ah ya every game has them
#๐ฎโgame
ornate cedar
Then why is it kept in the game when cracked
small comet
id guess lazyness
plus the only complaints about drm are either cause it actually fucks perf (which i havent seen in a long timer personally) or pirates
ornate cedar
possible, as it would give people an onther reason to pirate besides price and convinience
with drm sometimes giving enourmous benefits, like being able to play offline or better performance, stability
and keep in mind that piracy is hard to quintify as there are a lot of pirates that are not the ones they hope them to be (pirate with buying it as fallback and will not wait). and not the others which some will not buy any game so they either pirate the game or not eveb know about it, or dont have enough money but a lot of time on their hand(kids) or even the people that pirate with legal licence because they can.
it mostly seems to exist to make the shareholders feel good
bleak pike
fringe salmon
not for me
wow what a waste of time
I mean I get it if its like an AR game for easter eggs and such
but this is literally just a picture they took in some open world and at some point deleted it
wicked latch
Weird flex, but k 
ornate cedar
There are many things that people do that is pointless. Entertainment is important to do from time to time in moderation. It would be useful to learn how Minecraft world generation works and how to use that information to filter down the insane amount of seeds with immense size as efficiently as possible. Even how to even know what version the terrain was generated using specific traits and features. Even a good platform to learn reverse engineering. Quite interesting read tbh not too useful for me tho
bleak pike
@vital wyvern the background one was solved a while back
the pack.png was just solved
ornate cedar
Like you can use tall grass to find the exact location it would be as it was the same on every seed
like bedrock
fading spade
And the clouds
ornate cedar
Would the time the world runs for using the clouds and location?
As it would go on a single axis forever. And the amount they would move would be how long it would exist for
keen urchin
Wasn't there even a bounty for pack.png?
There's some really cool stuff out there
I think the Hermitcraft 7 shadow seed is one of the coolest I've seen
fading spade
Yeah
Its amazing
slim token
imagine thinking entertaining yourself is a waste of time
keen urchin
Damn, gotta use a laptop for a week where even Graveyard Keeper is a lagfest
orchid prism
proper cargo
God, im so bored. This is what people do when they cant game? They just...stare at a tv all day
This is ao freaking frustrating
I blam it on you @fringe salmon . You had to convince me more there was nothing wrong. You are usually the opposite pole in here.
Lets see if there are any good mobile games
fringe salmon
keen urchin
Your GPU just isn't RTX enough
proper cargo
Minecraft mobile
7 bucks
Roller coaster tycoon classic on mobile? Now it gets interesting
I wonder if transport tycoon is also here
It is!
Hurray
Well, its a dos game so ofcourse it could run on a mobile
Too bad it has errors. The names of the stations and vehicles show string value invalid. The game already warned it was meant for an older version of android
orchid prism
That looks nothing like the Transport Tycoon I remember ๐
proper cargo
Its adjusted to look 'more modern and hype' n shit :p
proper cargo
Yea, i refunded the game. It doesnt work well
Lets try roller coaster tycoon
Wait a minute
There is an openttd!
orchid prism
Well yeah. OTTD has been on "all" platforms for like ... 15 years ๐
I played it on the original Xbox.
proper cargo
Its a little weird to use it
They adjusted it for mobile use but try to retain the way its handled on pc
I mean, there is even a cursor visible
fallow bronze
It's not ttd, it's based on the "sequel" I thin kirnwas transport giant
Nope locomotion
proper cargo
This is so narly
The UI is definately not setup for mobile gaming XD
But its fun
fallow bronze
It was barely playable on my shield tablet with a stylus
proper cargo
I miss windows mobile
They had a promise you could use your windows phone as a desktop by hooking it up to a acreen
Would have made playing openttd much easier
Like the intel pc sticks ya know
fallow bronze
Samsung dex
fading spade
I miss windows mobile
@proper cargo windows phone 8.1 was gooooooddd
Dark theme <3
Pretty animations
frosty dew
so on amazon they got like 3 versions of cyberpunk listed. (not counting the sold out collectors edition)
that is like the usual pre order variant,
then the pre order variant plus a steelcase with some maelstrom design on it, for like 10 cents more,
and the pre order variant, the steelcase, AND apparently the full on, hardcover, full game guide book. for 30โฌ additionally.
(only reason i even consider amazon is because earlier in the week my company gave me a 40โฌ amazon coupon as a birthday gift)
obviously the question is, does it make sense to get the book if i def. plan on my first run in the game doing it blind?
trim rock
I think rather quickly the internet is probably going to be the better guide book anyway
frosty dew
i mean yeah
besides, cdpr themselves already say they include a "world compendium" in any of the day1 editions (preorders)
so i'm honeslty a bit confused about what this "official book" is supposed to be
cause amazon be amazon and sometimes just be utterly non-informative for the important stuff <.<
small comet
but world compendium doesnt imply game guide
world compendium is more like a fanwiki id imagine
and game guide usually means game guide
to play through the game
frosty dew
i just see, apparently it's more like a book about the settings of the locations and such
and background story
the included one
and the additional one is this full on mission guide i think?
but i'm also scared of just like, getting sort of scammed? if that even makes sense?
ripe tendon
goddamnit why is the icon for these the exact same as a normal grenade
proper cargo
Gaming on a chromebook cause my pc of 2000 bucks is a piece of trash, yeah yeah
ripe tendon
odd that a $2000 PC is trash
ornate cedar
Enough to throw limbs at people with their own limbs in dwarf fortress
ornate cedar
buy amd threadriipper + shipping
Who needs money when you can heat your room and game at the same time
proper cargo
Well, the pc itself is 1600, but i carried over the sound card and graphics card from my previous pc, however those are second hand and reduced in value so only 2k pc now
ornate cedar
depreciation is one year for pc's
proper cargo
Its an rtx 2070. Even when bought new, with the announcement of rtx 3k, they got devalued right away :p
fallow bronze
ofcourse it would, that's always been the case
i don't understand why everyone is so "upset" about this. i hate this meme
proper cargo
The 2k series were a test for raytracing, obviously. Was it viable enough? Not the question if it was viable. But viable enough. And appearently it is.
