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15-07-2020 2:42pm

Homelander wrote: »

Felt the same, gun play is absolutely terrible, feels like playing an arena shooter from 10 or 15 years ago and not in a good way.

Can't see it being popular when Apex Legends exists.

Yup. Gun play was indeed horrible. I uninstalled shortly after.

Glebee · 29-07-2020 12:36pm

Did not realise Horizon:Zero dawn is coming to PC Aug 7th 2020.

Dcully · 29-07-2020 12:54pm

Rogue Company looks decent fun, many have tried this formula previously but hirez are a quality dev team.
Very popular on twitch atm.

29-07-2020 1:38pm

Dcully wrote: »

Rogue Company looks decent fun, many have tried this formula previously but hirez are a quality dev team.
Very popular on twitch atm.

Thought it was terrible. Another game that lasted a day on my SSD.

Overheal · 29-07-2020 11:32pm

Carrion is great craic. Fiancé gets tickled every time I, as a monster, politely open the door to the next area rather than just smash through. I just enjoy painting the walls with corpse juice and being evil.

Skerries · 31-07-2020 8:24am

there is a demo for Iron Harvest out now

wotzgoingon · 01-08-2020 11:56pm

F**k Windows Store. I had over 10 GB's of a game downloaded last night an paused the download when I went to bed. Decided to continue the download just now and it was reset. What the hell like. Joke.

RobertFoster · 04-08-2020 1:07pm

With boards being wonky I keep clicking into this thread expecting new posts. I don't know how many times I've read "F**k Windows Store" over the weekend. It's really turned me off the Windows Store :pac:

Glebee · 31-08-2020 12:27pm

My yearly EA access auto renewed over the weekend, been meaning to cancel. Cant remember the last time I played something on their games list. Hate when that happend, oh well I suppose its only 25euro..:(

EoinHef · 31-08-2020 12:40pm

That happened me,got in touch with EA support and got it cancelled and refunded.

Glebee · 31-08-2020 2:43pm

Ill just leave it, dont think ive ever played through the single player campaigns in BF4 for some reason or any of the DLC.

wotzgoingon · 31-08-2020 6:15pm

Glebee wrote: »

Ill just leave it, dont think ive ever played through the single player campaigns in BF4 for some reason or any of the DLC.

I thought it was good. Easy too. I played it a second time on hard.

Burgo · 02-09-2020 9:29am

For anyone using the xbox game pass ultimate, you get a code for 3 months of discord nitro.

TheDoc · 06-09-2020 10:24am

This game exclusivity crap on PC is really starting to grate. Total War Troy and Tony Hawk coming out as epic exclusives for a year.....

And well have articles all over the place complaining about the rise in piracy and companies crying over it. An absolutely nonsense that really needs to stop

Robert ninja · 06-09-2020 10:56am

TheDoc wrote: »

An absolutely nonsense that really needs to stop

As long as Epic and users keep giving them money it will never stop. I personally boycott any game that takes Epic money for exclusivity... even after its contract is over.

TheDoc · 06-09-2020 2:03pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

As long as Epic and users keep giving them money it will never stop. I personally boycott any game that takes Epic money for exclusivity... even after its contract is over.

Yeah it's pretty crummy stuff. And tbh you can have a guess where I'm going to go look to find these games now.

It's a pity they seem to be following the movie/tv market which has got it all wrong, as opposed to the music industry where the penny finally dropped.

EoinHef · 06-09-2020 2:20pm

I dont agree with the exclusivity either,its anti consumer bull crap.

Thats doent mean it justifies piracy though.

Robert ninja · 06-09-2020 2:26pm

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah it's pretty crummy stuff. And tbh you can have a guess where I'm going to go look to find these games now.

It's a pity they seem to be following the movie/tv market which has got it all wrong, as opposed to the music industry where the penny finally dropped.

I often recommend borrowing a copy from your friend with the eyepatch and pegleg too but I've actually completely stopped with that for video games for bleedin' years now myself. If it's not worth a cent from my wallet it's probably not worth a second of my time, either. I've got plenty of masterpieces to play. It's really not hard at all to drop these companies for whatever reason they've annoyed me and let me tell you the list is huge for me at this point. Sony, Rockstar, EA, Ubisoft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL95nFpy2Cg

EoinHef wrote: »

Thats doent mean it justifies piracy though.

Nobody said piracy but you

But sure I can understand some thinking their friend Tim already paid for their copy. They've (epic/contractees) bragged how they don't need our money when they get that fat Epic cheque anyway. If they can be so brazen about it I'm really not surprised people sail the high seas.

EoinHef · 06-09-2020 2:39pm

Like if I was broke I would pirate games and not feel bad about it. I'm certainly not rich but I dont mind spending a few bob on a game.

I'm on no high horse here,pirate away if ye want but saying epic exclusivity justifies doing it is just wrong.

Robert ninja · 06-09-2020 2:52pm

They flex that they don't need our money and that the game's already paid for...

