Recent content by Eckstein

And soon she will realize that she is only doing this because it is so trendy and new and that she doesn't have to be so stupid to ruin her eyes and carriage for watching TV and browsing the web. And what is with the tons of libraries where you can't even get a build for a eight year old...

Again, you cannot just recompile a complex application like a game for a different architecture. There are many things which are coded specifically for a CPU architecture, like cache alignment, instrinsics and so on. A game also uses many external libraries without code access which all have to...

Or maybe 99% of the people will realize pretty soon that they actually only need a smartphone for phone calls, crappy photos, music and maybe some eMails and thus will not any longer waste 700 Euro for browsing the web on a microscopic display once a week?

Well that is nothing but wishful thinking. It takes a huge amount of resources to port a game to any platform.

Your idea to magicaly recompile things like game code for a different CPU architecture is simply absurd. And even if someone decides to invest the huge amount of resources to port for example game code over to run on ARM, there are still several dozen libraries which ALL would have to be ported...

It will still be several times slower than low-end x86-64 CPUs. That's only because the smartphone market emerged. We are talking about complex software here, not some worthless garbage apps which comprise to 95% of this number.

How does this turn around anything? There are exactly ZERO applications for an ARM Windows. There are exactly ZERO facts which support the believe that ARM/Nvidia can deliver a high performance CPU that is competitive to modern x86-64 CPUs. The fastest ARM CPUs today are many times slower than...

What in hell makes them believe that they can compete with x86-64 when even IBM can barely hold it's own with their Power processors in a niche market?! The only reason why the ARM architecture became so successful is because of the rise of the smartphone market. However the complexity for...

Yes, the game is harder to learn than most other games. But this is not unusual considering the complexity. The best way to get into the game is to join a squad right away. Everything will be explained to you then by the assigned mentor.

You obviously did not comprehend the most basic game mechanics then. There is no need to "run for 20 minutes" in this game. No, it is about coordinating huge battles with your team mates with tactical and even strategic means, by using all arms in a deep and persistent gameplay experience. In...

The 14 day free trial is now available without a credit card: http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/index.php/about-the-game/game-info The client is only 500 MByte, so one can try it out pretty quick.

Well Freespace isn't a simulation either! ;)

A major update (1.32) has just been released which introduced player placed objects like gun fortifications. The Free Trial should still be available.

Yep, Descent was a true revolution for graphics and a great game too. It was one if not THE first true 3D game (with dynamic lighting).

Make sure to take the tutorial of the game serious. It is quite hard for a new player to get into the gane the first few days. You can always ask questions in the help channel and in the game forums of course. The most efficient way to learn about the game is to join a squad. Simply ask for...