What are you playing?

[SN2716057]

Sniping some rude boys

in Arma 3 (I lost count how many mods)

 

[Vayra86]

I mean obviously it depends on what are your expectations/sweet spot in the complexity regard but its a more in depth game than D3 thats for sure.
Wont be on Poe's level which I'm actually glad for cause I never liked that but something between D2 and GD is likely at a higher level when we get access to all of the mechanics.

Ofc there will be meta builds doing crazy stuff but as you also know thats just how ARPGs work at a higher level when ppl figure out/theorycraft builds and figure out what works with what.
Either way I will be sharing my experience in a separate topic after the game's launch, excluding story related stuff ofc. 'not only my findings but I'm also actively following some of those in depth theory/build craft ppl who have a better understanding of game mechanics than I do '
Less than 3 weeks to go, at least for me it starts on June 2. 'damn,still got some stuff to finish before..'

Yeah and its a difficult balancing act I totally see that, too. If D4 is at the level of Grim Dawn in itemization/customization, I will burn north of 1000 hours no doubt If its more D3... 100 tops
I've got a 100% fresh and full experience ahead of me... (Reason I didn't do anything preorder or beta, it feels like a major spoil & waste the first impressions tour every time). Might even get into a #firstworldproblem as D4 might not be done for me when Baldurs Gate 3 comes out. OMG. Its been years ago since I had these luxury problems lol

 

[Frick]

Welcome to modern gaming I guess?
Its been known for quite some time that D4 has MMO elements built in it, thats pretty ahem 'normal' nowadays in open world/online games.

And I will make a mountain out of that problem and die on that mountan while bitching about it. When I feel like it.

 

[64K]

And I will make a mountain out of that problem and die on that mountan while bitching about it. When I feel like it.

You won't die alone. There will be a multitude of gamers right there with you.

 

[Sithaer]

Yeah and its a difficult balancing act I totally see that, too. If D4 is at the level of Grim Dawn in itemization/customization, I will burn north of 1000 hours no doubt If its more D3... 100 tops
I've got a 100% fresh and full experience ahead of me... (Reason I didn't do anything preorder or beta, it feels like a major spoil & waste the first impressions tour every time). Might even get into a #firstworldproblem as D4 might not be done for me when Baldurs Gate 3 comes out. OMG. Its been years ago since I had these luxury problems lol

Thats an understandable view, I just like to try out things earlier if I'm given the chance.
Personally I'm trying to keep my expectations realistic even tho its promising, if the end game gameplay/complexity lands somewhere between those 2 games it will be good enough for me. 'GD pretty much nailed it for me in regard of mechanics/itemization and whatnot so I'm not expecting it to be that good but who knows'
I also thought about that 'luxury problem' recently since I was wondering how I'm gonna finish all these games I'm interested in or the games already on my backlog.. Then I did a little reality check for myself realizing that I have much more important things to worry/care about in the first place. 'like finding a new proper/better paying job and just maybe try to find someone cause I'm tired of being alone'

And I will make a mountain out of that problem and die on that mountan while bitching about it. When I feel like it.

I mean nobody is stopping you or anyone, tho I feel thats a futile effort/fight nowadays.
I've also started gaming when non of this was a thing, played D2 exclusively offline singleplayer for ~2 years cause we didn't even have internet connection back then. 'most of my games came from PC magazines in form of CDs with bunch of demos and a full but older game every month'
Don't get me wrong I'm also not a fan of some of these changes to modern games but its just how it is.
Luckily for me these things are not a deal breaker if the game itself is fun and for the most part I sill enjoy gaming as much as I did in my younger days. 'I just play a lot less than I used to obviously'

On a more ontopic side of things, I've installed that Dead Space remake demo on STEAM to check it out so thats my plan for later today.

Had a little demo try out night as planned.
Layers of fear:



Runs well maxed out and theres only a very minimal traversal stutter, looks decent in overall tho I was expecting a bit better from UE 5 in this game after their showcase trailer.
21:9 Ultrawide ratio is broken currently in the game 'devs already know about it' and it doesn't work by default but luckily flawless widescreen saved the day.

Dead Space 90 mins demo:



Runs good enough with Digital Foundry's tweaked settings/RT off. 'minimal difference anyway'
Theres still some traversal stutters when entering a completely new zone but other than that its all good on my end, I did play the original serie back in the days but I have to say this remake looks good and I wouldn't mind playing the full game again. 'I'm not willing to pay more than 25-30$ for a remake tho..'
Btw after the 90 mins ended the game force closed itself to desktop and now STEAM is telling me to buy it so no option to further test it. 'at least not under the same account I guess'

 

[the54thvoid]

Playing Jedi: Survivor and getting plagued by a lot of CTD's since the last update. It was fine before that, so I can blame the game, not the system. There's also a shitty bug that means you can't use the blaster with remapped keys. Consolitis in the extreme....

