HorrorScope wrote on Jan 24, 2021, 11:56:
Each has a place and poo poo'ing any of these means we just have a crabby opinion about anything.

Was RE4 good? I couldn't tell because the PC version was so broken you couldn't play it at all.

ECisMe wrote on Jan 20, 2021, 13:19:
Until I have some kind of solid, provable assurance that I can play my Hitman 1/2 licenses in Hitman 3, I am not purchasing this game on Epic.

Solemn-Philosopher wrote on Jan 18, 2021, 14:48:
For a moment I thought this was a free-to-play re-release of EverQuest 1.

Simon Says wrote on Jan 17, 2021, 21:08:
- Massive shortages
- Pervasive botting
- Unrelenting scalping
- Skyrocketing prices

"Healthiest"

For corps and shareholders... yes, for everyone else? LOL

Darks wrote on Jan 13, 2021, 17:36:
I'm worried that this game with become too much like the Divisions grindy formula cover based game. A Laser Blaster/Light Saber sponge enemies. Massive does not have much experience with normal balancing of a game. I see this being a Jedi on Coruscant city type game. Doing missions or bounties out the ying yang.


Hope I'm wrong, but I just don't see this as being anything less then that.

WannaLogAlready wrote on Jan 13, 2021, 12:04:
Star Rayman: The Great Escape from Coruscant !

to Machine Games, who made some of the best shooters of the past decade

Not to mention the freak show at the Capitol building

The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 13:47:
It's even weirder than it sounds if you scrolled right past it. This is actually a chastity 'cage' for men to wear, not a woman's chastity belt.

Yup, apparently some men are wearing an IoT lockable cage around their junk.

Product link

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 07:54:

MattyC wrote on Jan 9, 2021, 23:49:

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 21:53:

jacobvandy wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 20:47:
Uh, every console has a sub for playing games online, that doesn't mean every console game that connects to the internet is a GaaS. In fact, many of the real GaaS titles, the free to plays with oodles of MTX and battle passes and whatever else, are exempt from the online sub requirement because their ability to rake in cash is based on reaching as many players as possible.

You can get a cartridge with Animal Crossing on it, plug it in, and play a fully-functional game without ever going online. That does not sound like any GaaS I've ever heard of. They have had several free updates with seasonal events and new features, but they're free and optional... What GaaS does that? Any publisher who puts out actual GaaS titles is fucking disgusted by Nintendo for selling near 20 million copies of a game and NOT exploiting that audience with paid DLC and premium currencies and loot boxes.

I mean.. you are not wrong But on the other hand.. I doubt Nintendo would give Animal Crossing free updates if it weren't for that sub payment even if it isn't tied to the game directly. To me them all be GaaS. But at least for Switch platform maybe it's the entire platform that is a service instead of just 1 game.

The updates don’t require the service but visiting other players islands does, so they made the distinction. Anything else is just a hypothetical. It was still disingenuous to imply that AC requires Nintendo online (or whatever they are calling it).

When you call me disingenuous I gotta respond... because I said
The joke here is that Animal Crossing: New Horizons needs a subscription for online services

Nowhere did I say it requires it to run. And last I checked visiting other people is an online service. So mate.. what exactly is disingenuous here? ^^

eRe4s3r wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 21:53:

jacobvandy wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 20:47:
Uh, every console has a sub for playing games online, that doesn't mean every console game that connects to the internet is a GaaS. In fact, many of the real GaaS titles, the free to plays with oodles of MTX and battle passes and whatever else, are exempt from the online sub requirement because their ability to rake in cash is based on reaching as many players as possible.

You can get a cartridge with Animal Crossing on it, plug it in, and play a fully-functional game without ever going online. That does not sound like any GaaS I've ever heard of. They have had several free updates with seasonal events and new features, but they're free and optional... What GaaS does that? Any publisher who puts out actual GaaS titles is fucking disgusted by Nintendo for selling near 20 million copies of a game and NOT exploiting that audience with paid DLC and premium currencies and loot boxes.

I mean.. you are not wrong But on the other hand.. I doubt Nintendo would give Animal Crossing free updates if it weren't for that sub payment even if it isn't tied to the game directly. To me them all be GaaS. But at least for Switch platform maybe it's the entire platform that is a service instead of just 1 game.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 6, 2021, 20:00:
"I bought a $600 graphics card to play Quake 2 with ray tracing."

cool, we've all been there

Dev wrote on Jan 2, 2021, 22:10:

BobbyG wrote on Jan 2, 2021, 19:55:
I'm a lifelong gamer who also is a crypto miner as a hobby. I use the same hardware that I use to game to mine cryptocurrencies when I'm not. It's been a really enjoyable hobby for me over the years. I hope this helps.

Any suggestions on how to get started into that? Like I have an idle 2080 (hopfully a 3080 or 3080 ti soon) except when I game plus solar, so...

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 2, 2021, 15:46:

Genesys wrote on Jan 2, 2021, 15:39:
I upgraded four of my relatives' PCs to Windows 10 over the last year, and switched them to SSDs at the same time. It's like buying a new one.

You're not joking.
Even a woefully underpowered, practically unusable system can be brought back to life with a solid state disc.