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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT wants to be the cheapest 16GB GPU on the market⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I get what they mean, but the A770 is 300€ in Germany. I doubt this card will hit that anytime soon. Hopefully no rebate shenanigans this time and cards will actually sell at MSRP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anno 117: Pax Romana - Gameplay Showcase Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks exactly the same as all the other non-future Anno games, although I don’t remember if your citizens disliked living next to a pig farm in 1800.

  I don’t remember if I ever played through a story mission or scenario in the previous games. I always just start an Endless Game, set the difficulty all the way down, with no other NPCs, and just build until I have enough. Looking forward to doing the same thing here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 18th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Played through DOOM: The Dark Ages. It’s good, and I already wrote a wall of text elsewhere in the comments. The second half of the story is pretty bad, even for Doom standards. I wanna do another playthrough, where I change some of the difficulty sliders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but it would still be nice to have in the middle.

  I went back to check in Eternal, and I was wrong about that game showing the progress on the icons in the middle of the screen. Just like Dark Ages it just shows charges that are ready to use, and the progress in the full HUD on the edges of the screen. Seems like I just need to get good and do the same thing I did in Eternal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  80% of the guns were just functionally worthless and parry spam + impaler would solve all, not some, all of my problems

  That’s kinda all guns. Seems like ID wanted to please all those people who said they hate the “forced” weapon switching in Eternal and just made everything strong against anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  the player character expressed flagrant disregard for any narrative elements

  They don’t. Doomguy does like two things in the very beginning, but it’s not like they don’t care, but what Hayden has to say and his justifications for everything that has happened.

  You meet Hayden later in his office, with a few minutes unskippable “cutscene,” but it’s not like Doomguy ignores him or jumps out of a window in the middle of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m currently playing the game, got like a handful of levels left. It’s a good game, but with the way the Doom games have evolved and changed over the time, I don’t think you can really say “if you like that Doom, you’ll like this Doom.”

  I definitely enjoy the gameplay of Eternal more, but Dark Ages is really good.

  The feel of running around is great. You sound massive, your jumps create shockwaves and kill enemies. If you’ve played Boltgun, it’s like that.

  The shield is feels great. The charge is awesome, just like the Meathook was in Eternal to get right next to your enemy, and fodder demons just explode on impact.

  Parries feel good, but are extremely easy. The timing is super forgiving and the range is massive.

  I think a big thing, that not many people are talking about, are the difficulty sliders. You can change so many things, but ID just ignores 90% of them with their presets. You can change so much stuff, and make it feel like a completely different game. Crank up the game speed and just zoom around. Increase your and the enemies damage, so it’s all about dodging, or you get one-shot. Make the projectiles slow, but a lot more deadly.

  There’s still some ammo management, but it’s not like Eternal, not even like 2016. Your melee attack, that you can use for the execute drops ammo, just like the Chainsaw, but you’re using it regularly anyway. Some guns also have upgrades that shooting demons with it also drops ammo for the weapon.

  The game is a lot more story heavy, but just like in Eternal you can just skip it and not read the Codex entries.

  The mech stuff is alright, but pretty basic, but also really short segments. The dragon is cool in theory, but I really hate these parts, and they just drag on for far too long. Flying around just isn’t fun.

  Weapons are pretty good, and I have some favorites. The normal Combat Shotgun with upgrades is great this time and not just outshined by the Super Shotgun immediately. That Ball-on-a-Chain gun is also really nice, with some cool upgrades. Because you don’t really have any ammo issues if you use the melee regularly, I’ve just used one gun for long stretches of time, because there’s just no reason real reason to switch, and you can just use what you want.

  The devs always said in Dark Ages you’re like a tank, but with default settings on Nightmare difficulty, you’re made out of paper. Projectiles are extremely dangerous, and enemies like to spawn behind you and shoot you in the back. The game is actually not great on telling you where you’re getting attacked from, and there’s just always tons of enemies around and some deaths can be kinda frustrating.

