What are you playing right now?

[Joseph Kony]

Been playing Days Gone, which I couldn't get into back in the PS4 days... it's actually pretty neat
Underrated game. but it does start slow and takes a good amount of time for the story to pick up

[baseline bum]

drunkard is a miniboss to be fair. and as for the mist noble, i think thats a situation where the forest itself is kinda considered the boss, finding out where to go. the mist noble is basically a meme.

loved the first guardian ape fight. second one is more annoying than anything, but the smaller ape is considerably weaker. very easy to screw up its posture especially with prosthetic tools.


I didn't want to use up my spirit emblems on the brown ape since I needed them for the headless ape though. Just basically had to run around the arena to create enough separation between the two to get brown ape to attack me maybe 3 times so I could parry them and then get in a swipe or two. Lucky his health is pretty low but I just had to get quick hits and run, made the fight take forever.



man i completely forgot about/blocked out the shotgun minibosses. completely hated both fights.

Oh thank god there isn't a third.

[spurraider21]

I didn't want to use up my spirit emblems on the brown ape since I needed them for the headless ape though. Just basically had to run around the arena to create enough separation to get brown ape to attack me maybe 3 times so I could parry them and then get in a swipe or two. Lucky his health is pretty low but I just had to get quick hits and run, made the fight take forever.
fair, but i felt the most challenging aspect of the fight was that with both of them around its very difficult to find moments to sneak in some damage. i'd rather take on the big ape one on one without spirit emblems than try to fight both for a prolonged period. your mileage may vary


Oh thank god there isn't a third.
ah damn, wasnt trying to get into spoiler stuff. but yeah

[baseline bum]

fair, but i felt the most challenging aspect of the fight was that with both of them around its very difficult to find moments to sneak in some damage. i'd rather take on the big ape one on one without spirit emblems than try to fight both for a prolonged period. your mileage may vary


ah damn, wasnt trying to get into spoiler stuff. but yeah

The spear is super effective against headless ape, you can pull the centipede out with it and stun him for a couple of free hits.

[spurraider21]

The spear is super effective against headless ape, you can pull the centipede out with it and stun him for a couple of free hits.
did you figure that out by accident or have you been doing some reading?

i definitely did not know that in my first playthrough :lol

[baseline bum]

did you figure that out by accident or have you been doing some reading?

i definitely did not know that in my first playthrough :lol

Tried it when the fireworks stopped working well after cutting his head off. God damn was I pissed when he resurrected for that second phase in the first fight. :lol

Almost as much as when I found out Genichiro had that third health bar.

[baseline bum]

did you figure that out by accident or have you been doing some reading?

i definitely did not know that in my first playthrough :lol

LOL that spear is awesome. Was able to cheese 1 1/3 health bars out of of that miniboss at the upper dojo of Ashina Castle the second time you go there at sunset, but had to fight him legit for the last 2/3 of a bar since I had to use my stealth attack to get that purple fucker hiding out in the side of the arena.

[spurraider21]

LOL that spear is awesome. Was able to cheese 1 1/3 health bars out of of that miniboss at the upper dojo of Ashina Castle the second time you go there at sunset, but had to fight him legit for the last 2/3 of a bar since I had to use my stealth attack to get that purple fucker hiding out in the side of the arena.
Gotta turn that purple guy into a puppet

[baseline bum]

Gotta turn that purple guy into a puppet

Shit, didn't think of trying that.

[spurraider21]

Shit, didn't think of trying that.
Didn’t think of it during my first run either. I did 3 full playthrough then some save cheese to get 4th ending and platinum

[baseline bum]

Nah the grab you just have to dodge or jump away. You can only do the goomba stomp if it’s a sweep attack, which he also does at some point iirc

and yeah he’s a very well done boss. There’s one other late game boss that’s a similar fight. Another battle of attrition type fight where it’s even harder to sneak hits in

Shit I thought the owl was going to be a similar fight since it's a swordfight so tried to build up his posture meter the first couple of times. Nope, mine fills quicker. Then tried using that spear, nope, got mikiri countered to fuck. Then figured guess I gotta try dodging and it actually didn't end up too difficult. That one attack he does when he just runs at you and slices once with the sword is easy to dodge and get behind to hit him, even better if you dodge and shadowfall him for three hits. Or when he does the double shuriken throw parry those two then dodge the jump slice and go in for another hit or shadowfall three hits. Either get in for a quick hit or heal when he throws up that magic shit and parry everything else. Though I did get kind of lucky when I beat him since he never did that poison magic that time. But also finished him up quick that phase because I saved all my spirit emblems for shadowfalling when I'd dodge an attack and get behind him or to his side.

[spurraider21]

Shit I thought the owl was going to be a similar fight since it's a swordfight so tried to build up his posture meter the first couple of times. Nope, mine fills quicker. Then tried using that spear, nope, got mikiri countered to fuck. Then figured guess I gotta try dodging and it actually didn't end up too difficult. That one attack he does when he just runs at you and slices once with the sword is easy to dodge and get behind to hit him, even better if you dodge and shadowfall him for three hits. Or when he does the double shuriken throw parry those two then dodge the jump slice and go in for another hit or shadowfall three hits. Either get in for a quick hit or heal when he throws up that magic shit and parry everything else. Though I did get kind of lucky when I beat him since he never did that poison magic that time. But also finished him up quick that phase because I saved all my spirit emblems for shadowfalling when I'd dodge an attack and get behind him or to his side.
Yeah that owl fight is like a harder version of genichiro but not as fun. There’s potentially a hidden second owl boss fight that requires you to have done some eavesdropping stuff (I’d never figure it out without having read it before my second playthrough). That one is another great fight

[baseline bum]

Yeah that owl fight is like a harder version of genichiro but not as fun. There’s potentially a hidden second owl boss fight that requires you to have done some eavesdropping stuff (I’d never figure it out without having read it before my second playthrough). That one is another great fight

Didn't feel anything like the Genichiro fight IMO other than the setting. Genichiro was about parrying everything to build posture meter whil building posture meter was a waste of time with the owl and you had to chip away at its health instead. The owl felt like parrying was a last resort and was all about trying to bait a couple of attacks and dodging to get behind or to the owl's side.

[daboom1]

Days Gone is hella underrated imo

[baseline bum]

Anyone played Ghostwire Tokyo yet? Was thinking of checking that out after I finish Sekiro.

[spurraider21]

Didn't feel anything like the Genichiro fight IMO other than the setting. Genichiro was about parrying everything to build posture meter whil building posture meter was a waste of time with the owl and you had to chip away at its health instead. The owl felt like parrying was a last resort and was all about trying to bait a couple of attacks and dodging to get behind or to the owl's side.
They both seemed like battles of attrition i guess. Genichiro fight was more fun though

[baseline bum]

They both seemed like battles of attrition i guess. Genichiro fight was more fun though

Definitely my favorite fight of the game so far. Least favorite were the two against the shotgun douchebags.

[ElNono]

Anyone played Ghostwire Tokyo yet? Was thinking of checking that out after I finish Sekiro.

I finished it when it came out. It was entertaining... not a memorable game though.

[baseline bum]

I finished it when it came out. It was entertaining... not a memorable game though.

So like 6/10?

[ElNono]

So like 6/10?

Yeah, pretty much

[baseline bum]

Yeah that owl fight is like a harder version of genichiro but not as fun. There’s potentially a hidden second owl boss fight that requires you to have done some eavesdropping stuff (I’d never figure it out without having read it before my second playthrough). That one is another great fight

Fuck I looked it up and the owl in Hirata is nuts. Couldn't do that dodge into his sword slice I did in the first fight because he'd only do the one slice half the time when I baited him to charge me, the other half he'd do a 3-4 hit combo that required parrying. Do shadowfall on him and he mikiri counters it every time unless he's stunned. So have been baiting that 3-4 hit combo and deflecting it and then sniping hits when he winds up for that big overhead strike after. Ugh gotta get his healthbar down like halfway before I can start working on his posture too where I can change to doing the headstomp instead when he does that 3-4 hit combo that ends with the sweep. Otherwise he regains posture way too quickly if I haven't gotten his healthbar down to at least 50%. Can only get early into his second phase now, this guy's a bastard. Second phase doesn't seem all that much harder, I'm just running low on gourd seeds by then.

[spurraider21]

Fuck I looked it up and the owl in Hirata is nuts. Couldn't do that dodge into his sword slice I did in the first fight because he'd only do the one slice half the time when I baited him to charge me, the other half he'd do a 3-4 hit combo that required parrying. Do shadowfall on him and he mikiri counters it every time unless he's stunned. So have been baiting that 3-4 hit combo and deflecting it and then sniping hits when he winds up for that big overhead strike after. Ugh gotta get his healthbar down like halfway before I can start working on his posture too where I can change to doing the headstomp instead when he does that 3-4 hit combo that ends with the sweep. Otherwise he regains posture way too quickly if I haven't gotten his healthbar down to at least 50%. Can only get early into his second phase now, this guy's a bastard. Second phase doesn't seem all that much harder, I'm just running low on gourd seeds by then.
i didnt want to give spoilers, but Great Shinobi Owl imo was one of the best fights in the game, and i didnt want you to miss or have to do an entire second run just to get that fight

i know that in the DLC you can do boss runs and there are enhanced/harder versions of some of the bosses... one of them being Great Shinobi Owl. if you think this version is tough... :lol

[spurraider21]

i cant remember if the hard one was Owl Father or Great Shinobi Owl. but theres an even harder version of the Hirata one in the DLC. Genichiro as well. and some others i dont want to spoil

luckily the DLC doesnt require you to play through the game, its just straight boss runs

[spurraider21]

damn, i cant edit anything :lol

theres a total of 4 guantlets/boss runs. 3 of them were a string of anywhere between 3-5 bosses that you have to sweep, and they finish with one of the "inner" bosses. the last one i didnt bother with is a boss run of literally every boss in the game. i had no interest in trying to perfect my skills to that degree

[baseline bum]

i didnt want to give spoilers, but Great Shinobi Owl imo was one of the best fights in the game, and i didnt want you to miss or have to do an entire second run just to get that fight

i know that in the DLC you can do boss runs and there are enhanced/harder versions of some of the bosses... one of them being Great Shinobi Owl. if you think this version is tough... :lol

Any good strategies other than baiting that 4 hit combo to snipe hits / head stomp and Mikiri countering when he does the thrust 危 attack?

