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baseline bum

08-10-2020, 11:57 AM

Some inspiration for you baseline bum (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=131)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK400iXefwg

These guys are basically saying dont bother foreigners. :lmao

I wanna bend the thumbnail chick over and give her the good old Dale special though. :lol

It's really hard at first when you can't understand anything interesting, but the more you know the easier it is to learn more and the easier it is to immerse in manga, games, anime, etc. It's funny she brings up hashi for both chopsticks and bridge, which isn't typically that hard to tell apart honestly... In speech you can tell them apart in speech because haSHI is bridge, while HAshi is chopsticks, where the CAPS indicate speaking at a higher pitch than you do the lowercase. And in writing they're easy to tell apart since 橋=bridge and 箸=chopsticks. For sake = salmon vs sake = alcohol/sake, people will often say shake when they mean salmon and then throw a polite o on front and say osake when they mean sake. In writing sake = 酒 for alcohol/sake is easy to see while the fish will usually be written 鮭 or サケ.

The guy who talks about the falling and rising of intonation is right though. The pitch accent (eg haSHI vs HAshi) is an enormous pain in the ass, and most people learning JP as a second language don't bother with it. Plus pitch accent is completely different in Kansai (eg Kyoto, Osaka, Nara) vs Kanto (eg Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba). I do study Kantou pitch accent only because it makes things easier to say when you try to follow one pitch accent for everything.

To me the grammar is the hardest part of it. For example, the words "you" (like[ness]) and "naru" (to become) combine in confusing ways, where "you" is pronounced like "Yo my nigga". The grammar can be really hard to process in real time, at least for someone like me that has only had maybe ~1000 hours listening to the language.

Thankfully the sounds in Japanese are no problem for native English speakers to hear and process, unlike say Mandarin where every syllable can have five different variations thanks to the five tones in Mandarin (even worse in Cantonese where there are 7 or 8 tones). There is only one sound in Japanese I have a hard time making, and that's the "broadcaster's accent g", which will make the "ga" sound some weird weighted average of how we'd say ga, na, and nga. Here is what I mean: check the pronunciation of 映画 = eiga, which means movie, at this link below:

https://forvo.com/word/%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB/#ja

Strawberrybrown has that Tokyo broadcaster's accent where it sounds kind of like a cross between einga, eiga, and eina.

While jphonetics has a more standard accent where it sounds like straight eiga.

That nga sound is more pronounced with broadcasters and old people, while the ga sound is more universal with younger people and people outside the Tokyo area.

spurraider21

08-10-2020, 12:33 PM

finished witcher 3 campaign (still have both DLC's to play through)

i didnt quite hit every single little question mark location, though i did my fair share of exploring. otherwise completed all side quests i came across

it was really good but i dont think its a 10/10 game. the combat was too stale. i was playing hard difficulty and it just got too robotic and predictable. i think AC Odyssey actually had better combat. what it did do really well has actually write a very good narrative, and most side quests were pretty interesting. i did get fatigued by too many story elements (i stopped trying to follow the Novigrad plot when looking for Dandelion... too many names to keep track of... whoreson, djikstra, dudu, zoltan, priscilla, king of beggars. i started just skipping all the dialogue because it was too much. and toward the end of the game i found myself doing the same.

like a lot of these massive games, i dont think i could envision myself playing it a second time. but the writing in the game was a-tier (not S tier plot like RDR2). a lot of effort into every little side quest. the monster variety was good enough to keep the game somewhat interesting, but eventually even with the writing, all the quest mechanics started feeling re-done (walk around with witcher senses), and the combat wasnt quite fun enough to keep it fresh. combat in games like bloodborne, sekiro, god of war were so addicting that i didnt care if anything felt redone.

i think its an 8 or 8.5 game to me

will see about DLC

diego

08-10-2020, 09:06 PM

It's really hard at first when you can't understand anything interesting, but the more you know the easier it is to learn more and the easier it is to immerse in manga, games, anime, etc. It's funny she brings up hashi for both chopsticks and bridge, which isn't typically that hard to tell apart honestly... In speech you can tell them apart in speech because haSHI is bridge, while HAshi is chopsticks, where the CAPS indicate speaking at a higher pitch than you do the lowercase. And in writing they're easy to tell apart since 橋=bridge and 箸=chopsticks. For sake = salmon vs sake = alcohol/sake, people will often say shake when they mean salmon and then throw a polite o on front and say osake when they mean sake. In writing sake = 酒 for alcohol/sake is easy to see while the fish will usually be written 鮭 or サケ.

The guy who talks about the falling and rising of intonation is right though. The pitch accent (eg haSHI vs HAshi) is an enormous pain in the ass, and most people learning JP as a second language don't bother with it. Plus pitch accent is completely different in Kansai (eg Kyoto, Osaka, Nara) vs Kanto (eg Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba). I do study Kantou pitch accent only because it makes things easier to say when you try to follow one pitch accent for everything.

To me the grammar is the hardest part of it. For example, the words "you" (like[ness]) and "naru" (to become) combine in confusing ways, where "you" is pronounced like "Yo my nigga". The grammar can be really hard to process in real time, at least for someone like me that has only had maybe ~1000 hours listening to the language.

Thankfully the sounds in Japanese are no problem for native English speakers to hear and process, unlike say Mandarin where every syllable can have five different variations thanks to the five tones in Mandarin (even worse in Cantonese where there are 7 or 8 tones). There is only one sound in Japanese I have a hard time making, and that's the "broadcaster's accent g", which will make the "ga" sound some weird weighted average of how we'd say ga, na, and nga. Here is what I mean: check the pronunciation of 映画 = eiga, which means movie, at this link below:

https://forvo.com/word/%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB/#ja

Strawberrybrown has that Tokyo broadcaster's accent where it sounds kind of like a cross between einga, eiga, and eina.

While jphonetics has a more standard accent where it sounds like straight eiga.

That nga sound is more pronounced with broadcasters and old people, while the ga sound is more universal with younger people and people outside the Tokyo area.

huh?? when i studied mandarin there were four tones! that is definitely the hardest part about character based languages, the phonetics are so hard if you're not there and immersed and even then locals have to help you out a bit :lol yeah, my mandarins gone to shit, down to dirty words and ordering liquor :lmao

baseline bum

08-10-2020, 10:25 PM

huh?? when i studied mandarin there were four tones! that is definitely the hardest part about character based languages, the phonetics are so hard if you're not there and immersed and even then locals have to help you out a bit :lol yeah, my mandarins gone to shit, down to dirty words and ordering liquor :lmao

I thought there was a flat tone too and that some people called that the fifth tone? Oh well, I know fuck all about the Sinitic languages :lol

Don't you only have one or two readings for every hanzi character though? I envy Chinese for how much more elegant their writing system is. Isn't most hanzi given by a radical the gives a vague meaning and then a component for pronunciation? At least that's how on-yomi usually work in Japanese (by on-yomi I mean the Chinese derived reading). For instance, in Japanese when you see 同 as part of a kanji symbol it always has on-yomi "dou". So like 銅 = copper has the radical for metal on the left giving that vague meaning and then the component 同 indicating 銅 is pronounced "dou."

But Japan just fucking stapled hanzi right onto their spoken language so you have this mess of readings. Like 同じ for same is pronounced "onaji", using the kun-yomi (Japanese derived reading) "ona". But unlike the Chinese on readings there is no rhyme or reason to the Japanese kun readings. Some kanji just have a ridiculous number of kun readings, such as 生 which can have:

* kun-reading 'i' in 生きる = ikiru = to live
* kun-reading 'nama' in 生 = nama = raw
* kun-reading 'u' in 生まれる = umareru = to be born
* kun-read 'ha' in 生える = haeru = to grow

and many others. Though Japanese is so much easier to listen to. The grammar is a bastard and so is the speed, but man I can't imagine training my ear to hear tones on every single syllable spoken in real-time.

But for the written language, Japanese is a lot like English where you really have no idea how a word is pronounced until you hear someone say it, because you don't know if you're using a kun reading or an on reading for each kanji or which kun reading or which on reading. And Japanese still gets multiple on readings for a lot of kanji owing to the different Chinese dialects.

BTW, you ever watch this youtuber named Xioama? Fucking kills me when he goes to Chinese restaurants and stores and talks to people there in English and then busts right into Mandarin, and sometimes Cantonese and Fuzhounese too.

I'd kill to speak Mandarin but fucking Japanese is hard enough on its own to learn. :lol

baseline bum

08-11-2020, 12:58 AM

Ugh speaking of Japanese having fucked up readings of kanji, 大人 is a bastard.

Usually you'd read 大人= otona = adult (eg, large + person), though it can also be read dainin or daijin (also adult)

Now 人気 = ninki = popular (eg, person + feeling/spirit)

大 usually has reading dai or tai when it modifies another word as a prefix, so 大人気 = daininki = very popular (eg, large + popular).

But going back to 大人 = otona = adult, if instead you modify adult with 気 = feeling / spirit, you get

大人気 = otonage = mature (eg adult + feeling / spirit)

So fuck, 大人気 = daininki and 大人気 = otonage are two completely different words written exactly the same. :lol

SpursforSix

08-11-2020, 09:10 AM

spurraider21

08-11-2020, 10:52 AM

Just use letters

baseline bum

08-11-2020, 10:58 AM

Just use letters

It's even worse then, Japanese has a billion words pronounced exactly the same, much more than English. It's why when you play games in Japanese, watch anime, watch JP TV, etc they often use a lot of puns.

diego

08-11-2020, 11:59 AM

I thought there was a flat tone too and that some people called that the fifth tone? Oh well, I know fuck all about the Sinitic languages :lol

Don't you only have one or two readings for every hanzi character though? I envy Chinese for how much more elegant their writing system is. Isn't most hanzi given by a radical the gives a vague meaning and then a component for pronunciation? At least that's how on-yomi usually work in Japanese (by on-yomi I mean the Chinese derived reading). For instance, in Japanese when you see 同 as part of a kanji symbol it always has on-yomi "dou". So like 銅 = copper has the radical for metal on the left giving that vague meaning and then the component 同 indicating 銅 is pronounced "dou."

But Japan just fucking stapled hanzi right onto their spoken language so you have this mess of readings. Like 同じ for same is pronounced "onaji", using the kun-yomi (Japanese derived reading) "ona". But unlike the Chinese on readings there is no rhyme or reason to the Japanese kun readings. Some kanji just have a ridiculous number of kun readings, such as 生 which can have:

* kun-reading 'i' in 生きる = ikiru = to live
* kun-reading 'nama' in 生 = nama = raw
* kun-reading 'u' in 生まれる = umareru = to be born
* kun-read 'ha' in 生える = haeru = to grow

and many others. Though Japanese is so much easier to listen to. The grammar is a bastard and so is the speed, but man I can't imagine training my ear to hear tones on every single syllable spoken in real-time.

