Shadowcat on 13/3/2012 at 13:55
Oo, that's a surprise release.
Cryostasis is quite the resource hog, no? (that's the main negative point I recollect from various different reviews). GOG says
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Minimum system requirements: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7, 2.4 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM (2GB recomended), 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0 and 256MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 or ATI Radeon X1800 or better), 6GB HDD, Mouse, Keyboard.
It's a big download too at 3.9 GB (very big by GOG standards).
DDL on 13/3/2012 at 14:50
I had significantly more than those specs and found it chugged horribly unless I turned off all the pretty weather/ice effects..
..At which point I began to question why I was playing a game called Cryostasis if I couldn't render any cryo-related bits.
So yeah, total resource hog (esp. at the GPU level, I suspect). I believe it's better if you can run DX10, but for us WinXP4LIEF fanatics, it's choppy.
lost_soul on 13/3/2012 at 19:42
I'm interested in Cryostasis. I considered picking it up a wile ago, but got distracted doing other things. It is on GOG now and I'll buy it there. One question: Does it work in Wine? The rating seems to be garbage on the Wine site, but that may have changed for this version. If someone could try that, I would greatly appreciate it.
As for specs, 16 GB DDR3/1600, 1100t CPU, and GTX460 O/C.
june gloom on 13/3/2012 at 20:29
Why the fuck would it change? It's likely still the exact same code, even if we ignore the fact that GoG has gotten lazy with their releases.
lost_soul on 13/3/2012 at 20:36
Because there have been a lot of games in the past which didn't work due to kernel-mode drivers for CD checking and the like. Obviusly on GOG this sort of thing isn't an issue. Also, a lot of newer games tend to work better than old ones in Wine. See Skyrim, and then try some generic old point-and-click adventure game from the '90s.
I do have Windows 7 installed, I just hate rebooting. :)
N'Al on 15/3/2012 at 11:55
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http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/anachronox) It's $5.99[/edit]
Looks like the next release is going to be Anachronox, although the link currently takes you to an error page (GOG don't seem to have updated their front page accordingly). No idea on the price.
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Yakoob on 15/3/2012 at 16:47
Omg YES. Anachronox is one of those games everyone says how awesome it is, but I could never find it anywhere. Finally, I get to play it, realize it's been mostly nostalgia speaking, make a bitchy thread about it and have TTLG collectively shit on me \o/ GO OBAMA
faetal on 16/3/2012 at 11:25
The combat system is tedious as hell, but the game world, characters and story make it worthwhile. I may have to pick this up.
Eshaktaar on 18/3/2012 at 20:48
Well, I bought Anachronox, as my original copy refused to work on my Win 7 64 bit machine, no matter what I tried. Not only does the gog version work out of the box, they also seem to have fixed the infamous Lucko Coldwolf bug. I managed to follow the guy without losing him during the first map transition on first try. During my previous playthroughs this bit usually took me up to a dozen tries until it worked.
ZylonBane on 18/3/2012 at 21:06
I wonder if they fixed the bug that cropped up in recent years where fogging is too strong. For example, the Sendormitory interior being almost solid yellow.
