Comments on: Welcome to Rapture

By: nocnitsa

nocnitsa — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:02:54 +0000

Fantastic game. Even on terrible graphic settings I’m still loving the flow, the drama, and the story. Not a dull moment yet.

By: twiin

twiin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:47:51 +0000

Yeah — the lifespan of a good chipset seems to be about 2 1/2 years.

By: lessthanuseful

lessthanuseful — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:21:50 +0000

Sorry. Bioshock and Lost Planet will not even run with my X800 because it only has “Shaders 2.0″ as opposed to “Shaders 3.0,” also known as DirectX 9.0c I believe.

By: twiin

twiin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:08:07 +0000

I’m not sure I follow — there are no DX 10.1 games out yet. Certainly not Bioshock.

By: lessthanuseful

lessthanuseful — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:03:51 +0000

I was surprised that new games like Bioshock and Lost Planet didn’t have backwards compatibility already. That’s gotta be a major dent in their potential market. I’m not fucking upgrading JUST to play two new games. I’ll have to get back to them in a couple of years.

By: lessthanuseful

lessthanuseful — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:02:35 +0000

Hehe. Problem is that I splurged on a 1920×1200 24″ Dell 2407. It’s completely worth it though. Oddly, with the exception of Oblivion (which never ran fast anyway), my existing games didn’t take much of a framerate hit jumping to that resolution from 1280×1024. P4 3.0 GHz, X800GL, 2 GB RAM. Good lord HL2 is still gorgeous.

By: twiin

twiin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:50:17 +0000

I thought I should take a one-day break from the game to work and eat and shower, before heading back to the beanbag.

By: twiin

twiin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:48:08 +0000

I think the whole DX 10.1 thing is overblown. I don’t think the new shaders are going to be so appealing to developers that they’ll write games that require new cards to play.

By: twiin

twiin — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:43:38 +0000

I’m not sure there are limited edition PC copies, honestly. I played it on the 360, but I downloaded the PC version and might try that for my next runthrough.

I think my Astra contact name is Jairus.

By: dirtybunny

dirtybunny — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:34:07 +0000

it lives!!! i didn’t know you could update LJ through the 360…

By: dirtybunny

dirtybunny — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:33:06 +0000

is that a Core 2 Quad Q6600 in your socket, or are you….well you get the picture.

By: mrks

mrks — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:00:59 +0000

I’m playing it at highest quality 1280×1024 on a $180 8600 GTS without a hitch. Though, it might have something to do with the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in my socket.

I’m assuming you’ve heard the shit about DirectX 10.1, how every card on shelves today won’t be compatible with its changes? Blasphemy.

By: lessthanuseful

lessthanuseful — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:09:37 +0000

No disagreement here.

My only regrets are…

1. I can’t find a limited edition PC copy anywhere
2. I can’t afford a PC that can handle it respectably. I’d buy the game anyway to have it for later.

I’m playing it on my brother’s 360 in the meantime.

Aside, PC video cards are an absurd market right now. Even the $600 ones aren’t perfect for current games.

Finally, what was your Astra contact name again?

By: sloot

sloot — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:34:22 +0000

i doubt if your other person is the same as my other person

By: sloot

sloot — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:28:26 +0000

that’s the second post like that I’ve read tonight.

By: nighthawk21

nighthawk21 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:29:36 +0000

you are the second person to mention this.