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[Nuvola]

My copy still says the pre-load is in effect

Yeah mine too

 

[UnrealEck]

I can probably download the game faster than it unpacks.

 

[Dsyndrome]

Damn it, I don't want to learn about synchronous motors, I want to protect her.

 

[nextgeneration]

For those whose game isn't unlocked, restart Steam. That's what I did and it unlocked.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Unlocked and unpacking.

 

[bbd23]

20 minutes to unpack

god

 

[radioactivez0r]

Question for those who have played a good deal on X1 - in the last game I was tempted to go 100%, but the GPS stuff ended up being a pain because there was no good way to track it. Are all the collectible-type stuff easily tracked in this one (in terms of you have x/4 in this area)?

 

[Vuze]

I can probably download the game faster than it unpacks.

I always wonder why people with such fast connections preload in the first place haha

 

[gdt]

Pressed play and it says it will take me 20 mins.

 

[x3sphere]

Downloading now 2 mins left, preload would be much slower for me haha

 

[therealminime]

Question for those who have played a good deal on X1 - in the last game I was tempted to go 100%, but the GPS stuff ended up being a pain because there was no good way to track it. Are all the collectible-type stuff easily tracked in this one (in terms of you have x/4 in this area)?

Yeah the map for each area has a legend showing how many of X you have collected. I wasn't even trying too hard to get 100% (didn't get it either) but very easily got to 85% and then stopped just because I'd had enough. seems pretty easy to get 100%.

Map:

 

[Tubie]

36mins to unpack wtf this is lol.

edit: went down to 10m, so it might be a lot faster than what it's saying.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Unpacking now.... Have to go to the gym in one hour....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[JaseC]

Pressed play and it says it will take me 20 mins.

The initial "decryption" time is high because Steam is updating some of the data. The process just finished on my end, so roughly eight minutes all up.

 

[therealminime]

Glorious SSD unpack speeds. Less then a minute left. I like.

Edit: Launching. Here's hoping for 21:9 support.

 

[Parsnip]

36mins to unpack wtf this is lol.

edit: went down to 10m, so it might be a lot faster than what it's saying.

Never trust unpack timers.

 

[Faith]

I'm in. Hopefully my 970 SLI rig will be strong enough for 2560x1080 maxed out with some SSAA.

 

[JimmyRustler]

The initial "decryption" time is high because Steam is updating some of the data. The process just finished on my end, so roughly eight minutes all up.

Jup, it's only 6 minutes for me. 3 to go...

 

[NeoRaider]

Glorious SSD unpack speeds. Less then a minute left. I like.

Edit: Launching. Here's hoping for 21:9 support.

SSD here too but it says 39 minutes, wtf?

 

[x3sphere]

Glorious SSD unpack speeds. Less then a minute left. I like.

Edit: Launching. Here's hoping for 21:9 support.

I'm playing this on my X34, 21:9 works out of box, no issues that I can see.

 

[therealminime]

I'm playing this on my X34, 21:9 works out of box, no issues that I can see.

Yep. Pre rendered stuff seems to revert back to 16:9 but gameplay is 21:9. Sweet.

 

[metareferential]

It's the first time I see this unpack thing.

And I have more than 230 games.

 

[TheGrue]

Wait, suddenly Rise of the Tomb Raider is 10% off on Steam? Guess I shouldn't have bought it early to get the pre-download...

 

[NeoRaider]

2 minutes now...

 

[SmartWaffles]

We paid the addtional 10% for a copy of TR2013 and bunch of cosmetic shit which was supposed to be "free"?

 

[kodecraft]

Wheres dat Win 10 version though.

 

[Steelyuhas]

For anyone that wanted to pick it up on the Windows Store, it's out and 10% off until the 3rd of Feb.

 

[Pinkish Phoenix]

I'm playing this on my X34, 21:9 works out of box, no issues that I can see.

Do the cutscenes support 21:9?

 

[mullet2000]

The game is showing 10% off on steam right now.

Weird. It wasn't 10% off for preorders, was it?

 

[x3sphere]

Do the cutscenes support 21:9?

The prerendered cutscenes don't but ingame are 21:9. edit: maybe they aren't prerendered... just looked that way to me though

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Omg I'm actually playing it

The feel of 60fps

 

[Shadowhaxor]

And it's live! Can't wait to play it but I promised I'd stream it so I gotta wait.

 

[Tubie]

This game looks, feels and plays incredible wow.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Oh my god this game looks so amazing. I cannot believe that I am finally playing a graphical beast that is also actually worth playing again.

Can't wait for the weekend!!!

@those who already played it: How's the difficulty? I played the first one on survivor immediately and thought it was ok. Can I take the highest difficulty here as well or does it just end up being frustrating?

 

[JaseC]

The game is showing 10% off on steam right now.

Weird. It wasn't 10% off for preorders, was it?

Nope. I'd guess the 10% launch discount is Microsoft's doing and Squeenix discounted the post-release subs to match. For those who really want those few bucks back, you can refund the pre-order.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

The real time cutscenes!!!! Slay @Square Enix @Crystal Dynamics @God

 

[gdt]

Something about the facial capture is really off.

 

[flaxknuckles]

Wow, they really reduced the price after launch lol. Good thing Steam has refunds now.

 

[Justinian]

OK, I was expecting great graphics but this is just breathtaking! Running everything maxed on GTX 980 Ti with a locked 60fps.

 

[Vuze]

The launcher has SMAA for me, I wonder why no benchmark site used that instead of FXAA?

 

[therealminime]

Cutscenes (in game) still switch back to 16:9 for me but they are definitely rendering in 21:9 because if I skip them for a brief second the black letterboxing on the sides disappear.

 

[gdt]

Yeah the visuals are amazing.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

I didn't realise that so much of the London opening scene was real time. Super impressive.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Nice to see PureHair still tanks the framerate when it gets too close to the camera

 

[Faith]

I'm already in love with the game!

 

[noomi]

Is the baba yaga DLC available for PC as of today?

 

[Justinian]

I'm already in love with the game!

Absolutely stunning shots

 

[bbd23]

Is the baba yaga DLC available for PC as of today?

yes

 

[Larson Conway]

I'm already in love with the game!

HOLY SHIT???

Can someone pls avatarize the second one for me? :>

 

[JimmyRustler]

Is the baba yaga DLC available for PC as of today?

Yes, it's in the store.