Edit. Disabled RT and crashes stopped.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Edit. Disabled RT and crashes stopped.

I sense a patch is needed...

 

[Space Lynx]

@Sithaer those are really awesome screenshots. almost looks like you are gaming on an OLED panel, wow. the blacks look so deep.

i would not upgrade that monitor if I were you, its honestly pretty top notch.

im not playing a game, but next week my urologist is going to be playing a game with a laser and pulverizing a 6mm kidney stone in me that is too big to pass. i wonder what its like playing that game, like is he going to be a separate room, secretly going pew pew pew with a joystick as he has a fucking blast doing his job, or is it all going to be boring as shit for both of us. LMAO

 

[Sithaer]

@Sithaer those are really awesome screenshots. almost looks like you are gaming on an OLED panel, wow. the blacks look so deep.

i would not upgrade that monitor if I were you, its honestly pretty top notch.

im not playing a game, but next week my urologist is going to be playing a game with a laser and pulverizing a 6mm kidney stone in me that is too big to pass. i wonder what its like playing that game, like is he going to be a separate room, secretly going pew pew pew with a joystick as he has a fucking blast doing his job, or is it all going to be boring as shit for both of us. LMAO

Doesn't screenshots look depending on the viewer's display tho? 'for the most part' Dunno I have it calibrated based on a review's suggestion and I leave the brightness/gamma setting ingame at default most of the time.
I can't afford to upgrade it anyway, well not anytime soon.

Best of luck with that kidney treatment! In my head I kind of imagined the doc playing space invaders/minecraft on your kidney.

 

[Splinterdog]

Trawling through my old games and couldn't resist a bit more NOLF - No One Lives Forever and those hilarious off-camera conversations between the goons.

 

[Super Firm Tofu]

Finally getting around to SW Jedi: Fallen Order. Running in Linux using GE-Proton8-3 under Steam running the EA App.

 

[Sithaer]

Pretty much finished my Fl4k's build in BL 3 so now I have all of the chars at max lvl with a decent end game capable build. 'it was about time after spending ~1100 hours in the game mainly on 2 chars early and then the last 2 much later'
As usual the test is soloing both 'Raids' but mainly the second cause thats arguably the hardest content in the game at max lvl. 'also a big map, takes me 40-50 mins to finish the whole run if I don't mess up anything'

Not my strongest char/build for sure but it wasn't meant to be, I wanted it to be a bit different and it was fun. 'only using weapons from 1 company with a matching company man artifact so I was limited in my gear choices' Gonna skip doing the DLCs on this char for now, gotta play some other games.

A day ago or so I've picked up the story upgrade for Godfall on EPIC for ~7 $
I've already tried out the free version but I wanted to play the game properly starting from lvl 1 and play the story + get to know the game from the basics.
Yeah I know that the game was a pretty big flop at relase but I always liked the art style in this game and I was curious how is the game currently + its something like a Looter Slasher game so obviously I would be interested.



I have to say I love the combat system, its very similar to the MMO I've used to play for ~7 years and that was partially because of the combat system in that game.
Idk its just feels satisfying and fancy and just about challenging enough for me. 'I did get my ass handed to me already cause I've underestimated a group of enemies'

 

[Kei]

Finally getting around to SW Jedi: Fallen Order. Running in Linux using GE-Proton8-3 under Steam running the EA App.

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Me too, I've played about 8 hours so far and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

only using weapons from 1 company with a matching company man artifact so I was limited in my gear choices

Man, stacking Maliwan with different elements can lead to a beastly passive damage build.

 

[64K]

Playing Civilization III. This game is a classic.

 

[Space Lynx]

Playing Civilization III. This game is a classic.

I still have my limited edition Civilization III tin and discs, I own the collector's edition, the banner that says civ 3 poster, I have had hanging up on my bedroom wall for like the last 20 years. I still play it from time to time, but in my high school days I played it for 15 hour marathon sessions daily on my summer vacations from high school.

Damn, those were the good days, the real fucking good days. No noise, no social media, no distractions, just me and my game baby. Fuck I miss those days so much.

 

[erocker]

Playing V Rising PVE.. casual. I like the PVP but I want to check out all the other stuff.

