What are you playing?

[lexluthermiester]

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Just completed Horizon Zero Dawn. Really enjoyed it. Highly recommended!!!

Did you get the newly released GOG version?

 

[Vayra86]

Ah gotcha ! Looks cool.

Any specific server I should join?

Nah its region-specific and megaserver tech so you just move wherever the crowd is. Or at least, get prompted to do so if an instance gets empty.

 

[Cvrk]

Night gathers, and in 9 days my game begins.
It shall not end until full completion.
I shall take no easy level of difficulty, hold no cheats, father no second character on other saved files.
I shall wear no crowns and win no glory, but I will make plenty of Youtube videos even tho no-one watches.
I shall live and game at my post.
I am the casual gamer in the darkness. I am the one who will use Nexus-mods like crazy.
I am the owner of the 5700XT that barely holds frames.
I pledge my mediocre PC and honor to the CD Projekt Red, for this night and all the nights to come, and hope they will provide decent performance (rip AMD users ray tracking not included)

 

[mechtech]

TERRARIA!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vayra86]

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Night gathers, and in 9 days my game begins.
It shall not end until full completion.
I shall take no easy level of difficulty, hold no cheats, father no second character on other saved files.
I shall wear no crowns and win no glory, but I will make plenty of Youtube videos even tho no-one watches.
I shall live and game at my post.
I am the casual gamer in the darkness. I am the one who will use Nexus-mods like crazy.
I am the owner of the 5700XT that barely holds frames.
I pledge my mediocre PC and honor to the CD Projekt Red, for this night and all the nights to come, and hope they will provide decent performance (rip AMD users ray tracking not included)

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Have you readied your Gaym Bar for CyberHunk yet?

Sorry, it just happened in my mind and I had to vent.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I pledge my mediocre PC and honor to the CD Projekt Red

Why didn't you buy the GOG version? With Steam they have to share(25ish %) your money with Valve. CDProjektRed owns GOG soo...

 

[milewski1015]

Also, what app is showing the CPU/GPU in the corner?

Since nobody answered, it's MSI Afterburner with the Rivatuner Statistics Server overlay (it prompts you to install it alongside afterburner if I remember correctly)

 

[Splinterdog]

Why didn't you buy the GOG version? With Steam they have to share(25ish %) your money with Valve. CDProjektRed owns GOG soo...

I bought the GOG version, for no other reason than they still accept PayPal from where I am (no local currency yet) and I like the look, feel and integration of GOG Galaxy 2.
Added to which, If I had bought on Steam, even though the game is heavily discounted for Argentina (almost half price), I refuse to hand over an extra 65%+ in extra taxes, if I had paid using local currency.
Sorry, way off topic, but that's the way it is in a basket-case economy.

 

[Sithaer]

So after a few days of Witcher 1 I'm starting to get used to the old ways but man I miss Roach, so much walking around in this game. 'fast travel in new /modern games made me lazy I guess'
Also that Beast fight was a questionable design to say the least.

@Khonjel

Installed almost all of the fixes from your list and the texture mods, so far so good no issues and zero crashes.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hey everyone. I've decided to throw a few screenshots up inside the spoiler tag. I'm still playing AC Valhalla. Performance problems and patch troubles seem to have worked themselves out. With 161 hours in, I just checked the stats and I am 59% complete. My previous estimate was off a bit. I've maintained a steady 10% assassination rate throughout the game. Currently it is 434 assassinations, out of 4,438 kills.

Spoiler: AC Valhalla screenshots (possible spoilers)

I decided to go north for a sightseeing trip to the crumbling but mostly intact Hadrian's Wall.

Here we see one of the regular large forts along the wall which served as barracks, etc. What's left of this one is mostly snowed over.

"Who's idea was it to raid the monastery at the top of the hill?!"

These two idiots couldn't find their way out of a paper bag. I like when some comic relief is introduced.

Heading out to see (LOL, Edit: well that would be German, with a capital S. I mean sea) for a quick trip up the coast.

I always seem to be the last one back to the longboat after a raid...

Don't even bother to challenge these super-levelled heroic fighters who just want a challenge or a trip to Valhalla. Trust me, you will be the only one travelling to Valhalla. Your broken body will collapse and you desynchronize. Best to wait till you complete the game.

 

[jormungand]

Hey everyone. I've decided to throw a few screenshots up inside the spoiler tag. I'm still playing AC Valhalla. Performance problems and patch troubles seem to have worked themselves out. With 161 hours in, I just checked the stats and I am 59% complete. My previous estimate was off a bit. I've maintained a steady 10% assassination rate throughout the game. Currently it is 434 assassinations, out of 4,438 kills.

