Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Nintex]

I totally did not expect a man who calls himself d r  d i s r e s p e c t  doing disrespectful things 

[Nintex]

Shopped around for a PC upgrade today after seeing that Cyberpunk footage.
I think this will be the setup and I will return to the $2000 Crysis PC lol:
- Asus Rog Strix X570-F Gaming
- Ryzen 7 3700X (might be an XT depending on pricing)
- Fractal Design Celsius Water Cooling
- 32GB RAM DDR4 3200
- Samsung EVO 970 Pro 1TB NVME SSD (may go with a cheaper SSD and 64GB of RAM instead  )

cost: ~800 - 1000 Euro


Mixed in with the parts I have now, my rig will look like this:
- Asus Rog Strix X570-F Gaming
- Ryzen 7 3700X
- Fractal Design Celsius Water Cooling
- 32GB RAM DDR4 3200
- Samsung EVO 970 Pro m2 NVME SSD
- Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Aorus
- SoundBlaster Z (although I might retire it)

Storage
- Samsung EVO 970 Pro 1TB NVME SSD
- Samsung 840 250GB SSD
- Samsung 850 500GB SSD
- WD 3TB HDD
- WD 3TB HDD
- WD 1TB HDD

Except for the ~3 year GPU upgrade it should last me a good 4 - 7 years I think.
This i7 4790k rig has been going strong for about 6 years.

[Don Rumata]

If a 2080ti had Cyberpunk running in 720p, a 2070 super should at least net you glorious Nintendo Switch level gaming.

[Nintex]

If a 2080ti had Cyberpunk running in 720p, a 2070 super should at least net you glorious Nintendo Switch level gaming.

DLSS 2.0 and DirectX12 Ultimate to the rescue 

The game will run on PS4/PS5/Xbone/XboneX/XseriesS/XseriesX so I should be able to hit 60fps @ 1440p if I turn off some Ray Tracing effects 


also someone will attempt to port it to Switch 

[bork]

[MMaRsu]

Lmao why buy a videocard now and a 2070 super even wtf

[Nintex]

Lmao why buy a videocard now and a 2070 super even wtf

I bought the 2070 Super last summer.

It's my 4790k and even more so my motherboard that requires an upgrade.
Also I'm running out of storage.

[toku]

https://twitter.com/LewieP/status/1276894539958169601

https://cturt.github.io/freedvdboot.html

[thisismyusername]

I mean, that works for Slims... I guess... if you don't have an external harddrive and FreeMCboot already.

[tiesto]

Cindi - Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Rez HD (superseded by Rez Infinite on PS4 nowadays), Strania, Guwange, and I remember a lot of praise for The Maw for some reason. XBLIG has some cool things too including the original versions of Breath of Death VII and Cthulu Saves The World (Zeboyd games indie rpgs)

Ok. What else for good arcade shit? A lot of the shooters that interest me like deathsmiles and espgaluda are way expensive.

Those are all XBL so they're not overinflated in the aftermarket. But for physical shmup releases, domestically there's Akai Katana, Deathsmiles, and Wartech: Senko no Ronde. For imports, region free, there's Mushihime sama, Mushihime sama Futari, ESPGaluda 2, and the Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets double pack... those are pretty pricey, especially Muchi...

[Positive Touch]

the combat looks cool, but the level design still looks zzz. i didn't finish the first one because it ended up feeling kinda bland. cool idea with dull execution.

[thisismyusername]

lmao pc gaming

More like lmao Swery's shit coding.

Absolutely no issues with most other notorious shitty ports (Infamous a notable example) that can crash to desktop randomly, but doesn't stop you from actually PLAYING a game start-to-finish.

Deadly Premonition (and his other ones, I guess, wouldn't know can't care to find out) is the only ones that actually ACTIVELY stop you from playing them.

[Joe Molotov]

lmao existing

[Stro]

You guys are existing?

[Rman]

I love how no one here gives a shit about Dr. disrespect. 

I guess I'm too old for streamers.

[Positive Touch]

there's plenty of streamers i like to keep on as background noise, but none of them are douchebag bros

spoiler (click to show/hide)

sometimes i do go into a random stream and feel old as fuck tho. finding 30+ streamers is hard.

[close]

[toku]

Clip from his last stream. He checks his phone around the 2 minute mark and his whole mannerisms change for the rest of the video.

