Community MetaSteam | February 2024 - Let's bring democracy into the zone with love

[Durante]

Finally. Download NVIDIA App

Trying it out, one thing it has going for it is that it is very responsive and not immediately annoying (both of these should be the bare minimum expectation, but for me for anything called an "App" they sadly aren't).
It's also not doing much though.

 

[Li Kao]

I'm curious about dynamic vibrance, not sure if I should activate that.

 

[Derrick01]

I told everyone they were cooking something special with this game. They broke the 90 FF curse.

 

[Li Kao]

It's still not the full original game, right ? There will be a Remake 3 ?

 

[Arc]

It's still not the full original game, right ? There will be a Remake 3 ?

Correct. Part 3 is the finale.

 

[NarohDethan]

Yeah I’m gonna cancel my FF7 preorder, it looks like crap, visually.

 

[Nabs]

A former EGS exclusive (3.5 years).

 

[Knurek]

I didn't play 13 sentinels, no.

FWIW, it works really great on Deck Yuzu

Running your CPU at an unlocked power limit is generally a really bad idea.
You are basically spending up to 100% more power for something like 5% more performance (in benchmarks, probably even less in real-world scenarios).

Heck, I manually cap the CPU to 95-97% in Windows, for much better thermals and fan noise.
(5600X, so I have power to spare).

 

[lashman]

A former EGS exclusive (3.5 years).

KH next

 

[Sobatronix]

A former EGS exclusive (3.5 years).

Are you telling me that Kingdom Hearts could be coming to Steam?

 

[lashman]

 

[LEANIJA]

.... but for me for anything called an "App" .....

its still a pet peeve of mine that we just gradually started calling software "apps" (its also a pet peeve that we went along with calling AAA games "AAAA" and Im waiting until we arrive at a more fitting "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" )

 

[lashman]

its still a pet peeve of mine that we just gradually started calling software "apps" (its also a pet peeve that we went along with calling AAA games "AAAA" and Im waiting until we arrive at a more fitting "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" )

 

[dex3108]

Germans saw my message and sent cooler XD

 

[manchego obfuscator]

A former EGS exclusive (3.5 years).

iirc it was free at launch on EGS, at least, so there's a good chance you already own it

 

[BlackRainbowFT]

former Apple Arcade exclusive coming to PC. Loved What the Golf, so looking forward to this one.

Ditto. I thoroughly enjoyed what the golf

A former EGS exclusive (3.5 years).

I had no idea it even existed on PC. I played a bit on my phone but that's it.

If one of Steam's supposed problems is "lack of game visibility" I don't know how EGS would even begin to be the solution to that problem.

 

[Censored]

This should be released on PC day one, but the game is crying for a PS5 Pro on consoles.

 

[Le Pertti]

I’m thinking about getting a handheld retro machine for emulation. Was thinking about what games to play, like how do snes RPGs hold up these day? Are we spoiled with quality of life things in modern games that makes it hard to go back?

 

[Line]

I’m thinking about getting a handheld retro machine for emulation. Was thinking about what games to play, like how do snes RPGs hold up these day? Are we spoiled with quality of life things in modern games that makes it hard to go back?

Depends a lot on the games. A lot will tend to be grindy, which is not necessarily a bad thing if you're in the mood for it, but it's mostly the QOL things that are sorely missing in a lot of games - the UI or lacking elements thereof especially.
From the top of my head, Chrono Trigger and Terranigma are the two games I'd consider to be just as good today as they were back then.

 

[Le Pertti]

Depends a lot on the games. A lot will tend to be grindy, which is not necessarily a bad thing if you're in the mood for it, but it's mostly the QOL things that are sorely missing in a lot of games - the UI or lacking elements thereof especially.
From the top of my head, Chrono Trigger and Terranigma are the two games I'd consider to be just as good today as they were back then.

Never played Terranigma back in the day, so will definitely give it a try.

 

[Censored]

I’m thinking about getting a handheld retro machine for emulation. Was thinking about what games to play, like how do snes RPGs hold up these day? Are we spoiled with quality of life things in modern games that makes it hard to go back?

I recommend you to take look on GBA catalogue too. Not all, but a lot of games have a better version on GBA. GBA catalogue is pretty big too. In my opinion SNES, PCEngine, Genesis and GBA pixel games hold better these days than Saturn & PSX. I love 2D platform and beat'em up games, there you can find so many great games and gems like Dragon Ball Advance Adventure, Castlevania, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts f.e.
I posted overhere when I bought Analgue Pocket and not posted here but I got Retroid Pocket 4 Pro SNES version too. One of the best decisions I recently made. But as pointed it the depends if you enjoy these kind of games.

