What are you playing?

[Space Lynx]

Playing Unreal Gold at the moment. Never played it before, always loved Unreal Tournament since my windows 95 days, but for some reason I never got around to Unreal itself.

So far so good, enjoying it.

 

[xtreemchaos]

chomiq, yes bud thats how i felt, ive got all the old Dooms but thay will not run right in UW .

 

[AM4isGOD]

Sniper Elite 5 co-op with a bud, awesome looking game and best Sniper elite game.

 

[Splinterdog]

Sniper Elite 5 co-op with a bud, awesome looking game and best Sniper elite game.

Very underrated with some unfair criticism in my opinion. Best looking SE game so far, too.

 

[QuietBob]

Doom 64, its free on epic, a classics that runs in UW.
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pic looks a bit blurry but i was moving at speed it dont look like that to the eye.
i took one for taking this pic.

Wow, this looks more like Quake than Doom! Will definitely try it out.

 

[xtreemchaos]

yes it do look nice, thay have kept the pixelated bits but it wouldnt be Doom without.

 

[QuietBob]

Playing Unreal Gold at the moment. Never played it before, always loved Unreal Tournament since my windows 95 days, but for some reason I never got around to Unreal itself.

So far so good, enjoying it.

Unless you're a purist, I'd strongly recommend these updates for a more modern experience:

Oldunreal's v227i Patch - a ton of fixes and updated DX9/OpenGL renderers
DX11 renderer v1.6.1 - most recent renderer
4K HD textures Extreme Edition v3.5 UTX - ultimate visual quality (require 227i patch)
Normal and height maps v1.0 - "3D" surface for textures (require DX11 renderer)
High Resolution Skins v3.1 - detailed character models, weapons and pickups (require 227i patch)

 

[Space Lynx]

Unless you're a purist, I'd strongly recommend these updates for a more modern experience:

Oldunreal's v227i Patch - a ton of fixes
DX11 renderer v1.6.1 - most recent renderer
4K HD textures Extreme Edition v3.5 - ultimate visual quality
High Resolution Skins v3.1 - detailed character models, weapons and pickups

I only have access to 8th gen Intel hd integrated graphics at the moment, I am guessing none of those will be ok to use without a dedicated gpu?

 

[QuietBob]

I only have access to 8th gen Intel hd integrated graphics at the moment, I am guessing none of those will be ok to use without a dedicated gpu?

Definitely install the 227i patch for the updated renderers. Unreal Gold only has DX7 and buggy OpenGL support with the latest official patches. I'd recommend using the Enhanced OpenGL renderer that comes with the Oldunreal patch for a much smoother experience. Make sure not to enable real-time shadows as they absolutely tank the frame rate.

You should also be fine with the 4K texture pack and the hi res skins. Backup your [Textures] folder before installing them in case you're not satisfied with the performance.

The DX11 renderer, on the other hand, is very CPU and GPU intensive. I probably wouldn't recommend it for an IGP.

 

[Chomiq]

chomiq, yes bud thats how i felt, ive got all the old Dooms but thay will not run right in UW .

Also - GZDoom, all you need are WAD files.

 

[stinger608]

Unless you're a purist, I'd strongly recommend these updates for a more modern experience:

Oldunreal's v227i Patch - a ton of fixes and updated DX9/OpenGL renderers
DX11 renderer v1.6.1 - most recent renderer
4K HD textures Extreme Edition v3.5 UTX - ultimate visual quality (require 227i patch)
Normal and height maps v1.0 - "3D" surface for textures (require DX11 renderer)
High Resolution Skins v3.1 - detailed character models, weapons and pickups (require 227i patch)

Great list of add on's @QuietBob

 

[jesdals]

New season and new chores

Feels like the game keep getting better visuals

 

[InVasMani]

DeadPoly early access game play is a bit cludgy and rough around the edges currently, but the retro late 90's aesthetics, but with a more current era API in terms of lighting, shading, and post process effects. Similar to Rain of Rain 2 it has a bit of pleasing somewhat retro-era-look-future-era-post processed/shaded look to it.

