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Deestan, do games w Game recommendation, looking for easier western 3D ARPG

Shadow of Mordor

And if something like 60% of Elden Ring’s difficulty is fine with you, Bloodborne.

DeathWearsANecktie,

I wish bloodborne was available on pc.

Deestan,

Ah, oh no. I thought I played it on PC, but I have it on my PS4. Duh. Sorry.

StijnVVL,

Interesting. I found ER way easier than Bloodborne. I played Bloodborne first though and was not yet familiar with the genre as much…

Deestan,

Oh! Same order for me. Bloodborne first, which I managed to bull through after a lot of effort. Then later ER which I got quite stuck on and took a break from.

Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever,

If you can get your mind around dodging, ER is a lot easier as you have much more options to out DPS your enemies. Bloodborne, even on NG, is really hard to overpower enemies without heavy use of the cum dungeon. And you hit the caps before that would really let you brute force your way through the DLC.

If you need a shield? Bloodborne is hell.

Tristano, (edited ) do piracy w Why are categories basically useless in qbittorrent?

I know on Windows there’s settings to enable moving torrents automatically when the category changes. Also make sure to enable automatic torrent management otherwise I don’t think it will work properly.

I’d also check the default download paths too, there’s also a setting to keep inprogress torrents in a different spot. Hope that helps

Edit: see screenshot elsewhere in the comments: pawb.social/comment/2238730

Hylactor, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?

First game that came to mind was The Looker.

genuineparts,
@genuineparts@feddit.de avatar

I think the hilarity depends a lot if you played “The Witness” and got to taste it’s self importance.

Akasazh, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

Showing my age here but Deer Avenger was pretty damn funny:

en.wikipedia.org/…/Deer_Avenger_(1998_video_game)

storksforlegs, (edited ) do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?
@storksforlegs@beehaw.org avatar

Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon - (it is now abandonware, you can play it for free) if you have never heard if it but like sierra/lucasarts style games you really should give it a try. Extremely funny.

But also the Monkey Island Series and Grim Fandango?

MrGerrit,

Recently played the Grim Fandango remastered and man, what a fantastic game.

The humor, style and especially the music was great. If you like point & click games, this is one you should definitely try out.

Poopfeast420, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?

Some coop games, like Battleblock Theater or Magicka, were definitely the most funny for me, with all the dumb stuff you can do, fuck with your friends, etc. but those depend on the people you play with. With friends, every game can become super funny though, even more serious stuff.

As for single player, the ones I remember the most were Donut County and maybe the Frog Detective games, those had some really funny moments and writing.

all-knight-party,
@all-knight-party@kbin.cafe avatar

Oh, yes. Any Arrowhead co op game will work, besides Magicka they also have Helldivers or their Gauntlet reboot.

zO_op,

I came here to say Magicka. my husband and I really enjoyed those games and I think the sense of humor in them is amazing. they had some really stellar jokes.

ving_thor, do gaming w What's the funniest game you've played?

Giants: Citizen Kabuto

MrGerrit, (edited )

Oh man, this jogs old memories of when I almost every weekend went to this lan game cafe. We mostly played counter strike, quake arena and age of empires.

But at one point every night we would fire up this game and the whole place would turn in to chaos. It was great.

Fun times

RandoCalrandian, do gaming w What would you be interested in out of a modern games focused journalism outlet?
@RandoCalrandian@kbin.social avatar

The crux of this issue comes down to trust.

Do I believe the “journalism” whatever outlet you make produces, that it’s what it pretends to be: an unbiased, honest, authentic, and objective opinion piece on a game? Or is it going to be (now or in the future when you sell out) marketing garbage whose purpose is to try and get me to spend money, no matter what lies it needs to tell to do so?

So classic User Value versus Profit motive conundrum.

It’s not a conflict that’s easily resolvable, and I’m far more stingy these days of allowing myself to be profited off of without concrete (to me) value in return, and tbh I don’t see how any type of game review service could avoid the temptations of profit enough for me to trust a damned thing they say.

