What are you playing?

[AsRock]

I'm puzzled as to why this French Resistance fighter in Sniper Elite 5 is black and Scottish? Woke agenda perhaps?
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And fake too ?, accent seems a little off.

Anyways Been getting back in to Path Of Exile again, been over a year and they changed a fair bit with it unlike with Take2\Rockstar with Red Dead.

 

[Vayra86]

I wish I was playing what this guy was playing:

This man built a $30K gaming room modeled after a Star Citizen spaceship

Does your gaming room have automatic sliding doors?

www.pcgamer.com

I can't tell if his three main screens are OLED or not though, if they are not, he spent 30 grand in the wrong way.

They're X95 LEDs it says and you can even see the viewing angles are limited (washed out color) in the video. So yeah, but waste seems to be his middle name. I see lots of warning signals here though. When you plaster your 'Tube handle all over your custom built room, you've got some issues, I think And here's the kicker, he spent a car's worth of money on a lookalike for product that probably will never evolve to a game. Vaporware. Perhaps he feels a connection there

 

[Space Lynx]

They're X95 LEDs it says and you can even see the viewing angles are limited (washed out color) in the video. So yeah, but waste seems to be his middle name. I see lots of warning signals here though. When you plaster your 'Tube handle all over your custom built room, you've got some issues, I think And here's the kicker, he spent a car's worth of money on a lookalike for product that probably will never evolve to a game. Vaporware. Perhaps he feels a connection there

lack of attention to detail like spending that much money and not getting OLED's = no skill imo

 

[Bomby569]

100 hours of Assassins Creed Valhalla, that is one weird game, it looks amazing but most of the world looks exactly the same with little to no differenciating areas, the fighting is really good, the dialogue is ok, the story starts great but then the England conquer the territories part is not very captivating.

Lacks unique moments and variety, but i still enjoyed it. Best moment, the meet with Kassandra

 

[xtreemchaos]

another free game from Epic castle wolfystine new order so i started a play through lastnight i must say i love the free game thursday on Epic thay are spoiling us .

 

[Splinterdog]

Over the last few days and thanks mainly to Game Pass, I've played the following:
NFS Most Wanted
NFS Rivals
These two have very painful menu access keys.
NFS Hot Pursuit
NFS Payback (downloading)
Sniper Elite 5
And on Steam all three Wolfensteins at various stages of play.
Time for a beer...

 

[Sithaer]

Over the last few days and thanks mainly to Game Pass, I've played the following:
NFS Most Wanted
NFS Rivals
These two have very painful menu access keys.
NFS Hot Pursuit
NFS Payback (downloading)
Sniper Elite 5
And on Steam all three Wolfensteins at various stages of play.
Time for a beer...

Damn you are on a gaming spree I see.

I still have this mindset that I can't move to a new game until I'm either fed up with the 1 game I'm playing or finished it, even playing 2 games is problematic for me and my progress is very slow then. 'still yet to finish Evil Within 2, at chapter 11 out of 17'

I think my next bigger game will be Immortals Fenyx Rising Gold Edition, its on a 67% sale on Epic and on top of that I have a 25% coupon so I can get the Gold Edition for ~22 $ and thats a good 90-100 hours of gameplay with my gameplay style. 'Tried the demo and its my kinda game, had fun with it'

 

[Splinterdog]

Damn you are on a gaming spree I see.

I still have this mindset that I can't move to a new game until I'm either fed up with the 1 game I'm playing or finished it, even playing 2 games is problematic for me and my progress is very slow then. 'still yet to finish Evil Within 2, at chapter 11 out of 17'

I think my next bigger game will be Immortals Fenyx Rising Gold Edition, its on a 67% sale on Epic and on top of that I have a 25% coupon so I can get the Gold Edition for ~22 $ and thats a good 90-100 hours of gameplay with my gameplay style. 'Tried the demo and its my kinda game, had fun with it'

To be honest, since finishing Days Gone, which was one hell of a game that I really got invested in, I've been flitting about, playing non-taxing stuff. Racing games are a good example because they pump you up for a while, especially when you win a race against the odds.
I must stop buying games that I'll never finish...repeat after me. I must stop...

 

[Audioave10]

I bounce around with 3 PC's a lot (F.E.A.R. , Far Cry , Crysis , Borderlands) but then I always return to STALKER...

