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They really killed it with the lighting. Trigger warning:

Is the audio weird for anyone else? I bought the game a while back and don't remember noticing it, but I saw discussion on the Steam forum, ran the game and noticed that the gun audio is strangely quiet compared to the PS5 version. I ran the game in 7.1, 5.1, and stereo and the guns sounded the...

How do you use stealth on ultra hard? Are you slowly picking away at them while hiding and then changing hiding spots and waiting for them to stop looking for you?

I both disabled shader cache, rebooted, removed files and sometimes just deleted what I could without disabling, both forced the game to rebuild shaders, neither were a long-term solution for me.

I'm well past this part, didn't have hitching there and still don't have any 10+ hours later. Easy solution: Wipe and re-install Windows. ;) I wouldn't be surprised if there's some kind of GPU driver bug associated with this game. Lots of people report stutter with all kinds of supposed...

I ended up doing a clean install of Windows 11, wiped the OS drive and re-installed most stuff, and the game ran flawlessly for two hours before I quit playing. I went through a few areas and cut scenes, so I think I put it through its paces. I ran on the 'very high' preset at 3440×1440 with the...

It's an i7-9700K, 32GB RAM, RTX3090 (24GB VRAM), PCIe SSDs running at 3.0 speeds. The CPU is on the low-ish side (their minimum / recommended is i3-8100 / i5-8600), but CPU utilization is around 70% and GPU is around 70% with the game capped at 60FPS. Even if I drop to the very low preset the...

Welcome to the club. Last of Us runs fine here, albeit I need to turn down some things, but it otherwise runs smooth. My drives aren't encrypted, I'm about to start removing software that might be resident (Citrix Workspace, Logitech, NZXT) to see if that matters. Game mostly runs smooth, but...

I've played for 10 hours and can say they did a good job. It seems that all features of the Dual Sense controller work, even the speaker; I've only used it hardwired, can't say how it performs wireless. I'm still running into weird stutter after playing for a bit even after using DDU to...

I somehow solved my stutter / hitching issue. I'm not really sure what I did, but I did go into NVCP and the new Nvidia app and reset the main GPU settings to defaults. I also forced RBAR support via Nvidia Profile Inspector. After a reboot, I noticed that the game takes longer to compile...

i7-9700K, RTX3090, PCIe SSD here, I know I'm pushing it, but it seems to run fairly well cranked up, however, I noticed I had some hitching. I typically have a 98FPS cap set and force vsync on via NVCP or ProfileInspector, I also set my display to 100Hz in the game settings if supported; this...

I'm on an old Gigabyte Z390 motherboard (+ i7-9700K) with an EVGA RTX3090, NZXT Kraken X cooler, and G.Skill RGB RAM (because there wasn't a non-RGB option at the time), and the only thing that Windows 11 seems to natively support RGB for is my Logitech G703 mouse, which is hilarious because you...

I've played for 6 hours. I'm not sure if they've fixed the game since release, but the AI and police don't seem any more aggressive than in past NFS games. Yes the AI does some annoying stuff and seems to miraculously recover, yes you're probably screwed if you have a major wreck (you can...

This heap is $9.79 on Steam. I'm only calling it a heap based on the complaining I see on its Steam forum. I figure this is bargain bin pricing for what's supposed to be a triple-A game, so I bought it. Will report back if I rage because I read that the AI is super bad...

I think I got this free through Amazon Prime. I've been really enjoying it (coincidentally playing with a PS5 gamepad, so no issues with QTE prompts). The gameplay is easy enough as long as you utilize the abilities they give you and your teammates and use the pep talk buff when fighting bigger...

Trying to think about this objectively, I'd need to know how much I spend on games in a year and divide that by 12 to see if it's cheaper than purchasing individual games. If it's only Ubisoft games, I think I buy one of their games every two years, so that might be 60/24 = 2.5... $2/mo is what...

This is some kind of bizarre streamer collaboration where people play the game with a Guitar Hero guitar or Dance Dance Revolution pad.

I'm not even excited, but maybe we could start taking bets on if it gets released on PC simultaneously with consoles, then bonus points for guessing if it will be exclusive to a particular PC storefront, and bonus bonus if you guess a correct exclusivity time frame.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder audio is broken when the Switch is in surround mode or in auto mode while connected to a surround sound system. Seems it falls back to mono. Games typically check speaker config when launching, SMBW probably only checks for stereo or mono, fails to understand when Switch...

