Same. It depends on the game though, obviously. If I’m playing Deadlock or something similar (fast paced and competitive) I’m not going to go for graphics fidelity. But anything single player? 60 FPS is perfectly fine and ray traced lighting can make a huge visual impact. Both Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk looked great with RT and well worth forgoing 100+ FPS.
Reminds me of Cassidy’s foreskin musings in Preacher.
Pinging @BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world - probably of interest to you?
The Hindus were right all along, this is the Kali Yuga.
I think that was supposed to be an attempt at an accent?
For sure, STALKER is just not the same without Cheeki Breeki!
I still can’t get over how “wrong” it sounds and feels to have native English speaking accents for the voice work instead of the heavy Ukrainian and Russian accents. This is one to play with Ukrainian VA and English subtitles for sure.
Damn, I did not expect such a step-up from the 7800X3D, that’s kinda insane actually.
Not feeling good about spending four more years attempting to resist the noose to be honest.
Love this game. Ever since trying the VR mod though I’ve been dying for official support. Imagine using the proper VR controls to pop handbrake and steer the car, would be the most immersive thing!
Still, even with that said if you like the game and have access to a VR headset It’s still worth giving it a go, it really fits the game I think.
Sync. But it’s working now, confusingly.
Your link isn’t working for me but I see now that you already linked this community. Totally my bad, I apologise!
It’s a super useful place for finding new communities to subscribe to! I also heartily recommend !communities@ponder.cat
Totally. And between stuff like the stage fight in AW1, the Ashtray Maze in Control and We Sing in AW2 Remedy has gotten so damn good at integrating music and gameplay too.
I personally was blown away by POE - This Road as well. The track is mesmerising and every time a new variation on it played after an Alan chapter I had almost goosebumps. I still regularly go back and listen to the whole 9 minute track on YouTube.
I love Lucas Pope and would like to one day play Mars After Midnight, but I’m not paying over 200 bucks for one of these anytime soon.
I think going by overall mainstream appeal and zeitgeist it’s correct. Everybody was talking about BG3 that year, even people who are usually not fans of the genre. So in that sense I agree that 2023 was the year of BG3.
On the games’ merit alone as standalone pieces of art abstracted from context I think Alan Wake 2 puts up a good fight.
I was referring to The Game Awards and their claim on crowning the “Game of the Year”.
BG3 got GotY, though there are debates to be had I suppose over the legitimacy of an “official” game of the year.
Good shout, I did fumble my word order.
Back in like middle school or whatever it was around that time we had a portable drive (or was it just on a CD?) with an installed folder of UT99 we used to bring to school. During recess we’d go and copy paste it to the PCs in the computer room and play little LAN tournaments until a teacher would find us and chase us out. Instagib only or course, and I think we also played 120% speed.
Good times indeed.