 

[robot zombie]

Runebears are dicks. That's really all I wanted to say at the moment. Holy monkeychrist. I've beaten a couple - just encountered my second that I didn't haul ass from in a cave, and I can't even say the reward was worth the struggle. Not really worth it at all in fact lmao. What a troll enemy. If you know, you know Those things feggin suuuuuuuucccckkk to fight with a melee character, oh lord. I am sweating, and victorious, and full of bitter remorse. "Why did I do that?"

 

[Sithaer]

To be honest, since finishing Days Gone, which was one hell of a game that I really got invested in, I've been flitting about, playing non-taxing stuff. Racing games are a good example because they pump you up for a while, especially when you win a race against the odds.
I must stop buying games that I'll never finish...repeat after me. I must stop...

Oh that game I totally forgot about it, I'm not too big on Zombie themed games but that one looks decent enough so +1 game to play whenever.
I also have some games on GoG that I bought like 1 year ago and yet to play them, mainly Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition.

I do a similar thing with farm/loot based games, there are days when I just don't feel like to play anything too taxing on my mind so I do nothing but mindless farm some gear in one of those games I play.
Wanted to get into racing games recently but somehow I never manage to, even tho its been a good while since I played a racing game properly. 'NFS Heat looked okay to me or maybe play Forza idk..'

 

[The red spirit]

Wanted to get into racing games recently but somehow I never manage to, even tho its been a good while since I played a racing game properly. 'NFS Heat looked okay to me or maybe play Forza idk..'

NFS series kinda died with MW. It has been shit creek ever since. I liked Pro street a bit, but nothing else. Forzas are always pretty good, can't go wrong with them.

 

[Frick]

How badly done are the Bioshock remasters, or is it just my installation that's buggy? Launched the first one, and clicking on the privacy notice thing also clicked the underlying menu choice which was the Museum, and then the brightness slider didn't work. Doesn't really instill confidence in a remaster of a game that didn't need a remaster.

 

[Splinterdog]

Oh that game I totally forgot about it, I'm not too big on Zombie themed games but that one looks decent enough so +1 game to play whenever.
I also have some games on GoG that I bought like 1 year ago and yet to play them, mainly Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition.

I do a similar thing with farm/loot based games, there are days when I just don't feel like to play anything too taxing on my mind so I do nothing but mindless farm some gear in one of those games I play.
Wanted to get into racing games recently but somehow I never manage to, even tho its been a good while since I played a racing game properly. 'NFS Heat looked okay to me or maybe play Forza idk..'

NFS Heat is pretty average and nothing like the earlier games, what with all these silly characters which I couldn't give a toss about. Besides, a bug has crept into my version where it stops responding to the keyboard. I can be racing along and then the car stops, won't do anything for a while and then starts, stops. PIA! Verified files and all that stuff already...
I'm going to try it on my other machine and see what's cooking. Nothing wrong with the keyboard.
I've also just tried NFS Payback - looks great and performs well, but those dumb characters again which you can't turn off. Hot Pursuit still remains my favourite and the new ones have gone all social media friendly, as if we give a f***k.

 

[Frick]

what with all these silly characters which I couldn't give a toss about.

To be fair this is true for MW (2005) as well, and that was a great game.

 

[lexluthermiester]

We were getting off topic in the other thread so I'm bring us over here.

I've watched enough streams as I was interested in those at one time.

It goes back to the Try Before You Buy concept (for those with publisher grudges i.e. EA), or in this new age, watch the stream and talk to others about it before you buy. I've bought several games doing this, it works for me.

The great thing with RTCW is that there are a few really excellent mods and make-overs for it.

Mods - Return To Castle Wolfenstein

Browse and play mods created for Return To Castle Wolfenstein at ModDB.

www.moddb.com

I've played many of them and they are a blast! My favorite vanilla mod is RealRTCW. It takes the original game experience to the next level.

RealRTCW 3.0 - Complete Edition Trailer video

View the ModDB RealRTCW mod for Return To Castle Wolfenstein video RealRTCW 3.0 - Complete Edition Trailer

www.moddb.com

 

[Space Lynx]

How badly done are the Bioshock remasters, or is it just my installation that's buggy? Launched the first one, and clicking on the privacy notice thing also clicked the underlying menu choice which was the Museum, and then the brightness slider didn't work. Doesn't really instill confidence in a remaster of a game that didn't need a remaster.