I thought I was crazy about the Super Mario Bros. Wonder audio, then finally did another A/B test with surround and stereo mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X5pZWOEtxk

I've been playing SMB Wonder, it's pretty good because it's slightly challenging. I think it's funny because you have to go on some kind of drug-induced trip in every stage and the flowers in the game talk to you and say positive things in a super chill voice. Pretty sure one of the flowers said...

Windows 11, maybe even Windows 10 has this, but can't yet confirm. If audio is going through DirectSound or I guess any system driver, it will be mono in all speakers including the center speaker. Tested it on a 7.1 setup, audio will play in the center speaker as well. If the audio is passed...

LOL what no, I'd never sink that low. All my hentai games are purchased on Steam and I'd hate to have a fragmented library. I'm patient, this will be free eventually. ;)

I wasn't terribly surprised when news of EGS struggles was announced considering I had seen this Aya & Naya trash on their store prior to the news. I thought it odd that they allowed this since I thought I remembered them saying that they were going to curate games instead of allowing just...

There's a free demo out now. Similar to the old game but with some new mechanics. There's an RGB connector that seems easy to understand when using just one, but gets complicated when adding two into the mix.

I grabbed it on sale and enjoyed it. Never watched Rick and Morty, but I liked the bizarre humor. It's a fairly laid back game, so it's easy to enjoy. I died some, but you're not really inconvenienced by death.

He said "rebuild it for Unity" in that video. I wonder if that's going to affect anything since Unity's pricing fiasco. I always got a kick out of "the combination to the safe is 36-26-36" and the guy at the bar saying "GET THE F*** OUTTA MY FOYAYYYYY" when not paying him.

Microsoft published the first AW games on Xbox 360, then Remedy self-published them on Steam. Then there was Quantum Break on the Microsoft Store that eventually came to Steam. I'm going to wait and see on this one.

I know I've run into this as well when I installed Windows with multiple drives in a machine and I was able to rebuild a boot sector from scratch but that was many years ago. You'll want to search for terms like 'build efi partition windows 11' and I'd suggest removing any additional drives...

You're looking at this the wrong way. Bethesda is actually including a REAL-LIFE side quest to you called "MOD MANAGER 2k23"! Bethesda delivers you a no-frills product for $70 and you instantly start your IRL side quest that involves installing the Script Extender and a variety of mods to bring...

I'm getting killed in the space fight tutorial. Something seems weird about the controls. Do I need to be using Left-Alt + WASD to adjust stuff to make my ship more responsive during the fight? I feel like I'm sitting still and rolling around in a ball instead of flying, but I guess space is...

30 minutes left for us normies. I've never been so excited to be so disappointed!

I'm going to wait until I can unlock the game on 9/6, when I see that for myself, I'm refunding. What is this? A game for Switch? Lack of Atmos isn't terribly surprising, but no HDR is just lazy.

I've pre-ordered on Steam and pre-loaded, I'm ready to be both disappointed in what features I know or assume the game will lack (DLSS, ray tracing, Dolby Atmos, HDR, etc.) and in how fast my computer can decrypt the game versus downloading it after pre-load. I'm mostly exited to do boring...

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-10 I've not sysprepped anything newer than Windows 7, so I'm not familiar with the issues that arise from removing the junk apps of Windows 10/11 when sysprepping. I...

I've never played Gothic. I played the first Elex game and I liked it, but I liked it because of the low-budget feel it has; I liked it enough that I stuck with it and played through. I liked how it progressed as far has leveling up and then being able to move to new areas and easily tackle...

To follow up on this, all aforementioned games, EXCEPT Ratchet and Clank, seem to work sound fine in Atmos mode with regards to the dynamic range or listening options. GoW does lock itself to the 'TV speakers' option, but it doesn't seem to cut the bass like Ratchet and Clank. For Ratchet and...

I managed to snag a code by monitoring a couple reddit threads: Most active: https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/15esh42/code_for_ps5_beta_from_usa/?sort=new https://www.reddit.com/r/playstation/comments/15eb718/ps5_beta_firmware_rolls_out_today/?sort=new Login to the PlayStation store on...

The best part of the Atmos news being that games that already use their native Tempest 3D audio will be able to utilize Atmos. Quick search turned up this list: https://www.mejoress.com/en/ps5-games-with-3d-audio/

I decided to check it out. I've maxed all settings (including RT) with DLSS Quality and I'm running exclusive fullscreen @ 60Hz with vsync enforced from Nvidia Control Panel (vsync disabled in game) and it's running smoothly. Not maxing out the GPU or CPU. 3440×1440, RTX3090, i7-9700K, 32GB RAM...