But for the written language, Japanese is a lot like English where you really have no idea how a word is pronounced until you hear someone say it, because you don't know if you're using a kun reading or an on reading for each kanji or which kun reading or which on reading. And Japanese still gets multiple on readings for a lot of kanji owing to the different Chinese dialects.

BTW, you ever watch this youtuber named Xioama? Fucking kills me when he goes to Chinese restaurants and stores and talks to people there in English and then busts right into Mandarin, and sometimes Cantonese and Fuzhounese too.

I'd kill to speak Mandarin but fucking Japanese is hard enough on its own to learn. :lol

yeah the writing uses radicals, its a little daunting coming from letters but once you get a hang of the radicals you can figure stuff out and it makes sense, just a matter of memory. i remember grammar being fairly easy too. but getting the pronunciation right and recognizing it in other speakers is hard AF, since leaving beijing i just lose more and more, but still fairly comfortable writing.

asians in general are so surprised to hear foreigners attempt their language they usually are easily impressed and encouraging (unlike those french bastards :lol). i also ha(d) a thick beijing accent and most people got a kick out of that

sounds like japanese is the other way around, easier to speak /understand but harder to read and write. i also found it very amusing, that in china (at least in the mid90s) most people had terrible english but were still curious and brash enough to throw one or two words at you and try and figure out where you were from... japanese people, i always got the sensation they studied english since childhood, but were too afraid to make a mistake and would default to "sorry no english" for fear of embarassment

baseline bum

08-11-2020, 12:26 PM

yeah the writing uses radicals, its a little daunting coming from letters but once you get a hang of the radicals you can figure stuff out and it makes sense, just a matter of memory. i remember grammar being fairly easy too. but getting the pronunciation right and recognizing it in other speakers is hard AF, since leaving beijing i just lose more and more, but still fairly comfortable writing.

asians in general are so surprised to hear foreigners attempt their language they usually are easily impressed and encouraging (unlike those french bastards :lol). i also ha(d) a thick beijing accent and most people got a kick out of that

sounds like japanese is the other way around, easier to speak /understand but harder to read and write. i also found it very amusing, that in china (at least in the mid90s) most people had terrible english but were still curious and brash enough to throw one or two words at you and try and figure out where you were from... japanese people, i always got the sensation they studied english since childhood, but were too afraid to make a mistake and would default to "sorry no english" for fear of embarassment

Japanese kids and high schoolers all take English classes, but they don't learn shit. Same way Americans take Spanish or French classes and don't learn shit either. It's funny you bring up Asian countries going nuts fawning over people who make an attempt to speak their language. In Japan supposedly the best way to tell if your Japanese is good is that people stop telling you your Japanese is good (eg 日本語上手 = nihongo jouzu = you're skilled at Japanese).

The readings are bastards in Japanese. So often I'll know what a word means from the kanji but not how to pronounce it. I was playing Persona 4 Golden and looked inside a store and read the word 店番 for tending to a store in the textbox. Usually 店 (=store) is pronounced with the Chinese derived reading "ten" like it 喫茶店 = kissaten = coffee shop or 店長 = tenchou = store manager when combined with other kanji into a word, and 店 = mise = store when by itself. And 番 almost always has its on-reading "ban" used (eg like 一番 = ichiban = first / best / Number one) so since 店番 was a compound kanji word using a kanji 番 that almost always is pronounced with the Chinese derived reading "ban", surely 店番 is a Chinese loanword and pronounced tenban. Nope, looked the word up and it's fucking miseban.

baseline bum

08-11-2020, 12:36 PM

japanese people, i always got the sensation they studied english since childhood, but were too afraid to make a mistake and would default to "sorry no english" for fear of embarassment

Speaking of English in Japan, another hilarious thing about Japanese is 和製英語 = waseiego, which are psuedo-English words invented in Japan. There is so much Engrish in Japanese now they make up words that sound English but aren't. Like ぺーパードライバ = peppaadoraiba = paper driver, which is a person who has a drivers license but can't drive worth a shit because they never do it.

But so much Engrish in 日本語 now :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW4AiEqKGto

Xevious

08-11-2020, 12:46 PM

TLOU2 is getting a grounded setting (not surprising) and also a permadeath mode that can be applied to any difficulty setting - only people I can see doing that are speedrunners.

Joseph Kony

08-11-2020, 07:05 PM

TLOU2 is getting a grounded setting (not surprising) and also a permadeath mode that can be applied to any difficulty setting - only people I can see doing that are speedrunners.

fuck yes, but also annoying because i am going to have restart the game (again). i had started it again before Ghost of Tsushima came out and now i'm going to have to do it again :lol good thing i wasnt that far in, right before the Joel golfing scene

Xevious

08-11-2020, 08:37 PM

fuck yes, but also annoying because i am going to have restart the game (again). i had started it again before Ghost of Tsushima came out and now i'm going to have to do it again :lol good thing i wasnt that far in, right before the Joel golfing scene
Wish there was a way to skip the entire Jackson section on a newgame+ tbh.

diego

08-13-2020, 10:32 PM

Speaking of English in Japan, another hilarious thing about Japanese is 和製英語 = waseiego, which are psuedo-English words invented in Japan. There is so much Engrish in Japanese now they make up words that sound English but aren't. Like ぺーパードライバ = peppaadoraiba = paper driver, which is a person who has a drivers license but can't drive worth a shit because they never do it.

But so much Engrish in 日本語 now :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW4AiEqKGto

i used to watch NHK and WOWOW when i lived in beijing, the japanese commentators for sports were fucking hilarious. english being the global language, has been bastardized everywhere .. this conversation reminds me of that game deadly premonition, heard of it? the translation has that its so bad its good thing going for it :lol i got a few laughs but couldnt be bothered to finish it.

baseline bum

08-13-2020, 11:51 PM

You'll get a kick out of this song, Reck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pgl-JC2sgk

A few words:

boku = I
itsumo = always
chinko = dick
manko = pussy
iritai = I want to insert
peropero = licking
ketsu = asshole
kimochi = feeling
nakadashi = creampie
daisuki = I love
yaritai = I want to do
mainichi = every day
nurunuru = wet

DJR210

08-14-2020, 02:15 AM

This might seriously be the worst PC port since Batman Arkham Knight was at launch.

I heard the settings have an option labled "original" - so what is the performance like running everything at ps4 settings?

baseline bum

08-14-2020, 06:46 AM

I heard the settings have an option labled "original" - so what is the performance like running everything at ps4 settings?

Here is gamegpu.ru's benchmark at medium (which is PS4 quality settings).

https://i.ibb.co/N19sqhM/abysmal.png

https://gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/horizon-zero-dawn-test-gpu-cpu

Also the game has microstutter too.

baseline bum

08-14-2020, 03:03 PM

Sounds like a new Batman game is getting revealed on the 22nd

https://www.dualshockers.com/batman-wb-games-reveal-dc-fandom/

DJR210

08-14-2020, 10:00 PM

Here is gamegpu.ru's benchmark at medium (which is PS4 quality settings).

https://i.ibb.co/N19sqhM/abysmal.png

https://gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/horizon-zero-dawn-test-gpu-cpu

Also the game has microstutter too.

Piss poor(t) - I wasn't planning on bootlegging it after seeing how fantasy/sci-fi the game was, but this is still pathetic on the devs part

baseline bum

08-14-2020, 10:12 PM

Piss poor(t) - I wasn't planning on bootlegging it after seeing how fantasy/sci-fi the game was, but this is still pathetic on the devs part

There is supposed to be a performance patch next week. It's actually a great game. If you like the Far Cry games at all it's kind of like those but with much better combat.

diego

08-15-2020, 07:28 AM

saw that factorio had its full release today.. started playing with my son a couple months ago, game is definitely not for everyone but if you like strategy/resource management its addictive fun

ElNono

08-16-2020, 11:21 PM

Been playing Fallen Order... pretty good, tbh

DJR210

08-17-2020, 10:53 AM

There is supposed to be a performance patch next week. It's actually a great game. If you like the Far Cry games at all it's kind of like those but with much better combat.

When are the 3K series dropping from Nvidia? I'm saving up to upgrade my card when they drop a 3070.. Will be a massive jump from a 6 GB 1060

baseline bum

08-17-2020, 12:06 PM

When are the 3K series dropping from Nvidia? I'm saving up to upgrade my card when they drop a 3070.. Will be a massive jump from a 6 GB 1060

Nvidia is teasing something on the the 31st of this month. GamersNexus is reporting September 9th for shit to be released I think, but no word on which cards they will be. Since Nvidia doesn't have a lot of manufacturing capacity at 7nm I think these are supposed to be some very hot running 10nm or even 12nm cards. I read 3080 Ti is supposed to be a 325W card. So hopefully the reference cooler is decent if you're not waiting for aftermarket cards.

spurraider21

08-17-2020, 01:28 PM

made the mistake of flipping god of war on to get some change of pace from witcher 3 (finished campaign and in very early states of the hearts of stone DLC)... reminds me of how much better a game it was :lol

RD2191

08-17-2020, 01:54 PM

I'm trying to download ePSXe, wtf are bios?

baseline bum

08-17-2020, 02:40 PM

I'm trying to download ePSXe, wtf are bios?

It's some shit that's usually not absolutely necessary, but also greatly improves performance most of the time. Here's a pretty good video on setting ePSXe up on a PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUi43ZQyxA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g41agP2m_Y)

RD2191

08-17-2020, 03:45 PM

It's some shit that's usually not absolutely necessary, but also greatly improves performance most of the time. Here's a pretty good video on setting ePSXe up on a PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUi43ZQyxA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g41agP2m_Y)
:lmao Nice one

baseline bum

08-17-2020, 04:01 PM

:lmao Nice one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JUi43ZQyxA

RD2191

08-17-2020, 05:15 PM

:tu Thanks Bum, I appreciate it.

Joseph Kony

08-17-2020, 08:31 PM

about to replay LoU2 on grounded now that the update is out, this is gonna be fun!

https://www.pngitem.com/pimgs/m/97-974616_troll-face-meme-angry-happy-mad-mask-fake.png

DJR210

08-17-2020, 09:31 PM

I'm trying to download ePSXe, wtf are bios?

https://romsmania.cc/bios/psx-playstation-bios-scph1001-bin-1

There you go

RD2191

08-17-2020, 10:55 PM

https://romsmania.cc/bios/psx-playstation-bios-scph1001-bin-1

There you go
:tu:tu

baseline bum

08-18-2020, 08:05 AM

Damn MS Flight Simulator 2020 looks pretty epic. Might have to get Game Pass just for that.

