Community MetaSteam | October 2023 - Holy moly Snake, is that Tony Hawk?
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1080/60 medium on 3070 with DLSS at performance, LOL, LMAO even.
Makes you think if this will even run well on consoles.
I would assume the 60fps performance mode will run in 540p upscaled to 1080p on medium, just like the 3070 does according to the reqs.
The requirements seem super steep on paper, but it really depends on how the game looks in action if any outrage is warranted.
E.g. to get 60fps with pathtracing in Cyberpunk, I have to run 1080p with DLSS on balanced.
According to the table above, I should be able to run pathtracing in AW2 at 60fps in 1080p with DLSS on quality.
Of course, Cyberpunk is open world, has more systems going etc, but I am still not surprised to see these reqs.
Really hate this trend of system specs relying on upscaling. Remember when upscaling was a nice thing people could use to get some extra performance and help people on low end hardware play more modern games? So cool that its basically a requirement now because nobody cares anymore I guess.
Aaaaaaaaand, Cities Skylines 2 fails the Litmus Test
Why is it that using poorly re-scaled adult models to represent children seems to be such a consistent Broken Window with rough game launches?
Why is it that using poorly re-scaled adult models to represent children seems to be such a consistent Broken Window with rough game launches?
This fits here because SAW is a videogame franchise
I just watched Saw X and now i finally know how Marvel simps are feeling CUZ GODDAMN!!!
WE ARE SO BACK!!
I just watched Saw X and now i finally know how Marvel simps are feeling CUZ GODDAMN!!!
WE ARE SO BACK!!
I love Remedy but that's the thing with their games. I still remember how shitty Quantum Break's PC port was, that game couldn't even run on a GTX 1080 at 60 which one of the most powerful gpus in the world at the time.
It is reasonable to raise the bar given how long ago the 20 series and earlier cards came out, but from the 20 series onward, each generation of Nvidia GPUs has struggled due to the crazy prices and some annoying caveats to certain models. There was a solid year and half when the 30 series was virtually unavailable due to the pandemic, crypto, and scalpers, affecting the pricing of older cards too. That is, unless you were willing to pay 2 to 4 times its MSRP.
Now we are in an awful transition where games have continued to improve graphically, but folks are still catching up from the years of struggling to upgrade. I know I am in this boat. I still have my 1070ti and had all the plans to jump on the 30 series (remember folks use to say the 20 series was not a good upgrade since DLSS1 and early RT was not worth it), cue the madness that was 2020 through 2022, and here we are. I would still love to upgrade, but at this point I think I am probably just going to stick with handheld PCs and hope for the best haha.
Remedy made Alan Wake II to run on the kinds of PCs people will have by time it releases on Steam.
https://twitter.com/NoisyPixelNews/status/1715423877831254378?s=20
Even if it was just a Steam code in a box, PC versions sure would be nice for all the other goodies...
Even if it was just a Steam code in a box, PC versions sure would be nice for all the other goodies...
Will give Alan Wake 2 a go with my 2080Ti too. I am planning to upgrade some time early next year, though.I’m still going with my 2080ti and not gonna replace it anytime soon
oh I didn't mean like that, I'm not gonna play alan wake 2 since i have no interest in the series, I was just saying I'm still on that model and I really don't feel like i need to replace it for gaming yet
I think it'll still be 2-3 years before I "upgrade" and I say that with quotation marks because even then I'll probably just buy a gaming laptop or a prebuilt or just a more powerful steam deck?
I'm not 100% sold on steam deck since I can't really do 100% of the stuff I do with windows on SteamOS so I'm not quite sure it would work as a main gaming device for me
I think it'll still be 2-3 years before I "upgrade" and I say that with quotation marks because even then I'll probably just buy a gaming laptop or a prebuilt or just a more powerful steam deck?
I'm not 100% sold on steam deck since I can't really do 100% of the stuff I do with windows on SteamOS so I'm not quite sure it would work as a main gaming device for me
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I needed 30 minutes and to rebuy the whole game on steam to get Fallout New Vegas to run (Incompabilties with the german version)
Already Nostalgic
Already Nostalgic
Low settings might still look great and hard to fault Remedy for the current gpu generation launching at the same price/performance level of the last one, but it sure doesn't help either. Looks like if your gpu costs less than 500€/$ you'll be below 60 playing at 1440p, low, dlss/fsr quality. Won't be the most gpu demanding game (cities skylines 2 releases earlier) but still, that is tough.
I'm really into Detroit right now. The story and characters are grabbing me and the acting is pretty good all around. I said this before, but man, the game looks great. This is by far their best game.
