I can’t believe I found it, but here’s an original Crysis screenshot with everything turned up from 2009: and here is one I took this evening using Crysis Remastered with everything turned up from 2023:
Befallen
I b fallen in Super Cloudbuilt. It makes me anxious and it’s overstimulating on top of being cell-shaded which I have disliked since the days of JetSetRadio. This one in particular has a lot of thought put into it and I’m not really giving it the due credit nor time it deserves. I think some people might really like it. I think I’m finding a trend of solo games as I explore these new ones. I picked up my weapon and things started crawling on me so I may need to back of some of the settings a little. An…
Past Time
Oblivion, Elder Scrolls IV came out 11 years ago. I remember what I was doing, I remember my life at the time. My wife and I were not married yet, we were living in a second floor apartment 1 street over from our current house. It was a time without kids. She had a part time job and school, I had a good 5 years or so in with my current company. We had two cats, but really that was the extent of our responsibility. I had my dream car, and had yet to modify it too much. It seemed…
Doom Open Beta
I pre-loaded Doom. I wasn’t going to do it, but I am in an endless quest for graphics and gameplay evaluation. I know I sound old when I say this… am I saying this? Yeah — it’s a gore fest. It feels like it’s trying a little too hard with the face smashing and the head ripping and the biting and… well, everyone’s in full armor suits and it just doesn’t feel right for Doom. Of course I have formed this opinion by the opening trailer alone. Despite having pre-loaded it, it will not launch. It did launch, but when…
Need for Speed #ShareEveryWinNFS Contest Entry — Please UPVOTE!
Here it is – recorded and uploaded in 4K — we’ll see how long it takes YouTube to process it! I managed to hit all 3 daily objectives in a single chase! If that’s not #ShareEveryWinNFS I don’t know what is! Screenshots!
EA Access – Need For Speed PC Preview
Need for Speed is currently loading, I’m going to give the first 10 hours a shot and see if it’s worth it. I appreciate they allowed it to scale to 4k and supported wheel hardware (assuming force feedback) but really don’t think it’s going to be anything earth shattering. They often go far too arcade. I don’t wish to play Ridge Racer. I want good old Road & Track: The Need for Speed Video is a success! New drivers did the trick. 1080p/60 ** NVidia Driver 364.51+ is a MUST for this game ** [update 3/11/2016 10:46] Attempting 4k resolution……
The Division: Streaming to Twitch: Beta Review
Few screenshots, some 4k, some not. Two EVGA 980ti: 20 to 30fps @ 4k 70fps vsync @ 1080 NVidia doesn’t even have an optimized driver for this one yet. The city looks alive-ish, Multiplayer started out really cool — I had help from real people, we all ran into the fire together. Once I took the base, then I had to go looking for people for each mission. I didn’t discover this until later. They’ve got some reworking to do. You need people all over, fighting for both sides or it might get a little crowded. The cover system could…
Rise of the Tomb Raider et al
Ok, so QTE aside (it’s minimal) they really stepped up the tech. It doesn’t quite look as smooth as it could, snow vs Assassins Creed III, as an example, but there were multiple times I was in awe. It played less like an interactive movie, and more like a book I couldn’t put down. It was all I could do to stop after the obligatory flash back sequence. I can only hope it’s at least as long as the first one. I purposely read very little about games now a days. Prior to that it was 3D Mark, a brief…
Benchmarking Rumble! Round 2
780ti 3g vs 980ti 6g vs 98ti 6g in SLi Please refer to Round 1 for the 780ti numbers Putting this placeholder here, please check back in a couple of days.
Spotted in the Wild: NVidia External Thunderbolt Display Support
I instantly thought of the Mac display, and will this resolve the 4k ( 4 x [1920x1080p]) display rate conundrum? I am waiting for the first 120hz display, and then I will happily 4k away.
IGN – Mafia 3: 12 Minutes of Developer-Narrated Gameplay
Creative director Haden Blackman walks us through 12 minutes of stunning Mafia III gameplay footage. Source: Mafia 3: 12 Minutes of Developer-Narrated Gameplay – IGN First – IGN Video
Benchmarking Rumble! The 780ti 3G vs the 980ti 6G — both EVGA Classifies, who will win???
Ok, so we know who will win card on card, but what about in SLI? The extra memory is going to make scaling possible, rendering at much higher resolutions (4k? 5k?) and then scaling down for the display resolution of the monitor. Since my monitor was one of the earlier 120hz ones, I’m stuck with 1920 x 1080 but the 2 780ti in SLI have been MORE than enough, except… in VRAM. I am only now feeling the pinch with the draw distance of GTA V being the first indication. I regularly get upwards of 100fps with games cranked, and…
EBAY: USED 2 x EVGA 780ti Classified – 03G-P4-2888-KR
Yes that’s right, 2 780ti Classified cards by the best video card manufacturer! I’m currently selling the 2 of them in separate options up on ebay. Care to take a look? http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/172004536616? http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/172004540448? 5 and 7 days respectively, please share! ** update 2015.1123 ** Current Status: Both cards are up to about $200 currently — 1 day 1 hour left on one, 3 days on the other:
SyntheticX Gamleaon: Mad Max – With Commentary
MAD MAX – Cacophony This will be where I’ll have more to say.