  Then there are also some minor UI/UX issues. You get small icons in the middle for your melee charges, but they don’t show the progress like in Eternal with the Blood Punch. There’s no dedicated Map button, just open your Dossier, which remembers your last screen, which is annoying, because you want that map 99% of the time. Sprinting has this terrible vignette effect around your screen, and you want to sprint all the time, but you can only disable all screen effects, which includes some stuff I’d like to see.

  For some dumb reason, the Fast Travel option, at the end of a level has been removed, so if you miss a secret, you’ll have to play the level again. There’s also tons of points-of-no-return, so you’ll have to stare at the map constantly, to make sure you haven’t missed anything, which makes the lack of a map button so terrible.

  After I’m done with my Nightmare run, I want to do another one, where I play around with the sliders a bit. I want to turn up the game speed, but will probably lower the damage and projectile speed to compensate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game [404 Media]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Dragons Dogma 2 has Denuvo and a 230k peak. Wukong has Denuvo and 2.4 million peak. FIFA 25, Denuvo, 110k peak (all three just from Steam).

  “Normal people” don’t care about DRM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game [404 Media]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Under Windows, the 5 machine activations per 24 hours limit they impose wasn’t something I ever hit, but under Linux it’s kind of easy because, as the article states, switching Proton versions counts as a machine activation to Denuvo.

  That limit isn’t mandatory with Denuvo and Doom apparently doesn’t have it. On Steam some games mention a limit on the store page, like Atomfall, Atomic Heart or a few Assassin’s Creed games.

  The Dark Ages EULA does mention something like Denuvo “may” limit installations, but then never says anything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game [404 Media]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Eternal had Denuvo, but it was removed a year ago, so it probably doesn’t have to do anything with the lower numbers on Steam.

  My guess is mainly price and RT.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PlayStation Executive Jade Raymond Leaves Studio She Founded⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  no reason

  money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony considers further price rises, as it braces for £500m tariffs impact [Eurogamer]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully more price increases in regions that don’t have these tarrifs. Can’t have the US pay too much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loving Doom The Dark Ages, only one issue I've had so far.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The music is by Finishing Move. They’ve mostly done music for Xbox stuff, like Halo: MCC, Halo Wars, Crackdown 3, even MSF, but also Borderlands 3, or Callisto Protocol.

  Mick Gordon was already out for the Doom Eternal DLC, Andrew Hulshult did that (Dusk, Amid Evil, Prodeus).

  I’ve read a bunch of comments, where people are specifically calling out Marty Stratton, Studio Head at id. He posted an open letter to reddit, placing all the blame for issues with the music and soundtrack for Doom Eternal on Mick Gordon (which Mick later refuted with evidence).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 11th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That one at the Illios Well? I know that one and have played it a few times in the past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Loving Doom The Dark Ages, only one issue I've had so far.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t played yet, but the music in the trailers wasn’t that special.

  Imma be honest though, while the music in 2016 and Eternal is great on its own, in the moment, while fighting, I really didn’t care, and was more concerned about surviving and blasting demons. I just re-played Eternal, and I couldn’t tell you a single music track that I remember.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 11th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  These past couple of days, I’ve been always queuing flex and I got 5x DPS in 60+ games, including one in the final 10s of a loss, where I didn’t even make it to the point.

  It doesn’t really bother me, I like Tank and Support, and since Blizzard added a bunch of them when OW2 came out, so there’s still a lot to try and learn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 11th⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Decided to give Overwatch 2 a shot, until the new Doom is out.

  First time playing OW in a couple of years, just doing normal 5v5 Quick Play, and it’s been fun. Mostly Tank and Support, but occasionally the Matchmaking Algorithm graces me with a DPS game. Current favorite heroes: Hazard and Orisa for Tank, Brigitte and Juno for Healer, and Venture for DPS.

