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Im still on ddr3 and an amd fx. I can play every game except Alan wake 2.
I dont play most aaa slop though.
I play too much path of exile for that to be acceptable sadly
The sheer glut of load zones means even a spinning disk is unacceptable. I literally saved over an hour in time over a weekend back in the day going from ddr3 to 4, and three hours over a weekend going from a spinning disk to a solid state.
And the games only gotten larger in the last few years...
Ddr3 is great! Till you have to deal with a lot of load zones. ):
There's a lot of AAA that isn't slop. That sounds like coping.
Would you be able to run something like Horizon Forbidden West at moderate settings and 60 fps?
Honestly this. I really need people to start defining what they think a AAA game is, because I feel like my definition is different. In my mind, a AAA game is any game made by a large well-known company that either has a series/brandname for itself (i.e. Mario, Resident Evil, CoD) or one that has poured a shit ton of money into it (usually due to employee count). Usually a mainline game, not side or spin-off.
And so going off of that, I truly struggle to think of a AAA game I have played in the last 3 years that could truly be called slop. The only game in that timeline that makes me go "eh", was FFXV, but I don't think the game is pure slop, it's just obviously incomplete without the DLC story. There are people still crying about this game and saying they miss the characters, and it's more than a decade old now, so I feel it's hard to call it slop.
Maybe it's because I mostly enjoy single player games over multi and I play more Japanese than western games, but I don't know why people buy the latest CoD or Madden and expect it to be significantly different from the last game. Like we know EA does microtransactions, stop buying their fucking games! Why do we expect 95% of SaaS games to be remotely good?
And not that I think indies suck, because I think they're great too! But people make it sound like every indie game is going to change your life, when there are thousands of indies out there that are just okay. Hell, some big name "indies" aren't even indies, they're AA games like CO:E33. And some indies have unfortunately felt lackluster for me, like Cassette Beasts.
Agreed, although I have almost no experience with Japanese games like FF as I don't vibe with those for some reason (but I love Japanese cinema). But other than that, I hear you. 👍
Thinking the avg lemmy user plays games that are newer then 2008 is were you fucked up.
People that use this platform basically are glorified luddites when it comes to gaming unless you go to extremely specific gaming areas. Then it's like 2018 instead of 2008.
I didn't think that. I asked if they'd be able to play it. It's an inquiry about their system more than what they like to play.
They did say they can play "every game" except one.
I was going to say I play Factorio which is fairly new until I looked up when it entered early access... :/
Don't even know of that game.
I dont really stay up to date on super new games either tbh. I have a huge console collection so a lot of my gaming is spent there as well. Besides, I dont pay more than 20 dollars for games, so I dont buy new ones.
Also, since I refuse to run windows, quite a few scummy game companies are purposely locking out linux users with their trash anti cheat. So I wont play those games and have no want to.
Oh also I just looked up that game. I cant stand that kind of game so I would never feel the need to play it. Too much fantasy and flashiness for me. Wayy too complex to be fun for people who dont game 12 hours a day.
I paid €16 for Horizon Zero Dawn, it came out in 2017... 🤷♂️ One of the best single player games I've ever played. Runs on Linux. Played the whole game on Linux. Played in sessions of a few hours a time. I have 2 kids and played this game.
I think you are using a lot of assumptions here. But if you really don't like that kind of game, fair enough.
I'm just saying, there are a lot of high value games which are not slop. All I'm saying.
Thats a good deal! It looked like it was $60 now..
Yeah makes sense. I just get an ick reaction to most of those super fantasy games, like the FF games which I avoided forever but did start playing FFXIV and I do enjoy it most of the time, its just so many names and places and game mechanics to remember. I also play probably 20+ different games a week, very rarely do i ever play 1 game at a time.
Also, to me any game around 2010 era is still brand new lol. 2017 may as well have been just released xD
Yep id agree youre right.
It was a really good deal! I bought it for €19,90 again one time for a friend. I don't think he played through it all. 😆 He plays a game for like 6 months then drops it...
I 100%'d Horizon Zero Dawn. Sooo good. The story was amazing, the pacing, how they slowly introduce mechanics to you to ease you into advanced combat mechanics, how you slowly gain access to armour, weapons, etc. Just masterful. And the story, super engaging. It's very well received. 🥰
I think it's probably a little bit different from the FF games, but I can't say for sure as I never played those.
But yeah, anyway, I'm glad you're able to play all you want and need to play without upgrading. It's very nice to be able to save money for a rainy day. 😁
You gotta get on Alan Wake 2. I've been having a great time playing it. Play the first and Control before you do and you'll see a lot of tie-ins which is pretty fun. One of the characters looks a lot like Max Payne too.
Bit cruel after they just said they can't run it 😄
I have played both previous alan wakes and control! Great games. I need to play quantum break next.
Okay good! I played Control years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I picked it back up from the beginning a number of months back and got hooked. I had a price watch on Alan Wake 2 from a couple years ago and it finally hit my target so I got it. I figured I should play through the first Alan Wake so I played it and enjoyed it significantly more than I thought I would. Now I'm probably a quarter of the way through 2 and I'm really liking it a lot. I definitely want to check out Quantum Break also.
Don't forget american nightmare. Really good!
I actually picked that one up on the Steam winter sale and plan on playing it soon!