[baseline bum]

i didnt want to give spoilers, but Great Shinobi Owl imo was one of the best fights in the game, and i didnt want you to miss or have to do an entire second run just to get that fight

i know that in the DLC you can do boss runs and there are enhanced/harder versions of some of the bosses... one of them being Great Shinobi Owl. if you think this version is tough... :lol

Also looked up I needed to kill the snake to get the persimmons for the return ending. Guess I don't need to kill the owl in Hirata to get that ending but will probably still try to take him out. Two minibosses in the new Hirata were simple, was expecting them to be way tougher, but owl more than makes up for that. :lol

[baseline bum]

Just barely squeaked out the owl fight in Hirata. Made the corrupted monk on the bridge before fountainhead palace who I fought next feel like Glass Joe :lol

[spurraider21]

Any good strategies other than baiting that 4 hit combo to snipe hits / head stomp and Mikiri countering when he does the thrust 危 attack?
tbh i dont remember most of the fights that specifically, so not sure about detailed strats. im sure if i hopped on it would take like 2 tries until i remembered the moves/counters. i think for him the main thing was to bait his heavy overhand attack, and being sure to dodge last second. if you dodged to early, he reacts and still will hit you. but if you dodge late, you get him to commit to a heavy swing then you have an opportunity to get some decent damage in while he recovers


Also looked up I needed to kill the snake to get the persimmons for the return ending. Guess I don't need to kill the owl in Hirata to get that ending but will probably still try to take him out. Two minibosses in the new Hirata were simple, was expecting them to be way tougher, but owl more than makes up for that. :lol
yeah owl in hirata was only necessary for one ending iirc, but its such a good fight so its worth doing just for the thrill/challenge

[spurraider21]

Just barely squeaked out the owl fight in Hirata. Made the corrupted monk on the bridge before fountainhead palace who I fought next feel like Glass Joe :lol
i remember that fight being frustrating. the timing on his sweep swings were very annoying. third phase with the centipede thing was just annoying, not that hard.

[spurraider21]

the most fascinating part of sekiro is how much of a gruel it was to get through the first playthrough, and how surprisingly short the campaign felt on subsequent runs

[baseline bum]

the most fascinating part of sekiro is how much of a gruel it was to get through the first playthrough, and how surprisingly short the campaign felt on subsequent runs

Elden Ring was like that. I spent about 200 hours on my first playthrough. About 15 on my second. Then 7 on my third, and one of those 7 hours was just repeatedly dying to the final boss (the build I was doing is great for everything but the final boss).

[baseline bum]

the most fascinating part of sekiro is how much of a gruel it was to get through the first playthrough, and how surprisingly short the campaign felt on subsequent runs

Also, can you get the same prayer beads again in subsequent playthroughs? Not sure if I should spent 12 treasure carp scales on the last fragment of the mask that allows you to trade five prayer beads for upping your attack 1 point because I won't be able to use it on this playthrough.

[baseline bum]

Never mind, see that you can't do prayer beads again, so decided to spend my carp scales on lapiz lazuli instead of the last mask fragment.

[chunticakes]

Last time I played Sekiro I stayed stuck on that Owl fight. The one time I practically had him beat I ran to heal and he just stabbed me in the back. He had like a sliver of health left.

I just started playing Dying Light 2. Does anyone know if it is still glitched?

[spurraider21]

Never mind, see that you can't do prayer beads again, so decided to spend my carp scales on lapiz lazuli instead of the last mask fragment.
if you have any interest in platinuming the game, easily the most grueling part of it was having to max out your skill tree and prosthetic tree. good call on the lapiz lazuli :lol

[baseline bum]

if you have any interest in platinuming the game, easily the most grueling part of it was having to max out your skill tree and prosthetic tree. good call on the lapiz lazuli :lol

Nah I'm playing it on PoorC so no platinum.

[spurraider21]

pre-ordered ragnarok

[baseline bum]

pre-ordered ragnarok

Physical? Did you get some collector's edition crap too? I have like $80 sitting in my PSN just waiting for Ragnarok but in the off chance they somehow fucked it up I'll probably still wait for reviews to actually buy it.

[spurraider21]

Physical? Did you get some collector's edition crap too? I have like $80 sitting in my PSN just waiting for Ragnarok but in the off chance they somehow fucked it up I'll probably still wait for reviews to actually buy it.
phsyical. just the regular launch version. lol i never pay for weird collector shit.

[baseline bum]

phsyical. just the regular launch version. lol i never pay for weird collector shit.

I'm definitely buying digital since the money is already there and it's a game there is no way I'd sell if it's anywhere near as good as GOW2018. And I don't see anything else upcoming for PS5 that I'm interested in other than Stray (which I'll wait to get cheap). Already started stockpiling my monthly Gamestop rewards in my XBox account instead of PSN now so I can put them towards Starfield next year. :lol

[baseline bum]

Last time I played Sekiro I stayed stuck on that Owl fight. The one time I practically had him beat I ran to heal and he just stabbed me in the back. He had like a sliver of health left.

I just started playing Dying Light 2. Does anyone know if it is still glitched?

Probably if you're on Playstation. If on PC or XBox it's not supposed to be that buggy.

[baseline bum]

if you have any interest in platinuming the game, easily the most grueling part of it was having to max out your skill tree and prosthetic tree. good call on the lapiz lazuli :lol

Ugh was fighting the dragon and kept just deflecting his hits to build posture and wondering why I could never fill the posture bar to go for the deathblow. Didn't realize you were supposed to send the lightning back at him like in the third phase of the Genichiro fight until I had died like 10 times to it. LOL I was just emptying my shurikens into it and then trying to snipe a hit or two every time it would bring its neck low.

[baseline bum]

seven spears ashina was indeed a bitch. especially on first playthrough. and thats despite being able to get around him and taking off one of his health bars off the bat

Surprisingly the second Seven Ashina Spears fight wasn't too bad even though it had another fucking samurai to fight at the same time. First I was trying to backstab and possess that rifleman sitting against the wall but he was too weak and I kept getting wrecked, but then used the whistle on the samurai guy snuck around and backstabbed him then possessed him to fight Seven Ashina which was enough to pretty easily take out his first healthbar. Then did his second mostly head stomping and deflecting his blows.

[baseline bum]

Then the drunk in Ashina Castle was super easy but had to take out like of 5 pretty hard motherfuckers in red to be able to fight him undisturbed.

[baseline bum]

Man Demon of Hatred is kicking my ass now. Don't know why, his moveset isn't particularly hard. He does a lot of posture damage even deflecting his stomps, but the one thing that's really killing me is I'm bad fleeing from his jump attack and creating room to get away and even when I do I don't seem to be making that grapple hook back to him. Usually end up running through my gourd seeds by the time I get his second health bar down.

[baseline bum]

But I really want that extra attack point from taking Demon of Hatred down.

[spurraider21]

Demon of hatred is legit a dark souls boss :lol

[baseline bum]

Demon of hatred is legit a dark souls boss :lol

But without the benefit of being able to use Dark Souls mechanics like parry & riposte. Ugh have a hard time noticing his right hand swipe most of the time and even though I can deflect almost everyone else in this game well I miss the deflection pretty often on his foot stomps when I should have sufficient posture.

[baseline bum]

Ugh had Demon of Hatred down to 1/3 of his last health bar with like 3 gourd seeds and 1 divine confetti left, got killed, and as soon as I resurrected the fucker hit me with that big wall of fire. :pctoss

[spurraider21]

Ugh had Demon of Hatred down to 1/3 of his last health bar with like 3 gourd seeds and 1 divine confetti left, got killed, and as soon as I resurrected the fucker hit me with that big wall of fire. :pctoss
oh yeah :lol

you have to be a little patient and try to time your resurrection when its safe. you dont take any extra damage or anything when in your downed state if there are ongoing attacks in the background

divine confetti is good. there are like 1-2 good prosthetics that can help you cheese him too

[spurraider21]

laurence the first vicar in bloodborne:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kXCskueejFY/XLlAKLB-nmI/AAAAAAAAdp8/KnwjEXqhP9EWobiKGEjcjUU_w6muEGYUACLcBGAs/s1600/Bloodborne%25E2%2584%25A2_20190302135722.png

[baseline bum]

oh yeah :lol

you have to be a little patient and try to time your resurrection when its safe. you dont take any extra damage or anything when in your downed state if there are ongoing attacks in the background

divine confetti is good. there are like 1-2 good prosthetics that can help you cheese him too

Jeez I just barely fucking escaped with a win. Demon of Hatred is surprisingly difficult for how simple his moveset is. The thing that would fuck me was when I'd get lost under his nuts and couldn't see him doing that right foot stomp which would knock me right into his his left hand flame attack. And LOL whenever I'd die before taking one health bar I'd just click L1 to stay dead and got so in the habit when I had him down to his third bar and he got me I waited for his attack to be over and then of course clicked L1 to stay dead instead of R1 to resurrect. :lmao

Ugh that one wasn't as bad as the second owl fight but was still a bastard to clear. Guess now all that's left is to go get my teeth kicked in by Isshin for a few days huh? Hope I spent my 6 lazuli well in getting the lazuli shurikens and lazuli axe.

[spurraider21]

Jeez I just barely fucking escaped with a win. Demon of Hatred is surprisingly difficult for how simple his moveset is. The thing that would fuck me was when I'd get lost under his nuts and couldn't see him doing that right foot stomp which would knock me right into his his left hand flame attack. And LOL whenever I'd die before taking one health bar I'd just click L1 to stay dead and got so in the habit when I had him down to his third bar and he got me I waited for his attack to be over and then of course clicked L1 to stay dead instead of R1 to resurrect. :lmao

Ugh that one wasn't as bad as the second owl fight but was still a bastard to clear. Guess now all that's left is to go get my teeth kicked in by Isshin for a few days huh? Hope I spent my 6 lazuli well in getting the lazuli shurikens and lazuli axe.
:lol one of the DLC gauntlets has demon of hatred and the stronger/enhanced version of Owl 2.0

losing to second bar owl only to have to restart the gauntlet including grinding through demon of hatred everytime… was a pain

[baseline bum]

:lol one of the DLC gauntlets has demon of hatred and the stronger/enhanced version of Owl 2.0

losing to second bar owl only to have to restart the gauntlet including grinding through demon of hatred everytime… was a pain

Yeah I'm gonna pass on that :lol

Not as bad as Nioh's postgame shit where it's fight two hard bosses at the same time though

[baseline bum]

Fuck me, Ishin has a gun once you get to his second phase. Smelling some umbrella cheese here tbh.

[baseline bum]

Bad enough I have to fight Genichiro again

[baseline bum]

OK second phase much easier if you get right up in Ishin's shit instead of fighting defensively and picking off hits and running like in the first. :lol

[spurraider21]

Fuck me, Ishin has a gun once you get to his second phase. Smelling some umbrella cheese here tbh.
Gun is one thing but that long weapon is a pain

Bad enough I have to fight Genichiro again
Only one phase and by this point that step should just be a formality

[spurraider21]

Yeah I'm gonna pass on that :lol

Not as bad as Nioh's postgame shit where it's fight two hard bosses at the same time though
Have you fought any of those headless or the smichichan warriors or whatever they’re called? I found headless to be a very annoying enemy every time

[baseline bum]

Have you fought any of those headless or the smichichan warriors or whatever they’re called? I found headless to be a very annoying enemy every time

I mostly ran from the headless except for that one underwater in the last area because I wanted to kill all the carp for their scales. That one wasn't too bad because I could go swim behind that fish skeleton that would absorb his terror magic. I found shichimen warriors super easy. First phase they jump around in the air a lot for an easy mid-air deathblow and then second phase I'd just use divine confetti run sideways to avoid his forward shot, then run up and slash the fuck out of him until he blocked, which meant he was teleporting to the other side of the area, then I'd go sideways to avoid that forward shot again run up and slash him again until he blocked and teleported, and so on.