  After I’m done with Doom, I’ll take a look at Stadium, the new game mode that was added to OW recently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for the Holy Grail of multiplayer gaming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No cosmetics pretty much disqualifies almost every game, because all of them have it, even old games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm looking for the Holy Grail of multiplayer gaming⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you want? Lots of games fit that description.

  In some shooters, you basically only grind for cosmetics, like Overwatch or Counter-Strike. Dota 2 is a Moba and also only has cosmetic unlocks, I think.

  Maybe Minecraft or Terraria? I don’t think you really grind in these games, but you do very similar stuff all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the OW team was already pretty good in that regard, and Jeff Kaplan tried to “protect” them, even if that didn’t always result in the best decisions for the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EG Doom: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer | Available May 15, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The Slayer has been activated.

  Love that line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Future of Giant Bomb website in doubt following prominent staff departures⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The ~2010’s, official game review scandal which all big videogame influencers like IGN, G4tv, Gamespot etc… (this was before instagram and tiktok) got bribed by corporations

  Got any sources for that? Unless you think advertisement are bribes, this didn’t happen.

  Jeff was fired because he didn’t want to change his low score for a Kane & Lynch game, after Gamespot was pressured by the publisher, who was running some huge ads on Gamespot. He also said that usually this doesn’t happen, because the review side and marketing on these big sites are completely separate, and the reviewers don’t hear of these complaints. In his case however, Gamespot had new execs, who got cold feet, and caved. They left shortly after.

  I have never heard of anything else like this happening, except from angry fanboys, that think reviewers are on the take, when Zelda gets an 8.8.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think Square Enix should remake other Final Fantasy entries?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is the Oblivion remaster AI generated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I’m in dire need of a new monitor but, it seems, it is harder to find a good one than I thought.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have an LG 38GN950-B, 1600p Ultrawide, IPS, 144Hz, and really like it.

  For productivity, I think Ultrawide is great. WFH on this is really nice.

  For gaming, it’s kinda hit-and-miss. Many games just don’t support UW, so you’re stuck with black bars or have to mess around with mods, fixes or tools. While not a dealbreaker, when I upgrade in a couple of years, I’ll probably just go back to 16:9, because of that.

  IPS glow is there, but not really noticeable. I’m usually in a well-lit room, so that cancels out any glow I could notice out anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The game definitely wants you to be aggressive, but you can sometimes just run around to think for a few seconds. I do it sometimes to wait for my chainsaw cooldown to finish, because I need ammo. Or shoot an Imp in the face for a Glory Kill. These animations also give you some extra time to decide your next step. Enemies usually don’t continuously spawn, until the arena is just packed. There are always exceptions of course, like Totems or Archviles, but they aren’t super common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the exact opposite. Doom 2016 is good, but Eternal is much better in my opinion. The dash and SSG grapple just make the game much better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The game might make it seem like you constantly need to use specific weapons, for certain things, but you really don’t (except the very beginning). The weakpoints feel like a big deal at first, but they become increasingly a non-issue as you play the game and get more powers.

  I played the later levels and even the Master Levels recently with mostly the Super Shotgun and Ballista, just using the same strategy over and over. SSG to grapple in, quick switch to Ballista, jump back. If you have grenades or the punch, use them in-between.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo apologizes as Switch 2 demand overwhelms supply in Japan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo, like many Japanese companies, only produces what they know with 100% certainty they can sell.

  Nintendo’s president specifically bragged a month ago, that they were just going to make so many Switch 2, so there’ll always be some on Shelves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular idle game Melvor Idle is getting a sequel with Melvor Idle 2 bringing some huge new features⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Neat. I’m playing through the second DLC right now, maybe I’ll be done, when this comes out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Has Quests Exclusively Locked Behind Deluxe Edition⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The base game is supposed to have all DLC, that was previously released, original Horse Armor included.

  The Deluxe Edition is new Horse Armor and other cosmetic stuff, that is unlocked by these exclusive quests.