Good luck, tho

Poopfeast420,

unbiased, […] objective opinion piece

I don’t think you know what those words mean.

RandoCalrandian,
@RandoCalrandian@kbin.social avatar

You can have an unbiased and objective opinion, pretty easily, in fact
You simply don’t pretend your own opinions are facts everyone should take wholesale, and say as much

Poopfeast420,

An opinion is always subjective, the opposite of objective. Reviews are also always subjective. There is no such thing as an objective review. This also means it can’t be unbiased, because a reviewers’ opinion will of course always be influenced by their experiences and stuff going on in their lives or the world.

RandoCalrandian,
@RandoCalrandian@kbin.social avatar

which is why you clarify your opinions as such, removing the subjectivity from the objective parts.

ffs, it's called journalism

luciole,
@luciole@beehaw.org avatar

Nah mate. I took a minute to search “objective opinion” and I’d suggest you do the same. It may look sort of oxymoronic but it’s definitely a time-honored expression. Opinions may be based on facts and analysis. An expert’s judgement is one valid definition for “opinion”.

houseofkeb,

Like the other commenter discussed, I think objective when it comes to reviews is a very tricky idea. My ideal solution to it is having multiple perspectives on a game from an outlet, not necessarily in a review score, but in other formats. That’s part of what I loved about Giant Bomb, I’d typically like what Jeff did, but might not be as into a Brad or Dan game all the time.

I don’t think the idea of objectivity makes a ton of sense at this point, but an authentic perspective can serve that role.

I think a large part of why so many outlets sell out is due to the idea of infinite growth and/or revenue dropping from Youtube/Twitch/etc. taking more of a cut. Ideally this would be solved by remaining small, focused, and less dependent on revenue sources that can change on a whim.

RandoCalrandian,
@RandoCalrandian@kbin.social avatar

it really is as simple as being able to distinguish opinions from facts, and clarifying each in the revew.

Facts: This game has X combat, Y selectable characters, the crafting looks like Z, etc.

Opinons: This game is amazing! 10/10! Best story of all time! GOTY!, etc

You absolutely can have an objective game review, it's just that no writer wants to do that. They'd rather make it more about their opinions of the game than of the game.

Apeeksiht, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

Pirated hades. Played for some hours, had a blast. Bought it on sale and now I’m still playing.

samus12345,

Wish I’d pirated it first. I bought it on Switch after the glowing reviews and played a while before deciding it wasn’t for me.

Apeeksiht,

It gets better the more you play actually. The hidden features unlock after few playthroughs.

samus12345,

The sticking point is the boss fights. I learned from loving Rogue Legacy and not liking Hades that I really hate having to do long, drawn out boss fights over and over again even after beating them.

darthsid, do gaming w Starfield and Bethesda Tomfoolery

It’s the fucking engine they won’t let go off

BobKerman3999,

Unfortunately there’s not much choice in 3d game engines anymore. I’m not sure I want an unreal engine monopoly, btw.

tormeh,

It does seem to be the best one, although CPU parallelism seems awful. No one wants to use CryEngine, and Godot and Unity is only used by indies

Zahille7,

Source still seems pretty good these days. I haven’t played HL: Alyx yet but Source 2 looks way beefier.

CaptObvious, do piracy w Is anyone else like 10 times more likely to play a game they pirated versus one they bought?

Simple common sense suggests that rented (subscribed) software of any kind is likely a very bad deal for the consumer. Rental where all the control rests with the publisher and not the user or creator (a la Steam) is just as bad.

Before big publishers emerged, we had exactly the try-before-you-buy situation you describe. It was called shareware. It had excellent quality control since any game that didn’t hold the player’s attention didn’t generate income. And the creator got all the revenue rather than the publisher and distributors keeping 80-90% or more.

These days, I just settle for waiting until a game appears on GOG. It’s a decent compromise.

