What are you playing?

[Mr Gilhaney]

Started playing ni no cummy 2 again, with the UW support mod. Cummy af

[Coax]

Unruly Heroes. Bought during the current GOG sale. Ex-Ubisoft devs from what I understand (thought it was a Chinese studio initially due to the subject and certain things like their logo but they're French).

Production value is superb and the game has a brisk pacing so far. For gameplay (played on Normal so far) it centers around switching between four characters which have certain advantages in specific situations but play fairly similar otherwise so you're not really having to think about which is selected most of the time. Attacks can be combo'd and up into the air, even just by mashing and the animations look great though combat doesn't exactly feel particularly precise or challenging if that's something you're after.

Due to the very forgiving death mechanic on Normal if one character dies you respawn as another in the same vicinity and can revive the last character by hitting its ghost which hovers toward you. On Hard it's said to respawn you at the last checkpoint, which for the sake of my initial casual playthrough I haven't tried (difficulty is toggled per stage). Coins can be collected in the levels to buy alternate skins for the characters.

Music suits it well. There were a few quieter moments where the art and music gelled in a lovely way and I thought it would have been nice to extend it for a couple more screens.

Only aspect that reveals a budget is the voice acting which is sub-par but I'll slide since all cutscene dialog can be skipped (which you'll probably want to anyway since the writing sucks ). Took the shots below with its photo mode.







Quite creative section concept where you assume the spirit of the enemy alpha leader and howl to draw underlings to you for gameplay purposes



Boss fight with three phases and three health bars. Pretty decent. Would be curious how differently this plays on Hard.

[MMaRsu]

I think somehow Origins is a lot more beautiful than Odyssey. Odyssey doesn't have a lot of big tall trees I've found. Or at least not in the 18 levels Ive played it

Origins is where its at, plus it has a better story ( and a far more interesting setting )

[Chooky]

Origins graphics were insane to me. I kept thinking about how we'd all go nuts over some 2-4 frame unique animations in old games, meanwhile Origins has probably hundreds of unique animations. you can walk through a mausoleum and see people working on the bodies at various stages of embalming. you can see people planting crops, harvesting them, selling them, cooking with them, and eating a finished meal. insane. and the temples with all the flowers scattered around and the incense burning, just beautiful.

[MMaRsu]

There are a bunch of things I don't like about the new AC, but enjoyed my time with Origins somewhat. I need to make myself finish it though.. so many good games.. ugh

What I don't like as much is grinding to keep your weapons up to date, collecting leather and shit.. making it a lot of useless busywork.. and also the quests are.. hmm well mediocre. It's mostly go here kill enemy rince and repeat. The ambient noises and NPC chatter are repeated so much.. it's like jesus fucking christ Ubisoft you have 3000 people working on this shit, you can't make more than 5 NPC chatters? In RDR2 you can talk to any NPC and they will mostly give a varied response 99 out of a 100 times. Even the fact that you can interact with NPC's, is something that makes the world feel more grounded.

The mounts look fucking stupid, move like I dunno toys or something. The camels do not move like camels and the horses do not move like horses. Even AC2 had better animated horses than Origin somehow.

I didn't really feel like a real "assassin" compared to AC1 or AC2.

But yeah Origins is pretty dope all of those niggles aside, I like the main character Bayek and his wife Aya(?). The story is more interesting than Odyssey where I found it just a little bit too much and unbelievable.

But yeah if you play it after RDR2 (as I did) you will be dissapointed in a lot of things.

[MMaRsu]

Origins graphics were insane to me. I kept thinking about how we'd all go nuts over some 2-4 frame unique animations in old games, meanwhile Origins has probably hundreds of unique animations. you can walk through a mausoleum and see people working on the bodies at various stages of embalming. you can see people planting crops, harvesting them, selling them, cooking with them, and eating a finished meal. insane. and the temples with all the flowers scattered around and the incense burning, just beautiful.

Too bad the horses still move like weird toys or something. AI Pathing is a nightmare too.

But I agree, it's very pretty most of the time.

[Chooky]

the camels were fully motion captured lol. they just run weird naturally.

[Chooky]

https://twitter.com/EscoBlades/status/925003246405595136?s=20

[D3RANG3D]

Started Playing the Witcher 2 after my failed attempt to replay the fist game and noped the fuck out. How much better is the 3rd game? W2 is definetly the better game but the combat just makes Geralt into a chump who is weaker than most enemies unlike the first game where you beast on everything.

