What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 6/11/2017 at 3:59 PM, mcbpete said:

Yaas, I can finally play Darius II in the proper picture ratio

 

lol

  On 6/9/2017 at 12:59 AM, jaderpansen said:

excited for this:

 

 

meaning 9 and 10 officially comin to pc! really digging challenge mode and galleries of volume 1 so curious what they'll come up with this time.

also new dev team hopefully means better emulation and less bugginess...

9 is probably the hardest MM game in the series - no lie - it is throw/break your controller hard. Just forewarning you.

 

I'm just glad I can play 7 and 8 again, especially 8.

XBOX ONE X - 500.00???

 

Microsoft dun goofed methinks...

 

The fact it looks almost identical to the XBOX ONE *and* has a similar name might lead to brand confusion a la Wii/Wii U and Christmas will be a disaster, with many parents buying the cheaper ONE not knowing the difference...

 

Then again, the PS4/PS4 Pro look very similar and so far nobody's complained...

 

The price though - is the sheer power of the machine going to be enough for people not to consider the PS4 Pro at 100 cheaper, despite being less powerful?

Did they actually say out loud 'XBox One X' when they came up with the name. Very clever with the acronym and everything but kids asking for an 'XBox One X' then parents mishearing it as 'XBox One S' is gonna lead to a lot of tears on birthdays and Christmas

  On 6/12/2017 at 5:04 PM, mcbpete said:

Did they actually say out loud 'XBox One X' when they came up with the name. Very clever with the acronym and everything but kids asking for an 'XBox One X' then parents mishearing it as 'XBox One S' is gonna lead to a lot of tears on birthdays and Christmas

lol. I think you guys are right.

 

So many kids with lisps are going to be rlly sad. 

oh right forgot E3 was on

 

New Metro looks lush

I'm hopeful. And I'm sure Sony will drop the price on the Pro with $50 - plus, they're probably brewing up a Pro 2.0.

  On 6/12/2017 at 5:25 PM, Squee said:

they're probably brewing up a Pro 2.0.

Hopefully they follow the Microsoft confusing name convention and call it something like the PS4 Prough

SONY!!! SOON

  On 6/12/2017 at 5:25 PM, Squee said:

I'm hopeful. And I'm sure Sony will drop the price on the Pro with $50 - plus, they're probably brewing up a Pro 2.0.

I'm not expecting much from Sony, tbh.

 

A price drop on the Pro? Doubtful, although it would be a nice dig at Microsoft and the XBONEX - LOL, sounds like some male enhancement pill!

 

"Last longer with XBONEX, from the makers of StifferUpper"

i thought Xbox looked pretty good in their conference. tons of games shown, hopefully some of them actually get released. i remember thinking they looked pretty good when they announced XB1 but most of those games still haven't came out!

 

i still don't have a current gen console but i've recently brought Forza Motorsport 4 on xb360 which is very, very nice and super satisfying to play.

  On 6/12/2017 at 6:07 PM, QQQ said:

i thought Xbox looked pretty good in their conference. tons of games shown, hopefully some of them actually get released. i remember thinking they looked pretty good when they announced XB1 but most of those games still haven't came out!

 

i still don't have a current gen console but i've recently brought Forza Motorsport 4 on xb360 which is very, very nice and super satisfying to play.

At this point as a gamer, you really are spoilt for choice in regards to what current-gen platform is best for you - some might look at that negatively, since there is PC, XBOX, Playstation, and Nintendo. It really boils down to which platform has the most of the kinds of games you like to play.

 

Previously, PC gaming was the realm of the RTS and FPS genres, but now with Steam and a surge of indie developers, many games previously that were console or platform-only titles now comfortably exist on many platforms, PC being no exception.

I'm definitely getting the Xboxonexonoxbox. Just so I can play Wolfenstein in hiiiiigh def.

Cuphead finally releasing September 29

new ATARI console ?

 

 

https://www.ataribox.com/

 

lolwut, maybe they're trying to cash in on the mini nes trend, maybe they're mad. Nobody likes Atari anymore.

i imagine we'll know something by the time blade runner releases. 

 

re: xboxobx, if it'd let me play run win10 and play my steam collection at 1080/60fps i'd be in. none of the xbox exclusives have ever enticed me to enter that ecosystem. hoping for some death stranding/ffvii news at sony's presentation tonite but not holding my breath.

I'm still heartbroken that I finished the Witcher 3 and its expansions, so I'm playing the second game again and siding with the blue stripes (played through the Iorveth line last time).

Just finished Mass Effect Andromeda, really really terrible. Thought maybe it but would get better, but no, just as it started picking up it was game over man. It's impressive how badly they managed to fuck this up.

  On 6/12/2017 at 7:56 PM, juiceciuj said:

re: xboxobx, if it'd let me play run win10 and play my steam collection at 1080/60fps i'd be in. none of the xbox exclusives have ever enticed me to enter that ecosystem. hoping for some death stranding/ffvii news at sony's presentation tonite but not holding my breath.

 

Kojima has stated there will be no Death Standing at e3, so not holding your breath was wise.

 

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2017-06-11/kojima-productions-wont-show-death-stranding-game-at-e3/.117318

I'm really enjoying Deus Ex: MD right now. 

 

Seems to have optimization issues or something though.

 

I far exceed the recommended requirements including having a 1080TI Founders Edition but can't max all the settings. Have to play 1 step lower than 4k and turn off contact hardening shadows otherwise I get like 10fps.

 

With those two changes I get 60fps easy. =/

Edited June 12, 2017 by Bulk VanderHooj

  On 6/12/2017 at 9:22 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

I'm really enjoying Deus Ex: MD right now. 

 

Seems to have optimization issues or something though.

 

I far exceed the recommended requirements including having a 1080TI Founders Edition but can't max all the settings. Have to play 1 step lower than 4k and turn off contact hardening shadows otherwise I get like 10fps.

 

With those two changes I get 60fps easy. =/

bonkers pc. 4k tv or monitor?

  On 6/12/2017 at 9:27 PM, juiceciuj said:

 

  On 6/12/2017 at 9:22 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

I'm really enjoying Deus Ex: MD right now. 

 

Seems to have optimization issues or something though.

 

I far exceed the recommended requirements including having a 1080TI Founders Edition but can't max all the settings. Have to play 1 step lower than 4k and turn off contact hardening shadows otherwise I get like 10fps.

 

With those two changes I get 60fps easy. =/

bonkers pc. 4k tv or monitor?

 

4K Monitor, 30".

 

Good vidja card, i7-7700k, all solid state hard drives, etc. 

 

I've read a lot of people have the same issue. Here was Eidos' official statement on it - http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=190749

 

Funny thing is, even when it's having performance issues, my GPU is only under 40% load and only using 5.7/11gb video memory.

 

Don't get me wrong, it still looks really good with those few settings off. =P

Edited June 12, 2017 by Bulk VanderHooj

^ Haven't played DX: MD since last September. It's not bad, but I still prefer HR.

And I thought Prey would be my only PC game purchase this year until today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZwU5Xil0sA

This XCOM 2 expansion I'm kinda iffy about, just because of the fantasy-like direction it's going. But I feel the need to keep an open mind at the same time. Will likely still give it a go.

And Wolf 2 I definitely plan on buying. Partly because I get the impression that it's a middle finger towards Trumpism, in a symbolic sense.

  Edited June 12, 2017 by ambermonk