It's not a demanding game at all, though. The minimum System Requirement is GTX 650(not a very powerful card), but most people can comfortably play many games with specs well below system requirements. I think that since many PC players regard 60 fps and 1080p as the minimum for a game to be playable, developers put in minimum system requirements that will enable one to do that. Just don't expect 60 fps if your PC is below the requirements, but even 30 fps is good enough, I feel. 30 fps certainly isn't optimal, but it is still playable so long as it is stable.

Ground Zeroes was the first MGS game for me as well, because I have not and never will buy a console. With my dual-core i5 660@3.33Ghz(although it has Hyperthreading) and 4gb ram and GTX 960, I was able to run Ground Zeroes at 40-60 fps and on medium-high. Since this game has exactly the same System Requirements I think that it too will run as well as that. If Ground Zeroes was playable on your PC, Phantom Pain will be playable as well, unless they messed up the optimization.

My current computer is occasionally having trouble with Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. I think I'll wait a while.

I have a gtx 560 . or 650. I dunno which it was.

I think that's good enough. A 560 is significantly more powerful then a 650. And 650 is obviously playable as it's the minimum requirement. Of course, what CPU you have will matter as well, but not much. And the game's optimization will also be a factor.

But if the game's PC version is stable, optimized and not broken, and if you could run Ground Zeroes, you can run this.

Working beautifully on my system. The only problem is that it is very obvious that they intended the game to be played with a controller rather than keyboard/mouse. For example, tooltip hints on the loading screens will always mention controller buttons (d-pad, x button, left stick, etc). The menus are all controlled via arrow keys and the 1 and 3 buttons. Auto-aim assist is on by default (and shit is it generous. I had to fight it pretty hard to even aim at a guy's head at first).

That's not to say it controls badly. Once you get used to not using the mouse to move through menus (you can, thankfully, use it on the map) and turning off the assist (if you're so inclined), it controls great. It can be a little awkward choosing a dialogue option when you have a guard grabbed though, if you have a companion (you can have up to 8 options or so. You can hit the number key, but you're also holding down Q because otherwise the dialogue tree won't come up, and if you have to hit, say, option 8...well, just a tip, you can use your scroll wheel to move through the options, and then hit space to choose it instead of making your fingers into a pretzel)

Game is gorgeous and should be fine for you.

What the actual fuck Bayonetta is insane.

__________________
Fucking Epic :X

Well yes but why is this particularly true today?

__________________
Brought to you by Sanguine Enterprises.

My Worldbuilding:
http://bloodinkworlds.tumblr.com/

I just want the Steam Winter Sales to start .

First time playing

__________________
Fucking Epic :X

Holy shit, MGS5 just started really kicking my ass.

Also I do like how the regular enemy forces start to adapt to your tactics. First came the helmets (since I love head shots so much), body armor, gas masks, night vision goggles. Now they're using decoys to make their numbers look bigger. I damn near had a heart attack after popping up and not noticing one. Was wondering why a few weren't scanning at first.

Spectacle fighters are a really cool genre if you're looking for over-the-top fun. MGRR is probably the tamest of them all, but damn if it ain't fun as hell.

So much MGS V and Danganronpa the past few days!! Danganronpa Another Episode has somehow showed how much darker that world really is my lord its glorious so far. MGS V i cannot stop playing and i need to stop doing side ops but it just has so much depth its crazy i lost my shit when i randomly checked out my Medical bay.

The AI adapting to your playstyle making the game harder is one of the best features ever and needs to be in more games!

__________________

Agreed. It makes you have to keep adapting. Those helmets are particularly annoying, but for good reason.

Thus far, 40 hours played, and I've only just now reached Chapter 2. Whew.

All i know is that ive been taking classes for 2 weeks and that arakiba actually plays shitty games with the only redeeming quality being JOHN CENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Still waiting for dancing all night.

__________________

Good, let the light in.

So Undertale is gonna be on steam, sweet

http://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/

__________________
Brought to you by Sanguine Enterprises.

My Worldbuilding:
http://bloodinkworlds.tumblr.com/

bought blue estate off steam. my god on rails shooters are fun (and there is strippers in this one) This is going to train me for the Summer of george.

I am considering a name change to george.

Only a few more weeks for DAN. I look forward to the music!

And speaking of music, I really should tweak what my helicopter plays. What to do, what to do...

edit: Wow, watching Until Dawn playthrough, this game's story is pretty good (if a bit trope-y for horror stuff, I suppose, but tropes do work). Only real problem is it really loves jump scares.

