LadyCrimson

I've pretty much decided that I should buy a house next door to at least one of several forumites so I can drop by for food now and then.

...I see no pictures. Sounds nice, tho.

I haven't gotten any farther in OW than the intro stuff, not because of any judgements but because I'm easily distracted and fickle lately. It is the first Obsidian game I've purchased since Pillars 1 tho. After Pillars I lost interest in similar styled rpg games. I've considered Grounded but the visual style doesn't suit me that much for some reason, it's not complete yet, and I'm tired of survival/base-building games as well. Avowed might be something to perk my interest tho. Maybe, need more info first ofc. Also on topic: I bought that silly be a cat game because it was very cheap, I was bored, and cats. And the Taiwanese RPG Xuan-Yuan Sword 7 that I posted about elsewhere, which for $35 was worth a shot and I'm liking it quite a lot.

I saw/considered that game a bit ago, but then I read it required an always connected 'net/server connection to play ... single-player. I don't buy those.

Total War: JJ Abrams edition?

Wutwut? *google* Hmm...these days I typically don't have patience for micro-managing RTS armies or the politiking aspects if any (even tho I do like the genre). But I watched a video of a couple battles and ... yeah, I can see the appeal there. Maybe at some point.

Xuan-Yuan Sword VII Took a chance on this, one of the few Asian (Taiwanese) RPG titles on Steam that has English subtitles and might be in my wheelhouse etc. A long running series apparently, VII is the latest one. While some facial animations/textures aren't "top modern best" it looks fantastic on the 4k TV (1440 monitor too), with great in-game scenes and overall look. No performance issues at max (did have to disable Win10 resolution scaling compat. setting to play 4k, known issue) So far I like the music. There's a lot of long dialogue back and forth at times (think Taiwan/Chinese drama over-exposition) but for once I actually don't mind and so far am interested in the actual goings-on. I think you can skip-button just about all of it if you want however. I'm not too far in, the first couple hours seems to be setup/exposition moments and short quests, very tv/movie like, but again ... I strangely don't mind. It's probably going to be fairly linear path-wise and the basic combat/controls seem simple, but with special moves/attacks/combos (?) and the like later. I wish you could rebind a few keys tho. Anyway ... I'm quite enamored of it already, especially in terms of chr/mystery and visceral appeal.

Finally ... I think this is one that will be more than a brief stint/I'll stick with.

I'm a cat who is gonna save Halloween, apparently. But first I was thirsty. Then I found the trampoline. Best cat game evah.

Get to Chapt 3 as soon as possible, don't dwaddle in the first extra-long tutorial section (if you're sort of a completionist you can return to it later anyway). As for the cinematic - they slow down for most of the game except certain story moments, but you may rage a bit at the end unless the story really interests you. They overdid the UI micro-animations tho. Pressing skip over and over for certain things was definitely annoying.

My problem with shopping for a new/better tv to use as a monitor is the Samsung's are constantly sold out at stores. By the time they have anything in stock or not a month long order list it'll be a new gen of TV's. >.> I don't want OLED yet, still too worried about burn-in with the way I'd use it (it's desktop-on pretty much all day every day, only off when I sleep). Also, I'd like one in the 48"-50" range but most of the "better" ones are 55" or larger. I could get a 60-65 and mount it on the wall but I'm paranoid about it falling down (especially if there's an earthquake), and even with some swivel/tilt and extension on the mount, getting to the back of it would be a PITA. Are there any truly good wall mounts? Hubby bought a floor stand for his 55" so it could be behind his desk putting a bit more distance - sadly that won't work in my case. I could just stick with a larger and cheaper LG TV again but ... I'm just horribly undecided.

Hmm...I like the game look (pics from very start). This is the demo, not full game. "Ghostrunner." See that board sign ahead? You can run sideways on it to get to places (like parkour I guess?). It feels cooler than it sounds. Very smooth and fast. Can't take screens while controlling it so these are video stills. It's a slicing and dicing action game, btw. The one-hit one kill type. You will die. And die. And die. Maybe I shouldn't buy it, after all. But that running move is so fun!

