What are you playing?

[jormungand]

What am I not playing:
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JFC Epic, get your sh*t together. 10 minutes to "download' 164 MB.

40 minutes and one epic store reinstall later:
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Kill me now.

oh boi....
i came from work on friday ready to buy the game and start playing
1- i checked all my emails for promo (gmg-fanatical etc)....nothing
2- jumped to steam looking for the game..... nothing
i told myself well its Activision maybe battlenet
3- jumped on battlenet....nothing!!

....4- Google friendly user browser plz tell me where da $#^%$$%^&% i can find TH 1+2
5- Google> Epicgames bud thats your answer
Me....F$&%^&%*^^ F&^&*^(*&)*(&)

any idea if its coming to steam??

I'm glad to be above ground now and to find the scenery is quite stunning in Metro Exodus.
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ayyyyyyy open your eyes!!! do not blink. youll get my point later

 

[moproblems99]

I'm glad to be above ground now and to find the scenery is quite stunning in Metro Exodus.
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Exodus was my Game of the Year 2019.

 

[windwhirl]

And with a lowly 580 to boot

Hey! As a 580 owner I take offense to that!

Seriously, though, it's surprising that it still holds up so well 4 years after Polaris' debut. Though with the transition to a new console gen, I imagine that it's gonna start ageing much more rapidly from now on.

 

[moproblems99]

Hey! As a 580 owner I take offense to that!

Hehe...I have 6 of them myself collecting dust on a shelf.

 

[budget_Optiplex]

JFC Epic, get your sh*t together. 10 minutes to "download' 164 MB.

Yeah the Epic store software seriously needs to evolve. I use a 1366x768 TV/monitor and the software doesn't scale correctly to the resolution so I can't access the settings menu at all, so I have to edit the ini file to change any settings. Even better is how if you reinstall Windows and the Epic games software fresh, it wants you to re-download all your games as it can't see what's there without workarounds. Yet Ubisoft and Steam work fine at this resolution and will actually detect installed games............

But now that I got Metro Exodus and DLCs working again in the Epic games software, been playing Sams Story DLC and really enjoying it so far. Trying not to kill anyone, though I don't see any signs that Sams Story has a karma system like the original game. My only gripe is there are too many of the damn spiders in the underground level.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Based on their reddit it's a worldwide clusterf#ck, multiple users reporting same issue.

Aaaaand....likewise many more numerous people encounter no issues downloading and installing. Steam has also had its fair share of download problems. I’m currently still awaiting resolution of not being able to play a game I got on GOG. Every store and launcher has issues.

And with a lowly 580 to boot. I didn't think gaming was possible without dlss and rtx.

I still haven’t played it with either feature and it’s still Glorious!!

 

[robot zombie]

Exodus was my Game of the Year 2019.

It really was an excellent experience. I haven't been as buried in a game since then.

Ukrainians do not mess around, man. Incidentally, some of (I think) the best vodka you can get is also made in Ukraine - Khortytsa Platinum. If you ever find it, have some ice cold alongside some Metro Exodus. It's cheap because Ukraine strictly limits the price of vodka (I like how they think,) but you won't find a better vodka that's actually accessible in all of Russia itself. I trust my Russian acquaintances on that one. They don't often drink Russian vodka, but instead Ukrainian. Not only did they beat Russia to a top-tier game set in Russia (based off of a Russian book,) but the vodka is better too! Maybe that's why there's a big proxy war type of sitch going on there... Russia must be getting jealous. But really, who needs a civil war when Russians and Ukrainians could be getting together making more awesome games?

Dmitry Glukhovsky said a while back that he's already writing more for later installments. Other little breadcrumbs out there, too. If true, that's awesome. Exodus deviated a lot from the books, so if the original writer likes it enough to get involved, that could be a really good sign that concepts are growing bigger. Hopefully we'll see more sometime in the near future. I know I'd love to see them do a lot more with the franchise, in terms of story and gameplay. There's definitely room for more springing off of a title with such strong immersive qualities. They can do it. If they pull off another killer Metro title I might have to officially make it my favorite franchise.

 

[Splinterdog]

And with a lowly 580 to boot. I didn't think gaming was possible without dlss and rtx.

Crysis Remastered's 'Can it run Crysis' mode might give it a run for it's money, but it still performs without a hitch and as smooth as butter. Not even O/Cd it.

 

[Chomiq]

Crysis Remastered's 'Can it run Crysis' mode might give it a run for it's money, but it still performs without a hitch and as smooth as butter. Not even O/Cd it.
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I guess not relying on a single core performance does wonders to optimization.

 

[Sithaer]

Hey! As a 580 owner I take offense to that!

Seriously, though, it's surprising that it still holds up so well 4 years after Polaris' debut. Though with the transition to a new console gen, I imagine that it's gonna start ageing much more rapidly from now on.

Yup, I'm only using a RX 570 that I bought in 2018 but so far it played every game I wanted to play with a comfortable experience 'for me at least'.

Sure its aging I noticed that much, especially since I upgraded my monitor ~1+ year ago but it still manages to play the games I'm playing, at most I have to tweak settings here and there.