[baseline bum]

Oh man lightning reversal with the crow prosthetic for the win in the third phase like with the first Genichiro fight. Go fuck your mother some more Ishin.

[baseline bum]

Best part is I completely forgot to use the Demon of Hatred's memory to bump my attack one so when I saw two memories when going to save after killing Ishin I thought WTF I get a memory from Genichiro too? :lol

Time to go jump on some casual shit for a while now, fighting Demon of Hatred and then Ishin all day today makes me want to steer the fuck away from playing anything difficult like Demon's Souls Remake, Dark Souls III, or Nioh 2 for a while.

[spurraider21]

Best part is I completely forgot to use the Demon of Hatred's memory to bump my attack one so when I saw two memories when going to save after killing Ishin I thought WTF I get a memory from Genichiro too? :lol

Time to go jump on some casual shit for a while now, fighting Demon of Hatred and then Ishin all day today makes me want to steer the fuck away from playing anything difficult like Demon's Souls Remake, Dark Souls III, or Nioh 2 for a while.
Grats tbh. But there’s technically bosses you haven’t fought. If you side with Owl you get another endgame boss

[baseline bum]

Grats tbh. But there’s technically bosses you haven’t fought. If you side with Owl you get another endgame boss

Fuck owl, not siding with him

[baseline bum]

Grats tbh. But there’s technically bosses you haven’t fought. If you side with Owl you get another endgame boss

Honestly, have no desire for a second playthrough for a long while. Loved the game but felt the same way after beating Bloodborne. Loved the Japanese voice acting in Sekiro, some of the best I have heard in a game. I still remember seeing that first prosthetic trailer and thinking it was Bloodborne II but gotta say I'm glad they did something completely different in Sekiro instead. I think I'd rate it a must play 9.5/10, liked it a little better than Dark Souls 1, a lot more than Demon's Souls (PS3), and a little behind Bloodborne and Elden Ring. Though Elden Ring I liked more for the exploration almost like putting some Skyrim into the FromSoft formula, while Sekiro has unquestionably better combat than Elden Ring IMO.

[spurraider21]

Honestly, have no desire for a second playthrough for a long while. Loved the game but felt the same way after beating Bloodborne. Loved the Japanese voice acting in Sekiro, some of the best I have heard in a game. I still remember seeing that first prosthetic trailer and thinking it was Bloodborne II but gotta say I'm glad they did something completely different in Sekiro instead. I think I'd rate it a must play 9.5/10, liked it a little better than Dark Souls 1, a lot more than Demon's Souls (PS3), and a little behind Bloodborne and Elden Ring. Though Elden Ring I liked more for the exploration almost like putting some Skyrim into the FromSoft formula, while Sekiro has unquestionably better combat than Elden Ring IMO.
Compared to any other From game, i think subsequent Sekiro runs are significantly easier than any other. Bosses are basically trivialized by the time you learn to beat them the first time

i think even just beating it once you should at least have access to one gauntlet

[baseline bum]

Compared to any other From game, i think subsequent Sekiro runs are significantly easier than any other. Bosses are basically trivialized by the time you learn to beat them the first time

i think even just beating it once you should at least have access to one gauntlet

Even Demon of Hatred? That one I felt like I just escaped as opposed to mastering the fight. I suppose I could just cheese him though. :lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu4_jcrSv3Y

[baseline bum]

Compared to any other From game, i think subsequent Sekiro runs are significantly easier than any other. Bosses are basically trivialized by the time you learn to beat them the first time

i think even just beating it once you should at least have access to one gauntlet

So here's a challenge: beat Isshin with Mikiri counter being your only upgrade other than skills unlocked through the story and with attack power 1 and starting game vitality.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-TLPbrkrKg

[ElNono]

Playing Metro Exodus...

[spurraider21]

So here's a challenge: beat Isshin with Mikiri counter being your only upgrade other than skills unlocked through the story and with attack power 1 and starting game vitality.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-TLPbrkrKg
Mikiri is honestly the only thing I’d call mandatory. My favorite combat arts were the nightjar slash thing to allow me to close the gap quick. Otherwise senpou kick or high monk to really punish sweep attacks much more than the goomba stomp

attack power and vitality are obviously nice but players at this level have the fights learned so well they could probably be in the same fight for an hour and not take damage

[baseline bum]

Ghostwire Tokyo is such a letdown after Sekiro lol

[baseline bum]

Ghostwire growing on me, weird ass game though

[Leetonidas]

Stray is good

[ElNono]

Stray is good

Finished it last night... meh... maybe 6/10... I guess it could go up 7/10 if you like cats

[DMC]

I just captured the white Arabian in RDR2. My temp horse is jelly.

[spurraider21]

I just captured the white Arabian in RDR2. My temp horse is jelly.
took a while for me to get that one to appear, but yeah this is the way

[daboom1]

I just captured the white Arabian in RDR2. My temp horse is jelly.

Damn good horse. If you can somehow find a Turkoman they have balls of steel like war horses.

[Leetonidas]

Finished it last night... meh... maybe 6/10... I guess it could go up 7/10 if you like cats

Yeah...it's a good game but it's definitely nothing amazing. Fun game to play to chill out. the 97% overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam are kinda surprising though

[DMC]

took a while for me to get that one to appear, but yeah this is the way

This is the way

Dropped a big ass moose same area. 1st time I've seen a moose on the map.

[baseline bum]

I just captured the white Arabian in RDR2. My temp horse is jelly.

Best horse in the game if just for the fact you can get it early. There is a black Arabian you can get in the late game that has marginally better starting stats but is pretty useless IMO since by the time you can get it you'll probably have trained your white Arabian for 100+ hours and developed it to be much better.

[ElNono]

Yeah...it's a good game but it's definitely nothing amazing. Fun game to play to chill out. the 97% overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam are kinda surprising though

It's the indie hype. Activision puts that out and they'll murder them.

[Xevious]

Best horse in the game if just for the fact you can get it early. There is a black Arabian you can get in the late game that has marginally better starting stats but is pretty useless IMO since by the time you can get it you'll probably have trained your white Arabian for 100+ hours and developed it to be much better.
Rockstar added a few other equally good wild horses in one of their later updates. They can all be broken once you reach chapter 2 IIRC.

The Arabian is fast, but it's basically a pussy and bucks you off if a snake farts.

[Leetonidas]

Decided to finally play Jedi Fallen Order despite owning it forever. Not bad thus far, wish i had got around to it sooner

[baseline bum]

Think I'd probably give Ghostwire Tokyo a 7.5/10. Combat is pretty repetitive but love being able to explore Shibuya in the game. Sometimes just walk around reading the signs and shit since I have gotten halfway competent at reading Japanese :lol

[ElNono]

Think I'd probably give Ghostwire Tokyo a 7.5/10. Combat is pretty repetitive but love being able to explore Shibuya in the game. Sometimes just walk around reading the signs and shit since I have gotten halfway competent at reading Japanese :lol

Was talking to a guy that also loved the game, and specifically loved the recreation of Shibuya. I never been there, so that wasn't an appeal for me, but he pointed that out as well.

[baseline bum]

Koei-Tecmo really nailed having the 2 hour tutorial intro in Persona 5 Strikers.

[Leetonidas]

Spiderman coming to PC in 10 days :hungry:

[baseline bum]

Spiderman coming to PC in 10 days :hungry:

Thought you had a PS5 already? You rocking a GPU at or better than 6700 XT or 3060 Ti? Otherwise the PS5 port will probably be better.

[Leetonidas]

Thought you had a PS5 already? You rocking a GPU at or better than 6700 XT or 3060 Ti? Otherwise the PS5 port will probably be better.

I do have a PS5 but also plan on upgrading my graphics card within the next 6 months (hopefully)

[baseline bum]

I do have a PS5 but also plan on upgrading my graphics card within the next 6 months (hopefully)

Sounds like Nvidia might be slow-rolling the 4000 series outside of the 4090 due to a glut of unsold 3000 series cards. Would be hilarious if they have to fire sale Ampere the way AMD had to fire sale Hawaii after LiteCoin stopped being profitable to mine on gpus in 2014. In November 2014 you could get R9 290 for $200 (crappy models like the Gigabyte R9 290) to $230 (high end models like the Sapphire Tri X R9 290) with four games included. Would be like getting the RTX 3080 for $200 to $230 today. :lol

[DJR210]

Spiderman coming to PC in 10 days :hungry:

I'm gonna buy me a 3070 Ti soon, can't wait to check this one out

[baseline bum]

I'm gonna buy me a 3070 Ti soon, can't wait to check this one out

For what 3070 Ti sells for might as well spend the extra $70 to $100 for 30% more performance with a 3080 12GB. 3080 12GB is barely below the 3090.

https://tpucdn.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb-strix-oc/images/relative-performance_3840-2160.png

[DJR210]

For what 3070 Ti sells for might as well spend the extra $70 to $100 for 30% more performance with a 3080 12GB. 3080 12GB is barely below the 3090.

https://tpucdn.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb-strix-oc/images/relative-performance_3840-2160.png

The FTW3 for 779.00 isn't bad.. I probably will spend the extra

[baseline bum]

The FTW3 for 779.00 isn't bad.. I probably will spend the extra

That's a 10GB 3080 right for $779? Not worth it IMO, it's not just the difference in VRAM. The 10GB 3080 is a cut down version of the 12GB 3080 with less cores and a smaller bus and less memory bandwidth. Plus the 12GB 3080 often sells for less than the original cut down 10GB 3080s did. It's pretty stupid Nvidia calls the 12GB 3080 by the same name as the 10GB 3080 but maybe they don't want it upstaging the 3080 Ti.

12GB 3080 is really the only Nvidia card that's a half decent value IMO.

[DJR210]

That's a 10GB 3080 right for $779? Not worth it IMO, it's not just the difference in VRAM. The 10GB 3080 is a cut down version of the 12GB 3080 with less cores and a smaller bus and less memory bandwidth. Plus the 12GB 3080 often sells for less than the original cut down 10GB 3080s did. It's pretty stupid Nvidia calls the 12GB 3080 by the same name as the 10GB 3080 but maybe they don't want it upstaging the 3080 Ti.

12GB 3080 is really the only Nvidia card that's a half decent value IMO.

Yeah I didn’t notice the 10 GB part.. the 12 GB would def be the one I’d go with

[lefty]

Decided to finally play Jedi Fallen Order despite owning it forever. Not bad thus far, wish i had got around to it sooner
I'm still using a XBOX One :lol not planning to upgrade tbh, so JFA should be cheap right now

After the disappointment Battlefront 2 was - I mean the game is not bad, even though I 'm not a big fan of FPS but I like Star Wars and visually the game is impressive and it has a lot of SW content- but those loading times :lmao

Also JFA seems to be more interesting as a whole

[baseline bum]

I'm still using a XBOX One :lol not planning to upgrade tbh, so JFA should be cheap right now

After the disappointment Battlefront 2 was - I mean the game is not bad, even though I 'm not a big fan of FPS but I like Star Wars and visually the game is impressive and it has a lot of SW content- but those loading times :lmao

Also JFA seems to be more interesting as a whole

It's pretty well reviewed and yeah I imagine you'd get it cheap on XBox One. It goes on sale for bargain basement prices on PS4 all the time.