Cause they are heavily investing in this
fringe salmon
wasn't really a test as that answer was known beforehand
it's primarily used in film/rendering etc.
Real time is just a marketing push to justify it a bit easier on consumer cards
ornate cedar
They would not push iit if it was not ready and tested for it. But they do want this technology mainstream
as the developers can then experiment and see how to use them unconventionally to optimise certain aspects
trim rock
Oh then it most certainly can't stream high end games on GeForce NOW
trim rock
It does now
proper cargo
Generally chromebooks only make use of apu's. They dont have dedicsted cards
fallow bronze
good thing geforce now is a video stream
trim rock
You access it through the browser
trim rock
Yes only hour long sessions for freeloaders, but you can probably immediately start a new session
trim rock
Mmm, spotty connection
proper cargo
Wifi
It changes between red n orange
Lets see how it performs ingame
Res is a little bit blurry
Like its 720p instead of 1080
Wtf happened to world of warships while i was gone...
We barely even started and already you hear 'enemy is about to win'. Somehow they had 10x the points my team had
Oh lol. Almost my entire team was dessimated XD i had the most points somehow
Buuuut
Atleast i know geforce now works
Even on this crappy machine
fallow bronze
if youtube works, so should geforce now. it is literally just a video stream
trim rock
Yes but if you don't have a good wired connection it can be a rather poor experience
fallow bronze
it needs lower latency, thats true
proper cargo
Too bad this chromebook doesnt have a network connector
fallow bronze
rj45? ethernet connector? :p
bleak pike
@fallow bronze the stream isnโt the issue when it comes to cloud gaming itโs latency
Nothing worse than a noticeable delay with input
fallow bronze
true, but you dont need a powerful cpu or gpu to do that
proper cargo
Ethernet connector
tough jay
Not specific enough. HDMI can also be used for ethernet.
proper cargo
You know
If you told me a week ago i would be gaming on a chromebook, i would have dropped my 1100 euro screen on your car from 5 high.
And ofcourse its internet signal dependant, im not gonna lie, its a nice enough experience
Gaming on a machine that is barely better than a calculator
And all it takes is nvidia
Im gaming with nvidia on a chromebook
Cause stadia is fucking trash
You must really be sad to use stadia
Always go for the green team
tough jay
Geforce now is pretty good conceptually but also heavily subsidized by nvidia.
proper cargo
And im a o k with that
trim rock
Yes Stadia is garbo compared to GFN
fading spade
I just remember a couple years ago, I had trans in my nickname on a mineraft server and it got reset one day by a staff member telling me to be age appropriate -.-
ornate cedar
wrong age sorry, must be [data expunged] to be hearing about transformers.
-staffer from server lol
orchid prism
America(tm)
They don't like anything more "mature" than... whatever arbitrary thing they plucked out of a bible this week.
ornate cedar
just like their [unspecified] victims?
frosty dew
i think it's more meant to be a generally available server without much need to check their players or members and such
but yeah, america. anything remotely related to sexuality or anything? NOT AGE APPROPRIATE!
guns and violance? yeah we gotta teach about that in kindergarten.
fading spade
America(tm)
They don't like anything more "mature" than... whatever arbitrary thing they plucked out of a bible this week.
@orchid prism LOL RIGHT
ornate cedar
other color liquid iis fine. but not red. imagine the trauma of seeing blood during the stazi style interigation/torture.
fading spade
ooo
proper cargo
I booted up an older laptop. An intel xps XD i think this thing has a gt250 as graphics card
Ohh, better than i thought. A gt435m
This sucks. This intel laptop might not even be able to run it
Too low graphics card
Its weird tho. Chromebook can run it on the integrated graphics.
Hmm. I wonder if i can upgrade this laptop
Need a minimum of a gt650 to run geforce now
Bah. You need to buy a completely new motherboard cause an M graphics chip is stuck on it
External graphics card?
Too expensive. You lay down 250 bucks just for an enclosure
Cant i just hook up a graphics card to my laptop somehow...
Seriously. Game streaming. I thought it would be as easy as streaming a vid like on youtube but there are definately more requirements than that
Latest drivers are from 2017 ๐ซ
Yup. Cant make it work :(
A chromebook that can do more than this actual laptop
Why do i feel so conflicted about that...
