What are you playing?

rtwjunkie · Nov 25, 2018

FordGT90Concept said:
Outcast: Second Contact is a lot better than I expected it to be. It's open world with lots of dialog. The only thing I don't like about it so far is the combat feels clunky. It's obviously got some kind of auto aim going on that I should try to disable.

Yeah, great fun but that is still some of that 1998? Clunkiness left. I didn’t mind, it’s nostalgia. Sometimes movement gets a little weird too, but overall it’s one of the best remastered I’ve seen in a long time.

It feels and looks much more modern, but the character of the original has been retained. That’s a hard thing to do!

FordGT90Concept · Nov 25, 2018

Damn! It's that old? They did a fantastic job with the remaster then. Looks like a 2005ish game.

Splinterdog · Nov 25, 2018

INSTG8R said:
Can’t stop playing Farm Simulator 19 I was really enjoying Forza Horizons 4 but I’ve pretty much run out of things to in it.

Same here with FH4. I've run out of races since they stripped championships out of it and that's after less than two months of playing it. A huge disappointment, so I went back to Black Mesa which I now have installed on SSD, which has improved those load times considerably.

INSTG8R · Nov 25, 2018

Splinterdog said:
Same here with FH4. I've run out of races since they stripped championships out of it and that's after less than two months of playing it. A huge disappointment, so I went back to Black Mesa which I now have installed on SSD, which has improved those load times considerably.

Yeah all I want is some more Road Races and they just keep giving me more Cross Country and I'm about out of those too. I played quite a bit of Horizon 3 and still have tons of things left to do. I love everything about 4 but the lack of actual races and those horrible spins that net me another stupid hat or emote I will never use, The cars, the environment, the driving, all great but the actual lack of continual content is very disappointing

cucker tarlson · Nov 25, 2018

I'm liking the gear customization in odyssey.

IceScreamer · Nov 25, 2018

I jumped back into Fistful of frags again, must say that game is pretty amusing, one of the rare ones I keep coming back to, just a shame that the playerbase is a bit on the low side.

rtwjunkie · Nov 25, 2018

Splinterdog said:
I went back to Black Mesa which I now have installed on SSD, which has improved those load times considerably.

I love Black Mesa, it’s better than the original HL. I haven’t checked in several months, but last I read they were still working hard at getting the Xen level finished. Are they any closer?

IceScreamer · Nov 25, 2018

rtwjunkie said:
I love Black Mesa, it’s better than the original HL. I haven’t checked in several months, but last I read they were still working hard at getting the Xen level finished. Are they any closer?

I don't know much about it, basically waiting for everything to wrap up before playing it but I did catch the Xen trailer they released a couple days ago and I must say I'm impressed.

AlejoZ · Nov 25, 2018

FC5: Lost on Mars

Gorstak · Nov 26, 2018

you should post screenies from kingdom come: deliverance...they say the weather in that game is done admirably...I've tried it while I still had a 1050 ti, but was just released at the time being, and I never got around to play it properly.

Splinterdog · Nov 26, 2018

IceScreamer said:
I don't know much about it, basically waiting for everything to wrap up before playing it but I did catch the Xen trailer they released a couple days ago and I must say I'm impressed.

Yeah, it's one of those 'It'll be ready when it's ready' situations.
From what I gather, they're saying Q2 2019, but I'm not holding my breath, especially since they're all volunteers in the team.

Vayra86 · Nov 26, 2018

Warming up to the mass slaughter of rats.

cucker tarlson · Nov 27, 2018

Alien:blackout is gonna get announced soon. Isolation was my top 3 ever.

anyway,it was only after completing rotr that I troubled myself with benching dx11 vs dx12, and I'm very positively surprised. dx11 got 100fps avg. in built-in benchmark, dx12 got 114. The biggest difference was in cpu limited geothermal valley though. Playing the campaing I had constant gpu utilization problems on dx11, now it's completely gone with dx12

dx11

dx12

Vayra86 · Nov 27, 2018

cucker tarlson said:
Alien:blackout is gonna get announced soon. Isolation was my top 3 ever.

anyway,it was only after completing rotr that I troubled myself with benching dx11 vs dx12, and I'm very positively surprised. dx11 got 100fps avg. in built-in benchmark, dx12 got 114. The biggest difference was in cpu limited geothermal valley though. Playing the campaing I had constant gpu utilization problems on dx11, now it's completely gone with dx12

dx11

dx12

Holy crap, call the news, we have a DX12 game with improved performance over DX11! Dayum

Its a nice boost and it shows the benefit well though.