 

[lashman]

 

[Line]

I recommend you to take look on GBA catalogue too. Not all, but a lot of games have a better version on GBA. GBA catalogue is pretty big too. In my opinion SNES, PCEngine, Genesis and GBA pixel games hold better these days than Saturn & PSX. I love 2D platform and beat'em up games, there you can find so many great games and gems like Dragon Ball Advance Adventure, Castlevania, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts f.e.
I posted overhere when I bought Analgue Pocket and not posted here but I got Retroid Pocket 4 Pro SNES version too. One of the best decisions I recently made. But as pointed it the depends if you enjoy these kind of games.

The GBA has so many bangers too. DB Advanced Adventure is so cool, maybe my favourite DB game still. The Legacy of Goku games are fun too, even if super basic ARPGs (though only the 2&3, the first one is rough).
Also Drill Dozer, the Metroid games, Zelda Minish Cap, and RPG wise Mother 3 is incredible, but also Golden Sun1&2 are so, so worth a playthrough. The Mario&Luigi games are great too, but I thought they aged a lot more when I replayed them, combat is just too slow and repetitive.

 

[Hektor]

Amazing

 

[STHX]

Can't believe this is actually on the road to do Pokemon like numbers, on Steam alone. Every game in the world would kill to sell 15 million copies in a month

 

[PC-tan]

DS > GBA

 

[Le Pertti]

DS > GBA

To be honest, I absolutely loved my ds back in the day, one of my favorite handhelds!

 

[Censored]

DS > GBA

I can agree in terms of catalog. The DS catalog has not been, and never will hardly be, equaled. But from a personal opinion I have never liked dual screen and pencil touch controls.
Some of my favorite games ever are from DS, Jump Ultimate Stars & Jump Super Stars are must for any anime fans. It's pretty sad precisely for dual screen, it is very uncomfortable to play with actual emulating devices (the same for 3DS).

 

[Ascheroth]

Fanatical has their Bundle Fest right now and this one has some good options:

Fanatical

www.fanatical.com

• been meaning to get ICEY forever
• This Way Madness Lies, the newest Zeboyd game
• 9 Years of Shadows looks good

 

[NarohDethan]

 

[lashman]

 

[Line]

DS > GBA

In absolute number of games, that is very likely.

However, not unlike the 16 bits era aging better for retrogaming than the 32 bits era, I expect the DS to also feel archaic, and tbh, it already was more often not even at the time... tons of completely compromised game experiences trying to do like the home consoles and failing... and the bad 3D with bad framerate and horrendous image quality compared to the pretty and smooth pixel art of the GBA was certainly in a similar situation.

On the other hand, the games using both some 3D and sprites like the Pokémon games or the Dragon Quest remakes are still excellent.

 

[Knurek]

In absolute number of games, that is very likely.

However, not unlike the 16 bits era aging better for retrogaming than the 32 bits era, I expect the DS to also feel archaic, and tbh, it already was more often not even at the time... tons of completely compromised game experiences trying to do like the home consoles and failing... and the bad 3D with bad framerate and horrendous image quality compared to the pretty and smooth pixel art of the GBA was certainly in a similar situation.

On the other hand, the games using both some 3D and sprites like the Pokémon games or the Dragon Quest remakes are still excellent.

The one single thing DS has over GBA is that the former has an actual fucking sound hardware, so game music didn't sound like a bunch of baboons screeching into a metal pipe.

 

[Kvik]

It's also not doing much though.

It sure looks pretty, but I don't think it can replace NVInspector anytime soon for me. Although the stats overlay looks kind of useful.

 

[PC-tan]

As far as retro consoles and collecting games go. I will keep on collecting DS and 3DS games.

I just played them a lot growing up. I feel like maybe one of the reasons why I liked handhelds so much minus the Switch is that by the time that the DS Lite came out I was in middle school and after that, less and less people my age seemed to care about the DS and 3DS. Even though the 3DS and DS sold a lot of units, it seemed almost niche in that I hardly ever saw anyone with one and that's also because around this time you had the rise of the iPhone and the iPod touch. I never owned an iPod but I remember people playing a lot of games on theirs. I didn't even get a smartphone till 2012 when I was a sophomore in highschool.


I know it's very dumb but it's one of the reasons I don't like the switch, it's just too popular. I also had a PS Vita and PSP and just having one of those felt like you were in some sort of secret club because of what everyone else was playing on. And it felt cool when you ran into a big group of people online who also played on those handheld devices. But when it becomes insanely popular it just loses that.


That's my personal experience, maybe this is also one of the reasons for why I wanted a Nvidia Shield Portable way back in 2016.


