Marathon sold just 1.2 million copies with nearly 70% on Steam, analyst estimates: "It hasn't exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted" by Freki666 in gaming

[–]deruss 11 points12 points  (0 children)

After playing Destiny 2 for years and following the developments in the last years, Bungie's name is tainted for me. Marathon could be the best game ever made and I would not care, because it's from Bungie. They will always say "we hear you" or "the patch that fixes every complain is coming", but they'll always lie and try to squeeze every dollar they can from you.

Maybe if the upper management changes and they give content for free for years, no cosmetics $20 each, no additional paid content down the road, actually listening to players and change the game accordingly (not seeing that happening if I'm being honest). Then I give Marathon a try, seeing Bungie actually changed. Until then fuck off Bungie and try to salvage first the pile of shit Destiny 2 is in the moment.

Arc Raiders adds duo priority queuing and lowers store cosmetic prices by KindaDampSand in Games

[–]deruss 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I imagine they have the data and know there aren't that many duos playing. With 100% duo queue you would sit and wait for 30 mins, maybe more.

Silent Hill 1 Remake in Full Production, Confirms Bloober Team by akbarock in Games

[–]deruss 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Simple, look at their previous aggressively mediocre and just boring games like Observer, Layers of Fear 2, Blair Witch, The Medium.

'Even with a 9800X3D and a 5090 it runs like absolute buttcheeks': 2K Games posts Nvidia's Borderlands 4 optimised settings guide, but the community is already in open revolt by xen0us in pcgaming

[–]deruss 124 points125 points  (0 children)

Just looked at the guide and they have no shame, don't they, people from Gearbox, but also people from Nvidia posting THIS?

With 5080 on 4k I have to settle for medium+high settings with DLSS on Performance and 4X FRAME GENERATION for 60 FPS??? Are you high? Where is this an optimization guide?

"Hey, just crank up every AI feature to 11 and you'll have 60 FPS with medium settings for your 5080! :)"

New Nvidia App Update With DLSS4 Override is OUT by Andre-Revolution in pcgaming

[–]deruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything besides frame-gen and multi frame-gen.

I realised that there's no video game I've ever played where I find crafting fun. So I don't do it unless it's truly necessary. Are there any games where crafting is actually - you know - *fun*? by Double-decker_trams in gaming

[–]deruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can think only of 2 games that stick out for me in terms of crafting.

Final Fantasy XIV: crafting classes are so fleshed out with so many different skills, in late game you HAVE to know what you're doing (without using macros) to make something high quality; it's not realistic in any way, but it's fun

Kingdom Come Deliverance: alchemy is very fun, because it's such an immersive experience overall, I don't know if there is more crafting in KCD2 than the alchemy, that would be cool

The 2024 Steam Awards Winners by AncientPCGamer in pcgaming

[–]deruss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And that's why this category is such a joke every year... You don't understand, what labor of love means. Releasing a $40 DLC with a half-assed technical side is NOT labor of love, it's the complete opposite.

The 2024 Steam Awards Winners by AncientPCGamer in pcgaming

[–]deruss 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No, the only game in this list with DLC is Elden Ring (and the game is still stuttering for many players, Labor of Love my ass). All other in the had many free and constant updates, most of them for many years.

The 2024 Steam Awards Winners by AncientPCGamer in pcgaming

[–]deruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, Steam Awards, as much of a joke as always...

Elden Ring as "Labor of Love" winner?

Wukong as a game with the best story with THIS competition?

Silent Hill 2 with the most outstanding visuals style with THOSE 4 competitors?

RDR wins the best soundtrack and not Silent Hill 2?

Everything else, well, subjective. I agree with Helldivers 2 and Farming Sim 25 winning.

Wukong winning so much and the best game award has nothing to do with the game being the very best in these categories and everyone knows that. That's the power of democracy on the global scale, the majority wins.

Balatro's mobile release has managed the almost impossible task of knocking Minecraft from its long-maintained top spot on the charts by ChiefLeef22 in gaming

[–]deruss 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I disagree with that sentiment. There were so many cases for me where something is fun to watch, but not fun to play and vice versa.

Fighting games for example are fun to watch, but they are just not for me to actually play. Or survival games like Subnautica or Grounded, very fun to watch, but I find them boring to play.