Well, laptop is 10 years old tho
orchid prism
Alpha Protocol was awesome...except for the quick load glitch
fading spade
Mass Effect spitting true facts
Wrex: "that guy didnt even thank you"
Shepard: "What do you expect from a politician? come on"
hollow sphinx
ornate cedar
big reveal, morty I turned myself imto a pickle
orchid prism
๐
ornate cedar
Even gave you admission of embarrasment. Cant even take the L
Game reminds me of that racing game on miniclip?
proper cargo
Pubg breaks with tencent to become available in india again
orchid prism
People still play PUBG?
fringe salmon
it's massive
proper cargo
People?
orchid prism
๐
fringe salmon
especially the mobile game
proper cargo
Yea
ornate cedar
PRetty much their entire market
trim rock
Yeah apparently the entirety of India plays PUBG Mobile
ornate cedar
And china the desktops
proper cargo
ornate cedar
or aleast the accounts bought.
novel umbra
only within india
fringe salmon
also changes nothing bc it just means tencent doesnt publish it anymore there, they still develop it ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
proper cargo
India with over a billion population and shitty phones
ornate cedar
develop is a scretch, for the mess
proper cargo
Tencent doesnt develop tho
ornate cedar
But it always was this
proper cargo
Partnering with tencent allows pubg to be distributed on the chinese market
Thats the only reason they did it
novel umbra
doesn't change shit
ornate cedar
you cant do business at all without a chinese company
novel umbra
because it only affects publishing in india
everything else still happens under tencent
ornate cedar
for india operations
proper cargo
They choose india over china
novel umbra
Moving forward, PUBG Corporation will take on all publishing responsibilities within India.
WITHIN INDIA
Don't you read?
fringe salmon
tencent owns a big stake in bluehole, regardless of who publishes it anywhere
ornate cedar
yea, this means that india cannot do any business with tencent through India
ornate cedar
Even redirection would be technically the truth
novel umbra
well they hope that they won't get banned since before it was published directly by tencent
ornate cedar
Shell companies to the rescue
Or a licence company
xd
we pay 100% royalties and eh get updates and connectivity as expected.
bleak pike
How weird
if i run netflix + warframe at the same time warframe drops to 60fps
without its 180fps....
the only game ive ever encountered this
ornate cedar
One could set a lock for vsync?
ornate cedar
kindof if set to per actual monitor and not xorg monitor which is just a big canvas of displays
does manual adjustment work, as arandr likes to remove my refreshrate when used
so could be that resetting that fixes the issue
xrandr --output [display] --mode 1920x1080 --rate 144
novel umbra
tried disabling vsync and activating fullscreen?
dense pond
He isn't.
ripe tendon
Is CohhCarnage actually in 2077? Laaaaaaaaaame
dense pond
TFW you have two antiquarians who are powerful and vigorous...
And now a stalwart one. What the fuck.
ornate cedar
and morals
shell willow
orchid prism
WHOA indeed.
Ugh... the narration can go take a hike.
Just let me watch the damn thing.
shell willow
orchid prism
Nope. ๐
Never could get into their weird kind of "It's a stealth robbery game...but then you cough and it turns into Doom"
frosty dew
lol. so accurate
ornate cedar
Fine arts huh?
fringe salmon
idk, could just only play one style then ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ that only locks you out of like 3 heists in total that requires one playstyle
orchid prism
Ehh...pass. But those who enjoy it. Feel free. Just not my cuppa ๐
ornate cedar
๐ 
bleak pike
feral ferry
Why does this look like one of those Sea of Thieves or Atlas games?
trim rock
Oh, battle royale
ornate cedar
generic zombie game from 2012?
proper cargo
The only downside of geforce now is that you need to own the games to play them on steam or epic or where ever
So its not like you can free trial games
fading spade
Lol wat
ripe tendon
Would've been nice to play that in Zelda
ripe tendon
I love it, personally
errant spoke
game looks dank af, think the current content warrants getting in this early?
ripe tendon
If you're the type of person who can make their own fun then maybe but if you want linear content to just keep doing then maybe not
errant spoke
is multiplayer out yet?
ripe tendon
It doesn't seem to take long to progress through ages
yeah either using hamachi or port forward 8787 for host
no multiplayer browser or anything like that
dense pond
yay for vlan!
errant spoke
nice
ripe tendon
what recognizes that though
ripe tendon
Minecraft and that's basically it, I imagine?
bleak pike
xD
ornate cedar
but worse
bleak pike
fu
dense pond
<3
ornate cedar
as how will i mine netherite
bleak pike
mate
ripe tendon
Yeah but only chrome uses more ram than minecraft
bleak pike
haha
dense pond
chrome stays under 1gb for me at all times
ripe tendon
who would even want to run that?
it most certainly doesn't run at 60 fps with that setup
dense pond
people who have too much time on their hands
ornate cedar
haha try 100 tabs
bleak pike
ram go 
ornate cedar
Group the tabs and hibernade nackground tabs
also horses are horrible for normal travel
dense pond
haha wings go brr
ornate cedar
elytras are bea
dense pond
are we not gonna talk about how that hoverboard is made out of wood
ornate cedar
average 2012 mmorpg game
ripe tendon
well it's a wooden hoverboard. What should it be made out of?
slim token
or the scorching sun heat
ripe tendon
Oh you got a couple islands usually to get to lava still
ornate cedar
heat is a fake and a fraud to make the big anti-snowman do the murder against the snowmen that I spam
ripe tendon
Craftopia but not so much minecraft and I think it was fortnite building
more generic breath of the wild survival with some weird additions from other games
feral ferry
A big massive rumour reached me
According to Chinese Epic games thingy
The store
Next week potentially RDR2 is free of charge
Yes that is Red Dead Redemption 2, completely free
Still likely only a rumour but who knows, Rockstar likes people playing their Online gamemode
fringe salmon
could make sense, they still make way too much money in gta online from microtransactions
feral ferry
I would keep this in a can full of salt since RDR2 is one of the biggest games this year
And seeing it completely free is a bit too hopeful
fringe salmon
yes, especially in a literal sense of file size 
tough jay
To be fair at least rdr2 has a better reason to be this large than cod. Though I do wish game studio's cared a bit more about file size.
