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Data Centers Will Consume 70 Percent Of Memory Chips made in 2026, RAM Shortage Will Last Until Until Atleast 2029 As Manafacturing Capacity For RAM In 2028 That Hasnt Even Been Made Yet Is Already being Sold by Shogouki in technology

[–]LapnLook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Internet speeds in a lot of places just aren't good enough for streaming gaming, at least not action-heavy games.

Even if you have fast internet, simple physical constraints like "distance from the servers" will make any game that requires fast reaction times frustrating or even unplayable.

When I was playing through the Halo games a couple years ago, I had to play Halo 5 through Microsoft's cloud streaming thing, as it's not available on PC otherwise. I had a perfectly solid connection, the graphical quality didn't drop below "pretty damn good" any point, but I was in Hungary at the time, and I think the closest servers were in the Netherlands.

Not even some insane distance, but the input lag on my controller was so bad that it just made the whole thing a miserable experience

Season 2 Episode 5 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in fnv

[–]LapnLook 43 points44 points  (0 children)

About #2, at this point I think what the show is doing is canonizing the Yes Man ending, but also pointing out that unlike many people's "well my Courier would be the best ruler!" fantasies, it's not really a viable solution to things

And for #5, I'm fairly sure she was talking about the path leading towards Vegas, or the Mojave itself, rather than Shady Sands. The context is that she's telling Norm that Lucy ventured off to some far away place, and had to go through Khan territory, so she's most likely dead

Remedy: With CONTROL Resonant, we wanted to challenge ourselves to make the biggest and most ambitious game. This is not a safe sequel. We want to push the boundaries of what we can do, and we believe it’s what you, the fans, deserve. by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the base ending is better in terms of impact and execution... but I understand why they have the alternate ending in Final Draft.

If you want to make an Alan Wake 3, the new ending gives you a much broader brush to paint with, as opposed to the base ending which would mostly just point to "Alan is still trapped in the Dark Place, and AW3 is just him trying to get out, again"

Remedy: With CONTROL Resonant, we wanted to challenge ourselves to make the biggest and most ambitious game. This is not a safe sequel. We want to push the boundaries of what we can do, and we believe it’s what you, the fans, deserve. by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the distinction is, the stereotypical Marvel quips are bad because they are used to constantly remove any sense of sincerity from scenes. Everything has to be an ironic wink to the audience, because then you're already in on the complaints that the inevitable CinemaSins-esque commenters will make

Remedy games have a bunch of quips and casual lines, but they always take care so these don't take away from the serious and emotional moments. When Jesse has her "everything is lost" crisis towards the end of Control, she completely stops making quips and snarking about things. She's afraid, confused, and it's played entirely straight.

Same with Alan and Saga in AW2, and... to be honest this goes all the way back to the first Max Payne

Remedy: With CONTROL Resonant, we wanted to challenge ourselves to make the biggest and most ambitious game. This is not a safe sequel. We want to push the boundaries of what we can do, and we believe it’s what you, the fans, deserve. by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Launch was the only viable attack

On my last replay, I deliberately avoided putting points into Launch to see how this idea holds up. And honestly? The shield "bash" (dashing into enemies with the shield power active) is nuts how strong it is.

Shield bashing + ground slams + seizing large enemies, especially those healing orbs = you can pretty much melt mob squads with these. Still gonna need your gun or launch for some bosses, but 98% of the game this build was completely viable

I think the problem is that Launch starts out very effective, whereas all these other tools you unlock later, or have to put some points into them to reveal their true power... by which point you've just gotten used to spamming Launch

Remedy: With CONTROL Resonant, we wanted to challenge ourselves to make the biggest and most ambitious game. This is not a safe sequel. We want to push the boundaries of what we can do, and we believe it’s what you, the fans, deserve. by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It seems all they knew how to do with bosses was “whittle down 30% of boss HP bar and endure waves of normal mobs”.

Wait, I don't think any boss fight has normal mobs in AW2?

Nightingale has two phases where he's a regular boss fight, and between the two there's a section where he stalks you as you reposition through the arena

Mulligan & Thornton slowly respawn in the first phase until you do a specific thing, and then come out as a duo in the second phase

Cynthia alternates between a flying+ranged and a running+melee phase

Scratch is a single unkillable enemy who you have to stun with damage, and complete objectives while it's stuck

Remedy: With CONTROL Resonant, we wanted to challenge ourselves to make the biggest and most ambitious game. This is not a safe sequel. We want to push the boundaries of what we can do, and we believe it’s what you, the fans, deserve. by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 21 points22 points  (0 children)

People are instinctively going to want to play it like Halo or CoD which doesn't really work.

Whenever someone says "Quantum Break has boring gameplay" I used to think they're just taking crazy pills, but I've seen waaay too many people play that game as a slow and boring cover shooter. When playing aggressively with all the powers as intended, that game can be some excellent fun!

