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Hate to admit it, been there many times...Confession time! I started the game back in 2000, restarted numerous times over the years but never actually finished it.
Now I'm completely hooked.
Hate to admit it, been there many times...Confession time! I started the game back in 2000, restarted numerous times over the years but never actually finished it.
Now I'm completely hooked.
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Custom loop |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
I have something similar to confess, I've actually never played any Half Life game more than just trying out, but I started Black Mesa yesterday and liked it so far. As I got into PC gaming in 2004/2005 and I didn't have a PC which could run HL2 then and I was a typical teen who thought of HL1 "nah its graphics look old and boring"Hate to admit it, been there many times...
System Name | The Poor Man Build |
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Processor | Core i9 10850K @5,1Ghz |
Motherboard | ASUS Z490i STRIX |
Cooling | Scythe Mugen 5 Black Edition |
Memory | Gskill TridentZ 16GB Kit @3600 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GeForce RTX 3080Ti |
Storage | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB |
Display(s) | ASUS VG27AQ |
Case | CM NR200 |
Power Supply | CM V750 SFX |
System Name | White DJ in Detroit |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
I have something similar to confess, I've actually never played any Half Life game more than just trying out, but I started Black Mesa yesterday and liked it so far. As I got into PC gaming in 2004/2005 and I didn't have a PC which could run HL2 then and I was a typical teen who thought of HL1 "nah its graphics look old and boring"
...these days I play old and new games equally, with PC and older consoles.
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Custom loop |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
Well, I am and FPS belongs to my top3 video game genresHalf-Life 2 and the episodes will blow you away. So very excellent games, even if you're not an FPS fan. I'm not, and I consider them to be amongst the best games every made, especially when it comes to writing and characters, which is weird as you play someone who never speaks..
Processor | faster at instructions than yours |
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Motherboard | more nurturing than yours |
Cooling | frostier than yours |
Memory | superior scheduling & haphazardly entry than yours |
Video Card(s) | better rasterization than yours |
Storage | more ample than yours |
Display(s) | increased pixels than yours |
Case | fancier than yours |
Audio Device(s) | further audible than yours |
Power Supply | additional amps x volts than yours |
Mouse | without as much gnawing as yours |
Keyboard | less clicky than yours |
VR HMD | not as odd looking as yours |
Software | extra mushier than yours |
Benchmark Scores | up yours |
System Name | Best AMD Computer |
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Processor | AMD 7900X3D |
Motherboard | Asus X670E E Strix |
Cooling | In Win SR36 |
Memory | GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30 |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled) |
Storage | Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500 |
Display(s) | GIGABYTE FV43U |
Case | Corsair 7000D Airflow |
Audio Device(s) | Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1 |
Power Supply | Deepcool 1000M |
Mouse | Logitech g7 gaming mouse |
Keyboard | Logitech G510 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin |
Benchmark Scores | Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121 |
Thanks you have given me what to play today.I just started the Fatesworn DLC for Kingdoms of Amalur. I still have Dragon Dogma, Horizon Zero Dawn, and AC Odyssey in my library to play next.
System Name | The Poor Man Build |
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Processor | Core i9 10850K @5,1Ghz |
Motherboard | ASUS Z490i STRIX |
Cooling | Scythe Mugen 5 Black Edition |
Memory | Gskill TridentZ 16GB Kit @3600 CL16 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GeForce RTX 3080Ti |
Storage | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB |
Display(s) | ASUS VG27AQ |
Case | CM NR200 |
Power Supply | CM V750 SFX |
I'm a bit disappointed in Horizon Zero Dawn, the weapon system as a whole seems a bit shallow and you can only get weapons from NPC, no such things as crafting certain weapons that have special abilities etc.I just started the Fatesworn DLC for Kingdoms of Amalur. I still have Dragon Dogma, Horizon Zero Dawn, and AC Odyssey in my library to play next.
The only downside, they end on a cliffhanger and there is no Half-Life 3. 20 fricking years and still no Half-life 3...Half-Life 2 and the episodes will blow you away.
System Name | White DJ in Detroit |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
The only downside, they end on a cliffhanger and there is no Half-Life 3. 20 fricking years and still no Half-life 3...
I'll go along with that!I'm still hoping for a H-L3 VR game. If done right it will be the definition of a killer app.
Hate to admit it, been there many times...
Processor | faster at instructions than yours |
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Motherboard | more nurturing than yours |
Cooling | frostier than yours |
Memory | superior scheduling & haphazardly entry than yours |
Video Card(s) | better rasterization than yours |
Storage | more ample than yours |
Display(s) | increased pixels than yours |
Case | fancier than yours |
Audio Device(s) | further audible than yours |
Power Supply | additional amps x volts than yours |
Mouse | without as much gnawing as yours |
Keyboard | less clicky than yours |
VR HMD | not as odd looking as yours |
Software | extra mushier than yours |
Benchmark Scores | up yours |
The only downside, they end on a cliffhanger and there is no Half-Life 3. 20 fricking years and still no Half-life 3...