Elder Scrolls Online in 2k
I recently pulled down some new settings in NVidia “Experience” it’s hokey but it’s easy and gives me an idea of what games should run at. It hasn’t not been MAX yet, but there will come a day, I’m sure. I am still running at 1920 x 1080 at least, though @ 120hz. I let go of my 2560 x 1600 for a smoother frame rate, that was limited to 60hz. So I came upon these settings today and had to try it out: Check out the comparison shots after the jump…
Extra Life | Gaming for Charity | Donation Drive
Hey everyone, felt like doing something good with my time so I figured I’d drum up some possible donations and such. There will be various tiers, of benefits depending on the amount, but seriously a dollar is support. Of course after $20… things get interesting. 1.) Live hangout of the event. You can be part of it, or you can simply watch it. 2.) Sponsorship. I will wear your shirt, or you may sponsor a section of a shirt. I’ll mention your cousins name in the live feed, substitute their name for any curses… that sort of thing. 3.) Choice…
Upgrade Time
This is a developing article, stay tuned for more details. Current System AMD @ 4.1ghz 4 core, 8 thread, 8G DDR3 Dual Channel 1600 New System Intel i7 @ 3.2ghz (4hz turbo) 4 core, 8 thread, 32 G DDR3 Dual Channel 2400 The video card will stay the same, so lets see how the base bits impact performance!
The other side of Elder Scrolls Online
Horses and catapults and castles. It’s always been my dream since I was little. I had Legos to build the castles and countless battles on their walls. Entire stories would unfold on that coffee table. It is only now why I realize it couldn’t just stay set up there all the time. I have enjoyed the knights and castles games of previous yore, experienced the endless grind of WoW and played anything that smelled of questing. Oblivion won me over with it’s expanse, it’s lore. The story is told nowhere else other than though the game, many games, which all…
Emulation Nation
I spent much of today scouring the internet (it wasn’t that hard) for ROMs. I have NES and SNES on lockdown, I believe I have 99% of the NES and maybe 85% of the SNES. Choice Genesys, 32X and during my last ROM run a few months prior I even found Dreamcast and PSX. I have all these systems, but they’re in storage, all nicely tucked away not taking up any actual room. I’ve been wanting to play some older stuff but they’re so low bit being blown up to modern TV size doesn’t really make it any more visible.…
When Next Gen Is Missing the Next
Detail, polygons, shaders… all very important. What I find most important are textures. Artistic and accurate textures can bring life to anything, even simplistic character models and environments. Water looking good — that’s a decent feat, trees with individual leaves, fire, rain, all these things are important little details — like the flipflops flipping in GTA V. They add to the immersion and life of a game. I can not fathom how these next gen consoles are coming out and not supporting 1080p across the board. It seems ludicrous that it wouldn’t be the driving force. My 4 year old…
Review: Battlefield 4
I hit up the servers for a little test run before work today. I was able to hop right in thanks to the beta. It was mostly the full game this time instead of the mess that was Battlefield 3. They didn’t even save your settings between patches, let alone from the beta to the full. My settings were all intact from playing a couple weeks ago. That was a good time investment for that, let alone getting to know the Shanghai map. Here are some screenshots Good. Bad. Chopper texture guy… tsk tsk tsk. I saw a…
Crysis 2 Mod: HD+ Texture Pack – MaLDoHD 4.0 Final version
Crazy texture pack for Crysis 2 skuffaws (skoff/guffaw) the official “HD Texture pack” MaLDo Blog: MaLDoHD 4.0 Final version
Review: BioShock Infinite
The world forms around you. You enter a familiar place but it is still very new, dropped into a preloaded consciousness. You had a job, you knew why you were here, simply follow the instruction and the goal will be complete. You’re lifted into this futuristic utopia high in the clouds, where so many are so happy to go about their day but there is a dark brooding, uneasiness to it all. It can’t be that perfect, a distrust. There are sins too foul to wash away. You explore, hearing much about the status quo and the rebellion trying to gain traction. Rights,…
Video: BioShock Infinite – False Shepherd Trailer and PC Graphics
False Shepherd Trailer It’s cute they use the console graphics for the trailer, just makes me whet even more for it on PC. I relish a good story, good graphics, mechanics, and voice acting and await this game with baited breath. Chris Kline technical director at Irrational Games: “Playing the PC version on Medium settings is fairly close to the console version, though higher quality in a few areas. As you go up from there to the High, Very High, and Ultra settings the difference is enormous. The PC version ships on three discs, as opposed to one for consoles,…
Video: Tomb Raider – First Look
Now feast your eyes on the lovely, the transcendent intro quays of… the Tomb Raider Square Enix has blown away my expectations. Consoles ain’t got shit on this.