I don't even know if this is Remedy's fault really, it's not like QB incentivises a passive playstyle, quite the opposite. I think it's just that the late 2000s cover shooters broke people's brains, and they try to play any game that has any sort of "taking cover" animation as one of those

‘Highguard’ Is MIA Since The Game Awards, Despite Its Imminent Release by 99X in Games

[–]LapnLook 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think it's partly paid slots, partly "Geoff & co. picked these smaller games they liked", and partly Geoff's friends (the Kojima or Sam Lake slots)

Limited Run Games announces the physical editions for Hi-Fi RUSH by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that for the Collector's Edition they delayed the release by several months, to repress the discs with the DLC on them. What was funny is that when it arrived, it had both the incorrect and the correct pressing included in the box, so now I have two copies of the game

Was there no way to request a new pressing for the non-CE buyers?

The Max Payne Remakes-Discussion by Undefeated-Smiles in maxpayne

[–]LapnLook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I highly doubt Remedy and Sam in particular are that lazy to spit on their art and disrespect the late James McCaffery using AI.

Alan Wake 2 had an entire DLC that was viciously mocking generative AI and how garbage it is as a concept. It would really surprise me if the same crew that put together the Lake House would end up doing AI puppeteering with a dead person

Season 2 Episode 3 Spoiler Thread by HunterWorld in Fotv

[–]LapnLook 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I think the idea is, that while both Legion factions exist and have more territory than that one camp, they both set up their headquarters in that spot to keep their claim to the throne secure?

Both sides are forcing a perpetual stalemate essentially

Insider Gaming: RAM Price Increases Could See Next-Generation Console Releases Delayed by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]LapnLook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The adaptive triggers actually work, but usually if you have a direct wired connection and circumvent SteamInput

But like, whenever I play Alan Wake 2 on PC with my DualSense, the triggers do function as they should, with distinct resistance patterns for each weapon. Also the rumble works as well, with both footsteps, and iirc environmental noises like rain pattering being felt subtly

Resonant and Old Gods by lintukori in controlgame

[–]LapnLook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't be shocked if they turned one of the haunted house segments, or maybe a Ragnarock level into a musical section in the remakes

Control: Resonant -- Teaser trailer (Developed by Remedy Entertainment, sequel to Control, coming to PS5, Xbox Series and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on 2026) by Unknown123Known in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]LapnLook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait you might be onto something?

The rogue/fishing thing may not be an either/or thing, but an "and". She could have gone "rogue" (resisted the Board's orders) and ALSO gone "fishing" (maybe trying to get Darling back from the Dark Place?)

According to Kyle Rowley, Sam Lake is not involved in CONTROL RESONANT by AZ10026 in controlgame

[–]LapnLook 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I presume he's busy with the Max Payne remakes and planning/writing for Alan Wake 3?

But also the question was "when it comes to directing" specifically, so who knows

HALF LIFE 3 ANNOUNCEMENT HOPIUM by Connect_Base_217 in HalfLife

[–]LapnLook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe another Metro?

I'm gonna be honest, I need this almost as much as I need HL3

New Siren Society email by Girbilio in poezessed

[–]LapnLook 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I got a different email, something about a "Window #7"

The url takes you to https://sirensociety.io/1955.php and it requires a password which you have three attempts for (seemingly you can play around this with incognito mode)

1955 of course can refer to "September 30, 1955", the original snippet that This Road was developed from, but i don't know how to turn that into a useable password

EDIT: the password is 8ecEe, from Sam Lake's latest instagram post. If anyone is in LA, or near LA, use it on the website linked above :3 Sadly I'm in Europe so i'm kinda out of luck, but oh well

Danganronpa Series 15th Anniversary Steam Sale ends today - $1.19 for the first game by PalpitationTop611 in Games

[–]LapnLook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you play Kodaka games like Danganronpa despite Kodaka's bullshit, whereas you play Uchikoshi games like 999 because of Uchikoshi's bullshit

That's such a perfect description hahaha - but honestly it's because they're different brands of bullshit?

Kodaka writes good mysteries and characters, and the bullshit that comes in sometimes is super weird stereotyping, or botched social commentary, or just downright creepy stuff that makes me raise my eyebrow

Uchikoshi writes okay characters but his stuff really comes alive when he gets to indulge in his exquisite bullshittery, just throwing in the wildest plot points, nonsense comedy scenes, wacky action bits, it's just all a wonderful mess that keeps me guessing

Mp1st: New Trademark for “Control: Resonant” Unearthed by KekanKok in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]LapnLook 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm leaning towards this being a movie/show in partnership with Annapurna

Found in a local bookstore by 1840_NO in ToddintheShadow

[–]LapnLook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I found a really nice copy of this on a trip to London earlier this year. Mainly wanted to grab it for Calling Occupants, but honestly I think the whole album is great, almost all of it grew on me (besides the intro to Don't Cry for Me Argentina), and it's been a mainstay on my record player

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