For The PC! UGH

[aleksunder]

Okay. So. I'm going to tell a little story about something that happened to me....I'm not really asking for help, but moreso wondering if others have had similar issues, and I sortof want to rant about it because it makes me angry.

I was one of those unlucky people who didn't have enough cash to get a ps3, so I opted to get the PC version of SH5. I don't even know ANY of the main differences between the two (if there are any), like how they play and such, but I do know that getting it for the PC would keep me from having to use rent money to buy an entirely new console for just one game. Hm.

So I got it. Let's just say I got it, and not bought it, and no I won't tell you what happened or elaborate further. I installed that baby on 3/7 computers we have in our apartment (my roomie just keeps buying more because he's freaking crazy) and tested it on each one to see if it would play. Nope. The specs match up perfectly fine, and the graphics cards are BETTER than the ones supported, but no amount of fiddling, updating, coercing, or screaming would make this game work. I even patched it with user-made patches and attempted to install it on my roomie's desktop (which he doesn't let others use cause he's quite protective).

It gives me that... "OMG NO MEMORY WTF" thing each time. I have updated all drivers, have more than enough ram, and the video cards are all fine and compatible except for one (which still should run because it is better than the ones listed). But it won't go. Even cards that aren't as good should be able to handle this game, especially when everything else is way above the specs.

I am going to be making my rounds on friday and will try to install them on each goddamn computer in the house.

Has anyone else had this issue? Should I just wait for enough money to buy a ps3? Is the game really worth it, or no? I've heard so many bad things about it that I'm not so sure it's worth it, but hey, its Silent Hill...how can I NOT play it? Guh. This is driving me batty!!

If this kinda topic isn't allowed, forgive me.

[nightwalker83]

Australia and Europe have the wait until February to get the pc version of SH: Homecoming. Maybe it is a faulty disk? What Operating System are you trying to play the game on?

[Toadkiller Dog]

Ya know, it's on the 360 too, which you can get for 200 bucks new...

I'm pretty anti-game piracy myself, so I'll just leave my comment at that.

[blackswordsman]

I got the game. Installed. Played it. No problems whatsoever.

You probably got a faulty copy. Try another...copy.

[thagerty]

I bought the game and installed it from Steam. Runs beautiful in 1920x1080 on my 61" LED DLP 1080p TV. 5.1 Sound no problem...

XBOX 360 Gamepad works great, as does mouse and keyboard (previous games controlled like crap without a gamepad).

Are you running using an ATI card? That seems to be most people's problems.

I am running on e8400, 4 gig ram, Nvidia GTX 260.

Runs fine on Vista 32 or 64 and XP.

The only real glitches the game has on PC are:

Load times while playing (game SEEMS to freeze but its just loading..also happens on consoles)

If using XBOX 360 gamepad, the on screen button colours dont match your controller (just use the numbers, a=1 b=2 x=3 y=4)

Button remapping might not always work

Map screen is partly cut off depending on what resolution you are using.


All this aside, i played it and loved it. Graphically it looks gorgeous...except for some of the characters hair, and the animation during "Interactive Dialogue" is terrible. The rest of hreat. Textures could be a higher resolution in spots.

Sound of course is awesome.. Akira's music and sounds...

Acting was great except for the Cop.

Combat was easily the best in the series and more fun than most other games (for Melee at least).

That said,... i would say it was about 3/4 of a Silent Hill game.. but damn good for a first try from DH.

[phix95]

I can't speak for any problems but I wanted to know if a P4 2.4 ghz pc would run this game, though it lists 2.8. I meet all the other min. req's.

[nureintier]

I think it's kind of crap that it's on steam and not a regular PC release,I don't have a ps3 or an xbox, and have a lot of medical bills right now and certainly not enough money to buy a game AND a console at once (not to mention that I don't even own a television, which I'd also need if I wanted to play it on a console), and I have trouble downloading things here so I don't have the game at all. I will consider buying it over the summer if I can download it at my parents' house or some, but overall, I am annoyed by this not having a PC game in a friggin box that I can go to the game store, pick up off the shelf, and buy. [/rant]

[rekn]

i just dont like steam. its so slow

[chackan]

Still waiting for it to launch here in Europe, Portugal..

[rekn]

chackan your name reminds me of a game i used to play called chackan the forever man.


back on topic: does anyone with a legit copy find the game unplayable? i want to get it for my laptop but im not sure

[nureintier]

Feb 11, 2009 14:39:06 GMT rekn said:

i just dont like steam. its so slow

That too. Also, I wanted a damned game box to put on the shelf and so on. Why can't they just sell PC copies in stores like normal people? [grumble]

[alx]

The ESD only issue aside, steam blows goats for insisting that your machine has an internet connection before the game will install. Well my fastest machine doesn't have a connection. Deliberately. So, what now? I can't play the game cos of some lame nazi DRM scheme? Fine. Fuck you. Keep your game

[nightwalker83]

I can't wait to get Homecoming although with my current homework load I won't get to play it.

Feb 20, 2009 6:06:15 GMT nureintier said:

Feb 11, 2009 14:39:06 GMT rekn said:

i just dont like steam. its so slow

That too. Also, I wanted a damned game box to put on the shelf and so on. Why can't they just sell PC copies in stores like normal people? [grumble]

You could download it, burn it to dvd then create your on box for it! I remember someone else talked about doing that.

[nureintier]

Feb 20, 2009 22:56:12 GMT alx said:

The ESD only issue aside, steam blows goats for insisting that your machine has an internet connection before the game will install. Well my fastest machine doesn't have a connection. Deliberately. So, what now? I can't play the game cos of some lame nazi DRM scheme? Fine. Fuck you. Keep your game

THIS. Same thing. Also my only machine currently connected to the internet has a broken DVD drive so I can't burn shit on it, and can't afford to replace the drive right now.

Feb 21, 2009 6:57:23 GMT nightwalker83 said:

You could download it, burn it to dvd then create your on box for it! I remember someone else talked about doing that.

That's the not the same. I want to walk into a store, see it on the shelf, and buy it there. Then I want to go home and install it on my desktop PC which has no internet connection.