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I was wrong, the Balls of Steel Edition isn't US only. You can get it anywhere, also you have pre-order bonuses(depending what country and what store you pre-order it in):

In gameware http://www.gameware.at/info/space/Duke+Nukem+Forever+Balls+of+Steel+Edition

You get condoms and gum:





In other countries you have a bottleopener baseball cap, sunglasses, t-shirts, caps, speaking key-ring, ...

Hoping my local gameshop will have pre-order bonuses

@Martini

To answer your question for the FOV, the default setting is set to 85:


With a decrypter(with a polyalphabetic cipher) you can change settings, the FOV setting is in StormCamera.ini. Someone changed it to 120:



The fps are locked to 60, you are able to change this or just turn fps smoothing off in Stormengine.ini.
You have many other settings you can change, some are really needed.

For some reason, they set mousesmoothing to true and didn't give you the option to change it in options... This can easily be changed in the storminput.ini, but still...


I understand why they encrypted it though... They really screwed it up by doing this:
You have other .ini files that can change the game, like AI settings and how much damage weapons do. And I'm guessing you can do much more, betting you can have unlimited chargers by changing this(dunno if this is possible, but it wouldn't surprise me). They did this to prevent cheating on anarchy and echo leaderbords(already there are people on the leaderboards with crazy scores, they get removed and banned though  ), but I mean come on... Then hide these things in the game files themselves and not like this in the open, certainly when it's so easily decrypted.

Looks like they are looking to have the visual settings and such decrypted and the stuff to change AI and damage and such encrypted.

Played it some more, still having loads of fun. People keep saying that it will get bored after a few hours. Couldn't be more wrong . Still haven't played online though, want to finish the game and see all the weapons. Still one weapon needed to explore, the sniper is awesome  though. Don't really like the bouncer, not my type of weapon.

I have no idea how to tell you what the FOV is.
But I gotta say that they have made this game with the consoles in the mind and the PC not so much.
You can def tell by the controls(by that I mean the options). Like how "enter" and run are the same config. Also the fact that you can carry 4 weapons and you need to change between them with using the numbers at the top of your keyboard(1,2,3 and 4). This is a downside for me since I use numpad to play my games, you have a switch weapon but it's only for switching between the last weapon you used!

And also the fact that you have black bars(like watching a movie).

I'm running this game on the highest settings possible, with 8x AA.
It runs smooth(even smoother when using 1080p as resolution), even though my monitor is 22"(16:10).
So my normal resolution is 1680x1050.
Running it on 1080p removes the black bars for me(always has been with this monitor).

If you are interested in my specs:

CPU: AMD X4 965 @ 3,4 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD6870 1GB
Ram: 4GB DDR3
OS: Windows 7

I was thinking, that you'll be able to fix those controls and maybe enhance the graphics more(even though it already looks gorgeous) by tweaking the .ini's. Oooh but they f*cked up right there.
You can find the .ini's in documents\mygames\bulletstorm\stormgame\config(pretty much like UT3) but you can't read the freaking ini's!!!! They have encrypted it... I have no understanding why but you can't change anything if you don't understand what the hell is there.
But after googling I found out that the encryption is weak and there is a way for you to see it and change things. Just gotta find out how .

Now that I've got the bad stuff out of the way.
I've gotta say that this game is really good, in the beginning you can get a few chuckles if you are a bit waisted or just high. But too bad it's kinda like a Hollywood thing going on there, there are a lot of cutscenes and sometimes you can interact but only by pressing buttons or clicking the mouse(not aiming). But after that lil part is over you finally get to some asskicking, I'm loving this game so much more on the PC then on the Xbox using a controller. When playing I don't care about the skillpoints, only about killing and doing it in a fun way.

So, only need to find a way to change the .ini(and I'll be able to let you know what the FOV is, you can probably change it) and it will all work out

Just got a text from my local gameshop saying I can come and pick it up  .
Still in class for the moment, got my lunchbreak soon and gonna go home to play it. Only got 3 more hours left of boring .Net programming after the lunchbreak .

Gonna see if it's totally worth skipping class for .

I will Martini, just a few more days .

The game just got released today in the USA and they have already announced the first DLC: Gun Sonata.
This DLC will add 3 new maps to Anarchymode(the 4 player co-op with hordes of enemies heading your way) and 2 new maps for Echo Mode(mode in which you try to get the highest score while having a timer).

Anarchy:
Sewers of Stygia
Ruines of Hotel Elysium
Open spaces of Villa

Echo:
Crash Site(around your crashed ship)
Guns Of Stygia(escaping from a prison)

Next to these maps the lasso will also get 2 upgrades, no details yet except for the names of the upgrades:
Flamingo
Pulp


This doesn't look like Epic Game's motto, more like something EA would do. Atleast I'm hoping or I'm fearing for the future of the UT series... Already announcing DLC on the day the game came out and for a price! €9,99

The release date for this is in the spring.

To clear things up.

1. They are working on a PC demo, which will be released shortly after launch date(22/02). Mark Rein's twitter:
Bulletstorm PC demo is in the works. Won’t make it in time for ship date but should be available shortly after.
2. Cliff's explanation for not having co-op campaign:
It was in there at one point and it actually worked, but we found that the game shifted from being this kind of puzzle shooter into essentially this downhill skiing simulator, where people were seeing how fast they could get to the bottom of the mountain. Really the game just broke down, and it was a situation where people would race through the game, ignoring the vistas and they wouldn’t set up as many skillshots.
3. For the people wondering if Anarchy is still in the game, it is. This is the game mode where you fight off hordes of enemies with up to 4 players. Just multiple players for the story line.


