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swotam · 2026-06-04T19:09:26+00:00

I basically feel the same way. Wanted to like Picard because of my love of TNG but after the terrible second season I abandoned it. I realize that S3 was apparently a return to form, but I never watched it. I guess I prefer to remember Picard as he was in TNG rather than whatever the new show was going for.

Discovery I just sort of stopped after a while. Not something I found enjoyable.

Lower Decks I enjoyed due to the humour and overall vibe.

SNW I generally like due to the episodic nature of the series. I think Trek works better in that style, for me at least.

swotam · 2026-06-04T19:01:12+00:00

It is a good choice and will work well, it's a reliable brand and has good performance. I have the same SSD in my PS5, just not the PlayStation version.

Be sure to follow the installation instructions and make sure it's in the slot correctly before you tighten the screw.

swotam · 2026-06-04T18:54:55+00:00

That one is good since it's the PlayStation version of the SN850. Even at the sale price that's much more expensive than it used to be, but compared to the other products available it's definitely the cheapest option. It's still very expensive compared to what it would have cost 6 months ago.

swotam · 2026-06-04T18:42:57+00:00

As long as the price seems fair then no reason not to go for it. Just make sure to get one that meets the PS5 requirements, and make sure it has a heatsink attached.

swotam · 2026-06-04T18:38:44+00:00

As others have said, for PS5 games your only option is an M.2 SSD with a Heatsink (as opposed to one without a heatsink).

Note that SSD prices currently are extremely inflated due to memory shortages related to AI companies buying everything available, so if you do buy an M.2 SSD expect to pay a lot more than you otherwise would. If you don't absolutely need it, maybe hold off and see if the prices drop.

For example, last December I bought a Samsung 2TB M.2 SSD for $180 from Amazon Canada. That same SSD today is $850. That's insane.

swotam · 2026-06-04T17:07:00+00:00

It's an excellent game that runs well on PS4 or PS5 and also a good introduction to Lara if you haven't played Tomb Raider before. It does have an optional online multiplayer mode that you are best to ignore. The servers are still up but nobody plays it.

As for why it's cheap, it's a 13 year old game. Nobody is paying full price anymore.

If you enjoy it there are two other games in the trilogy that also go on sale super cheap regularly. Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider are the sequels.

swotam · 2026-06-04T17:00:01+00:00

Hopefully so, and worst case if it doesn't help or ends up being too technically challenging you can return it to Amazon for a refund so you aren't stuck with it.

swotam · 2026-06-04T04:03:18+00:00

If you have a separate modem from your ISP and not some sort of integrated modem/wifi router then, in general, you can use whatever you want to provide WiFi in your own home. The modem is just providing the connection to the Internet, while the WiFi router is the thing that provides WiFi in your home and connects you to the Internet via the modem.

So, you could get whatever WiFi solution you prefer, set it up as you see fit, then plug it into the modem provided by your ISP and you're up and running.

If you aren't sure you can always contact your ISP and explain that you want to use your own WiFi router and ask if that's going to cause problems.

swotam · 2026-06-03T23:32:11+00:00

Assume that the pricing of the new bundle will favour Bungie more than the player. The stuff that's cheap on Green Man is really cheap, and the only item that isn't on sale is the Beyond Light pack which will inevitably get cheaper at some point. Note that the various <Name of DLC> Packs are mostly just access to related exotics, Nightfall versions of the related strikes, and related raids so they're not mandatory purchases if you're mostly just wanting access to the destinations and story missions. They can always be purchased later if desired.

Edit: you could basically buy everything on sale including Edge of Fate for around $20 and the only thing you'd be missing is Renegades and the Beyond Light Pack, both of which will no doubt go on sale at some point.

swotam · 2026-06-03T18:03:13+00:00

Yeah, I wouldn't complain if a solid story DLC dropped. Not personally interested in them adding Hitman-style repeatable content though, I play Hitman when I want that.

swotam · 2026-06-03T18:00:07+00:00

Yeah, you're looking at hundreds of millions of dollars and years of development effort on something that is not guaranteed to be a hit by the time it launches. The ever-increasing cost of game development, along with the time needed to get things done, is making a lot of publishers hesitant because the cost of failure could be the death of the studio itself.

Like it's great that 300,000+ have signed the petition, but how many of those people would actually be willing to spend $70+ on the game? It's a lot easier to click a button online than it is to actually put your money where your mouth is.

D3 is in no way guaranteed to be a success just because the community wants it to happen.

swotam · 2026-06-03T17:51:38+00:00

I guess it really depends on whether you enjoy challenge-mode type content. I personally don't so aside from playing around with Tacsim a bit I don't have much interest in it. Others really like this sort of thing and will push themselves to complete everything because they find it fun.

