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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  milko     
41421.34 In reply to 41421.33 
Has the new one even been released?

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  graphitone     
41421.35 In reply to 41421.27 
I honestly can't remember. I played for an evening with a bunch of friends but we'd all had enough after that one sitting.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  graphitone     
41421.36 In reply to 41421.22 
Found this:
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Shinta01101Posted 9/7/2011 8:59:57 PM
Options> Controls> Key Bindings> Click on Quick Inventory then either move your mouse wheel UP or Down. You can only choose one way apparently

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 From:  graphitone  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.37 In reply to 41421.36 
Ace, will try that out later. Bedtime now!
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 From:  milko  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.38 In reply to 41421.34 
Yeah, can generally be found for your local equivalent of about £20 or so now, so I guess a couple of months at least. Supposed to be good!
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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So I finally finished DI after about 90-hours of play. The ending was kind of disappointing IMO (spoiler alert)
The final 'boss battle' was easier than many of the tougher creaturers already encountered e.g. the RAM, the floaters and even the thugs. In fact the 'boss' was a glorified thug who ran around like one of the maniacal, screaming infected. He didn't even have a weapon. So with loads of ammo you have to just keep spraying him with bullets, getting knocked out, rinse and repeat. After a few such cycles, it finally succumbs, you get on a helicopter and fly off to a ship with your virtual playmates. The end.
Anyway I started into the sequel, DI Riptide. It almost overwhelmed my meagre gpu and ran in slomo until I dialed down all settings, and resolution to 1440x900. Loads more detail and taxing fx. In general apart from a protracted initial shibboard battle, it feels like a polished clone of the original, same characters, same island, same zombies. In fact based on that initial shipboard battle, I was hoping it was going to an all-guns-all-the-time kind of game, which would be really different from slowly building a cache of suitable weapons. But that was not to be...

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 From:  graphitone  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.40 In reply to 41421.39 
90 hours?! :-O

Is that the level of commitment I've got to put in to completing this game? Damn. Or is the 90 hours made up of doing every sidequest and checking every nook and cranny for energy drinks?
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  graphitone     
41421.41 In reply to 41421.40 
"Or is the 90 hours made up of doing every sidequest and checking every nook and cranny for energy drinks?"

There's a 7-second delay to recover everytime you get knocked out. Do the math.

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 From:  graphitone  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.42 In reply to 41421.41 
Ok.

90 hours x 60 = 5400 minutes in game.
5400 x 60 = 324000 seconds.

324000 / 7 = 46285 knockdowns.

Not sure what the point is, but if you've been constantly knocked down that many times, you have a commitment to this game I can't relate too.
 
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  graphitone     
41421.43 In reply to 41421.42 
I probably got knocked down a few hundred times. The rest was spent running from, kicking, stomping, bludgeoning, shooting, slashing, hacking, stabbing, incinerating and/or blowing up living dead; fixing, upgrading, building and selecting weapons; listening to assorted characters' monologues; hanging out at the beach catching some rays; recklessly destroying countless vehicles; surfing, girl-watching, eating in restaurants (mostly fish), and waiting at the airport to get through customs.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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Oh and I picked up a gamepad (logitech f310), so I'm going to see how that works (supposedly keyboard & mouse are superior for fps, just want to try it out since I used to play original Ghost Recon with a joystick and that definitely worked better than kb+m). Interestingly, to get the gamepad to work on xp, you have to install ms xbox controller drivers: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Logitech-G-Controllers/Logitech-F310-Windows-XP-32-bit-Service-Pack-3-My-installation/td-p/619074

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 From:  graphitone  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.45 In reply to 41421.44 
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Interestingly, to get the gamepad to work on xp, you have to install ms xbox controller drivers: http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Logitech-G-Controllers/Logitech-F310-Windows-XP-32-bit-Service-Pack-3-My-installation/td-p/619074

Fixed.

Consider it a service.
 

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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.46 In reply to 41421.44 
If you have any trouble with it get an xbox controller (for pc). I LOVE my controller.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  graphitone     
41421.47 In reply to 41421.45 
I find it very interesting, fascinating even. Why, don't you? (drool)

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)     
41421.48 In reply to 41421.46 
The logitech is half as expensive. I decided to try it out because this game seems to require a lot more keyboard interaction what with kicking, picking up stuff, opening doors and such like. Also driving around is a bit hurky-jerky. Thing needs cruise control.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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41421.49 
Ooh looky:

http://www.theplaywrite.com/tools-and-utilities/tweak-visual-settings-controls-and-performance-with-dead-island-riptide-helper/

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)     
41421.50 In reply to 41421.46 
Works great with the logitech after I followed the guide. Now I have to learn a whole new skill. :-&

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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
41421.51 In reply to 41421.50 
I was a console girl before moving on to pc, so controllers are generally more intuitive for me. I always use one when I can. Except, strangely Human Revolution and the like, where I go back and forth, or forget I could use a controller and go to mouse and keyboard automatically. Strange how your brain gets trained on the first use of something (I played the original Deus Ex with m&k) and has a hard time letting go.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)     
41421.52 In reply to 41421.51 
I'm left handed, but acclimated to using the mouse right-handed years ago. I use a wacom tablet left-handed though (can't really handle the stylus with my right too well).

I can already see where the pad is going to work better for some functions than kb-m, not so well for others (having tried it for all of 10 minutes). Oh, and I see DI-R has a 'southpaw' controller preset, so deffo gonna try that.

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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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41421.53 In reply to 41421.43 
So now I'm pushing 40-hours into DI Riptide, and I have to say it has turned out to be a far better game than the original (though that may be partly down to familiarity with basic game mechanics, and me doing stuff better). The plot has had quite a few interesting wrinkles, great new scenery, great weapons made better with poison and vastly superior boss battles (which staggered my pc, TBH). It started out as seeming like a retread, but it is really much more than that, it's actually kind of addictive  :-@

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