But yeah I mean whatever. I literally don't pirate a single thing anymore and haven't in yonks. All the music I listen to is available free or is unlicensed and I use FOSS software. Games are the only thing I pay for and I get them cheap enough and I try support the few ones that haven't compromised on a value I care about.

Varik · 06-09-2020 4:40pm

I'm too lazy to pirate anymore, I think the last thing I did was a Bioware game's DLC (not sure which ME3/2 or DA2). Whatever game it is I owned those all now.

If there's something egregious about a game or it's release I just won't bother or might wait.

TheDoc · 06-09-2020 6:12pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Like if I was broke I would pirate games and not feel bad about it. I'm certainly not rich but I dont mind spending a few bob on a game.

I'm on no high horse here,pirate away if ye want but saying epic exclusivity justifies doing it is just wrong.

Nothing justifies it, but there absolute reasons for why it happens. Not rocket science to figure out. Provide content in a good platform, don't pigeonhole your content in unique platforms trying to vie for additional $$$

Ends up forcing people to alternative methods.

Havn't pirated a game in probably 10+ years, same for music. Steam and Spotify key reasons for that.

ancapailldorcha · 06-09-2020 6:16pm

EoinHef wrote: »

Like if I was broke I would pirate games and not feel bad about it. I'm certainly not rich but I dont mind spending a few bob on a game.

I'm on no high horse here,pirate away if ye want but saying epic exclusivity justifies doing it is just wrong.

Even if you're broke though, a bit of a wait and the price will come crashing down. Even the Paradox titles with their dozens of DLC's can be got for twenty pounds on Humble sales. It just works on Steam. I had to mod one game to make it work (Crysis) but that was an exception.

Or maybe I'm just too lazy to pirate.

Glebee · 09-09-2020 3:31pm

Glebee wrote: »

My yearly EA access auto renewed over the weekend, been meaning to cancel. Cant remember the last time I played something on their games list. Hate when that happend, oh well I suppose its only 25euro..:(

Fcuk sake, now it seems that EA Play is being added to Xbox game pass..

Homelander · 12-09-2020 1:42pm

The answer to Epic exclusivity is just to not buy the game. Pirating it isn't justifiable. It's not like you "can't" play the game, you're just choosing not to play it via that launcher.

Does it suck, sure, but either succumb and get the launcher, or boycott the game. I've just been doing the latter, the games can wait for me to be honest.

I too got stung by the EA Play thing though. Just paid for it the other day, auto-renew, even though I'm not sure I've ever even used it once.

CastorTroy · 12-09-2020 2:52pm

May have been here but I read somewhere that If you've recently paid for EA Play and have Gamepass, then you'll get free extension to your gamepass sub. Though that may just be with XBox

Skerries · 12-09-2020 7:01pm

see how much it costs to buy every game on Steam

https://steam.seewang.me/#:~:text=Ever%20wonder%20how%20much%20does,US%20region%20and%20English%20language.

wotzgoingon · 12-09-2020 8:41pm

A lot more than half a million?

That's a lot of money just for games.

RobertFoster · 12-09-2020 9:44pm

I expected it to be more too given the number of games available on Steam.

I wonder how much it'd cost to buy one of everything stocked in a supermarket.

MOH · 13-09-2020 4:46pm

According to SteamSpy there's 40,000 games on Steam. Which is a lot, but consider all the drek I actually thought there'd be more.
So an average price of $12.50? Does that seem high?

Retr0gamer · 14-09-2020 11:29am

Spilled half a pint of water over my mechanical keyboard last night. Hoping it survives. Currently it's drying by the window. Have to go back to the old membrane keyboard and it's rotten.

TitianGerm · 14-09-2020 11:44am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Spilled half a pint of water over my mechanical keyboard last night. Hoping it survives. Currently it's drying by the window. Have to go back to the old membrane keyboard and it's rotten.

Can you pull the switches out of the PCB or is it soldered?

Varik · 14-09-2020 11:11pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Spilled half a pint of water over my mechanical keyboard last night. Hoping it survives. Currently it's drying by the window. Have to go back to the old membrane keyboard and it's rotten.

I spilled a load of coke on mine before which would be worse, washed it out with tap water and then distilled water and then left it a week in the hotpress wrapped in a towel with a sock full of rice. Worked fine after that.

Unless it's very hard or fancy mineral water it should be fine to skip the washing out bit.

iLikeWaffles · 14-09-2020 11:27pm

Path of Exile Heist out on Friday. There is a pre-launch patch available atm. Main changes are switching servers to speed up future patches and updates and speedier game load/texture load times. It requires a clean install as most if not all of the game dependencies have changed so if you are planning to play the new PoE league on Friday get the pre-update asap, should be less server downtime also.

notes: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2934311

Overheal · 15-09-2020 4:46am

Most mechanical gaming keyboards are designed with some spillage in mind, you should be grand.