I have no issues with Bioshock 1 Remastered, I know there was some controversy when it first released though, I think it used compressed audio files instead of FLAC like the original BIOSHOCK... I could be remembering wrong though. I'm old and gray now...

 

[lexluthermiester]

I know there was some controversy when it first released though

Wait, there was?

I think it used compressed audio files instead of FLAC like the original BIOSHOCK...

Didn't know that. Don't care either. People whine about the dumbest things.

 

[Cvrk]

Considered more toys then the real thing, these American super-cars don't ever take them seriously and tend to stay away.

I promise you, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C8 2020 does not know how to drift! Instead, it has sooo much downforce making it capable of cornering without swiveling at very high speed.
A champion for inside city racing

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Considered more toys then the real thing, these American super-cars don't ever take them seriously and tend to stay away.

I promise you, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C8 2020 does not know how to drift! Instead, it has sooo much downforce making it capable of cornering without swiveling at very high speed.
A champion for inside city racing

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Is it still made of plastic?

 

[robot zombie]

Wait, there was?

Didn't know that. Don't care either. People whine about the dumbest things.

I dunno how bad it is there, but audio compression in games does suck sometimes. Take Horizon Zero Dawn. The ringing distortion is almost never not audible on voices because of the compression on the audio. It used to be worse, now... it is 'fixed' and yet... still pretty noticeable. Sometimes they sound like they're talking through a paper-towel tube because their voices go into too high of a register and it hits that compression information wall. You get almost as much ringing as actual voice in that case. Like a quiet dentists drill every time a character talks, just this unpleasant mix of woody and metallic qualities. It just has a way of making voices sound flat and piercing at the same time. It reminds me of migraine auras I used to get.

Honestly, sometimes it's most noticeable when there is music. The apparent quality of the voices can be so much lower than that of the music.

Not everyone will notice, but for those that do, it's a constant annoyance with that game. It's not like modern mp3 vs lossless formats. It's more like 96kbps OLD mp3 vs... even 128kbps AAC. As it is, some characters straight up sound like they're coming through over the phone or something. In a game with so much dialogue, I think it is borderline criminal to use compression that so drastically affects the sound. That's a lot of time spent hearing that ringing. Silly as it may sound

One thing I could say, not having played the Bioshock remakes. A *downgrade* in audio quality sounds like a bum deal for what is supposed to be a remake. I think that would bug me too - I would say something about that... though it's definitely not enough to say "The remake sucks, don't bother." or anything like that. But does anybody really want to hear the audio get worse on a remake?

 

[The red spirit]

To be fair this is true for MW (2005) as well, and that was a great game.

Controversial opinion: It wasn't a great game, it was just more like insane PR success with rather average gameplay mechanics. If it wasn't for FnF, it might not have taken off. Strongest points of it were car customization, soundtrack and ambience, but driving physics, career mode progression and many other things were surprisingly bad. I really hated mandatory bounty missions and cars handling like they have no springs. For its time it was fine and there was novelty aspect in open world. Rather than being a poor game, it was just a product of its time, but it did age very poorly.

Considered more toys then the real thing, these American super-cars don't ever take them seriously and tend to stay away.

I promise you, Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C8 2020 does not know how to drift! Instead, it has sooo much downforce making it capable of cornering without swiveling at very high speed.
A champion for inside city racing

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You can drift anything RWD and AWD in Horizon 5. It's not that hard as long as you upgrade diff and tune it. Even Unimog is decently driftable if you have skills and know how to tune. I did that and sold it in auction.

 

[lilwirebrushdude]

I've been really enjoying roller champions lately!

 

[Frick]

Controversial opinion: It wasn't a great game, it was just more like insane PR success with rather average gameplay mechanics. If it wasn't for FnF, it might not have taken off. Strongest points of it were car customization, soundtrack and ambience, but driving physics, career mode progression and many other things were surprisingly bad. I really hated mandatory bounty missions and cars handling like they have no springs. For its time it was fine and there was novelty aspect in open world. Rather than being a poor game, it was just a product of its time, but it did age very poorly.

I could imagine it not being liked by racing game enthusiasts, but I'm not one of those. I played it a few years ago and I still liked it. But again, I'm very much not into racing games

 

[plastiscɧ]

18 yrs World of Warcraft - many ppl (new players) wondering about this stain! Where is it from?
Here is the Answer: