[topchief1]

I’ve been messing around a lot with old games since hacking my PSP a couple years ago and my 3DS about a month ago, and it’s given me a real appreciation for game preservation. It’s kinda sad that the only real reason we have so much old media still preserved is thanks to pirates.

Y'arr.

[JohnnyCage]

I bought The Division 2 for $9 because why not lol.

[walletandgromice]

Hmmm, can Division 1 and 2 be ran with Vulkan? Does either or both of the games support it?

EDIT - I have Div1 and 2. Never finished Div1; and never even booted Div 2. Yeah...I'm so lazy, I know.

EDIT: I misread. You're looking for vulkan info but I read this as proton. Sorry.

On the deck it looks like division 1 is "gold" while division 2 is borked per

https://www.protondb...?q=The division

[MysterD]

Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle.

 

Friday The 13th: Killer Puzzle and its DLC's are getting delisted from Steam on Jan. 23rd.

-> Final Steam Day - Jan. 23rd.

-> Game Page - https://store.steamp..._Killer_Puzzle/

 

Some notes incoming:

-> Episodes 1-8 (DLC's) = Free. Go get 'em.

-> Other few 9-12 Episodes (DLC's) = cost $2.99 each per episode.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

My guess is that there are still DX12 issues with Nvidia cards. That is what I've heard from people for years, especially with Div2. Div1 was rock solid for me on win7, dx11 AMD system for 2-3 years that I played it off and on. It ran Div2 just fine as well. I haven't played much on my Nvidia system with DX12 yet.

Yeah, that all sounds very familiar...  Though if it was something as simple as running it in dx11 I don't think the anger that I've seen in a bunch of threads or it never being offered as a solution makes me wonder if its something else.  I do remember running the game in DX11...     
 

 

 

I bought The Division 2 for $9 because why not lol.

Its a good game I enjoyed the hell out of both of them...  I spent a bunch of time playing with friends and randoms but I've done all the story missions on both games by myself.

 

 

Blame UbiSoft for doing UPLAY client-app junk as DRM & treating games as rentals, like most of this industry has done. If Ubi goes belly-up, perfect way to show the pitfalls of DRM causing problems for owners of single-player games....after they go the way of the dodo.

 

EDIT - I do wonder how many games will go the way of the dodo, if something like Steam goes away ever....where a lot of PC gamers do have big backlogs. Not gonna be pretty, if that day ever comes. It's why DRM like required client-app's, Denuvo, server-side crap, and other crap just shouldn't stick on games forever; especially single-player stuff.

 

I don't think Ubisoft is in mortal danger...  I just don't think they'll make their sales quota and they'll have angry shareholders. We could be seeing the end of their exclusive deal with Epic.  I'm guessing they realized that having no new games on Steam meant that far too many people just never saw their new releases. 

 

As for Steam going under...  Outside of a world calamity, at which point we all have bigger issues than not being able to access our video games, I don't see steam ever going away...  Even if somehow Valve failed I think someone would buy Steam, maybe rebrand it, and keep it going,  

Edit: I guess Ghost Recon: Breakpoint will be the next Ubisoft title to appear on Steam?
 

[Nothing-]

“Please why won’t someone buy us!!!” - Ubisoft the past few months

I've never seen such a talented group of people make such mediocre, B- games. 

[shrinerr]

i'm a filthy ban boy. lost ark banned me because...man, i feel so dirty. mommy, please make it go away...

 

 

but seriously, seeing on my profile does irk me somewhat.

 

https://steamcommuni...om/id/shrinerr/

[INMATEofARKHAM]

i'm a filthy ban boy. lost ark banned me because...man, i feel so dirty. mommy, please make it go away...

That's got to be a mistake and I got to imagine it will be fixed sometime next week. It's bad business and, well, I guess it could open Amazon up for libel suits. Has they're ever been a class action libel suit? lol

[Nephilim_BC]

Lost ark posted they were going to fix mistakes about that

[DD83]

i'm a filthy ban boy. lost ark banned me because...man, i feel so dirty. mommy, please make it go away...

Go 2 ur spank caeg u bad boi

[Syntax Error]

The game is on life support with patches and updates all but nonexistent.

Supposedly there is a new game mode ("Descent") and story season planned for this spring.  Who knows though; this is the outfit that keeps holding Halloween cosmetic events over Christmas because they're not ready in time.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Supposedly there is a new game mode ("Descent") and story season planned for this spring. Who knows though; this is the outfit that keeps holding Halloween cosmetic events over Christmas because they're not ready in time.

I know they've been "robbed" of personal twice now. One for an Avatar game and more recently a Star Wars game.

[Syntax Error]

Supposedly they are hiring a lighting developer for Div 2 so I guess they're still doing something with it.  The listing said that ray tracing experience is a plus so, of course, some see that as "Div 2 is getting ray tracing" but it could just be helpful when some other group steals Div's new lighting developer.

[JohnnyCage]

I'm really liking The Division 2 so far. It's a lot more solo friendly than Destiny 2.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

So I finished Guardians of the Galaxy.  Took 19.3 hours but I'm sure someone not looking for parts for upgrades or new costumes could cut a lot of time off that.  Story was really good and quite funny.  The voice actors really put in some amazing performances.  Even the guy playing Star Lord, whom I called out earlier was solid though his Star Lord had a slight whine that I never could completely get over.