Honestly its one of the best cards I owned and considering what I paid for it, it served me well/still does. 'still has warranty till December'

I do plan a ~mid range upgrade later this year/early next but there are still so many older games I'm yet to play that I'm really not in a hurry.

Aaaaand....likewise many more numerous people encounter no issues downloading and installing. Steam has also had its fair share of download problems. I’m currently still awaiting resolution of not being able to play a game I got on GOG. Every store and launcher has issues.


I still haven’t played it with either feature and it’s still Glorious!!

Don't want to defend any launcher specifically since they are all the same to me but I'm yet to have any issues with EPIC. 'knocks on wood'

Using it mainly since the relase of BL 3 but I also bought other games since and its working just fine for me.


Just in time, now I'm ready for other game/s.

Spoiler

 

[Vayra86]

Why say that? I mean yes, the beta launch has been, short to say, very horrible. I'm sure the devs were not expecting to see an increase in traffic 10 fold or more. The voxel tech is actually quite nice. So many things can be made with it as I am learning voxelmancy more in depth. Once you get the hang of the basics, the rest comes easy. The game itself isn't modifiable but everything else in game is. You have territory units in which you set rights to so no one can take anything, alter or mine your claimed land. Plus, the Sanctuary Moon is PvE only.

I've seen my share of similar games and they all turn to shit or never even get there

Its like all those WoW clones. Enjoyable, but they won't last.

 

[Splinterdog]

I spoke too soon as I was sent on an underground mission not long afterwards and I hate confined spaces and creepy crawlies.
Couldn't wait to get out of there!


Not bad for a lowly RX580

 

[moproblems99]

I spoke too soon as I was sent on an underground mission not long afterwards and I hate confined spaces and creepy crawlies.
Couldn't wait to get out of there!

You should really try and keep your face in one piece. Duct tape means you're doing it wrong.

Not bad for a lowly RX580

Not bad at all. Keep it up and you might get a free leather jacket in the mail.

 

[robot zombie]

I spoke too soon as I was sent on an underground mission not long afterwards and I hate confined spaces and creepy crawlies.
Couldn't wait to get out of there!

Friggin spiders. Those spiders are assholes. Worse than ducks. Kill em with fire. Or apparently a flashlight.

You should really try and keep your face in one piece. Duct tape means you're doing it wrong.

Haha, you're right though. I made that mistake a lot on my first play through with it. The game will usually give you signs, but even when it doesn't, all you have to do to see if you need the mask is try to swap filters. If it lets you, that means your filters are running down and you need the mask. If it bloops out and doesn't let you, you can take it off.

The one place my mask always gets screwed up is Novosibirsk. Damn that part was good though. Brutally unforgiving, seemingly never-ending struggle. Just about everything is goddamned hostile. Hell of a rush on the harder difficulties... just basically always trying to not be completely shistered. The best you could possibly have going in is still just barely cutting it.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Friggin spiders. Those spiders are assholes. Worse than ducks. Kill em with fire. Or apparently a flashlight.


Haha, you're right though. I made that mistake a lot on my first play through with it. The game will usually give you signs, but even when it doesn't, all you have to do to see if you need the mask is try to swap filters. If it lets you, that means your filters are running down and you need the mask. If it bloops out and doesn't let you, you can take it off.

The one place my mask always gets screwed up is Novosibirsk. Damn that part was good though. Brutally unforgiving, seemingly never-ending struggle. Just about everything is goddamned hostile. Hell of a rush on the harder difficulties... just basically always trying to not be completely shistered. The best you could possibly have going in is still just barely cutting it.

I still wish there had been just one more location before Novosibirsk. As many hours as the game took, even adding Sam's story, it feels like one more location could have been there to scout for home, without it dragging on.

 

[robot zombie]

I still wish there had been just one more location before Novosibirsk. As many hours as the game took, even adding Sam's story, it feels like one more location could have been there to scout for home, without it dragging on.

That would've been nice. Might've been something they wanted to squeeze in but didn't have the time/resources for. After that whole journey it was a little unsatisfying that you didn't actually get to 'get there' yourself. I'm sure they at least considered it.

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I think that might've been the intended reaction though. Perhaps they wanted to get across that the story isn't really over yet. You don't get to go to paradise yet because as of the end of Exodus there's still more to do. You still have to get established and then figure out how to save the Metro. That's a whole second odyssey! And then there were the people you helped along the route. Everyone came together to follow Artyom's dream, but along the way found places where their own hearts called them. Finding a place is really only the start. I kinda get the feeling that as they were working on Exodus, they realized they could do more than could be fit into one game, and probably committed fairly early to not tying too much up to revisit/change later. The whole arc with saving Anna I think more than anything was done simply to have a suitable climax to free the rest up for a sequel.

 

[phanbuey]

Replaying some outer worlds now that the expansion (Peril on Gorgon) is out and I got a new monitor (samsung g7 27") . Love this game.

 

[Sithaer]

Friggin spiders. Those spiders are assholes. Worse than ducks. Kill em with fire. Or apparently a flashlight.