[lefty]

It's pretty well reviewed and yeah I imagine you'd get it cheap on XBox One. It goes on sale for bargain basement prices on PS4 all the time.
Cool cool cool
Looking forward to it

[Leetonidas]

I'm still using a XBOX One :lol not planning to upgrade tbh, so JFA should be cheap right now

After the disappointment Battlefront 2 was - I mean the game is not bad, even though I 'm not a big fan of FPS but I like Star Wars and visually the game is impressive and it has a lot of SW content- but those loading times :lmao

Also JFA seems to be more interesting as a whole

Loading times on any old gen console are going to suck :lol Battlefront 2 is pretty fun now honestly. I play it on PC occasionally but hate that it forces me to use Origin to play it, only real downside imho

[lefty]

Loading times on any old gen console are going to suck :lol Battlefront 2 is pretty fun now honestly. I play it on PC occasionally but hate that it forces me to use Origin to play it, only real downside imho
Obviously more recent and powerful consoles have much better loading times, but BF2 is in a class of its own in the first iterations of previous gen consoles.
I'm also a very impatient person, which doesn't help matters

[resistanze]

Just finished RDR2. That game is probably 15 hours too long, that last 1/3 was a fucking drag (haven't even done the epilogue yet).

[lefty]

Just finished RDR2. That game is probably 15 hours too long, that last 1/3 was a fucking drag (haven't even done the epilogue yet).
Never played any RDR game but they are notorious for their Tolkien-esque levels of just walking

Oversized maps smh

Modern games are too time consuming tbh

[spurraider21]

Just finished RDR2. That game is probably 15 hours too long, that last 1/3 was a fucking drag (haven't even done the epilogue yet).
only part of the game that dragged for me was hunting so that i could get that best satchel with unlimited carry capacity. i hate having to manage inventory every time i want to pick up an item. so that last satchel made the rest of the game a lot easier, but it was quite a drag to get to that point

[ElNono]

Playing Yakuza, like a dragon...

[baseline bum]

Finished Persona 5 Strikers today. I'm really impressed by how well Koei-Tecmo was able to make this feel like a legit Persona 5 sequel rather than just a spinoff. Story was probably better than base Persona 5, though not as good as Persona 5 Royal's story. And very surprised how well they were able to merge Persona's combat with Musou game combat to turn this into more an action RPG. It really worked well and the game was optimized solidly too, being able to do 1440p60 on my lowly GTX 1660 Super. Definitely a solid 8.5/10 and far superior to the previous rhythm game and fighting game spinoffs the series has had. Highly recommended for anyone who liked Persona 5 or Persona 5 Royal, though it's a sequel to Persona 5 and not Royal.

[baseline bum]

Playing Yakuza, like a dragon...

I gotta jump on that this year. Been purposely leaving it in the backlog just because I played Yakuza 5 & 6 within the last year, but it has been a while since I finished 6 so may play this in the next couple of months.

Funny name though. In Japan the entire Yakuza series is called 龍が如く = Ryuu ga Gotoku = Like a Dragon, so in Japan this game is called 龍が如く７光と闇の行方 = Ryuu ga Gotoku 7 Hikari to Yami no Yukue = Like a Dragon 7: Heading Towards Light and Darkness. Would have been funny if in Japan they would have just called the game 龍が如くヤクザ = Ryuu ga Gotoku Yakuza = Like a Dragon: Yakuza.

[ElNono]

It's just one more in the series... nothing new here...

[resistanze]

Got the spiderman remastered + morales. Sh!t is fun af.

[baseline bum]

Got the spiderman remastered + morales. Sh!t is fun af.

Yeah Spiderman Remastered was awesome on PS5. Are you playing Performance RT mode? That's the way to go with those games, the 60 fps adds so much to the feeling of speed zipping between buildings in the game. I haven't gotten to Miles Morales yet though.

[Leetonidas]

Beat Jedi Fallen Order. Really solid game. 7.5/10 imo.

Think I'm gonna dust off Forbidden West and finally get around to beating it

[NASpurs]

I have like 50 PS5/PS4 games and haven't beat shit nor playing anything. I still have Elden Ring shrink wrapped.

I do have like 100 hrs in Super Auto Pets :lol Don't know why I've fallen so hard on video games in general.

[resistanze]

Yeah Spiderman Remastered was awesome on PS5. Are you playing Performance RT mode? That's the way to go with those games, the 60 fps adds so much to the feeling of speed zipping between buildings in the game. I haven't gotten to Miles Morales yet though.

Fidelity mode with 120hz and VRR. Pretty amazing tbh, think fps gets to near 50.

[baseline bum]

Fidelity mode with 120hz and VRR. Pretty amazing tbh, think fps gets to near 50.

Nice. Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart has one of those modes too. Think Horizon Forbidden West also.

[lefty]

Got the spiderman remastered + morales. Sh!t is fun af.
*Cries in XBOX

[baseline bum]

Just subscribed to Game Pass so I could try out Microsoft Flight Simulator, immediately after installation tells me there is a 121GB update to install. :lmao

[baseline bum]

Beat Jedi Fallen Order. Really solid game. 7.5/10 imo.

Think I'm gonna dust off Forbidden West and finally get around to beating it

You on PC? If so, you get stutters when cutscenes start? I heard about that shit at launch but figured it would have gotten fixed by now, but the only thing that seems to get rid of stutters when cutscenes start is using dynamic res. Sucks to be running 1080p dynamic res just to smooth out the cutscenes when the action runs fine at 1440p without dynamic res. Just installed this from Game Pass and the cutscenes are getting annoying, like they're rendering them with higher settings or something.

[lefty]

Beat Jedi Fallen Order. Really solid game. 7.5/10 imo.


This is definitely my next purchase

[daboom1]

Man of Medan is very impressive :tu

[baseline bum]

This is definitely my next purchase

Can just buy a month of Game Pass and play it there.

[Leetonidas]

You on PC? If so, you get stutters when cutscenes start? I heard about that shit at launch but figured it would have gotten fixed by now, but the only thing that seems to get rid of stutters when cutscenes start is using dynamic res. Sucks to be running 1080p dynamic res just to smooth out the cutscenes when the action runs fine at 1440p without dynamic res. Just installed this from Game Pass and the cutscenes are getting annoying, like they're rendering them with higher settings or something.

I played Fallen Order on my series X but it definitely still had a lot of graphical bugs. I had originally got it on PC when I first played it at launch but can't remember if there were graphical issues for me or not tbh. But definitely still present on Series X

[lefty]

Can just buy a month of Game Pass and play it there.
Too busy to finish it in a month tbh
I may need 12 months of GP lol

[baseline bum]

Couldn't get into Jedi Fallen Order at all and uninstalled that shit. Maybe you gotta be a Star Wars fan or something? Felt like a poor man's Dark Souls.

[TimDunkem]

Having a ton of fun with Rollerdrome right now. :tu

[DJR210]

Nice. Ratchet & Clank

:lol

[Joseph Kony]

anyone else waste $70 on the LoU remake or just me? :lol

[baseline bum]

anyone else waste $70 on the LoU remake or just me? :lol

Will pirate and then not play on PoorC.

[Leetonidas]

Still playing Forbidden West but god damn this game is like a chore. The enemies are just bullet sponges and some fights feel insanely tedious

[lefty]

Couldn't get into Jedi Fallen Order at all and uninstalled that shit. Maybe you gotta be a Star Wars fan or something? Felt like a poor man's Dark Souls.
I'm a SW fan so yeah lol

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd

[baseline bum]

anyone else waste $70 on the LoU remake or just me? :lol

So was it worth the $70?

[Joseph Kony]

So was it worth the $70?

It looks amazing but it's not like the remastered version looked poor to begin with, so probably not :lol but no regrets tbh, i'm a LoU fanboy

[Joseph Kony]

https://i.ibb.co/ysLrH9Q/183014a5f0f39-screenshot-Url.jpg

no matter how many times ive played it this part always gets me though, especially now that i'm going to have a daughter :depressed

[Joseph Kony]

Oh and just to mention - Shadow of the Tomb Raider is free for PC in the Epic store right now if anyones interested. It's definitely the lesser game of the trilogy but was still pretty good

[baseline bum]

Oh and just to mention - Shadow of the Tomb Raider is free for PC in the Epic store right now if anyones interested. It's definitely the lesser game of the trilogy but was still pretty good

Epic actually gave away complete editions of the entire trilogy a few months ago. Though not like I'm ever going to replay TR 2013 or ROTR anyways.

[Xevious]

It looks amazing but it's not like the remastered version looked poor to begin with, so probably not :lol but no regrets tbh, i'm a LoU fanboy

I'll get it eventually, but it'll probably be $20 by the time I actually get a PS5. :lol

[baseline bum]

I'll get it eventually, but it'll probably be $20 by the time I actually get a PS5. :lol

Playstation actually had them in stock at MSRP for like two weeks straight, but guess they just went out of stock a day or two ago. Most of the time you'd have to buy the one bundled with Horizon Forbidden West for $550 (or $450 digital), but occasionally I'd also just see the consoles by themselves at MSRP. If you want one at MSRP I'd check Playstation Direct maybe once a week.

[baseline bum]

https://i.ibb.co/ysLrH9Q/183014a5f0f39-screenshot-Url.jpg

no matter how many times ive played it this part always gets me though, especially now that i'm going to have a daughter :depressed

Not the part when Ellie talks about the magazine pages being all stuck together?

[Xevious]

Playstation actually had them in stock at MSRP for like two weeks straight, but guess they just went out of stock a day or two ago. Most of the time you'd have to buy the one bundled with Horizon Forbidden West for $550 (or $450 digital), but occasionally I'd also just see the consoles by themselves at MSRP. If you want one at MSRP I'd check Playstation Direct maybe once a week.
Yeah I saw it. I'm just not in a huge rush, haven't been playing a whole bunch. Besides GoW, there really hasn't been any must-plays for me this gen.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I saw it. I'm just not in a huge rush, haven't been playing a whole bunch. Besides GoW, there really hasn't been any must-plays for me this gen.

Yeah not even sure the console is a must buy this gen anymore now that they have been forced to port their games to PC in response to Microsoft buying Activision. With that said, I have been really happy with mine. That level of hardware for $500 with the backlog of late PS4 gen games I waited on plus a pretty solid first couple of years lineup makes me glad I jumped on this gen's console early for once.

[daboom1]

Playstation actually had them in stock at MSRP for like two weeks straight, but guess they just went out of stock a day or two ago. Most of the time you'd have to buy the one bundled with Horizon Forbidden West for $550 (or $450 digital), but occasionally I'd also just see the consoles by themselves at MSRP. If you want one at MSRP I'd check Playstation Direct maybe once a week.

