What are you playing?

[SN2716057]

Trying some addons in Beam.NG

The A.I. police trying a hill climb.

 

[Splinterdog]

I do love to sneak about.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

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where on earth did you get it for 3 dollars??

 

[Cvrk]

where on earth did you get it for 3 dollars??

it's been on steam for that price for a long time, and if not you can always get it on the black market like Instant Gaming. Been getting games on IG for eyars now, never failed, and their customer supprt is the fastest. They reply in a few minutes always.

Been playing this fishing game. Apparently, there is quite a lot of travelling involved.
It's pretty good. It has me...... hooked

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

long

Dirt 5 is 40 dollars on Steam on sale

 

[lexluthermiester]

where on earth did you get it for 3 dollars??

Epic very likely. Dirt5 isn't on GOG AFAIK..

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

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Epic very likely. Dirt5 isn't on GOG AFAIK..

dirt 5 is not on epic its only on steam and the microsoft store so i dont understand how he got it for 3 dollars

 

[Rahnak]

Finished the Dragon Quest XI demo last weekend after almost 10 hours. Definitely the longest demo I've ever played. On to the full thing now and it's pretty good so far. One of my biggest gaming regrets is not finishing DQ VIII when I played it on the PS2.

dirt 5 is not on epic its only on steam and the microsoft store so i dont understand how he got it for 3 dollars

Discount coupled with regional pricing.

 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Finished the Dragon Quest XI demo last weekend after almost 10 hours. Definitely the longest demo I've ever played. On to the full thing now and it's pretty good so far. One of my biggest gaming regrets is not finishing DQ VIII when I played it on the PS2.


Discount coupled with regional pricing.

I've checked steam db so no

 

[Rahnak]

I've checked steam db so no

Yes. $3 on steamdb:

 

[Vayra86]

Man, I've played Outriders demo the past two days and I don't remember when was the last time I've seen a new game this dated.
Gameplay looks to be like a less fun Gears, visuals are nothing to write home about, performance is meh, and in the span of 3 hrs the game froze and crashed three times. Characters are your run of the mill soldiers, and the story isn't gonna be it's selling point that's for sure.
AND THE CUTSCENE CAMERA SHAKE.... oh my God the camera shake. Who thought this was a good idea baffles me.
I really gotta see how all the gameplay systems expand as you play more cause I like the fact it's not a live service game, and it has loot and classes and stuff, but atm it looks to be a solid $15 game.
I might see the appeal if the loot game is well founded, but without crafting and access to more and better stuff in the demo it's kinda hard to say, and if the end game is meaningful and challenging. But you ain't gonna see that one in the demo either (at least so far, gonna play it a bit more)

All in all a REALLY weird experience...

Maybe I'm strange, but the first thing that struck me when I hit their homepage was this

Popular fashion heads. Instagram looks. Pass... Its almost a disease, everything is starting to look the same. You could paste any head from any big publisher game of the last two years onto this for a perfect copy. Once you see it.... can't unsee it.

The left guy is preparing his manly BBQ, the right one is coming to visit, tonight. They'll make selfies of their meat


There is more

Some hints of Destiny?

It all looks remarkably soulless and generic. Gosh, a heavy eyeshadow alt-girl... and another one that could be a man.

Put this next to Battlefield posters... or Apex legends... or Mass Effect: A, etc. etc . etc.

Maybe the punchline of 2021 is going to be 'Did you just assume my artistic direction'?

Creativity zero, blegh.

 

[Splinterdog]

where on earth did you get it for 3 dollars??

As others have pointed out, it's down to local pricing and Argentina is one of the cheapest Steam markets. Same with Ubisoft now that they have introduced local pricing.
I bought the Splinter Cell collection on Ubi for around $2, but I only take advantage of these really cheap deals when the prices are rock bottom because although you pay in local currency, by the time it reaches the card it's converted to US$ and attracts around 65% in punitive taxes.

 

[Sithaer]

As others have pointed out, it's down to local pricing and Argentina is one of the cheapest Steam markets. Same with Ubisoft now that they have introduced local pricing.
I bought the Splinter Cell collection on Ubi for around $2, but I only take advantage of these really cheap deals when the prices are rock bottom because although you pay in local currency, by the time it reaches the card it's converted to US$ and attracts around 65% in punitive taxes.

Hate it how I'm not exactly from a wealthy EU country yet I have to pay the generic EU price.
No wonder the shady workarounds were so popular here, maybe still is idk I'm not following those just heard it from my bro.

Dirt 5 is 55 Euro for me at the moment on Steam.

Maybe I'm strange, but the first thing that struck me when I hit their homepage was this

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Popular fashion heads. Instagram looks. Pass... Its almost a disease, everything is starting to look the same. You could paste any head from any big publisher game of the last two years onto this for a perfect copy. Once you see it.... can't unsee it.

The left guy is preparing his manly BBQ, the right one is coming to visit, tonight. They'll make selfies of their meat


There is more

Some hints of Destiny?

It all looks remarkably soulless and generic. Gosh, a heavy eyeshadow alt-girl... and another one that could be a man.

View attachment 191662

Put this next to Battlefield posters... or Apex legends... or Mass Effect: A, etc. etc . etc.

Maybe the punchline of 2021 is going to be 'Did you just assume my artistic direction'?