NASpurs

08-18-2020, 08:30 AM

Damn MS Flight Simulator 2020 looks pretty epic. Might have to get Game Pass just for that.

Downloading as we speak! (About 100 GBs :lol).

What's fucking annoying is that instead of one huge download, this thing is downloading file by file.

lefty

08-18-2020, 10:45 AM

Sounds like a new Batman game is getting revealed on the 22nd

https://www.dualshockers.com/batman-wb-games-reveal-dc-fandom/
Court of Owls?
Interesting

I might get it and finish it this time :lol

(Stopped playing Arkham Asylum and Arkham City halfway through lol)

Joseph Kony

08-20-2020, 09:39 PM

just got past the golfing scene again. still hard to watch :lol

baseline bum

08-20-2020, 10:02 PM

Downloading as we speak! (About 100 GBs :lol).

What's fucking annoying is that instead of one huge download, this thing is downloading file by file.

Damn I heard some things are awesome to fly by in the game, like Manhattan looks perfect and Mt Fuji is really impressive. But then I heard say Milford Sound is all fucked up and missing mountains.

LOL I like how if you buy it on Steam it the install time counts against your two hour return window.

apalisoc_9

08-21-2020, 03:35 PM

I’m playing deadcells rn with PSNow

And man..it’s so addicting

baseline bum

08-21-2020, 04:24 PM

I’m playing deadcells rn with PSNow

And man..it’s so addicting

I thought that game looked like more boring indy crap until I actually played it, and yeah it's absolutely top notch in the genre.

spurraider21

08-21-2020, 06:33 PM

Been playing Fallen Order... pretty good, tbh
good to hear, i thought that one looked really good, will probably check it out at some point

baseline bum

08-21-2020, 06:34 PM

good to hear, i thought that one looked really good, will probably check it out at some point

Hopefully will be in the $20 bin for Black Friday.

ElNono

08-21-2020, 10:22 PM

Hopefully will be in the $20 bin for Black Friday.

It's actually on the Fitgirl bargain bin, IIRC...

baseline bum

08-21-2020, 10:24 PM

It's actually on the Fitgirl bargain bin, IIRC...

Yeah got it from the CODEX Store, though it's got an annoying bug forcing you to set your system clock back to 2019 to play. No Fitgirl Store for spurraider21 on PS4 though.

ElNono

08-21-2020, 10:35 PM

Yeah got it from the CODEX Store, though it's got an annoying bug forcing you to set your system clock back to 2019 to play. No Fitgirl Store for spurraider21 on PS4 though.

Oh yeah... It was actually on sale for $30 not long ago, that's when I grabbed it.

140

08-22-2020, 09:48 AM

Yeah got it from the CODEX Store, though it's got an annoying bug forcing you to set your system clock back to 2019 to play. No Fitgirl Store for spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) on PS4 though.

I didnt have to do any of that and I got it from the codex store tbh

But yeah i've never been interested in anything star wars related but still enjoyed the game, its good stuff imho

baseline bum

08-22-2020, 07:07 PM

When are the 3K series dropping from Nvidia? I'm saving up to upgrade my card when they drop a 3070.. Will be a massive jump from a 6 GB 1060

Fuck look at the cooler on the RTX 3090

https://i.ibb.co/7jHZ9X4/rtx-3090-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/NWm34Xv/rtx-3090-02.jpg

baseline bum

08-22-2020, 07:08 PM

Supposed to be $2000 and 350 watts

NASpurs

08-22-2020, 07:27 PM

Mortal Shell seems to be a game that should be right up a lot of people’s alleys on here if you like Soulsborne games. Going to give it a shot.

DJR210

08-23-2020, 02:42 AM

Fuck look at the cooler on the RTX 3090

https://i.ibb.co/7jHZ9X4/rtx-3090-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/NWm34Xv/rtx-3090-02.jpg

:lol 2k

baseline bum

08-23-2020, 09:09 AM

:lol 2k

Nvidia has fucking 12 pin connectors on these cards. :lol

https://i.ibb.co/qCFBHF7/12pin.jpg

This might really be a gen to go AMD on 7nm if they're able to cram RTX 2080 performance onto a die smaller than what was in the XBox One X while Nvidia is having to blow up their power budget to counter (and the Navi 2 gpu in the Series X is something like 45% of the XBox Series X die).

TimDunkem

08-23-2020, 04:51 PM

Yeah I'll wait. :lol Worst case scenario, I'll just jump up to the 2080 super.

NASpurs

08-23-2020, 09:41 PM

Mortal Shell seems to be a game that should be right up a lot of people’s alleys on here if you like Soulsborne games. Going to give it a shot.

The look and the feel of it is totally Dark Souls 1 (methodical too) but instead of a shield you have an outer shell that you can harden when you need protection... but needs to be recharged after you use it.

I just got fucking destroyed by what seems like my first boss encounter. I must have missed something that's the equivalent of a bonfire because the run back is going to be annoying.

DJR210

08-23-2020, 09:46 PM

Nvidia has fucking 12 pin connectors on these cards. :lol

https://i.ibb.co/qCFBHF7/12pin.jpg

This might really be a gen to go AMD on 7nm if they're able to cram RTX 2080 performance onto a die smaller than what was in the XBox One X while Nvidia is having to blow up their power budget to counter (and the Navi 2 gpu in the Series X is something like 45% of the XBox Series X die).

The good old days when a 690 costed like 700.00 lol

baseline bum

08-23-2020, 10:28 PM

Yeah I'll wait. :lol Worst case scenario, I'll just jump up to the 2080 super.

Why? Don't you already have like a 2070 Super? Oh well, I'm not so disappointed I jumped on a 1660 Super a few months ago now after the next gen Nvidia looks like a turd. If the Titan equivalent is a 450W card you can bet the upper midrange will probably be like 300W cards. If I wanted one of those I would have bought a fucking R9 290x instead of a GTX 970. Then again maybe Navi 2 is good after Navi 1 was pretty disappointing.

baseline bum

08-23-2020, 10:29 PM

The look and the feel of it is totally Dark Souls 1 (methodical too) but instead of a shield you have an outer shell that you can harden when you need protection... but needs to be recharged after you use it.

I just got fucking destroyed by what seems like my first boss encounter. I must have missed something that's the equivalent of a bonfire because the run back is going to be annoying.

Is it comparable in quality at all to Dark Souls?

TimDunkem

08-23-2020, 10:59 PM

Why? Don't you already have like a 2070 Super? Oh well, I'm not so disappointed I jumped on a 1660 Super a few months ago now after the next gen Nvidia looks like a turd. If the Titan equivalent is a 450W card you can bet the upper midrange will probably be like 300W cards. If I wanted one of those I would have bought a fucking R9 290x instead of a GTX 970. Then again maybe Navi 2 is good after Navi 1 was pretty disappointing.
It would be the only card left to jump to if the 2070 Super doesn't cut it a couple of years down the road whether I like it or not if this is what Nvidia is putting out. Honestly though, it likely won't even be the case anyway since I now have like 70 games on backlog thanks to the last Steam sale. :lol

NASpurs

08-23-2020, 11:01 PM

Is it comparable in quality at all to Dark Souls?

I'm like an hr or two in and in my limited time yeah it's very comparable in quality to DS. I was playing it and I thought "WTF is this, Dark Souls 1 part 2?" :lol

Definitely check out the Polygon review:

https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/17/21369422/mortal-shell-review-pc-ps4-xbox-one-steam-epic-soulslike-cold-symmetry

I'll leave the trailer for those who are interested.

https://youtu.be/i1AESBecyTc

baseline bum

08-23-2020, 11:08 PM

It would be the only card left to jump to if the 2070 Super doesn't cut it a couple of years down the road whether I like it or not if this is what Nvidia is putting out. Honestly though, it likely won't even be the case anyway since I now have like 70 games on backlog thanks to the last Steam sale. :lol

God, wait until you find the CODEX Store

spurraider21

08-24-2020, 12:34 AM

I'm like an hr or two in and in my limited time yeah it's very comparable in quality to DS. I was playing it and I thought "WTF is this, Dark Souls 1 part 2?" :lol

Definitely check out the Polygon review:

https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/17/21369422/mortal-shell-review-pc-ps4-xbox-one-steam-epic-soulslike-cold-symmetry

I'll leave the trailer for those who are interested.

https://youtu.be/i1AESBecyTc
nice, looks awesome. is it as difficult/punishing as Souls?

NASpurs

08-24-2020, 06:17 AM

nice, looks awesome. is it as difficult/punishing as Souls?

YMMV. Some people are getting their asses handed to them while others say it’s easy. It would probably easy for you with the way you easily beat these games from what I read on here. :lol

Joseph Kony

08-24-2020, 08:18 PM

finally through Seattle Day 1 on grounded in LoU2. i really dont think its even possible to beat this on permadeath unless you have endless time and patience

Xevious

08-24-2020, 11:13 PM

finally through Seattle Day 1 on grounded in LoU2. i really dont think its even possible to beat this on permadeath unless you have endless time and patience
Like I said before, the only people I could see even attempting permadeath would be speedrunners, since they'd start over after a single death anyhow. Anthony Caliber is running through Ellie's half of the game on grounded in a little over two hours already.

Xevious

08-25-2020, 04:41 PM

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 05:03 PM

Like I said before, the only people I could see even attempting permadeath would be speedrunners, since they'd start over after a single death anyhow. Anthony Caliber is running through Ellie's half of the game on grounded in a little over two hours already.

that's nuts, i cant even imagine :wow i'm around 6 hours in to get to end of Day 1 in Seattle, how tf can somoeone do this shit in 2 hours :lol he really must not kill anything he doesnt have to and skip all cutscenes i would imagine

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 05:06 PM

Ghost of Tsushima is pretty fucking boring. :lol I'm probably midway through Act 2 and I have some serious fatigue going on. I feel like I've played this game before. The entire map and all the side missions are one big cut-n-paste job.

