What are you playing?

[Calmmo]

It came out at around the same time as GTAIII, i do recall liking it a lot more than GTAIII, very good story, for the time anyway, can't say i recall any details, just the general plot.
I do want to pick this up, maybe on discount and once i have a GPU again :Ρ
Do recall the cops being annoying as you couldn't speed, but the whole roam the city freely thing was still pretty fresh at the time and didn't detract too much from the experience.

 

[Sithaer]

Was playing Serious Sam 4 but I guess I will just put it away until they fix this mess.

Random crashes all over the place, first few chapters were all good but now its crashing randomly during gameplay or after cutscenes.
Had to reload an earlier auto save and go through the entire zone and try again the same cutscene and that fixed it once.

Performance is also all over the place and considering that the game barely looks better than BFE which is like 9 years old, this is just bad imo. 'DX 11 seems to be the best for me, DX 12/Vulkan I get worse performance'

Serious Sam is one of my fav series 'hence my avatar', well mainly First and Second Encounter but so far I do not like this one.

Not a fan of the additional story NCPS either, borderline annoying tbh and I feel that it was completely unnecessary. 'Much prefer how it was in First/Second, just big maps+lots of enemies and Sam with his one liners'

 

[Apocalypsee]

Was playing Serious Sam 4 but I guess I will just put it away until they fix this mess.

Random crashes all over the place, first few chapters were all good but now its crashing randomly during gameplay or after cutscenes.
Had to reload an earlier auto save and go through the entire zone and try again the same cutscene and that fixed it once.

Performance is also all over the place and considering that the game barely looks better than BFE which is like 9 years old, this is just bad imo. 'DX 11 seems to be the best for me, DX 12/Vulkan I get worse performance'

Serious Sam is one of my fav series 'hence my avatar', well mainly First and Second Encounter but so far I do not like this one.

Not a fan of the additional story NCPS either, borderline annoying tbh and I feel that it was completely unnecessary. 'Much prefer how it was in First/Second, just big maps+lots of enemies and Sam with his one liners'

Luckily I don't have random crashes but it do crashes twice but that was when I alt-tab to desktop. Other than that it's running ok.

Yeah performance is really poor. Sometime I get good framerate but sometime framerate tank HARD despite the same settings. Once I get to wide open areas with vegetation, framerate drops below 40fps when I riding vehicle, and when using sniper rifle scope. Graphics looks very similar to SS3 (only a little bit more colorful enemies) which is bad, because they should be able to optimize it more before release.

I don't mind the cutscene and NPC's but yeah I get you, they should just stick to Sam being alone being badass and crappy one-liner all by himself.

 

[SN2716057]

Left 4 Dead 2 the last stand. Good old fashioned killing time. And a bit more HZD.

 

[Apocalypsee]

@Sithaer I playing Serious Sam The Second Encounter via Serious Sam Fusion (which basically update older Serious Sam game to new Serious Engine). I think this is one thing Croteam done right, they don't call it Remaster. Just simply HD, and this Fusion is better than HD IMO because of newer game engine and better optimized. Just look at the framerate, over 200fps. And it looks beautiful too.

 

[stinger608]

Dang @Apocalypsee that looks great man!!!!!!

Is there a link to the Serious Sam Fusion?

 

[Sithaer]

@Sithaer I playing Serious Sam The Second Encounter via Serious Sam Fusion (which basically update older Serious Sam game to new Serious Engine). I think this is one thing Croteam done right, they don't call it Remaster. Just simply HD, and this Fusion is better than HD IMO because of newer game engine and better optimized. Just look at the framerate, over 200fps. And it looks beautiful too.

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Yup I also have that. 'If I remember right Fusion was a free upgrade since I owned the games already when it came out'
Since SS 4 kinda upset me, now I'm replaying the older games in Fusion starting with First Encounter.

Looks decent and runs perfectly+support for ultrawide res with no issues.

 

[Splinterdog]

I wonder if Google's basement looks as cool as Nudle's. (Watch Dogs 2)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Really enjoying Crysis 2 atm. also using it to test my GTX1080 OC, which is fine at 2140core/5702mem

 

[Nike_486DX]

Doom Eternal 1440p ultra , but sometimes i also play... Jedi Knight II Jedi Outcast

 

[AlejoZ]

Damn!

 

[NoJuan999]

Serious Sam 4.

 

[Apocalypsee]

Dang @Apocalypsee that looks great man!!!!!!

Is there a link to the Serious Sam Fusion?