I'm just glad that the Metro spiders look different enough from actual spiders.

I have a mild-ish 'well depends,sometimes its worse' arachnophobia and if they are realistic enough in games it makes me feel uncomfortable.
Not that I liked that part in Metro but at least it did not trigger my issue.

For example those black Arachnomorphs in Witcher 3 Blood&Wine did bother me so I tried to avoid them if possible.

 

[metalfiber]

I hope y'all are doing well.

Rockstar updated GTA5 and it quit working. I'm sure it needs a new scripthook for the mods i've installed. Why can't they just leave the single player people alone if they ain't gonna add nothing new to that mode?

Well, that made me switch up games and i'm glad they did. I started (free from Epic) Remnant From the Ashes. It's nothing like i thought it was...a shooter. It's a RPG more than anything else. Remnant feels like those "lesser" RPG's like Gothic, Elex, and Two Worlds that i've really liked. So i'm glad that GTA5 went on the fritz. If you play Remnant in single player mode. Start it from the install folder exe (Remnant-Win64-Shipping.exe) for a DRM free experience.

 

[moproblems99]

Two Worlds

Now there is a game I forgot.

 

[robot zombie]

I hope y'all are doing well.

Rockstar updated GTA5 and it quit working. I'm sure it needs a new scripthook for the mods i've installed. Why can't they just leave the single player people alone if they ain't gonna add nothing new to that mode?

Same thing happens with Bethesda's paid mod updates. Or it used to, these days I don't know. Most of your foundational, non-texture mods require script extensions that allow them to work on an engine level. Technically this can get you all the way down to the core. But every single game update shuffles memory entries that break the whole thing. Simple fix, just a few lines adapted after peeping the new data. But then all of the mods relying on the old version ALSO have to be updated to work with the new script extender.

It's a mess, and really doesn't have to be that way. It just requires some changes with how updates are compiled AFAICS. Fixes have been attempted with varying degrees of success. I think they squashed it with Skyrim SE. Stuff that acts a go-between for different stuff that has or hasn't been updated. Basically automatically fudging it. There's no reason it can't actually work, other than a small code mismatch. But personally I just keep the exe backed up and tell steam not to update unless run from the launcher, which bypasses the script addons anyway, so it's never happening. So many mods break every time I let an update through. It takes a couple of hours to fix. And that's assuming all of the authors have caught on and updated... if the author isn't around anymore that may just be the death of that mod.

Pisses me right off, because I don't care about paid mods and the whole thing really just says more than I wish I knew about the direction they're headed in. You can't say you support the modding community when your update scheme discourages it on a base level... especially when it's pretty much exclusively so you can sell paywalled mods. But I digress.

I'm just glad that the Metro spiders look different enough from actual spiders.

I have a mild-ish 'well depends,sometimes its worse' arachnophobia and if they are realistic enough in games it makes me feel uncomfortable.
Not that I liked that part in Metro but at least it did not trigger my issue.

For example those black Arachnomorphs in Witcher 3 Blood&Wine did bother me so I tried to avoid them if possible.

Ahaha, I'm the opposite. Giant fictional spiders are hard nope for me. Hate em. Reptile brain kicks on and says it's gotta go. Real spiders apparently don't concern me enough. I've been bitten by so many spiders in my life, and totally avoided by countless more that I tend to leave them be. Palmetto bugs are a different story. Those things are flying 2-3" long abominations of chitin and flesh. Actually that reminds me... Radroaches actually make me pretty jumpy compared to most real-life bugs

 

[biffzinker]

Palmetto bugs are a different story.

Hadn’t heard of those before. After looking it up the appearance reminds me a radroach.

 

[robot zombie]

Hadn’t heard of those before. After looking it up the appearance reminds me a radroach.

Pretty much any large, feral roach (as in, gets inside by mistake and eventually dies there, not colonize like the little Germans) gets called that (most commonly the American cockroach,) but in Florida it's a specific species known as the Florida woods cockroach. They're big... I was exagerating a little but I have seen them get as big as 2" long here. The males fly, but they kind of lumber in the air so there's no telling where they wind up. IME they freak out when they sense you and wind up veering right into you. Terrible sound with the loud buzzing and the *smack* upon landing. Suck to squish, because they've got as much juice in them as 2-3 grapes. Stinks, too. They've got a stink sack or something. They spray when threatened. That's the main distinction... most roaches don't do that afaik.

The story goes they got the title because they're often found at the bases of palmettos. They like warm, wet, leafy places much more than AC'd homes, fortunately. Nightmare when they get in. There is nowhere in south Florida you can go where they're not hiding in the ground. They live outside of every house.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Hadn’t heard of those before. After looking it up the appearance reminds me a radroach.

We’ve got lots down here and can spare a few. Not just native to Florida. I’d be happy to gather some up and ship them to you!

 

[biffzinker]

We’ve got lots down here and can spare a few. Not jist native to Florida. I’d be happy to gather some up and ship them to you!

Nah, I’m good. Same for snakes, never cared for them either.