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Never played this in it's heyday my PC was too shite to do so.

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[nachobro]

witcher 1 and 2 aged like milk. 3's combat is better but still a bit clunky, overall its still a much better game than the first two.

[D3RANG3D]

I have been playing two the last few days but I'm bored already. 

[Nintex]

I never got into Witcher because it was overly clunky.
Witcher 2 was a snore at the start so I didn't feel that one either.

Witcher 3 is where I finally got into it. I kept Blood and Wine on the backburner for a rainy day though.

[MMaRsu]

I bought MK11 Premium Edition for Steam for 20 euro's, as a Christmas present for myself.

I do always enjoy the story mode in these games.

[Spieler1]

Dragon Quest Swords - I saw this in a video recommending games for christmas and I remember being slightly interested in it back in  the day. Now I got it, cool game. Arcade Dragon Quest with motion controls and minor adventure elements rules. Too bad this came out before Nintendo made properly functioning Wiimotes 2.0., so sadly the accuracy is like 90% at best - even though the game is overall fair and tries its best to iron out inaccuracies. Mainline DQ always bores me, but many of those spinoffs are fun.

Sid Meier's Pirates - destroying the French, betraying the English, grabbing hot Spanish wifes This game always hooks me longer than it deserves when I replay it. The novelty of 'freedom' always wears off pretty quickly, i.e. when it reveals itself as a pathetic grind towards any major goal. 

[Bebpo]

http://ashorthike.com/



Era had a thread pop up this evening about a PC indie game called A Short Hike that was free on the humble bundle trove if you're a subscriber and otherwise like $7 on steam. I googled it and found lots of reviews praising it like this

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akwzwz/short-hike-review

and so I gave it a shot and played through the whole thing in one sitting in about 2 hours and it was absolutely fantastic. It has great gameplay and gameplay progression, really great sandbox-esque mountain to explore with lots of secrets and people to talk to (great dialogue). When I beat it, it felt damn good.

A+ game and definitely making my top10 of the year. If you have a PC give it a play. I'm sure it'll play on a toaster. Whatever this dev makes next I'll be there day 1.

[Svejk]

Looks like a really good DS game.   
DS for life.
 

[Rufus]

I discovered that there is a gif recording function in Infinifactory.

The quality isn't great, and there is no neat angle that would show enough, but here's my latest solution:

Disassembly and teleportation of parts:
https://i.imgur.com/iqlzF7V.gif
I tried to find way to sort the parts better, but I gave up and went back to the initial solution you see here. The pieces are in the correct orientation and the sections are not jumbled, so I should have been satisfied all along.

Re-assembly and turn-in:
https://i.imgur.com/Y6Xj82M.mp4
I just have it dump everything onto a single line, then use a simple sensor to count out and process a complete set. Most of what you see is just about moving things into position. The last stage of welding is done in the air, because I ran out of space on the ground. There's always some kind of cludgey part to my mechanicsms because I can't look far enough ahead.

This took around two-hours.

[MMaRsu]

mk11 is dope but i suck online haha i won one match tho

[Stro]

You suck offline too

[Bebpo]

Tried out Glass Masquerade the other night when had trouble sleeping. It's a 99 cent jigsaw puzzle game with stained glass clocks from around the world that you don't rotate and don't know what the finished image will look like. At first I thought it was super fucking hard and was gonna bail out after a couple. But kinda got the hang of it and can pop out a 30-40 piece puzzle in a few minutes and even the 5/5 star difficulty 60 piece puzzles are like 20 mins and doable. The music is relaxing and the finished puzzles are good looking art. Had trouble sleeping again tonight and got through a bunch more. Actually might finish this up sooner than later. Without the DLC the base game is like 25 puzzles and I'm already through 10.

[Coax]

Finished Unruly Heroes. The levels are stylistically grouped into four different environments, hell being the last with a few auto scroller sections that are no joke. Those sections are where the movement mechanics become more of an issue imo, with that slightly imprecise-feeling and auto-correcting platforming very similar to what I played of Ori and the Blind Forest.

