Unfortunately Warren hasn't done Anything worthwhile since Deus Ex (2000). I don't count "Epic Mickey" (2010), and Underworld Ascendant (2018) was utter crap.

I fear Warren, like Richard Garriott, is washed up.... so don't get your hopes too high.

Korrd wrote on Jun 1, 2020, 14:27:
Maybe you could explain how ignorance might be the reason...

Regardless, it seems like pride to me. Sweeney claimed the PS5's throughput can't be done on a PC at any price, which is simply false. You don't even need enterprise class hardware to do it.

Pretty sure Sony stated that it has more to do with HOW the data streams to and from the SSD have been optimized between the CPU / RAM / Video Card / etc. than it has to do with the SSD's actual "hardware specifications."

So technically... If Sony is to be believed... you CAN'T do that on a PC. It would take custom hardware and a custom OS (or, at least, a highly modified one) to deliver the same thing.

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theglaze wrote on Jun 1, 2020, 10:54:
Games have to be made for streaming... publishers and devs cannot just lazily port over console or PC titles and expect it to work. "Broaden your audience" is to make gamers out of casuals or non-gamers, and those people will be attracted to gorgeous graphics, better storytelling, and gameplay that does not hinge on reaction time... all of that is possible with gaming by stream, and can play to the strengths of the service.

This. Plus most games I enjoy, and I think most PC gamers in general, wouldn't put up with the latency, so streaming several genres will never become mainstream. (No pun intended)

RedEye9 wrote on Jun 1, 2020, 10:25:
Between Paint.net and open source equivalents like Gimp (Photoshop), Darktable (Lightroom), DaVinci Resolve (Adobe Premiere)
I won't be buying any photo software ... Ever

Thanks wtf_man

Yeah... I forgot that all three of those have Windows releases as well.
There's also tons of tutorials on Youtube for all of those products.

Darktable:
Understanding Darktable

Davinci Resolve:
Davinci Resolve 16 Tutorials

Gimp:
Gimp Tutorials

Rumor: INTEL's next-gen upcoming CPU architectures to feature significant IPC uplift over the current "Skylake" architecture.

Well... they better bring these out close to when Zen 3 desktop CPUs are released, or they are going to get their asses handed to them.

Not that I'd buy a Rocket Lake-S at 14nm++++, but I'd definitely have interest in the Alder Lake-S... especially if it offers 50% IPC over Slylake.

Wolfen wrote on May 27, 2020, 19:24:
Is this the same one that they rebooted during development because it got too far off track?

Yeah, they crowdfunded... started developing... their re-imagining went beyond what was pitched in the crowdfunding and wasn't staying true to the original game as promised... then they started over.

That was the right thing to do, but they have made other major PR blunders such as their kickstarter updates are pretty much nothing but concept art, and the demo they released several months ago (I imagine this announcement is a slightly more polished version of the same demo) was only for Steam, which pissed off a lot of us backers, myself included.

Well, I pretty much think we're headed for a civil war.

Woot! Just picked up 5 games for under $30. 3 of them repurchases from my Steam library... inching >< closer to dumping Steam!

Beamer wrote on May 26, 2020, 17:55:
https://youtu.be/_wPQAm_JJfs

Sums it well

Wow! I never bought / played Daikatana because of all the bugs touted in the various game forums... but to actually see it in that video, and in 2020 (meaning it never was fixed)... yeah, that's as bad as everyone was saying.

Of course that video was without mods... so I don't know if any mods actually fixed the game... much like Wesp still plugging away at Vampire Bloodlines (which is awesome).

The article tries to blame Diakatana for the "twitch FPS" demise. (Until the latest resurgence of the last couple of Doom games).

I'd say, story based FPSs are what really killed it. Unreal, Half-Life, Deus Ex, System Shock 2, Thief, are amongst the early FPS's that went beyond run'n'gun, and took things to the next level.

Serious Sam came out in early 2000 trying to resuscitate the "run'n'gun FPS", and for some it did so nicely... for me... I was bored to tears after a few levels.

So, IMO... it wasn't Diakatana's failure that flattened that genre... it was the more involved / more interesting FPS's that didn't rely on "waves of enemies" to keep your attention. Basically the FPS evolved into more story based... whether it kept some run'n'gun aspects like Half-Life... or was more RPG-like that let you built stats like Deus Ex.

The only anime I ever liked (and is still my favorite cartoon series to this day since I'm a gear head) is Speed Racer.

But if we put it into context... It was imported to America, the script and stories were changed, and obviously American voices dubbed in.

Is that still Anime?

Visual style, I guess so... sort of, The rest... not really.

Rumored leaks of the Zen 3 desktop chips is more than 17% IPC increase over Zen 2... Which basically would decimate anything Intel has currently in gaming, including this latest lineup.