I know what you mean. I enjoyed the fuck out of it, because i enjoy stealth killing enemy camps in any game (AC, Far Cry, Shadow of War, days gone, etc) but after a certain point the game becomes a chore to complete. the story was meh, the dynamic between Jin and his uncle was ok but they didn't execute it well enough imho. and the end choice is dumb and has no effect on anything other than an armor dye and your starting home. it was a 7.5 or 8/10 for me, nowhere close to being as good as LoU2, imho. thats why i think its funny that so many anti LoU edgelords act like GoT is some kind of masterpiece of story telling and its not, it's a pretty generic open world action RPG hack and slash with tons of copied elements from the games that i mentioned earlier. still, it was fun for awhile

they also fucked up on the weapon upgrades. its neat that you can get various armor sets and level them up but being stuck with one katana the entire game was lame, wish they had let me choose other swords or handheld weapons like axes, pikes, etc

Xevious

08-25-2020, 05:42 PM

that's nuts, i cant even imagine :wow i'm around 6 hours in to get to end of Day 1 in Seattle, how tf can somoeone do this shit in 2 hours :lol he really must not kill anything he doesnt have to and skip all cutscenes i would imagine
Yeah he literally does nothing but play TLOU part 1 and 2 on Twitch/Youtube. He has the world record on the first game, having beat it glitchless on grounded mode in 2 hours 49 minutes. But essentially that's skipping all cutscenes, sprinting through every location that will let you, and memorizing all enemy spawns/patterns. People do that shit on a bunch of other games also. I'm not quite sure what the appeal is tbh.

Xevious

08-25-2020, 06:10 PM

:lol

7cWWYue45Vs

baseline bum

08-25-2020, 06:47 PM

:lol

7cWWYue45Vs

LMAO she writes 彼女復習 = kanojo fukushuu for girlfriend review at 00:38. The kanojo part is right for girlfriend but 復習 = fukushuu is review like review your notes for an exam, not like critical review. Ugh Japanese is a bastard. :lol

apalisoc_9

08-25-2020, 07:47 PM

nice, looks awesome. is it as difficult/punishing as Souls?

Yo play dead cells. Amazing game.

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 08:19 PM

:lol

7cWWYue45Vs

damn this one is spot on. :lol her reviews are hilarious

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 08:21 PM

LMAO she writes 彼女復習 = kanojo fukushuu for girlfriend review at 00:38. The kanojo part is right for girlfriend but 復習 = fukushuu is review like review your notes for an exam, not like critical review. Ugh Japanese is a bastard. :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhuXxkfr3PE

:lol

baseline bum

08-25-2020, 08:26 PM

:lol

死ねカス

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 08:59 PM

死ねカス

ima guess google translate got this one wrong cus it says "Dead residue" :lol

baseline bum

08-25-2020, 09:15 PM

ima guess google translate got this one wrong cus it says "Dead residue" :lol

LOL. It's kind of like "die, you worthless pos". Google Translate is fucking horrible with Japanese. :lol

Reck

08-25-2020, 09:18 PM

ima guess google translate got this one wrong cus it says "Dead residue" :lol

Something about being scum.

Joseph Kony

08-25-2020, 09:20 PM

LOL. It's kind of like "die, you worthless pos". Google Translate is fucking horrible with Japanese. :lol

well that's just mean :depressed

baseline bum

08-25-2020, 09:36 PM

well that's just mean :depressed

Would てめえのお母さんともっとエッチしに行け have been better? :lol

SpursforSix

08-26-2020, 12:01 PM

Would てめえのお母さんともっとエッチしに行け have been better? :lol

Bend over, I'll show you てめえのお母さんともっとエッチしに行け?

SpursforSix

08-26-2020, 12:02 PM

Bend over, I'll show you てめえのお母さんともっとエッチしに行け?

LOL...I just looked it up.

baseline bum

08-26-2020, 12:41 PM

LOL...I just looked it up.

Damn on second thought probably would be better to write 「てめえのお母さんともっとエッチしろ。」, which Google Translate translates as "Eat more with your mother" when it's more like "you fuckhead, (I command you to) fuck your mother more."

baseline bum

08-26-2020, 08:36 PM

Yo play dead cells. Amazing game.

Ratchet & Clank Rift is supposed to get a gameplay reveal tomorrow. By far the most interesting game they showed at the PS5 reveal.

apalisoc_9

08-26-2020, 09:23 PM

Ratchet & Clank Rift is supposed to get a gameplay reveal tomorrow. By far the most interesting game they showed at the PS5 reveal.

Day 1 buy for me. The PS4 Ratchet and Clank was a legiy 9/10 game for me and this looks even better

baseline bum

08-26-2020, 09:38 PM

Day 1 buy for me. The PS4 Ratchet and Clank was a legiy 9/10 game for me and this looks even better

What do you think of the PS2 and PS3 Ratchet & Clank games? Or have you only played the PS4 one? I bought most of the series on my PS3 three years ago but they have just been sitting in my backlog and the only one I have played was the PS4 game.

apalisoc_9

08-27-2020, 01:37 AM

What do you think of the PS2 and PS3 Ratchet & Clank games? Or have you only played the PS4 one? I bought most of the series on my PS3 three years ago but they have just been sitting in my backlog and the only one I have played was the PS4 game.

I wouldn’t go as far back as ps2 ratchet and clank, it would feel very outdated comapred to ps4 ratchet. Crack in time and tools pf destruction are must plays though. Both are easily 8-9/10 even by ps4 standards. I was annoyed by some level design in crack in time but it’s my favourite R&C game because it’s better than all R&C imo in most aspects. Just shorter.

Fans says tools of destruction is better and maybe that’s the case. I lpved them both. Defninitly confident with recommending both.

Ignore ps2 version. You already played the ps4 version which was basically the remake of the ps2 versions

baseline bum

08-27-2020, 08:15 PM

Day 1 buy for me. The PS4 Ratchet and Clank was a legiy 9/10 game for me and this looks even better

Damn, Rift Apart looks like it's going to be incredible from the gameplay shown today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS0dl8KEbng

Definitely want to set the video to 4k though because the youtube compression algorithm makes it look like shit at 1080p.

If you're planning on getting PS5 at launch, Playstation is doing a promotion to sign up to pre-order directly from Sony.

SpursforSix

08-28-2020, 10:58 AM

Yo play dead cells. Amazing game.

x2. Great game.
Also Katana Zero

apalisoc_9

08-29-2020, 12:25 AM

x2. Great game.
Also Katana Zero

Thanks. I might try it. Looks fun. Once I’m done with dead cells, ill play a different genre and then after that play katana zero

apalisoc_9

08-29-2020, 12:28 AM

Damn, Rift Apart looks like it's going to be incredible from the gameplay shown today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS0dl8KEbng

Definitely want to set the video to 4k though because the youtube compression algorithm makes it look like shit at 1080p.

If you're planning on getting PS5 at launch, Playstation is doing a promotion to sign up to pre-order directly from Sony.

I’ll probably get ps5 after getting a new phone. My iphone 6 battery is dead.

They usually giftcards worth 300 for each line if i upgrade With a different provider and i’ll end up lowering my monthly cellphone bill too :lol

Ill update both my phone and wife phone and get the ps5 for free and lower down my cellphone bill :lol

DJR210

08-29-2020, 01:34 PM

DJR210

08-29-2020, 03:36 PM

Wasteland 3 went on sale at Skidrow before it did Steam :lol

We'll see if it's any good..

baseline bum

08-29-2020, 04:05 PM

Wasteland 3 went on sale at Skidrow before it did Steam :lol

We'll see if it's any good..

Dark days in PC gaming man. CODEX seems to have gone into hiding after big raids on the scene a few days ago. They haven't released anything since the 25th and CODEX usually has multiple releases per day. At least the RTX 3090 will keep your house warm this winter though.

baseline bum

08-29-2020, 04:08 PM

Wasteland 3 went on sale at Skidrow before it did Steam :lol

We'll see if it's any good..

Also you ever tried any of the UWP hacked games? They only work on specific versions of Windows 10 Pro. Like Forza Horizon 3 I can play on 1903 or 1909, but need to be on 1809 to play the DLC supposedly. Or Forza Horizon 4 I need to be on 1903 or 1909. For Gears 4 I'd need to be on 1709 to 1809 I think. Hacked Flight Simulator 2020 only works on 1909. You played any of these hacked UWP games and is it an enormous pain in the ass to do so?

baseline bum

08-30-2020, 12:58 PM

Damn, Black Myth Wu Kong looks pretty solid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRg1DcLOfDw

DJR210

08-30-2020, 02:09 PM

Dark days in PC gaming man. CODEX seems to have gone into hiding after big raids on the scene a few days ago. They haven't released anything since the 25th and CODEX usually has multiple releases per day. At least the RTX 3090 will keep your house warm this winter though.

Dark days in pirating maybe.. But the supply of realistic military shooters with frequent content drops has been great tbh. If a 3060 gives the boosts I expect it to, I'm just gonna get one of those. I'm still on 1080p w/ no real want to upgrade at this point

DJR210

08-30-2020, 02:12 PM

Also you ever tried any of the UWP hacked games? They only work on specific versions of Windows 10 Pro. Like Forza Horizon 3 I can play on 1903 or 1909, but need to be on 1809 to play the DLC supposedly. Or Forza Horizon 4 I need to be on 1903 or 1909. For Gears 4 I'd need to be on 1709 to 1809 I think. Hacked Flight Simulator 2020 only works on 1909. You played any of these hacked UWP games and is it an enormous pain in the ass to do so?

No, I haven't tried any of those. The only new game I've borrowed in probably the last 2 years has been Wasteland 3. I haven't had much time for gaming, so when I do play I want to play shooters. Without multiplayer servers I can't play so the black flag has been in storage

MFS 2020 does look great though, I wanna play it.

ElNono

08-31-2020, 03:52 AM

Been playing Fall Guys and it's a lot of fun.... free on PSN plus this month too

TDMVPDPOY

08-31-2020, 09:53 PM

how many of you are gaming on console/pc?

gaming on gaming monitor or +2020 tv that has vrr/hdmi2.1?

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 09:38 AM

Dark days in pirating maybe.. But the supply of realistic military shooters with frequent content drops has been great tbh. If a 3060 gives the boosts I expect it to, I'm just gonna get one of those. I'm still on 1080p w/ no real want to upgrade at this point

EDIT: Oops, Nvidia reveal at 11AM

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 11:33 AM

DJR210

09-01-2020, 12:12 PM

Jen-Hsun says RTX 3070 outperforms RTX 2080 Ti, MSRP is $500.

500 is still a lot, but the performance boost would be worth it.. Plus I could upgrade monitors if I wanted to.. I have seen some recent benchmark videos on YouTube and seemingly sufficient CPU's have been bottlenecking the GPU.. You think a 9600k @ 5 Ghz would bottleneck this next round of cards?

