Sunday, July 23rd 2023
This Week in Gaming (Week 30)
After a slow week of new releases, we're in for an extremely packed week this coming week, as we have no less than two AAA titles and several other big releases. The first AAA title this coming week is a sequel from Gearbox with the second AAA title having been out on the PlayStation consoles for quite some time, but it's been given some new sparkly features on PC. We also have a space game that we know some of you have been looking forward to, as well as a time travel game and a few other little gems.
Remnant II / This Week's First AAA Title / Tuesday 25 July
Remnant II is the sequel to the best-selling game Remnant: From the Ashes that pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself. To succeed, players will need to rely on their own skills and those of their team to overcome the toughest challenges and to stave off humanity's extinction.
Space Cats Tactics / Monday 24 July
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner / Tuesday 25 July
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner brings you an epic adventure in the form of a turn-based tactical RPG. Set in a medieval high fantasy world, witness a massive political disruption through the lives of different characters and fight for the fate of Wendalle.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart / This Week's Second AAA Title / Wednesday 26 July
The intergalactic adventurers are back with a bang in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart! Go dimension-hopping with Ratchet and Clank as they venture onto a PC near you for the very first time. Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond. With their own universe next in the firing line, dust off the dynamic pair's outrageous weaponry and stop a dimensional collapse in its tracks!
Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival / Wednesday 26 July
Time travel through history to become God. Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series / This Week's AA Title / Thursday 27 July
Experience the exciting universe of The Expanse like never before in Telltale's latest adventure, The Expanse: A Telltale Series. Follow Cara Gee, who reprises her role as Camina Drummer, and explore the dangerous and uncharted edges of The Belt aboard the The Artemis. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to surviving a mutiny, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices and reveal Camina Drummer's resolve in this latest Telltale adventure.
Mega City Police / Friday 28 July
Retrowave Skill-Based Action Roguelike about tough cops fighting crime and keeping peace the old-fashioned way. Choose your cop and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses using a huge arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle. The law will make crime bleed.
Remnant II / This Week's First AAA Title / Tuesday 25 July
Remnant II is the sequel to the best-selling game Remnant: From the Ashes that pits survivors of humanity against new deadly creatures and god-like bosses across terrifying worlds. Play solo or co-op with two other friends to explore the depths of the unknown to stop an evil from destroying reality itself. To succeed, players will need to rely on their own skills and those of their team to overcome the toughest challenges and to stave off humanity's extinction.
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Crimson Tactics: The Rise of The White Banner brings you an epic adventure in the form of a turn-based tactical RPG. Set in a medieval high fantasy world, witness a massive political disruption through the lives of different characters and fight for the fate of Wendalle.
The intergalactic adventurers are back with a bang in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart! Go dimension-hopping with Ratchet and Clank as they venture onto a PC near you for the very first time. Help them take on an evil emperor from another reality as you jump between action-packed worlds and beyond. With their own universe next in the firing line, dust off the dynamic pair's outrageous weaponry and stop a dimensional collapse in its tracks!
Time travel through history to become God. Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
Experience the exciting universe of The Expanse like never before in Telltale's latest adventure, The Expanse: A Telltale Series. Follow Cara Gee, who reprises her role as Camina Drummer, and explore the dangerous and uncharted edges of The Belt aboard the The Artemis. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to surviving a mutiny, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices and reveal Camina Drummer's resolve in this latest Telltale adventure.
Retrowave Skill-Based Action Roguelike about tough cops fighting crime and keeping peace the old-fashioned way. Choose your cop and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses using a huge arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle. The law will make crime bleed.
21 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 30)
At least the game has 99%+ GPU usage the whole time so it's not being CPU limited, it's just whatever it's doing graphics wise doesn't look anywhere near good enough to run like it does.
"Designed for upscaling" sounds like laziness. Upscaling can be great for playing at 4K without performance hitching, or when using DLAA such as in my case, or even for people with older cards who want to play newer games. But it's not an excuse to be lazy with performance, neither is it an excuse to release a game that looks like a 2018 game, but performs like a new Crysis.
I found most of the dialogue, events and writing quite tedious though, admittedly I only played the first level.
To me Ratchet&Clank kinda gives Guardians of the Galaxy vibes with the crazy nonsense fun type of gameplay/characters and thats a game I had a lot of fun with so this one I'm also interested in.
Think I will buy it just because no ray tracing :)
Edit - I guess W1zz better start testing GPU encode/decode, driver overhead, other workloads and drop gaming performance from reviews ;)
Well at least they're being up front about it I guess :rolleyes:
And I'll mos def check out The expanse cause I like the idea (and Cara Gee), I just hope it isn't too bare (the game).
Ratchet & Clank looks great too but it's PS only? So I must wait..if it ever comes to PC. edit: it's on steam and on my wish list
ps: The Grand Emprise trailer showed a lot but it felt odd. So either it's a HUGE AF game or too good to be true.
pps: Cats in space :D
I figured one pixelated retro game was enough and there wasn't much else out of interest on Friday.
store.steampowered.com/app/1376910/Super_Catboy/I only ever post games that are available on PC. This is the PC release of the game, the screenshots are even watermarked to highlight that they're grabbed on a PC.
Edit: nevermind, the demo ran at 2fps :eek: