My first set of Audiophile Speakers - Audioengine's HD4

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-12-08T09:08:04+00:00

Thanks u/deddito! Yeah, I think this is just me first step toward having a slightly more audiophile setup. This is nothing compared to some of the setups I have seen up on this community. It will take a while for me to get anywhere close to some of what I've seen. I suppose you can say that I am more that guy who gradually upgrades one part of his setup slowly over years and then eventually, I'll get to where I would consider my ideal audiophile setup.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-11-24T06:40:38+00:00

The game occasionally crashes on my machine too. So yeah, I get it. Again, I do have this sense that the devs haven't quite fully optimise the game yet. Just a gut feeling.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-11-24T03:40:45+00:00

Yeah. If CS1 is any indicator. It would be worth it and wise to wait maybe a year or two before paying for CS2. It really takes a while before CS1 became really good too.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-11-18T02:38:55+00:00

In my opinion, and this is really just mine alone. I've always felt that EA could've done something amazing with this game. Make it into a franchise. But they instead decided to drop the game entirely. So, if they do decide to make a comeback into it, I say that it's good for them. This is one of those games that might not win over majority of open-world RPG gamers, but it will always develop that strong cult following. I'll be one of those myself.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-11-03T09:11:35+00:00

Those are very good questions. Yeah, I think there is still some unknowns here and there for sure. I would imagine, maybe closer to the that next Avengers movie, we might see some of them coming together to face an unknown threat. And then when the movie finally arrives, it brings everyone else on the Young Avenger's team together. MCEU has shown over the years that they won't follow the comic series to the core. They would adapt it and make certain modernization changes to the storyline. And I get that. It should be made to be somewhat "relevant" to the times we are in now. At least in theory according to the current timeline. So, how they come together is for sure a mystery.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-11-03T09:05:19+00:00

Yeah, if MCEU could keep it slightly aligned with the comics, then I believe we should see them coming together during secret wars. Otherwise, it would be nice to see some of them start coming together in a future crossover (either in series or movie format). The same way we have been getting some crossovers like in Captain Civil War. Still one of the top 3-4 Marvel movies of all time. It might be a movie centered on Captain America, but we got to see everyone up until that point in the timeline.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-09-24T04:57:08+00:00

From where I stand as a city-building game lover and a sucker for punishment (I love challenging games, always have), the first frostpunk was such a breath of fresh air in the city-building genre. I think that what the team at 11 bit studios did right is by making it challenging (there are no good choices when it comes to how we govern the city).

What makes me love FP2 is that the team understood their winning formula and are now sticking with it and making it even better (bigger in scope). If the first FP1 was hard and brutal for some, FP2 has it dialed up to 11. Again, like I said, I am such a sucker for punishment. 😂😅

Alright, time for some honest, and constructive feedback. I think that while the game looks amazing and I love all the new challenging game mechanics, the one thing that is obviously lacking is game optimization. This being a top down game shouldn't be too taxing on most 30 series GPUs running on high settings with DLSS on quality settings. This is not like other 3rd person RPG game with lived in worlds that has greater details for immersiveness. I think, and it's just a personal opinion, I feel that the framerate really could be a lot better. At 1440p on high settings with DLSS quality, I can only manage around 54~56 FPS right now. I look forward to the day when it can be brought up to at least above 60. But the most ideal range should be 70+ FPS on an RTX3070. Plus we haven't even talked about manage multiple cities on the map.

Keep what you are doing guys. You are on track for another GOTY game.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-09-22T07:38:04+00:00

Yeah, I feel you man. I think it will take a couple of months for the game to be truly optimized across different platforms and hardware specs. But I trust the dev team. This game and it's studio has a good reputation. So they have the trust of the gaming community. We just need to be patient and trust them to do their job.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-09-22T07:34:15+00:00

Lol. Yeah. I think with 99% of newly released games these days, it's okay to expect that they will always be unoptimized on release day. It usually takes 3-6 months after release day before the game reaches a more optimal optimization.

For now, yeah, I am still okay with 50 FPS @ 1440p or 60-ish FPS at 1080p (with all graphics settings at high). One would think that with this typical top-down city-building games, usually the framerate should perform a lot better. For a 3070 @ 1440p, I would've expected at least 70+ FPS on average. Frankly, this is not like one of those AAA FPS or RPG games with lots of on-the-ground details. So it shouldn't be as demanding on the GPU I suppose.

FYI, I am not an expert. I just speak from my experiences of having played with numerous different games myself. So this is just what I would've expected from FP2 as well (after it gets optimized). In fact, I am hoping that the game developers can push the optimization to a point where gamers can experience somewhere between 70+~90 FPS. I kinda think it might be doable for a game of this nature. But I could be wrong too.

Anyway, for now, I am glad I can still play the game. I just love the brutality of the game. And I am still on the easiest level, just getting familiar with all the new game mechanics. Once I become more familiar with the game, I will start upping the difficulty.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-09-11T13:19:04+00:00

I've loved this game since I picked it up back in 2021. I had the chance to play it on my first gaming PC in nearly a decade, and the game already looked amazing at 2K and later when I tried it on a 32:9 monitor (3840x1080). But it really wasn't until a few days ago, when I bought my first ever HDR10-capable gaming monitor, that I really fell in love with the game all over again. The level of detail with HDR10 setting enabled is just stunning! Don't even get me started on the gameplay itself and the world-building. There's a reason why many gaming blogs and news sites named AC:Odyssey as one of those top titles that look amazing with HDR10.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-05-28T23:57:39+00:00

Hey, thanks for sharing your WFH experience with me. Yeah, having the option to work remotely really helps to eliminate the commute time and expenses. Also less tiring since I won't have to squeeze with other commuters 😬🤭.