 

The combat...  I honestly thought it was a mess, it worked well enough but if the NPCs (Rocket, Groot, Drax, and Gamora) didn't need as much babysitting as they currently do I think the game would be more fun.  Though one of the big hang ups I had was that it was extremely hard to track certain enemies.  They looked too much like other various and/or picking them out of the crowd when you trying to use an NPC ability was a guesstimate at best.

 

Towards the late part of the game I kept having Gamora saying the same voice lines over and over.  It wasn't in a loop and it only happened when those enemies where around so I don't think it was glitched.  I didn't like the quick time events...  (The timing just seemed off, like it was constantly a half a second slow or something?)  Also, way too often I got stuck in or on the environment.  (That was the most tedious thing and, truth be told, I was ready for the game to end an hour or so before it did.)

 

I know it sounds like I'm crapping on the game a lot, and I guess in a way that I am, but its hard to lists a lot of the positive when its story related.  I'm not one for spoilers, even minor spoilers, so I guess I'll just say I hope they make a squeal and fix a few of the games hang ups. I would certainly give it a try. (Though likely not on day 1.)

[MysterD]

Guardians game was awesome. Had a blast with it and the soundtrack & RT ruled.

 

Just...don't expect same quality of writing, if they (Eidos Montreal) ever do a sequel. Mary DeMarle (of Deus Ex: HR & Guardians game) left the company and went to BioWare & became their Lead Narrative Writer...likely for the next Mass Effect game.

[tukai]

I want to get Chained Echoes for the SD, but I just can't pay full price. I have GP for my series X but I want to own the game. Am I crazy? 

[jimmywolf]

it a good game has flaws thu that get annoying, everyone has a price point there willing pay and it can vary by game pay what you think it worth. I wait for sales for some games and buy day one other games and don't think twice, so do what works for you.

[MysterD]

Forspoken's PC requirements.

 

Sources:

- Eurogamer 

- Twitter Link

- Dexerto.

 

Spoiler

Forspoken PC requirements

 

Minimum settings

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows 11 64-bit


• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (3.7GHz or better) / Intel Core i7-3770 (3.7GHz or better)


• Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM


• Memory: 16GB


• Display resolution: 720p 30fps


• HDD/SSD space: HDD 150GB or more

Recommended settings

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows 11 64-bit


• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.7 GHz or better)/ Intel® Core™ i7-8700K (3.7GHz or better)


• Video Card: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB VRAM


• Memory: 24GB


• Display Resolution: 1440p 30fps


• HDD/SSD space: SSD 150GB or more

Ultra settings 

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows 11 64-bit


• CPU: AMD Ryzen™5 5800X (3.8 GHz or better) Intel Core™ i7-12700


• Video Card: AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT 16GB / NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 4080 16 GB VRAM


• Memory: 32GB


• Display Resolution: 2160p 60fps


• HDD/SSD: NVMe SSD 150GB or more

[Syntax Error]

lol @ Recommended being just to get 30fps

[MysterD]

Forspoken - PC Features Trailer:

[spoderman]

For anyone that has a stadia controller.. they added bluetooth support in an update today. Not bad since if you got the controller directly from Google it ended up being free after they refunded everyone due to Stadia's impending shutdown.

 

I've tested it on Steam (after enabling generic controller support) and it works the same way it would wired. One major issue is it doesn't appear to have rumble support on steam, but everything else works ok. Decent alternative for a wireless controller if you don't already have an Xbox/Playstation/8bitdo controller.

 

EDIT: Rumble works wired but not via bluetooth. Hopefully it gets fixed cuz it's a decent controller

[Miker525]

Just noticed The House of the Dead remake is on sale for $10 if you get the bundle with Panzer Dragoon remake. Definitely my price to give it a go. Love the originals. Wish I had a modern day light gun set up to play this with but hoping it should be fun with mouse too

[Souffrir]

I can’t play light gun games without a light gun (or Wiimote). It just feels empty if I’m not pointing plastic at the screen.

[JSweeney]

I can’t play light gun games without a light gun (or Wiimote). It just feels empty if I’m not pointing plastic at the screen.

But what about Typing of the Dead? 

[Souffrir]

But what about Typing of the Dead?

That’s a typing game, not a light gun game, and I’m perfectly fine with playing typing games without a light gun.

[ToddManG]

That’s a typing game, not a light gun game, and I’m perfectly fine with playing typing games without a light gun.

pfff, rookie

 

 

Sent from my NES Zapper

[tukai]

pfff, rookie

 

 

Sent from my NES Zapper

If you're not using a musket, you must be new school 

[Insomniac_34]

We need more weird-ass typing games. Give me antihero Mavis Beacon typing her way through post-war alternate history settings.

[DD83]

200,000 steam keys for 11-11 Memories Retold free in EU at Bandai Namco website.  Use a proxy if you're not in EU.

 

"Hi there, dear gamers – we're giving away 11-11: MEMORIES RETOLD!

 

Hurry up and grab it for FREE!

 

Register and complete the form between 18/01 (11:00 am CEST) and 2/02 (3:00pm CEST), and we'll send you the digital code after the event."

 

https://beta.bandain...retold-for-free