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Isn't it great all these developers abandoning their own engines for Unreal?
Third and i hope final BIOS update for Intel issue installed.
It's called Unreal Engine because it's unreal how bad it still is at fundamental things.
I wish Valve had took Source 2 licensing seriously so it could be a competitor to Unreal and Unity. Deadlock just feels good to control and while I know you could configure those other engines to emulate Source 2's movement, it is probably a lot of effort and not worth it.
Yeah I'm sure Source 2 is really made and updated with Valve games in mind. Valve would likely need a dedicated team making updates to Source 2 for third party requests/asks if they opened it up to other companies.
I would like to see Valve fully open up Source 2 "as is" for modders though given the Source modding community that exists.
I just got a 34 inch ultrawide monitor and this thing is insane.
Genuinely not clue why every company is swapping to UE. It's dogshit.
"Everyone is trained on it" OK? Train them on a competent engine.
"Everyone is trained on it" OK? Train them on a competent engine.
It's the opposite of training them, it's about being able to easily replace workers
My PC is fucked. I was getting a lot of BSODs the last month. Today I decided to try a few things, did an in place windows upgrade because files were corrupt. That made it worse. I finally said fuck it and reinstalled Windows completely. It seems to be in some sort of safe mode, still crashes. It's like there are no drivers installed for any of the hardware, and I can't connect to the Internet.
Time to buy a new PC. I refuse to build one again. Any recs for a good place in Canada? There is a Canada Computers close by. Are they okay?
Time to buy a new PC. I refuse to build one again. Any recs for a good place in Canada? There is a Canada Computers close by. Are they okay?
Booted up Metaphor, it seems nice. For a modern JRPG. I mean, I wanted to play stuff like Persona 5 before and started them as well but they were so slow to start and so cliche despite some cool art. SMTV too (but ok, like DQ the point of SMT is to be ultra traditional, still, linear dungeons to me aren't interesting to go through even if the area theme switches around). This one is presented nicely even in the start with a solid premise and aesthetics and everything. Despite the also archetypical so far characters and protagonist it's not grating. Though it really needs some TAA cos it's a shimmering mess in busier areas like the first city. Well, it could end up meh, I'm in the very beginning, just the vibe it gives me is cool like games like FF used to be in the 90s. The story seems FFT-esque. Also:
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Environmental Station Alpha got a C++ update with Steam Deck support and more:
I don't know if I ever finished it, so I'll probably go back to it once I wrap up Afterimage.
I don't know if I ever finished it, so I'll probably go back to it once I wrap up Afterimage.
My Mini-PC often crashed when Windows was doing an update. When one day it BSOD'ed and never booted to Windows again.
I found out it was the SSD.
Think Im trying to see if I can save up for a PS5 pro.
Haven't been playing Sony games since early PS4, so have lots of exclusives to catch up on.
In other news, I have a new website and would love some feedback what to do with it! (yes it looks like that on purpose lol, will work on it visually of
course)
Haven't been playing Sony games since early PS4, so have lots of exclusives to catch up on.In other news, I have a new website and would love some feedback what to do with it! (yes it looks like that on purpose lol, will work on it visually of
course)
I finished Animal Well!
What a lovely game. Lots of very clever aspects. I especially liked the way my controller would make noises and light up in different colours depending on the equipment you used. Very cool.
What a lovely game. Lots of very clever aspects. I especially liked the way my controller would make noises and light up in different colours depending on the equipment you used. Very cool.
It probably is something relatively simple like that, but trying to figure it out will just drive me crazy with the state the computer is in now. I managed to get Internet working, but it BSODs if I do anything. Every time I try to run things to see what the problem is it just crashes before the tests complete.
It sucks having to buy a new PC a month before Black Friday, but I can't go a month without a PC, especially since I have vacation the first week of November.
Discussion - What are you currently playing? (Week 42 of 2024)
New week, new thread! What are you playing? Busy week irl, so I focus on Death's Door last week. Reached the final boss. The game started slow but became more enjoyable after entering the second biome. Game is concise because I completed most of the content in 10 hours. I am glad that it is not...