System Name | Ryzen Monster |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi |
Cooling | Corsair H100i RGB Platinum |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 |
Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb |
Storage | WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb |
Display(s) | LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD |
Case | Cooler Master Storm Trooper |
Audio Device(s) | Supreme FX on board |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850X full modular |
Mouse | Corsair M65 Pro |
Keyboard | Corsair Strafe RGB Silent |
VR HMD | Headphones Logitech G533 wireless |
Software | Windows 11 Start 11 |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021) |
I've played up until Hong Kong loads of times and I've lost count of how many times I've started from the beginning of Deus Ex. But it just goes to show that the best games have replayability, in spades.Hate to admit it, been there many times...
Are trying to say it's never going to happen?Which of these four will occur first?
Half Life 3 comes out?
The next book installment in A Song of Ice and Fire by George Martin (aka Game of Thrones books) is published?
Rudy Giuliani tracks down Hillary's email server?
The IRS finallys settles their trump audit and we see his tax returns?
System Name | 4K-gaming |
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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero |
Cooling | Custom loop |
Memory | 32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466 |
Video Card(s) | Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB |
Storage | 256+240+128+480+2x1TB SSDs + 3TB HDDs |
Display(s) | Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS |
Case | Corsair 4000D Airflow White |
Audio Device(s) | Asus TUF H3 Wireless |
Power Supply | EVGA Supernova G2 750W |
Mouse | Logitech MX518 + Asus TUF P1 mousepad |
Keyboard | Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift CV1 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | It runs Crysis |
System Name | Ryzen Monster |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600X |
Motherboard | Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi |
Cooling | Corsair H100i RGB Platinum |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 |
Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb |
Storage | WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb |
Display(s) | LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD |
Case | Cooler Master Storm Trooper |
Audio Device(s) | Supreme FX on board |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850X full modular |
Mouse | Corsair M65 Pro |
Keyboard | Corsair Strafe RGB Silent |
VR HMD | Headphones Logitech G533 wireless |
Software | Windows 11 Start 11 |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021) |
Give it to Crowbar Collective of Black Mesa fame.Are trying to say it's never going to happen?![]()
System Name | nope |
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Processor | I3 10100F |
Motherboard | ATM Gigabyte h410 |
Cooling | Arctic 12 passive |
Memory | ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS) |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960 |
Storage | 120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD |
Display(s) | Nec EA 241 WM |
Case | Coolermaster whatever |
Audio Device(s) | Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen |
Power Supply | Super Flower Leadx 550W |
Mouse | Steelseries Rival Fnatic |
Keyboard | Logitech K270 Wireless |
Software | Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC |
What was that? Did you accidentally post this comment in the wrong thread?LOL i forgott to buy some ddr4 ram, so i play BF1 on ultra and in background a music livestream from youtube = 7658MB from my 8GB.
But without the RAM issue it works 1A not like the garbage A10 7870K
Best part is that my i3 runs with an simple Arctic Alpine 12 full passive with 4,1 GHz on 86°C![]()
System Name | nope |
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Processor | I3 10100F |
Motherboard | ATM Gigabyte h410 |
Cooling | Arctic 12 passive |
Memory | ATM Gskill 1x 8GB NT Series (No Heatspreader bling bling garbage, just Black DIMMS) |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire HD7770 and EVGA GTX 470 and Zotac GTX 960 |
Storage | 120GB OS SSD, 240GB M2 Sata, 240GB M2 NVME, 300GB HDD, 500GB HDD |
Display(s) | Nec EA 241 WM |
Case | Coolermaster whatever |
Audio Device(s) | Onkyo on TV and Mi Bluetooth on Screen |
Power Supply | Super Flower Leadx 550W |
Mouse | Steelseries Rival Fnatic |
Keyboard | Logitech K270 Wireless |
Software | Deepin, BSD and 10 LTSC |
System Name | main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally |
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Processor | Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme |
Motherboard | MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus |
Cooling | Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one |
Memory | 64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5 |
Video Card(s) | Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core |
Storage | 250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M |
Display(s) | X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz |
Case | Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon |
Audio Device(s) | Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S |
Power Supply | Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W |
Mouse | Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch |
Keyboard | Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual |
VR HMD | Medion Erazer |
Software | Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64 |
Benchmark Scores | bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o |
Processor | Ryzen 9 3900X |
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Motherboard | Asus ROG Strix X370-F |
Cooling | Dark Rock 4, 3x Corsair ML140 front intake, 1x rear exhaust |