By that I mean you can make effectively the same wall jump, which like Ori can only go in diagonal directions rather than straight up with no wall hanging, yet land on slightly differing parts of the wall and sometimes not make your intended jump. Being on ledges will auto-correct to either give a slight boost up or let you fall, depending sometimes just on the character (the monk more typically is boosted but lacks a double-jump). Keep in mind this is mainly a problem in challenging sections requiring tight and time sensitive maneuvers as otherwise it doesn't feel as egregious as it may sound but in those sections it's a PITA. There's also a puzzle section with Ori-like spikes where the slightest touch will kill you rather than damage you (even falling lava in this game is less harmful ).

Overall though I actually like the game despite these those things since they're only a real issue in like 2-3 spots and with enough attempts possible. The visuals are great and the pacing is good, balancing action with quieter areas or puzzle rooms following. Being level based it's a linear progression, which I'm usually fond of. There's a charming set of levels where you're teleported into a dream land with a few unique elements like underutilized reverse gravity switches and a kind of ghost rollercoaster mechanic, with all the characters transformed into child versions of themselves and at the end you have to perform for a crowd of gods.

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[Don Rumata]

Finished Samorost 3 last night.
comfiest game ever created, even better than Machinarium. 

[Spieler1]

Celeste -  it's every indie trope ever in a single game.

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Dragon Quest Swords - could've been a tight game overall, but it seems it requires at least a couple of hours of grinding to beat an overpowered final boss.

Dissidia 012 -  way too overcomplicate a Dragonball Budokai Tenkaichi clone with poor tutorials, nonsensical semantics and clutter. Should've started with Vaan instead of Lightning too, he seems way easier to handle for a beginner.

[Svejk]

Finished Samorost 3 last night.
comfiest game ever created, even better than Machinarium. 

I've been really missing out on these.  Made from one of muh peepz.  . I played and loved Machinarium without having even known of it's developer origin.  After learning of it, it made even more sense.

[Bebpo]

Celeste -  it's every indie trope ever in a single game.

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It's a platformer with really good level design, music and controls. How far did you get?

[Don Rumata]

Finished Samorost 3 last night.
comfiest game ever created, even better than Machinarium. 

I've been really missing out on these.  Made from one of muh peepz.  . I played and loved Machinarium without having even known of it's developer origin.  After learning of it, it made even more sense.

My dude, Floex/Tomas Dvorak is currently the best composer working in gaming for me, not even a competition.
His work on Samorost 3 is just outstanding.

[Spieler1]

Celeste -  it's every indie trope ever in a single game.

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It's a platformer with really good level design, music and controls. How far did you get?

Chapter 4? It has a decent synthwave soundtrack... like every other indie game of the last 10 years (just like its faux-pixel look). At some point I have to believe they all use the same DJ Level design is okay? Seen it all in Meat Boy, VVVVVVV and its clones, etc. Honestly, the double jump being on a button different from jump isn't making this too intuitive either.  And like too many indie games this feels like this was written by a weeb trying really hard to make his own hipster's super-thought-provoking anime.
- any game that has "yolo" in it

e: back to Dragon Quest Wii, I don't even mind the grinding, I just have too much fun fighting. Only thrusting is kind of broken, like in most early motion controlled games.

[Bebpo]

 

Game is just not for you I guess.


I've played and I love vvvv, SMB, guacamelee, Hollow Knight's white castle, etc... and I think Celeste holds up with the best of them in platforming. The gameplay feels real good to me.

[Transhuman]

Who's keen for Reach?

[nachobro]

yeah i get that. at this point any game that is "indie 2d platformer with decent to good ost" is just an instant skip for me. there's just been so many that i can't do another one, even if it is good. at this point with those it has to be something really remarkable to get me to even consider it.

[Akala]

Tried out Glass Masquerade the other night when had trouble sleeping. It's a 99 cent jigsaw puzzle game with stained glass clocks from around the world that you don't rotate and don't know what the finished image will look like. At first I thought it was super fucking hard and was gonna bail out after a couple. But kinda got the hang of it and can pop out a 30-40 piece puzzle in a few minutes and even the 5/5 star difficulty 60 piece puzzles are like 20 mins and doable. The music is relaxing and the finished puzzles are good looking art. Had trouble sleeping again tonight and got through a bunch more. Actually might finish this up sooner than later. Without the DLC the base game is like 25 puzzles and I'm already through 10.