[Raist]

there's plenty of streamers i like to keep on as background noise, but none of them are douchebag bros

spoiler (click to show/hide)

sometimes i do go into a random stream and feel old as fuck tho. finding 30+ streamers is hard.

[close]

https://www.twitch.tv/sips_

[Stro]

Surely if he did something illegal he'd have been charged and that'd be public so what the fuck did this guy do. Twitch refusing to comment is pretty weird.

[Great Rumbler]

there's plenty of streamers i like to keep on as background noise, but none of them are douchebag bros

spoiler (click to show/hide)

sometimes i do go into a random stream and feel old as fuck tho. finding 30+ streamers is hard.

[close]

https://www.twitch.tv/sips_

[Spieler1]

Clip from his last stream. He checks his phone around the 2 minute mark and his whole mannerisms change for the rest of the video.

2:00: Wife texts cops are outside. He knows it over at this point and he completely changed like you said. 4:25: Wife comes to try to get him off stream. He wants to have a few more minutes as he knows it will be the last time. 7:51: Reacts to a loud sound and a few short seconds later scrambles and ends the stream. All of this to me looks very clear like a police raid happened.

twitch kids

internet drama

e: I now learned what Roblox is and other shit. Time to bail out.

[Great Rumbler]

[Nuitangg]

Apparently Twitch hasn't told Doc why he was banned yet. 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Cindi - Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, Rez HD (superseded by Rez Infinite on PS4 nowadays), Strania, Guwange, and I remember a lot of praise for The Maw for some reason. XBLIG has some cool things too including the original versions of Breath of Death VII and Cthulu Saves The World (Zeboyd games indie rpgs)

Ok. What else for good arcade shit? A lot of the shooters that interest me like deathsmiles and espgaluda are way expensive.

Those are all XBL so they're not overinflated in the aftermarket. But for physical shmup releases, domestically there's Akai Katana, Deathsmiles, and Wartech: Senko no Ronde. For imports, region free, there's Mushihime sama, Mushihime sama Futari, ESPGaluda 2, and the Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets double pack... those are pretty pricey, especially Muchi...

Wait deathsmiles is on xbl?

[Transhuman]

Apparently Twitch hasn't told Doc why he was banned yet. 

I wish they'd say the reason so I could stop caring

[benjipwns]

Max Payne explains how Alan Wake never really existed as an open world game like the one E3 trailer indicated, it was mostly a tech demo with no gameplay designed even, though they did build out the open world map that they carved up and added to

and Ars has started adding some of these extended interviews, here's Andy Gavin for two hours

[benjipwns]

three hours of Lorne Lanning describing Oddworld:

[Don Rumata]

Wake me up when we get one with Will Wright. 
That boy needs to come back to save the Sims world.

[Nintex]

Max Payne explains how Alan Wake never really existed as an open world game like the one E3 trailer indicated, it was mostly a tech demo with no gameplay designed even, though they did build out the open world map that they carved up and added to

Wow, this was an amazing insight into the development of Alan Wake.

It still looks so good that it makes me want to play it again.
Back when I played it on Xbox 360 I already thought it was groundbreaking, even though at the time a lot of people were disappointed it wasn't open world (as that was gaining more and more traction at the time) and 'downgraded'.
Turns out it wasn't downgraded at all and you actually play in carved out pieces of that open world.

It's weird with Remedy games though. They usually get praised after release. When Control launched it didn't make a blip on the radar and people started speculating about the end of Remedy.
When I played it again I realized how special it was and I just told everyone to play it (as did most other early adapters). By the end of the year it was scooping up GOTY awards left and right and the Ray Tracing implementation is still unmatched.

Only with Quantum Break it was the opposite. It launched with a lot of fanfare on Xbox One. I loved it too. But it completely disappeared shortly after launch and the PC port wasn't handled well because of Microsoft bullshit.

I can't wait for AWE and their next gen game 

[Don Rumata]

I thought Alan Wake was ultimately incredibly mediocre.
Everything about the gameplay and enemy design was super bland, and everything interesting was basically ripped off Twin Peaks.

I think Control it their first great game since Max Payne 2.

[MMaRsu]

Max Payne 2 the goat

[MMaRsu]

[bork]

[Mr Gilhaney]

I always loved the anno series, but this is next level

[Raist]

I doubt Ubisoft will let that fly

[Don Rumata]

Looks kinda cool.

[Coax]

.

Very The Last Night-y. Neat.

[Svejk]

I see potential for a Xenogears Remaster by them.