Compression is a thing, when done properly it should not have a noticable impact at all.
fringe salmon
idk man, realistic horse testicles are worth big files
tough jay
oh yea ck3 released, I may play that at some point
also check for some proper reviews first
ripe tendon
yeah if you have that just go that route
feral ferry
Take CK2
Make it more modern
And you have CK3
Little in content, no character creator, not much to do
But it's better than CK2
A lot easier to navigate, less cluttered
tough jay
I still remember launch day reviews of imperator rome actually being positive even though there was almost no content and the core mechanics were at least pretty broken.
tough jay
I may check again in a year or two
feral ferry
best choice you have
Obviously all of Paradox's games are DLC machines
Just pile on those downloadable microtransactions
tough jay
more recent games have toned down on the dlc a lot
feral ferry
Which is why I never actually bought a single paradox game
Can't support the scum machine
tough jay
I really don't mind paying for an expansion every now and again for a game that's supported for pretty long / I put 1k hours in
at least in the case of EU4
feral ferry
It is time consuming
But if you compare it to CK2, there are a lot less random events
So the experience gets rather bland
tough jay
ck2 I never enjoyed that much
EU4 has a lot of knobs to turn to keep it interesting at least for me
I also just start a campaign every couple of months so since launch.
feral ferry
Eh for me the only game that kept me invested into it is Skyrim
Which is weird, since it isn't that great to begin with
But with mods it gets really fun
So I am just waiting for Starfield to get announced
tough jay
I stopped playing skyrim a bit before they released the special edition thing.
Found it rather stupid I had to buy all the dlc to get the update
ripe tendon
good luck waiting on Starfield and Elder Scrolls VI
feral ferry
Meh I know TES6 is a good decade away
Starfield's gonna launch hell knows when
Next year? In two years? 3?
ripe tendon
I'd be surprised if we get either in a decade knowing them
fading spade
Welcome to RestInPeace Village
https://youtu.be/2dsn1MvsOZo
HOLY SHIT MC IS SAVAGE :')
I love this game xd
bleak pike
@feral ferry I very much sound rd2 being free
feral ferry
Might give me a reason to actually install the malware that is EGS
trim rock
Great it would break EGS again
fallow bronze
is there a difference in storage capacity or cpu/gpu speed?
sleek escarp
I don't understand. The Xbox S is just like a shitty Xbox X?
sleek escarp
I still don't understand the dual-console theory. So the Xbox X will likely have higher framerates, allowable refresh rate etc... So if you had an Xbox S you would be at a disadvantage for any online game? I feel bad for console gamers... They're getting pc'd and they don't even know it
fringe salmon
is there a difference in storage capacity or cpu/gpu speed?
@fallow bronze you mean for series S/X?
fallow bronze
yes?
fringe salmon
yes lol
fallow bronze
is out of the loop
fringe salmon
you'll see devs really not like the S and rant once specs are known publicly
fringe salmon
500gb ssd only for the smaller one, less performance and most likely less VRAM too
sleek escarp
That's just bs tbh. My little brother will probably get the smaller one because he doesn't understand that, and then he'll get shit on in video games for years because he doesn't have the money for the better one
I thought the point of consoles were a level playing field
fringe salmon
I can honestly tell you, that will not be why he's going to lose lmao
sleek escarp
Naturally he'll also lose because people are better than him, but my point stands that if a person gets the worse console, they are at an inherent disadvantage. This is why people on pcs gun for higher specs as well
fringe salmon
uhhh, man if you are that much worse at a game if you get worse graphics, why are pros playing on lowest resolution
sleek escarp
to increase framerate..
fringe salmon
its not a 30fps vs 240fps difference...
yeah so series S will have lower graphics to keep same framerate
the games will be made to run on S and have better graphics readoy for the X
nobody is going to develop for the X and downport it to the S
sleek escarp
In speaking to game developers, we identified the areas that are most difficult to scale effectively, including the CPU and I/O, and made it easy to include Xbox Series S for developers who are targeting their experiences for Xbox Series X
while that is certainly a nice thought, devs are likely creating for X and doing just that.
fringe salmon
yeah the few devs that maybe started working on next gen titles before knowing there will be a weaker one
and they knew the S would come at least start of this year if not earlier
you want the game to run on both, so why would you make sure it runs on X then have the risk it wont run on S
"sorry guys, our game is series X only"
sleek escarp
If I was a AAA developer, I would put a lot more money into making a game look as great as it can, and a lot less money into the "affordable" crowd.
fringe salmon
false, you would put money into a game you can sell as much as possible
sleek escarp
For game ads do you think it'll be pictures of the game of the X or the S? ๐
fringe salmon
neither, it will be the game running on pc
sleek escarp
Which one looks closer to the pc?
