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PC Gaming Era | March 2019 - The Ides of Smarch
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It's probably more difficult since there's no co-op or leveling, both of which can turn Souls games into easymode.
Everything I've seen indicates it's substantially more difficult than Souls games. I'm sure that will change somewhat as people get more familiar with it, but it's supposed to be harder from what they've said (and this is backed up by all the first impressions).
So I played the demo and this game is actually really cool. I dont really understand it and cant explain it but its fun! It is marketed as a metroidvania which I suppose makes sense as you have to unlock skills to get to higher places to get coins to get more skills! I dunno, but it works. I just bought it because its the Chrono deal of the day. Supposedly it leaves early access in a few weeks. Check out the demo!
I know a lot of people will overlook this, but it has a gameplay loop I think many of you will enjoy.
I don't think your ban was warranted. History of hostility? lmao give us a fucking break.
It's always so easy to hide behind "(duration pending)" rather than engage with the truth.
I've got a new job coming soon, and once I get paid I'm planning on dropping way too much money and slapping together my dream video editing rig to complement my recent RTX 2070 purchase:
ASRock Fatal1ty X399
64GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance
Threadripper 2950X
Cooler Master Wraith Ripper
Cooler Master H500M
I don't care how much it costs, I want a PC that slaps. MicroCenter is gonna love me that day.
Gonna give my old parts and case to my gf for her graphic design work.
ASRock Fatal1ty X399
64GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance
Threadripper 2950X
Cooler Master Wraith Ripper
Cooler Master H500M
I don't care how much it costs, I want a PC that slaps. MicroCenter is gonna love me that day.
Gonna give my old parts and case to my gf for her graphic design work.
I think Airport CEO is going to be the better game when all is said and done, but that could be a while.
Just finished Scenario A with Claire in Resident Evil 2. Game is damn good, will be starting the 2nd run tomorrow.
You can always use cable if nothing else works.
Also it looks like that today really is Pizza Day (aka Halo MCC PC announcement).
I was very pleasantly surprised that my Ryzen 5 1400+Vega 56 (both relatively heavily OC'd) managed 1440p/100+FPS in DMCV so well. Definitely going to be a game I keep coming back to.
Neat, Seven: The Days Long Gone is getting an enhanced edition on the 26th of this month. Been meaning to give it a go since I got it in the humble monthly
Given I already own the digital bone version of the MCC I'm so excited and can justify to myself that I didn't actually spend money on the windows store huzzah
Given I already own the digital bone version of the MCC I'm so excited and can justify to myself that I didn't actually spend money on the windows store huzzah
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Good lord that's tripe. Valve absolutely need 1) some decent PR people (I volunteer myself, btw!), and 2) to make charitable contributions in the company name. No-one complains that EA are a monolithic entity whose sole job is to make money, partly because they're good at promoting themselves and their company causes/values, like LGBTQ equality.
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That skims over Proton pretty quickly... Almost... Like... They... Don't... Even... Mention... It.
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The article isn't particularly "hot take" worthy. It basically reiterates a lot of what even people in this thread said about how Valve handled the Rape Day stuff.
And it's no surprise they nuked their comment sections given their Rape Day and THQ articles were filled with the sort of 8chan PCMR idiots that give the fanbase a bad name.
Valve has the same problem as Reddit and Twitter, where they're trying to be this utopian libertarian technospace, and also this extremely mainstream space but the absolute bile of the internet only rises up through them, and it's not really sustainable, at least not without losing your reputation. People will still use Twitter, after all, even with it being a soul sucking hellhole.
And it's no surprise they nuked their comment sections given their Rape Day and THQ articles were filled with the sort of 8chan PCMR idiots that give the fanbase a bad name.
Valve has the same problem as Reddit and Twitter, where they're trying to be this utopian libertarian technospace, and also this extremely mainstream space but the absolute bile of the internet only rises up through them, and it's not really sustainable, at least not without losing your reputation. People will still use Twitter, after all, even with it being a soul sucking hellhole.