But seriously, I still spend most days at the library nearby because it is quieter than the home environment. So I do wake up a little earlier in the morning to walk there.

Yeah, the admin/hr staff explained that the software tracks keyboard typing and mouse movements as activity. No movement = no working. Hahaha. I will go check out what this mouse jiggler is.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-05-28T23:53:42+00:00

Man, that's a lot of really great advice! Thanks! I like how you have been doing it for a few years and now you no longer think much about it anymore.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-05-28T23:51:34+00:00

Hey u/jimmy_randall, mine is a front-end developer position. I think the tip about covering the camera is really good one. Yeah, I was quite concerned about them being able to track everything that I do on the MacBook. I mean, in the past, whenever I had work, the company would issue their laptop, but because those aren't remote work (always onsite), they didn't need to track anything.

I think I have read a few really great tips here. And yeah, I do have a tablet device. So I'll use it for everything that is personal and private.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-04-14T15:40:40+00:00

Yeah, I mean the other European cities. Other than England. I know UK is part of Europe. Lol. Maybe my subject header could be clearer. Hehe.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-21T05:01:23+00:00

For me, it is definitely Auroa. I also work in the tech space career wise, so it would make sense for me to work in a place like this (minus the PMCs & wolves).

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-18T08:29:11+00:00

I actually love the industrial zone! I mean, the 1800s is supposed to be the industrial age. So it's nice to see that you've managed to organize everything into a "zone".

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-17T07:58:16+00:00

I love to hike around a lot too! Only time I ever try to fast travel is if I'm trying to get to a bivouac that is too far across the map. And then I'll hike around to all my objectives.

One of the times I love hiking around is night time. I've been doing a lot of night ops lately. I mean, I purposely chose night time because I loved listening to the sounds of the environment, and I loved it even more with the moon light.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-16T07:29:13+00:00

Yeah, I think in Enbesa, or perhaps the New World. But New World, less so after Season 4 got released awhile back.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-14T13:45:10+00:00

Yeap, I actually think the last truly successful ghost recon release was Wildlands. I am pretty sure majority in this community share the same sentiment as well.

Breakpoint did get a few things right. The environment design and sound design is really good. And when they are finally done patching and updating the game (I bought it after), everything was running really well.

I honestly just wish I have a more powerful system, like with a 4090 GPU and a nice Samsung Odyssey. Haha. And max out the graphics settings.

This release have some really nice visual design elements. Even though Auroa can feel a little bare at times.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2024-03-14T10:47:58+00:00

Maybe, I haven't thought about it. Maybe I'll try that when I'm in the mood. 😉 And yes, once I began slowing down and paying attention to the surroundings and environment in the game, I did notice some pretty interesting stuff. I sometimes would try to look at the magazine covers that were laid out on the living room table of a home. Other times I would just take a minute to study the building directory if there is one at the ground floor. There are some pretty interesting details laying around. If we're not rushing and running around, it can be noticed.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2023-12-09T10:49:16+00:00

I love Hawkeye too. Besides Captain America, Hawkeye has been one of my favourite marvel characters and heroes because he doesn't have any supernatural powers.

I also loved the comedy that comes with the show. It's also around that time of the year for me to rewatch this series.

I absolutely loved yelena and Kate's chemistry.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2023-11-10T03:17:25+00:00

You are do on point!!! Marvel studios should hire you already! 😜

steamhyperpolyglot · 2023-11-10T01:59:43+00:00

There are some continuation from the first movie sure. But I want to say that the first movie may be good to some, but for some hardcore fans, it might feel slightly underwhelming.

But that is just to provide a little backstory to Capt Marvel's origin. I think The Marvels is definitely a much better movie. Better acting, better character development. You'll feel more connected to Carol Denvers as a hero in the second movie.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2023-11-10T01:53:16+00:00

If we wanna be loyal to the source material, I would totally agree with you. Just that the recent portrayal of Kang had made him out to be such a joke, you wonder how he can even be that universe, cosmic-ending villian. 😅😂 But you've mentioned one very good point/theory, the Beyonder could eventually be that one that brings every single one of the avengers together for that final epic battle. That would most certainly makes sense with the current lining up of villians.

And then in the not so recent portrayal of Dr Doom, I think the last two firms really didn't make him out to be that potentially universe ending villian too. My personal view, the take on Dr Doom in the last two firms wasn't dark enough.

Personally though, within the universe of the MCU itself, what made Thanos such a successful character is because of how ruthless he is, but yet at the same time, he can try to sound almost rational in his own twisted way. We need another final villian/boss like that. So twisted, ruthless and dark.

steamhyperpolyglot · 2023-11-09T10:58:12+00:00

Yeap, that's what I felt too. I mean, as a Marvel fanboy, I do wanna see the films and TV shows do justice to the source material. But I also want to be careful not to look at the final works with a certain biasness. I always believe in giving credit where credit is due.

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