fringe salmon
the one with the better hardware of course
let's say they sell 2million S and 2 million X (I estimate much more people buy the S than the X but lets be generous for an example)
why would you ever risk losing that many potential buyers
novel umbra
sleek escarp
Tbh I think if people want an Xbox, the cost of the X is not extreme to the point where I would sacrifice the benefits of the premium console. Where I do see that happening is when you're getting someone a gift. Ultimately I see consumers getting an S for Christmas, liking it, and then upgrading anyway
If you're curious if I think it's a poor business decision, absolutely not. I do think that it's for profit rather than the consumer, though.
fringe salmon
you will also have more S availible because you dont need as good of a die for the chip
novel umbra
thing is
trim rock
You're a bit late there
novel umbra
expected DE prices to be higher
more like 550 euros
also upgradiung consideration when you realize that 512gb isn;t cutting it
sleek escarp
^
novel umbra
but upgrading is 200 euros
so you just sell yours for 200
add 100 extra
get the x new
trim rock
Now I wonder about rest of Europa tho, are they gonna do the same thing as with the XBone where most of EU doesn't actaully get it until a year in
sleek escarp
The problem I would say with offering 2 different consoles is that one is inferior to the other. It's a great decision for the business offering the consoles, for most things, really. The phone market has had budget models and premiums models for years. The problem is aligned more with the consumer.
trim rock
Eh, I see it more as a PS4 Pro & PS4 / Xbox One & Xbox One X kind of split, but from the start of the gen this time
sleek escarp
If you like the xbox, and you get the xbox s, you'll likely feel pressured to upgrade to the X to fulfill some requirement. Possible requirements: having more than 2 games installed, societal pressure from peers talking down your inferior model, playing competitive games and wanting an edge, higher cinematic experience while playing
outsider looking in, but I thought the ps4 pro made sense because games were needing more resources that didn't exist to play at any reasonable framerate
it's like an interim console as they only come out every decade, but developers come out with games every day
fringe salmon
yeah and close to 0 games were made for the ps4 pro, they all were made for the ps4 as a base
sleek escarp
sure, but as was mentioned, interim console
now that the ps4 pro exists, I bet the sales of the ps4 base model is pretty much 0
fringe salmon
the difference is also they basically cost the same
msrp wise on release
base model got cheaper over time ofc
sleek escarp
Yes, the interim console was a great business decision that ALSO benefitted the consumer
fringe salmon
ok? whole point was the series S is gonna be hated by devs and will be what people develop for, not the X
sleek escarp
The point is that the Series S was created as a business move that does not help the consumer, and can in fact hurt the consumer by needing to buy 2 consoles instead of 1
fringe salmon
... what
look I agree its shit bc it just makes the games worse including for ps5/pc
but people buying both is just uh, what?
sleek escarp
Do you actively play on a console?
By actively I guess I mean main video gaming outlet, not just actively
fringe salmon
I plan on getting a ps5, had a 3/wii/gamecube
sleek escarp
Ok, so this makes a lot of sense why you wouldn't really understand what I mean then. Those consoles were useful until the next iteration existed
fringe salmon
what??? I've not argued against the ps4 pro either
sleek escarp
Just chill, I'm trying to get to the point of why it's bad
ps4 pro is great, introducing 2 consoles at the same time bad
fringe salmon
im chill, just very confused what your point is
sleek escarp
Many consumers gets a new console for christmas by their parents/family/significant other
if given the choice to give my child a model of something I have no opinion on, would i choose to save $200 off my gift? I likely would, because I have no idea what the box does
fringe salmon
so your point is, people are stupid and dont look into what they actually buy
sleek escarp
Not at all
The parents are not dumb by saving $200
but I believe many parents probably would spend that $200 if they knew the benefits that it had for their children
They never look for those benefits as it does not concern them
orchid prism
The S is the perfect Fortnite machine.
fringe salmon
so... you assume after a month the child complains the graphics dont look like advertised for the X so the parents then buy the X instead?
or how does that process work
sleek escarp
Not a month, probably 6 months or so of constant nagging they give in
maybe even a year
but much more frequently than game consoles come out now, including interim consoles
An Xbox would have been bought either way, the only difference is that now an additional one will be bought for the sole benefit of the company
fringe salmon
so we are assuming most cases the buyer has 0 clue about it and the user is really really mad about playing on high instead of ultra?
sleek escarp
If there are 2 modes: high and ultra, isn't that the same as low and high?
fringe salmon
... no?
because the differences is not seeing minecraft vs seeing crysis but seeing 4k textures vs fullhd/2k textures
sleek escarp
I think we'll just have to end this discussion. There are a lot of factors I believe you are overlooking that would just take a little more time than I have to expand upon
fringe salmon
what I am mostly overlooking is your point, I thought we were arguing about devs making the game for the X vs making it for the S
and thus people on X having an advantage or not
keen urchin
I think the difference will be like: If the X does UHD 60 FPS, the S will do FHD 60 FPS or FHD upscaled to 4K at 60 FPS
CPU power should be pretty similar
If it's a 4C/8T solution, it's gonna be a nightmare
bleak pike
@ripe tendon how do i catch animals
bleak pike
Absolutely mad... its now the start of the 7th year for Destiny https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame/status/1303726566803824642
feral ferry
Do people like leaks?
