General gaming discussion

Cordell

Playing on Mac is not really PC gaming, which really means Windows on a x64 platform, anything else including Linux is going through various layers of emulation, API wrappers and virtualization.

Jordan 199

I was going through some of my collector's editions, and the Rage 2 one stands out the most:

When you push the white button at the front, it talks.

It came with a lovely steelbook:

But the best thing of all is that it came with purple batteries:

Zero-Cool

Completed Dredge today, absolutely fantastic. Took me about 8 hours but still have a couple of quests to complete and loads more fish to find and catch. Absolutely worth the 25 asking price but it's on its last day of sale on psn for 20 for anyone interested.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120986790#Comment_120986790

I hope you don't go Nintendo or you'll be broke.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120985715#Comment_120985715

I have had no real issues with Series X or Switch. I'm only a newbie on PS, so I can't comment there.

Retr0gamer

Other than some annoying eulas to click through the PlayStation is about the same. And it's not far off the update process of a PC.

The Raging Bile Duct

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120987380#Comment_120987380

My PS5 updates regularly and I don't recall ever having to click on a EULA for it.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120987858#Comment_120987858

Been a long time since I turned it on, they usually do licensed agreements when there's updates to content sharing or other big changes but mostly not all the time. Its probably because I miss so many update that I usually have to agree to one.

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recyclops

My Ps5 ain't been turned on proper since January prob should actually turn it on to update it

TitianGerm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120988961#Comment_120988961

Probably March for mine. So few must play games on it.

On a positive note vampire survivors is out 9n switch today.

quokula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120987858#Comment_120987858

Yeah consoles generally prepare their updates completely silently in the background so you don't need to think about it apart from being asked if you want to stop your game to update, or just keep playing and do it at a more convenient time for you. The process hasn't been as painful as a PC since the PS3 days.

quokula

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120985715#Comment_120985715

When Steam lists the game as being available on mac, charges you for the game while telling you it's available on mac, then spends hours downloading the game before saying, oh wait, it's actually not available for mac, that is a serious problem with the steam platform. It's like going on PSN and being sold Halo only to say it's not compatible with this platform at the point where you start to play it. There's a pretty big topic on reddit with a lot of understandably annoyed players. I prefer to use my mac over my PC because it's a much better platform overall and if a PC game claims to be available on mac on the steam store page, that shouldn't be an outright lie. And "oh PC gaming means windows only" isn't some kind of gotcha, unless you think the steam deck doesn't count and we shouldn't expect anything that says it works on steam deck to work on that platform either.

As for my PC, thanks for making false assumptions about me but it's used every day as it's my work computer and it's got reasonably up to date hardware (3080 gfx card) - the problem is multiple time consuming updates being released in the space of a week, both for the game itself and the "game ready driver". Larian have also just had to roll back their latest update because it was causing crashes too.

And I don't remember the PS4 ever being remotely close to being that bad, but that is a decade old console at this stage and technology has moved on in 10 years. PS5 and Series X certainly handle this much more elegantly, between background preloading, better UX and actual quality control from the platform holders.

Jordan 199

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is coming to Game Pass tomorrow (18th of August). I'm looking forward to giving that a go.

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120993194#Comment_120993194

I'm too busy playing Tinykin. Great game for those who never heard of it.

Cordell

I just finished Remnant II - highly recommend, overall it's better than the first one but it lacks some of the memorable bosses there were in that one, like those twin bosses over the suspended bridge, and the final one is way too difficult and not fun at all, but the journey up to there is.

And jfyi, the Amid Evil DLC is out.

Unearthly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120976156#Comment_120976156

This the guy with lightning? Got him on

my 8th go. Was always dying at the third phase with the lightning and struggling to find a window to heal. I had spent a while practicing deflections and Mikiri counter on this big guy on a bridge who keeps respawning so first 2 phases were handy but had no idea what to do in third phase for a while

Such a good game. Only complaint is the camera has fecked me a few times

wotzgoingon

I'm gamed out. I was playing Tinykin all weekend. It is such a good game. I'm on the last level. I do not know what it is about these types of games but I always must collect everything before I leave a level. Adds on a lot of time as they can be well hidden. I do be searching up and down the level to find them.

I never even heard about the game and someone on the Gamepass thread mentioned it so I said I will take a look and sure enough it is a game I like. Blood and Wine even though it's good I put it on hold. Main reason was Tinykin is leaving Gamepass at the end of the month so I said I will play it first. I should be finished Tinykin tomorrow if I play it for a while in the evening.

I also pre-downloaded some of Starfield. I should be finished downloading it tomorrow. So finish Tinykin, Blood and Wine and then get to Starfield eventually.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121000594#Comment_121000594

Yep that's the one. Took me a lot more than 8 tries!

Unearthly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121003449#Comment_121003449

Ah I still have all of Japan infected with DragonRot after my performance first few hours

J. Marston

The MGS collection sounds atrocious.

PS4/PS5/Xbox: 60FPS, 720p.

Switch: 30FPS, 720p.

https://www.nintendolife.com/features/hands-on-metal-gear-solid-master-collection-vol-1-could-be-so-much-more-but-isnt

720p stretched across today's TVs? Grim.

Vicxas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008479#Comment_121008479

Seen a preview. It’s 4:3 with a wallpaper on the parts of the widescreen. So it’s not stretched

wotzgoingon

I just booted up my Xbox there and checked my play time for The Witcher 3 and I have clocked 98 hours and I still have the majority of Blood and Wine to play. Main story anyway as I am doing a lot of side quests. I'd say I'm a few hours into it atm.

Blood and Wine has so much to do it's like a whole new game.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008479#Comment_121008479

Jesus it's like they didn't even try. The backbone version is there 1080p and 60fps on a **** ps360 with widescreen. This sounds like they just emulated it which accounts for the 4:3 aspect ratio and awful performance.

brady12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008479#Comment_121008479

****. Between them and rockstar....

Exclamation Marc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121008479#Comment_121008479

IGN reporting today that:

In a statement issued to IGN, Konami said Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 has a 1080p/60fps “target” on all platforms except for Nintendo Switch. This means the collection targets 1080p/60fps on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Specifically on Switch, the collection runs at 720p/30fps in handheld mode, and targets 1080p/30fps docked. No platform runs the collection at 4K resolution.

So at least its better than 720p but the whole thing is very barebones considering the previous collection.

johnny_ultimate

Well that's how you do a video game announcement trailer:

https://youtu.be/iNlDi2Kl4ZM

Jordan 199

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121015213#Comment_121015213

That song will be in my head all day now.

RedXIV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121015213#Comment_121015213

Honestly thought that was Billy Connolly at the end of that trailer

wotzgoingon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121016378#Comment_121016378

It is massive I've clocked over 100 hours and still not finished the second DLC. I've the main game and first DLC finished.

Penn

Zack Snyder says if he was to make a movie from a game series, it'd be Gears of War.

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1694375681658859672?s=19

That'd be interesting. Seeing Marcus cut into a Locust with the chainsaw gun in slow motion. Or seeing the Hammer of Dawn being used in slow motion. Or the fight against General RAAM in slow motion. Not to mention people walking in slow motion.