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SupremeHustle · Post #1281 » by **SupremeHustle** » Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:42 pm

COD MWIII Spoiler

Spoiler:

ReginaldDwight · Post #1282 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:27 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:COD MWIII Spoiler

Spoiler:
RIP Soap. Damn. I'm gonna kill you, Makarov!!!!!!

I didnt play the campaign yet, I usually power through it but heard this one was awful.

SupremeHustle · Post #1283 » by **SupremeHustle** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:28 pm

ReginaldDwight wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:COD MWIII Spoiler

Spoiler:
RIP Soap. Damn. I'm gonna kill you, Makarov!!!!!!

I didnt play the campaign yet, I usually power through it but heard this one was awful.

Awful is a stretch. There have definitely been better campaigns.

ReginaldDwight · Post #1284 » by **ReginaldDwight** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:42 pm

SupremeHustle wrote:
ReginaldDwight wrote:
SupremeHustle wrote:COD MWIII Spoiler

Spoiler:
RIP Soap. Damn. I'm gonna kill you, Makarov!!!!!!

I didnt play the campaign yet, I usually power through it but heard this one was awful.

Awful is a stretch. There have definitely been better campaigns.

Well looks like im spending my black friday wasting terrorists. I was in the open world zombies earlier this week, kinda fun.

Post #1285 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:31 pm

Any fans of Dragon's Dogma? I see there's a showcase for the sequel tonight. I never played the original or Dark Arisen but I see it's on sale for $5 on the Xbox store. I think I'm gonna fire it up. Been in a bit of a gaming rut for a few weeks.

MikeIsGood · Post #1286 » by **MikeIsGood** » Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:53 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:Any fans of Dragon's Dogma? I see there's a showcase for the sequel tonight. I never played the original or Dark Arisen but I see it's on sale for $5 on the Xbox store. I think I'm gonna fire it up. Been in a bit of a gaming rut for a few weeks.

I'm excited for the sequel for sure, but I never played the original. I tried playing it about a year ago and just couldn't stick with it because it's so. janky. in 2023. Brace yourself.

Post #1287 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:13 am

MikeIsGood wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:Any fans of Dragon's Dogma? I see there's a showcase for the sequel tonight. I never played the original or Dark Arisen but I see it's on sale for $5 on the Xbox store. I think I'm gonna fire it up. Been in a bit of a gaming rut for a few weeks.

I'm excited for the sequel for sure, but I never played the original. I tried playing it about a year ago and just couldn't stick with it because it's so. janky. in 2023. Brace yourself.

It's playing pretty well on the X, but going back to the fetch quests of early open world games is rough. My mission list once I got out of the tutorials, outside of the main one:

- defeat 3 cyclops
- slay 8 spiders
- defeat 45 undead warriors
- defeat 7 phantasms
- slay 2 seabirds

and deliver some flowers. I'm glad this design choice was left in the dust a while ago.

Ron Swanson · Post #1288 » by **Ron Swanson** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:47 pm

Super Mario RPG is exactly how you do a remaster. Wait the appropriate amount of time, update the graphics, add in some minor quality/gameplay fixes, leave all the fun/goofy easter eggs in, and leave everything else the **** alone. Nostalgia done right and I highly recommend.

jschligs · Post #1289 » by **jschligs** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:17 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:
jschligs wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:
While you're here C:S2 is quite playable now after a couple patches. It's certainly not a "finished game," but I'm having a great time. If you were holding off because of performance concerns, I'd suggest there's no longer a need to for your hardware (since my 2070S is doing just fine).

It is like learning a new game, too. The simulations run so differently - and I assume much more accurately, naturally - compared to C:S that I'm needing to learn the balance of different zoning types, when to fulfill demand or leave it, how to balance what services apply to, how to balance my budget, etc. It's definitely more of a game now than a city painter - and I am liking that.

As an example, I built a rural community to help begin producing some goods I had been exporting, and hopefully start balancing my budget a bit better. But it's out of the zone of where my schools serve, so I started getting 'not enough educated labor' alerts even though I had plenty of school capacity. Don't think I ever encountered that in C:S.

One of the pitfalls right now is lack of assets. There's one asset for each type of school, and no mods, so tonight I'm going to be building a gigantic HS in my rural community lol. When I suppose isn't the most unrealistic thing - maybe one school centrally located to serve multiple rural communities. Just wish we had more options. Coming soon enough.

I did download C:S2, was wondering if you had any good quick start guides for the nuances of the 2nd game. I did the tutorial, which was far too basic, but there are some ever so slight differences that I wouldn't mind getting up to speed on.

Also, performance was not the best on the first play through, a lot of stuttering. Going to look up some optimization guides in a bit.

For guides, I've just been playing around for the most part - and ultimately turning that into new cities. I'm on my 3rd city now, just breaking 5k for the first time, because I just keep learning new stuff that I want to incorporate from the start. I also watch some YTers - OverchargedEgg is really great.