Pretty sure you have to register and hope you get an invite. Been like that for a minute.

[baseline bum]

Pretty sure you have to register and hope you get an invite. Been like that for a minute.

Nope, all you had to do was login with a PSN account and buy it. If you want one though Walmart has the Horizon Forbidden West bundle in stock right now at MSRP.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/PS5-Console-Horizon-Forbidden-West-Bundle/884437848

[daboom1]

Nope, all you had to do was login with a PSN account and buy it. If you want one though Walmart has the Horizon Forbidden West bundle in stock right now at MSRP.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/PS5-Console-Horizon-Forbidden-West-Bundle/884437848

That's weird, because every time I go there they ask me to register and wait for an invite. That link won't let you add items to the cart - something is broken.

[baseline bum]

That's weird, because every time I go there they ask me to register and wait for an invite. That link won't let you add items to the cart - something is broken.

Adds to cart fine for me.

[daboom1]

Adds to cart fine for me.

Really? Is Opera fucked? :lol

[daboom1]

Adds to cart fine for me.

Just tried with several different browsers. Getting: "Unable to add to cart, Sorry we are having a technical issue. Please try again later."

[daboom1]

I can click on other items and add them, just not that one.

[Leetonidas]

Weird. I can add it to the cart and checkout without issue

[daboom1]

Yeah right :lol

[Leetonidas]

Yeah right :lol


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Sorry this is happening to you

[daboom1]

https://i.ibb.co/VvxKNrR/Screenshot-20220906-161622.png
https://i.ibb.co/Mc1ZF8G/Screenshot-20220906-161642.png


Sorry this is happening to you

I figured it out - just needed to log in with my email and password. :tu

[Leetonidas]

I figured it out - just needed to log in with my email and password. :tu

:tu snag that shit before the scalpers do

[daboom1]

:tu snag that shit before the scalpers do

I did :lol

[baseline bum]

I did :lol

Nice. Now gotta get Ghost of Tsushima, man it looks incredible on PS5. No reason to buy the PS5 native version either, as the PS4 version plays 1800p at a locked 60 fps in the graphics mode on PS5 and looks just like the native PS5 port. No reason to play the performance mode of the PS4 version since graphics mode is already locked to 60 fps. All you get with the PS5 native version is some haptic feedback with the DualSense that is kind of annoying anyway IMO, and corrected lip sync when playing with Japanese voices.

Also don't sleep on the bundled Astrobot game, it's short but pretty awesome. And Forbidden West is extremely impressive graphically ever since they fixed the 60 fps mode a few months ago.

PS5 is like having a $1000 gaming PC but you can play the PS games Day 1.

[daboom1]

Nice. Now gotta get Ghost of Tsushima, man it looks incredible on PS5. No reason to buy the PS5 native version either, as the PS4 version plays 1800p at a locked 60 fps in the graphics mode on PS5 and looks just like the native PS5 port. No reason to play the performance mode of the PS4 version since graphics mode is already locked to 60 fps. All you get with the PS5 native version is some haptic feedback with the DualSense that is kind of annoying anyway IMO, and corrected lip sync when playing with Japanese voices.

Also don't sleep on the bundled Astrobot game, it's short but pretty awesome. And Forbidden West is extremely impressive graphically ever since they fixed the 60 fps mode a few months ago.

PS5 is like having a $1000 gaming PC but you can play the PS games Day 1.

Dude, I killed Ghost of Tsushima in about 2 weeks. I did all quests and outfits, pretty much everything on my first playthrough. I'm looking forward to playing it again on the PS5 though!

I'm just excited about playing Dead by Daylight on 60 fps :lol Also interested to see what RDR2 looks like :tu

[baseline bum]

Dude, I killed Ghost of Tsushima in about 2 weeks. I did all quests and outfits, pretty much everything on my first playthrough. I'm looking forward to playing it again on the PS5 though!

I'm just excited about playing Dead by Daylight on 60 fps :lol Also interested to see what RDR2 looks like :tu

Freaking Rockstar never gave a 60 fps patch for RDR2, so it'll just look like it does on PS4 Pro sadly. Expecting them to make people have to double dip to get 60 fps. Though I could actually run the PC port at 1080p 60fps on my 1660 Super with some careful settings tweaks.

[daboom1]

Freaking Rockstar never gave a 60 fps patch for RDR2, so it'll just look like it does on PS4 Pro sadly. Expecting them to make people have to double dip to get 60 fps. Though I could actually run the PC port at 1080p 60fps on my 1660 Super with some careful settings tweaks.

They just patched it this afternoon, but I doubt it was a fps patch. I still play the hell out of this game, it's the G.O.A.T. I just hope my PSPlus Premium transfers over?

[DJR210]

Freaking Rockstar never gave a 60 fps patch for RDR2, so it'll just look like it does on PS4 Pro sadly. Expecting them to make people have to double dip to get 60 fps. Though I could actually run the PC port at 1080p 60fps on my 1660 Super with some careful settings tweaks.

So I’m ready to finally pull the trigger on my GPU upgrade.. after I get the card I’m gonna get a 1440p 34” Ultrawide soon after.. I know you recommended the 12 GB 3080, but I’m seeing real world tests with about a 3 FPS improvement over the regular 10 GB model.. do you think the extra 2 GB’s of VRAM would be a big plus gaming at the higher resolution of an UW monitor or would 10 GB be fine?

[baseline bum]

So I’m ready to finally pull the trigger on my GPU upgrade.. after I get the card I’m gonna get a 1440p 34” Ultrawide soon after.. I know you recommended the 12 GB 3080, but I’m seeing real world tests with about a 3 FPS improvement over the regular 10 GB model.. do you think the extra 2 GB’s of VRAM would be a big plus gaming at the higher resolution of an UW monitor or would 10 GB be fine?

I recommend the 12GB over the 10GB because they're usually the same price and the 12GB is 7.5% faster in this big testsuite of games, though I wonder how much of that is clock vs the 12GB version having a less cut down chip than the 10GB version (it's not just a difference in VRAM). Plus I have heard people with Titans say for instance modded Skyrim can easily fill 12GB of VRAM.

https://tpucdn.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb-strix-oc/images/relative-performance_3840-2160.png

Though Best Buy has a 3080 Ti for $740 in stock right now. Don't know anything about the cooler so def research that before buying if you're interested in this one.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-12gb-oc-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphic-card/6472637.p?skuId=6472637

Beware though these 3000 series cards use enormous power. A 3080 Ti at has transient spikes of ~410W at stock, and it's not much lower with 3080 either. Up clocks at all over reference and that number will shoot up. If you're talking that level of gpu, not unreasonable to go back up to 1000W psus again.

Nvidia is supposed to have some big price cuts rumored this month, but they haven't happened yet so not sure about them.

[baseline bum]

:tu snag that shit before the scalpers do

Think console scalping is about to die off. Walmart has had PS5 all week after Playstation Direct had them in stock for like two weeks straight.

[Leetonidas]

Think console scalping is about to die off. Walmart has had PS5 all week after Playstation Direct had them in stock for like two weeks straight.

Good. I heard that Sony is increasing the price of PS5s though. Not sure how legit that is but wouldn't surprise me. I almost bought a meta quest a few weeks ago but those fuckers increased the price too. I assume it's due to the chip shortage or whatever

[baseline bum]

Good. I heard that Sony is increasing the price of PS5s though. Not sure how legit that is but wouldn't surprise me. I almost bought a meta quest a few weeks ago but those fuckers increased the price too. I assume it's due to the chip shortage or whatever

Sony increased the MSRP of the PS5 everywhere but the US a couple of weeks ago, but they can't afford to do it here with XBox's popularity. What's funny is even after the price hike the PS5 disc version is still only $420 in Japan (up from $382 before the hike).

The Quest went up $100 the very day they got rid of the requirement to have a Facebook account. You're the product when you get a Quest and you're probably a lot a less valuable a product with a new Meta account instead of your Facebook account you have had for 10-15 years with lots of juicy data for them to sell.

[DJR210]

I recommend the 12GB over the 10GB because they're usually the same price and the 12GB is 7.5% faster in this big testsuite of games, though I wonder how much of that is clock vs the 12GB version having a less cut down chip than the 10GB version (it's not just a difference in VRAM). Plus I have heard people with Titans say for instance modded Skyrim can easily fill 12GB of VRAM.

https://tpucdn.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb-strix-oc/images/relative-performance_3840-2160.png

Though Best Buy has a 3080 Ti for $740 in stock right now. Don't know anything about the cooler so def research that before buying if you're interested in this one.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-12gb-oc-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphic-card/6472637.p?skuId=6472637

Beware though these 3000 series cards use enormous power. A 3080 Ti at has transient spikes of ~410W at stock, and it's not much lower with 3080 either. Up clocks at all over reference and that number will shoot up. If you're talking that level of gpu, not unreasonable to go back up to 1000W psus again.

Nvidia is supposed to have some big price cuts rumored this month, but they haven't happened yet so not sure about them.

Im buying off Amazon, and I haven't seen them listed as the same cost.. the 12 GB is 100 bucks more

[DJR210]

I recommend the 12GB over the 10GB because they're usually the same price and the 12GB is 7.5% faster in this big testsuite of games, though I wonder how much of that is clock vs the 12GB version having a less cut down chip than the 10GB version (it's not just a difference in VRAM). Plus I have heard people with Titans say for instance modded Skyrim can easily fill 12GB of VRAM.

https://tpucdn.com/review/asus-geforce-rtx-3080-12-gb-strix-oc/images/relative-performance_3840-2160.png

Though Best Buy has a 3080 Ti for $740 in stock right now. Don't know anything about the cooler so def research that before buying if you're interested in this one.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-ventus-12gb-oc-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphic-card/6472637.p?skuId=6472637

Beware though these 3000 series cards use enormous power. A 3080 Ti at has transient spikes of ~410W at stock, and it's not much lower with 3080 either. Up clocks at all over reference and that number will shoot up. If you're talking that level of gpu, not unreasonable to go back up to 1000W psus again.

Nvidia is supposed to have some big price cuts rumored this month, but they haven't happened yet so not sure about them.

Thanks for the heads up I'm gonna try and get the 3080 Ti, that is a steal at 740.. and I'm good I already have a 1000W PSU

[DJR210]

Nevermind, that 3080 Ti sale was sold out when I tried to buy it last night.. Went ahead and got a 10GB 3080 today though

[ElNono]

Good. I heard that Sony is increasing the price of PS5s though. Not sure how legit that is but wouldn't surprise me. I almost bought a meta quest a few weeks ago but those fuckers increased the price too. I assume it's due to the chip shortage or whatever


Sony increased the MSRP of the PS5 everywhere but the US a couple of weeks ago, but they can't afford to do it here with XBox's popularity. What's funny is even after the price hike the PS5 disc version is still only $420 in Japan (up from $382 before the hike).

The Quest went up $100 the very day they got rid of the requirement to have a Facebook account. You're the product when you get a Quest and you're probably a lot a less valuable a product with a new Meta account instead of your Facebook account you have had for 10-15 years with lots of juicy data for them to sell.