HoSpanky wrote on May 20, 2020, 08:57:
I think it's more of a "Here's WHY we weren't going to support them, you dumb shits, but we'll let you do it THIS ONE TIME. BTW, it will be a huge pain in the ass and irreversible."

This.

But it is good that they are giving some folks an option.

roguebanshee wrote on May 18, 2020, 16:03:
What I've experienced with EGS freebies is that a bit more than half of them are DRM free, including the Batman Arkham games. The ones that require DRM aren't available DRM free elsewhere either from what I've been able to determine.

I sure would love to see a comprehensive list of AAA games that are DRM / launcher Free from EGS.

RogueSix wrote on May 18, 2020, 14:38:
It is already optional for quite a few games. MechWarrior 5 would be one example. You can create a shortcut to the executable and launch the game without the Epic client.

What's the ratio? Like 10% of their AAA line up? I'm not talking indy games that are easily available DRM free.

RogueSix wrote on May 18, 2020, 14:38:
Epic also deserves some credit for not repeating the Steam idiocy of double launcher DRM in the case of UbiSoft games. I have bought two Ubi games and some DLC (Ghost Recon Breakpoint and The Division 2) with coupons from EGS and after linking with uPlay you never need to launch the Epic client again for those games. Well, unless you buy a DLC on the EGS. Then you need to launch the game exactly *once* more from the Epic client to register the DLC on uPlay. Once that linking is done, it is back to uPlay only.

Well, that's nice and all, but not exactly what I'm talking about. I won't sign up for the other DRM's either.

Pretty much I convert (re-purchase) my games once they are on GOG (Like the Last two Deus Ex games just got on there). Eventually I will be ready to dump Steam. Any left over games at that point, I'll just crack and say goodbye to Steam forever.

Basically, I'm looking for another GOG... not another Steam.

Cutter wrote on May 18, 2020, 14:00:
It's good and it makes good sense but I'm off board until they end exclusives. They're no bueno.

As long as the "exclusives" eventually make it to other stores... it doesn't bother me that much.

There are fairly few games coming out that are a close to a launch purchase for me. The closest I can think of would be Cyberpunk 2077 after a couple weeks of reviews (and some launch patching)... and maybe The new Vampire Masquerade game. (Same thing after a couple weeks of reviews and some launch patching.)

I don't pre-order, and I pretty much don't purchase on "day one". If I had to wait a few months for those games to get in the store I wanted (Which I won't... but we're talking hypothetically)... I wouldn't be that put out over it. By the time the game reach my store of choice it shoud be patched well, and possibly on sale by that point.

/shrug

I have to admit I do like this. Make the DRM launcher optional, and I'll be on board.

MattyC wrote on May 18, 2020, 03:59:
I don’t have a solution for that whole area, but I will say that just because I will take the Apple Store over Google’s for phones does not mean I really like either.

I'm on iPhone8... but it will be my last IOS device.

My solution? Since I don't care about a lot of apps... A linux phone. Either a Librem 5 or a Pinephone when they are ready for prime time. Probably the latter since it is way more reasonably priced.

That said.. you can buy older phones with linux pre-installed on them. (Have to scroll down to get to the phones)

And if you all think that I have a tin foil hat on... this guy makes me look tame.

Let's see... For my daily driver (Non-gaming Rig)... I went from a 20 inch iMac in 2007 to a used "mid 2010 27" inch iMac in 2012. After OSX Mavericks (which was the last OSX version that I could deeply customize the desktop... so... Apple really pissed me off at that point which their walled garden shiz) went EOL in dec 2016, I slapped Linux on it and never looked back.

As of a month ago, I retired the 27" iMac (Put OSX High Sierra on it and donated it to a local family in need (new keyboard and mouse,too)), got a 32" curved 4k Monitor and a 10th gen Intel Nuc (6 core/12 thread, 32GB RAM, 1TB m.2 nvme ssd) vesa mounted on the back of the monitor... running Linux.

Honestly, I really don't need Windows or OSX for any commercial software... the open source equivalents are really good these days. Gimp (Photoshop), Darktable (Lightroom), DaVinci Resolve (Adobe Premiere), FreeOffice (Ribbon styled MS Office), etc. etc. And best of all... my OS and applications don't fsking spy on me!

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Alamar wrote on May 15, 2020, 11:17:
And speaking of GTA V... Anyone know if it's any good? : )

I enjoyed it for the most part. It's a little weird to play 3 different characters (bouncing back and forth between them) as you progress through the main story... but at the same time it kind of breaks up the monotony of focusing on one character doing the same stuff over and over.

I have to admit Trevor (The character that is completely nuts) was a blast to play in a perverted sort of way.