My Computer Won't Play This Video Game?

[CloudedSkies]

I just recently purchased the new game Deadpool, through GameStop, for my pc and I haven't been able to play it, at all. Every time I click on it, it opens this screen saying that it's doing a first time set up, and then the game tries to load, but all I get is a black screen -which, after a few seconds, begins to flicker back and forth between my background and the black. And then the game crashes.

I've emailed GameStop and I tried to get to the company that manages the steam game, but have gotten no results. Is it something with my computer? Or the actual game?

Please help .-.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

What are the specs of your computer? Looking at the specs for the game, it shouldn't take a very robust machine to get reasonable performance out of the game.

Do you happen to have difficulties playing any other games or running any other software titles?

 

[Its_Byte_00]

I just recently purchased the new game Deadpool, through GameStop, for my pc and I haven't been able to play it, at all. Every time I click on it, it opens this screen saying that it's doing a first time set up, and then the game tries to load, but all I get is a black screen -which, after a few seconds, begins to flicker back and forth between my background and the black. And then the game crashes.

I've emailed GameStop and I tried to get to the company that manages the steam game, but have gotten no results. Is it something with my computer? Or the actual game?

Please help .-.

Pro tip: go to steam library, right click on the game
Then go to Properties >local files> verify game cache.

Let it load for a while, you should either get success and its just your PC or fail and it will re acquire some files from the steam servers

 

[CloudedSkies]

What are the specs of your computer? Looking at the specs for the game, it shouldn't take a very robust machine to get reasonable performance out of the game.

Do you happen to have difficulties playing any other games or running any other software titles?

I'm not sure about the specs >.< I'm a noob ;^; I can tell you what kind of laptop I have, if that will help?

The only other game that I've really played often on here is Sims 2-3; I have other games, I just don't play them often. None of them have done this, though. Everything I've installed has worked perfectly fine. This is the first time any game has done anything.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

We can probably glean all we need from the make / model of your laptop. Of course, learning that you are playing it on a laptop gives me immediate suspicions about the graphics being capable of even running the game.

 

[CloudedSkies]

We can probably glean all we need from the make / model of your laptop. Of course, learning that you are playing it on a laptop gives me immediate suspicions about the graphics being capable of even running the game.

I was afraid it would be my laptop :L I haven't had problems with any games before but I know it isn't one of the 'top-of-the-line-gaming-laptops'; I have a Latitude D520.

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

The Latitude D520 uses an integrated, Intel GMA 950, graphics device. Even if Intel had drivers that always worked, this particular graphics device is well below the minimum graphics needed for the game. The specs I pulled up on the game listed an 8800 GTS as the starting point, so while the rest of the requirements are conservative, and should be fine with your laptop, you don't have a graphics device that can handle what the game needs to run.

 

[CloudedSkies]

The Latitude D520 uses an integrated, Intel GMA 950, graphics device. Even if Intel had drivers that always worked, this particular graphics device is well below the minimum graphics needed for the game. The specs I pulled up on the game listed an 8800 GTS as the starting point, so while the rest of the requirements are conservative, and should be fine with your laptop, you don't have a graphics device that can handle what the game needs to run.

Shoot. Okay; is there any way I can get the graphics on my laptop up to that? Or is it just a wasted effort?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Unfortunately no. Most laptops do not have upgradeable graphics, and yours definitely falls into that category.

 

[CloudedSkies]

Unfortunately no. Most laptops do not have upgradeable graphics, and yours definitely falls into that category.

Ahh, okay. Thank you though! You've been a great help!!