BigVault

BigVault, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

I started with the Black Widow fallout 3 perk figuring there world be more male characters than female when fighting.

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Widow_(Fallout_3)

EFFECTS
+10% damage against male opponents
Additional dialogue options with certain male characters

It stuck after that.

BigVault, 10 miesięcy temu

I just don't use Epic myself but do use Gog and Steam (with the ultra shitty EA launcher and Ubisoft Connect bundled with some of my games) and Playnite has changed everything unifying it all into that single launcher.

Full screen mode in Playnite works fine on my HTPC and as a launcher it does consolidate all of them into one place easily. Worth trying if you use multiple stores.

As for why I'm not using Epic, the whole paying for exclusivity with third parties really didn't appeal to me at all.

If the free offerings from Epic do appeal to you, or if they do better deals on localised currencies (especially if you do struggle to pay for things), don't worry about using their services. I wouldn't want you to deny yourself some entertainment just because other people have issues with them as a business.

BigVault, 10 miesięcy temu

each of your replies are handled by whoever the next agent is

The names of their support agents is truly odd. I’ve seen people post complaints about their support that is little more than this:

Hi, this is Charlie Uniform November Tango here to help.
After receiving all the information that you sent us that we requested, we sadly can’t help because reasons.
Thanks for being an epic gamer.

Hilariously bad.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

Sadly I lost interest in the game once they decided to remove content I’d paid for.

Gutting to see the developers suffer like this as I doubt they’re the ones making the shit decisions but are the ones taking all the hits with the layoffs.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

30% fees are insane. Those cost are passed down to us the consumer. We get shittier game because a third of the profit goes to these marketplaces.

Whilst that may be the case, every single day one launch on EGS and other stores (GOG, Microsoft, Steam) launch at exactly the same price on Epic despite the lesser cut. Not one single title I’ve seen launch at a lower price on EGS.

I feel it’s naive to think that is, the consumer would ever benefit from a lesser cut, the fat shits at the top would just keep more.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

On top of all this, Apple also sell their own hardware alongside their own App Store, just like Sony and Nintendo do.

The Apple model is extremely similar to the way the console manufacturers operate albeit with a few more freedoms on Mac.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

Who is they?

The publishers could already set the prices lower on EGS by default with the 18% difference being put in consumers pockets making EGS a more enticing place to buy games for now, instead, they want to sell games the same price on EGS vs all other stores they offer titles on pocketing the difference.

EGS Exclusives even launch at the standard pricing despite the money they used to receive up front from Epic and the lesser cut. None of this grandstanding is a benefit to me as a consumer and I won't give a fuck in supporting Epic/Tim until it is.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

Even on EGS exclusives? No such clause should affect the price if it’s not on sale on another store.

Not one single EGS exclusive has been sold at less than standard prices afaik.

The whole thing is bullshit.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

Not that hard to compare to be honest when games launch at price parity with console launches despite the lesser cut.

Borderlands 3 launched on Xbox, PlayStation and EGS, each at $59.99

PlayStation and Xbox had a 30% cut and cost the same.

0 benefit to the consumer.

Fuck them. It’s all bullshit.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

I don't even think Sony's MFN is an issue as Alan Wake 2 is $10 cheaper than on consoles, a boon for the consumer and something I could get behind, but no.

Vbucks aren't even lower cost on pc where 100% of the sale goes to Epic. No 30% cut there but prices are the same.

I'm all for supporting the message that Tim is trying to portray but they're so inconsistent with the way they manage the business I can't for the life of my accept that they're being honest.

They briefly cut the price of vbucks on mobile when they pulled the stunt and could easily do the same on pc permanently. PC Vbucks aren't transferable to Playstation wallets so they should be able to do something.

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

Oh no, this won't end well will it?

BigVault, 11 miesięcy temu

My main concern is for DigitalFoundry - genuinely one of the best, most entertaining, and in-depth spin off channels out there.

DF Direct is my podcast of choice when driving to/from work. Their video content and analysis is always my number one watch.

I'd be gutted if they ruined DF.

BigVault, rok temu

Another vote for wildlands. I just couldn’t get into breakpoint as much as I did wildlands.

BigVault, rok temu

Started playing Starfield and it really made me want to revisit fallout 4, I’m now deep back into a new play through of Fo4 with 22 hours played in the last 2 weeks. Really enjoying it again.

Anyway, another settlement needs my help….

BigVault, rok temu

In the not too distant future:

Today we’re announcing we’re ending support for Bandcamp and merging it to YouTube music….

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Got rid of my Xbox and PS5 as I was sick of having to pay out for subs (PSN/XBL) so I'll gladly take any of the PS5 games that Sony offer on PC, even if we have to wait a while.

Good to see the Sony exclusives still coming.

BigVault, rok temu

Fallout 3 remaster?
Yes please.

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That's one for the bookmarks. What an incredible site.

BigVault, rok temu

Still playing Starfield.

Game is immense in scale and I’ve been doing random quests and POI hunting and enjoying it thoroughly.

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Waiting till October 14th like the European peasant I am, just like I did in 1999.

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Starfield. Trying to stay away from some of the negativity online about it to not to make me aware of my own poor standards and am loving it so far.

BigVault, rok temu

I used to own both a Series X, PS5 and have my gaming PC (all in the same room - desktop currently has an i5 13500, RTX 3090 24GB, 4TB of NVME storage & 128GB ram)

Got myself a 5m hdmi lead capable of driving my 4k/120 TV and just ended up using my pc for everything now.

I just switch sources between my monitor and tv when I want to game on the couch. Any mouse/keyboard input needed, I do it on the Unified remote app on my phone and fire up Steam big picture on the tv.

Sold the PS5 and XBOX and ditched two more subscriptions hitting me every month.

No regrets so far.

BigVault, rok temu

Are classic side scrollers ok to suggest?

• Golden Axe (Arcade)
• Altered Beast (Arcade)
• Double Dragon (Arcade)
• Streets of Rage (Arcade)
• Bad dudes vs DragonNinja (Arcade)
• Die Hard Arcade (Model 2 Arcade)
• The Simpsons (Arcade)
• Bruce Lee (ZX Spectrum)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• Fighting Force (PSX)

BigVault, rok temu

I know it’s not the latest and greatest but I’m so happy I’ve got a 3090 to play this on. Can not wait.

BigVault, rok temu

Fighting as the car (hornet) from Daytona USA on Fighters Megamix is the one for me.

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I’m going to go on a nostalgic trip below.

IMHO, Powerslave/Exhumed was one of the best first person shooters on the 5th generation consoles and the Powerslave engine (Slavedriver) enabled the Saturn to run an amazing port of both Duke Nukem 3d and Quake.

I remember being ecstatic that a game I could only play on a friends PC when I visited back in the day (Duke3d) was not only playable on my Saturn, it was a fantastic port too. DeathTank Zwei was a lovely hidden bonus game included on the D3D port.

Likewise, Quake was an impossible port, bought to a console that traditionally struggled with substandard 3d games vs the psx.

I remember seeing a psx owning buddy play a superb port of Doom on his psx, only for me to be burned by the absolute 💩port that Rage software put out on the Saturn. Even the 32x cartridge version of Doom was batter.

Console shooters have come on in leaps and bounds each generation but Exhumed on the Saturn was a real highlight for me in my younger years.