Gbear · 15-09-2020 5:12pm

Overheal wrote: »

Most mechanical gaming keyboards are designed with some spillage in mind, you should be grand.

I blew up mine a few years ago.

I spilled basically a whole mug of tea on it.

With a bit more understanding of how to fix them now, I might be able to avoid it if it happens again.

The main things are plug it out immediately, remove all the keys (you can use a paper clip fashioned into a loop, to hook around the key and lift them out, if you don't have the gadget that does it), dry it with paper towels or a microfibre cloth, dissassemble the body of it and check the circuit board for dampness.

If it's wet with something other than water, you definitely need to clean the board. Gently scrubbing with a mircrofiber cloth and some 90+% alcohol (the kind you use for cleaning thermal paste off processors, for example) should remove any residue from it.

And then you have to leave it dry for 72 hours.

Might seem like a faff, but I've a Cherry Keyboard and it cost about £80 or something like that.

Retr0gamer · 16-09-2020 11:21am

Seems I acted quick enough. Disconnected it, turned the keyboard upside down and drained the excess water. Left it drying upside down for a day then the next day lying upright by the window sill. Working fine now.

CastorTroy · 19-09-2020 11:40pm

Figured would ask the more knowledgeable people here, assuming I'm happy enough with 1080p and not worried about fancy things like ray Tracing, how long would a RX480 8GB gpu be good for going forward?

dreamers75 · 20-09-2020 12:26am

CastorTroy wrote: »

Figured would ask the more knowledgeable people here, assuming I'm happy enough with 1080p and not worried about fancy things like ray Tracing, how long would a RX480 8GB gpu be good for going forward?

Depends on what you play really, Cyberpunk specs are out and are umm very low. So you would be fine for that, Ass Creed using the same engine as Odyssey so if you got 1080 high in that it should be fine.

Fs2020 you might get 2 fps, really depends on what you play and are intending to play.

CastorTroy · 22-09-2020 3:28pm

Thanks. Just figure I'm in no rush to upgrade again anytime soon so will see how long I can get away with it.

Glebee · 22-09-2020 3:43pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Figured would ask the more knowledgeable people here, assuming I'm happy enough with 1080p and not worried about fancy things like ray Tracing, how long would a RX480 8GB gpu be good for going forward?

Im currently have a RX480 8gb installed. Upgraded a few years ago at this stage. Its played 99% of stuff decent. My problem I think is with my i5-2500K CPU @3.30GHz thats struggling. Only game that it could not run was Assassins Creed in Egypt.(What ever it was called) Ran Origins fine on medium.
Dont have funds to buy new rig and not sure if its possible or a big ordeal to replace CPU, think I might switch to new Xbox Series S or X when it releases.

Robert ninja · 22-09-2020 10:22pm

^ Similar specs and situation myself. Decided on a new build after AMD&Nvidia's new products are fully available in retail. Figure I might get a few hundred quid if I sell my current system to put towards the new build.

Moon54 · 22-09-2020 11:21pm

Glebee wrote: »

Im currently have a RX480 8gb installed. Upgraded a few years ago at this stage. Its played 99% of stuff decent. My problem I think is with my i5-2500K CPU @3.30GHz thats struggling.

Yeah, the 2500k CPU is definitely the weakest part. I loved my 2500k and it served me well, but it's pushing 10 year old tech now, released in 2011 if you can believe it. You could overclock it if you have a decent cooler on it. Re-applying thermal paste could also help if temps are high.

A Ryzen 5 CPU/Mobo/RAM upgrade would be best, even second hand older ones, but I understand the relucance.
I upgraded recently to a Ryzen 5 3600,MSI Mortar Max Mobo & 16GB DDR4, for €400 and it's made a big difference to me when gaming. No more stutters and much smoother gameplay in newer games.
I was glad I did, even though I'm still using a 6 year old R9 290.

Taylor365 · 23-09-2020 12:10am

:pac:

I had her at 4.4Ghz for 5 years on old paste. Nay a bother to her!

Glebee · 23-09-2020 8:35am

Taylor365 wrote: »

:pac:

I had her at 4.4Ghz for 5 years on old paste. Nay a bother to her!

Is the 2500k hard to overclock and is ther much risk?

CastorTroy · 23-09-2020 12:28pm

I've a 8320. I'm sure it will become a hindrance at some point

ancapailldorcha · 23-09-2020 12:34pm

Can someone explain what the memes about the new nVidia card are about? I don't really get them.

CastorTroy · 23-09-2020 1:02pm

Think it's just the fact the 3090 is a very big card.
From a quick google - "By far the largest is RTX 3090 - the card is 31.3 cm long, 13.8 cm wide and takes up to three slots on the motherboard. "

Gbear · 23-09-2020 1:47pm

Edit:

Linus must be excited because he's not normally this annoying.

ancapailldorcha · 23-09-2020 1:58pm

I thought he'd retired. Glad he hasn't.

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