PC Gaming ERA | September 2019 - The Girls Are Back In Town

Tizoc · Sep 21, 2019

Nida said:
As someone with a GTX 970, should I upgrade now or just wait until say... just before Cyberpunk or Red Dead?

Best to wait and see what Nvidia announce for 2020, IIRC, AMD and Intel have some announcements to make as well. Current RTX cards aren't exactly wortwhile for RTX and it helps to wait and see if they'll go cheaper when new cards get announced. Furthermore, Black Friday is in a few months, so unless you can get an RTX 20 card for a good bargain atm, it helps to wait.

Oh and what CPU are you using? Might be worth an upgrade to 8th gen at least :X

Yoshizzle · Sep 21, 2019

Hella said:
Better than City's Mr. Freeze? I always thought that was the peak of Arkham bosses, since it used so much of the core gameplay.

And I found the Ra's fight in City to be way more spectacular than any of Origins.

I like City a lot.

Mr. Freeze was my favorite boss fight in City for sure, and probably on par with Origin's best boss fights.

What I liked about the Deathstroke battle was that it was a straight up fight. No sneaking around, just a face-to-face heroic clash between two badasses :p

City is really good though, probably the best game in the series overall. All this Arkham talk is making me want to replay them. It's been awhile lol.

dex3108 · Sep 21, 2019

yoshizzle said:
Mr. Freeze was my favorite boss fight in City for sure, and probably on par with Origin's best boss fights.

What I liked about the Deathstroke battle was that it was a straight up fight. No sneaking around, just a face-to-face heroic clash between two badasses :p

City is really good though, probably the best game in the series overall. All this Arkham talk is making me want to replay them. It's been awhile lol.

You want to replay old game? Era taught me that nobody is doing that these days and that is why subscription services are fine instead of owning games XD

Nida · Sep 21, 2019

Tizoc said:
Best to wait and see what Nvidia announce for 2020, IIRC, AMD and Intel have some announcements to make as well. Current RTX cards aren't exactly wortwhile for RTX and it helps to wait and see if they'll go cheaper when new cards get announced. Furthermore, Black Friday is in a few months, so unless you can get an RTX 20 card for a good bargain atm, it helps to wait.

Oh and what CPU are you using? Might be worth an upgrade to 8th gen at least :X

i5 8600K. Hoping that will last me a bit.

Yoshizzle · Sep 21, 2019

dex3108 said:
You want to replay old game? Era taught me that nobody is doing that these days and that is why subscription services are fine instead of owning games XD

haha

That's one trend I haven't jumped on. I know I technically don't own my digital games, but for 15 years, none of the games I purchased on Steam have vanished. It gives me comfort knowing I can go back and play my old games whenever. I don't get that same reliable feeling with subscriptions :p

Deleted member 16452 · Sep 21, 2019

Nida said:
As someone with a GTX 970, should I upgrade now or just wait until say... just before Cyberpunk or Red Dead?

Waiting is always better, but it might also mean you never upgrade at all.

That being said, I don't think nvidia is releasing new cards before Cyberpunk, but we can never be sure, so if you are not in immediate need of a new card, I would just wait to see what deal you might get from AMD or nvidia from now till release.

dex3108 · Sep 21, 2019

yoshizzle said:
haha

That's one trend I haven't jumped on. I know I technically don't own my digital games, but for 15 years, none of the games I purchased on Steam have vanished. It gives me comfort knowing I can go back and play my old games whenever. I don't get that same reliable feeling with subscriptions :p

I hate subscription services XD

Nida · Sep 21, 2019

2Bee said:
Waiting is always better, but it might also mean you never upgrade at all.

That being said, I don't think nvidia is releasing new cards before Cyberpunk, but we can never be sure, so if you are not in immediate need of a new card, I would just wait to see what deal you might get from AMD or nvidia from now till release.

The only thing I'd really like to play but am not sure I can is Control. Not sure how performance patches effected it.

Tizoc · Sep 21, 2019

Nida said:
i5 8600K. Hoping that will last me a bit.

Ah an i5. I generally got for i7s myself ^^;
As is, wait and see.

Joe Spangle · Sep 21, 2019

Knight is the overall best for me.
Oranges has the better story and better detectivey bits.

Eraser_Arcade · Sep 21, 2019

cyba89 said:
Arkham Oranges is the best Arkham. Dont @ me.

I agree, but that's partially because I am a sucker for games that has holiday themes/elements in them.

Madjoki · Sep 21, 2019

Nida said:
The only thing I'd really like to play but am not sure I can is Control. Not sure how performance patches effected it.

Patches are PS4 exclusive for now.

Control is like 30-40 fps at medium-low (defaults) @ 1080p with gtx 970.

Dec · Sep 21, 2019

Nida said:
As someone with a GTX 970, should I upgrade now or just wait until say... just before Cyberpunk or Red Dead?

I'm in the same position, also have a 970 still.

Definitely waiting until next summer, after e3. It'll suck a bit waiting until then but I'm willing to deal so that I can buy the best card for my budget after we know more about next gen consoles.