I liked the look of this and saw I had some holiday points/coupon on steam so picked it and DLC up for free. I like it, reminds me of something MS would have put out in the 90's. I think it's undervalued if anything and am surprised it's not on the app store since orientation is handled by the game. I also...kind of think my Mom would like it. 

[TVC15]

Scarlet Grace seems pretty promising. Is anyone else here playing that?

[Coffee Dog]

The problem with all these indie walljumpers is that they forgo any sort of decision making in lieu of pure execution, sterile 30 second bursts laden with instant restarts and checkpoints. Anything that that could get out of your rhythm or slow you down (like enemies or complicated hazards) are excised because they would make replaying the levels too slow and annoying. And given that a big part of what gives these games their hook is the feeling of burning the series of inputs into your muscle memory over dozens of attempts, you cant be having people dodge, I dunno, swooping birds and fire jets or what have you and gunking that up.

So all these games turn into is super automated walljumping where you navigate through mazes of spikes, hunting for a few pixels that you can brush against to earn you more double jumps and bounce through more spikes. Meat boy, i wanna be the guy, and (though i've only seen footage) celeste all develop in exactly the same way because it's the only way to add difficulty and tension in an environment where failure is (purposefully) as quick and unobtrusive as possible.

tl;dr walljumpers are wack and too similar to one another. Once youve played one youve played them all

[HardcoreRetro]

They had some crossover event. I think you can unlock a Chocobo mount.

[HardcoreRetro]

Oh man....

[MMaRsu]

Started playing ni no cummy 2 again, with the UW support mod. Cummy af
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I loved NNK1. How much worse NNK2 really is? Need a honest, The Bore opinion cause the reviewers all hated it.

Everybody I heard who played it said it was garbo

[Coax]

http://ashorthike.com/

A+ game and definitely making my top10 of the year. If you have a PC give it a play. I'm sure it'll play on a toaster. Whatever this dev makes next I'll be there day 1.

Bought this on your rec and it was delightful. Appreciate short but sweet experiences like this. Even past the main 'goal' there's a variety of things to explore and complete around the island so the time spent with it may vary. Collecting coins felt like a little more purposeful in-game particularly if one completes the feather salesman storyline and I appreciated the couple moments where one decides to give things without knowledge/expectation of reciprocation.

Only minor complaint is triggering dialog is tied to the same button as jump with no way to cancel conversations but it's no big deal.

[Nintex]

Dipped my toes into Sekiro. Now that I'm a Jedi master I figured this would be easy enough.


*dies*

oh hey a chicken, WTF

*dies*

*dies*

*dies*

*accidentally press LB*

"THE ROT SETS IN NOW"

 

[demi]

Ummm why is there Assassin's Creed in my Final Fantasy XV... did I miss something? Ha Ha Ha I also live under a fucking rock

[Chooky]

i hate that they did that big-ass collaboration and then made it a limited time event. keep that shit out of full price single player games please.

[Rman]

Dipped my toes into Sekiro. Now that I'm a Jedi master I figured this would be easy enough.


*dies*

oh hey a chicken, WTF

*dies*

*dies*

*dies*

*accidentally press LB*

"THE ROT SETS IN NOW"

 

Game of the Year for me. And my favorite FROM game, and yes I've played them all.  The vertical traversal really shines and expands the formula here. And no garbo MP helps as well.

[MMaRsu]

[MMaRsu]

Sekiro is really fucking good. Still havent beaten that fucking

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dad

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tho

[Joe Molotov]

Sekiro is really fucking good. Still havent beaten that fucking

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dad

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tho

giant?

[Coffee Dog]

I don't know if anyone else has followed the game, but Black Mesa recently finished adding the rest of the campaign.

It was my first time playing Half-Life, and the biggest compliment I can give is that I wasn't really able to tell the difference between the Valve developed content and the new stuff on Xen. I was sure the long jump was some dumb fan shit (an air dash? In a half life game?) but i was totally wrong.

It's easy to see why the game was a big deal when it came out, and it's a damn fun campaign even today. Well paced, not bogged down with exposition. It's basically just DOOM, and where HL2 picks up is far more interesting, but it's all executed very well.

Pleasantly surprised the retooled Xen chapters didn't add a ton of runtime, as well. It ended just as I was hoping it would, and the final boss was decent enough. Technical problems are still present that mar it slightly. (Got stuck twice and needed to reload save, Xen is as demanding as a modern game somehow when it comes to performance)

As a fan of the HL2 games I could heartily recommend it to anyone interested, especially for the sale prices theyve been offering. Had a great time.

