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Paul Andrew
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Picked up the Spacer's Choice upgrade for The Outer Worlds on steam today. Old version was running pretty decent, nearly uninterrupted (definitely a little dip and stutter here and there) 60fps on my gtx1080 at 1440p ultra...
And the upgrade runs like total ass on this machine. Even locking to 30fps I'm still dipping to mid 20s periodically. Might try on my other PC (3070ti), and see if I get better results. That machine is hooked up to a 4k tv though, so we'll see what happens.
And the upgrade runs like total ass on this machine. Even locking to 30fps I'm still dipping to mid 20s periodically. Might try on my other PC (3070ti), and see if I get better results. That machine is hooked up to a 4k tv though, so we'll see what happens.
I honestly wasn't that impressed with The Outer Worlds. I have only played through it once. It wasn't bad, but when the game ended I was shocked because I thought I was at the halfway point of the game. I've been waiting for the DLCs to go on sale to play those. I definitely will not pay for any graphic upgrade because I thought it looked good enough as is.
Paul Andrew
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The upgrade also comes with an increased level cap and the DLCs, fwiw.
I paid $10 for the upgrade, but that was because I already owned the DLCs. So far, kind of disappointed. Hopefully a patch smooths things out soon.
Just read that the Robocop game is being delayed til September. Not too much, and I guess they see something needed more work.
I'd rather a game feel finished than rushed anyday.
I'd rather a game feel finished than rushed anyday.
Yeah people are losing their crap over Starfield getting delayed to Sept. I commented that people are quick to forget Cyberpunk 2077's rushed launch so they should be patient. We know almost everyone has multiple services full of games they haven't played yet, or Steam at the least.
I didn't play Cyberpunk, but heard plenty about its rocky launch.
They need to stop having such rough and rushed launch dates.
Square's Chrono Cross took nearly a year to get things fixed.
I know Sega really wanted the Sonic Origins game to come out on Sonic's birthday, but it just had SO many issues.
Cephus
Master Member
Honestly, these studios need to stop announcing release dates until the games are 100% finished. That way they don't have to keep delaying them over and over and over.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
Nice as it would be, totally unrealistic for a host of reasons in most cases.
Nth
Sr Member
Blame the publishers for that. It’s all about revenue generation within certain time periods for them, even when their deadlines end up sabotaging the final product.
Nth
Sr Member
The biggest reason, is a lot of the times, although not always, is they let you download and install the game hours and maybe a day ahead of time, but then you have to wait for that official time to actually start playing it. But if you have a slower internet connection, it can be nice to have it all ready when the time is up and not have to wait even more.
jkno
Legendary Member
Since my Command & Conquer CD's don't work anymore, and the stupid EA Games canceled Origin, and thus making my online C&C games unusable, I realized the old Quake III Team Arena still works. Played this game many years ago, becoming quite good at it, even with the rail gun. Will try play this again for a while, having a few awesome custom maps too.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
Nth
Sr Member
You should probably offer Bethesda some words of encouragement because 'broken' is all they've been putting out the last few years.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
At this point I've got a backlog longer than I am old, I am perfectly content to wait until September for starfield.
That being said, all of their big releases have come with some level of "open world jank", and that's kind of the price that you pay for games of that scope.
For what it's worth, fallout 76 has gotten to a very playable point as it's evolved since release. I'm still not sure that it's the kind of game I wanted, but there's fun to be had there.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
Not to mention, there isn't a QA department in the world that can rival the testing that happens once a game is released into the wild. The pure exponential increase in the number of players means that more bugs and gameplay issues always going to be found after a game comes out.
I'm not sure about consoles, but Cyberpunk 2077 has been perfectly playable since April of 2021 (well that's when I played it first) on PC. You can definitely tell there were things that weren't fully fleshed out, but I still really like the game. The story is decent, but I would say the characters and environment are what really stands out. It's one game where it's actually fun to just drive around in the game because the city and vehicles are so cool.
I heard consoles had a lot of issues. But, don't know all the details.
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