The reason the price was jacked up everywhere but the US is the current strength of the US dollar. The exchange rates just murders the price of something that's already being sold at near cost or a loss.

[baseline bum]

The reason the price was jacked up everywhere but the US is the current strength of the US dollar. The exchange rates just murders the price of something that's already being sold at near cost or a loss.

Dark Brandon putting in work

[redzero]

I am almost done with Persona 5 Strikers and it makes me want to play Royal. I know that would be a 150+ hour investment, though, and I don't know whether to get it on the PS5 or wait for the Switch version.

Anyway, I got Strikers because it was free on PS+. I thought it would be a fun, mindless spinoff but it turned out to be a full-blown sequel. I do like that there are no social links this time around, and that I can leave dungeons with no penalty.

I would definitely recommend it, but I'm not playing New Game + because hard would be too easy and Merciless looks terrible.

[baseline bum]

I am almost done with Persona 5 Strikers and it makes me want to play Royal. I know that would be a 150+ hour investment, though, and I don't know whether to get it on the PS5 or wait for the Switch version.

Anyway, I got Strikers because it was free on PS+. I thought it would be a fun, mindless spinoff but it turned out to be a full-blown sequel. I do like that there are no social links this time around, and that I can leave dungeons with no penalty.

I would definitely recommend it, but I'm not playing New Game + because hard would be too easy and Merciless looks terrible.

I was really impressed by Strikers too. Royal adds a lot of cool shit to P5, and makes the story way better IMO. Though the best part of Royal is fucking Morgana doesn't force you to go to sleep early all the time in the early game, making it was less of a race against the clock.

[Joseph Kony]

i wish there was a setting of difficulty higher than grounded besides permadeath in LoU. shit's too easy for me at this point but permadeath is too far in the other direction

just finished the part where Henry blows his brains out. i forgot what an annoying twat he was :lol

[ElNono]

i wish there was a setting of difficulty higher than grounded besides permadeath in LoU. shit's too easy for me at this point but permadeath is too far in the other direction

just finished the part where Henry blows his brains out. i forgot what an annoying twat he was :lol

Finished it yesterday (along with left behind).

[Xevious]

i wish there was a setting of difficulty higher than grounded besides permadeath in LoU. shit's too easy for me at this point but permadeath is too far in the other direction

just finished the part where Henry blows his brains out. i forgot what an annoying twat he was :lol
Not sure what a higher difficulty would do. Supplies are pretty limited on grounded as is and it doesn't take much to kill Joel. What makes it easy (IMO anyway) is memorizing all of the enemy locations/patterns as well as all of the supply and ammo locations. I've lost count of the number of times I've played TLOU and how many speedrun streams I've watched. I doubt anyone played grounded or survivor on a first playthrough and thought that is was too easy.

[spurraider21]

Not sure what a higher difficulty would do. Supplies are pretty limited on grounded as is and it doesn't take much to kill Joel. What makes it easy (IMO anyway) is memorizing all of the enemy locations/patterns as well as all of the supply and ammo locations. I've lost count of the number of times I've played TLOU and how many speedrun streams I've watched. I doubt anyone played grounded or survivor on a first playthrough and thought that is was too easy.
i mean i played on just "hard" on my first run through the game and found it to be adequately challenging. not the hardest game ive every played or anything, but not an autopilot cakewalk either

if people have made multiple runs through the game to the point where theyve memorized enemy/item locations then thats not an issue with the game not being hard enough at that point :lol

if somebody makes multiple runs through any soulsbournekiro game they'll start finding it trivial too

[Joseph Kony]

Not sure what a higher difficulty would do. Supplies are pretty limited on grounded as is and it doesn't take much to kill Joel. What makes it easy (IMO anyway) is memorizing all of the enemy locations/patterns as well as all of the supply and ammo locations. I've lost count of the number of times I've played TLOU and how many speedrun streams I've watched. I doubt anyone played grounded or survivor on a first playthrough and thought that is was too easy.

not sure what it would do? it would make it more difficult :lol honestly the supplies arent even as limited as you'd think, as i have never been in a position where i dont have plenty of ammos, shivs, etc. i havent memorized the enemy patterns or locations or the supply/ammo locations, though i wont deny that having played it previously gives one an advantage. but i never said it was my first playthrough either. Though, I did play LoU2 on survivor first time since grounded was not unlocked yet, and it actually was pretty easy. LoU is all about patience though which i have plenty of when it comes to stealth killing people

just meant i wish there was a mode where getting shot once or twice would kill you, or the runners/stalkers were stronger. obviously getting touched by a clicker or bloater is instadeath but shit, i didnt even die during the first bloater encounter in the gym which i was fully expecting to


i mean i played on just "hard" on my first run through the game and found it to be adequately challenging. not the hardest game ive every played or anything, but not an autopilot cakewalk either

if people have made multiple runs through the game to the point where theyve memorized enemy/item locations then thats not an issue with the game not being hard enough at that point :lol

if somebody makes multiple runs through any soulsbournekiro game they'll start finding it trivial too

again, never said i memorized locations or patterns, nor did i say the game had an issue. i just wish i could make it harder, and when it comes to PC i assume i will be able to do that.

it wasnt meant to be a boast or a brag or anything either :lol it's not like i'm playing Elden ring or Sekiro

[Joseph Kony]

Finished it yesterday (along with left behind).
i was really hoping that instead of making left behind a separate DLC in the remake, they would incorporate it into the main game where it makes sense (like it should have been to begin with). if this just started after joel gets impaled, would have flowed just fine with the main game imo

[spurraider21]

again, never said i memorized locations or patterns, nor did i say the game had an issue. i just wish i could make it harder, and when it comes to PC i assume i will be able to do that.

it wasnt meant to be a boast or a brag or anything either :lol it's not like i'm playing Elden ring or Sekiro
xevious did, which is who i responded to when it comes to the memorization

TLOU is a sufficiently difficult game imo

[Leetonidas]

Anyone ever played Warframe? Is it worth a playing?

[Joseph Kony]

xevious did, which is who i responded to when it comes to the memorization

TLOU is a sufficiently difficult game imo

ah true, my bad

[Xevious]

not sure what it would do? it would make it more difficult :lol honestly the supplies arent even as limited as you'd think, as i have never been in a position where i dont have plenty of ammos, shivs, etc. i havent memorized the enemy patterns or locations or the supply/ammo locations, though i wont deny that having played it previously gives one an advantage. but i never said it was my first playthrough either. Though, I did play LoU2 on survivor first time since grounded was not unlocked yet, and it actually was pretty easy. LoU is all about patience though which i have plenty of when it comes to stealth killing people

just meant i wish there was a mode where getting shot once or twice would kill you, or the runners/stalkers were stronger. obviously getting touched by a clicker or bloater is instadeath but shit, i didnt even die during the first bloater encounter in the gym which i was fully expecting to



again, never said i memorized locations or patterns, nor did i say the game had an issue. i just wish i could make it harder, and when it comes to PC i assume i will be able to do that.

it wasnt meant to be a boast or a brag or anything either :lol it's not like i'm playing Elden ring or Sekiro
I didn't mean to say you were bragging or boasting. I just personally think the enemies are hard enough and the supplies are limited enough on grounded. The coal mine fight for example I found pretty miserable and had to cheese my way through it. The rest of the game is manageable because you can either stealth them or bypass altogether. And like I said before, play it enough and you know where your next drops are coming from and what encounters you need to stock up for.

[Joseph Kony]

I didn't mean to say you were bragging or boasting. I just personally think the enemies are hard enough and the supplies are limited enough on grounded. The coal mine fight for example I found pretty miserable and had to cheese my way through it. The rest of the game is manageable because you can either stealth them or bypass altogether. And like I said before, play it enough and you know where your next drops are coming from and what encounters you need to stock up for.

The coal mine fight is the one i am hoping will still be a pain in the ass, since it's generally one of the more difficult encounters in the game. but like you said, you can stealth most enemies in the game anyway so as long as you save your ammo for certain encounters you can pretty much just stealth kill everyone or sneak past the clickers. i just wish i could customize the difficulty of certain aspects of the game (one shot kill, stronger runners, more aggressive AI, etc)

i actually just got to the part where you play as Ellie so that encounter in the coal mine i am hoping will still be a nice challenge

[baseline bum]

Nevermind, that 3080 Ti sale was sold out when I tried to buy it last night.. Went ahead and got a 10GB 3080 today though

You see today's press confernece? LMAO 4080 12GB is trash, slower that a 3090 Ti except in RT and it's $900. Looks to be only about a 10% bump over 3080 10GB. Ugh I miss when new gens improved on price to performance.

[DJR210]

You see today's press confernece? LMAO 4080 12GB is trash, slower that a 3090 Ti except in RT and it's $900. Looks to be only about a 10% bump over 3080 10GB. Ugh I miss when new gens improved on price to performance.

Nah, I never keep up. I'm happy with my 3080.. After seeing EVGA is jumping ship from Nvidia I'm especially happy I went with Gigabyte's card too :tu

Sure they'll be outta business soon as Nvidia is like 80% of their business and they aren't planning to work with AMD/Intel.

[baseline bum]

Nah, I never keep up. I'm happy with my 3080.. After seeing EVGA is jumping ship from Nvidia I'm especially happy I went with Gigabyte's card too :tu

Sure they'll be outta business soon as Nvidia is like 80% of their business and they aren't planning to work with AMD/Intel.

They legit tried to sell frame interpolation (through DLSS 3) as a feature to claim a 2x increase in performance. Eg like the soap opera effect frame interpolation TVs have that everyone with any sense turns off. And ugh calling a 4070 by the 4080 name and charging 80 Ti level prices for it while the real 4080 (the 16GB one) gets Titan level pricing. Only card that wasn't retarded was the 4090.

[DJR210]

They legit tried to sell frame interpolation (through DLSS 3) as a feature to claim a 2x increase in performance. Eg like the soap opera effect frame interpolation TVs have that everyone with any sense turns off. And ugh calling a 4070 by the 4080 name and charging 80 Ti level prices for it while the real 4080 (the 16GB one) gets Titan level pricing. Only card that wasn't retarded was the 4090.

Yeah, that DLSS looks like shit. Doesn't apply to me I'm still at 1080 anyway.. I've noticed that doubling the render res looks fucking amazing anyway

[baseline bum]

Been playing Far Cry 5 and am enjoying it a lot more than I expected. Love the setting, think it's Montana.

[baseline bum]

LOL from when I killed a cow with fire in Far Cry 5

https://i.ibb.co/zrBLgBS/lolnotsee.png

[daboom1]

Diving back into Fallout 4 on PS5. It looks great :tu Holy shit the amount of mods :wow

[lefty]

Poverty Ball 23 is out, so that's what I'm playing

[ElNono]

Been playing Fallout 76 since I figured they fixed most of the bugs by now. Enjoyable so far.