Also I want something with raytracing and I think next year will be a much better time to buy if you care about that.

Though if you want something affordable now the 5700xt seems like a very good value.

Nida · Sep 21, 2019

Dec said:
I'm in the same position, also have a 970 still.

Definitely waiting until next summer, after e3. It'll suck a bit waiting until then but I'm willing to deal so that I can buy the best card for my budget after we know more about next gen consoles.

Also I want something with raytracing and I think next year will be a much better time to buy if you care about that.

Though if you want something affordable now the 5700xt seems like a very good value.

Probably the safest bet.

Just have to do with what I have until more is known.

Piccalilli Shinpads · Sep 21, 2019

sheaaaa said:
Uh you have seen the heaps of positive coverage, including an Edge cover feature, about the game after E3 no? It sounds incredibly promising. Respawn + Dark Souls-esque combat + light Metroidvania Levels

It could be awesome. 🤞

AHA-Lambda · Sep 21, 2019

Dec said:
I'm in the same position, also have a 970 still.

Definitely waiting until next summer, after e3. It'll suck a bit waiting until then but I'm willing to deal so that I can buy the best card for my budget after we know more about next gen consoles.

Also I want something with raytracing and I think next year will be a much better time to buy if you care about that.

Though if you want something affordable now the 5700xt seems like a very good value.

Yeah I'm going to keep waiting just now.
My i7 4790k and 970 combo is still surprisingly punchy

sheaaaa · Sep 21, 2019

Piccalilli Shinpads said:
It could be awesome. 🤞

You're not wrong that people will lap it up but I am cautiously optimistic about the game's quality! The other guy was definitely wrong, however - we have heard about much more than just one lacklustre video (the positive coverage since frequently mentions how weird it was that that video was chosen to represent the game).

Deleted member 27751 · Sep 21, 2019

Gosh just seeing Cube World in my library is something else. When that alpha came out way back in 2013 my friends and I were so damn excited, we stayed up for nights playing.

YuSuzzune · Sep 21, 2019

Was this Cube World included in some Humble Bundle or what?

Elven_Star · Sep 21, 2019

Which one should I upgrade first? 8GB RAM, GTX 1070, or Ryzen 5 1600?
I'm going to play at 1080p60 forever. Will my current machine handle Cyberpunk well/at all?

Deleted member 401 · Sep 21, 2019

Asylum > Origins > City

Don't @ me.

GrrImAFridge · Sep 21, 2019

Elven_Star said:
Which one should I upgrade first? 8GB RAM, GTX 1070, or Ryzen 5 1600?

I'd bump up the RAM to 16GB.

I'm going to play at 1080p60 forever. Will my current machine handle Cyberpunk well/at all?

That's a question that won't have an answer until there are benchmarks. Maybe the game will scale well; maybe it won't. Nobody knows.

Catshade · Sep 21, 2019

Speaking of Batman games, Greenman Gaming is selling Steam keys of Injustice, Arkham Asylum, and Lego Batman 1 for 50 cents each.

SteveWinwood · Sep 21, 2019

one day i might go back and play city and knight (maybe origins)

asylum was an absolutely amazing game, i think i played it through four times when it came out

then i got city, played it for maybe two hours, and then never returned to the franchise

im still not sure why

maybe it's that asylum was just so laser focused on exactly what it wanted to be and i think i got a feeling early on when it was even more slightly open worldy that it wasn't as much anymore and it just turned me off immediately

Elven_Star · Sep 21, 2019

JaseC said:
I'd bump up the RAM to 16GB.

That's a question that won't have an answer until there are benchmarks. Maybe the game will scale well; maybe it won't. Nobody knows.

Thanks. Upgrading the RAM seems the easiest/cheapest thing to do, too.

BasilZero · Sep 21, 2019

So I finally got the stupid Rockstar launcher to actually install and load without crashing again after a million times.

Got my....3rd copy of GTA San Andreas! (Already had it on PS2 and Steam).

Am...I looking at this right but they only have GTA San Andreas and GTAV on their store lol....?

AHA-Lambda · Sep 21, 2019

BasilZero said:
So I finally got the stupid Rockstar launcher to actually install and load without crashing again after a million times.

Got my....3rd copy of GTA San Andreas! (Already had it on PS2 and Steam).

Am...I looking at this right but they only have GTA San Andreas and GTAV on their store lol....?

Nah there's GTA 3, 5, VC, San Andreas, LA Noire, Max Payne 3 and Bully

But yeah only San Andreas and 5 show for me in my library too.
I'm amazed GTA 4 isn't supported? I presume it's something to do with GFWL or an older R* Social Club thing?

theSoularian · Sep 21, 2019

A question for those who play on your TV and use DSR or similar GPU features. When your PC is connected to your TV, do stick with the recommended scale setting of 150%?

Gears 5, for example, drops to sub 1080p whenever I switch over to my TV (I'm down sampling from 1440p to 1080p on my monitor). I think most games just default to 1080p when I switch my display to my TV. Gears 5 isn't doing that.