Spoiler: AC Valhalla screenshots (possible spoilers)

I decided to go north for a sightseeing trip to the crumbling but mostly intact Hadrian's Wall.
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Here we see one of the regular large forts along the wall which served as barracks, etc. What's left of this one is mostly snowed over.
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"Who's idea was it to raid the monastery at the top of the hill?!"
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These two idiots couldn't find their way out of a paper bag. I like when some comic relief is introduced.
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Heading out to see for a quick trip up the coast.
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I always seem to be the last one back to the longboat after a raid...
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Don't even bother to challenge these super-levelled heroic fighters who just want a challenge or a trip to Valhalla. Trust me, you will be the only one travelling to Valhalla. Your broken body will collapse and you desynchronize. Best to wait till you complete the game.
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holy crap !! i have a little more than those hours in Odyssey and i haven't finished yet Elysium , you really roasted toasted and baked that game !!!


oh boi!! Doom Eternal is a different monster from Doom 2016 gonna get me rocking till Cyberpunk comes!!!

Yep. Guild Wars 2 is better in UW, too.

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sweet ultrawide marvel!!

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

I don't know if I should buy Cyberpunk now or few years later as GOTY edition. I hate wasting money since I'm a cheapskate. I've never bought a game that's not at least 70% discounted.
I for sure know I won't play it this year since despite CDPR's best efforts I know open world games need tons of patches and bug fixes.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I don't know if I should buy Cyberpunk now or few years later as GOTY edition. I hate wasting money since I'm a cheapskate. I've never bought a game that's not at least 70% discounted.
I for sure know I won't play it this year since despite CDPR's best efforts I know open world games need tons of patches and bug fixes.

There is nothing wrong with that thought process. If you are like me there are plenty of other games you can play in between.

 

[jormungand]

I don't know if I should buy Cyberpunk now or few years later as GOTY edition. I hate wasting money since I'm a cheapskate. I've never bought a game that's not at least 70% discounted.
I for sure know I won't play it this year since despite CDPR's best efforts I know open world games need tons of patches and bug fixes.

there is not should or must, is your money and the decision of buying the game day 1 is up to you only. I loved Doom 2016 and i waited till it was on sale for $20, with Eternal was the same.
AC Valhalla is something i really want but not gonna pay full price since i have several games to beat and like you said theres the need of patches.
Even as we are talking about the most hyped game of 2020 with a big hope that is gonna be great theres nothing bad in waiting. Plus there are plenty of games on sale that can give you a lot of fun till you make your mind if theres the time to buy it or not.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

There is nothing wrong with that thought process. If you are like me there are plenty of other games you can okay in between.

there is not should or must, is your money and the decision of buying the game day 1 is up to you only. I loved Doom 2016 and i waited till it was on sale for $20, with Eternal was the same.
AC Valhalla is something i really want but not gonna pay full price since i have several games to beat and like you said theres the need of patches.
Even as we are talking about the most hyped game of 2020 with a big hope that is gonna be great theres nothing bad in waiting. Plus there are plenty of games on sale that can give you a lot of fun till you make your mind if theres the time to buy it or not.

Thanks. Guess Cyberpunk 2077 is goty for me in 2021 or 2022.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've never bought a game that's not at least 70% discounted.

I often pay full price for certain games. Not most of the time, but on a regular basis @ GOG. My logic is simple, on GOG games are worth the full price because when you buy the game, it's yours for life. No DRM BS. I reward devs who show respect for my rights with full price payment. Where other digital stores are concerned, NEVER have I paid full price for title. I won't even consider a purchase unless it's at least 50% off.

With Cyberpunk2077, I think it's safe to say you're going to get your full price money's worth. However, if you're going to wait for a sale, buy on GOG so they can get all the money from the purchase instead of having to share with a competitor.

 

[Cvrk]

Why didn't you buy the GOG version? With Steam, they have to share(25ish %) your money with Valve. CDProjektRed owns GOG soo...

You know I've been googling this. There is actually a constant thread both on Reddit and on Steam - Community about "where to play/buy" Cyberpunk 2077.

I learned that on GoG you can share your friends from Steam and Epic etc. so will be able to see people and chat with them etc and I knew about the 100% profit since CD Ptr. Red owns GoG.
There were also extreme people that talked about Steam's own build-in DRM - some service that constantly runs in the background that eats 1% of CPU performance. So people said that if you truly want free DRM you need to go GoG and "save" that 1% of your CPU #rediculous

CD Projekt Red is a good company for making good games, but they're no saints. Delaying the game? NO! It's normal, we need to understand that a fine product takes time, even tho it's still very bad marketing. More like the whiplash that the owner has been giving people for minimum wage salaries since forever back on Witcher 1, and so many years later he continues to do so for 350EUR a month.
Him and other greedy corporate companies are forcing polish people to migrate. Starving in Poland it''s what's happening if your working for CD Projekt Red.

All my games are on Steam, all my friends, all my achievements and gaming hours recorded. I was selfish and went with Steam cuz it makes me feel good.

 

[Vya Domus]

Guess Cyberpunk 2077 is goty for me in 2021 or 2022.