[Joseph Kony]

playing Valkyrie Elysium atm. gameplay kinda reminds me of Nier Automata but with a Norse setting (if norse mythos were interpreted into a jrpg :lol). it's okay so far but the story is nowhere near as enthralling as Nier. combat is definitely the selling point as the rest of the game seems lackluster in comparison

[daboom1]

Returnal is pretty bad ass, but incredibly difficult. Every time you die you go back to the beginning and the level is randomized with slightly harder enemies each time. Co-op is a blast :tu

[baseline bum]

Been playing Fallout 76 since I figured they fixed most of the bugs by now. Enjoyable so far.

Even with the you make your own storylines? That was the whole point of Fallout to me, playing the storylines Black Isle and Obsidian wrote.

[ElNono]

Even with the you make your own storylines? That was the whole point of Fallout to me, playing the storylines Black Isle and Obsidian wrote.

It's shit compared to Fallout 1 and 2. But that was the case with Fallout 4 as well. I'm playing the built in missions, not doing MP.

There's just never going to be another Fallout 1 and 2 story-wise, IMO.

[baseline bum]

It's shit compared to Fallout 1 and 2. But that was the case with Fallout 4 as well. I'm playing the built in missions, not doing MP.

There's just never going to be another Fallout 1 and 2 story-wise, IMO.

Are the built in missions as good as Fallout 3 or 4 though?

[spurraider21]

i loved fallout 3. the atmosphere of the game was very well done. main plot was... not great. but i loved the side quests. loved the DLC's though the space one felt very out of place.

i played through NV much later, and while it was great in some ways, i dont think it captured the same grim sense of dread that the capital wasteland did

[baseline bum]

i loved fallout 3. the atmosphere of the game was very well done. main plot was... not great. but i loved the side quests. loved the DLC's though the space one felt very out of place.

i played through NV much later, and while it was great in some ways, i dont think it captured the same grim sense of dread that the capital wasteland did

Maybe that's why, because New Vegas was pretty grim IMO. But I played FO3 and FONV pretty much back to back. Thought NV was a far superior game in every way.

[spurraider21]

Maybe that's why, because New Vegas was pretty grim IMO. But I played FO3 and FONV pretty much back to back. Thought NV was a far superior game in every way.
i thought the ammo crafting was unnecessarily tedious.

[baseline bum]

i thought the ammo crafting was unnecessarily tedious.

Me too, I never did any of that shit.

[spurraider21]

Me too, I never did any of that shit.
NV was definitely dark. hard to forget when you see all those people crucified by the legion. but i just mean the raw geographic atmosphere. thought the capital wasteland itself was more interesting than vegas.

[ElNono]

Are the built in missions as good as Fallout 3 or 4 though?

It's very much like Fallout 4. Unfortunately it's also very much like Fallout 4 graphics-wise, which in 2022 is sorta crappy.

[baseline bum]

It's very much like Fallout 4. Unfortunately it's also very much like Fallout 4 graphics-wise, which in 2022 is sorta crappy.

Fallout games are always pretty crap graphically though, I don't really care about that. But is there a full SP game with a good story there? Or is it just a few token missions?

[ElNono]

Fallout games are always pretty crap graphically though, I don't really care about that. But is there a full SP game with a good story there? Or is it just a few token missions?

I don't now about good story, but there are main and side missions and the amount is pretty sizeable. I'm still playing it so I don't know if there's a sort of 'ending' if you will. I'll let you know once I get there.

[Leetonidas]

I enjoyed 76, put maybe 110 hours into it. I really disliked it when it first came out because there was zero story and nothing to do but they have since corrected that and added a solid amount of questlines and whatnot. I get too sucked into the base building though, I probably spent half my playtime doing that :lol

[baseline bum]

Far Cry 5 has such a shit ending. Makes me not even want to play 6.

[Leetonidas]

Far Cry New Dawn is technically the sequel to 5, and Joseph Seed if i remember correctly is still somehow alive.

tbh i wouldnt waste my time with FC6....easily the worst FC game i've ever played. completely wasted Giancarlo Esposito

[baseline bum]

Far Cry New Dawn is technically the sequel to 5, and Joseph Seed if i remember correctly is still somehow alive.

tbh i wouldnt waste my time with FC6....easily the worst FC game i've ever played. completely wasted Giancarlo Esposito

You mean you're not going to buy the $120 Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition that just came out?

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0001-PPSA01876_00-FC6EDGOTY0000000

And yeah Joseph Seed is alive at the end of Far Cry 5, he's the only one in the car other than you who survives and he carries you into the bunker and says he's now your father because you're the only family he has left. WTF :lol

Way to ruin a pretty decent game with such a dogshit ending.

Although I really hated the Jacob Seed obstacle course you had to do over and over. John and Faith were pretty good characters but Jacob was boring as hell.

[DJR210]

Spider-Man Remastered is the shit :tu

Got it free with my 3080 too :tu

[baseline bum]

Spider-Man Remastered is the shit :tu

Got it free with my 3080 too :tu

I wasn't even that excited about the game when it came out despite apalisoc_9, Reck, and spurraider21 hammering me to play it. :lol

But once I finally did jump on it holy shit it's a great game, love the combat and sense of speed you have zipping between buildings and shit. Much better than I expected it to be from the previews. Still gotta play Miles Morales and can't wait for the sequel in a couple of years.

Also though you know Spiderman is done by the same dev who makes Ratchet & Clank right? :lol

[ElNono]

Can't wait to see what they do with Wolverine...

[spurraider21]

I wasn't even that excited about the game when it came out despite apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260), Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412), and spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) hammering me to play it. :lol

But once I finally did jump on it holy shit it's a great game, love the combat and sense of speed you have zipping between buildings and shit. Much better than I expected it to be from the previews. Still gotta play Miles Morales and can't wait for the sequel in a couple of years.

Also though you know Spiderman is done by the same dev who makes Ratchet & Clank right? :lol
was the first game i played back when i bought my ps4... hell of an intro to the new console

i loved the game because just playing through it was very clearly inspired by Spiderman 2 on the PS2... which until that point was by a significant margin the best spiderman video game ever made. then when i read about the development of the game you basically had them all but saying that they wanted to make a spiritual successor to spiderman 2, so that feeling i had wasn't by accident

[spurraider21]

Can't wait to see what they do with Wolverine...
i still havent gotten around to playing miles morales, but if they give the game the same attention/care that they did with spiderman they'll knock it out of the park

[baseline bum]

i still havent gotten around to playing miles morales, but if they give the game the same attention/care that they did with spiderman they'll knock it out of the park

Have you checked if Miles Morales has a free PS5 upgrade? Think it might.

[baseline bum]

Can't wait to see what they do with Wolverine...

Shit, I'll check anything Insomniac does after playing Ratchet & Clank PS4, Spiderman, and Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. Didn't realize they were such an amazing studio since I was really late in jumping on Playstation.

[baseline bum]

Just started Final Fantasy VII Remake, and wow what an opening hour. One of the best looking games I have played on PS5 too.

[Joseph Kony]

Just started Final Fantasy VII Remake, and wow what an opening hour. One of the best looking games I have played on PS5 too.

Good thing too because it looked like absolute fucking dogshit when it came out on PS4 initially :lol

I enjoyed it but it fell short to me honestly. The combat is on point though. But i just didnt like how they took basically the most boring part of FFVII and made an entire game out of it, especially how they stick Sephiroth into this part of the story.


Tifa though :tu :tu

[baseline bum]

Good thing too because it looked like absolute fucking dogshit when it came out on PS4 initially :lol

I enjoyed it but it fell short to me honestly. The combat is on point though. But i just didnt like how they took basically the most boring part of FFVII and made an entire game out of it, especially how they stick Sephiroth into this part of the story.


Tifa though :tu :tu

Wow this is the most boring part of FF VII? Guess I'll be playing the PS1 original in the not too distant future. Now wonder if I should play on Duckstation or just burn the CDs to play on my PS2 fat with the Tonyhax softmod. A PS2 modchip is way harder to install than a simple ass PS1 modchip so not even thinking about doing that shit to play burned PS1 games on my PS2.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b5UX5xd-lE

[baseline bum]

LOL Playstation sees that I have started playing Final Fantasy VII Remake and then sends me an email about buying the Yuffie DLC even though I already bought it? :lol

[resistanze]

I wasn't even that excited about the game when it came out despite apalisoc_9, Reck, and spurraider21 hammering me to play it. :lol

But once I finally did jump on it holy shit it's a great game, love the combat and sense of speed you have zipping between buildings and shit. Much better than I expected it to be from the previews. Still gotta play Miles Morales and can't wait for the sequel in a couple of years.

Also though you know Spiderman is done by the same dev who makes Ratchet & Clank right? :lol

Spider-Man is the first game I've ever platinum'd, tbh. Morales is good but too short, they better come out with the next game by 2024.

I still wanna play Ratchet & Clank (PS4) but I'm seeing that shit for 19.99. fck that!

[baseline bum]

Spider-Man is the first game I've ever platinum'd, tbh. Morales is good but too short, they better come out with the next game by 2024.

I still wanna play Ratchet & Clank (PS4) but I'm seeing that shit for 19.99. fck that!

They gave Ratchet & Clank away free in March 2021 along with a bunch of indie games plus Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. Usual price when it goes on sale is $10.

https://psprices.com/region-us/game/100526/ratchet-clank

[resistanze]

They gave Ratchet & Clank away free in March 2021 along with a bunch of indie games plus Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. Usual price when it goes on sale is $10.

https://psprices.com/region-us/game/100526/ratchet-clank

Yeah I read up on this and I'm just waiting for one of those drops. Sucks I missed the giveaway tho.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I read up on this and I'm just waiting for one of those drops. Sucks I missed the giveaway tho.

Doubt it'll go free again this gen, that's just something Sony did in 2020 and 2021 for COVID. But it's $10 right now in the sale that just started today.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA01047_00-RATCHETPS4000000

[resistanze]

Doubt it'll go free again this gen, that's just something Sony did in 2020 and 2021 for COVID. But it's $10 right now in the sale that just started today.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP9000-CUSA01047_00-RATCHETPS4000000

:toast Just downloaded before I left town for the week

[daboom1]

2k23 career mode is pretty fun this year. More leniency in creating builds: I got a 7ft PF who can shoot from anywhere and athletic like DRob. His defense is solid af also :tu

[baseline bum]

Just for spurraider21 should I do a seventh playthrough now that the Switch version leaked?

https://i.ibb.co/BKWs1zf/image.jpg

[Joseph Kony]

Fuck...I installed a plague tale requiem on my Series X and it's locked at 30fps. installed it on my PC instead and still cant get it above 30 on even medium settings. WTF :pctoss what a fucking shame

[baseline bum]

Fuck...I installed a plague tale requiem on my Series X and it's locked at 30fps. installed it on my PC instead and still cant get it above 30 on even medium settings. WTF :pctoss what a fucking shame

It's so badly optimized that it just pegs one cpu core at very high usage and none of the other cores are doing shit. Which is probably why the consoles don't have 60 fps modes. That drop to 3.5 GHz on the PS5 and 3.8 GHz on the Series X vs the 4.4 GHz you'd get with a real Ryzen 7 3700X probably does make a real difference when the game really only uses one core.