 

[Splinterdog]

Aliens Elite Fireteam is a fun game and looks great too but I'm not sure if I could take hour after hour of hordes of Xenomorphs.
That's single player with two synthetics for support.

 

[LifeOnMars]

Aliens Elite Fireteam is a fun game and looks great too but I'm not sure if I could take hour after hour of hordes of Xenomorphs.
That's single player with two synthetics for support.
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Yeh I've been wondering about this game, I don't play many multiplayer games but this one appeals to me because of Aliens.

 

[P4-630]

Still enjoying GTA V (free roam) with some mods, at some areas I had fps as low as 60fps (with a lot going on) with my i7 6700K @4.5Ghz, now after the upgrades with an i7 12700K getting around 135fps in those areas!!
Fps upto around 160 @ 1440p. Sofar satisfied with my new upgrades
New built , same MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio, my CPU can keep my GPU in the 97~100% load, which the i7 6700K couldn't do with this game.

 

[Ruru]

Dunno what magic Cockstar (no typo yo) has finally done, but even with my HTPC, GTA IV runs so damn fine that it feels like a new game. I don't have a low 1% or anything but I've seen dip to 40fps, and that's playable even still. Otherwise it runs almost all the time at solid 60fps.

And yeah, it's my favourite GTA with a faaaar amount. V was crap when compared to IV.

Still enjoying GTA V (free roam) with some mods, at some areas I had fps as low as 60fps (with a lot going on) with my i7 6700K @4.5Ghz, now after the upgrades with an i7 12700K getting around 135fps in those areas!!
Fps upto around 160 @ 1440p. Sofar satisfied with my new upgrades
New built , same MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio, my CPU can keep my GPU in the 97~100% load, which the i7 6700K couldn't do with this game.

Oh, and just are playing V one post above.. well, we all have our opinions..

 

[lexluthermiester]

V was crap when compared to IV.

I've played both. The GTA5 engine is leaps and bounds better than GTA4. You must be talking about the storyarc..

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Just started Guild Wars 2. Liked the intro so far..

Now if I can scale up the UI...

 

[64K]

Just started Guild Wars 2. Liked the intro so far..

Now if I can scale up the UI...

Really liked that game back in the day. I put over 300 hours into it before I finally got burned out on it. The main thing I liked about the game is that you got rewarded for helping other players out. I played as a male human warrior.

There's a lot to do in the game. Here's a site on tips for the beginner. Makes things easier to know what you should be doing.

Tips - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)

wiki.guildwars2.com

 

[InVasMani]

Played a bit of the original Guild Wars it was decent and had pretty good cut scenes back when it launched.

 

[Vario]

Dunno what magic Cockstar (no typo yo) has finally done, but even with my HTPC, GTA IV runs so damn fine that it feels like a new game. I don't have a low 1% or anything but I've seen dip to 40fps, and that's playable even still. Otherwise it runs almost all the time at solid 60fps.

And yeah, it's my favourite GTA with a faaaar amount. V was crap when compared to IV.


Oh, and just are playing V one post above.. well, we all have our opinions..

How do you feel about RDR2?

I think for single player, GTA IV > GTA V, but V is pretty fun for FiveM.

 

[Ruru]

I've played both. The GTA5 engine is leaps and bounds better than GTA4. You must be talking about the storyarc..

I'd say that IV was badly optimized for the hardware of its time, ran like crap on PS3/X360 and especially with PC for a long time. Now it runs butterly smooth.

And I mean mostly by playabiliti and story. V was just too casual, but I have to admit that it's optimized pretty damn good.

How do you feel about RDR2?

I think for single player, GTA IV > GTA V, but V is pretty fun for FiveM.

Never played the "GTA V Wild West DLC", haven't even played the first one even though I have it for PS3.


But I'll finally start Cyberpunk as I guess that most of the bugs have been squashed in 20 months. I have to admit, that it's the only game where a ray-tracing capable card would be cool.

 

[metaldc4life]

Skyrim..Heard it was a sub par game that won an award or two with potato graphics

 

[Frick]

Skyrim..Heard it was a sub par game

This is actually true.

I installed Destiny 2 because I was hyper bored. And it's honestly pretty ok so far. Only a few hours in, but I sort of like it.