I'm impressed!  No one here impressed with this game yet?

a few mouthfuls to wet your appetite for gaming's finest CG-like hour so far.
No cutscenes, directly from gameplay angles on my PS4:

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it does seem to really employ some GI of sorts.  Materials as hair, skin velvet
and silk look very realistic and incredible in motion...

granted there's a lot of level of detail management and in-game models are not
as detailed as some other games, but there's a staggering ammount of models in
the crowds... plus, it's an open-world gameplay, you can cover pretty much all
of France...

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On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:54:12 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> I'm impressed!  No one here impressed with this game yet?

I've been playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel lately.  My son and I have 
talked about picking up AC Unity, but haven't yet - probably won't until 
the holidays this year.

Jim



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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On 19/11/2014 17:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
> The Pre-Sequel

???
Does that mean the one set after the original but before the one set 
after the original that was made after the original  but before this one?
;-)

BTW do you know it has started and if you did why did you not tell me?
I only found out by accident.

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Regards
     Stephen

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:48:16 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 19/11/2014 17:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The Pre-Sequel
> 
> ???
> Does that mean the one set after the original but before the one set
> after the original that was made after the original  but before this
> one?
> ;-)

I think that's why they called it what they did.

From what I've read, it's set between "Borderlands" and "Borderlands 2".  
Pre-B2, sequel to the original. :)

> BTW do you know it has started and if you did why did you not tell me?
> I only found out by accident.

I only found out on Sunday myself - Hey, Stephen, a new series has 
started. :)

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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On 19/11/2014 04:54 AM, nemesis wrote:
> I'm impressed!  No one here impressed with this game yet?

I wasn't aware it was actually out yet.

> a few mouthfuls to wet your appetite for gaming's finest CG-like hour so far.
> No cutscenes, directly from gameplay angles on my PS4:
>
> it does seem to really employ some GI of sorts.  Materials as hair, skin velvet
> and silk look very realistic and incredible in motion...
>
> granted there's a lot of level of detail management and in-game models are not
> as detailed as some other games, but there's a staggering ammount of models in
> the crowds... plus, it's an open-world gameplay, you can cover pretty much all
> of France...

I don't know, man. Some of the lighting does look very impressive 
(particularly the sunny indoor scenes). And yet, other scenes look 
anomalously flat, and in some of the outdoor scenes you can see members 
of the crowd who appear significantly brighter than their immediate 
surroundings.

Still, in general I'm not here to look at the pixel shaders; I'm more 
interested in whether the game is FUN TO PLAY. ;-)

I played AS1, and liked it. It was a little bit repetitive, but I 
enjoyed the whole "secret order of people who are everywhere even though 
you don't know it" thing. And the character dynamics seemed well-written.

Just this week I've been playing AS2. It's a *much* bigger game, and 
seems far more varied. It's a little bit more wizzy and zappy and in 
your face, but basically I enjoyed it. (The villa restoration mini-game 
was a little tedious though.)

 From what I've heard (i.e., Zero Punctuation), the later games feature 
more and more tangential stuff, and less and less actual assassinations. 
Which doesn't sound like fun. It also seems to fall into that trap that 
a lot of series do: every episode has to end without any real closure, 
so that we can string out the next episode.

Still, maybe in a year or two when the game becomes cheap, I'll give it 
a go.

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:48:16 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:

> On 19/11/2014 17:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The Pre-Sequel
>
> ???
> Does that mean the one set after the original but before the one set  
> after the original that was made after the original  but before this one?
> ;-)
>
> BTW do you know it has started and if you did why did you not tell me?
> I only found out by accident.
>

I knew about it since before it's release but I didn't know anyone here  
was into borderlands.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 06:54:12 +0200, nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> I'm impressed!  No one here impressed with this game yet?
>
> a few mouthfuls to wet your appetite for gaming's finest CG-like hour so  
> far.
> No cutscenes, directly from gameplay angles on my PS4:
>
>
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag373/fotograma/AC%20Unity/AssassinsCreedregUnity_20141113011026_zps52b5460d.jpg~or
> iginal
>
>
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> iginal
>
>
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> iginal
>
>
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> iginal
>
>
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> iginal
>
>
> it does seem to really employ some GI of sorts.  Materials as hair, skin  
> velvet
> and silk look very realistic and incredible in motion...
>
> granted there's a lot of level of detail management and in-game models  
> are not
> as detailed as some other games, but there's a staggering ammount of  
> models in
> the crowds... plus, it's an open-world gameplay, you can cover pretty  
> much all
> of France...
>

Still, nothing beats Crysis 3 faces yet.
But gameplay is the most important thing in games.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 06:37:18 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:48:16 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> 
>> On 19/11/2014 17:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> The Pre-Sequel
>>
>> ???
>> Does that mean the one set after the original but before the one set
>> after the original that was made after the original  but before this
>> one?
>> ;-)
>>
>> BTW do you know it has started and if you did why did you not tell me?
>> I only found out by accident.
>>
>>
> I knew about it since before it's release but I didn't know anyone here
> was into borderlands.

Stephen was asking me about something else - on the radio. :)

But yeah, played all 3 Borderlands games (well, playing the third one) - 
which platform are you on?

Jim



-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 06:37:18 +0200, Nekar Xenos wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 19:48:16 +0200, Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> >
> >> On 19/11/2014 17:12, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >>> The Pre-Sequel
> >>
> >> ???
> >> Does that mean the one set after the original but before the one set
> >> after the original that was made after the original  but before this
> >> one?
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> BTW do you know it has started and if you did why did you not tell me?
> >> I only found out by accident.
> >>
> >>
> > I knew about it since before it's release but I didn't know anyone here
> > was into borderlands.
>
> Stephen was asking me about something else - on the radio. :)
>
> But yeah, played all 3 Borderlands games (well, playing the third one) -
> which platform are you on?

My son is really into it on pc since it's not available on Wii-U.

Atm I'm waiting for gta5 on pc. I might get Watch_dogs on Wii-U. I really like
open world games where you can do anything.

-Nekar Xenos-

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On 21/11/2014 06:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Stephen was asking me about something else - on the radio.:)
I'm sorry?
I haven't a clue!

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Regards
     Stephen

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