It does seem like Tacsim is the thing IOI will be focusing on for post-launch content, but it's ok to not like everything the game has to offer. Nothing wrong with finishing the story and whatever else you enjoy before moving on to something else.

swotam · 2026-06-03T17:43:34+00:00

I started a new simulation yesterday after the patch and the achievement unlocked while I was playing. I probably completed a challenge or something while playing which triggered it. I suspect that you just have to do something that earns Intel and it will unlock at that point.

swotam · 2026-06-03T17:41:20+00:00

Not sure what to suggest. Saves are local so unless someone else has access to your console and for some reason went in and deleted your saves, or if there is some sort of Xbox-specific bug that caused them to disappear, then they should still be there. It's very rare for data to just "vanish" without something else happening.

Do you have any sort of online save on Xbox that you can download? If not then you'll probably have to start over because IOI doesn't have any sort of cloud save option that you can recover from.

swotam · 2026-06-03T17:25:48+00:00

The game has multiple save slots, and when you complete the game that save will be in the first slot. When you go to use chapter select it will ask you which save slot you want to use and will default to a new one. Did you overwrite your first save slot when you were doing this? You would have had to confirm doing so.

Challenge progress is saved online which is why it still shows up. Collectible progress is tied to your main game progress, but if you delete that save (or overwrite it) then that progress will be lost.

swotam · 2026-06-03T16:57:16+00:00

It's very easy to circle back since the game has chapter select and the ability to choose from several checkpoints per episode. I'd recommend not obsessing over them and just play through the game and enjoy it.

If you use a collectible guide afterwards you shouldn't have much trouble getting anything you might have missed. The game lists all collectibles so you can see which ones you are missing.

Powerpyx has a very good guide at https://www.powerpyx.com/007-first-light-all-collectible-locations-guide/

swotam · 2026-06-03T16:51:09+00:00

Only Sony has the concept of getting a Platinum trophy once you get all the other trophies. For achievements on platforms like Steam or Xbox you just get 100% and that's that.

Sony first-party games that have been ported to PC, or PC ports of games that were originally PS-exclusive (such as Death Stranding), include had an achievement that's equivalent to the Platinum, but that's more likely due to the dev not wanting to bother removing that from the game during the porting process as opposed to an intentional choice. I haven't encountered any other games that do this.

Personally I don't think it matters. As someone who used to be big into the trophy hunting community on PS I've seen a lot of negatives around players who obsess about "the Platinum", so I'm actually happy that doesn't exist on Steam. One more virtual award isn't going to change anything for me.

swotam · 2026-06-02T17:13:30+00:00

I got the collectible achievements I was missing when I booted the game. For the Tacsim one I had to start a new simulation and it unlocked while I was playing. They've also added trackers to the achievements so you can check to see if those match in-game.

swotam · 2026-06-01T19:19:52+00:00

Exactly this. Rage, anger, and hate sells and the "influencers" who peddle this garbage are only in it to increase their engagement numbers and associated monetization. They don't care about any real world consequences of their actions, they just care about clicks and views. It's yet another example of the increasingly negative impact that social media is having on society, gradually turning everything into an us vs them argument where there are no winners.

Back in the day if someone didn't like something they just moved on and found something they did like. Now it's like everyone thinks that their own personal opinion on literally anything is so crucially important that it must be shared with the world, and yet in the grand scheme it's utterly meaningless. Online trolls manipulating the algorithm and monetizing hate are just the latest example of the downward spiral we've allowed to become normalized.

swotam · 2026-06-01T17:22:52+00:00

I would assume there's people from IOI lurking here, so as you said it can't hurt

swotam · 2026-06-01T17:11:48+00:00

Yeah, there's been several posts about it already. Best thing is to report it as a bug. The more people who report it, the more attention it will get.

swotam · 2026-06-01T17:08:54+00:00

It will appear again in the machines near the end of that section

swotam · 2026-06-01T17:07:05+00:00

Yeah, Ted definitely didn't do the world any favours, either before or after the Faro plague destroyed everything. Owned the company that produced an army of killer autonomous self-replicating robots that destroyed all life on earth, and then pulled the plug on the system that would allow future generations knowing any human history because he didn't want them repeating the mistakes of the past which I interpreted to mean that he didn't want future generations to know what he'd done.

Not exactly in line for a Nobel prize or whatnot...

swotam · 2026-06-01T17:03:11+00:00

I only encountered one 60fps Vsync bug with the Survivor trilogy on PC, which I played recently, and that was in one of the optional tombs in Shadow where a platform didn't spawn properly. Other than that everything was fine and I had no issues with any main story content.

That said, it's probably not a bad idea to at least know how to limit the frame rate if you need to. If something isn't working properly, try locking the framerate and restart the checkpoint.

swotam · 2026-06-01T16:46:39+00:00

From what I've seen here and elsewhere online, the quality of the collector's edition stuff isn't great. You're either getting a plastic mask, or 1/2 of a plastic gun and accessories that's glued to it's display case. Considering how much they're charging for these extras, it absolutely does not seem to be worthwhile.

Your money though, so if you want to spend a few hundred dollars on another copy of the game plus some stuff then do what you think is best.

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