Wyrmlord
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Avoid it like a plague.
See, I didn't actually have any interest in this game, but my brother bought it, because he wanted to play it. I checked over him playing it on my PC, and I can confirm that this is
the most unoptimized game you will ever play in your life.
Skyway was bloody spot on right about Rockstar. They have absolutely no clue how to program their games properly for PC.
Let me just tell you how badly unoptimized this game is.
Crysis runs properly on my PC on mix of Medium and High settings. Crysis Warhead runs even better on my PC at slightly better settings. Neverwinter Nights 2 runs properly on my PC on moderately high settings. Bioshock runs like a beauty.
But GTA IV, a game which was made for consoles, machines that have far less processing power than a mid-range PC, struggles to perform at low settings and low resolution. I check the memory usage, and it is really pushing it. It is at a sluggish framerate.
I mean, if I check the Vista game rating section, it shows that GTA IV requires more processing power than Crysis or Neverwinter Nights 2 (The latter are 3.0-5.0 while GTA IV is 4.5-5.0. And I have a 5.2 PC). The recommended requirements for the game are 1GB RAM, GeForce 7900, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz. I have 2GB RAM, Geforce 8600, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz. It exceeds recommended requirements by a mile. And yet even that is not enough.
And those recommended requirements, I hardly think that those are the kind of requirements a console port is supposed to have. Let alone exceed that of the most technologically advanced PC game out there.
Man, it has really been ruining my brother. Strange enough, it was selling very cheaply at stores. $10, if you can believe it. A throwaway game at a throwaway price.
See, I didn't actually have any interest in this game, but my brother bought it, because he wanted to play it. I checked over him playing it on my PC, and I can confirm that this is
the most unoptimized game you will ever play in your life.
Skyway was bloody spot on right about Rockstar. They have absolutely no clue how to program their games properly for PC.
Let me just tell you how badly unoptimized this game is.
Crysis runs properly on my PC on mix of Medium and High settings. Crysis Warhead runs even better on my PC at slightly better settings. Neverwinter Nights 2 runs properly on my PC on moderately high settings. Bioshock runs like a beauty.
But GTA IV, a game which was made for consoles, machines that have far less processing power than a mid-range PC, struggles to perform at low settings and low resolution. I check the memory usage, and it is really pushing it. It is at a sluggish framerate.
I mean, if I check the Vista game rating section, it shows that GTA IV requires more processing power than Crysis or Neverwinter Nights 2 (The latter are 3.0-5.0 while GTA IV is 4.5-5.0. And I have a 5.2 PC). The recommended requirements for the game are 1GB RAM, GeForce 7900, Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz. I have 2GB RAM, Geforce 8600, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.33 GHz. It exceeds recommended requirements by a mile. And yet even that is not enough.
And those recommended requirements, I hardly think that those are the kind of requirements a console port is supposed to have. Let alone exceed that of the most technologically advanced PC game out there.
Man, it has really been ruining my brother. Strange enough, it was selling very cheaply at stores. $10, if you can believe it. A throwaway game at a throwaway price.