New Prince of Persia game is coming ๐
And I have heard snippets of a new Splinter Cell
bleak pike
Discs in 2020 
trim rock
Indeed
feral ferry
Well usually hard copies cost cheaper
orchid prism
returnal
I too enjoy making up words that sound dumb.
fringe salmon
idk I haven't really seen any hard copies go on steam sale :^)
feral ferry
Leaveal
orchid prism
These days discs serve on purpose. Reselling your game, since it counts as ownership.
And it's why I hate the PS5 design, and hate how Xbox has disc less models.
feral ferry
Inb4 you buy a PS5 game box, open the box and find a code for digital game inside
Enjoy your game buddy
orchid prism
I liked consoles better when I could buy a game and play a game
@vital wyvern I enjoy a playable game without a hilarious amount of gamebreaking bugs or exploits. ๐
Almost every game I have on disc for PC has needed one or more patches to be considered relatively stable and bugless ๐
proper cargo
i dont even own a disc reader in my newest pc
actually, i think more people have it than you think
not everyone embrace the future like you and me
well then f you and let me be superior on my own
trim rock
Me too! And when I wanted it to read a BD it couldn't
Yeah it also can't read DVDs anymore, only CDs
Some nice planned obsolescence
fallow bronze
regression
proper cargo
sounds like apple to me
fallow bronze
what game should i play.. im done with The colonist..
proper cargo
then try Aven Colony next
fallow bronze
ohmy the long dark is still not finished..
intense game.. got lost :p
posted in the wrong channel..
lets try Zomboid again.. and it crashes on load
old savefile broke it
bleak pike
the xbox s series is pretty insane ngl
fringe salmon
insanely bottlenecking yea
indigo scarab
Lol Quintosh is a hater
It outdoes 95% of PCs right now for the price of a couple of Wootings
@bleak pike I might plug my Wooting One into the Xbox for the lulz, since games support KB now
Although for console stuff Iโd get the X personally
I think S is a better option for most people
fringe salmon
yes I'm hating on it because it heavily limits future games, unlike a pc you don't upgrade it, so we are stuck with the S as minimum spec for a whole console cycle
indigo scarab
No it doesnโt lmao
The CPU is the same, IO is the same
It runs at half the resolution of X
indigo scarab
@bleak pike pressure sensitivity wonโt work ofc but Wooting doesnโt work as a regular keyboard?
fringe salmon
cpu is not confirmed to be the same, and gpu is much weaker
also even less vram iirc
bleak pike
it works as a reg keeb '
fringe salmon
yeah but devs already complained about not enough vram on the X so having to target even less won't help ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
indigo scarab
Thatโs what I mean @bleak pike
My Wooting One kind of sits around unused now because buckling spring is better for typing and Lekker will replace it anyway, so I may as well park it at the Xbox
16GB VRAM is fine
10GB on S IIRC but again, lower res so nbd
fringe salmon
but its shared with cpu/os and gpu
indigo scarab
I rant about bottlenecks all the time but having a 1080p/1440p console with a weaker GPU is not a bottleneck really, since CPU and IO is where that squeeze is felt
keen urchin
It should be 12 because lower res, because ^
fringe salmon
it's basically 8/10 for gpu I think on S/X
IO should not be an issue with direktstorage or what they call it
keen urchin
I don't think they can do much about the amount used by the system
fringe salmon
indigo scarab
Theyโve shrunk what the system uses considerably
That shrink will actually apply to XB1 too I think
keen urchin
System memory should be the same on X/S
indigo scarab
Iโm excited about what DirectStorage and the other APIs are gonna bring both on Xbox and on PC
This is the first time console hardware has genuinely excited me
Coincides with the first year gaming stuff is a business expense for me lmao
Which is nice
keen urchin
I should sign up a business just to buy stuff in business name
indigo scarab
Iโm self-employed, but my work involves gaming, pop culture, etc coverage
keen urchin
What are you doing?
indigo scarab
Some of that stuff (like books and game codes) I get sent for free but obv I wouldnโt be getting hardware that way
I do a few different things but mostly Iโm a writer
My love for keebs actually is more for writing than gaming
ripe tendon
@bleak pike Monster ball things
to catch monsters
get them low and hit them with it. It's wonky atm
cause if you miss then you lose it lol
bleak pike
@fading spade what game
fading spade
dense pond
right i was wrong then
fading spade
very very wrong
dense pond
hey not my fault searching failed
orchid prism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKrwnPEKi5c
The Boston accent just makes this 200% better. ๐
shell willow
feral ferry
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I had heard some amazing things will be unveiled in this Forward
Old franchises back anew
tough jay
Insert another beyond good and evil 2 trailer followed by a couple of years of nothing at all.
feral ferry
Any of yall play R6S?
tough jay
It was leaked in 2009 shown again in 2017 so who knows
If it ever gets released it will probably not be great
feral ferry
New operation launches today most likely, during the Ubi Forward
Just in case any of you are players
And if you are not but want to try it out, it's receiving a big ol' massive update
tough jay
I played it when it just came out, at some point I realized the game was not for me
tough jay
For me it was the act of having to learn everything about all the maps that just didn't sit well with me
feral ferry
Same thing is with any shooter
And well having invested just a sliver short of 900 hours, I love the game
tough jay
While map knowledge is important for every shooter in rainbow six seige it's the starting point and you have to go way deeper into it from the start.