Memory | 2x8GB TridentZ RGB [3600Mhz CL16] |
Video Card(s) | EVGA 3060ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming |
Storage | 970 EVO 500GB nvme, 860 EVO 250GB SATA, Seagate Barracuda 1TB + 4TB HDDs |
Display(s) | 27" MSI G27C4 FHD 165hz |
Case | NZXT H710 |
Audio Device(s) | Modi Multibit, Vali 2, Shortest Way 51+ - LSR 305's, Focal Clear, HD6xx, HE5xx, LCD-2 Classic |
Power Supply | Corsair RM650x v2 |
Mouse | iunno whatever cheap crap logitech *clutches Xbox 360 controller security blanket* |
Keyboard | HyperX Alloy Pro |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | ask your mother |
I can give you that. Personally, I think the story is GREAT. Maybe it's being a sci-fi fan, but I think they did a rare job of bringing together their apocalypse scenario with the moral and ideological concepts they wanted to explore. It's much more thoughtful than most that you will encounter in games, or even many books. It's pretty smart, and the collectibles add some great worldbuilding. If you get into exploring and actually hang out in the dialogue, man there's some great stuff in there, get fully into the side-quests and learn a ton. The dialog itself is a problem for me though... just some of those lines really hurt me inside with how shallow they come off and the actual voice acting is patchy outside of basically Aloy and Sylens, who are played by Ashley Burch and friggin Lance Reddick, VA legends at this point. The direction steers them wrong on lines, too though. Not to mention, they system for getting it is asking a bit much for most. That whole 'tree' system with fake choices baked-in was never good.I'm a bit disappointed in Horizon Zero Dawn, the weapon system as a whole seems a bit shallow and you can only get weapons from NPC, no such things as crafting certain weapons that have special abilities etc.
story is kinda good if you dont rush it though, interesting side-quests as well.
I can give you that. Personally, I think the story is GREAT. Maybe it's being a sci-fi fan, but I think they did a rare job of bringing together their apocalypse scenario with the moral and ideological concepts they wanted to explore. It's much more thoughtful than most that you will encounter in games, or even many books. It's pretty smart, and the collectibles add some great worldbuilding. If you get into exploring and actually hang out in the dialogue, man there's some great stuff in there, get fully into the side-quests and learn a ton. The dialog itself is a problem for me though... just some of those lines really hurt me inside with how shallow they come off and the actual voice acting is patchy outside of basically Aloy and Sylens, who are played by Ashley Burch and friggin Lance Reddick, VA legends at this point. The direction steers them wrong on lines, too though. Not to mention, they system for getting it is asking a bit much for most. That whole 'tree' system with fake choices baked-in was never good.
It has some things that get in the way for people. It's a shame not everyone will plug into that story, because when you do, it's absolutely worth the time.
The weapons and crafting systems kind of bug me too. HZD is basically a mishmash of ALL of the staple open-world mechanics of major open-world-producing studios. The big picture of that is a technical masterpiece... it's in the placement of the different elements and the net game experience that provides. However, this also means that it bears the sins of all of the studios that influenced the mechanics and construction of the game.
You know what it is? It's that theme park vibe. On one hand of a modern open world is all of this intricacy... just a lot of stuff. But then, to fit all that in, mechanics get simplified and player options get limited. You have this big world to move around in with lots of stuff in it, but everything kind of has to go a certain way. The player cannot actually intuit what they can do, just based on what they observe in the world. These open world studios are selling us BITCHIN Lego sets, like a full Star Wars imperial fleet of detailed kits. But everyone knows the unassuming 10-gallon tub of random-ass Lego is way more fun. All of the pieces from the kits wind up in the tub in the end anyway. You can build your own Lego Star Wars adventure.
Something got lost there a long time ago. The last game I played that I think really got the concept of freedom in an open world, was GTA 3. No joke. Bethesda games take a close second. It's funny because those games feel so dated, but they understood what an adventure really was much better. It has waypoints, fast travel, quests, and then lets you break most of it any way you want. It doesn't make you approach certain things in certain ways, things aren't cordoned off in that way. A game like HZD, or really any more 'modern' open world feels more like a collection of minigames set on a big, deceptively-linear playing field than say, a 'Morrowind' or 'Oblivion' style open-world did, or like, a classic Far Cry experience. Something in those games is being lost in the newer ones. This sense of emergence and mystery that just is not there anymore because the whole flow of the experience is the same in all of these games now. There's not enough in them that makes the experiences unique to the player, not just once, but on every playthrough.
I love HZD. I think it really is a masterpiece game that people should at least experience for the sake of just knowing the culture and the beats. However, I also think it shows the decay in established ideas prevalent in open-world right now... the stuff that is really choking the whole genre. It is 100% of its time. The now-growing 'Horizon' franchise gets away with it because these are big Sony productions with stellar creative teams to carry them and make them stand out as something 'better than most.' And truly they are, but I don't think this concept is going to prevail for say... another decade.