In other news, I fell in love with this game. And only scratched the surface... with my Falchion. Not bad for 13 EUR on Steam. And of course, a glorious, almost fixed 115-120 FPS all the way through. Even with hordes of rats storming at me. :love:

Basically, if you liked Shadow Warrior 2, you cannot miss out on this one. It even comes with great dialogue during the hack&slash just like SW2

Splinterdog · Nov 27, 2018

cucker tarlson said:
Alien:blackout is gonna get announced soon. Isolation was my top 3 ever.

anyway,it was only after completing rotr that I troubled myself with benching dx11 vs dx12, and I'm very positively surprised. dx11 got 100fps avg. in built-in benchmark, dx12 got 114. The biggest difference was in cpu limited geothermal valley though. Playing the campaing I had constant gpu utilization problems on dx11, now it's completely gone with dx12

Alien Isolation is also one of my top games, even though it scares the pants off me and I'm not a survival horror fan by any means. I just don't want to be scared out of my wits when playing a game, but Isolation is so beautifully made in every respect. that I still try to play it, but in very short doses because my survival rate is very poor.
It's amazing how much people can divine from a mere Tweet and a picture of Hideo Kojima visiting Fox Studios. Already we have it being touted as an MMO (God forbid). All very HL3 speculation if you ask me.

Vayra86 · Nov 27, 2018

Game looks awesome.

Gorstak · Nov 27, 2018

it looks like a 3d version of grim dawn

cucker tarlson · Nov 28, 2018

Replaying doom

Tsukiyomi91 · Nov 28, 2018

Here's the ongoing progress of my female Exo Warlock in Destiny 2. Kinda fed up with FH4 (kept crashing) & bored with Warframe. At least D2 is keeping me glued & I'd say I'm doing somewhat well. Barely dying (which is good) & that Nezarec's Sin Helmet is one of the best Exotic helm I've got from boss drop. You can say it's a godly equipment for Voidwalker like me. *grins*

FordGT90Concept · Nov 28, 2018

Finished Outcast, played some Shadow Tactics (got some achievements and badges) after that, played Oxygen Not Included for a day (finally have a big colony that can survive minor mistakes), and now playing StarCraft II Complete (Wings of Liberty campaign). I wish I remembered these missions by name because I don't know what upgrades to buy between them. :laugh:

rtwjunkie · Nov 28, 2018

I wrestled whether to put this in Science or games. I'm checking this out now. It is Project Eagle, sponsored by NASA and JPL of what they would like in a Mars base. It's not a game but a tech demo you are free to explore. Due to the amount of mapping, it is accurate to 1 meter. It's set in Gale Crater. Get it free on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224000/Project_Eagle_A_3D_Interactive_Mars_Base/

Easy Rhino · Nov 29, 2018

rtwjunkie said:
I wrestled whether to put this in Science or games. I'm checking this out now. It is Project Eagle, sponsored by NASA and JPL of what they would like in a Mars base. It's not a game but a tech demo you are free to explore. Due to the amount of mapping, it is accurate to 1 meter. It's set in Gale Crater. Get it free on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/224000/Project_Eagle_A_3D_Interactive_Mars_Base/

I didn't see Matt Damon. This must be inaccurate.

Gorstak · Nov 29, 2018

Easy Rhino said:
I didn't see Matt Damon. This must be inaccurate.

I'd prefer to see Scarlett Johansson anyway...

Splinterdog · Nov 29, 2018

cucker tarlson said:
Replaying doom

You've got me at it now.

Solaris17 · Nov 29, 2018

finished shadow of the tomb raider, another notch on the belt, between that series and FF I have played every single one. Now back to finishing my skyrim campaign and after that probably get back into XIV.

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What are you playing?

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

Splinterdog

INSTG8R

Vanguard Beta Tester

cucker tarlson

IceScreamer

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

IceScreamer

AlejoZ

Gorstak

Splinterdog

Vayra86

cucker tarlson

Vayra86

Splinterdog

Vayra86

Gorstak

cucker tarlson

Tsukiyomi91

FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!"

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

Gorstak

Splinterdog

Solaris17

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