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edin made a thread about HDR gaming. I am curious as well because I use Special K to turn SDR into HDR in some games and they don't look particularly impressive (my monitor supports HDR 1000). Would love to hear some tips from you people as well.
Discussion - HDR settings, tips, and help in PC games
I couldn't find a relevant thread and don't think this fits in with the main PC hardware thread so here we are: Does anyone have any tips for HDR settings in games on PC (and Steam Deck OLED)? I usually adjust by eye, but I'm still not familiar enough with HDR so things sometimes look too...
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I use this reshade mod to inject TAA into the game. It's not completely perfect, you get some artefacts with certain text boxes, even though the person creating it tried to miminise it where they can.
Metaphor ReFantazio TAA Mod - Antialiasing FIX for PC and Steam Deck
If you're frustrated by the lack of antialiasing in Metaphor: ReFantazio, I have good news: I managed to compile a mod that adds TAA (temporal antialiasing) to the game for PC and Steam Deck.
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If you can live with the artefacts, this will improve IQ quite a bit. I'd use the Lyall as well, a number of improvements, such as the ability to increase LOD, shadows, and reduce AO scaling so it's less insane on the GPU.
Watched Pat play through the end of SH2 yesterday.
Game seemed incredible for horror lovers but how the fuck ya'll can put yourselves through that for "fun" is beyond me. I'd be an anxious wreck playing that shit.
Game seemed incredible for horror lovers but how the fuck ya'll can put yourselves through that for "fun" is beyond me. I'd be an anxious wreck playing that shit.
Some thoughts on games I played:
It's a very, very anime metroidvania. With all the tropes that you would expect, including the nosebleeds and all that shit. But since it's 3D and it doesn't have a big budget, it looks more than a bit weird. And shoddy all around, including the translations, the sound mixing, the lighting effect improperly applied to wrong parts of the scene... I mean... it's very indie, and not in a god way.
But it has heart? And a lot of RPG elements, level ups, gear pieces with multiple stats, enemy drop cores that you can insert into your gear for stats and effects, it has crafting and side quests, three characters with three weapon types each that all play differently and get unique combat skills... but it's light on metroidvania parts, since each level does get unlocked with new power ups, but each is also really self contained, with decent enemy variety and a bunch of secrets, but it feels really linear.
And despite having a lot of elements that work well together... they're all a bit messy. Like the crafting, you need ingots and gems to craft weapons and improve the amount of cores on them... so outside of chests here and there, you melt copper ore into ingots, right? No you don't. You need to find later copper nodes in the world to get them to pop out full ingots. The ores you barely need beside the very start, and by the time you can farm ingots, they're obsolete.
Same for cores, every single enemy has a unique core type, but you can only slot two or three on your gear at once since you don't have room (and if you make more room using precious resources, you'll run out for the next set of gear...).
You can make tons of different food types, but they're all +stat buffs, so you only use the best one (or the +drop one)...
Weapon combos and skills have a high chance to stun enemies, that's cool and rewarding offensive play, except a lot of bosses can also be stunlocked relatively easily and don't do anything...
It's not bad, but it's really rough around the edges.
It's not really a metroidvania, it's a Zelda-like really. Some screens are even suspiciously similar to the first game, it has its share of homages.
And it's a really good one? The dungeons are good, the world map is fun, and the twin stick shooting (although I think it works better with M&KB) is unique and well done too, with the right amount of physics applied to make your ship feel fast and precise without being "blocky". Plus the game has a lot of sequences on water or ice that makes it more momentum based movement, it's neat.
Now the upgrades are simple, the level up is very Zelda 2 in simplicity and functionality (and mostly here to help if you struggle a bit, plus you can reset your build at any time at no cost)... it's just a really great game.
My only issue would be that the late game turns heavily to combat, and while all encounters are good and only marginally challenging, it lacks a bit of the "last Zelda dungeon" magic. They can be too long, but in this case, it really is the opposite.