Fun times. What's rather funny is how I have more Nintendo Switch games that I have DS or 3DS game combined. I did well some of my DS game back in 2013 in order to buy a Nexus 7 Gen 2 tablet. I mainly sold my COD DS games and some of Assassin's Creed stuff. It was surprisingly easy to sell them. I'm guessing because it was the holiday season and people buying them for cheap. I was able to get roughly $20 for each one.

 

[Derrick01]

This should be released on PC day one, but the game is crying for a PS5 Pro on consoles.

It won't look any better on PC just like part 1 unless they actually put work into the port, but 7R was just a straight port of the ps5 version with a 120hz option and 1 weird random slider for crowd density I think, the rest of the settings were identical to the ps5 version. Yeah you'll get native 4k but that's not going to clean up those textures or fix the weird lighting and post processing in spots that it acts up. There was even a dev over on era who has used UE4/5 on his games telling people this.

The issue is the japanese side of the industry is just worse at this kind of insane AAA technical stuff that we've grown accustomed to in the last few gens. I can't explain why, someone who works there and has knowledge of their industry would have to explain that, I just know what my eyes see and have been seeing ever since the shift to HD graphics. Like Rebirth is probably one of the most expensive japanese games ever made and on a technical level it's still years behind western games from late last generation in some areas.

I'm saying all this as someone who has mostly gotten sick of western games and how stale they're feeling in recent years. In my opinion the japanese have reclaimed their crown of making the best games it's just that if you're someone who values the high end polish and graphics of western games you're going to be sorely disappointed. Even capcom seems to struggle, everyone loves to praise RE engine but look at what games have used it: RE games in mostly very small areas, a very linear DMC V and a fighting game. Dragon's Dogma 2 is the biggest test that engine's had yet and by the looks of things the game is going to have a slew of technical issues on console as well (it can't be as bad as DD1 was on ps3/360 at least lol).

 

[yuraya]

Those reviews for Rebirth are really good. Once the entire 3 pack of games is done its gonna be a hell of a package. Imagine those people playing it all for the first time in 2028 or wtvr are gonna get a much better experience. Especially on PC with high end rig.

Square and Sony should really fuck off with the exclusivity going forward tho. The final entry should be day n date with PC just for the sake of the story/spoilers.

But yea looks like Square has finally found its groove again. They will probably do something similar if they decide to ever remake 6, 8 or 9 next. I doubt they ever return to big budget turn based FF again. They better keep DQ12 turn based tho pls don't mess with that franchise.

Also I should really get around to playing FF8. I never beat back in the day and only played like 1/3 of it. I remember much about the story. I should try it on Deck but I don't have the remastered version only the original. From what I read the remastered version is much better on Deck and doesn't have audio issues. Plus it kinda looks better.

Has to be the most forgotten and least talked about big gaming hardware launch that I can think of.

Don't even know what Sony was thinking with this one. How can you launch new hardware without having a decent lineup of 1st party software for it? There hasn't been any trailers for new games so far so this year so its probably getting nothing. A real dud. They should have at the very least taken some old games and converted them to VR. Like TLOU etc. They have Insomniac too who made VR games in the past. Do something for it wtf.

 

[PC-tan]

I plan to play the Unicorn Overlord demo on Switch and PS5 (I plan to remote play from my PS5 to my Steam deck LCD).

I am still deciding which version to get since I plan on buying the CE for the game. At some point I might buy a Switch OLED or something but for right now I plan to actually play Unicorn Overlord and not just keep the game sealed. Or.... Or..... Depending on how well it runs on Switch and Steam Deck.... I could just buy the Switch version and well
. I'm ethically okay with "playing" my switch version on my Steam Deck. I don't really know if they plan to do DLC stuff in the future for the thing.


I'm still up in the air. Hopefully the demos do help with my decision.


PS I was able to pick up the P3R CE for PS5 and a Sora Amiibo from Best Buy for under $18USD!!!!!!! I used up $200 of my Best Buy certificates but I'd say it was a heck of a deal.

 

[Deku]

It's finally getting a full release and it is soon

 

[dex3108]

I guess that this is year of JRPGs. East is killing it this first quarter.

 

[PC-tan]

In case you ever wanted to have your real life advertisement in a video game here is your chance.

After the success of the first game they are working on a sequel and now they want to feature other ads that are real to make the game feel more realistic. They are doing it for free and won't charge any fees.

 

[Le Pertti]

In case you ever wanted to have your real life advertisement in a video game here is your chance.

After the success of the first game they are working on a sequel and now they want to feature other ads that are real to make the game feel more realistic. They are doing it for free and won't charge any fees.

