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PC Gaming ERA | November 2019 - They'll Soon Be Back, And In Greater Numbers
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It seems Microsoft has waved the optimisation wand at the UHD graphics pack for Age 2 DE. The full install size (game + DLC) is now "only" 51GB, down from just under 93GB.
Soooooo... Is that free month of Origin for people that enabled 2FA gonna... free anytime soon?
Won Action Henk in this giveaway but giftbot send me AI War: Fleet Command code.... lol
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Shenmue 3 - Mugen
It has now been 18 years since the last entry in the Shenmue-series was released on Dreamcast, ending on quite the cliffhanger. The series was at the time quite revolutionary and helped pave the way for the open-world genre. Starting November 19, we will finally get to know the next chapter for Ryo and Shenhua when they keep on searching for the murderer of Ryo's father, Lan Di, in rural China. As the older games (remasters of I&II are available on e.g. Steam), we anticipate a slower-paced action-adventure, with emphasis on exploration, investigation, martial arts and interesting characters.
After being announced as a Kickstarter-project during E3 2015 by industry legend Yu Suzuki, Shenmue III continued to amass over $7 million through crowdfunding. Despite this, Shenmue III has had it's fair share of controversy to say the least, mainly surrounding the game's production and publishing. However, recent impressions on the game's trial version sounds promising, among other things evoking the feeling of the previous games.
Blacksad: Under the Skin Uzzy / Cor
Blacksad: Under the Skin, from Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, and published by Microids, is an adventure game and adaptation of one of the best graphic novels to come out of Europe in the last few decades. You play as John Blacksad, a hardboiled private detective in 1950's New York, solving crimes in the film noir style. The owner of a Boxing Club is found dead, and the rising star has gone missing, and you've been hired by the owner's daughter to solve the case. You'll have to descend into the depths of New York, using all your detective powers and fighting skills to get out alive and just maybe bring the bad guy down.
Well this certainly looks the part, with a lovingly recreated world and characters straight out of the graphic novels, and the whole film noir adventure game is long overdue for a comeback. It's been how long since The Wolf Among Us? Hopefully this'll be good!
I found Drama to be hilarious which helped put it up there! Empathy though, that led to some of the best parts of the game, talking to Cuno and Acele. Wonderful stuff.
With the exception of the two games being set in world war 1 i don´t think they have that much in common story or gameplay wise.
Spend yesterday's evening playing Amnesia: Machine for Pigs.
The gameplay was simplified a lot compared to previous games. No more mental health. No more health items. You can still get physical damage, but you heal over time. No more oil/tinder boxen. Your latern now shines endlessly. This has pros and cons.
Hiding in the dark works now better (for me), cause there is no time limit. You can also look at the creatures instead of staring at the wall, what rises the tension. Your always equipped latern starts to flicker when an enemy is close by.
But that also means, there is no reason to look around the area for items any longer. In the worst case you'll only miss a note.
It is always very, very dark, you really need the lantern constantly, what I found a bit exhausting to look at.
They kept the respawn/despawn mechanic to some extend, but the monsters are a lot more forgiving than before. More like Penumbra. You can take a few more hits in and they are not as fast, so you can outrun them easier. It is not that frustrating anymore.
The inventory is gone. Sometimes you still need items, but then you carry it in front of you through the room. Also no more puzzles that use the game's physics. While I still enjoyed what the game did, this was a bit of a bummer.
The game is very staged. If you are in the right place at the right time, you can see a monster running past a gate or similar things. That rises a constant feel of uneasiness. If you are too slow, you'll miss that, tho.
Later on in the game you can have a good look at the monsters on several occasions, what I found very scary. The fear of the unknown surely is a thing, but seeing what monstrosities are with you down there, isn't calming either.
My favourite moment is the ride with the elevator down, when the opera like music starts. It is used later on again, and I really love that.
Also when the pigs overrun the city, with you everytime one step behind, watching helplessly how they feast on the people.
But they don't use the "something has changed behind my back" thing as much as the first did, and I kinda missed that. They go a little bit more for jumpscares, I'd say.
What completely lost me was the story. While the first had a nice lovecraftian background and was pretty straight forward, Machine for Pigs seems sooo bloated. Words over words, full of metaphors and overblown language. I lost interest to read the journals more and more. While I could grasp the basics of the story, I had to read the Wiki article afterwards to get the whole picture.
Another bummer is the game's performance - the framerate likes to drop. With a quick glance on Google it is a known issue, that never got fixed. I turned down some minor things in the options, what seemed to help. Later on, whenever the framerate acted up, I chilled a few seconds in the options menu, and everything was fine again, when I went back. Weird thing.
It's a bit shorter, needed somewhat around 4,5 hours. When I felt the urge to quit, I figured, I must be so close to the end, there wouldn't be much left for the next day, so I just pulled through in one session.