For performance, do this: https://www.pcgamer.com/cities-skylines-2-immediately-change-these-5-graphics-options-for-a-big-performance-boost/

Played a little CS2 yesterday after optimizing the settings. I get around 30-40FPS which is totally ok with me. Occasionally a stutter but nothing game breaking. It's pretty fun, I like how quickly you unlock tiered density zones, which I thought took forever in CS. One issue I did have though was my water/sewage pipes seemed nearly impossible to connect to the pumping station/waste station. Finally figured it out, you just have to be way more careful with the mouse.

I need to restart my city though, I made the zones absolutely mental and they don't make any sense. I can already tell the main roads are going to get packed with traffic. That's the hard part, is building early knowing expansion is coming.

Sauce Boss · Post #1290 » by **Sauce Boss** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:31 pm

PoE2 Steam page is up :reporter:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/

MikeIsGood · Post #1291 » by **MikeIsGood** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:57 pm

Sauce Boss wrote:PoE2 Steam page is up

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/

Expected to be part of the POE1 league reveal later today - and at the VGAs, too. Hoping we get a beta date and details.

Siefer · Post #1292 » by **Siefer** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:30 pm

Alan Wake 2 is wild. Some of the most inventive mixing of live action and CG that I've seen in media. Very happy I turned it to story mode though. The combat is mediocre, and the save system is archaic and actively distracts from the vibe.

tydett · Post #1293 » by **tydett** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:39 pm

Siefer wrote:Alan Wake 2 is wild. Some of the most inventive mixing of live action and CG that I've seen in media. Very happy I turned it to story mode though. The combat is mediocre, and the save system is archaic and actively distracts from the vibe.

Tried to play the original's remaster about a month ago. The combat in it was so incredibly bad that I didn't make it past the second chapter. Game could've been fine as a walking simulator, but sad to hear they kept some of the flaws of the first game, which were not charming. Will probably still pick it up at some point.

Siefer · Post #1294 » by **Siefer** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:52 pm

tydett wrote:
Siefer wrote:Alan Wake 2 is wild. Some of the most inventive mixing of live action and CG that I've seen in media. Very happy I turned it to story mode though. The combat is mediocre, and the save system is archaic and actively distracts from the vibe.

Tried to play the original's remaster about a month ago. The combat in it was so incredibly bad that I didn't make it past the second chapter. Game could've been fine as a walking simulator, but sad to hear they kept some of the flaws of the first game, which were not charming. Will probably still pick it up at some point.

I love what Remedy is up to in general, but with the exception of Control their combat is usually pretty middling.

tydett · Post #1295 » by **tydett** » Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:04 pm

Siefer wrote:
tydett wrote:
Siefer wrote:Alan Wake 2 is wild. Some of the most inventive mixing of live action and CG that I've seen in media. Very happy I turned it to story mode though. The combat is mediocre, and the save system is archaic and actively distracts from the vibe.

Tried to play the original's remaster about a month ago. The combat in it was so incredibly bad that I didn't make it past the second chapter. Game could've been fine as a walking simulator, but sad to hear they kept some of the flaws of the first game, which were not charming. Will probably still pick it up at some point.

I love what Remedy is up to in general, but with the exception of Control their combat is usually pretty middling.

Hard agree. My favorite thing about Control (and I really liked the story they told!) was that I could set the combat to literally just "auto head shot 1 shot kill" when I got to the point where I just wanted to finish the story. Definitely feel more narratively-driven games should have that option. I want to experience the story you're going to tell, not have to fight through waves of dudes mindlessly before turning on my brain for 5 minutes.

Sauce Boss · Post #1296 » by **Sauce Boss** » Fri Dec 1, 2023 12:26 am

Watch on YouTube

Looking interesting.

MikeIsGood · Post #1297 » by **MikeIsGood** » Fri Dec 1, 2023 3:03 pm

Totally, totally different feel than POE1. Glad they decided to approach it as separate games both independently developed. I anticipate it will take a few years for POE2 to come online (so to speak), honestly.

POE1's new league looks absolutely cracked. They turned so many mechanics upside down and there's a dumb number of skill variations. I anticipate playing virtually nothing else for at least two months.

jschligs · Post #1298 » by **jschligs** » Mon Dec 4, 2023 4:00 pm

Anyone interested in a 49” Samsung Odyssey G9 (not the new one) that’s in amazing shape for a good price? The ultrawide life is not for me.

Ayt · Post #1299 » by **Ayt** » Mon Dec 4, 2023 4:37 pm

MikeIsGood wrote:Totally, totally different feel than POE1. Glad they decided to approach it as separate games both independently developed. I anticipate it will take a few years for POE2 to come online (so to speak), honestly.

POE1's new league looks absolutely cracked. They turned so many mechanics upside down and there's a dumb number of skill variations. I anticipate playing virtually nothing else for at least two months.

I started playing PoE with the 3.0 league and this past league was the first I didn't play since picking it up way back then. I'm really looking forward to this new league after finally feeling burned out.

Ron Swanson · Post #1300 » by **Ron Swanson** » Mon Dec 4, 2023 6:33 pm

In "slippery slope" gaming news:

Read on Twitter

Friendly reminder that all these companies are charging you full retail price for content that, through technological and legal loopholes, they can lie and tell you you're "buying" but you never actually own anything. I expect that we'll see a bunch of class-action lawsuits whenever they inevitably start pulling already purchased games from their catalogues, because we all know it's coming.