2022 GOTY ? I mean I know it was delayed a lot but damn.

 

[Chomiq]

CD Projekt Red is a good company for making good games, but they're no saints. Delaying the game? NO! It's normal, we need to understand that a fine product takes time, even tho it's still very bad marketing. More like the whiplash that the owner has been giving people for minimum wage salaries since forever back on Witcher 1, and so many years later he continues to do so for 350EUR a month.
Him and other greedy corporate companies are forcing polish people to migrate. Starving in Poland it''s what's happening if your working for CD Projekt Red.

Trust me, those guys aren't getting paid 350 EUR a month, minimum wage in Poland is €600 and those guys earn a LOT more than €600.

 

[rtwjunkie]

You know I've been googling this. There is actually a constant thread both on Reddit and on Steam - Community about "where to play/buy" Cyberpunk 2077.

I learned that on GoG you can share your friends from Steam and Epic etc. so will be able to see people and chat with them etc and I knew about the 100% profit since CD Ptr. Red owns GoG.
There were also extreme people that talked about Steam's own build-in DRM - some service that constantly runs in the background that eats 1% of CPU performance. So people said that if you truly want free DRM you need to go GoG and "save" that 1% of your CPU #rediculous

CD Projekt Red is a good company for making good games, but they're no saints. Delaying the game? NO! It's normal, we need to understand that a fine product takes time, even tho it's still very bad marketing. More like the whiplash that the owner has been giving people for minimum wage salaries since forever back on Witcher 1, and so many years later he continues to do so for 350EUR a month.
Him and other greedy corporate companies are forcing polish people to migrate. Starving in Poland it''s what's happening if your working for CD Projekt Red.

All my games are on Steam, all my friends, all my achievements and gaming hours recorded. I was selfish and went with Steam cuz it makes me feel good.

Wait, I’m confused. I know it’s off topic, but if in fact it’s true that CDPR’s employees don’t get paid very much (it’s the game industry. They have talent from around the world, not just Poland. They have to pay normal rates for these highly skilled employees), then by deliberately not goving the full purchase price to them you make it worse for their employees.

I mean, I’m not questioning where you buy it, just your reason, which is not very sound. If your argument is correct that their poor employees need help, then your action works against that.

Anyway, you also could have said “I like Steam better” and nothing else. It would have worked for me! Your choice is personal.

 

[Vya Domus]

Trust me, those guys aren't getting paid 350 EUR a month, minimum wage in Poland is €600 and those guys earn a LOT more than €600.

Who knows but I am sure they are underpaid by a lot compared to other western based studios.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

I often pay full price for certain games. Not most of the time, but on a regular basis @ GOG. My logic is simple, on GOG games are worth the full price because when you buy the game, it's yours for life. No DRM BS. I reward devs who show respect for my rights with full price payment. Where other digital stores are concerned, NEVER have I paid full price for title. I won't even consider a purchase unless it's at least 50% off.

With Cyberpunk2077, I think it's safe to say you're going to get your full price money's worth. However, if you're going to wait for a sale, buy on GOG so they can get all the money from the purchase instead of having to share with a competitor.

I'm just a poor salt farmer. I don't have the luxury of GOG with their no regional pricing. When I emigrate to one of those first world countries and change my profession to raising wagyu hybrid cattle, I'll consider them.

 

[SN2716057]

Well funk me, the amount of side quests that keep borking in AC Valhalla has reached to number 5. Reported the issues (again) and did the integrity thingy.
I'm starting fresh to see if that works otherwise I'll bin it for a year or so.

The starting over part is a normal thing in Satisfactory. The latest funny update removed all my mods, and I had a few. Now my ever so perfectly planned (not) factory is missing things.

 

[Vayra86]

I don't know if I should buy Cyberpunk now or few years later as GOTY edition. I hate wasting money since I'm a cheapskate. I've never bought a game that's not at least 70% discounted.
I for sure know I won't play it this year since despite CDPR's best efforts I know open world games need tons of patches and bug fixes.

+1, I've learned not to buy games on launch. Its not even the money for me... but paying extra to have issues... myeah... the question is why would I, the game only gets better by waiting and you can only have a first experience once. And on the PC there is another consideration: performance. Its fantastic not playing stuff at 30 FPS because its new and actually optimised for console and TV. Its one of the reasons to game on a PC instead

Another big item is that I like my stuff feature complete so I can invest my time and attention into it completely, and truly complete things instead of re-visiting everything every few months a new snippet of content gets released. I've had the spoonfeeding in my share of MMO's... another thing I'm hard passing on today. Even watching TV series I do in much the same way... I just finished Game of Thrones in the course of 1,5 month. Glorious!

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'm just a poor salt farmer. I don't have the luxury of GOG with their no regional pricing. When I emigrate to one of those first world countries and change my profession to raising wagyu hybrid cattle, I'll consider them.

I'm sorry if I came off as a privileged ass. No offense was intended. If you got a budget, you gotta do what works for you. Rock on!