Its a free upgrade in Steam, if you already have the HD version of TSE and TFE it will be available in Fusion. Just install Fusion, launch it and you can select which game you want to play

 

[windwhirl]

I tested the waters yesterday with Serious Sam 4. I enjoyed it a lot and was a little sad that I had to stop and go to sleep

Only downside (and not even that, since it's just a logical thing to happen): my RX 580 is already showing its years. Perhaps it will get better if AMD pushes an update for the drivers and some further optimization from Croteam, but it's obvious that a new GPU will be in order this year or the next, if context allows it.

Still, even at the lowest quality, the game looked gorgeous.

 

[metalfiber]

Finished Mafia, A good story and combat but it's not really an open world. One side mission that will have you searching for five collectables...i found them all. Other collectables one can look for between missions. All in all i found 75% of them.

I started The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos. It's a turn based strategy game. I've not played one of these since the Sega Dreamcast. I'm in the learning process now. Hell it took me 30mins to learn how to aim an AOE spell...but i finally did it.

 

[SN2716057]

@metalfiber that looks like a fun(ny) game.

 

[metalfiber]

@metalfiber that looks like a fun(ny) game.

The humor reminds me of The Lost Vikings on SNES but i was having a little trouble trying to enjoy it. Once i get past learning curve i'll be able to.

 

[kapone32]

Finally going to try to finish Xcom Chimera Squad by Friday.

 

[Brandenburg]

Play mechwarrior a bit last night.I love my 2070.. Had the graphics maxed out and used 7GB of vram..

ity looks truely beautiful to me though.. something i dont like but the combat can be pretty awesome



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well.. F*CK ME!!!! .. took on 3 preds and gave them a serious work out.. had them so scared , they were huddled together and defending each other + they used only plasma and disc.. all i had was tactics ,speed, experience and sexy moves.. i was exhausted at the end of 45 minutes.. the duration of the map.. ya have no idea.. there was another alien but he played he only play a few minutes

the old man of AvP ghosted their ass with scary regularity.. I have a reputation for a dangerous opponent for a reason..sure i died alot but PLASMA is no joke.. OP AF. it took 2 to 3 hits to kill them and only took one well placed shot to end me.. had fun. very few could do what i did tonight and do as well

i need to take a shower in a few.. AvP is the only game that the tip of my shirt is soaked from sweat after few matches..75f in the room so its not hot and my pc isnt even trying hard to run this 19 year old game..lol. i could run it quite easily on a 9800gt much less a 2070.. lmao

 

[SN2716057]

So I'm playing The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos now too

The humor reminds me of The Lost Vikings on SNES but i was having a little trouble trying to enjoy it. Once i get past learning curve i'll be able to.

It is a challenging game, lots of things can go wrong very quickly, similar to Wastelands. So planning is key and making sure everybody has a belt
I've only played ~3 hours so still more than enough to explore. Using M+K I have not encountered any issues.
Two things I'm less excited about are the Q&E keys for rotation (mmb would be preferred), and there's no free look outside of combat (camera sticks to party, no scrolling away).

As for the humor for me it kinda reminded me of Monkey Island.

 

[Frick]

Some 14h into The Outer Worlds and I realize the game it should be compared to is probably Knights of the Old Republic and not FPS Fallout, which may sound weird, but it made a lot more sense when I started doing that.

 

[Vayra86]

Some 14h into The Outer Worlds and I realize the game it should be compared to is probably Knights of the Old Republic and not FPS Fallout, which may sound weird, but it made a lot more sense when I started doing that.

You make a great point there, its just so hard to do since the game looks like FPS Fallout, smells like it, plays like it... they even managed to copy the rigid/clunky movement and gunplay.

I might retry it thinking real hard its not Fallout. Maybe that'll make it work after all.. never got to the end.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I might retry it thinking real hard its not Fallout. Maybe that'll make it work after all.. never got to the end.

Or just don’t think of it as anything else but its own game. Let it be enjoyed (or not, if it’s bad) on its own merits. It works for me every time!

 

[Chomiq]

Think I'll replay Disco Elysium, it's perfect for this sh*tty autumn weather.

 

[Vayra86]

Or just don’t think of it as anything else but its own game. Let it be enjoyed (or not, if it’s bad) on its own merits. It works for me every time!

Yeah, I haven't found a way to cancel all past experiences in my head on command... especially not when things get copied so shamelessly.

But TOW wasn't that great on its own merits either. Things feel out of place, graphics look weird (as in, cheap and inaccurate), combat is clunky as F, dialogue is only mildly interesting. I know you're quick to admire everything you play... I really can't. I know what you mean though. I tried that as well with Mars: War Logs, which was in a very similar place in many ways as TOW now that I think of it. But it really just oozed poor design, not the most talented devs, etc.

In a way its being spoiled too, with too many pretty great games.