Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Mr Gilhaney]

the new amd laptop CPU's that just started releasing are sensational performance, straight up beats some of the highest end consumer intel DESKTOP cpu's, in all multi threaded work. and they are fairly cheap.

[benjipwns]

btw WTF is with those fake-out ads for mobile games which depict some BS which has nothing to do with the actual game? They typically involve some weird situational puzzle where a supposed player is pulling large pins out of a structure and theres falling lava etc. So fucked up

Are you saying that Gardenscapes has not become incredibly complex since it first came out?

[EchoRin]

the new amd laptop CPU's that just started releasing are sensational performance, straight up beats some of the highest end consumer intel DESKTOP cpu's, in all multi threaded work. and they are fairly cheap.

Yeah I saw that when this guy (I think he's good, but you experts can tell me I'm totally wrong) mentioned that this laptop was surprisingly worth it for the price point as a thin laptop. Not that it's intended for gaming in any way (I mean he was playing average looking games at the lowest settings for good fps), but still he seemed to be really hooting about the new AMD chips.

[Tripon]

[porkbun]

btw WTF is with those fake-out ads for mobile games which depict some BS which has nothing to do with the actual game? They typically involve some weird situational puzzle where a supposed player is pulling large pins out of a structure and theres falling lava etc. So fucked up

Are you saying that Gardenscapes has not become incredibly complex since it first came out?

It's almost as if a genre that takes advantage of "whales" isn't run by ethical companies.

[MMaRsu]

[Positive Touch]

why do people make such a fucking stink about denuvo? anyone who cares about this kind of shit knows how to mod games, so just go and download the crack and continue gaming. is it really necessary to have a meltdown with every single fucking new release

[Mr Gilhaney]

why do people make such a fucking stink about denuvo? anyone who cares about this kind of shit knows how to mod games, so just go and download the crack and continue gaming. is it really necessary to have a meltdown with every single fucking new release

I mean if only it was in to begin with, I would maybe have the same attitude as you. But paying for a product, then for them to patch in kernel-level drivers is... Not cool. Sure you can just crack it then, but why should they need to, and why should they give up playing the game online for that?

[MMaRsu]

why do people make such a fucking stink about denuvo? anyone who cares about this kind of shit knows how to mod games, so just go and download the crack and continue gaming. is it really necessary to have a meltdown with every single fucking new release

This isnt really about the DRM, more about the 0 level kernel access they impose on you. I dunno maybe watch the vid, it's not really a 'stink'.

[bork]

When did they start doing this? 

[Nintex]

*Gamer uses Windows with keylogger active with Cortana picking up masturbation noises from Only Fans drops as they enter payment and personal information in poorly protected shady semi-legal digital store fronts to save $5 on a genuine Steam release just before MSI and Gigabyte BIOS overlock software crashes their PC*

"Mah Kernel is exposed" 

[MMaRsu]

*Gamer uses Windows with keylogger active with Cortana picking up masturbation noises from Only Fans drops as they enter payment and personal information in poorly protected shady semi-legal digital store fronts to save $5 on a genuine Steam release just before MSI and Gigabyte BIOS overlock software crashes their PC*

"Mah Kernel is exposed" 

It's always so much fun to see genuine issues being treated like the people who care about it are some sort of morons. Especially coming from a guy who put Linkin Park in his COD videos

[Joe Molotov]

btw WTF is with those fake-out ads for mobile games which depict some BS which has nothing to do with the actual game? They typically involve some weird situational puzzle where a supposed player is pulling large pins out of a structure and theres falling lava etc. So fucked up

Are you saying that Gardenscapes has not become incredibly complex since it first came out?

What next?

[EchoRin]

"I agree with the Patriot Act and everything it stands for. I gots nothing to hide  "

[kingv]

btw WTF is with those fake-out ads for mobile games which depict some BS which has nothing to do with the actual game? They typically involve some weird situational puzzle where a supposed player is pulling large pins out of a structure and theres falling lava etc. So fucked up

Are you saying that Gardenscapes has not become incredibly complex since it first came out?

What next?

The home scapes and gardenscapes ones are so weird too, like they had that one sexual one where like the dude is tied up to a bed.

I also like the mobile ads where it looks like A candid video of like a dude holding his kid talking about how you can win real money playing solitaire or whatever.

[Great Rumbler]

[Positive Touch]

still the best:

[The Sceneman]

holy shit. Those Mafia City ads are something else. Lvl 1 Crook lmao

[bluemax]

btw WTF is with those fake-out ads for mobile games which depict some BS which has nothing to do with the actual game? They typically involve some weird situational puzzle where a supposed player is pulling large pins out of a structure and theres falling lava etc. So fucked up

Are you saying that Gardenscapes has not become incredibly complex since it first came out?

What next?

https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/14/applovin-acquires-machine-zone-doubles-down-on-mobile-games/

The company that made the game with Kate Upton in ads is now being acquired for somewhere between 1/2 and 1/3 of what they were once projected to be worth.

[chronovore]

http://twitter.com/topcod_plays/status/1262523216578428932

[bluemax]

https://twitter.com/1101complus/status/1262926446395133953

[Pissy F Benny]

I have a code for fallout 76, is it worth the minor inconvenience of typing it in these days? Or is it still stinky stinky trash?

I’ve not really heard anything about it since Jim Sterling had a month long meltdown over it 

[benjipwns]

awesome, someone made one of these

[thisismyusername]

I have a code for fallout 76, is it worth the minor inconvenience of typing it in these days? Or is it still stinky stinky trash?

I’ve not really heard anything about it since Jim Sterling had a month long meltdown over it 

It's "improved," but the consensus is that it's still hot trash. (I wouldn't know, I don't buy Beth shit now a days beyond like Elderscroll's)

[benjipwns]

[Positive Touch]

i like how most of the gardenscape ads are "hey watch someone die"

[benjipwns]

That and the ones where he's breaking out of jail literally confused me into looking up the game to see that it was still the same a few months back. I thought it had gone some crazy direction where he's taking revenge on people wrecking his gardens and gets thrown in jail then escapes to setup more deathtraps for his neighbors.

which I may or may not play if it was an actual game

[benjipwns]

[Great Rumbler]

I have a code for fallout 76, is it worth the minor inconvenience of typing it in these days? Or is it still stinky stinky trash?

I’ve not really heard anything about it since Jim Sterling had a month long meltdown over it 

If you want more Bethsoft RPG, it's worth playing [especially since you own it already].

[EchoRin]

https://www.destructoid.com/castlevania-s-soundtracks-are-on-spotify-now-and-it-s-some-of-the-best-music-in-gaming-history-591484.phtml

Castlevania OSTs make their way to Spotify. Not all of them, but a good chunk

Not sure about all regions. Destructoid is an American website after all

[Nintex]

intel clocking their 14nm+++++ CPU's to 5ghz and stuffing in more cores 
Also new socket to keep ASUS and MSI happy 

Fun quick look 


Weaponized autism 


Gaming: 6% - 8% increase over the previous gen / 12% - 15% better performance over AMD in select titles
 
Productivity and everything else: Ryzen goes BRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Mr Gilhaney]

That JayzTwoCents guy is the fucking worst. Seems absolutely clueless half the time, and got that kind of face, that it's hard to look at.

[EchoRin]

https://www.shacknews.com/article/118199/doom-eternal-pc-update-11-to-remove-denuvo-anti-cheat-following-player-backlash

BOOM!

There ya go MMaRsu. Sweet victory.

[Nintex]

That JayzTwoCents guy is the fucking worst. Seems absolutely clueless half the time, and got that kind of face, that it's hard to look at.

It's fucking terrible but so is Linus Tech Tips.

Most of these channels are horrible tbh 

[MMaRsu]

https://www.shacknews.com/article/118199/doom-eternal-pc-update-11-to-remove-denuvo-anti-cheat-following-player-backlash

BOOM!

There ya go MMaRsu. Sweet victory.

Hell yeah good stuff

Finally some positive news! Thanks bro!

[Nintex]

- AMD supporting 3rd gen Zen on older chipsets
- Id Software dropping Denuvo from DOOM
- Snyder cut greenlit
- Joe Biden not dropping out over allegations

WE HAVE WON MANY VICTORIES MY FELLOW KEYBOARD WARRIORS 

And no we're not tired of #winning yet

[EchoRin]

Mafia 2 and 3? Yeah ok I guess. *PATOOEY*

This is the true God. The best game to ever come from the Czech Republic.

Mafia 1 babyyyyyyyy!!!!! Wooooo!

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-05-19-2k-formally-unveils-mafia-1-remake-details-mafia-trilogy-bundle

And luckily I'll be able to enjoy it in the Czech audio. Such a huge difference when hearing the English version. Just don't feel right. Loses all its charm.
Hell if you could have Czech audio and English subs that's that I would recommend to you.



 

[HardcoreRetro]

I wonder if there'll be raytraced stealth games next gen. What would that do with the systems these games are designed around.

[Don Rumata]

Yeah Mafia 1 was great, but Mafia 2 was all sorts of mediocre, graphics aside.
3, i could last a whole 20 minutes, before uninstalling.

[Pissy F Benny]

3 had potential to be something really good but was boring and repetitive as fuck to play, I think I killed the first mob boss then was nah I’m cool

[BIONIC]

I got it with PS+ and still felt ripped off

[HardcoreRetro]

I kinda liked finding out why the police in the richer parts of town where suspicious of you even if you didn't do shit. It's cause your character is black.

Better exploration of the concept than David Cage putting his fucking androids in a concentration camp at the end.

