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    Homefront, Crysis 2, Or neither and wait for BF3?? (lol)

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by sfrrsman64, Apr 3, 2011.

  1. sfrrsman64

    sfrrsman64 Notebook Consultant

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    what do you guys think i should get to play on my little m11x?? :)
     
    sfrrsman64, Apr 3, 2011
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    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Homefront -- Pros: Intense SP Action, unique story line.
    Cons: Poorly optimized, MP has many woes, Short SP game of 4 hours.

    Crysis 2 -- Pros: Graphics, Great SP Action, Story line, Scales well to majority of pc's.
    Cons: MP gets old fast, 15-20 hours SP gameplay.

    BF3 -- Pros: Speculation, Graphics, MP action
    Cons: NOT OUT YET?

    Why not play something now if you can? Waiting is over rated.

    Crysis 2 plays well on the m11x.

    In truth I want to like Homefront MP very badly. They are slowly starting to clean up hackers but the performance issues are hard to over look.

    Good Luck,

    StevenX
     
    stevenxowens792, Apr 3, 2011
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    HomeFront i played it it's boring :p
    Crysis 2 Fun :p
    if u affored buying an M11x
    then just buy anything u want BF3 got along time till it comes so ya :p
     
    Salue, Apr 3, 2011
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  4. M11x ftw

    M11x ftw Notebook Consultant

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    Play BC2 while your waiting for BF3 :)
    which is exactly what i'm doing.
    I dont think either crysis or homefront have really great MP.
     
    M11x ftw, Apr 3, 2011
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    sfrrsman64 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks dude, i kinda wanna pirate the sp for homefront and buy crysis 2 on steam, then get bf3 later, sound nice? pirated homefront wont have mp though, so i'll miss out on that :(.
     
    sfrrsman64, Apr 3, 2011
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    AlienTroll Notebook Evangelist

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    Homefront: Horrible. Very badly optimized and lots of FPS dips like Black Ops. Also the multiplayer seems good. The single player is VERY short (4 hours).

    Crysis 2: Meh. It works fine on the M11X R1. No mod tools which is a COMPLETE disappointment. You're better off getting Crysis 1 but that runs sluggish on the M11X.

    BF3: Feels like another meh. I'm curious on how this will run on the M11X. They confirmed no mod tools, it would have been great for this game to have mod tools. Multiplayer is 62 players (PC exclusive :D ) so that will be a blast (considering even if the M11X would run that in action at 30FPS).

    Conclusion: None of them, Crysis 2 seems like a hyper port of the 360. Homefront is like Black Ops. BF3 won't even run on our machines (dev platform is PC so it might run better then BFBC2).
     
    AlienTroll, Apr 3, 2011
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    at least the framerate is more stable than the 360 version and that's really bad.
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 3, 2011
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