[MMaRsu]

Half Life was always good, having only played about 1 hour of Black Mesa, it's a great addition

[Chooky]

great to hear. the original was a fantastic improvement, altho some of that was because they deleted the worst levels instead of reworking them. the original xen was so bad that i used cheat codes to finish it and felt no regret; it's awesome that they made it into something fun now.

[Bebpo]

When I played Origins last year I guess I missed the moogle and FF stuff. Pretty sure I did not get that Chocobo and I thought I did pretty close to 100% in that game.

http://ashorthike.com/

A+ game and definitely making my top10 of the year. If you have a PC give it a play. I'm sure it'll play on a toaster. Whatever this dev makes next I'll be there day 1.

Bought this on your rec and it was delightful. Appreciate short but sweet experiences like this. Even past the main 'goal' there's a variety of things to explore and complete around the island so the time spent with it may vary. Collecting coins felt like a little more purposeful in-game particularly if one completes the feather salesman storyline and I appreciated the couple moments where one decides to give things without knowledge/expectation of reciprocation.

Only minor complaint is triggering dialog is tied to the same button as jump with no way to cancel conversations but it's no big deal.

Yeah, I like how everything has a gameplay purpose. Money actually matters, feathers really matter, shells and stuff are for quests. I loaded the game back up and found an entirely new area with a beachball mini-game. Real good stuff.

I've never played Animal Crossing before and planning on jumping in with the new one on Switch and I just hope it has good gameplay like this.

[Bebpo]

So I recently installed RDR2 on PC and spent like 4-5 hours with the settings on a 2080ti. My hot take is that even maxed out with "next-gen" settings so the game runs at like 35fps at 1440p, the game doesn't look anything special on PC and is only a few steps above the console versions (which already looked great for the ps4/xbox one). Coming from Control w/ray-tracing, great character models and textures to RDR2 where half the textures are like 480p up close (especially in towns) and the character models are pretty dated and the lighting is nothing special, it's looks very much like a PS4-gen game.

Like obviously an open world game isn't going to have the visual fidelity of a corridor shooter like Control, but I remember GTAV maxed out on PC looked fucking crazy at the time, like Crysis kinda game and this had me wondering if it was even worth double dipping on PC because it looks pretty close to the PS4 version from my memories. And yeah, it does snow real nice so an empty snow mountain is pretty easy to look good. But the towns...yeah. Looks worse than AC Origins towns imo and RDR2 PC runs way worse than AC Origins.

Then again I think when GTAV came out on PC the PS4/Xbox one versions hadn't come out, so it was the jump from the PS3 GTAV to PC maxed out 4k/60fps which was a huge difference.

[Don Rumata]

Then again I think when GTAV came out on PC the PS4/Xbox one versions hadn't come out, so it was the jump from the PS3 GTAV to PC maxed out 4k/60fps which was a huge difference.

Nah, the PC version of GTAV came, like, a year after the next gen versions (which came out a bout a year after the regular ones).
It's probably just that you hadn't played it on PS4/xbone, so the jump was much bigger than for RDR2.

[EightBitNate]

So I recently installed RDR2 on PC and spent like 4-5 hours with the settings on a 2080ti. My hot take is that even maxed out with "next-gen" settings so the game runs at like 35fps at 1440p, the game doesn't look anything special on PC and is only a few steps above the console versions (which already looked great for the ps4/xbox one). Coming from Control w/ray-tracing, great character models and textures to RDR2 where half the textures are like 480p up close (especially in towns) and the character models are pretty dated and the lighting is nothing special, it's looks very much like a PS4-gen game.

Like obviously an open world game isn't going to have the visual fidelity of a corridor shooter like Control, but I remember GTAV maxed out on PC looked fucking crazy at the time, like Crysis kinda game and this had me wondering if it was even worth double dipping on PC because it looks pretty close to the PS4 version from my memories. And yeah, it does snow real nice so an empty snow mountain is pretty easy to look good. But the towns...yeah. Looks worse than AC Origins towns imo and RDR2 PC runs way worse than AC Origins.

Then again I think when GTAV came out on PC the PS4/Xbox one versions hadn't come out, so it was the jump from the PS3 GTAV to PC maxed out 4k/60fps which was a huge difference.