Also doesn't help that I mostly played it with friends and as a general thing I noticed I do not learn anything about the map when playing with friends
feral ferry
SoloQ is what you do
fading spade
Looks like you have no roles cause your roles have white color
feral ferry
Team play is usually for advanced lobies
My keyboard is in transit, but I am a Wootie owner, theoretically ๐
Obviously friends can introduce you to the game
But true game sense comes from SoloQ
tough jay
Like I said I mostly played it around launch then stopped mostly because the core game did not appeal to me that much.
I also don't enjoy counter strike at all for example
tough jay
Probably won't, especially now that I mostly play on linux.
I am kind of a shooter person just different shooters and nowadays I don't game that much.
I certainly don't want another time sucking multiplayer game.
feral ferry
@tough jay Doom type of games?
tough jay
I played overwatch quite a bit, planetside 2 before that and before that the older battlefield games pre battlefield 3
feral ferry
Nice
Overwatch is by definition a competitive shooter though
I guess it's more skill rather than knowledge
tough jay
It is, I don't mind the competitive part at all it's just the style I don't really like.
But yea it still stands that going into competitive just sucks up too much time so I stopped doing it recently.
ornate cedar
SoloQ is for those sadistic enough or those toxic enough that the friends have votekicked him before his 3th play ends with an votekick
sleek escarp
Do the new rainbow 6 games have terrorist hunt? I always found those fun
Basically pve shooter lol
ornate cedar
No only skin and agent collecting with loon box with supRICE machanics
feral ferry
Ye
@sleek escarp Technically
If you find interest in running the same levels shooting at terrorists then yeah it has that
But it's not that fun
People use it for warm ups
But there is no campaign
ornate cedar
Lol with AI having either braindead or wallhacking onetap
fringe salmon
https://twitter.com/schenksmill/status/1303854003613245446 btw for the discussion from yesterday, to who it was, no need to listen to me, just listen to to a lead dev complain about Series S instead ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ (faily long twitter thread)
Twitter
ornate cedar
There are soo many choises and cant bother to learn the best. The solution is to use the ass to determine worthyness. Till now only tachanka meets this perfect score. But for attackers cant go wrong with the nerfbeard.
fringe salmon
(he got banned bc he played on VM)
dense pond
I've played since the game came out lad.
And yes the ban makes me salty, but the game is still a shithole.
Compared to release.
feral ferry
the game is still a shithole.
No it's not
In fact it's in a decent state
They are addressing all of the main problems people are having
feral ferry
Sound problems, being addressed, server problems, being secretly addressed
ornate cedar
Did he skip season 2 or something
feral ferry
If you don't play the damn game how can you know what state the game is?
I play it every day for hours and it's enjoyable
dense pond
I was playing it literally a month ago.
The game is a toxic shithole and a bugged one too.
feral ferry
Bugs happen, but they are uncommon
Hell they changed the UI for the new season and that thing bugged out
But the last time I had the sound bug was a long ass time ago
ornate cedar
You can also accidentally pess the power off button and the entire computer crashes.
feral ferry
Other than that it's a very fun experience
ornate cedar
Xaxxaxa dont teamkill you will die for the rest of the rounds
feral ferry
Who tf teamkills? ๐
I play casual 90% of the time, and people are genuinely friendly
Sure there's a fair amount of toxic banter and actual idiots, but that's part of the MMO charm
Show me a single game that's multiplayer which has no toxicity
Humanity is the problem with toxicity, not the game, but I digress
The game's fun
feral ferry
I play on WEU servers
dense pond
That would explain a lot.
dense pond
And have my ping >300?
Nah.
Not only is that unfair to other people, it also sucks to play with that much ping.
fringe salmon
have you tried what ping you get
fringe salmon
so like full on westcoast US to EU?
fringe salmon
I used to play on an NA server for TF2 for years and got like 105 on average
dense pond
I played with it when the option came out and then never touched it again.
feral ferry
Yeah that's where you can pick the region
For some reason I had to play in North Europe servers
2 minute queue times
dense pond
15 seconds queue time when I was playing
ornate cedar
Queue. Q
slim token
xbone one?
trim rock
Price going up soon anyway
To 10 a month, looking forward to see if they'll still have the permanent 1ยค for first month for "new subscribers"
Yeah how often is that used anywhere anyway
bleak pike
Christ this game looks so meh based off this trailer alone
Open world mehhhh
Prince of Persia ๐
feral ferry
Told you it would come ๐
Now what's the big question mark is if they'll showcase the next Splinter Cell
feral ferry
Never played it
I love that R6 Pro League thing
People were like "What the hell is this "For the fans" thing"
I bet only the actual R6 fans actually realized the people being showcased are the actual operators in the game we can play as
feral ferry
As a R6 fan I appreciate the things they are adding to the presentation
feral ferry
They are doing great
Not to mention that the "biggest" season to date is the upcoming one
But what we got today is massive
I had a lot of fun with the new update
trim rock
LANDAAAHN TAAAHN INNIT
novel umbra
ripoff mr foster though
feral ferry
There are no risks to even recruiting everyone
No such events as betrayals, nothing
I think it's too basic
novel umbra
that sounds like he stitched him in
ah wait
they just monetized a character people cared about
cause there are no other unique ones
trim rock
Think of all the crossover potential
novel umbra
when
trim rock
stand still I'll stick it where the sun don't bloody shine
bleak pike
Am happy Aiden is back
novel umbra
am happy the game has a relevant character
bleak pike
Oml this is boring
novel umbra
?