And if you have the cpu to handle it you need a pretty strong gpu just to do 1080p60. A 6600 XT (basically what's in the PS5) can do it on the newest patch for the game if you turn draw distance to low, maybe medium. Good luck on high. Maybe a 3070 could do it?

EDIT: JFC Gamegpu.ru's benchmarks have the RX 6900 and RTX 3080 as the two lowest tier gpus that can stay above 60 fps at 1080 high without DLSS.

https://gamegpu.com/rpg/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5/a-plague-tale-requiem-test-gpu-cpu

Game looks really nice graphically but talk about shit optimization

[Joseph Kony]

It's so badly optimized that it just pegs one cpu core at very high usage and none of the other cores are doing shit. Which is probably why the consoles don't have 60 fps modes. That drop to 3.5 GHz on the PS5 and 3.8 GHz on the Series X vs the 4.4 GHz you'd get with a real Ryzen 7 3700X probably does make a real difference when the game really only uses one core.

And if you have the cpu to handle it you need a pretty strong gpu just to do 1080p60. A 6600 XT (basically what's in the PS5) can do it on the newest patch for the game if you turn draw distance to low, maybe medium. Good luck on high. Maybe a 3070 could do it?

EDIT: JFC Gamegpu.ru's benchmarks have the RX 6900 and RTX 3080 as the two lowest tier gpus that can stay above 60 fps at 1080 high without DLSS.

https://gamegpu.com/rpg/%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B5/a-plague-tale-requiem-test-gpu-cpu

Game looks really nice graphically but talk about shit optimization

Fucking sucks man, i've been looking forward to this one too. I updated the driver and messed with a couple settings but i can only get up to like 35 fps. At least it's on game pass so i didnt have to buy it but still, fucking blows

[daboom1]

1 day left to download Fallout 3: GOTY for free on Epic Games

[baseline bum]

Good thing too because it looked like absolute fucking dogshit when it came out on PS4 initially :lol

I enjoyed it but it fell short to me honestly. The combat is on point though. But i just didnt like how they took basically the most boring part of FFVII and made an entire game out of it, especially how they stick Sephiroth into this part of the story.


Tifa though :tu :tu

Tifa really is a blast to use in the game with that ATB restoring jump kick, then putting synergy + an elemental attack on Aerith so she spams magic when you do it.

[Reck]

I wasn't even that excited about the game when it came out despite apalisoc_9 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=11260), Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412), and spurraider21 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=31905) hammering me to play it. :lol

But once I finally did jump on it holy shit it's a great game, love the combat and sense of speed you have zipping between buildings and shit. Much better than I expected it to be from the previews. Still gotta play Miles Morales and can't wait for the sequel in a couple of years.

Also though you know Spiderman is done by the same dev who makes Ratchet & Clank right? :lol

Spider Man has been the only game I have bought all DLCs for. Also found a reason to play the new added difficulty along with Game+ When it was added later on.

I’ve been trying to play Miles Morales but that game doesn’t seen to drop in price at all on the store.

[baseline bum]

Spider Man has been the only game I have bought all DLCs for. Also found a reason to play the new added difficulty along with Game+ When it was added later on.

I’ve been trying to play Miles Morales but that game doesn’t seen to drop in price at all on the store.

Do you have a digital PS5 or something? Miles Morales has gone on sale a lot physical in the $20 to $25 range, and has a free PS5 upgrade if you buy the PS4 version.

[Reck]

Do you have a digital PS5 or something? Miles Morales has gone on sale a lot physical in the $20 to $25 range, and has a free PS5 upgrade if you buy the PS4 version.

Nah, I have a disc version. I’m just lazy these days so I don’t go out much. 95% of the games I own for this generation are digital.

God of War Ragnarok is a physical buy though.

[Cry Havoc]

Currently building a sim racing rig.

Going with the playseat challenge for the portability and am planning to pair it with the new Moza R5 Direct Drive system.

Other than that, Elden Ring (almost to the end), just started Disco Elysium and Divinity OS 2.

[baseline bum]

Other than that, Elden Ring (almost to the end)

So you have fun with Malenia?

[Joseph Kony]

Tifa really is a blast to use in the game with that ATB restoring jump kick, then putting synergy + an elemental attack on Aerith so she spams magic when you do it.

hard agree tbh, she was the character i controlled generally in most encounters

[baseline bum]

hard agree tbh, she was the character i controlled generally in most encounters

Was playing Cloud entirely until I found that synergy materia to equip on Aerith. Cloud is really strong with that pairing but Tifa is absolutely ridiculous with synergy paired to Aerith. Made me completely change style and start using Cloud for magic.

[daboom1]

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[baseline bum]

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2023 looks like another strong year between this, Yakuza Ishin, Yakuza Gaiden, Starfield, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and possibly Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, though that one might slip to 2024. Kind of interested to see what happens with Black Myth Wukong too.

Final Fantasy VII Remake looks freaking great on PS5. Currently playing through it and Tifa is so awesome to control in combat.

[daboom1]

2023 looks like another strong year between this, Yakuza Ishin, Yakuza Gaiden, Starfield, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, and possibly Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, though that one might slip to 2024. Kind of interested to see what happens with Black Myth Wukong too.

Final Fantasy VII Remake looks freaking great on PS5. Currently playing through it and Tifa is so awesome to control in combat.

I played the remake a while back when it was released and it was so short only going to the Shinra HQ. Tifa is nasty for sure, but Barret was a requirement for a lot of boss battles.

FFXVI appears to be going away from the open world meta that RDR 2 made popular back in 2016. I just hope it's not too linear which is incredibly boring imo.

Loving my PS5 as well, I'm going to catch up on Assassin's Creed with Origins, Oddysee, and Valhalla (all free on PS+)

[baseline bum]

I played the remake a while back when it was released and it was so short only going to the Shinra HQ. Tifa is nasty for sure, but Barret was a requirement for a lot of boss battles.

FFXVI appears to be going away from the open world meta that RDR 2 made popular back in 2016. I just hope it's not too linear which is incredibly boring imo.

Loving my PS5 as well, I'm going to catch up on Assassin's Creed with Origins, Oddysee, and Valhalla (all free on PS+)

Intergrade on PS5 and PC changed the way the synergy materia worked to make Tifa a monster for bossfights. You put synergy on Aerith and link it with fire, ice, lightning, or wind and then every time you use an ATB attack with whoever your team leader is Aerith casts the level 1 version of that spell for free (eg, no MP or ATB loss). So you can keep using Focused Strike with Tifa as your team leader, since it recovers a lot of ATB back, as a free way to spam magic attacks from Aerith. Also could do the same with Cloud as your team leader using Disorder since it also recovers ATB but I far prefer it with Tifa since she's so much faster so I can dodge enemy attacks while Cloud's slow enough that I have to play him more as a tank.

They never did patch the synergy materia to work like that on the PS4 version though.

[Reck]

Reviews for God of War Ragnarok are OUT.


https://youtu.be/BopQwFjazYU

[baseline bum]

Just preordered Ragnarok and will begin the download a little later after seeing how impressive the reviews are. Get in here spurraider21 and ElNono. First time in forever I have had an empty wishlist on PSN after buying this.

[spurraider21]

ragnarok's reviews are off the charts. i have mine pre-ordered but its the disc version

the timing is great too. i've basically just been playing cod warzone for the better part of a year now :lol... warzone 2 comes out later this month too, so warzone is going to be dead. good time to segue into some single player action

[ElNono]

I’m flying back to the US on Nov 9th. Should have the code in my inbox then and gonna binge on it all weekend, tbh

[FrostKing]

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[DJR210]

Currently building a sim racing rig.

Going with the playseat challenge for the portability and am planning to pair it with the new Moza R5 Direct Drive system.

Other than that, Elden Ring (almost to the end), just started Disco Elysium and Divinity OS 2.

Which game you gonna run with it? I've seen a ton of modded Assetto Corsa and that shit looks and sounds great

[spurraider21]

ragnarok's reviews are off the charts. i have mine pre-ordered but its the disc version

the timing is great too. i've basically just been playing cod warzone for the better part of a year now :lol... warzone 2 comes out later this month too, so warzone is going to be dead. good time to segue into some single player action
yeah... i dont want to wait. considering cancelling my physical pre-order and just buying the digital version at this point :lol. dont want to way for shipping & delivery

[baseline bum]

yeah... i dont want to wait. considering cancelling my physical pre-order and just buying the digital version at this point :lol. dont want to way for shipping & delivery

I just prefer digital if it's a game I'm really hyped for and want at launch. I buy physical either when it's cheaper or when I know I'm only going to play through a game once so I can sell it when I'm done with it. Ragnarok though I'm pretty confident will be a game I play through multiple times and I'm paying full price anyways since I'm getting at launch. Probably won't play it the second it launches though because I'm really enjoying Final Fantasy VII Remake and figure it'll probably take me another week or so to complete. After thah can't fucking wait for Ragnarok. God of War 2018 with its Souls inspired combat was so much better than it looked in its E3 2016 preview, and it's E3 2016 preview was the main reason I bought a PS4.

[spurraider21]

I just prefer digital if it's a game I'm really hyped for and want at launch. I buy physical either when it's cheaper or when I know I'm only going to play through a game once so I can sell it when I'm done with it. Ragnarok though I'm pretty confident will be a game I play through multiple times and I'm paying full price anyways since I'm getting at launch. Probably won't play it the second it launches though because I'm really enjoying Final Fantasy VII Remake and figure it'll probably take me another week or so to complete. After thah can't fucking wait for Ragnarok. God of War 2018 with its Souls inspired combat was so much better than it looked in its E3 2016 preview, and it's E3 2016 preview was the main reason I bought a PS4.
:lol since my post i already started the download

i played through god of war at least 4 times that i can remember, and from what ive read Ragnarok is a home run sequel to it. unfortunately im getting error messages when trying to cancel my physical pre-order, so i'll just have to manually return the disc at some point

[baseline bum]

:lol since my post i already started the download

i played through god of war at least 4 times that i can remember, and from what ive read Ragnarok is a home run sequel to it. unfortunately im getting error messages when trying to cancel my physical pre-order, so i'll just have to manually return the disc at some point

Ragnarok is probably in the mail already. :lol

Quite a few people seemed to get their discs a week early.

BTW I highly recommend Final Fantasy VII Intergrade when it gets cheap for Black Friday. Walmart has already had it for $20 and $25 for the PS5 version with the Yuffie DLC included a couple of times this year so I expect it'll be $20 somewhere this BF. Such an awesome story and I love the fast paced combat. If you buy the PS4 version you get a free PS5 upgrade but don't get that Yuffie DLC.

[Cry Havoc]

Which game you gonna run with it? I've seen a ton of modded Assetto Corsa and that shit looks and sounds great

Automobilista 2, primarily. The new patch has made it unparalleled esp for VR racing.

https://youtu.be/4day3vM95L4

[baseline bum]

ElNono man, why does Japan get all the good commercials? spurraider21 rolling in his grave at us not getting this one in the states.

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