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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And another plus is that you get to play the games as bug free as they‘ll get AND at higher framerates assuming your hardware improved in the meantime. I certainly wouldn‘t have been able to get the high fidelity DOOM 2016 experience I can get now (at a high framerate) way back when it released.

  Downside is that if there‘s any multiplayer component to a game, it‘s probably pretty damn dead years later. But first, I personally don‘t care much about that anymore and second, games bleed the majority of their playerbase within months anyway so it‘s whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don‘t buy any digital copy of a game for over 45 bucks, doesn‘t matter what it is… I also haven‘t finished DOOM 2016 yet and haven‘t even started Eternal. Not because they‘re bad games or because I don‘t like FPSs, but because I have so much shit to play and so little time.

  Competition is fierce and asking 80 bucks when I got the predecessors for less than 5 each is just not happening. Just because games cost more to produce doesn‘t magically make customers have more money and time. It‘ll make release weeks stinkers outside of your GOTYs and makes more people wait or go back to 20+ years worth of other games that aren‘t 80 bucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Marathon Delay Likely as Sony Cancels All Paid Marketing Plans⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m gonna be very surprised if this game doesn‘t crash and burn

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lies of P is getting difficulty options to make the Soulslike more accessible⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There‘s a potential discussion to be had about how much of the Soulsborne/-like experience is about overcoming difficulty - and let’s be honest, the vast majority of people won‘t finetune difficulty but just go as easymode as possible - but on the other hand I strongly dislike elitism in games and in the end it should be on the player if they wanna potentially ruin their own experience or not, as such I agree with you.

  Would Dark Souls have ever become the iconic game it is and FROM/Miyazaki the iconic devs they are with an easymode (in their games)? Hard to say.

  I‘m always happy to see these options especially in indie games, which so often go crazy hard on difficulty towards the end (Celeste endgame for example).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Announces Free Switch 1 Games Upgrades for Switch 2⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That‘s the same list from give or take a month ago, is it not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus’ Xbox handheld appears in leaked photos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In mine it‘s alright but could be a lot better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On the prospect of an $80-$90 GTA 6, former PlayStation boss says 'it's an impossible equation' for big-budget studios to keep their prices down⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The kinda prices a Mario Kart, Pokemon, or GTA can maybe ask for. Try that on a Star Wars Outlaws and the sales nosedive, I reckon.

  I think the industry is gonna try to normalize these prices and crash pretty hard, cause they’ll budget their productions thinking they can sell for 90 bucks but forget they‘re neither GTA nor Mario Kart.

  Then again, Dynasty Warriors Origins is 79 on Steam, I wonder how that performed for KOEI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft and Asus’ Xbox handheld appears in leaked photos⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It doesn‘t look sexy but it might have a more comfy, ergonomic grip to it compared to Switch (for sure) and maybe the Deck from the looks of it. I‘d like to hold one and find out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genshin Impact will require US players to verify their age to play⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don‘t think they‘ll get removed, they just can‘t get into the game until they verify

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Codemasters confirms layoffs as EA-owned studio shifts focus away from beloved rally games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why did Codemasters have to join fucking EA to begin with…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto 6 release date has been announced, but the game has been delayed to 2026 | VGC⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoy it, I don‘t (allegedly) 100 bucks enjoy it though. I‘ll wait for a few years and grab it on sale. And ngl, I‘ve grown pretty tired of triple digit playtime games anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA SPORTS™ WRC - Development Update: We are pausing development plans on future rally titles.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No way EA manages to kill Codemasters this quickly after acquisition, right? I know there‘s other games they‘re working on, but especially nowadays announcements like these get me worried immediately. I like their not-too-sweaty racing games and cringed hard when EA bought them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Crew 2: Offline Mode Update⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I rly wanna know if it ll run on the Deck then… As I understand it, the anti-cheat is stopping that at the moment, no?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost 19% of Japanese people in their 20s have spent so much money on gacha they struggled with covering living expenses, survey reveals - AUTOMATON WEST⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘m just spending 5 bucks for Welkins, swiping is for when you really want a character and have nothing left. But even then you drop one Mario Kart World and that should get you what you want. I have no idea what the point in whaling is, there‘s nothing hard in the game that needs it, there‘s nothing that even needs constellations. Maxing out a character just makes their numbers bigger (which isn‘t needed, see above) and doesn‘t change anything about their gameplay. I really don‘t get it.

  But since you‘ve just started, you‘ll notice that eventually you won‘t be swimming in resources anymore. Still, you should be able to get a character every other patch even if you‘re unlucky. I guess the biggest opening people give for swiping is banking on „winning“ the 50-50, and then they don‘t win (duh) and then they’re frustrated and force it. As for swiping a grand and up into C6, no idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HELP! Im looking for a game like CIV 6 where the point is to go to war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I second this, it‘s not 4x but it might just be what OP is looking for regardless. Paradox‘ DLC policy hell is something to be aware of before jumping in without a doubt

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘ve basically spent 17 bucks a month for 650 games and countless hours of fun, it‘s alright. I‘d be way more disappointed with myself if I looked at my League spending

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 266 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what Steam was on with those updates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I wanna see what the price is and what reviewers think of the screen and I might get one and sell my Switch OLED.

  However, with these game prices I sure as hell am not getting any games, I‘ll play through my backlog games which I‘ll also check whether and which will get updates. It‘d be really nice if the games I have that play at 30 fps would play at 60 and at 1080p native. Maybe I’ll get physical copies of Switch 2 games heavily discounted later on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds: First Impressions After the Long-Awaited Release⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Performance is utterly ridiculous, straightup the worst I‘ve ever experienced from a visuals vs hardware load standpoint ever. It runs almost as bad as CP2077 on ultra raytracing for me - but without any raytracing and on medium settings.