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 12:27 PM

500 is still a lot, but the performance boost would be worth it.. Plus I could upgrade monitors if I wanted to.. I have seen some recent benchmark videos on YouTube and seemingly sufficient CPU's have been bottlenecking the GPU.. You think a 9600k @ 5 Ghz would bottleneck this next round of cards?

Maybe if you're playing at 1080p without a ton of RT effects, especially since games like Battlefield love core and thread count. Though I just looked up 720p benchmarks for BFV and saw the difference between i5-9600k and i9-9900k wasn't a whole lot.

https://tpucdn.com/review/amd-ryzen-5-3600/images/battlefield-v-1280-720.png

TimDunkem

09-01-2020, 12:51 PM

Been playing Fall Guys and it's a lot of fun.... free on PSN plus this month too
The perfect game for 2020, tbh. Nothing but endless pain, suffering, and selfishness...

And it's the most fun I've had in awhile. :lol

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 02:29 PM

500 is still a lot, but the performance boost would be worth it.. Plus I could upgrade monitors if I wanted to.. I have seen some recent benchmark videos on YouTube and seemingly sufficient CPU's have been bottlenecking the GPU.. You think a 9600k @ 5 Ghz would bottleneck this next round of cards?

Damn turns out the RTX 3070 has more CUDA cores than leaks from a couple of days ago said the the RTX 3090 would have. So it looks like the huge increase in performance isn't just in raytracing, but in standard rasterization too. Feels bad having bought a Turing gpu this year :lol. Though I went cheap on it (1660 Super) because I knew a $400 gpu would really look like shit once the new gen arrived.

spurraider21

09-01-2020, 02:50 PM

dont we have a dedicated thread about PoorC stuff?

TimDunkem

09-01-2020, 02:59 PM

Damn turns out the RTX 3070 has more CUDA cores than leaks from a couple of days ago said the the RTX 3090 would have. So it looks like the huge increase in performance isn't just in raytracing, but in standard rasterization too. Feels bad having bought a Turing gpu this year :lol. Though I went cheap on it (1660 Super) because I knew a $400 gpu would really look like shit once the new gen arrived.
Should I just sell the 2070 Super while I can and upgrade now? :lol

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 03:02 PM

Should I just sell the 2070 Super while I can and upgrade now? :lol

If you can find some idiot to pay you $400 for it then yeah, sell that fucker and get a 3070 in October. Though that 3070 may be hard to find then just like the GTX 970 was difficult to get for two months when it came out at $330 with GTX 780 Ti performance.

DJR210

09-01-2020, 03:38 PM

Damn turns out the RTX 3070 has more CUDA cores than leaks from a couple of days ago said the the RTX 3090 would have. So it looks like the huge increase in performance isn't just in raytracing, but in standard rasterization too. Feels bad having bought a Turing gpu this year :lol. Though I went cheap on it (1660 Super) because I knew a $400 gpu would really look like shit once the new gen arrived.

Good shit.. I'm still not sold on RT outside of tech demos.. Sure it looks nice when on from the YouTube gameplay vids I've seen, but it just seems like it's 4-5 years away from being worth a fuck

baseline bum

09-01-2020, 04:02 PM

Good shit.. I'm still not sold on RT outside of tech demos.. Sure it looks nice when on from the YouTube gameplay vids I've seen, but it just seems like it's 4-5 years away from being worth a fuck

Nah RT is likely to be pretty significant this gen since it's in the PS5 and Series X. Especially since it's in the new Unreal engine so anyone using Unreal can just turn if on and off easily. 4A Games who does the Metro series already said they're developing everything with RT from now on. I know you scoff Ratchet & Clank, but it has some pretty cool raytracing in the trailer Sony released the other day. And especially in shooters like BF and COD that have used RT since the beginning.

TDMVPDPOY

09-01-2020, 07:47 PM

lol the idiots who rush out to buy a2080ti used on ebay or whatever used markets...

TDMVPDPOY

09-02-2020, 03:59 AM

lol retailers trying to clear rtx 2xxx cards...fkn overpriced horseshit

spurraider21

09-02-2020, 07:49 PM

not that im buying at launch, but its ridiculous that there havent been price announcements on thew new consoles when we arent even that far out from release

baseline bum

09-02-2020, 08:22 PM

not that im buying at launch, but its ridiculous that there havent been price announcements on thew new consoles when we arent even that far out from release

Sony is waiting the XBox Series S Reveal and Microsoft is waiting for the PS5 price reveal to see how they have to price the XBox Series S :lol

TDMVPDPOY

09-03-2020, 12:40 AM

hahahah rtx2080ti was 2k down here, now its 1600, now on used marketplace its under 1k, could even be bought for 500 or less if the seller is desperate to get rid of the card....then again u can get a 3070 for 700 minimum when its release down here...

baseline bum

09-03-2020, 01:28 AM

lol retailers trying to clear rtx 2xxx cards...fkn overpriced horseshit

They have been overpriced horseshit for two years man.

ElNono

09-03-2020, 01:45 AM

not that im buying at launch, but its ridiculous that there havent been price announcements on thew new consoles when we arent even that far out from release

I mean, with how much these new NVidia cards cost, you would think it would be good timing, tbh...

TDMVPDPOY

09-03-2020, 04:43 AM

I mean, with how much these new NVidia cards cost, you would think it would be good timing, tbh...

these new cards 3xxx cards are priced like pre crypto prices which is good for everyone

ive just read an article crypto is back and they are targeting amd 5700 cards...fck these horseshit chumps dont they have better things to do then buy cards for mining

Reck

09-03-2020, 10:33 PM

Wait Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting a remastered release and I didn’t even know about it? These are the best days.

baseline bum

09-03-2020, 10:39 PM

Wait Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting a remastered release and I didn’t even know about it? These are the best days.

It comes out tomorrow.

Reck

09-03-2020, 10:44 PM

It comes out tomorrow.

Yeah I know. It’s why I said these are the best days.

I like it when I don’t have to wait years in anticipation. I’m in money conservation mode so I’m going to look up some YouTubes and then maybe buy it. This brings back good memories.

DJR210

09-06-2020, 08:23 PM

My only gripe w/ THPS is the way they holgram themselves back up after a fall.. lame IMO

Joseph Kony

09-07-2020, 12:56 PM

i dont remember sucking this bad at Tony Hawk when i was a kid :lol

Reck

09-07-2020, 01:09 PM

i dont remember sucking this bad at Tony Hawk when i was a kid :lol

Reminds me of Crash Bandicoot. I played (and beat) most of those games way back then with relative ease but with the remastered versions I am failing so hard I had to quit. :lmao

Maybe it's because I used to put full days into gaming back then. Now it's all about time management.

140

09-07-2020, 06:34 PM

Played the shit out of THPS during the weekend, beat em both and now im just doing challenges and finding gaps. Muscle memory kicked in quite fast lol

ElNono

09-07-2020, 08:06 PM

All I can say is it's going to be a nice holiday season/early next year games-wise, tbh... been playing some of the announced games and there's some good stuff in there...

redzero

09-07-2020, 08:15 PM

I'm still playing Iceborne. I tried finishing HZD, but I went back to MHW. Capcom makes these monsters so bullish.it in the endgame. I would fight From Soft bosses any day over some of these bastards.

apalisoc_9

09-07-2020, 10:00 PM

Finished Dead Cells.

9.5/10 game.

Amazing replay value. I'll probably finish this game a few more times before playing another game.

apalisoc_9

09-07-2020, 10:01 PM

Finished Dead Cells.

9.5/10 game.

Amazing replay value. I'll probably finish this game a few more times before playing another game.

NASpurs

09-07-2020, 10:48 PM

Don't know how credible it is but the Xbox Series S is leaked at $299.

1303152184377344001

baseline bum

09-07-2020, 11:12 PM

Don't know how credible it is but the Xbox Series S is leaked at $299.

1303152184377344001

Damn PS5 digital would probably have to be no more than $400 then. If XBox really wanted to go for the kill shot they should have made Series S $249 though.

baseline bum

09-07-2020, 11:13 PM

All I can say is it's going to be a nice holiday season/early next year games-wise, tbh... been playing some of the announced games and there's some good stuff in there...

So how is GTA V 3?

Reck

09-07-2020, 11:27 PM

Damn PS5 digital would probably have to be no more than $400 then. If XBox really wanted to go for the kill shot they should have made Series S $249 though.

How many Halos can you stand? This can be 50 bucks and it'll still lag behind Sony just on exclusives alone.

Still not buying a PS5 until GOW5 though.

baseline bum

09-07-2020, 11:55 PM

How many Halos can you stand?

zero :lol

NASpurs

09-08-2020, 12:28 AM

https://www.engadget.com/xbox-series-x-price-release-043407176.html

Xbox Series X will reportedly cost $499 and arrive November 10th

Microsoft revealed (https://www.engadget.com/xbox-series-x-launch-november-191726809.html) last month that the Xbox Series X will arrive in November, just in time for this year’s holiday shopping season. Now, Windows Central (https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-series-x-and-xbox-series-s-release-date-and-price-finally-revealed)reports a more specific release date and even a price point for the tech giant’s next-gen console: the Series X will apparently set you back $499 and will be available on November 10th. The publication’s report comes hot on the heels of a leak (https://www.engadget.com/xbox-series-s-leak-030105276.html) that shows what the Xbox Series S, which is expected to be Microsoft’s cheaper disc-less console, could look like.

According to Windows Central, Microsoft will offer a $35-per-month Xbox All Access financing option for the Series X. The publication also confirms that the Series S will cost $299. Microsoft will reportedly offer a $25-per-month Xbox All Access financing option for it and will be trying to capture as many markets as possible by having a large global rollout for the cheaper console. The Series S will be available on November 10th as well, the publication says.

The Xbox Series X has backwards compatibility and will be capable of 4K gaming. Meanwhile, the Xbox Series S, as its pricing indicates, will most likely be the less powerful of the two. Previous reports say (https://www.engadget.com/2019-12-04-microsoft-disc-less-xbox-lockhart-report.html) it’s capable of 1080p and 1440p gaming and that it will have a smaller RAM and less powerful CPU than the Series X.

spurraider21

09-08-2020, 04:07 PM

Finished the Hearts of Stone DLC on witcher 3... just launched Blood and Wine. pretty expansive new map area, could take a while.