I find it hard to say, wich one I like more. Both have their pros and cons. But I missed the puzzles Dark Descent has, the clearer story and it had more different looking enviroments. If you don't get frustrated by the monsters, it is the overall better experience, I'd say.
But the real question is at the end of the day: Why did he need a secret passage to spy on his own wife bathing? Can't you just like, ask her if you can join her or something?
The gameplay was simplified a lot compared to previous games. No more mental health. No more health items. You can still get physical damage, but you heal over time. No more oil/tinder boxen. Your latern now shines endlessly. This has pros and cons.
Hiding in the dark works now better (for me), cause there is no time limit. You can also look at the creatures instead of staring at the wall, what rises the tension. Your always equipped latern starts to flicker when an enemy is close by.
But that also means, there is no reason to look around the area for items any longer. In the worst case you'll only miss a note.
It is always very, very dark, you really need the lantern constantly, what I found a bit exhausting to look at.
They kept the respawn/despawn mechanic to some extend, but the monsters are a lot more forgiving than before. More like Penumbra. You can take a few more hits in and they are not as fast, so you can outrun them easier. It is not that frustrating anymore.
The inventory is gone. Sometimes you still need items, but then you carry it in front of you through the room. Also no more puzzles that use the game's physics. While I still enjoyed what the game did, this was a bit of a bummer.
The game is very staged. If you are in the right place at the right time, you can see a monster running past a gate or similar things. That rises a constant feel of uneasiness. If you are too slow, you'll miss that, tho.
Later on in the game you can have a good look at the monsters on several occasions, what I found very scary. The fear of the unknown surely is a thing, but seeing what monstrosities are with you down there, isn't calming either.
My favourite moment is the ride with the elevator down, when the opera like music starts. It is used later on again, and I really love that.
Also when the pigs overrun the city, with you everytime one step behind, watching helplessly how they feast on the people.
But they don't use the "something has changed behind my back" thing as much as the first did, and I kinda missed that. They go a little bit more for jumpscares, I'd say.
What completely lost me was the story. While the first had a nice lovecraftian background and was pretty straight forward, Machine for Pigs seems sooo bloated. Words over words, full of metaphors and overblown language. I lost interest to read the journals more and more. While I could grasp the basics of the story, I had to read the Wiki article afterwards to get the whole picture.
Another bummer is the game's performance - the framerate likes to drop. With a quick glance on Google it is a known issue, that never got fixed. I turned down some minor things in the options, what seemed to help. Later on, whenever the framerate acted up, I chilled a few seconds in the options menu, and everything was fine again, when I went back. Weird thing.
It's a bit shorter, needed somewhat around 4,5 hours. When I felt the urge to quit, I figured, I must be so close to the end, there wouldn't be much left for the next day, so I just pulled through in one session.
I find it hard to say, wich one I like more. Both have their pros and cons. But I missed the puzzles Dark Descent has, the clearer story and it had more different looking enviroments. If you don't get frustrated by the monsters, it is the overall better experience, I'd say.
But the real question is at the end of the day: Why did he need a secret passage to spy on his own wife bathing? Can't you just like, ask her if you can join her or something?
Is Planet Zoo going to be available from third party sellers like Humble or GMG? Just curious as to what sort of potential discount might be available around launch.
My favourite thing about Diablo 4 is that it probably won't be released before 2021, so it won't collide with PoE 4.0. Possibly with PoE 4.5 or something, but no biggie.
Finished Afterparty and I really loved it, As much as I love Oxenfree I think it's even better.
They have demo right now but since they don't even take any pre-order, yeah end of 2021 likely!!
Summer 2021 target, and then they're going to delay to March 2022.
At least, that's the way the old Blizzard would do it. These days, probably March 2021. Gotta get that money as soon as possible.
Well, hopefully the console versions aren't.
yes i know this is the pc ot shut up!
edit: ah just saw the tweet. welp.
Hey guys, quick question...
A friend of mine is about to buy a Radeon RX590 but he's not playing games too much so he was planning on giving me the copy of GR Breakpoints that comes with it... Is it possible to do even if I don't have an AMD card in my PC? What kind of restrictions are they putting on that stuff (if any)?
A friend of mine is about to buy a Radeon RX590 but he's not playing games too much so he was planning on giving me the copy of GR Breakpoints that comes with it... Is it possible to do even if I don't have an AMD card in my PC? What kind of restrictions are they putting on that stuff (if any)?
AFAIK how that sort of thing works is you run their tool, which generates a Steam or other platform code, and then that would be free to use by anyone. So your friend will probably have to do that first step.
They can't repeat their mistakes with diablo 3 launch. It should be without bug or any problem. March 2022 we will see diablo 4!
I was looking forward to the fake leak of Diablo 4 being a FPS looter haha. Would've been interesting.
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