It also comes with a post game... but it only has combat and repeats a lot of already seen enemies and bosses with a twist, it's a bit limited, if welcome content to an otherwise short experience, it took me about 8h for 100%.
It's a very, very anime metroidvania. With all the tropes that you would expect, including the nosebleeds and all that shit. But since it's 3D and it doesn't have a big budget, it looks more than a bit weird. And shoddy all around, including the translations, the sound mixing, the lighting effect improperly applied to wrong parts of the scene... I mean... it's very indie, and not in a god way.
But it has heart? And a lot of RPG elements, level ups, gear pieces with multiple stats, enemy drop cores that you can insert into your gear for stats and effects, it has crafting and side quests, three characters with three weapon types each that all play differently and get unique combat skills... but it's light on metroidvania parts, since each level does get unlocked with new power ups, but each is also really self contained, with decent enemy variety and a bunch of secrets, but it feels really linear.
And despite having a lot of elements that work well together... they're all a bit messy. Like the crafting, you need ingots and gems to craft weapons and improve the amount of cores on them... so outside of chests here and there, you melt copper ore into ingots, right? No you don't. You need to find later copper nodes in the world to get them to pop out full ingots. The ores you barely need beside the very start, and by the time you can farm ingots, they're obsolete.
Same for cores, every single enemy has a unique core type, but you can only slot two or three on your gear at once since you don't have room (and if you make more room using precious resources, you'll run out for the next set of gear...).
You can make tons of different food types, but they're all +stat buffs, so you only use the best one (or the +drop one)...
Weapon combos and skills have a high chance to stun enemies, that's cool and rewarding offensive play, except a lot of bosses can also be stunlocked relatively easily and don't do anything...
It's not bad, but it's really rough around the edges.
It's not really a metroidvania, it's a Zelda-like really. Some screens are even suspiciously similar to the first game, it has its share of homages.
And it's a really good one? The dungeons are good, the world map is fun, and the twin stick shooting (although I think it works better with M&KB) is unique and well done too, with the right amount of physics applied to make your ship feel fast and precise without being "blocky". Plus the game has a lot of sequences on water or ice that makes it more momentum based movement, it's neat.
Now the upgrades are simple, the level up is very Zelda 2 in simplicity and functionality (and mostly here to help if you struggle a bit, plus you can reset your build at any time at no cost)... it's just a really great game.
My only issue would be that the late game turns heavily to combat, and while all encounters are good and only marginally challenging, it lacks a bit of the "last Zelda dungeon" magic. They can be too long, but in this case, it really is the opposite.
It also comes with a post game... but it only has combat and repeats a lot of already seen enemies and bosses with a twist, it's a bit limited, if welcome content to an otherwise short experience, it took me about 8h for 100%.
Thanks for the impressions on Erza. This showed up several times in my recommendations and I was (and am) somewhat intrigued.
Your text matches almost exactly what I would have expected from briefly browsing the game page and reading a few of the reviews, but it's good to have that confirmed. So I know what I need to be in the mood for in case I ever decide to play it (basically a substantially worse Afterimage).
Your text matches almost exactly what I would have expected from briefly browsing the game page and reading a few of the reviews, but it's good to have that confirmed. So I know what I need to be in the mood for in case I ever decide to play it (basically a substantially worse Afterimage).
Similar to horror films, it's taste thing. Some people will hate it, some people will like it. As a fan of horror, I can say it's basically about a certain kind of thrill, though arguably the more you engage in the genre, the lesser that effect is. Given that horror is, by its definition, never going to be massively popular, I am surprised how many AAA and AA titles we got in recent years., from the Dead Space remake, the Alone in the Dark remake, the Until Dawn remake, Alan Wake 2, Still Wakes the Deep, and lots of indie titles too.
The overall trend seems to be that all of these bomb or fail to make a big splash. I am curious if Silent Hill 2 remake can break the trend.
New PC acquired! I'm not going to post exactly which one because I don't want to know how badly I overpaid. It's got a i7-14700KF and a 4070 TI Super which are the main things. I do have to figure out how to disable all these RGB fans at some point.