Joseph Kony

09-10-2020, 09:35 PM

spurraider21

09-10-2020, 09:41 PM

Playing Avengers in between my grounded playthrough of LoU2. not too far into it yet but pretty fun. beating shit up as a super hero is always entertaining, but annoying most of the enemies are going to be stupid androids or robots it seems like
i was pretty hyped when the game was first announced... once i saw the actual trailers and gameplay footage i lost interest. early reviews are pretty shitty and evidently the single player campaign is something like 10 hours and most of the game's emphasis is MP and loot. fuck that tbh

baseline bum

09-10-2020, 11:32 PM

Fuck I'm dying waiting for that Mario 35th Anniversary collection. Haven't touched my Switch since February but I'll be playing that shit as soon as the nsp for it leaks.

lefty

09-11-2020, 01:05 AM

i was pretty hyped when the game was first announced... once i saw the actual trailers and gameplay footage i lost interest. early reviews are pretty shitty and evidently the single player campaign is something like 10 hours and most of the game's emphasis is MP and loot. fuck that tbh

:lol today’s games

spurraider21

09-14-2020, 12:57 PM

:lol today’s games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBb6ePKwFQg&ab_channel=GirlfriendReviews

Reck

09-14-2020, 01:22 PM

spurraider21

09-14-2020, 04:02 PM

X-Men Legends was the last game like that I've played and that one was really good. Guess they haven't found that same formula with similar games.

Lego does a better job with their take on offline multiplayer games. :lol
i remember enjoying X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse... didnt play the first one. i probably played through that game at least a few times during the PS2 days. unlocking ironman as a playable character was pretty sweet since he was fairly OP, made playing through it (at least) a second time worthwhile

that type of game does seem fairly outdated though, expected something much better from the Avengers game

DJR210

09-14-2020, 05:55 PM

X-Men Legends was the last game like that I've played and that one was really good. Guess they haven't found that same formula with similar games.

Lego does a better job with their take on offline multiplayer games. :lol

If you liked X-Men legends you missed out on Ultimate Alliance.. I'm sure it sucks if you played it today though

Agreed on the LEGO games.. Lego Marvel 1 had the better roster, but Lego Marvel 2 had the better open world gameplay

140

09-24-2020, 12:30 PM

Mafia DE looking good, hopefully someone will crack that shit tbh

lefty

09-24-2020, 01:27 PM

List of games I started and never finished (stopped pretty much halfway through) :lol

- Arkham Asylum
- Arkham City
- Assassin's Creed
- COD Black Ops
- Mafia 3

Who the fuck has the time and patience? :lol
I don't get it tbh

Having said that I would love a GTA : Vice City remaster on current gen consoles
No I wouldn't complete any mission, I would just steal a convertible and drive along the coast with the radio on, during sunset; most relaxing game ever :lol

midnightpulp

10-01-2020, 09:45 PM

Been gaming a bit. Bouncing back and forth between indie Arcade style games and AAA.

- Uncharted 4. Best level design in the series. Fantastic 5.1 audio mix. Best I've heard in gaming to date.

- DmC Remake. As much as I love the Clover/Platinum beat 'em ups, I've never played a Devil May Cry game. Fans of the series say this was a dumbing down. I found it fun, but I can see how the mechanics in this one make pulling off big combos relatively easy, since Dante has many single moves that are basically auto combos.

- Gears 4. It's Gears of War. Same old, same old. But fun.

- Dishonored 2. Solid follow up.

- Waveform. Had the distinction of being the cheapest game on Steam for like 19 cents. That said, awesome game. Cleverly designed and addictive.

- Audiosurf. Puzzle racing game that builds levels using your music library. Solid.

Currently on Rainbow 6 Vegas and Hotline Miami 2.

baseline bum

10-01-2020, 09:56 PM

Currently on Rainbow 6 Vegas and Hotline Miami 2.

:bobo

Damn I loved Rainbow 6 Vegas when I first got my 360. One of the most underrated games of last gen. Didn't enjoy the sequel nearly as much but man the original was mindblowing back in 2006.

midnightpulp

10-02-2020, 12:19 AM

:bobo

Damn I loved Rainbow 6 Vegas when I first got my 360. One of the most underrated games of last gen. Didn't enjoy the sequel nearly as much but man the original was mindblowing back in 2006.

The graphics engine is still impressive even today (playing on PC at 1440p). Might be the first FPS with cover mechanics. Don't recall another prior to that.

spurraider21

10-02-2020, 01:42 AM

resistanze

10-08-2020, 12:37 PM

RE3

Reck

10-08-2020, 12:44 PM

RE3

Did you beat it in one sitting?

baseline bum

10-08-2020, 12:44 PM

RE3

God bless you Capcom for removing Denuvo amirite?

Leetonidas

10-08-2020, 03:21 PM

Finished my second playthrough of LoU2 on grounded. Game is a 9.5/10 tbh and idc what anyone else says. Excellent game.

I had tried to get back into playing Control but I'm just not feeling it. I started playing Witcher 3 again and am kinda sucked into that now. Just started Whoreson Juniors flashback of Ciri

resistanze

10-08-2020, 05:01 PM

Did you beat it in one sitting?
I'm milking this baby throughout the weekend :lol

resistanze

10-08-2020, 05:04 PM

God bless you Capcom for removing Denuvo amirite?
Still waiting on MK11 and THPS1+2 :king

baseline bum

10-08-2020, 05:27 PM

Still waiting on MK11 and THPS1+2 :king

Empress says MK11 is what she's working on next after she cracked the newest Borderlands 3 update.

ElNono

10-08-2020, 11:17 PM

If I said what I'm playing, apa would hate me so much right now...

baseline bum

10-09-2020, 12:39 AM

If I said what I'm playing, apa would hate me so much right now...

Why? You playing with your aunt too?

TimDunkem

10-09-2020, 09:34 AM

Well, Squadrons is fucking fun as hell with a HOTAS setup. Most fun I've had in awhile, tbh.

lefty

10-09-2020, 10:40 AM

Still waiting on MK11 and THPS1+2 :king
Is MK11 worth playing vs just the CPU?

I want ot buy it but I don't play online :lol

resistanze

10-14-2020, 08:06 PM

Is MK11 worth playing vs just the CPU?

I want ot buy it but I don't play online :lol

no clue....waiting for that CPY stimulus package tbh :lol

baseline bum

10-14-2020, 09:00 PM

no clue....waiting for that CPY stimulus package tbh :lol

EMPRESS, who cracked the latest update to Borderlands 3, said they're doing MK11 next.

DJR210

10-15-2020, 01:23 PM

EMPRESS, who cracked the latest update to Borderlands 3, said they're doing MK11 next.

Good, I've been waiting to try it

resistanze

10-15-2020, 04:08 PM

EMPRESS, who cracked the latest update to Borderlands 3, said they're doing MK11 next.

:hungry:

lefty

10-15-2020, 11:41 PM

no clue....waiting for that CPY stimulus package tbh :lol

:lol I meant any fighting game tbh

baseline bum

10-16-2020, 06:18 AM

Good, I've been waiting to try it

:hungry:

MK11 crack just released. God, it's 70GB though for a fucking fighting game?

resistanze

10-17-2020, 12:31 AM

MK11 crack just released. God, it's 70GB though for a fucking fighting game?

Is that FitGirl?..the EMPRESS release is 101GB :lmao

I have Google Fiber and I don't even want to get it now tbh.

baseline bum

10-17-2020, 06:21 AM

Is that FitGirl?..the EMPRESS release is 101GB :lmao

I have Google Fiber and I don't even want to get it now tbh.

CODEX Store was saying 70GB yesterday. Ugh 101 GB? Don't care about the time to download, care more about the hard drive space wasted.

NASpurs

10-18-2020, 11:07 AM

The Marvel Avengers game is 133 GBs :lol

spurraider21

10-18-2020, 12:00 PM

Finally finished Witcher 3

baseline bum

10-18-2020, 12:04 PM

The Marvel Avengers game is 133 GBs :lol

135GB :rollin

Gotta admit that's great DRM to make your game so ridiculously large no one wants to pirate

DJR210

10-19-2020, 08:50 AM

MK11 crack just released. God, it's 70GB though for a fucking fighting game?

Nice.. It's all good, I just bought a 2 TB Firecuda drive for games

baseline bum

10-19-2020, 09:29 AM

Nice.. It's all good, I just bought a 2 TB Firecuda drive for games

Shit I just bought a 4TB three weeks ago and that fucker is already filled.

DJR210

10-19-2020, 09:56 AM

Shit I just bought a 4TB three weeks ago and that fucker is already filled.

Modern Warfare is gonna need it's own 4TB drive soon

Texas_Ranger

10-19-2020, 03:17 PM

just finished Mafia DE. I found it very boring. All that ducking and shooting behind an object was just too much for me. And 3/4 of every mission is just driving. I didn't play the original, or I just don't remember I did, but yea, this was just not for me. The graphics look pretty nice, especially while driving... Oh, the game is also kinda glitchy and some animations are just weird. I thought it was cause it was the original version, but after I dowloaded the update it was still the same. It took me 6-7h to complete it while not skipping cut scenes. I am happy it got cracked, cause buying this would just disappoint me.

Mortal Kombat is just too big to download and finish that 4h story mode. I heard you also cant use the kryps so no unlocking in the cracked version. The game also feels kinda slow compared to 9 and 10.
Avengers looked very bad from what i saw. Kinda like Anthem,
So all that remains for me is wait for Cyberpunk.

baseline bum

10-22-2020, 11:33 AM

The Marvel Avengers game is 133 GBs :lol

Welp RDR2 is 117GB, unless you want to download the Fitgirl Repack which is 63GB but takes 3.5 hours to install on an 8 thread cpu. Might have to give this game a try again, especially now that I can play at 60 fps (my PC is just good enough to be around 60 fps with the settings tweaks Hardware Unboxed recommended in their two videos).

chunticakes

10-26-2020, 05:16 PM

I finally beat the Cleric Beast in Bloodborne. As a mater of fact, I'm all the way up to the Blood-starved Beast.

Leetonidas

10-26-2020, 05:59 PM

In gaming purgatory atm. Waiting for Watch Dogs Legion on Friday:hungry:

Joseph Kony

10-26-2020, 07:31 PM

i'm playing Yugioh: legacy of the duelist on the switch right now :lol

DJR210

10-27-2020, 10:53 AM

Welp RDR2 is 117GB, unless you want to download the Fitgirl Repack which is 63GB but takes 3.5 hours to install on an 8 thread cpu. Might have to give this game a try again, especially now that I can play at 60 fps (my PC is just good enough to be around 60 fps with the settings tweaks Hardware Unboxed recommended in their two videos).

I just put RDR2 on hold until the 3070 arrives.. It looks too fucking good on ultra to settle.. Hopefully I'm able to get in my order on the 29th..

