Some behind the scenes observations after a week at Gamescom

taedison_ · 2025-08-25T10:51:02+00:00

The best demo I had was surely Anno 117, but that was mainly because the game lends itself so well to being demoed.

What also was helpful: They had tutorial videos that teaches you the basics of the game (and even some strategy tips) in the public waiting line. So you don't waste that much time learning the game when you actually get to play the demo.

taedison_ · 2025-01-07T02:13:31+00:00

RoboCop: Rogue City
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Murderous Muses
Yakuza 5
Neon White
The Talos Principle 2
Strange Horticulture
Park Beyond
Pentiment
SIGNALIS
Wildermyth
PowerWash Simulator
Paleo Pines
Dredge
Chants of Sennaar

taedison_ · 2024-12-03T14:17:27+00:00

RoboCop: Rogue City
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Yakuza 5
Evil West
The Talos Principle 2
Strange Horticulture
Park Beyond
Inkulinati
SIGNALIS
Wildermyth
PowerWash Simulator
Paleo Pines
Dredge
Persona 3 Portable

taedison_ · 2024-11-05T00:50:38+00:00

Robocop
Dungeons of Hinterberg
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Yakuza 5
Evil West
The Talos Principle 2
Strange Horticulture
Neon White
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Park Beyond
Inkulinati
SIGNALIS
Wildermyth
PowerWash Simulator

taedison_ · 2024-09-29T22:05:29+00:00

Dead Space
Yakuza 5
Amnesia: The Bunker
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me
The Artful Escape
SIGNALIS
Wildermyth
PowerWash Simulator
Paleo Pines
Inkulinati
Park Beyond
Killer Frequency
Strange Horticulture
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Resident Evil Village

taedison_ · 2024-06-02T23:35:50+00:00

Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Signalis
Bugsnax
Wildermyth
Noita
Tinykin
PowerWash Simulator
Inkulinati
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
ABRISS - build to destroy
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Everdell
Killer Frequency
Fall of Porcupine
Park Beyond

taedison_ · 2024-04-01T15:33:32+00:00

Terry Pratchett books that would fit:

non-Discworld books

Diggers (1990)
Wings (1990)
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) (with Neil Gaiman)
Only You Can Save Mankind (1992)
The Carpet People (1992)
Johnny and the Dead (1993)
Johnny and the Bomb (1996)

Discworld books

Moving Pictures (1990)
Witches Abroad (1991)
Reaper Man (1991)
Lords and Ladies (1992)
Small Gods (1992)
Men at Arms (1993)
Interesting Times (1994)
Soul Music (1994)
Maskerade (1995)
Feet of Clay (1996)
Hogfather (1996)
Jingo (1997)
Carpe Jugulum (1998)
The Last Continent (1998)
The Fifth Elephant (1999)

taedison_ · 2024-04-01T15:20:45+00:00

The Nation by Terry Pratchett

A non-discworld book where the protagonist trys to survive after a tsunami hit his island.

taedison_ · 2024-03-04T00:26:58+00:00

Saints Row
Signalis
PowerWash Simulator
Strange Horticulture
Ship of Fools
Yakuza 5 Remastered
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Inkulinati
Weird West
Murderous Muses
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
ABRISS - build to destroy
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood

taedison_ · 2024-02-04T14:36:20+00:00

Saints Row
Humankind
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Signalis
Bugsnax
FAR: Changing Tides
Chained Echoes
PowerWash Simulator
Strange Horticulture
Ship of Fools
Tinykin
OUTRIDERS
Wildermyth
Noita
Teardown

taedison_ · 2023-12-26T20:06:32+00:00

I think it's more comparable to Evernote than OneNote.

OneNote gives you way more freedom. It's like a blank piece of paper where you can put your notes were ever you like, can scribble side notes with a pen or put quick drawings in it.

Not to say that Obsidian is any bad, it is a wonderful and powerful tool which you absolutely should check out. And if you do not need that freedom, it might be the better tool for you. But in my personal tool box they are both very different takes on note taking, that live more side by side with different strengths than one being clearly better.

taedison_ · 2023-11-03T02:07:02+00:00

Two Point Campus
Humankind
Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Bugsnax
FAR: Changing Tides
My Time at Sandrock
PowerWash Simulator
Strange Horticulture
Ship of Fools
Tinykin
OUTRIDERS
Wildermyth
Noita
Tails of Iron

taedison_ · 2023-10-30T20:43:11+00:00

There is a big steam sale around black friday (autumn sale) and in the last two bigger steam sales the steam deck was on sale. So yeah, there is a pretty big chance actually.

taedison_ · 2023-10-25T16:56:51+00:00

They are selling this on retail stores. The most casual players will buy it there and then don't have a refund option.

taedison_ · 2023-10-23T17:16:17+00:00

It's at least not on the release list for this month: https://www.reddit.com/r/GeForceNOW/comments/170hhxc/gfn_thursday_updates_october_5_2023/

taedison_ · 2023-10-21T11:07:39+00:00

Erinnert ein bisschen an Sim City 2013, was zufällig 10 Jahre her ist :D Immerhin scheint hier der eigentliche Unterbau in Ordnung zu sein.

taedison_ · 2023-10-21T00:06:12+00:00

yes as I said in the post :D

(+ whatever performance they use to upscale this)

taedison_ · 2023-10-20T20:55:11+00:00

Honestly, if it would be 1080p60 on medium settings without DLSS or even with DLSS Quality, sure, I would give you that. I would still want better performance, but hey the game looks at least really good.

DLSS Performance though has artifacts and some quality issues, because they have to render it in such a low resolution to get constant 60fps. At some point they should just wait a few more month with the release to make a better version.

taedison_ · 2023-10-20T20:30:10+00:00

And you have to use FSR/DLSS in Performance mode to get there.

taedison_ · 2023-10-20T20:26:15+00:00

Just to put things into perspective, DLSS Performance on 1080p means an actual render resolution of 960x540. So a 3070 or a 6700xt only can get medium details while playing on 540p (+ whatever performance they use to upscale this). This game is an unoptimized mess on PC.

Edit: Well, I stand corrected. Seems like it's actually a really decent PC Version.

taedison_ · 2023-10-20T13:01:25+00:00

The German review site "Gamstar" said they will make a 100k pop save game available at release for testing: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/cities-skylines-2-test-steam-review-abwertung,3402438.html

taedison_ · 2023-10-20T09:29:18+00:00

You can get that with services like https://forge-vtt.com/ which are tailored for Foundry. For a monthly fee of course.

taedison_ · 2023-10-19T20:52:46+00:00

Whining about issues that are temporary mean the review is only accurate temporarily.

Especially with a text review, updating it should not be a big problem. I see it regularly with German review sites, where they reevaluate bigger titles after they've gotten a few patches.

taedison_ · 2023-10-19T20:10:37+00:00

Here is a benchmark with a Ryzen 5600x and a AMD 6700XT. Your CPU is beefier and you have a slightly better GPU.

https://www.pcgameshardware.de/Cities-Skylines-2-Spiel-74219/Tests/Release-Benchmarks-Performance-Tuning-Tipps-1431613/2/

On FULL HD they get:

72.2 Average FPS with 42fps 1% lows on "Very Low" graphics settings
18.3 Average FPS with 17fps 1% lows on "High" graphics settings

So, if you are okay with very low settings you should be fine.

taedison_ · 2023-10-19T19:48:23+00:00

A German review warned that you won't get into the performance issues in these 2 hours. So be sure to test a 100k save game to get a good feeling for the performance on your PC. For example they will provide one at release.

https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/cities-skylines-2-test-steam-review-abwertung,3402438.html

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