Didn't ubi already do this in rainbow six vegas? I want to remember that at the time it was something new

 

[Hektor]

Didn't ubi already do this in rainbow six vegas? I want to remember that at the time it was something new

I rember there was this spider man game that was completely plastered top to bottom in Nokia ads

 

[Le Pertti]

I dream of a world where ads don't exist at all.

 

[Cacher]

I am seriously overwhelmed by all these new releases lately. Even if we ignore some stellar western games like Helldivers 2, Banishers, Pacific Drive or Balatro, who the hell has time for all those JRPGs? To make things worse, Atlus even came out and said SMTVV will take 160 hours to complete both routes. Jesus Christ.

 

[Durante]

It won't look any better on PC just like part 1 unless they actually put work into the port

Of course it will. From what I can see the biggest issue is that you can get either decent IQ or decent FPS. On PC (a sufficiently fast PC) you'll have both (in fact, better IQ than the console IQ option and better FPS than the console FPS option).

And it was just the same for part 1. I ran that at a 4k internal rendering resolution, at 100+ FPS. Of course, as I said earlier the graphics options and scalability were disappointing (and frankly inexcusable for a game with even remotely such a budget), but even the basic UE scalability features made it both look and run substantially better than on console.

 

[Li Kao]

Of course it will. From what I can see the biggest issue is that you can get either decent IQ or decent FPS. On PC (a sufficiently fast PC) you'll have both (in fact, better IQ than the console IQ option and better FPS than the console FPS option).

And it was just the same for part 1. I ran that at a 4k internal rendering resolution, at 100+ FPS. Of course, as I said earlier the graphics options and scalability were disappointing (and frankly inexcusable for a game with even remotely such a budget), but even the basic UE scalability features made it both look and run substantially better than on console.

Decent IQ is being generous if we go by the comparison posted earlier.
But maybe it's unfair, too much zoom, etc. No idea.

 

[Ascheroth]

I am seriously overwhelmed by all these new releases lately. Even if we ignore some stellar western games like Helldivers 2, Banishers, Pacific Drive or Balatro, who the hell has time for all those JRPGs? To make things worse, Atlus even came out and said SMTVV will take 160 hours to complete both routes. Jesus Christ.

I think the only new game I'm gonna be buying this year will probably b Ys X.
I still have 2.5 Trails games, the first NieR and OG FF7 lined up in my library just for big, chunky JRPGs let alone other stuff.
Then I'm actively playing a bunch of Mihoyo games and they are releasing another one this year
I'll probably still end up buying some other things anyway though, cause of course I will, lol.

 

[Mivey]

Finished the second Route of Nier Replicant. Was pretty easy to get it done (especially running it at 120 FPS to speed up the traversal stuff.
Overall, it doesn't add as much to the game as Route B added to Nier Automata. A few cutscenes here to contextualise scenes more, but nothing ground breaking. There's still two more Routes, and I hope these do a better job of adding stuff. As it stands, I feel that Nier 1 is clearly the lesser game compared to Automata. Of course that's an unfair comparison, Automata was developed by Platinum and is arguably one of their best games.

Of course it will. From what I can see the biggest issue is that you can get either decent IQ or decent FPS. On PC (a sufficiently fast PC) you'll have both (in fact, better IQ than the console IQ option and better FPS than the console FPS option).

And it was just the same for part 1. I ran that at a 4k internal rendering resolution, at 100+ FPS. Of course, as I said earlier the graphics options and scalability were disappointing (and frankly inexcusable for a game with even remotely such a budget), but even the basic UE scalability features made it both look and run substantially better than on console.

Yeah, just having it at native rendering resolution, plus something like DLSS and high FPS would already do wonders to the presentation. The remake series are no longer turn-based, but instead action heavy games, so running those at 30 FPS is really a big compromise, and the only way to get 60 FPS on a PS5 makes the game look like a Switch game in turns of IQ. And no, the Switch comparison is not unfair, the image is so roughly upscaled, I can literally see the grid pattern they use in upscaling it. I can't even imagine how bad that must look on a decent 4K monitor.

 

[Hektor]

Finished the second Route of Nier Replicant. Was pretty easy to get it done (especially running it at 120 FPS to speed up the traversal stuff.
Overall, it doesn't add as much to the game as Route B added to Nier Automata. A few cutscenes here to contextualise scenes more, but nothing ground breaking. There's still two more Routes, and I hope these do a better job of adding stuff. As it stands, I feel that Nier 1 is clearly the lesser game compared to Automata. Of course that's an unfair comparison, Automata was developed by Platinum and is arguably one of their best games.

Some tips:
You can use the last savepoint before the point of no return to get C and D done after another.

Also, there's more than that in the remake but i'm not gonna say more