This Week in Gaming (Week 8)

Tropick · Feb 20, 2023

ZoneDymo said:
Too me AH looks a lot less appealing then it once did, just too generalized after interest was gathered.

"We took Fallout, Bioshock, Metro 2033, Control, Dead Space, and threw 'em all into an industrial blender. Once we spread the resulting puree over a stale slice of UE4, we calculated to a 40% degree of certainty that it's 100% delicious."

lexluthermiester · Feb 21, 2023

Dr. Dro said:
and always-online.

For multiplayer games, maybe. But Kerbal is not multiplayer. There's no need for it to be online.

trsttte said:
But was it there at launch?

I think so. Not 100% sure. If it wasn't on GOG at launch, it was there not long after.

trsttte said:
I think having games at launch on GOG is a pipe dream

You don't know what you're talking about. Games launch on GOG all the time. Every once in a while they launch on GOG first. Why do you think it's my go to games shop instead of hacking the bejango out of Steam to make things DRM free? Hmm?

Arco · Feb 21, 2023

The game is unplayable anyways (KSP2). If anyone has see the clips released. 20 fps at 1440P with a 4080. The only way to make it reasonable is to not launch anything "big".

Sad, but I'm going to have to pass until its playable. Maybe they will work a miracle to bring it up to speed in a few days.

ShiBDiB · Feb 21, 2023

Should be noted that KSP2 is going into EA it's not releasing. And with that frames do look bad and the current system requirements are kinda wild.

Garrus · Feb 22, 2023

AusWolf said:
I'm not sure if it's the best looking one... there's so much blur that I can hardly see anything. The pixelated characters look cool, though.

the blur stuff is a meme

there is no blur, that is depth of field

secondly it isn't in the field of play, you don't notice it negatively at all, it actually looks much better than with it off

also since you are playing on PC, just turn it off if you don't like it?

see?

i've seen a lots of "too much blur" nonsense around the internet, play the demo on Steam, and then see if you still think that way

R-T-B · Feb 22, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Why? Kerbal 1 is on GOG, so why shouldn't Kerbal 2 be there?

Because Kerbal One was released by a sensible Indie studio, and Take Two is a huge conglomerate that is convinced DRM is a must.

lexluthermiester said:
If it wasn't on GOG at launch, it was there not long after.

It launched DRM-free via their own store.

lexluthermiester · Feb 22, 2023

R-T-B said:
Because Kerbal One was released by a sensible Indie studio, and Take Two is a huge conglomerate that is convinced DRM is a must.

Fair point.

R-T-B said:
It launched DRM-free via their own store.

Ok, didn't know that.

Avro Arrow · Feb 24, 2023

Redemption Reapers looks pretty interesting to me because it reminds me of The Witcher or Dark Souls. Those games need no introduction but I was really disappointed with Dark Souls because they never did get that stupid camera working correctly. Since everyone else seems so gung-ho about Company of Heroes, Redemption Reapers might fly under the radar and that means the price could be less for it.

Time will tell...

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