Creativity zero, blegh.

If only that was the biggest issue with game I wouldn't even care.
Played it for another few hours with the Demo since there was a patch, also started a new char/class thats better than my first one.

I pretty much have to play on Low+High textures if I want to avoid bad performance issues and even then there are weird drops, game definitely doesn't look that good to warrant this.
It has some decent game mechanics ideas like the gear mod system but the rest is rather generic.

Idk maybe when its on sale later the year I might get it or when I can buy a new GPU cause playing like this is kinda meh + I imagine it would be even worse at end game with more stuff going on.

 

[xtreemchaos]

Rage 2 it was free on epic a while ago. also still playing FO4VR, skyrim VR, No mans sky VR, and intermitant bio shocks which ever i fancy wish thay did it in VR.

 

[Vayra86]

Replaying Ryse Son of Rome after idk a few years, last time I played it I had a i3+950 that struggled on higher settings.
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Have to say this is still a pretty good looking game and the same fun I remembered.
Also ran into probably the weirdest performance fix I ever had to use.
I have the Steam version of the game and for some reason it was completely unplayable on my current rig, drops under 30 FPS and mad stutters so I did some research online cause thats just not normal.

Found an old topic about the same issue on newer systems and someone suggested to start up Origin first and let it run in the background.
As nonsense as that sounds I tried it and all issues vanished, solid ~60+ FPS smooth exeperience now.

Theres 21:9 support by default, text/user interface is not perfect but its not a bother.

That game handily puts all RTX content to shame. Look at it!

Tell me again we need to brute force that instead... I'm just not buying it. The lighting of everything looks just right. Reflections work, and its balanced out with the viewport instead of being an overinflated oversaturated high contrast fake HDR image.

 

[Splinterdog]

Hate it how I'm not exactly from a wealthy EU country yet I have to pay the generic EU price.
No wonder the shady workarounds were so popular here, maybe still is idk I'm not following those just heard it from my bro.

Dirt 5 is 55 Euro for me at the moment on Steam.



If only that was the biggest issue with game I wouldn't even care.
Played it for another few hours with the Demo since there was a patch, also started a new char/class thats better than my first one.

I pretty much have to play on Low+High textures if I want to avoid bad performance issues and even then there are weird drops, game definitely doesn't look that good to warrant this.
It has some decent game mechanics ideas like the gear mod system but the rest is rather generic.

Idk maybe when its on sale later the year I might get it or when I can buy a new GPU cause playing like this is kinda meh + I imagine it would be even worse at end game with more stuff going on.

I'm really not sure which algorithms they use for regional pricing and yes, I would be a tad miffed at having to pay over $50 when others are paying a fraction of that.
Check out SteamDB for Dirt 5 as an example.

 

[jboydgolfer]

i grabbed this last week for $19.99

Remastered. plays real nice on a 3090, & you can actually use 23Gb's of Vram buffer if you enable texture caching

 

[Deleted member 6693]

Metro ?

 

[sepheronx]

Metro ?

Crappy American propaganda known as CoD.

 

[ne6togadno]

That game handily puts all RTX content to shame. Look at it!

Tell me again we need to brute force that instead... I'm just not buying it. The lighting of everything looks just right. Reflections work, and its balanced out with the viewport instead of being an overinflated oversaturated high contrast fake HDR image.

iirc it was cryengine 3.0 or 3.5 demo game. at some point son of rome assets ware given away with humble bundle for cry engine

 

[Sithaer]

That game handily puts all RTX content to shame. Look at it!

Tell me again we need to brute force that instead... I'm just not buying it. The lighting of everything looks just right. Reflections work, and its balanced out with the viewport instead of being an overinflated oversaturated high contrast fake HDR image.

Yea and considering that its like a 6+ years old game on the PC.
I'm also using TAA so it could look better actually, could play with 1.5x Supersampling and no TAA but that tanks my FPS down to 40+ so rather not. 'looks good tho'

I remember that when it was new and I first played it I was quite impressed even on lower settings.

I'm really not sure which algorithms they use for regional pricing and yes, I would be a tad miffed at having to pay over $50 when others are paying a fraction of that.
Check out SteamDB for Dirt 5 as an example.

Well its just how it is, thats why I'm trying to only buy games when they are on sale or coupon+sale on EPIC.
At most I allow myself 1-2 full priced games/year.

Supposedly ppl just 'faked' their location on Steam and thats how they bought stuff for cheaper but they changed that. 'well the easy way'
Probably still possible through VPN and whatnot but eh, I'm not risking a 16 years old account for that.
Rather wait for sales or buy somewhere else where its cheaper.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Crappy American propaganda known as CoD.

 

[Frick]

Rage 2 it was free on epic a while ago. also still playing FO4VR, skyrim VR, No mans sky VR, and intermitant bio shocks which ever i fancy wish thay did it in VR.

How is Skyrim and Fallout 4 in VR? I got a Windows Mixed Reality hesdset for really cheap and have been looking for stuff to try out...

 

[xtreemchaos]

there really good in VR , ive got loads of mods installed in both games, its like being in the game in VR much more fun skyrim vr is stunning to see. id deff give the thumbs up on both buddy.

 

[sepheronx]

Been playing Sunless Sea since I got it for free.

It is a good game. Very challenging of course.