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I'd hope my PC could handle it: Core 2 quad, 470GTX, 8gb ram, game installed on a 10krpm velociraptor, up-to-date win7 ultimate x64. And, of course, the retribution beta had no such weirdness in the 20 or so hours I played it. It works fine if I leave all the settings as default, which is not terrible - 1920x1200, everything on ultra except rain and post processing. I just can't change either of those without it crashing. It seems to have stopped the "crashing when I exit the game". Instead of screwing with settings, I tried playing, and actually playing the game is smooth as silk, at least for an hour's worth of gameplay. Very odd.

Going to screw with my video drivers now, I guess.


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Edit: It was my video drivers, which were ancient (1/28/11!). Did a clean reinstall, working fine now.

Glad to hear it worked out for you, Ouze.

Hrm, it would appear that I have found Eisenhorns sword as a drop for my Inquisitor and it looks a lot like the book cover art. Ace.

BrookM wrote:Hrm, it would appear that I have found Eisenhorns sword as a drop for my Inquisitor and it looks a lot like the book cover art. Ace.

sweeeet.

Oh yeah ,there's a lot of in-universe references, memetic references, and pop culture references in Retribution.

One item I enjoyed finding in DoW II was Ortega's shotgun.

So far, Guard is an okay campaign, though if it is of any indication, we're in for short campaigns all round. Orks.. now that's where the fun is at. Only played through the first mission and its good stuff all round.

Of course Orks are fun.

They're Orks, and this is a war game.

Well of course, but the fun really starts when the good Kap'n opens his gob and starts spouting those classy insults and his desire for hats. Plus the rest of the crew also have their charms. I liked Brikfists sitcom entrance.

I like how they did the Orks. They kept them serious enough, yet still managed to have them obviously having fun with the whole thing because it's one great fight.

No comments on Captain sorethroats campaign then?

Which one? Chaos dude or muhreen dude?

Melissia wrote:Which one? Chaos dude or muhreen dude?

Captain Sorethroat, silly! Not Lord Corpseface..

I just wish we got to keep the old FC for multiplayer.. Chaos got the old Chaos Lord, why don't Marines get equal treatment?

Also, are we going to get any rewards for playing the BETA or not? I was looking forward to my shiny marines..



Edited for face.

Chances are the Ancient is the old commander or maybe Tarkus. Though with this stupid retcon going on I'm not sure any more.

No hat no deal. That is all.

There must be something wrong with that readout. That Shoota is over 9000!

Well done THQ. Well done indeed.

Damnit. I so want to talk about the Ork ending now. lol.

Mostly the part where:



*glee*

So for you folks that have it, what's the bonus wargear like? I'm especially interested in what Chaos gets. Also is the extra wargear unique visually speaking or just stats-wise?

Was so tempted to read the spoiler. Gah! *clicks off thread*

asimo77 wrote:So for you folks that have it, what's the bonus wargear like? I'm especially interested in what Chaos gets. Also is the extra wargear unique visually speaking or just stats-wise?

Both really. I've only really checked it out for Guard (where commander Freddy Mercury gets a bitching officers cap), Orks (the good Kap'n gets heavy armour and nice gold teef) and Astartes (captain baldy gets a nice big axe, special armour and the same bitching sweet helmet as the Ancient)

I'm surprised by how... un-fun I've found it to be so far. I'm playing through the campaign for Chaos, and every mission has felt sort of the same - cover, move forward 10 feet, clear an area, repeat. Very tedious. I'm a mission now where I need to destroy an objective that keeps moving around on the map - incredibly un-fun. I hope the other campaigns are better. I definitely don't recall either DOW2 or CR being so... being like a chore to play in SP.

Is there not a way to pause the game so you can issue commands?

Is there not a way to give my guys more autonomy when they aren't selected? My Chaos Lord loves standing 3 feet away from a guy who's shooting him, and just standing there taking it instead of attacking.

Why are quick save and quick load not assigned hotkeys? As a matter of fact, why can't I change the spacebar to be pause? Why is there no in-game hotkey\keybinding manipulation?

Feature wise, I think this is kind of a step down from what I'd expect from a modern RTS.

It does rely heavily on puzzle maps and recycling each map for the other factions, with a slight variation in optional missions. I'm really hating the second mission, with the Baneblade lots.

That and the constant interruption in game flow by cut scenes. Maybe it's just me but I am getting frustrated by the constant cut scene interruptions while I'm busy killing things, especially when the scene ends and your troops are just standing there while the enemy is still attacking them.

edit.

Do we actually find out who the Ancient is at the end of the Astartes campaign?

Ouze wrote:Is there not a way to pause the game so you can issue commands?

Try hitting the pause button.

The sad thing is, people whined that they wanted less automatic controls over their units, and now they're whining that they want more. Blargh.

Melissia wrote:

So.much.win!

I'm too busy with school the next two weeks, otherwise I would have played the living crap out of this already >.>

If you think the Dakkamasta 9001 is good...check this bad boy out.

Got my collector's edition.. but as I'm in the UK, gotta wait a few days.

then, without ruining anything, I tried co-op campaigning with a friend today for a bit, and the Ork campaign seems better. At least for the first 3 missions, the hero composition seemed to have better synergy.

Ouze wrote:I'm surprised by how... un-fun I've found it to be so far. I'm playing through the campaign for Chaos, and every mission has felt sort of the same - cover, move forward 10 feet, clear an area, repeat. Very tedious. I'm a mission now where I need to destroy an objective that keeps moving around on the map - incredibly un-fun. I hope the other campaigns are better. I definitely don't recall either DOW2 or CR being so... being like a chore to play in SP.

Is there not a way to pause the game so you can issue commands?

Is there not a way to give my guys more autonomy when they aren't selected? My Chaos Lord loves standing 3 feet away from a guy who's shooting him, and just standing there taking it instead of attacking.

Why are quick save and quick load not assigned hotkeys? As a matter of fact, why can't I change the spacebar to be pause? Why is there no in-game hotkey\keybinding manipulation?

Feature wise, I think this is kind of a step down from what I'd expect from a modern RTS.

If the camp is anything like CR or Vanilla DOW2 you can't save in between missions, hence no hotkey. And like Melissia said the pause/break button usually well...pauses most RTS games.

Ouze wrote:then, without ruining anything, I tried co-op campaigning with a friend today for a bit, and the Ork campaign seems better. At least for the first 3 missions, the hero composition seemed to have better synergy.

Yes, the Ork campaign is the clear winner.

I LOVE my Orks.


Also, on the community forum there should be a mod that lets you change the key layouts if it bothers you taht mcuh.