As a PC-primarily gamer I don't have much access for any of the Metal Gear Solid games, though I've noticed V has come out on PC for the first time. Is it possible to get into the series from this point? I've heard mixed responses.

__________________
I am now a writer for Blizzplanet!

You can certainly jump right in, though a lot of references would fly over your head. At the bare minimum you should probably also play Ground Zeroes (a sort of prologue that was released on its own ahead of time).

There are many catch up videos out there if you have time on your hands. If you are a Giant Bomb subscriber, there's the Metal Gear Scanlon series (played by Drew Scanlon, and guided by Dan Ryckert (think that's how his name is spelled). Drew hasn't played any of the MGS games, and Dan does a decent job at explaining stuff he doesn't understand).

I also came across this timeline of pretty much everything from the MGS series. Obviously would spoil the other games (doesn't really spoil TPP, though, of course, as this was posted back in June) and terms may not make sense to you, but it can help.

And some searching gave me this playlist of "movies" of basically all the games' cutscenes. But again, this is a lot of stuff to watch (close to 30 hours, by my calculations).

So you can catch up if you want to sink in a lot of time, heh. You can also jump in, the game does a decent job of catching you up on the more major points, but you'd probably be a bit confused as to who this person or that person is at times.

edit: While I don't play Destiny, I am interested in the whole changeover for that robot buddy thing from Dinklage to Nolan North. There's a comparison video now:



Nolan sounds way less bored than Dinklage. Definitely an improvement.

Really not much of a difference, certainly not enough to justify a replacement. Was this done due to player backlash or did the Dink not want to do more lines for DLCs?

(Also: the Dink is a terrific physical actor but i always felt his verbal acting get's glorified due to people trying to be... political correct because of his size. Doesn't really matter what he's playing, he always sounds bored.)

I prefer Dinklage over Nolan. It's true that he sounds somewhat bored, but his voice actually grew on me quite a bit during the game.

My issue with Nolan is that... well, it's Nolan North. We've heard him EVERYWHERE. Dinklage may have a distinctive voice (Game of Thrones and all that) but when I was playing his voice was rather unique to games and so I could believe it was my Ghost talking not "Oh hey kids, it's Nolan North again doing his whacky robot routine!" Dinklage sounds deeper as the Ghost which I prefer, whilst the higher pitch of Nolan's is just... it's not annoying, but it feels like 'another' light-hearted AI companion. He's now a discount Guilty Spark and we all know how much people just loved him. The sad part is, Nolan does have a lot of range (David in The Last of Us is a good example) but most of the time he just seems to be doing his 'Nathan Drake'/normal speaking voice.

Also, I recall reading an interview where the Bungie guy said that whilst Dinklage was great to work with he wasn't a 'reliable' VO because of Hollywood commitments which is why the DLC narration is done by new NPCs. They said with a dedicated VO like North they could ring him up and schedule a date to do recordings the next week.

__________________

It is, isn't it. I've also watched some playthroughs, and I've been surprised by how much I enjoyed the story, characters and atmossphere of this game.

Seems like more of a difference to me, but eh. He at least sounds more curious and emotional (for a robot or whatever he is) than just more or less bored. How I take Dinklage, anyway.

As for the replacement, I think it probably is due in part to some backlash (though I'm sure many have grown to like him, like Drusus does, which is fair. I could see myself getting attached too, given time), but its also (like Drusus said) due in part to Dinklage being an actual physical actor and not able to be called in all the time. That's the advantage of dedicated VAs, they've set their careers up for that sort of thing and are usually able to come when called upon (though there are still scheduling conflicts, such as Troy Baker's honeymoon (and subsequent popularity increase due to Last of Us) interfering with the rerecordings for Persona 4 Golden, or Laura Bailey working on Halo 5 interfering with Dancing All Night (still mourn that...)).

Agreed. And there is some seriously creepy shit going on in it (like during the seance, you can actually see a ghostly figure (and not the masked maniac, either) behind them for a moment in one scene (though I read it doesn't always appear on playthroughs, so it may be influenced by choices)). I was spoiled on something but even with that spoiler in mind the revelations around it had me going "oh my god" as the puzzle pieces clicked into place. And the characters are all surprisingly interesting. I found myself warming even to Mike whom I initially thought of as the jerkish jock/frat guy, but he's got depth to him (they all do, really).

Though I still think Emily's a bitch. But I do want to see her survive, even still.

Yeah, Emily's a real bitch. Aside from her, I like everyone, with Chris, Ashley and Mike being my favourites.

I also really like Josh but I'm not sure how much you've seen from the game and I don't want to spoil you.