This game was one of the very few I was waiting so badly to come out, and was so so disappointed with the launch. Still hasn't convinced me to try it, although it has come a long way
The very first game I remember was Alex Kidd on Master System II, my mother was always playing it!
The very first I played was probably NFS 3 on PC with my father. I remember playing it during the 1999 Athens earthquake aftershocks and getting scared
This move makes me believe the rumors of them wanting out of the console buriness are true. May be bad for consumers initially, but at the end of the day, it's just a glorified PC at this point with better optimization from the developers. I'm not too worried for the future
I don't agree. While it doesn't reinvent the wheel, it is surely an improvement to the previous ones and plays very very nicely. Try the demo for yourself
I know John from way before he started DSOGaming or english articles. I do not agree that he is particularly clickbaity, nor do I agree that he does 0 reasearch on his articles. I am not reading DSOG often, but I remember a lot of well written and researched articles from him
I’m starting to find that HUDs in games clutter the screen and take away from being fully immersed in the game. I like games that force you to pay attention to what’s going on in the game and not numbers/markers on the edges of the display. What are some of your favorite games to play with no HUD? Here are a few of mine:...
VR is decent enough that you can get lost in the game as is. Even if momentarily, like trying to kick the ball while playing ping pong and it falls near you
I believe only the local Co-op was removed though? And the optimizations made for XSS were beneficial to all other platforms as well as they stated, and the game runs now much better on PC and PS5
I doubt they would do the optimizations at the same degree, because they wouldn't need to. It was working fine on the PS5 already, it was already a success on PC. Why bother much?
It (very vaguely) reminds me of one of my all time favs: Knights and Merchants
I really like the concept of having to build a city with defined production lines (e.g. hay to animal farm to tanner to clothes to soldier production), need to feed your people and troops in a tavern, battles etc
Cities: Skylines II (PC) is the sequel to one of the greatest city-builders ever made. How is it? Let's talk. Subscribe for more: http://youtube.com/gameranx...
You can already guess the third sentence: the servers have been a disaster at launch, with players forced to queue for long periods just to play alone, if they can manage to play at all. It currently sits "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam - that's 31% positive after almost 19,000 reviews....
It's not that they try to reinvent the wheel, it is that they allocate resources for X amount of players that they expect on a daily basis, and on launch they get 5X players. So everything crashes
One of the big winners of the Unity debacle is the free and open source Godot Engine, which has seen its funding soar to a much more impressive level as Unity basically gave them free advertising. Certainly helps that Godot ended up launching their new funding platform on the same day Unity announced their hated Runtime Fee...
New Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator builds that were shared online today promise to bring emulation improvements as well as widespread performance enhancements across several titles....
Lately the Android performance has improved a lot for me. Most games I want have become playable. Pokémon Legends Arceus needs some work though, last time I checked...
It's been a clear decade since the last entry in this co-op crimeathon FPS series, so I was interested to play Payday 3. Payday is exactly the sort of online multiplayer I can get behind: PvE with clear but theoretically malleable goals (theft!). But although compared to Crime Boss: Rockay City it's a crushing 60st monster truck...
A new lighting solution on the horizon. Delivering path traced lighting in world space, meaning off-screen light sources can contribute. This is not RTX Remix....
I love hearing about unique takes on game mechanics. Someone recently convinced me that limited inventories are kind of abused currently and that unlimited inventory systems would give more player choices.
QTE can be done well imho, for example in Yakuza series they are rare enough to not annoy you and not THAT important but if you can hit them when they appear, it makes your hit just more powerful
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation game ported to PC. While it got attention thanks to the use of DirectStorage 1.2, its launch numbers are quite unimpressive compared to SIE’s other first-party titles on Steam.
IMHO it makes absolutely sense. Much more niche of an IP, very expensive for an older game (once again), LoU port was really bad so many would be wary of the newer release....
Hello everyone! We have an important Life by You update brought to you by the GM of Paradox Tectonic, Rod Humble. Life by You’s Early Access date has moved t...
I am on a RX580 and I have 2 4K60 screens for work. I wanted to upgrade to something better since before the 3000 series, but I couldn't justify the expense (especially during Covid times). Along with the lack of time for gaming right now which leads to me playing mostly indie or older games, I guess the 580 is fine for now...
The game looks extremely ambitious in many aspects. I'm both excited and cautious about the final result, I really really hope it will be as awesome as it looks like it may be
Next iteration in “one of 2K’s biggest and most beloved franchises” to be announced at Summer Game Fest 2024 Showcase (www.gematsu.com)
Cities: Skylines 2's first post-launch DLC, Beach Properties, is out now and players aren't happy: 'This is a disgrace' (www.pcgamer.com)
Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs (kotaku.com)
Tekken 8 players divided as devs add “Tekken Shop” with microtransactions (www.dexerto.com)
I guess this is probably going to be the new shitty norm with bait and switch for reviews then nickel and dime afterwards.
First game you played
Title says it all, what was the first game you remember playing and had fond memories of?...
EXCLUSIVE | Microsoft plans Starfield launch for PlayStation 5 - XboxEra (xboxera.com)
It seems that Microsoft may be becoming more open to releasing their games on other platforms
Tekken 8 Review : Why Tekken 8 is the Best Tekken Game Ever (youtu.be)
Ex-Rockstar dev miserably fails at explaining why GTA6 can't come out on PC alongside PS5 and Xbox Series X (www.dsogaming.com)
Good gaming experiences with no HUD?
I’m starting to find that HUDs in games clutter the screen and take away from being fully immersed in the game. I like games that force you to pay attention to what’s going on in the game and not numbers/markers on the edges of the display. What are some of your favorite games to play with no HUD? Here are a few of mine:...
