Can’t wait for all that’s in store next.

  • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    We’re finally out of the COVID dev lull! Or at least, we’re currently in the window that all big games got delayed to. Lol

    • EremesZorn@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      Putin fucked it up for the one title I’ve been waiting over a decade for. And it got delayed until next year. Again.

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I’ll say! I finally got around to Elden Ring, and it’s everything I could have hoped for in an open-world Souls game. It lives up to the hype for sure.

  • Namstel@lemmy.one
    6·
    1 year ago

    Anything particular that stands out for you? I’m itching to get my hands on Baldurs Gate 3.

    • B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I am really looking forward to Starfield, I am a sucker for everything space. I also really wanna try out BG3 but a bit intimidated as I have never played a CRPG.

      • M. Orange@beehaw.org
        5·
        1 year ago

        It’s very accessible compared to other cRPGs. D&D 5e was already designed to be beginner-friendly, and Larian just made it more beginner-friendly while also making one of the most open-ended games I can think of.

        • SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’ve been enjoying BG3 quite a bit but I actually feel like DOS2 is more accessible as someone who has never played D&D. All the modifiers and weapon proficiencies and armor class things are really confusing to me as a noob. This complexity adds a ton of depth to the game but I feel like combat in DOS2 was more straightforward and I think I like it more.

          Still haven’t gotten out of act 1 in BG3 yet so my opinion may change as I get more familiar with it.

  • joneskind@beehaw.org
    5·
    1 year ago

    Being a Mac user, this year is indeed a good year.

    I’ve been a very longtime WoW player but couldn’t stand the game anymore. I dropped it after a few months of Classic WOTLK (my personal fav) both out of boredom and because Blizzard contempt for macOS users

    Finding a game that I love and runs natively wasn’t easy but it finally happened. I never was an hardcore gamer (except maybe in the early days of WoW) so I never felt the need to get a dedicated PC (I had a PC but it only ran macOS and Manjaro)

    I’m currently playing Metro Exodus and BG3 (which I absolutely love even in EA). I also bought REV, NMS and Cliff Empire, but they weren’t for me.

    The other game changer is Game Porting ToolKit which allows me to test a whole bunch of Windows only games thanks to a friend who added me to its Steam family.

    Most of the games run smoothly enough for me (60FPS) so I guess the times I was thinking about buying a gaming rig are over. This money will go in some overpriced Mac option.

    Anyway, I never spent that much money in video games. It definitely must be a sign.

    • WestwardWind@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      Which Mac are you running on? I haven’t gone through the game porting kit setup yet because it seemed like a real pain in the ass and I want confident the performance would be worth it in the end on my m2pro

      • joneskind@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        I got a 30 GPU cores M2 Max running the Public Beta of macOS Sonoma.

        I just installed Whisky and followed the guide.

        After that I just created a bottle and run Steam.exe which I then use as an installer and launcher. Super easy to use.

        Not every game is working OOTB yet, but I guess it’s a matter of updates. I didn’t dig too much for that reason.

        One weird thing I noticed is that CyberPunk is capped at about 30 FPS, no matter the settings.

  • EremesZorn@beehaw.org
    4·
    1 year ago

    The only thing I have been satisfied with is Baldur’s Gate 3 and I lost interest before I completed Act 3. I’m so immensely fucking pissed off with Armored Core 6 right now that I’m considering uninstalling.
    It’s not that it’s bad. It’s actually a really well-made game. But it’s fucking FromSoft, and it’s their “games aren’t shit unless they’re infuriatingly hard” bullshit they’ve always been on.
    I don’t know what I was expecting. I beat Elden Ring and the bosses weren’t on this level of nonsense.
    And with the news that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 just got pushed back AGAIN, I’m not having a good year in gaming, no.
    I need Starfield to be good or I walk away from gaming altogether until next year. It’s getting to be not worth it anymore to me.

    • B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Street fighter 6, MK1, Baldurs gate, Re4 remake and Dead space remake,Hi fi rush, Spiderman 2 is coming up, Hogwarts legacy, I am also really looking forward to Starfield and Phantom liberty. Almost forgot Armored core VI and FFXVI.