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 11:11 AM

I just put RDR2 on hold until the 3070 arrives.. It looks too fucking good on ultra to settle.. Hopefully I'm able to get in my order on the 29th..

I use the settings Hardware Unboxed recommends and it barely looks different from all ultra, though since my card has 6GB I can still leave ultra textures on. I'd definitely wait for your 3070 though (hope you land one), as my 1660 Super is just barely enough to get a consistent 60 fps in the game with those settings so 1060 will probably struggle. About the only noticeable difference between their recommended settings and ultra is the nighttime illumination that looks way better on high (and same at ultra) since it's a framerate killer and they drop to medium in the game. They set water quality to medium too and it doesn't look great at first, but then in the advance settings you can claw back the visual quality by setting a few water settings to high so it looks like high settings water but performs like medium settings water. It's actually pretty impressive how much performance they could claw back with mostly minimal difference in visuals. Something like 65% higher performance with their tweaks.

DJR210

10-27-2020, 12:17 PM

I use the settings Hardware Unboxed recommends and it barely looks different from all ultra, though since my card has 6GB I can still leave ultra textures on. I'd definitely wait for your 3070 though (hope you land one), as my 1660 Super is just barely enough to get a consistent 60 fps in the game with those settings so 1060 will probably struggle. About the only noticeable difference between their recommended settings and ultra is the nighttime illumination that looks way better on high (and same at ultra) since it's a framerate killer and they drop to medium in the game. They set water quality to medium too and it doesn't look great at first, but then in the advance settings you can claw back the visual quality by setting a few water settings to high so it looks like high settings water but performs like medium settings water. It's actually pretty impressive how much performance they could claw back with mostly minimal difference in visuals. Something like 65% higher performance with their tweaks.

I have quite a few settings I'm willing to settle with lowered and I stay between 40-45 FPS.. the G-Sync keeps shit smooth but it still isn't 60 FPS+ smooth and ruins the immersion.. I found the global illumination, water physics, grass AA and shadows (can't remember the others) to be some of the most taxing.. I can't even run the global illumination at all it just isn't worth it.

I hope I get one of the 3070's too.. was gonna try Newegg because I don't like to pay taxes like my dear leader Trump. Do they go on sale at a set time or what? Never dealt with a GPU purchase that was in demand like these.

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 12:31 PM

I have quite a few settings I'm willing to settle with lowered and I stay between 40-45 FPS.. the G-Sync keeps shit smooth but it still isn't 60 FPS+ smooth and ruins the immersion.. I found the global illumination, water physics, grass AA and shadows (can't remember the others) to be some of the most taxing.. I can't even run the global illumination at all it just isn't worth it.

I hope I get one of the 3070's too.. was gonna try Newegg because I don't like to pay taxes like my dear leader Trump. Do they go on sale at a set time or what? Never dealt with a GPU purchase that was in demand like these.

Dude, Newegg has collected sales tax in Texas for like two years now, ever since Kennedy cast the deciding vote in South Dakota vs Wayfair. Probably have to go somewhere like B&H Photo if you want a chance at not paying sales tax, last I checked maybe a year ago they didn't collect from Texas buyers. I just buy from amazon now instead of newegg since amazon delivers way faster. Newegg has gone downhill ever since being bought out by the chinks and sales tax was the only advantage they had left until they started charging it too. Sad because Newegg was amazing 10-20 years ago. Good price, fast shipping, great customer support. Now it really has none of those. Only good thing about Newegg now is the site organization is still the best of the best, so I look up shit I want to buy on newegg and then get it on amazon.

I play RDR2 with those settings that would usually have me around 80 fps but they can drop into the high 50s occasionally because of cpu bottleneck (still running a 4C/8T Haswell Xeon E3-1231v3), and it actually looks pretty good even when it drops forcing adaptive sync in the Nvidia control panel... eg VSync on when over 60 fps, off when under. I don't know if their drivers just got better but adaptive sync looked terrible on my 970 back in like 2015 when I tried it with Witcher 3 and Crysis 3. But it looks good now.

spurraider21

10-27-2020, 03:22 PM

I finally beat the Cleric Beast in Bloodborne. As a mater of fact, I'm all the way up to the Blood-starved Beast.
:tu awesome game. once you've gotten that far, you shouldnt be worried about the game simply being "too hard" for you

chunticakes

10-27-2020, 03:35 PM

:tu awesome game. once you've gotten that far, you shouldnt be worried about the game simply being "too hard" for you

Yeah it's an amazing game. Took me awhile to figure out how to equip weapons and level up. I swear I was trying to kill that initial werewolf barehanded for the longest time. :lol

spurraider21

10-27-2020, 03:40 PM

Yeah it's an amazing game. Took me awhile to figure out how to equip weapons and level up. I swear I was trying to kill that initial werewolf barehanded for the longest time. :lol
brutal early learning curve, but great payoff. DLC is really good too

DJR210

10-27-2020, 03:49 PM

Dude, Newegg has collected sales tax in Texas for like two years now, ever since Kennedy cast the deciding vote in South Dakota vs Wayfair. Probably have to go somewhere like B&H Photo if you want a chance at not paying sales tax, last I checked maybe a year ago they didn't collect from Texas buyers. I just buy from amazon now instead of newegg since amazon delivers way faster. Newegg has gone downhill ever since being bought out by the chinks and sales tax was the only advantage they had left until they started charging it too. Sad because Newegg was amazing 10-20 years ago. Good price, fast shipping, great customer support. Now it really has none of those. Only good thing about Newegg now is the site organization is still the best of the best, so I look up shit I want to buy on newegg and then get it on amazon.

I play RDR2 with those settings that would usually have me around 80 fps but they can drop into the high 50s occasionally because of cpu bottleneck (still running a 4C/8T Haswell Xeon E3-1231v3), and it actually looks pretty good even when it drops forcing adaptive sync in the Nvidia control panel... eg VSync on when over 60 fps, off when under. I don't know if their drivers just got better but adaptive sync looked terrible on my 970 back in like 2015 when I tried it with Witcher 3 and Crysis 3. But it looks good now.

Have you purchased something from there yourself to confirm or heard they started charging for it? But yeah, with the distribution center so close delivery will be next day and free w/ prime

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 03:50 PM

Have you purchased something from there yourself to confirm or heard they started charging for it?

Bought some games from them about a year and a half ago and got charged sales tax.

DJR210

10-27-2020, 03:52 PM

Bought some games from them about a year and a half ago and got charged sales tax.

Damn.. fuck em then. Can't beat Amazon's speed and service but to save a little I would have waited a little longer.

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 03:54 PM

Yeah it's an amazing game. Took me awhile to figure out how to equip weapons and level up. I swear I was trying to kill that initial werewolf barehanded for the longest time. :lol

Dude if you don't have the DLC, buy it ASAP. It's on sale right now for $10. Best part of the game by far. The Old Hunters DLC is what makes Bloodborne the game of the century for me.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA00900_00-SPEXPANSIONDLC03

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 03:57 PM

Damn.. fuck em then. Can't beat Amazon's speed and service but to save a little I would have waited a little longer.

Newegg actually snitched on their Connecticut customers so that they received bills from the state for sales tax on purchases going 4 or 5 years back. Only reason I bought anything from them after that was I got a newegg giftcard as a present but I'll never spend money there again unless they're a lot cheaper than amazon because the shipping sucks from newegg.

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 05:38 PM

chunticakes

10-27-2020, 05:52 PM

Dude if you don't have the DLC, buy it ASAP. It's on sale right now for $10. Best part of the game by far. The Old Hunters DLC is what makes Bloodborne the game of the century for me.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA00900_00-SPEXPANSIONDLC03

I just did. :toast

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 06:16 PM

I just did. :toast

Man you'll fucking love it, some of the boss fights are incredible. Even better than the Sigrun Valkyrie fight in God of War. Don't beat the game before doing the DLC though, otherwise you'll have to start a new game and progress up to the point of being able to do the DLC.

spurraider21

10-27-2020, 06:22 PM

Man you'll fucking love it, some of the boss fights are incredible. Even better than the Sigrun Valkyrie fight in God of War. Don't beat the game before doing the DLC though, otherwise you'll have to start a new game and progress up to the point of being able to do the DLC.
Sigrun fight felt more mechanical, as almost every attack had a specific counter you had to be ready for. In that response Sigrun felt more like a Sekiro boss than a Soulsborne boss.

btw, i know you played on Give Me a Challenge. Sigrun was even harder on Give Me God of War, and in on NG+ she has an even more expanded moveset. GMGOW+ Sigrun was a different beast altogether

Bloodborne was so much more frantic and chaotic... a different approach altogether. especially the final DLC boss

baseline bum

10-27-2020, 07:01 PM

Finally went back to RDR2, but on PC this time. Think I'm finally in the mood for a slow burn game like this. Been playing for a few days now and am enjoying it way more than I did at launch.

baseline bum

10-29-2020, 06:49 PM

Xevious

10-29-2020, 07:22 PM

So is there much good reason to keep high honor in Red Dead 2? I had a guy try to horsejack me so I put a couple in his head but a witness saw me as I was moving the body, so I had to go kill him an dump him in the river. Then I saw a guy get killed by wolves so naturally I looted his body and then got an icon showing my honor had dropped. This game feels like it'll be so much more fun to play as a stick up man than honorable cowboy. Thoughts, spurraider21? Xevious? Don't know why this game didn't hook me when I played at launch but really enjoying it now.
Honor level goes up and down super easy. I wouldn't worry about it too much early on, just have fun. But end game storyline stuff was absolutely designed for a high honor Arthur. You miss out on IMO essential side missions and option dialogue if your honor level is low during chapter six. There's a reason why Redemption is in the title (besides the fact that it's a sequel). Arthur goes through a ton of changes/growth throughout the story. It's honestly one of the most satisfying character arcs to me, especially if you take the time to read his journal.

baseline bum

10-29-2020, 07:37 PM

Honor level goes up and down super easy. I wouldn't worry about it too much early on, just have fun. But end game storyline stuff was absolutely designed for a high honor Arthur. You miss out on IMO essential side missions and option dialogue if your honor level is low during chapter six. There's a reason why Redemption is in the title (besides the fact that it's a sequel). Arthur goes through a ton of changes/growth throughout the story. It's honestly one of the most satisfying character arcs to me, especially if you take the time to read his journal.

