OminousOrange

OminousOrange, 8 days ago

Imagine if they took all that ‘piracy prevention’ effort (that doesn’t really work in the end) and put it towards actually making enjoyable games.

OminousOrange, 8 days ago

Right, and if I do I won’t be buying it.

OminousOrange, 7 days ago

Let me clarify, I will not be purchasing this game if I want to play it.

OminousOrange, 1 month ago

Assassin’s Creed also came to mind for me as one of the first time I encountered this. Eagle Vision I believe it was called.

I’d say that was different from target indicators, though. I feel those were more because distant targets weren’t really visible because of the low resolution at the time, whereas Eagle Vision was more highlighting particular items of interest in the environment that were still otherwise visible.

OminousOrange, 3 months ago

If the two are beside eachother, you’ll definitely see the difference.

OminousOrange, 3 months ago

Hmm, I’ve found it quite noticeable. Perhaps turn an FPS counter on and see what it’s actually running at. If you have a game showing on both screens, it’ll likely limit the fps to suit the lowest display hz.

OminousOrange, 9 months ago

Perhaps they’ll make a sequel, A Slightly Longer Hike.

OminousOrange, 10 months ago

Subs of which they can often take 50% commission on.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

Any of the main games by Quantic Dream are of similar artful quality I’d say. Really a playable story with choices impacting the plot and twists and discovery that keeps you hooked. I liked Beyond: Two Souls the best, but Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human aren’t far behind.

Life is Strange is great in that same vein too.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

I’d recommended PC part picker to determine compatibility with all your upgrades. You can tinker with different setups fairly easily and have the costs easily accessible. I believe there are also tools to determine likely bottlenecks, but I haven’t searched for many lately.

GPU will definitely be the biggest cost, but also likely the most noticeable improvement. RAM is fairly cheap, so you can bump up to 32 Gb without much expense. Not too familiar with Intel CPUs but it’s possible you might create a bottleneck with a GPU upgrade. Not the end of the world if you’re fine with upgrading that later too.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

I’d gladly pay for a reasonably priced service (probably no more than $20/mo, but even that is on the steep side) where I could watch whatever game I’d like with no blackouts. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exist, so, here we arr.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

I can’t help much on that front. If I’d like to watch on the TV, I do the same and just cast from a laptop or PC. There’s IPTV, but it’s a whole other rabbit hole that I’m not familiar with.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

It is a great example of how an industry can survive with only self-reported effectiveness. I remember a freakonomics episode where it was shown that very infrequently do companies get a positive return on marketing spending. It will be very interesting if that industry ever collapses.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

Oh definitely. Its essentially a massive case of ‘it’s difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on not understanding it.’

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

It’s a very noticeable improvement in realism in games that do this. Quantic Dream games have also done this, even in Heavy Rain from 2010, and it really goes a long way in making a game into a story.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago

If quitting the game is more complicated than alt+F4, I often just alt+F4 after saving.

OminousOrange, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I would be very interested in those Tarkov modes/mods you have, OP. I got into it a bit but would just get mangled by well geared groups of players too often that it made it quite frustrating.

E: disregard, I found your other comment with the details.

As for memorable games, I played all the Quantic Dream games recently after seeing someone play Detroit: Become Human on stream. The story(s) in each one are amazing and unique in their own ways. They make you feel emotion and you’re immersed in the character’s experience. Their facial mocap really takes the games to the next level. The emotions just feel so real, which I find many games fail to do with only janky animated expressions.