🚀 go-pugleaf

On 7/6/2017 9:49 AM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 7/5/2017 2:29 PM, rms wrote:
>  >> I'm kind of interested in trying Need for Speed SE now as I missed all
>  >> those driving games back in the day.
>  >
>  >     I still consider this title the best in the series.  I think I
>  > steered with just a keyboard, though I think it could recognize
>  > something like a 8-direction digital gamepad (not sure on that).
> I bought my logitech controller to deal with that sort of issue. I 
> haven't had any luck setting up dosbox to work with it, but then I 
> didn't try very hard yet.
> 
>  >
>  >> Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005 Squad FPS)
>  >
>  >     Sorry you didn't like this one, I rather enjoyed it.  Didn't I hear
>  > some recent blurb that a sequel of some sort was in the works?  Or am I
>  > spouting nonsense
> I kind of enjoyed it, It's just a bit dated and has some control issues, 
> it's still playable, just slightly annoying.  I might go back to it, 
> especially if I can get a controller to work with it, and one that works 
> better than mouse, or maybe there's some mods out there to fix it. After 
> a search, I found some for graphics, one for mouse - but only in menus 
> which isn't where it bothers me, and one to make the xbox 360 controller 
> 'mostly work'.  Doesn't sound terribly promising.
> 
> I started up Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel the other day, I can see the 
> control issues with SWRC quite starkly going from one to the other.  On 
> the plus side with SWRC, it's awfully nice to play an FPS that isn't 
> dependent on random loot and knowing how to build your character, though 
> I'm still irritated at the use of ammo in SW universe, when have we ever 
> seen a blaster run out of ammo?  Not to mention Borderlands is getting a 
> bit stale with yet more of the same, just slightly different.
> 
> Apparently the sequel was canceled along with a couple other SW games in 
> the wake of Disney's taking of the franchise.
> 
I'm still confused about The Mouse's decision to forgo making more 
obscene amounts of money off computer games when they bought Lucas. 
Heck, video/computer games has been a bigger industry than movies for 
several years now.


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