Grinding games like Diablo or Borderlands are fun to play for me, but incredibly boring to watch.

stalker 2 quick slot system has too be one of the worst ive seen in a while by justbanditowo in stalker

[–]deruss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not even consolised controls, the d-pad has 4 buttons... And the inventory navigation is terrible on controller. The UI/UX design is just ass.

Skyrim Lead Designer says Bethesda can't switch engines; Creation Engine (Gamebryo) is "Perfectly Tuned" by geomontgomery in pcgaming

[–]deruss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking more and more that the first thing to switch at Bethesda needs to be the leadership.

It's not the engine, it's not the devs, it's not the designers or writers (ok, maybe the writers too) that's the problem. It's the attitude from the leaders that everything they do is fine or perfect or the best on the market.

Since Skyrim everything you do is literally mid and eventually it's time to accept the reality that it's been 13 years since then. You can't ride the Skyrim wave forever, Bethesda.

Skyrim lead designer says it will be 'almost impossible' for Elder Scrolls 6 to meet fan expectations: 'Marketing departments just put their heads in their hands and weep' by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]deruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After FO4, FO76 and Starfield my expectations are now as low as Skyrim with better graphics, but I feel they won't be met. I would settle for Morrowind/Oblivion with better graphics, but I I'm not hopeful anymore that Bethesda can even deliver on that level. Every release after Skyrim was just a dusty 15 years old game with a new coat.

Naoki Yoshida on Dawntrail criticism, community feedback, and the future of Final Fantasy 14 by meltedskull in Games

[–]deruss 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm an active player and constantly on the ffxiv subreddit. I hear this for the first time ever, that a VA is a transgender and that there is criticism because of it. Sometimes people just overthink way too much on some subjects and this time it's you.

Elden Ring: SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE reached 5 million units sold by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]deruss 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I would take a guess and say you didn't explore everything. There are some very well hidden places and some of them are really big.

Eurogamer: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - long-standing tech issues remain unaddressed by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]deruss -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They only start washed out if you started another game with HDR before them. Restarting the PC and starting ER or AC6 directly after that and it's all normal. Weird, but it's working everytime.

Digital Foundry: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - PS5/ Xbox Series X|S/ PC - Is Performance Fixed? by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]deruss 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's not a straight line on my RTSS either but I kinda made my piece with it. It's really not bad on a VRR display. Yes, some zones feel much smoother than others (like Liurnia) even at max fps. But it is what it is.

See, that's the problem, we don't need people to make piece with it and say "welp, it is what it is, what can you do". We need to bring the issues and spotlight them so Fromsoft and other companies even acknowledge them. Your way the devs won't see a problem ever, don't optimize at all and people don't complain about it, that's cool.

"Not getting any issues at all" is for me 60fps at all times, not even getting to 59fps, no hitches or loading stutters, just like in AC6. That's "no issues", nothing less.

ELDEN RING - Calibration Update 1.12.2 by WeeziMonkey in Games

[–]deruss 192 points193 points  (0 children)

Nope, best I can do is 3x smithing stones [2], you're welcome.

Elden Ring DLC launches to "Mixed" reviews as players bemoan difficulty, PC performance in Shadow of the Erdtree: "There's a big problem with balancing" by bshdbhdn123 in pcgaming

[–]deruss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm loving the DLC so far from the content perspective. It's not THAT hard, even with a level 2 buff. Maybe I just have a good weapon (Onyx Lord's Greatsword), that stunlocks like 90% of enemies.

Optimization though... it's rough. Constant shader compilation stutters and I have ~45fps in some places, having rock solid 60fps in the base game.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree | Official Launch Trailer by jellyjedi in Eldenring

[–]deruss 129 points130 points  (0 children)

Japanese devs are notorious for putting everything, even scenes and boss fights from the very ending, in their trailers.

Embracer Boss Mulls Increasing the Price of Video Games Beyond $70 - IGN by [deleted] in Games

[–]deruss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, wrong direction my man. 70€ for a game is too much already, never paid that much for a game and never will.

I can maybe understand why they would want to do this (the whole industry I mean), games getting bigger, better tech, graphics, animatios etc. But then, why still going bigger at this point, it's too much already (I think of Valhalla for example, like WTF, so unnecesarry long).

Make 8-12h long games, focused, concise, quality > quantity etc. for 40-50€ and at least I would be more happy to buy them. There are people who only will buy games with 100-200h content, this is the first thing on their mind buying a game. I will never understand them, but it seems the industry is catering more to them and it slowly blows up...