Gonna disagree. RDR2 on console looks better than AC:O maxed out on PC. Something about that game is so mind-boggingly ugly to me. Lighting looks flat, textures are dull, and all characters look dead inside. You get the occasional shot that looks ok (one of the first scenes with camels comes to mind) but besides that it’s bad. Everything about RDR2 feels extremely premium in comparison.

[Stro]

I think RDR2 is kind of ugly, in a very specific Rockstar way that all their games are, though.

[MMaRsu]

the lighting is nothing special

bepbo please

[Bebpo]

Coming from ray-traced Control lighting, it feels pretty flat and last-gen. The art and skyboxes are nice though.

So I recently installed RDR2 on PC and spent like 4-5 hours with the settings on a 2080ti. My hot take is that even maxed out with "next-gen" settings so the game runs at like 35fps at 1440p, the game doesn't look anything special on PC and is only a few steps above the console versions (which already looked great for the ps4/xbox one). Coming from Control w/ray-tracing, great character models and textures to RDR2 where half the textures are like 480p up close (especially in towns) and the character models are pretty dated and the lighting is nothing special, it's looks very much like a PS4-gen game.

Like obviously an open world game isn't going to have the visual fidelity of a corridor shooter like Control, but I remember GTAV maxed out on PC looked fucking crazy at the time, like Crysis kinda game and this had me wondering if it was even worth double dipping on PC because it looks pretty close to the PS4 version from my memories. And yeah, it does snow real nice so an empty snow mountain is pretty easy to look good. But the towns...yeah. Looks worse than AC Origins towns imo and RDR2 PC runs way worse than AC Origins.

Then again I think when GTAV came out on PC the PS4/Xbox one versions hadn't come out, so it was the jump from the PS3 GTAV to PC maxed out 4k/60fps which was a huge difference.

Gonna disagree. RDR2 on console looks better than AC:O maxed out on PC. Something about that game is so mind-boggingly ugly to me. Lighting looks flat, textures are dull, and all characters look dead inside. You get the occasional shot that looks ok (one of the first scenes with camels comes to mind) but besides that it’s bad. Everything about RDR2 feels extremely premium in comparison.

Well in the AC:O comparison I was just talking about the towns. I feel like RDR2 does nature very well, but anything indoors and people is pretty weak. I should jump on and take some photos around valentine. These are some of the "nicer" photos I took in photo mode in the first couple hours when I played and when running the benchmark. The nature stuff looks good, but indoors/npcs look meh. Even the main guy's starting jacket isn't tack sharp texture resolution while his hat is.













Eh, looks sharper and low res textures don't show so much on thumbnails. Full size on indoor shot:
https://i.imgur.com/8t5o56m.jpg

Also that video looks amazing because snow looks great. Even just dirt/grass eventually after AF fails out becomes blurry in the distance and doesn't look as nice.

[EightBitNate]

I think the indoor sections look pretty nice too but different strokes

[Coax]

I loaded the game back up and found an entirely new area with a beachball mini-game. Real good stuff.

Caught a clip of someone finding an island hidden from view of the auto camera and thought I'd check it out and found a larger off-camera island off from the starting point with another silver feather high above it. Then discovered one can mine the rock the first golden feather was from for coins until it runs out. All these little touches in such a compact map.

I'd be interested if this saw a comparably sized sequel tbh since the flying/gliding mechanic is compelling and not commonly seen in games.

[MMaRsu]

Coming from ray-traced Control lighting, it feels pretty flat and last-gen. The art and skyboxes are nice though.

So I recently installed RDR2 on PC and spent like 4-5 hours with the settings on a 2080ti. My hot take is that even maxed out with "next-gen" settings so the game runs at like 35fps at 1440p, the game doesn't look anything special on PC and is only a few steps above the console versions (which already looked great for the ps4/xbox one). Coming from Control w/ray-tracing, great character models and textures to RDR2 where half the textures are like 480p up close (especially in towns) and the character models are pretty dated and the lighting is nothing special, it's looks very much like a PS4-gen game.

Like obviously an open world game isn't going to have the visual fidelity of a corridor shooter like Control, but I remember GTAV maxed out on PC looked fucking crazy at the time, like Crysis kinda game and this had me wondering if it was even worth double dipping on PC because it looks pretty close to the PS4 version from my memories. And yeah, it does snow real nice so an empty snow mountain is pretty easy to look good. But the towns...yeah. Looks worse than AC Origins towns imo and RDR2 PC runs way worse than AC Origins.