OK thanks. Damn was hoping none of that would matter and I could be like Tommy Vercetti in the game. Maybe if I do a second playthrough I'll just be a psycho then. :lol

Joseph Kony

10-29-2020, 08:01 PM

Watchdogs Legion time :tu

Xevious

10-29-2020, 08:21 PM

OK thanks. Damn was hoping none of that would matter and I could be like Tommy Vercetti in the game. Maybe if I do a second playthrough I'll just be a psycho then. :lol
Oh you can still be a dick sometimes. Some of Arthur's insults when you antagonize people are fucking hilarious.

ElNono

10-29-2020, 09:31 PM

Watchdogs Legion time :tu

Grabbing right now... I liked the 1st one, and enjoyed the second one... we'll see what this one looks like

baseline bum

10-30-2020, 07:42 AM

Looks like Best Buy is going to have The Last of Us Part II and Final Fantasy VII Remastered for $30, and Persona 5 Royal for $20 for Black Friday week. Will probably pick up TLOU II then, but think I'll wait for FF VII to come to PC so I can play in JP and English.

Joseph Kony

10-30-2020, 12:27 PM

Grabbing right now... I liked the 1st one, and enjoyed the second one... we'll see what this one looks like
:tu thought i was the only one here who enjoyed them

ElNono

10-30-2020, 03:17 PM

:tu thought i was the only one here who enjoyed them

Little slow start on this one, but so far looks decent.

Joseph Kony

10-30-2020, 04:30 PM

Little slow start on this one, but so far looks decent.

have to get used to not having a central protagonist...only off-putting thing to me about it thus far

ElNono

10-30-2020, 05:15 PM

have to get used to not having a central protagonist...only off-putting thing to me about it thus far

Yeah, I'm keeping the recruiting to a minimum, tbh

TimDunkem

10-30-2020, 05:19 PM

Yeah, I'm keeping the recruiting to a minimum, tbh
So it's good? I've never actually played any of the games before. I got this one free with the 3080 and was thinking about checking it out.

Joseph Kony

10-30-2020, 06:31 PM

So it's good? I've never actually played any of the games before. I got this one free with the 3080 and was thinking about checking it out.
for free? most definitely

ElNono

10-30-2020, 06:35 PM

So it's good? I've never actually played any of the games before. I got this one free with the 3080 and was thinking about checking it out.

It's good, take it for a spin

RD2191

11-01-2020, 05:47 PM

baseline bum

11-01-2020, 06:10 PM

jeebus

11-01-2020, 08:16 PM

About halfway through BOTW, beautiful peaceful game but I find myself missing the linear gameplay of past Zelda games. I'm not liking the weapons constantly breaking and having to look for more either. Dungeons are also something I miss so far. Probably rank it at 4 or 5 in my top Zelda games list. It's just missing that Zelda feel for some reason. The open world is beautiful and interesting but I don't know how I feel about it in a Zelda game.

Later on in the game, I pretty much have a problem with too many weapons/shields/bows. Master mode is a bit more difficult in this but in the end, I still had the same problem. From raiding hyrule castle for its weapons or killing lynels and jacking their weapons, I always had too many.
I missed the dungeons too but it wasn't a deal breaker, as too many past zelda games had absolutely shitty dungeons. I don't think this game would've benefitted from having an awful ice dungeon where you're constantly sliding, a sky-type dungeon where you're always on tiny platforms, or the generic death mountain lava dungeon.

baseline bum

11-01-2020, 08:44 PM

Man how does my horse teleport with me when I take the train in RDR2? :lmao

Joseph Kony

11-02-2020, 12:44 PM

Watchdogs Legion is pretty fun so far. i'm getting used to the idea of having multiple operatives to use and have enjoyed giving each their own style tbh. biggest gripe thus far is the weapon system, really annyoing that you can't just buy/print weapons like in the first two and can only use the non-leathal pistol/shotgun/nade launcher if you are using an operative that doesnt have their own weapon already. but really like the cargo drone mechanic they added

ElNono

11-02-2020, 04:09 PM

chunticakes

11-03-2020, 07:56 AM

baseline bum

11-03-2020, 08:04 AM

Your honor naturally goes up as you progress through the story. You'd really have to go out of your way to have shitty honor by the end of the game :lol

Damn but I like to shoot people on the road when they talk shit to me. Surprisingly my honor seems to drop from looting the corpses instead of just killing them though :lol

Joseph Kony

11-03-2020, 10:31 AM

Hmmm, probably the one I like the least so far in the series. Driving around town isn't a lot of fun, IMVHO, unfortunately. There are fast travel spots though, so it can be worked around.

The melee is good though, but the rest of the mechanics are a bit of rinse and repeat.

i've enjoyed the driving but London isn't as easy to traverse at fast speeds like Chicago/SF were in the last two. i also really do not like that they got rid of a lot of the environment hacking mechanics. hacking a stoplight and making all the traffic crash into each other is sorely missed here

ElNono

11-03-2020, 10:55 AM

i've enjoyed the driving but London isn't as easy to traverse at fast speeds like Chicago/SF were in the last two. i also really do not like that they got rid of a lot of the environment hacking mechanics. hacking a stoplight and making all the traffic crash into each other is sorely missed here

Yep... it's the tight spaces, tbh... Also don't like that you can't move faster using construction drones, that'd be a neat cheat.

DJR210

11-03-2020, 01:31 PM

Damn but I like to shoot people on the road when they talk shit to me. Surprisingly my honor seems to drop from looting the corpses instead of just killing them though :lol

Not sure if you like the genre but Epic has Blair Witch free rn.. it's pretty creepy so far, graphics look great too

baseline bum

11-03-2020, 01:46 PM

Not sure if you like the genre but Epic has Blair Witch free rn.. it's pretty creepy so far, graphics look great too

Damn I wasn't even going to claim it but since you endorse I guess I will. LOL Epic Games Store though, I only use it for free games. Refuse to buy anything from fucking Tencent.

DJR210

11-03-2020, 11:46 PM

Damn I wasn't even going to claim it but since you endorse I guess I will. LOL Epic Games Store though, I only use it for free games. Refuse to buy anything from fucking Tencent.

Yeah lol that's the only reason I use it

lefty

11-05-2020, 04:41 PM

Damn but I like to shoot people on the road when they talk shit to me. Surprisingly my honor seems to drop from looting the corpses instead of just killing them though :lol
:lol I ccompletely forgot I was in a videogame thread when I read this
WTF

redzero

11-09-2020, 04:27 PM

Almost 3 years later, and I'm finally saying that I will beat Horizon Zero Dawn.

Reck

11-09-2020, 06:40 PM

:lmao Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a glithcy mess.

Every fucking time with Ubisoft

ElNono

11-09-2020, 06:47 PM

Gonna get it anyways, tbh... might not play it until a couple of patches are in though

spurraider21

11-10-2020, 04:07 PM

Almost 3 years later, and I'm finally saying that I will beat Horizon Zero Dawn.
did you play the Frozen Wild DLC?

baseline bum

11-10-2020, 05:01 PM

Man RDR2 just fucking melts time away. :lol

Is there a fast travel other than paying for trains? Yeah I know, bend over I'll give you a train.

Reck

11-10-2020, 05:11 PM

Yeah I know, bend over I'll give you a train.

Damn I didn't know you were into that shit, son.

spurraider21

11-11-2020, 02:33 PM

Man RDR2 just fucking melts time away. :lol

Is there a fast travel other than paying for trains? Yeah I know, bend over I'll give you a train.
you can fast travel from camp if you buy the right camp upgrade. cant remember which one it is.

but getting back to camp? yeah thats always gonna take you a while without a train

resistanze

11-12-2020, 01:57 PM

Man RDR2 just fucking melts time away. :lol

Is there a fast travel other than paying for trains? Yeah I know, bend over I'll give you a train.

Bend over, I'll fing melt time away.

baseline bum

11-12-2020, 02:30 PM

I like how just saying hi to people in RDR2 keeps my honor level high even though when I'm traveling between towns and someone pisses me off I hogtie them and then throw them in the water to drown constantly.

Reck

11-12-2020, 02:34 PM

baseline bum

11-12-2020, 02:36 PM

What is wrong with you.

Well I rob them too

Reck

11-12-2020, 02:38 PM

Well I rob them too

:lol

I'm about to unload on my backlog. New York is about to shut the fuck down again so what better time to hunker down and play some games non stop.

I'm looking at the Witcher 3 GOTY edition which I bought like 3 years ago and still haven't even played a second fo it.

baseline bum

11-12-2020, 02:41 PM

:lol

I'm about to unload on my backlog. New York is about to shut the fuck down again so what better time to hunker down and play some games non stop.

I'm looking at the Witcher 3 GOTY edition which I bought like 3 years ago and still haven't even played a second fo it.

Game is fucking enormous. Shit will prob take you 6-8 months unless you make PS4 your full-time job.

Xevious

11-12-2020, 04:43 PM

Man RDR2 just fucking melts time away. :lol

Is there a fast travel other than paying for trains? Yeah I know, bend over I'll give you a train.
One of the updates added a fast travel option from your campfire.

But RDR2 was one of those games I could spend hours playing and accomplish almost nothing. :lol The game is just jam packed with so much fluff to keep you entertained. I mean, they were recording dialogue for over five years. It's damn near impossible to see everything in that game.

baseline bum

11-12-2020, 06:41 PM

One of the updates added a fast travel option from your campfire.

But RDR2 was one of those games I could spend hours playing and accomplish almost nothing. :lol The game is just jam packed with so much fluff to keep you entertained. I mean, they were recording dialogue for over five years. It's damn near impossible to see everything in that game.

Ugh I didn't realize you can't restore a worn gun. I got excited when I found a worn Schofield on an O'Driscoll I shot since I got a second holster, the Schofield I stole off the gunsmith in Valentine is my go-to pistol, and I heard you can dual wield later on. Now I can't even sell the worn pos though.

baseline bum

11-12-2020, 06:44 PM

LOL right when I had gotten my White Arabian horse to 2350 bonding (2450 is max) I found the Sharktooth trinket to give me a 10% bump in horse bonding. God damn it, would have been really useful early on. :lol

Xevious

11-12-2020, 06:58 PM

Ugh I didn't realize you can't restore a worn gun. I got excited when I found a worn Schofield on an O'Driscoll I shot since I got a second holster, the Schofield I stole off the gunsmith in Valentine is my go-to pistol, and I heard you can dual wield later on. Now I can't even sell the worn pos though.
If there is one complaint I have about the game, it's the inventory management. EVERY fucking gun is stored on your horse. It would've been nice to have a chest to unload a lot of the shit you never plan on using to back at camp or something. There are a lot of unique guns you'll pick up and by the endgame you're scrolling through a list of shit trying to get to the ones you actually want to use.