Pepe wrote on Oct 14, 2019, 16:20:
not like blizzard did something similar when classic beta ended 15+ years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNBG-YxaSF4

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 8, 2019, 03:36:
I had this wishlisted, then I read 4 player coop. Yeah, imagine playing Morrowind and reading lines of dialogue with 3 ADHD wiggle-sticks chasing you around.

That is a 100% guarantee the writing and story will utterly suck. It will mean no complex dialog, it will mean no complex characters, no character development, and most game breaking at all. No AI companions who'd make me even give a damn about the world. (ps.: skill checks in dialog doth not make it complex)

Oh well ..... the Baldurs Gate game from Larian is coming anyway.

eRe4s3r wrote on Sep 3, 2019, 12:54:
I have legit never seen a great game idea squandered this badly. Instead of building parts, each DLC should add 5 new dungeons and 10 new enemies, and more to the swarm mechanic topside too. Adding dynamic growing warhordes etc.

But no. We gotta make it more Minecraft apparently.

SabreT wrote on Aug 28, 2019, 09:15:
What your describing sounds amazing, guess you should have read a review or the game description before you bought it blindly.

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Aug 7, 2019, 10:33:

Angrius Maximis wrote on Aug 7, 2019, 08:15:
new patch
232 viewers on twitch

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What kind of person watches Twitch? I personally would rather play games or live life over watching someone else any day

Xero wrote on Jul 25, 2019, 13:41:
Sad to hear it's not all that living up to expectations. Even if it's a little worse than Wolfy 2 I'd be willing to give it a shot. I know Wolfy 2 took a lot of criticism but I had a blast with it.

Thing is, I'm too old for coop games, lol. I prefer most of my games solo these days and if the game mostly centers around coop, I'm not sure how much I'll dig it even if they do allow single player while a retard bot follows you around.

Wouldn't it have been easy enough to just allow an entire solo mode? No coop friend or AI?

CJ_Parker wrote on Jul 24, 2019, 06:54:

Osc8r wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 18:08:
Snapped up a Rog Strix 2080ti yesterday at 35% off, primarily due to how quiet it functions

Yeah, that's what the reviews say but real world is a different story with Asus cards in my experience.

I owned a ROG Strix 2080 (non-Ti) a few months ago and also got it because of the ability to easily switch it to silent BIOS mode.
What sounded good on paper was invalidated by a severe case of coil whine. I haven't had a card screaming like this in many years and since I have a 144Hz G-Sync display I already limit my FPS to 142fps so it wasn't just an issue at very high rates. The whine was unreal even at relatively low fps.

The second issue was its fan controls. The fans had the annoying habit of spinning up and down when you were near the temperature threshold where the fans activate. This caused the card to emit an annoying kind of pump-like sound, also invalidating any "silent" mode feature. The root cause is that the card has a shitty hysteresis by default. You can somewhat fix this manually by setting a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner.
I have read reviews of people online who RMAed their cards thinking this noise was caused by a broken fan but it's not a defect. It's just crappy design.

I got rid of the Asus ROG RTX 2080 and have owned a Palit RTX 2080Ti and now a MSI GamingX Trio RTX 2080Ti which are much better cards IMO. The Palit was a little noisier because it has only two fans but neither the Palit nor the MSI have any coil whine (at least not at <= 142fps) and also no other annoying "side noises" like the Asus card.

I love Asus mainboards but I won't ever get a Strix ROG graphics card again. I have no idea why they are getting such glowing reviews everywhere. Must be that Asus are handing out good "incentives" or something or they are always very generous when it comes to providing review samples. The hardware itself seems to be massively overrated in any case. I'll keep sticking to Gainward/Palit (same company), MSI whenever possible since they have served me the best over the years.

Grokk wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 21:13:

Osc8r wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 18:08:
Snapped up a Rog Strix 2080ti yesterday at 35% off, primarily due to how quiet it functions and in preparation for my next purchase... a 3440 X 1440 120hz WQHD ultrawide monitor (my 980ti struggles at 1440p these days).

So this news is good for me at least, but not unexpected due to the performance of the other Super cards and the 2080S Final Fantasy benchmark leak from a few days back.

Good for me too!

I went all in last week and got the 2080ti and i9-9900k.
Before buying, I did a lot of research and spent hours pouring through garbage from fanboys on both sides, but in the end I decided to go Intel solely because of the motherboard and single core speed.

I felt dirty dropping $6k AUD on a new PC, but I got 7 years out of the last one, minus a couple video card upgrades at an average of 6+ hours a day usage, so I think it'll be a worthwhile investment.

jdreyer wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 21:12:

Osc8r wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 20:40:

Luke wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 20:11:

Osc8r wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 18:08:
Snapped up a Rog Strix 2080ti yesterday at 35% off, primarily due to how quiet it functions and in preparation for my next purchase... a 3440 X 1440 120hz WQHD ultrawide monitor (my 980ti struggles at 1440p these days).

So this news is good for me at least, but not unexpected due to the performance of the other Super cards and the 2080S Final Fantasy benchmark leak from a few days back.

Hardware addiction so sorry for those who are trapped

Dear console pleb,

Yeah, cause updating my 4 year old PC is a clear sign of an 'addiction', as is buying something almost 12 months after it's release during a sale...

Speaking of mental issues, you probably should check yourself into rehab as you appear to suffering from from a severe case of jealousy / butthurtism

Any recommendations on what i should buy next with all this disposable income and tax return money?! Upgrade my old 6700k for any extra 5 fps? Maybe a $300 gaming mouse? RGB lighting for my mouse mat? Hmmm....

I'd love to see how'd you'd react if you saw how much money i spend on my other hobbies!

The $1000 monitor stand. Obviously.

Luke wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 20:11:

Osc8r wrote on Jul 23, 2019, 18:08:
Snapped up a Rog Strix 2080ti yesterday at 35% off, primarily due to how quiet it functions and in preparation for my next purchase... a 3440 X 1440 120hz WQHD ultrawide monitor (my 980ti struggles at 1440p these days).

So this news is good for me at least, but not unexpected due to the performance of the other Super cards and the 2080S Final Fantasy benchmark leak from a few days back.

Hardware addiction so sorry for those who are trapped