Finished Shadowrun Hong Kong. Had a good time with it which isn't surprising because I really enjoyed Dragonfall. The writing in these games is really solid which combined with the great atmosphere really sucks you in.
This game has been in my backlog since forever (or since gog gave it away to be more precise).
Lack of funds and an aging PC do wonders for the backlog.
Finished Shadowrun Hong Kong. Had a good time with it which isn't surprising because I really enjoyed Dragonfall. The writing in these games is really solid which combined with the great atmosphere really sucks you in.
This game has been in my backlog since forever (or since gog gave it away to be more precise).
Lack of funds and an aging PC do wonders for the backlog.
Sometimes I wish I could be content with consoles tbh PC sometimes can be a pain in the ass.
I've been playing for a while on PS5 but what the hell have Insomiac done with Peter Parker and Miles Morales faces on Spider-Man 2?. They're even worst than squenix Marvel's Avengers random average faces. And it's even weirder when the memories flashback from the previous games they have the original faces.
Lies of P is pretty good. Definitely a budget game that does a decent job hiding its budget. The localization is kinda bleh though.
I mean, that's with pathtracing. If you turn off RT entirely, Cyberpunk actually runs pretty good for what it is.
I completely misread what you meant here, my bad.
I completely misread what you meant here, my bad.
THEYRE FRICKIN OBLIVION CHARACTERS
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This is what Nintendo did for the Switch. There was the OG Switch, later on Nintendo did the Switch Lite but they also did an upgraded switch which had an even bigger battery life than the original launch Switch, this one likely has to do with the Nvidia bypass that all those original Switches had, so they had to release a new version, and years later they finally released the OLED model. For the most part there have been 4 different Switches released since 2017.
I thought you ment upgrades that might affect game performance. I can see Valve offering a Steam Deck 1 with improved battery, if they can do so without having to get a better chip or make the device bigger or heavier, which seems unrealistic.
I’ve found that Xbox + deck for gaming and Mac for work has turned out to be pretty good combo.
Metal Gear Solid Master Collection vs Metal Gear Solid 2/3 PS3/Xbox 360 Emulation
Here is how Metal Gear Solid Master Collection fares against the PS3/Xbox 360 versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
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I'll probably be grabbing the barebones edition of this on Switch. Already ordered P3P.https://twitter.com/NoisyPixelNews/status/1715423877831254378?s=20
Even if it was just a Steam code in a box, PC versions sure would be nice for all the other goodies...
I've started collecting a few physical games - mostly ones I adore, but I still hate collectors editions. They take up so much space and you've got a bunch of future landfill slowly deteriorating no matter how you store it.
P4G is one of my all-time favourites, so no surprise I'm grabbing it. I also grabbed the Japanese physical edition of Final Fantasy X|X-2 - both games on one cart is super cool!
The whole situation with Harebrained Schemes is sad. I'm glad they still exist - I imagine Paradox was going to finish them off when they ceased support of LL.
But will they survive? I hope so, and I hope they make another CRPG. Their Shadowrun games weren't perfect, but they were special for sure. I still can't fathom why they didn't make a World of Darkness CRPG when Paradox owned them. Maybe Lamplighters was already in development when they were scooped up, or maybe Paradox just didn't want to compete with Bloodlines 2. Either way, I doubt there will ever be a WoD CRPG now, from anyone.
But will they survive? I hope so, and I hope they make another CRPG. Their Shadowrun games weren't perfect, but they were special for sure. I still can't fathom why they didn't make a World of Darkness CRPG when Paradox owned them. Maybe Lamplighters was already in development when they were scooped up, or maybe Paradox just didn't want to compete with Bloodlines 2. Either way, I doubt there will ever be a WoD CRPG now, from anyone.
Some thing to note about settings, if Remedy does things similarly to Control is that "Low" doesn't mean "super ugly" here. In Control, the PS5 version corresponded to Low, in fact, some things were lower than Low settings on PC, and it arguably still looked nice.
If you can't hit 60 with High settings on PC, for example, then I doubt a switch to PS5 with its stable 30 FPS mode, which might again correspond to Low-ish settings on PC, will be a huge improvement, You'd be able to get that same experience or better by just running at 30 on your PC.
Modders should be able to fix the resolution, at least. I think framerates will be what they are - game logic is probably tied to it so you may make the game unplayable by cranking it up.Metal Gear Solid Master Collection vs Metal Gear Solid 2/3 PS3/Xbox 360 Emulation
Here is how Metal Gear Solid Master Collection fares against the PS3/Xbox 360 versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3.
But I'm not sure it's that big of a deal anyway. Will these games look better with the resolution jacked up? I'm not convinced. And frankly, I think MGS1 will look worse at higher resolutions.