The game itself felt more like a sequel to that EA Godfather 2 game than a Mafia game.

[Don Rumata]

3 had potential to be something really good but was boring and repetitive as fuck to play, I think I killed the first mob boss then was nah I’m cool

The story concept was good, but the game, even beyond the repetitive gameplay, was fundamentally wrong.
Mafia was good because of the grounded tone and restricted gameplay style, turning it into another GTA close was idiocy.
In Mafia 1 you had the get gas, couldn't go over the speed limit, and so on.
RDR2 felt more "Mafia", in that sense, than Mafia 3.

And even the activities, Mafia was a linear game set in a large, unified map, it was never supposed to have side shit and "stuff to do", in 3 they straight up put that side shit as the stuff you MUST do. 

Mafia 2 got that a bit more, but its story was so uninspired and botched (in the second half) that it didn't really matter.

[Mr Gilhaney]

That JayzTwoCents guy is the fucking worst. Seems absolutely clueless half the time, and got that kind of face, that it's hard to look at.

It's fucking terrible but so is Linus Tech Tips.

Most of these channels are horrible tbh 

Other than the absolutely terrible video previews/photos whatever i forgot the name for it, I dont mind Linus and the rest of his guys.

[Don Rumata]

I like LTT, he makes interesting videos.
Like the one where they washed keyboards in the dishwasher, or various test to see if 240hz was actually useful for gaming.
Who gives a shit about his thumbnails, tbh.

[mormapope]

3 had potential to be something really good but was boring and repetitive as fuck to play, I think I killed the first mob boss then was nah I’m cool

The story concept was good, but the game, even beyond the repetitive gameplay, was fundamentally wrong.
Mafia was good because of the grounded tone and restricted gameplay style, turning it into another GTA close was idiocy.
In Mafia 1 you had the get gas, couldn't go over the speed limit, and so on.
RDR2 felt more "Mafia", in that sense, than Mafia 3.

And even the activities, Mafia was a linear game set in a large, unified map, it was never supposed to have side shit and "stuff to do", in 3 they straight up put that side shit as the stuff you MUST do. 

Mafia 2 got that a bit more, but its story was so uninspired and botched (in the second half) that it didn't really matter.

This is spot on and I've always been bewildered at the love Mafia 2 gets. I think it was babby's first Italian organized crime drama exposure. Mafia 1 was very much a realistic and different game design wise than GTA III or Vice City.

Mafia 2 has so many things botched in it's story that it's a very funny and interesting game, rather than something of great quality.

[demi]

You can fight naked men in the shower in Mafia 2 seems pretty superior to me

[Don Rumata]

You can fight naked men in the shower in Mafia 2 seems pretty superior to me

"Naked".
You can show people gunned down and stabbed to death, but God forbid, you use the power of Nvidia PhysX, to have some nicely rendered flopping dicks and balls swinging around.
Apparently they showered in boxer briefs, over there in the 40s. 

[demi]

Too hot for gaming

[Nintex]

Arkane documentary dropping this tuesday, never before seen footage of 3 cancelled titles, including a Half Life project 

[Rufus]

Mafia 2 has so many things botched in it's story that it's a very funny and interesting game, rather than something of great quality.

Reminds me of the guy who runs the dockside warehouse where Vito's father worked. Same voice actor as Vito's BFF Joe and you can really hear it. It's not often you hear actors with less range than David Hayter.

fake edit: Fat guy called Derek "Fat Derek" Pappalardo. Excellent.

[Joe Molotov]

once games become porn, there's no going back. it'll be like anime

what's the downside?

[Rahxephon91]

I liked Mafia 2 mostly because of the atmosphere and presentation. Game looked great and the detail was nice. But yeah the story was kind of amateur hour. Just a really shitty version of Godfellas.

Mafia 3 had excellent gunplay. Man does it feel good. But the mission structure was just so lazy and felt like filler.

[Trent Dole]

[Nintex]

Very impressive work.

Also, nice wall art

[demi]

Yes he is talking about Insignia

https://old.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/gnjq97/announcing_insignia_a_replacement_for_xbox_live/

[Nintex]

With AMD already slashing the price on the 3900X to kneecap Intel these are the upcoming rumored Nvidia/AMD line-ups

June / July: Ryzen 3750X / 3850X (Zen 2 refresh + price drops) / B550 motherboards
September: new GPU's (Nvidia / AMD)
December: Ryzen Zen 3 (high-end threadrippers first)
2021: Ryzen 4000-series (lower end)

[Mr Gilhaney]

I almost went with the 9900k, but ended up with 3900x. I do play csgo at high refresh rates, so the max is somewhat important to me, but I havent come to regret the 3900x purchase at all. Really runs like a fucking dream.

[Svejk]

makes me want to play this again. 

[Don Rumata]

makes me want to play this again. 

Was thinking the same.
Do they give it out for free to has the game, like with Mafia 2?