeness for this game; just completed it and it was the most satisfying one I've played in a long time. Absolutely recommended. Load times were literally non-existent for me on an E8400; graphics were smooth and flawless (though I had to force AA in CCC. Seems all modern console developers have just abandoned AA entirely.)

Mouse controls were a problem, but I just whacked the sensitivity right up and it was fine. A solid patch could easily fix the mouse smoothing, but I doubt EA will bother now unless by divine intervention.

Best of all is the replayability, literally - when you finish the game, it unlocks a ton of rewards (cash, a new suit, new backstory, a new difficulty level) and gives you the option to save your game and begin playing again with your character as it is. A true RPG element, and very appealing for me, because I was very proud of my upgraded weapons and wanted a greater challenge to use them on; plus I hadn't even tried half of the weapons available, so now I can get the rest. A brilliant way to increase longevity in a game.

johnnyboy700 26th August 2009, 20:10

I had this one kicking about for ages and started playing it a few days ago.

The tension levels in this game are just terrific, it reminds me of the nerve jangling induced by the motion tracker in the original Aliens vs Predator. There was one bit I just played earlier today, it was whilst I was repairing the centerfuge, whilst I was rummaging about in one of the stores just as I turned round you saw the back end of one of the necromorphs rocket past the open door and the tension music really shot up in both intensity and volume - it really made me jump and let out a few loud expletives. Bloody surround sound headphones!!!

I love this game, although I do find the dismemberment quite disturbing at times - particularly my own when I screw up and have to watch me/Isaac get my/his head eaten off or get disembowled. I really don't come across too many games that truely deserve their 18 certificate (maybe I should get out more) but this one definitely does. Yes its a bit old school, no reward without punishment and after you complete a task you just know you're going to be rushed but I think the game plays so well I don't care.

thehippoz 26th August 2009, 20:49

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Originally Posted by johnnyboy700
I had this one kicking about for ages and started playing it a few days ago.

The tension levels in this game are just terrific, it reminds me of the nerve jangling induced by the motion tracker in the original Aliens vs Predator. There was one bit I just played earlier today, it was whilst I was repairing the centerfuge, whilst I was rummaging about in one of the stores just as I turned round you saw the back end of one of the necromorphs rocket past the open door and the tension music really shot up in both intensity and volume - it really made me jump and let out a few loud expletives. Bloody surround sound headphones!!!

I love this game, although I do find the dismemberment quite disturbing at times - particularly my own when I screw up and have to watch me/Isaac get my/his head eaten off or get disembowled. I really don't come across too many games that truely deserve their 18 certificate (maybe I should get out more) but this one definitely does. Yes its a bit old school, no reward without punishment and after you complete a task you just know you're going to be rushed but I think the game plays so well I don't care.

=] wait till you get up in levels.. you'll say this is the end! and the game keeps going.. lot of content there- like the story too

johnnyboy700 27th August 2009, 08:42

Is the pre-game DVD worth getting?

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