It was listed as being $400 off which is nice, but it was expensive. I'm sure I could've built something equivalent for several hundred less, but I built my last 3 PCs and I am too old for that shit now. The stress, the sweating, the panic when things don't fit. I just had to open the box, plug it all in, and go.
It was listed as being $400 off which is nice, but it was expensive. I'm sure I could've built something equivalent for several hundred less, but I built my last 3 PCs and I am too old for that shit now. The stress, the sweating, the panic when things don't fit. I just had to open the box, plug it all in, and go.
It's requires a certain mood for sure. The slapstick anime stuff is fine in general if you like it, but the rest reminds me quite a bit of modern Ys, in the way the the levels are arranged, the tiers of gear and how spammy the combat can get, but in a side scrolling version... but it's always on shaky grounds, it would have benefited from fixing some things instead of adding more content like they've done since the EA.
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State of Regional Pricing (India as example)
Imagine if games in different states in USA had different pricing. That's happening to us.
Imagine if games in different states in USA had different pricing. That's happening to us.
They, uhh, have? Each one has different sale tax, that gets added to the final price.
I hope SH2 does well. I loved the touches like one of the rooms rotting more and more to symbolize Mary's cancer battle then the 3 fights getting progressively worse to symbolize their arguments.
That's even worse to me, wilfully putting oneself in harms way.
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Oh shit.
Although price difference wouldn't be to this extent, right?
Nowhere close, no
Probably one of the best run-n-gun 2D scroller I've played in a while; probably the best retro throwback game of 2024.
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I finished the Until Dawn remake on Steam Structurally, there are few actual mechanics in the game. The idea is to walk around, and make choices at key moments and hope you did the rights ones to allow as many people to survive. Supermassive Games knew that this could feel pretty passive, so...
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Even some states, like Delaware, with no sales tax.
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The Little Witcher by CD Projekt Red: 9780593235454 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Putting a Witcher twist on family life, this delightful collection of comics features Geralt of Rivia as your average monster-slaying dad, trying to raise young Ciri to be a good kid while teaching her...
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It's an all ages book about Ciri & Geralt!
Netflix should make "Ciri the teenage Witch"
The Little Witcher by CD Projekt Red: 9780593235454 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Putting a Witcher twist on family life, this delightful collection of comics features Geralt of Rivia as your average monster-slaying dad, trying to raise young Ciri to be a good kid while teaching her...
It's an all ages book about Ciri & Geralt!
Is there any game out that is like SimCity, meaning a city builder in more-or-less modern city times? Besides SimCity itself and Cities:Skylines. I wanted to try cities but I'm just less and less a fan of paradox and their "the DLC costs another 300 $" ways. I also know of Metropolis 1998, which looks really lovely but it's far from finished.
Atlus posted some info for folks not able to get the prologue demo save into the retail version, and they have a dedicated thing for doing it on Steam Deck in desktop mode. This reminds me of how Durante and PH3 had a workaround for dealing with an issue like this with Zero to Azure on Steam Deck.
I also would like to have such a game; just a modern SimCity-like without all the resource & traffic management of Cities Skylines or other city builders. Unfortunately nowadays it often comes down to that and thats just too much of a hassle for me personally; I would love a simple game like SC2000/3000 without having to worry about having enough ore, oil, lumber or whatever to unlock some sort of building.
Alas, I dont know of any game that is really like SimCity, most games have some sort of "spin", and most games Ive tried arent very good either. But these are the ones that come to mind, your milage may vary.
These two are a bit older and as far as I know didnt review well; I never played them much
Ive only played them a little bit and couldnt really get into them
I liked this one but its also based on resources and unlocks. It does have a freeform mode eschewing all that, tho. And you can upload your cities and continue on mobile. Theres also a Pocket City 2 (featuring a first person walk-around-mode), but its not on PC yet.
Ive not tried these two
And Skylines is okay, and you dont really need all the DLC (however, during a sale, it might be a good deal to get some of it)