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It's time for Gaben to raise banners and summon generals to his war room. The time has come to unleash PR war dogs and bloodthirsty bears. Our cause is just. The enemy shall be defeated. Victory will be ours.
That's a funny example to use because
https://www.resetera.com/threads/te...-sexual-harassment-by-sims-influencer.104776/
But you're right, valve desperately needs a marketing department, people at large care more about companies pretending to be something than about what they actually are
The comments were closed from the start for all their articles about Rape Day. Or I must have missed the first article before they decided to close them.
Yeah, there was a reason I went for EA in that example.
Ironically, after all the "Valve is not your friend" articles/arguments, Valve needs to show people - opinion writers and gaming journalists, mostly - that they're their friend.
Is there a way to disable the Xbox one controller light on pc like you can with the DualShock? Hate how fucking bright these controller lights are in a dark room.
I still don't get how "we" get like Valve articles almost weekly.
"Valve is not your friend."
"Valve doesn't seem to stand for much anymore."
"Valve blabla"
But still nothing about Epics more questionale things like security breaches, Tencents involvement in Epic, missing features, the decision to ignore whole gaming markets, where Epics promised small developer initiative is etc.
"Valve is not your friend."
"Valve doesn't seem to stand for much anymore."
"Valve blabla"
But still nothing about Epics more questionale things like security breaches, Tencents involvement in Epic, missing features, the decision to ignore whole gaming markets, where Epics promised small developer initiative is etc.
Sad to see several great people banned. I'm not gonna judge if their ban was just or not, but it's definitely a motivation to stay away from Epic-related topics here on Era. I was getting frustrated myself when reading the thread about Jim's latest video.
This said, Sweeney's interview with MCV made it very clear that Epic isn't out to compete with Steam; they are trying to build their own monopoly by pulling devs and publishers away from Steam by using their Fortnite money. In my opinion, that's one of the most terrible ways to "compete" and I'm more convinced than ever to put Epic on top of my boycott list.
About that PC Gamer article: while I think that it's a bit overblown to call out Valve for not deleting the store page for Rape Day within an hour, I do agree with most of the things Tyler wrote there. Valve's communication on this matter was terrible, and they should take stricter actions against devs (and users) abusing their client and features. It is sad that people and the media having these issues with Steam is leading to supporting Epic tho.
This said, Sweeney's interview with MCV made it very clear that Epic isn't out to compete with Steam; they are trying to build their own monopoly by pulling devs and publishers away from Steam by using their Fortnite money. In my opinion, that's one of the most terrible ways to "compete" and I'm more convinced than ever to put Epic on top of my boycott list.
About that PC Gamer article: while I think that it's a bit overblown to call out Valve for not deleting the store page for Rape Day within an hour, I do agree with most of the things Tyler wrote there. Valve's communication on this matter was terrible, and they should take stricter actions against devs (and users) abusing their client and features. It is sad that people and the media having these issues with Steam is leading to supporting Epic tho.
Money doesn't smell. At least we have RPS telling Epic to chill with moneyhats.
Ofc they need to. Most people here on Era wrote about that.
Just today these got storepages:
Just a memory game, 10 different versions of literally the same game.
I just don't get why that article mentions Proton but not even in name and then brushed over.
On the other hand you get "positive" articles about the Epic Store where they brush off all negative criticisim and just tell you "how great it is!" ignoring everything else.
Sadly, no. I've used some black tape to cover the light.
Yeah that's what's bothering me as well. The media seems to be blind for the things that Valve DOES right. Which is MUCH more than any other storefront is doing imo.
Has anyone here been following this game? Looks pretty with decent animation. Still pretty early in early access though.
Bummer, had lasik a few years back and the glare is distracting tho not half as bad as using a DualShock on an actual PS4 where dim is still 3 times too bright.
I don't understand how many people in that Dragon Quest 11 thread think the game has a generic art style. One of the most gorgeous games I've ever played and the creature designs are phenomenal and translated to hd with pizzazz with super fluid animations.