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (www.youtube.com)
Here are over 3 hours of gameplay from the UE5-powered life simulation game, inZOI (www.dsogaming.com)
A few days ago, YouTuber "acottonsock" posted a video with more than 3 hours of gameplay from inZOI. So, be sure to check it out.
Tekken 8 is going to knock another 100GB out of your PC's available storage (www.pcgamer.com)
The Tekken 8 PC system requirements are pretty forgiving overall, but it's got an awfully big footprint.
Hogwarts Legacy – Nintendo Switch Performance Review (www.ign.com)
Skull Island: Rise of Kong review 15/100 (www.pcgamer.com)
It’s a gibbon that this is the least ape-pealing game of 2023.
Steam's most wishlisted city builder, Manor Lords, announces 2024 early access launch date (www.pcgamer.com)
The historically accurate city builder with tactical battles was originally planed to release sometime this year.
Cities: Skylines 2 - Before You Buy (www.youtube.com)
Cities: Skylines II (PC) is the sequel to one of the greatest city-builders ever made. How is it? Let's talk. Subscribe for more: http://youtube.com/gameranx...
Amazon's Fallout TV series begins streaming in April 2024 (www.pcgamer.com)
Warm up your Radiation King brand television set.
Cities: Skylines 2 review 77/100 (www.pcgamer.com)
Cities: Skylines 2 is bigger than the original, but not quite better.
Intel Launches a New Budget Graphics Card, A580 (www.fool.com) Greek
The Arc A580 would be a compelling option for gamers on a budget -- if not for the retail pricing of Intel's other graphics cards.
The Steam Deck only now dropping off Valve's Top 10 chart after a year and a half shows the staying power of the wee handheld gaming PC (www.pcgamer.com)
There's still lots of love for the portable gaming PC, though.
Payday 3's launch is another great advert for not making your game 'always online' (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
You can already guess the third sentence: the servers have been a disaster at launch, with players forced to queue for long periods just to play alone, if they can manage to play at all. It currently sits "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam - that's 31% positive after almost 19,000 reviews....
Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding (www.gamingonlinux.com)
One of the big winners of the Unity debacle is the free and open source Godot Engine, which has seen its funding soar to a much more impressive level as Unity basically gave them free advertising. Certainly helps that Godot ended up launching their new funding platform on the same day Unity announced their hated Runtime Fee...
Yuzu Nintendo Switch Emulator Latest Builds Reduce Stutters and Improve Performance in Multiple Games (wccftech.com)
New Yuzu Nintendo Switch emulator builds that were shared online today promise to bring emulation improvements as well as widespread performance enhancements across several titles....
What are folks playing this weekend? (Sept 22nd) (kbin.social)
Happy Friday! What are folks going to be playing this weekend?
Payday 3 review: this co-op crime 'em up has lovely levels, but it won't steal your heart (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
It's been a clear decade since the last entry in this co-op crimeathon FPS series, so I was interested to play Payday 3. Payday is exactly the sort of online multiplayer I can get behind: PvE with clear but theoretically malleable goals (theft!). But although compared to Crime Boss: Rockay City it's a crushing 60st monster truck...
Unity apologises for "confusion and angst" over fee changes (www.eurogamer.net)
Unity has apologised following the furore around its disastrous plans to charge developers when people download games made using its technology....
Skyrim PATH TRACED | A new world-space lighting solution (www.youtube.com)
A new lighting solution on the horizon. Delivering path traced lighting in world space, meaning off-screen light sources can contribute. This is not RTX Remix....
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl demo will be available at Gamescom 2023 on 23-27 August (twitter.com) Greek
What game mechanics do you love and hate?
I love hearing about unique takes on game mechanics. Someone recently convinced me that limited inventories are kind of abused currently and that unlimited inventory systems would give more player choices.
All Path of Exile 1 and 2 microtransactions will be usable in both games unless they're 'hyper-specific to the content of one of them' (www.pcgamer.com) Greek
Don't worry about losing access to any of your precious skins.
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart peaks at less than 9k concurrent players on Steam, third worst PC launch for PlayStation game (gameworldobserver.com) Greek
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is the latest PlayStation game ported to PC. While it got attention thanks to the use of DirectStorage 1.2, its launch numbers are quite unimpressive compared to SIE’s other first-party titles on Steam.
Life by You | Early Access Date Update (www.youtube.com) Greek
Hello everyone! We have an important Life by You update brought to you by the GM of Paradox Tectonic, Rod Humble. Life by You’s Early Access date has moved t...
Square Enix has removed Denuvo from Forspoken (www.dsogaming.com)
The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages (www.pcgamer.com)
The FTC is now seeking public feedback on the ESRB's proposal.
Roblox data leak sees 4,000 developer profiles including identifying information made public (www.pcgamer.com) Greek
This may cost the company a few Robux.
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Benchmark, Can Nvidia Fix The 4060 Ti? (www.youtube.com) Greek
City Services I Feature Highlights Ep 5 I Cities: Skylines II (www.youtube.com)
What makes your citizens happy & what doesn't? Learn how you can cater to the many basic & special needs your citizens have
Ex-F.E.A.R. devs’ spooky FPS Betrayer reappears on GOG for free, two years after vanishing off Steam (www.gog.com)
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century....
'The Elder Scrolls VI' is 'likely five-plus years away,' says Xbox chief (www.engadget.com)
Owner of Destructoid, The Escapist, Siliconera, and others Fires Writers and Hires for "AI Editor" to Churn Out Hundreds of Articles Per Week (futurism.com)
According to their website, Publications owned by GAMURS Group include:...