 

[Sithaer]

Man, stacking Maliwan with different elements can lead to a beastly passive damage build.

True but that would be too easy and I've already used Maliwan too much on my other chars. 'Free Radical pistol alone can delete pretty much anything from Maliwan'
I went with Jakobs on Fl4k, imo it suits Fl4k the most and has a nice synergy with fade away. 'guaranteed crits so more ricochets and ammo refill'
Queen's/King's call, Garcia, Rowan's Call/Bekah and Skullmasher mainly but in that Guardian run Rowan's and Queen's did most of the work. 'I was avoiding Hellwalker for the same reason, used it too much already so I've replaced it with Garcia even tho its weaker but it was new to me'

I'm still a mainly Amara/Moze player but it was fun to play something a bit differently. 'I also have a Zane who I've leveled in a self found way so no help from my other chars/gearing from my bank, that was fun too and ended up having a pretty good setup with the chain Zane build'

Now I'm in the waiting room for BL 4 whenever that is.

 

[Ahhzz]

Playing V Rising PVE.. casual. I like the PVP but I want to check out all the other stuff.

hm,mm...I didn't know that game had a PVP version.. that usually means they skimped on quality on the PVE end... How is it?

 

[Bomby569]

Dead Space 90 mins demo:
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Runs good enough with Digital Foundry's tweaked settings/RT off. 'minimal difference anyway'
Theres still some traversal stutters when entering a completely new zone but other than that its all good on my end, I did play the original serie back in the days but I have to say this remake looks good and I wouldn't mind playing the full game again. 'I'm not willing to pay more than 25-30$ for a remake tho..'
Btw after the 90 mins ended the game force closed itself to desktop and now STEAM is telling me to buy it so no option to further test it. 'at least not under the same account I guess'

i find it's stutters very distraction for a game of this sort, much more then on other games. It's one of those games when it completely breaks you from the emersion

 

[Sithaer]

i find it's stutters very distraction for a game of this sort, much more then on other games. It's one of those games when it completely breaks you from the emersion

It was only happening when I've entered a completely new zone for the first time, that did not bother me much tbh but thats ofc subjective.
I would have no issues finishing the game like this.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

True but that would be too easy and I've already used Maliwan too much on my other chars. 'Free Radical pistol alone can delete pretty much anything from Maliwan'
I went with Jakobs on Fl4k, imo it suits Fl4k the most and has a nice synergy with fade away. 'guaranteed crits so more ricochets and ammo refill'
Queen's/King's call, Garcia, Rowan's Call/Bekah and Skullmasher mainly but in that Guardian run Rowan's and Queen's did most of the work. 'I was avoiding Hellwalker for the same reason, used it too much already so I've replaced it with Garcia even tho its weaker but it was new to me'

I'm still a mainly Amara/Moze player but it was fun to play something a bit differently. 'I also have a Zane who I've leveled in a self found way so no help from my other chars/gearing from my bank, that was fun too and ended up having a pretty good setup with the chain Zane build'

Now I'm in the waiting room for BL 4 whenever that is.

My favorite setup was a pair of Maliwan guns (SMG and AR, I think) and a Torgue pistol. That pistol had massive damage and did radiation damage as well, which could spread when the enemy died. Also, of you missed, the projectile would explode doing radiation damage to everyone around. Pair that with some poison and fire damage, and massive groups could be taken out with hardly any damage taken.

 

[Bomby569]

It was only happening when I've entered a completely new zone for the first time, that did not bother me much tbh but thats ofc subjective.
I would have no issues finishing the game like this.

it's the shader compilation thing, most likely. How can games still have issues like this in 2023. For such a slow paced game how can a game not manage to do this before we move on to a new area
I played the original in the 360 and i don't remember this being a problem at all

 

[Ruru]

Started Final Fantasy VI as I haven't played it for about 6 years. Already in the World of Ruin and I have most of my characters back. The older PC version, not the newer Pixel Remaster (I have only I, II & IV of those PR versions).

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Expensive and completely made for consoles. With only a small options for PC tweaking....but you buy it for the story & gameplay which is AMAZING!

Ada is HOT and Ashley is hella cute on the remake.

 

[erocker]

hm,mm...I didn't know that game had a PVP version.. that usually means they skimped on quality on the PVE end... How is it?

PVE was pretty good before the latest update. It's quite excellent now. So many bosses and unique enemies. I really enjoy tracking the bosses, taking them out and their rewards are intertwined with progression. The game is pretty well thought out. I suppose my one gripe with it is just dealing with inventory like many of these kind of games.