feral ferry
The BoTW ripoff is honestly kinda boring
novel umbra
haven't seen much of it
bleak pike
That watch dog voice acting was pretty bad tho
feral ferry
Some sports games have quite an avid following
cough Rocket League
Or any other racing game
bleak pike
GG for the first time ever Im a little excited for a far cry game and they show nothing
novel umbra
lol
well
let's hope they revert the weird mechanic changes that 5 got
the old health system was good
proper cargo
So i did some testing
Openttd is too much for my chromebook
I have to lower the colors to 16 bit and res to 720p before i get a smooth experience
Personally i think its a lack of memory but i cant check with this pos thing
It has 4gb of memory tho. Probably just the low clocked cpu i guess
Yea. Intel celeron n3160 at only 1.6ghz
Boost clock of 2.2 but i dont think it stays there for longer than a second
Tdp of only 4 watz
I guess its a miracle its able to run geforce now at all
keen urchin
Not very different from the N4200 I have to deal with
bleak pike
@small comet What do you think of craftopia
small comet
idk seems promising but i only experienced glitches on end
plus the game mechanics seemed kinda sluggish
and not really snappy
played it 20mins or so and refunded it basically
fallow bronze
factorio
proper cargo
I wish anthem became what it promised to be
In all honesty, the game had a good base. The story was interesting and promising. The gameplay was great. Graphically it reminded me of mass effect and thats good. But the blatent lies. 5 years in production. No. Just 2 months shy of a year worth of production. If they said, ok, 20 bucks for this. Anybody would have agreed to that price. For what they produced in shy of a year, it was worth 20 bucks. But the full 60? No.
Not to mention what they tried to pull on the ingame mta store. Like, 40 bucks for the color blue.
Want this set of shiny armor? Oh good sir, do i have a deal for you. Just another 60 bucks, no gucci.
It was just...an eye opener to everyone. That game marked the end of bioware.
And to think ea games was so desperate for the game to release atleast in a releaseable state they had to BEG casey hudson to come back, in the most literal interpretation possible.
bleak pike
proper cargo
Im not sure if that is a grill or a workbench, but i think neither are supposed to be on fire
proper cargo
Btw i learned scripting in openttd. I successfully turned a false to true
๐
Something about auto replacing vehicles when they turn old
fading spade
Lana do you know why changing the sound output device of java (minecraft) wouldn't work
@vital wyvern you may need to refresh the game
Press f3 + t
ornate cedar
Might be a lower level driver setting or muted. I would check if alsamixer is set correctly. Pulseaudio should be seen as a seperate sound device next to the psychical devices.
fringe salmon
man can't believe I can already use this as a relevant meme https://twitter.com/paintyourdragon/status/1268680517672558592
feral ferry
Some saving grace for Prince of Persia franchise
The Ubisoft trailer was from very early footage
And they clarified since then graphics have improved quite a bit
ornate cedar
Nowadays they can make reallife like graphics
feels like 2012
Left one looks more stylelised
bleak pike
tbh
char models are meh
but environments have greatly improved
along with other stuff
voice acting, animations, motion capture etc
if its cheap i dont see the harm
i know people are salty about the last cancelled game
frosty dew
... idk which one is the remake, but i think i prefer the looks on the left
tough jay
Definitely the one on the left though It could use a bit more contrast
Neither are all that great by 2020 standards
frosty dew
... that is true
trim rock
Downloads
Changed download throttling setting to be a custom value in Kbps
Ah yes, EGS added that so now Steam gets it too, thanks Epic!
trim rock
Yes
fringe salmon
ah
novel umbra
CK III beats both of the big streamer games
feral ferry
It's not that good, especially not for 50 euros
It's a 19.99/29.99 AT BEST release
For Paradox titles that's how it should be
novel umbra
better deal than fall guys at 20
novel umbra
it has like 20 games
most of which aren't really unique
aka run through this parkour
move balls in your teams spot
feral ferry
I have seen the gameplay
Unimaginative
Well basically it's Total Wipeout: the game
orchid prism
It's like listening to millenials rant about Fortnite being popular ๐
feral ferry
If a game's fun, I see nothing wrong with it being popular
Hell when you think about it, most games that do get popular is nothing new
Warzone for example, what did Warzone do that's new?
Well, nothing
But I guess it's fun and that's why it's iirc the most popular BR now
novel umbra
fortnite is still more popular
ripe tendon
Has any BR gotten bigger than Fortnite?
feral ferry
I am still sad that strategy games have fallen off
novel umbra
nope
in general
fortnite is still the most popular in the west
pubg is insanely popular in china
feral ferry
Any of you lads like RTS games?
ripe tendon
Makes sense honestly as much as I don't enjoy it at all
they were pretty early to the BR train and have regular updates
novel umbra
not an RTS guy personally
feral ferry
Which makes me sad tbh
novel umbra
would try it if a new good one came out
feral ferry
I was kind of planning to sacrifice several years of my time to making the perfect RTS
novel umbra
lol
ripe tendon
I'm not patient enough for anything strategy that isn't a turn based tactics type rpg
feral ferry
Collected from hundreds of games I played
novel umbra
dbt guys said that their next game would probably be RTS
feral ferry
But RTS just isn't that popular anymore
I guess Total War is still around
And AoE2 has a bit of an eSports scene
ripe tendon
I did play AoE2 way back when but never in a serious manner