  Also, try running the game at native without any upscaling or anti-aliasing; not for performance sake, but just to see what the game looks like „raw“: It‘s incredibly noisy, the upscalers have to work miracles with that input.

  It is hands-down the best MH gameplay-wise though. My biggest gripes with the series (played the other entries for like 600hrs) were always how long you‘re stuck in animations and how stiff the attack animations are, often leading to missed attacks (or even finishers) because my character refuses to turn an inch to the left during a combo.

  The „aim“ button fixes this completely and recovery animations don‘t seem to take ages anymore either. In World when I get hit I have time to literally put my controller down and facepalm for messing up (in Rise you can „wiredash“if you have charges), not in Wilds though.

  As an LS main, I absolutely vibe with the new moves it got and the wound system is also very intuitive and accesible.

  The story is pretty meh IMO as in every MH I‘ve played, they seemingly did put a lot of budget into those cutscenes though, they look good. I ended up skipping towards the end regardless, and I can’t help but feel half the cutscene budget would have been better off used for engine work.

  I saw a bunch of complaints that the game‘s too easy, which I don‘t disagree with but first of all: Tempered Gore. Second of all: Wait for the expansion, the base game is always easier and then the expansion knocks our teeth out.

  If I can run Wilds at a stable 60 in performance mode on high settings (should be doable on a 3080), it‘ll be in my top10 fav games ever, but since it runs like total ass, I prefer World still. This is my opinion on the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The struggle is real⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The last time I had something like that was when BF3 was still the most revent entry in the franchise. I knew how the game would go by looking at which side had more names that I recognized lol, good times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I always thought CIV was „that game“ for me until I played CK3 and realized that what CK3 does was what I had looked for in CIV but had never really gotten

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your all-time favorite game? Let's discuss the best options!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can‘t really pinpoint one game, it‘s easier for me to list a top 5ish in no particular order (but even then I‘ll probably answer differently in a month from now when I remember games I‘m forgetting about right now). It goes something like this:

  Crusader Kings III

  Monster Hunter World/Wilds (the latter if it didn‘t run like shit)

  Nioh 2

  Rocket League (haven‘t played it in years though)

  HITMAN

  maybe League of Legends if it still was season 7 lol (haven‘t played that in a while either)

  Counterstrike 1.6

  Dark Souls II (my first soulslike that I played on release with an active online population, so I have the fondest memories of this one, DS1 and its awful PC port was nothing to make fond memories with for me)

  Seems like I‘m a competitive/challenging game enjoyer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fields of Mistria adds lava caves and pets you unlock by having a 'pet dream'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘ve played 20 odd hours of the initial release version on my Deck and hadn’t hit its content cap. It ran smooth, I didn‘t encounter any bugs or crashes.

  Gameplay-wise, it‘s more shallow in the farming aspect but cozier in its atmosphere compared to SDV. Personally, I had a lot of fun, probably the most in a farming sim after SDV. I loved the cast.

  I‘ve read criticism that it‘s just a clone which even if true (which I don‘t it is), I don‘t think is a problem: I‘ve played so much SDV, I really needed a different flavor of farming sim to get over the fatigue, but without any extra BS.

  It‘s a good and competent game by its own merits, IMO. But it’s not the second coming of farming sim Christ. This is just my 20 hours impression.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jackbox Games coming to Smart TVs for free⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My LG OLED autoupdated through the internet last year and now VRR is broken (flickers no matter what or how stable the FPS is), only way to „fix“ it is to set the refresh rate to whatever my FPS is gonna be (most of the time) and then lock my FPS to that and hope it doesn’t dip below that too much (or it‘ll flicker). Support is as helpful as you might imagine.

  So yeah, don‘t connect your TV to the internet or you‘re at the mercy of the manufacturer. Lesson learned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Monster Hunter Wilds | Review Thread (89/100 OpenCritic)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I cannot for the life of me get to a stable 60 fps on half decend settings, I cancelled my preorder and I‘m waiting for the DF review… I might as well grab it on a discount in the future when I have future hardware… The game itself was fantastic, it just ran like ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evidence For A Persona 4 Remake Is Mounting Up Thanks To Singer Shihoko Hirata⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The kinda game I can‘t replay cause its mystery carried it so hard for me, and now that I already know the answer…

  More than enough people who will replay it or play it for the first time though, so I hope it‘s gonna be good

  Seems like they’ve realized remasters of their classics sell

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 214 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also picked the cute cat when I first started the game blind and had no idea what it was gonna evolve into, that it’d go from kitty to wrestling star was not on my mind lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 212 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games l've been playing until l forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe unpopular opinion, but USUM is my favorite Pokemon game. The graphics were great and fitting, and it had a nice cozy feel with a banger OST.

  Going from that to SwSh broke my heart. I literally just wanted a less pixelated USUM and instead they „evolved“ to that weird plastic/clay look like so many other Nintendo-close franchises…

  I‘d say I‘m excited for an USUM remake in the future, but I don‘t think they‘d go with the vibrant and clean anime look anymore, and that‘d be over half my excitement gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Civilization 7 not fun?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  100€ for a singular videogame sounds so crazy to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨James Bond Game by IO-Interactive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved their last three HITMAN games, easily in my top 10 favorite games ever (the actual story portion of it, not the liveservice), so yeah, I‘m very excited.

  I also wished they would‘ve not gone the liveservice route with their last HITMAN title and kept making proper entries. Have there even been new maps since the story ended? Last time I checked all they did was throw out new targets with a shallow story on - at best modified - existing maps.

  That being said, I‘m so ready and excited for actual new content from them. Exploring their maps has always been so fun for me.