Because, with the greatest respect to Jason Schreier, videogames journalism isn't journalism. The bread-and-butter of videogames reporting is not in-depth, is not aware of economic models, is not aware of socio-geopolitical trends, or politics. Standard everyday gaming reporting is shallow, confusing subjectivity for objectivity in how businesses operate. The New Videogame Journalism ethic is/was a great idea, but it was really only oriented around criticism. Actual reporting and analysis is thin-on-the-ground, and even Edge was (is?) more concerned with style over substance.
For me, writing a controversial opinion piece and then disabling the comments so people can't respond is cowardice.
I already saw that Echo got banned. Who else?
I already saw that Echo got banned. Who else?
Or they just know the community. Really gaming articles in general make a good argument for the removal of comments sections.
The fact that people in this thread are branding that lukewarm stance as controversial and hot takes shows he was probably justified because you guys are going to be downright complimentary compared to what their comments section will be like.
As a community we should be very careful when engaging people that are blatantly just interested in trolling. The PC community in GAF was bled out in a similar fashion. Don't adress people personally and stick to debating the argument, not the person. You all know that the administration policies are such that we are constantly walking on eggshells.
You know, whatever or not people from PC era deserved to get banned, it's strange to see how some people in all these Valve/Epic threads getting away scott free while clearly trolling PC community with pretty much the same arguments in every thread. Like, is it okay to troll people while you present your "arguments" in a semi-civil manner?
Moderation in Era is similar to Steam (excluding it being done by more people and being better in controlling alt-right bs thanks to user curation).
As long as content is not obviously trolling, there is no reason to delete it. ;p
I think you misunderstood, I'm not upset about the threads getting trolled and I don't bother taking part in them. Forums will always have members who want to stir things up. I'm disappointed that the people who should work against that kind of behaviour (mods) are instead taking part in the trolling, or don't care about it at all. When regular users then complain about the mods' behaviour (or lack thereof) they get banned, ignored or warned. There are two examples on the previous page.
This is the kind of powertrip we saw on GAF from many of the old mods, and the current mods on Era were very critical of it. Now they're doing the same thing, it's disappointing to see.
We had people lying in order to frame the narrative about the big bad Steam, we have user appearing in every fucking thread to post about virtual platform on existing platform, we have countless drive bys with a wonderful takes like "just another launcher" and "Valve should kick rocks". I think this behavior deserves a closer inspection.
On the other hand I feel this could depend on how you play Souls. Personally I suspect I'll find Sekiro a little easier just because in Souls I am bad at utilizing the RPG mechanics effectively, to the point I hobble myself. 90% of the time I see footage of someone playing they have much better damage output than me. Less of those mechanics in the game increases the chance I'll be at a more level playing field.
Does anyone have a link to an article or announcement about steam introducing user reviews with a date?
I'm only finding this but it doesn't say when it released. https://store.steampowered.com/reviews/
I'm only finding this but it doesn't say when it released. https://store.steampowered.com/reviews/
Almost 90 hours in AC Odyssey, and this game is really too damn big. This is what my progress looks like currently:
Arrived on Crete yesterday and was stumbled upon how many quests those regions have. Regions in this game filled with content so inconsistently, some of them have tons of stuff to do, while others like Makedonia and Nisyros are just barren wastelands with nothing to do except 2-3 "?" marks.
Arrived on Crete yesterday and was stumbled upon how many quests those regions have. Regions in this game filled with content so inconsistently, some of them have tons of stuff to do, while others like Makedonia and Nisyros are just barren wastelands with nothing to do except 2-3 "?" marks.
Someone found an interesting property of Ubi's Division 2. Apparently EGS didn't get uPlay lite, you get a full uPlay version of the game... so 12% cut doesn't apply to microtransactions, or DLC, if any. I wonder if this is something Epic intended or not.
11 is an MMO too? I doubt it. See above for reasoning. I distinctly remember recent news of Squeenix separating Steam accounts from other ones in FF14.
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