Then again I think when GTAV came out on PC the PS4/Xbox one versions hadn't come out, so it was the jump from the PS3 GTAV to PC maxed out 4k/60fps which was a huge difference.

Gonna disagree. RDR2 on console looks better than AC:O maxed out on PC. Something about that game is so mind-boggingly ugly to me. Lighting looks flat, textures are dull, and all characters look dead inside. You get the occasional shot that looks ok (one of the first scenes with camels comes to mind) but besides that it’s bad. Everything about RDR2 feels extremely premium in comparison.

Well in the AC:O comparison I was just talking about the towns. I feel like RDR2 does nature very well, but anything indoors and people is pretty weak. I should jump on and take some photos around valentine. These are some of the "nicer" photos I took in photo mode in the first couple hours when I played and when running the benchmark. The nature stuff looks good, but indoors/npcs look meh. Even the main guy's starting jacket isn't tack sharp texture resolution while his hat is.

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Eh, looks sharper and low res textures don't show so much on thumbnails. Full size on indoor shot:
https://i.imgur.com/8t5o56m.jpg

Also that video looks amazing because snow looks great. Even just dirt/grass eventually after AF fails out becomes blurry in the distance and doesn't look as nice.

That video wasn't my vid, sadly I don't have such an expensive graphics card like a 2080ti either.. Don't know your settings but I think this is still the best looking game ever made. I have Control as well, and while it looks great I don't agree it's above or even on the same level. The details in RDR2 are insane.

I shall post these photo's I made ingame















I don't know how you can look at this game and not think that it's the best looking game ever made haha. Saint Denis is a sight to behold, but just the entire world, how huge it is but filled with details, sprawling with life both animal and humans. I cannot imagine GTA6. Now I don't have a HDR capable TV, but saying the lightning is nothing special..what? O_O

[Svejk]

Finally got Sekiro and just played a bit of the beginning.  Wow... I can tell this going to turn out to be something special.  Is this the next level Tenchu game I've always been wanting?!?
 

I put Bloodborne off a minute to try this, and it feels so refreshing what with the ease of traversal and peppered with stealth mechanics.  This may be WAY more my speed of a From game.  But we'll see how feel after I REALLY start getting my ass handed to me.
 

[Bebpo]

I loaded the game back up and found an entirely new area with a beachball mini-game. Real good stuff.

Caught a clip of someone finding an island hidden from view of the auto camera and thought I'd check it out and found a larger off-camera island off from the starting point with another silver feather high above it. Then discovered one can mine the rock the first golden feather was from for coins until it runs out. All these little touches in such a compact map.

I'd be interested if this saw a comparably sized sequel tbh since the flying/gliding mechanic is compelling and not commonly seen in games.

One of the little touches I liked was at the ending

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your conversation with your aunt talks about everything you found/did. I had found the money rock and the mc was like I found this rock that kept giving infinite money! And you're aunt's like sure, sure

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Yeah, I hope the attention and sales of this lets the creator do a larger size game with publisher backing next. You can tell they definitely get fun gameplay and their writing is pretty charming so I'm on board for whatever they do next. A lot of these types of games have the charming whimsical but don't nail the gameplay, but this one does and that's what makes it great.

[Bebpo]

That video wasn't my vid, sadly I don't have such an expensive graphics card like a 2080ti either.. Don't know your settings but I think this is still the best looking game ever made. I have Control as well, and while it looks great I don't agree it's above or even on the same level. The details in RDR2 are insane.

I shall post these photo's I made ingame

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I don't know how you can look at this game and not think that it's the best looking game ever made haha. Saint Denis is a sight to behold, but just the entire world, how huge it is but filled with details, sprawling with life both animal and humans. I cannot imagine GTA6. Now I don't have a HDR capable TV, but saying the lightning is nothing special..what? O_O

That is a gorgeous shot. The rest look good and the game world is immersive as hell. When I played it on PS4 I definitely thought it was one of, if not the best, looking games on the system. On PC I just feel like there's a lot more competition on the gfx end and things like the textures and bad AF bug me a bit.

Then again I've only played ~5 hours through Valentine on the PC version and PS4 version, so I haven't seen most of the map outside the areas shown in the Benchmark.