Comments on: Still No Sign Of That Dragon

By: party gowns

party gowns — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:42:21 +0000

I would hope to be back tracking. Thanks for the great write-up.

By: Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:39:13 +0000

@Psychopomp:

Did your “butt-monkey” post get deleted or were you posting in the wrong comments thread as you mention it in the Charlie Brooker thread 40 mins earlier (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/29/wot-i-think-charlie-brookers-gameswipe/comment-page-1/#comment-302570) where you refer to John Walker as a butt-monkey.

Confess that I had to look it up, being a Brit and all. If I hadn’t, and had to guess… well, let’s just say we’d have been talking at cross purposes!

By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:31:51 +0000

Wisq, haven’t you heard, Gran Turismo 5 will utilize the PlayStation Eye for head tracking, and there are flight sticks available for the hardware. Hell the PS3 is a pretty open system, if a company really wanted I am sure they could enable compatibility with PC joysticks of various sorts.

It just comes down to what the developers want to do. Certainly the audience is a factor, but the capability is there for consoles to do a lot more than you think, and its not just theoretical.

By: CaseytheBrash

CaseytheBrash — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:28:21 +0000

I strongly suggest you download the ArmA II demo before you buy it, it runs (limps) poorly on my system.I have a Phenom II x4 955, 6G DDR3 RAM and a GTX 295. I’ve spent a hour or so tweaking it using every tip I could glean from forums and such. I tried different drivers, you name it, above and beyond. It’s not very well optimized.

By: westyfield

westyfield — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:59:54 +0000

But the real question is: Did it crash when you alt-tabbed out, Jim?

By: tigershuffle

tigershuffle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:55:08 +0000

Ill still take a close look at this one………….oh and Ive already got Arma II….. love it.
Arma2 was running fine on my old rig… skt939 3600+ dual Athlon! 2gb memory…. it was with 256mb 3650. but ive done the honourable thing and bought a 4770 card for £68 from Ebuyer.
Looks and plays even better now.
There are plenty of tips out there to get it optimised and the patches are still coming ;)

OpFlashpoint DR will still find itself on my pc unless its very broken…and from what ive seen it looks like it will be good for a few hrs larks every now and again.

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:06:04 +0000

Judging by that deletion, I think brits don’t know what a butt monkey is :(
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButtMonkey

By: Richard Clayton

Richard Clayton — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:05:55 +0000

I hope that Jim’s mischievous teasing is a good sign.

I’ve preordered so am keeping a close eye on this one…

You could alt-tab out but could you alt-tab BACK!!

By: Turin Turambar

Turin Turambar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:01:38 +0000

/rolleyes icon here

By: Rabbitsoup

Rabbitsoup — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:44:48 +0000

awesome news, I need to build a new rig anyway its just nice to see that you don’t need a pc 3 times as good as a xbox360 to run a game the 360 does.

By: Alexander Norris

Alexander Norris — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:21:28 +0000

Okay, wow. From that video, it seems the engine is really properly optimised. Colour me impressed.

I guess it means I’ll have to choose between ArmAII and OPF2 on the strength of gameplay alone, then.

By: Hmm-Hmm.

Hmm-Hmm. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:05:21 +0000

@Turin: That’s just ‘scores’, not reviews. Grades May Possibly Not Mean Anything.