Don't know how they compare to any others but plenty of mom's I knew growing up would use the common US ones for stuff. Pies mostly, soup sometimes. My mother liked to dry out the seeds in the oven for eating.

@Keyrock - I like your hat. The pumpkin could use a face, tho.

No worries, even if you were, I wouldn't understand it. What Keyrock said is good enough, I trust y'all being more knowledgeable than myself. I'm still perfectly fine with 60hz as long as the 60fps is solid. But it's harder to find low hz quality monitors for example and I figure at some point I'm going to have to switch (yes I know I could run 120 at 60, just saying). I mean, I can *get* higher than 60 fps in games but outside of being an fps overhead I gather it doesn't mean anything vs 100+fps on an actual higher hz monitor. I'm dubious my old eyes would even notice a serious difference but one day I'll find out I guess.

Ah, ok. So something like the Q90 has a 240 "magic trick" mode instead. Got it, thanks.

Maybe the 4080ti will be able to hold 120 in 4k in even most AAA games of that future, and I'll finally get some higher hz monitors/TV's and see what the fuss is about (there was no way I was going to first get "used" to higher hz/fps if it still doesn't work for 4k, hah). Btw, all the "120hz" tv's ... are they really 120hz? Because tech specs may say it, but dig deeper and often are actually "native 60" with 120 being in some True Motion/Game Boost mode or something. I have no idea what that means in terms of tech, outside of the fact I can't stand things like True Motion on TV's...

Started The Haunting of Bly Manor. I find the fact actors from the previous Hill House series are in it - but playing completely different characters - rather distracting. So far the show feels a lot more drama-y vs. scares and chills, although that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not sure ... it feels like it's a good show that I should be liking more than I am (although not as good as, and somewhat different from Hill House) but it's not capturing my attention nearly as much.

I love watermelon too. That's it, that's all I had to say.

*google, zillow, google, zillow* "Oh! Hubby, look at this one!" "Did you find one you like? Did you send check already?" "Pffft, hush." We took a break after the last retirement property situation didn't work out (sold again/didn't like the areas after all). Gotta get off our butts again. Looks like some trips to Oregon is in order. I already checked - there's fiber net in up there in enough places. That's important, ofc. Someday we will find that 1/4-1/2 acre lot, outer-suburbia retirement house we want.

I think I like the night (?) better. Also, can you imagine having a moon that huge in the sky all the time? Us on-Earth humans get all "oooo" when our moon is just a little bit bigger than normal/low in the sky. If we were on this planet we'd all faint or something. I have to move faster in the game tho ... you don't get very far when you have the game on for 10-15 minutes at a time and spend most of it looking at the sky.

Outer Worlds - is there a hotkey to turn the UI on/off? Because it's a pita to go into Settings every time you want to take a scenic screenshot.

When I played it at release (on an older PC) I remember the loading times were sometimes excruciatingly long. Like, 30 seconds or something. I wonder what they'd feel like now. I definitely understand not wanting to party manage much (or any micro-management, really). I used to like such a lot more, pausing games every second to give orders and the like but I think these days I wouldn't even want to manage the party ala KOTOR style. Turn based wouldn't change that for me at all. Just let me dump gear on them and let AI do their half-arsed job.

Recently install latest Gimp graphic editor to check it again? Using a 1440 or higher monitor and all the program menu UI text is so tiny (like 3 mm tall at most) you'd need to press your nose against the monitor to read it because Gimp is apparently not "DPI aware" or some such? Then do this: ...took me a while to find that solution. Otherwise I'd have uninstalled it again. Gimp's improved every time I've looked (last time was likely several years ago...). I think it's finally become something I'll have perm-installed for when my old faithful Paint Shop Pro 9 can't handle something. Options are good.

^ Reference to Outer Worlds release? Otherwise, I'm still lost. ...I wonder if I'd like golden-year-ing in Texas ... "one of the highest property tax states." ... never mind.