[Nintex]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-06-29-microsoft-will-close-out-june-without-a-big-xbox-20-20-moment

After a lacklustre May and largely non-existent June, all eyes are on Microsoft's July Xbox 20/20 show to finally deliver - and August, for the reveal of that second box.

I guess we will know what these things cost by November at this rate 

Nintendo is dropping something this week but it literally could be anything.
A game, a release date for an announced game, a Mario Presentation, a Nintendo Direct or another set of LEGO

Xbox's big MIC DROP moment this month was not having a MIC DROP moment.

[MMaRsu]

https://mobile.twitter.com/HardDriveMag/status/1277617916029145091

[benjipwns]

these extended interviews are better than the edited versions, just putting them on while doing other stuff but keep finding myself watching them even though it's just a dude sitting there talking

a bunch of this is more like about the "science of horror" kinda like the Lorne Lanning one is more about his life experiences

Velzek
3 weeks ago
This is probably the longest I've ever heard someone talk about tentacles outside of hentai.

[MMaRsu]

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/TheRealAndyMc/status/1277970676121399306

Nintendo joins Xbox Studios
SEGA bankrupt
Someone slid into DM's???

[BisMarckie]

Microsoft selling their Xbox division to Elon Musk

Preorder your Musk-Box today

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/TheRealAndyMc/status/1277994119999057930

Why do these journo's think everyone cares about their job status 

[HardcoreRetro]

Who?

[demi]

WHOMEGALUL

[Joe Molotov]

Someone cares.

https://twitter.com/shinobi602/status/1277997044066652161

[BIONIC]

Is Andy also why Shinobi’s son is mega racist? 

[Don Rumata]

I remember his face/name from that Geoff Keighley show (Bonus Round) they used to do during E3.

[Joe Molotov]

He has 42k followers presumably because of his job... so.. posting that he's leaving his job, to those followers, does not seem odd to me.   

no one:

Nintex: Wow, huge news incoming guys! This big important video game industry guy is about to tweet something big!

no one:

Nintex: Wow, it wasn't huge news at all, it was just some unimportant nobody tweeting that they were leaving their job!

[Don Rumata]

Maybe he got replaced with Dr. Disrespect.
Could still be big.

[Nintex]

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/30/21308657/apple-arcade-canceling-games-subscription-service-engagement

Another failed gaming push by Apple
Remember when investors thought these jokers would kill Nintendo's portable systems




Stay subscribed and play garbage plz 

[BIONIC]

Corporatecocksuckertous

[benjipwns]

Why do these journo's think everyone cares about their job status 

He's been the editor-in-chief for nearly three decades at a magazine that managed to obtain the highest subscription base in America. Of all magazines, not just gaming magazines.

The day-to-day head of a major industry institution changing like this is pretty big news within that industry, especially when its parent company is imploding and it was a last bastion of print.

[Positive Touch]

Did you just make that post based on reading a URL, not even bothering to click to see the TITLE, let alone read the article?

That article is about Apple canceling contracts with some developers because their games aren't played enough.. to focus on games that are.

Why do these journo's think everyone cares about their job status 

He's been the editor-in-chief for nearly three decades at a magazine that managed to obtain the highest subscription base in America. Of all magazines, not just gaming magazines.

The day-to-day head of a major industry institution changing like this is pretty big news within that industry, especially when its parent company is imploding and it was a last bastion of print.

look at this total obliteration

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/TheRealAndyMc/status/1277994119999057930

Why do these journo's think everyone cares about their job status 

Wow, 30 years writing for Gamestops failing magazine that they had to throw into a "Pro" card deal just to inflate the numbers. Then start dying to digital distrubution.

Good on him getting out though?

[bluemax]

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/30/21308657/apple-arcade-canceling-games-subscription-service-engagement

Another failed gaming push by Apple
Remember when investors thought these jokers would kill Nintendo's portable systems


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Stay subscribed and play garbage plz 

This article mostly just reads like games that weren't coming along in development or just didn't project well, not the service itself. Every publisher does this, so this isn't really earth shattering. It sounds like they probably went after stuff that people could do a trial sub for, finish, and have no desire to play again. They're gonna target the same kind of stuff that console publishers love, anything that remotely resembles a GaaS.

[Cindi Mayweather]

The only game journo staff I cared about was EGM.

[EchoRin]

The only game journo staff I cared about was EGM.

1up crew in general. Fond memories.