I like how they rushed to alleviate fears about the console editions saying they worked hard on them, but nothing about PC
In Remedys defense, my PC is 7 years old, I don't expect my PC to crush the game at all, but Im hoping for some decency.
Well, I played (and dropped) Spider-Man 1. It was... decent. I should maybe have continued. Maybe. So my hype is pretty much in the negative.
Those requirements seem kinda crazy but that's kinda expected with how Remedy seems to push graphics hard. Kind of disappointed that upscaling seems to be requirement and not a way to optionally boost performance.
Hopefully the console sales for AW2 are good enough for Remedy to make a profit because I don't think PC sales are going to be good considering the high system requirements and it being EGS only.
I finished Phantom Liberty and boy that was a wild ride. Just like the original CP2077 it's one of those games where I let the credits scroll where I just sat there and thought "Damn, that's going to stick with me for a while". They also went hard on the spy thriller influence with the credits having that Bond theme feel, it's so good that it is my current repeat song.
Though, thinking some more about it, I'm not Sony target audience anymore I guess. That's unfortunate, I'm not saying that as a posture, I loved cinematic action games or whatever the trendy lingo, but that... passed. I'm not sure what I want, and it's not an arcade experience, but it's certainly not a cinematic fest. I'm here to play, not watch a poorly written and/or paced movie.
I think the problem is a lot of these cinematic action games are actually not that good but get praised because of their high production values and are sometimes well-written.
I like AAA games but they need more depth to them, shouldn't be too long or large for the sake of satisfying some $ per hour ratio and need to prioritise good gameplay over being a roller coaster ride.
Naughty Dog pioneered (and mastered) the formula, but outside of their games a large portion of Sony's first party cinematic action games are trite and boring unless you want to be thrilled by some barely playable setpieces.
I think the RE2 and RE4 remakes are recent examples of quality AAA games that don't sacrifice gameplay depth for flashy and expensive setpieces, and aren't bloated out with horrible lite-RPG mechanics or a functionally useless open world that adds nothing to the game other than a bunch of icons on a map. The stories, while not particularly deep, are super fun and campy too, which is no bad thing.
And people harp on about Kojima games having too many cutscenes, but at least they have good gameplay systems. Can you really say the same for a large chunk of modern AAAs?
A bad AAA game (in my view) is something like God of War (2018). Pointlessly long, no gameplay depth, useless RPG mechanics that nevertheless make my head hurt, flashy sequences that you barely play, and the controls are so weighty it feels like you're carrying the weekly shop from the car to the kitchen. I think if you don't care about the story in that game, it has nothing else of value.
I like AAA games but they need more depth to them, shouldn't be too long or large for the sake of satisfying some $ per hour ratio and need to prioritise good gameplay over being a roller coaster ride.
Naughty Dog pioneered (and mastered) the formula, but outside of their games a large portion of Sony's first party cinematic action games are trite and boring unless you want to be thrilled by some barely playable setpieces.
I think the RE2 and RE4 remakes are recent examples of quality AAA games that don't sacrifice gameplay depth for flashy and expensive setpieces, and aren't bloated out with horrible lite-RPG mechanics or a functionally useless open world that adds nothing to the game other than a bunch of icons on a map. The stories, while not particularly deep, are super fun and campy too, which is no bad thing.
And people harp on about Kojima games having too many cutscenes, but at least they have good gameplay systems. Can you really say the same for a large chunk of modern AAAs?
A bad AAA game (in my view) is something like God of War (2018). Pointlessly long, no gameplay depth, useless RPG mechanics that nevertheless make my head hurt, flashy sequences that you barely play, and the controls are so weighty it feels like you're carrying the weekly shop from the car to the kitchen. I think if you don't care about the story in that game, it has nothing else of value.
One day graphics card prices will be reasonable enough that I can build a new system without feeling dirty and play these new games with all the fancy effects. That day is not today.
Tiny bit of anecdotal evidence, but I saw a trailer for it at the theater last night. I've also seen more online buzz about it compared to Mario Wonder, but that is just from my little bubble. Sales wise, Spidey 2 will be one of the biggest games of the year and around the same ballpark as Zelda and Hogwarts.
Am I being prodigiously stupid or is there actually no way to browse or search your games library on epicgames.com?!
I'm talking about the website, not the client (don't have or want it); the closest thing I found is the list of "transactions"*, which is awful and not searchable.
* It still counts if it's 0€
I'm talking about the website, not the client (don't have or want it); the closest thing I found is the list of "transactions"*, which is awful and not searchable.
* It still counts if it's 0€
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