Still gonna buy this game, got it pre-ordered and picking it up this Thursday(24/02 for Europe).
People also buying this game, I might be interested in giving this Anarchy mode a go. So PM me or something if you want to give it a go . Probably will try to finish story mode first before going online(like I always do in games).

About the PC demo, Epic wanted to release a PC demo but EA didn't allow it. So after hearing the community cry for it and Epic pushing it down their throats as well, they finally gave in. Dunno why they like to exclude the PC... Stop blaming Epic for stuff like that, look a lil further cause it's EA that makes that sorts of decisions.

Their behaviour hasn't improved over the months, you can ask Sheeva who was pissed off and kept switching in order to kill Assasins who was screwing around which stopped us from play the game in a decent way.

Their mouth still keeps saying the same stuff, they have been gone for some time(was thanking god for that) but they have joined the server from time to time recently. Nothing has been said or done yet, but I'm not gonna be optimistic.

I'm willing to give them a chance, but if they start talking sh*t => mute.

@Klep
Yes it's on the 27th, you need to confirm your team if can and want to play on jolt forums.
I'm trying to get some of my guys together for this, but it looks like it can only happen during the day(3PM'ish).

As you know, yesterday Crysis 2 got leaked.
Today another game came up on the torrent sites: Killzone 3 leaked.
No idea if there is something wrong with it, if it's the full game or filled with bugs.

What's going on here?

Terrorists now want to play in the championship...

Balls Of Steel Edition of Duke Nukem:



US only though  , think I might order it: $89.99 for the PC(with delivery costs +-€95)

This is as a vctf-map?
Hmmm, gotta have to try this one out online.

Will suggest it to MTV .

Torrentsites are busy with removing the torrents of the Crysis 2 leak, so either they want the game to be released first or they know something's up. I think it has to do with the Solidshield master key-file, because they want you to support the game by buying it.

@Vegaskill
Trust me, it happens. When looking at completely new movies you can see in the comments that people have received letters after downloading this torrent. And after a while the torrent gets removed so not more people get caught that way.

Crysis 2 got leaked onto the internet since yesterday or so, something like that hasn't happened since HL2(don't know if you can remember that, they sued the guy who retrieved it and put it online.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2#Leak

This leak of Crysis 2 is kinda like a beta, this leak includes the full SP, MP and the "DRM Solidshield master key"-files for online activation(in other words, no need to search for a crack anymore to play online).

Can you imagine Crytek's response now? It wouldn't surprise me if the game would get pushed back to fix the damage(atleast for the PC).

People who have downloaded it and played it say that there are still a lot of problems => crashes, freezes, memory leakes, ...
Some are convinced that Crytek did this on purpose to catch the people downloading this, sometimes companies behind movies put a movie on the torrentsites so that people would download them. Then they have the IP's, track the people down and sue them(this is only possible in a few countries, US being one of them. I know for a fact that as a Belgium I'm secure).

Now that's good parenting .

Well, it's kinda weird between ut3, servers and win7.
I had no trouble switching from XP to win7(except when I had the dual core, load times took longer then. Now I have a quad and no trouble at all).

I know Arcane suddenly had higher ping on Jolt when he switched to Win7, but that isn't the case when he is playing on MPUK(suspense only and such) servers.

It's all about finding the right settings for tickrate and such in the .ini's, that's why I'm interested to check out Jolt's .ini to see what the settings are for the moment. Could be the settings or the provider itself.

Lol Light, I know what you mean.
And it's a bit early for valetine's day  .

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW!   

According to Fox news, Bulletstorm(and other video games) will turn people into rapists:

http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/83993/fox-news-says-bulletstorm-turns-people-into-rapists/

Original article:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/08/bulletstorm-worst-game-kids/

They continue to say that when kids of 9 years play this, it will cause enormous damage.
News flash: there is a rating system for something!
What kind of parrent would let their child play a game like this? It's like sending your 5 year old kid to the cinema to go and see a 18+ horror movie. Don't really hear people complaining about horror movies.

Sure I started out young playing video games and games that were 16+(my brother made sure I didn't play 18+ games like GTA, Soldier Of Fortune and Kingpin). But just look at the graphics back then and now, much worse now...

Just compare this:




to this:

It was the same with ut3. Easy to turn back to the international version or add a 'blood patch'.
'kill without skill' + no gore sure sounds bad.

Rofl well yea, I saw a lot of blood patches when looking for no-cd cracks in the old days and always wondered what those were for.

Yes it sounds really bad, this game is all about the gore and laughing when guys blow up right in your face and you are surrounded by blood(atleast that's the case for me ).
BTW, 15 more days  .

Damn the censorship is hardcore in germany...

So if i understood well, the germany game version will be different? less blood effect or smth like that?

Yea as I described it: no blood and no decapitation in Bulletstorm, but they get to keep the ragdoll effects on the bodies. Apparently ragdoll is also something that the Germans don't really approve.

I remember Flatout 2 where the guy inside the car was replaced with a crash test dummy cause it was too gory for Germany when they get ejected out of their cars(even though there was no blood).

You Germans already used to the fact that games get toned down for you guys, right? Like gore removed and such. Well it's the same story for Bulletstorm.

No decapitation or blood, but you get to keep the ragdoll effects .
So you either download it or order it from another country.