YuSuzzune · Sep 21, 2019

AHA-Lambda said:
Nah there's GTA 3, 5, VC, San Andreas, LA Noire, Max Payne 3 and Bully

But yeah only San Andreas and 5 show for me in my library too.
I'm amazed GTA 4 isn't supported? I presume it's something to do with GFWL or an older R* Social Club thing?

Well, Rockstar login was busted in GTAIV, so yes.

Deleted member 27751 · Sep 21, 2019

Hardland is something else. Beautiful game with a ridiculous amount of depth in just alone being able to talk to every single NPC. Questing is fun, combat is fun, graphics are gorgeous and the actual world has impact. Menu navigation is great and Steam Controller support is just icing on the cake.

100% reccomend this game, if you are an RPG fanatic who wants actual choice with no silly quest markers then get this. Hell if you like Zelda BotW get this.

YuSuzzune said:
Was this Cube World included in some Humble Bundle or what?

Nah it's a game from 2013 that was in development secrecy after the alpha went big. It's only a one man team with his wife helping on occasion. It finally got a release date, and in fact is coming even earlier with alpha users getting access on 23rd September and full release 27th.

eonden · Sep 21, 2019

Eorl said:
Hardland is something else. Beautiful game with a ridiculous amount of depth in just alone being able to talk to every single NPC. Questing is fun, combat is fun, graphics are gorgeous and the actual world has impact. Menu navigation is great and Steam Controller support is just icing on the cake.

100% reccomend this game, if you are an RPG fanatic who wants actual choice with no silly quest markers then get this. Hell if you like Zelda BotW get this.

I got it in my Discovery Queue earlier this week and it looked amazing, but that mixed rating was scaring me but I still wishlisted it. Nice to know it is good, surrealism is such a nice thing imo.

YuSuzzune · Sep 21, 2019

I'm playing Ion Fury and man if the game is boring. Duke 3D feels so much better compared to this, all levels look uninspired.

BlueOdin · Sep 21, 2019

Eorl said:
Hardland is something else. Beautiful game with a ridiculous amount of depth in just alone being able to talk to every single NPC. Questing is fun, combat is fun, graphics are gorgeous and the actual world has impact. Menu navigation is great and Steam Controller support is just icing on the cake.

100% reccomend this game, if you are an RPG fanatic who wants actual choice with no silly quest markers then get this. Hell if you like Zelda BotW get this.

Don't need to hear that. I have too many games to play as is even if I already own it.

How is the performance? Last played it several years ago on a 970 and it was a bit rough.

Shodan14 · Sep 21, 2019

Some preemptory damage control on Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones from kickstarter. Not really looking too good, but it's good to know at least.

I know this sounds absurd (it definitely does to us!) but Stygian will be out in 5 days...

First of all, we want to send our deepest gratitude for all the patience you have shown towards us through these long years.

We sincerely hope that we were able to create something that was worth the wait. I personally know that each cultist in this team did his / her utmost best in the creation of Stygian. We fought really hard to fulfill all the promises that we made in our campaign, from the Explorer archetype to the Dreamlands quest.

I'd like to share some insight on the scope of the game as well. When I first wrote the script of Stygian, I wasn't aware that its scope would actually be much wider in terms of the playtime than what we envisioned for Reign of the Old Ones. The complete saga that I had written would have lasted around 50 hours to complete but we were trying to achieve a 15-20 hours experience with a lot of re-playability. At some point in the production, I was obliged to make a tough decision (like any good RPG): rushing the last chapter, breaking the pace of the game or complete it on a cliffhanger and leave some space for future installments.

Stygian is not a short game and it definitely can not be categorized as episodic, since it is teeming with content; but I have to state that we won't be solving all the mysteries at the end of this game. Going the other way would have spoiled some really good scenes, characters and situations for the sake of having just a closure. For better or for worse, I thought you needed to know that. [...]

weemadarthur · Sep 21, 2019

What is the title fot the thread on PC repairs/building? I can't remember it.

Jadax · Sep 21, 2019

weemadarthur said:
What is the title fot the thread on PC repairs/building? I can't remember it.

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weemadarthur · Sep 21, 2019

Thank you, thank you. I gotta get on doing some repairs/replacements.

Dalik · Sep 21, 2019

Anyone playing deep rock galactic here? i played the free weekend and loved it so i bought it. It's really cool and a big update is coming next week.

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zeknurn · Sep 21, 2019

It's funny how the Steam library update came and went without me caring about it. GoG Galaxy is all I use now.

Uzzy · Sep 21, 2019

Hella important day today obviously.

Pheace · Sep 21, 2019

zeknurn said:
It's funny how the Steam library update came and went without me caring about it. GoG Galaxy is all I use now.

You're not excited about something you're not using. You don't say :p

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KuwabaraTheMan · Sep 21, 2019

God, I've been playinig around with the Deep Dive feature in Steam labs, and that thing is so cool. Seems like a really great way to discover games (not that my wishlist needs to be any bigger).

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