Excrubulent,
@Excrubulent@slrpnk.net avatar

Yeah, I remember the Duke Nukem Episode 1 shareware, one of the first games I remember playing actually. There were others but this was the first one that really gelled as a functioning game. A lot of the others were sort of incomprehensible to my small child brain. It’s wild that I can remember these old games then just search them and they’re immediately playable with no setup needed.

Syldon, do gaming w Help deciding PC upgrades
@Syldon@feddit.uk avatar
shapis, do gaming w Help deciding PC upgrades
@shapis@lemmy.ml avatar

Your power supply is fine.

If you feel you can deal with your CPU for a few more years just upgrade the GPU and call it a day. A 3070 or a 6700xt would feel like a huge upgrade.

Having that said your computer is still entirely serviceable. I’d just hold on a few more years and upgrade the whole thing.

iturnedintoanewt,
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

Thanks! Yeah, maybe I can consider a 6700xt and other minor upgrades, like getting a NVME, an extra 16GB of RAM…It’s a relief knowing that the power supply will hold!

ritz,

Check what speed your mobo is capable of with the nvme drive option. A blazing fast nvme drive is a relatively cheap way of getting some more response out of your PC. That and a newer GPU it’ll feel like a whole new computer.

ono,

I second shapis’s recommendation. I was still gaming on an Ivy Bridge CPU until recently. It wasn’t until this year that games started giving me trouble at 1080p with medium settings, and that was mostly GPU related.

Your 16GB RAM might be fine for now. Most games I’ve played don’t come close to that. Of course, it’s easy enough to check while you’re playing (or doing whatever other tasks you do).

Depending on your OS, your SATA SSD might even be fine. (Although NVMe prices have been and still seem to be dropping, so picking one up in a couple months isn’t a bad idea if your motherboard can handle one.)

lemmyvore,

Read your motherboard manual carefully about what NVME types it supports in which M.2 slots and whether there are any gotchas.

Some M.2 slots take SATA (2 notches) as well as PCIe (1 notch), some only one type. You can’t tell visually — you have to check the manual.

Some M.2 slots will disable a SATA cable connector if you use them.

Some M.2 slots will work at a slower speed if certain PCI slots have a card in them.

iturnedintoanewt,
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

Thanks, it seems the M.2 takes SATA and PCIe. I have two slots for them. And it would seem its speed won’t be affected. At any rate, I only have the GPU slot in use (and another small one for the WifiGig thingy for the wireless Vive).

kurcatovium,

I have the same EVGA supply powering radeon RX 6800 without problems. I believe it would be fine even with today’s highend.

iturnedintoanewt,
@iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

Thanks a lot, this helps!

spite,

Im not sure how him not being able to play the game(s) he want because his pc can’t handle it translates to “pc is serviceable, wait a few years”

ZiemekZ, do piracy w Where are the downloaded songs in your Spotify program files?

Plz no MP3 btw, there are better codecs like Opus (used by YT), Ogg Vorbis (used by Spotify) and maybe AAC.

QualifiedKitten, do piracy w Some noob questions about seedboxes

I'm definitely not an expert, but I've been using Whatbox for many years without any issues. I'm based in the US and have it set up to autocharge the same card that I use for everything else. I do not use a VPN or anything else to access Whatbox.

I have received plenty of DMCA notices from Whatbox over the years, and they just require you to delete the offending content within 24 hours or your account will be locked until you do.

In fact, I vaguely recall them increasing my storage allowance a few years ago without raising my rate, so that was pretty cool.

Tadpole7085,

Cool to hear! Do you actually need to delete the content in order to comply, or simply stop seeding?

QualifiedKitten,

I've never actually tested that out. If it's content I want long term, I simply download it to my local storage before deleting from Whatbox.

What I've found works best for me when using public trackers for new content is to set up a max seeding ratio and whatever relevant *arrs. Doing it that way means that I've usually been able to download the content and stop seeding before the swarm is discovered/monitored by those sending the notices.

Sharpiemarker,

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