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That’s intentional though, no? With 12GB of VRAM or more my 3070 (allegedly) would still perform quite alright. Put just enough of VRAM for now on midrange GPUs and they will be outdated in a couple of years. Personaly I will be waiting for “the game” to upgrade my set up. It was lovely to have a massive backlog of cheap games to play when I build my current rig. And yeah, I don’t find current GPU offering to be of a particularly a good value.

I am not particularly immersed in what is demanding and what is not. What I am interested is if a game can run well enough on my PC to be enjoyable play. Dark Ages is the first game I tried and decided it is not worth to play on my current PC, even on lowered settings. I would probably pushed through years ago, but after playing for couple years action games with 60plus FPS, I just don't find it enjoyable to struggle through an action game while dealing with unstable framerate Edit. Well, also there was Monster Hunter: Wilds demo, but from what I understand it doesn't run well no matter the specs. Also after sinking quite a few hours into MH:World I can confidently say it is just not series for me.

On my 3070 I was able to run Avowed mostly ok, but unfortunately, I do start feeling the limits of my 8GB memory. I tried Doom: Dark Ages, and oh boy. That just wasn't worth playing with that performance. Technically I was able to push to 60FPS with heavy use of DLSS, but it definitely wasn't smooth 60FPS.

Once again it is GamePass time. With Outer Worlds2 coming in October, and games I want to play piling up in gamepass I figured it's a good time to resubscribe and tick few of those off. So here is a list so far: 1) FTC: Firebreak - Remedy's Left4Dead-like. Ehhhh. It's not terrible, but also not particularly interesting. Gameplay is very basic, missions get old very quickly, and matches are either fairly dull (if everyone know what they are doing) or frustrating (if one or two people don't fulfill their roles). It's an ok time waster with a friend, but I think I had enough of it in a solo que. I might jump back again later after few updates, but I wouldn't recommend paying money for it. Sorry, Remedy. 2) I gave new Commandos: Origins game a go. Eh, didn't play much so far, but my impression isn't much different than from a demo - it seems like a clunkier, far less polished version of Mimimi's take on the genre. They just haven't presented any interesting challenges so far, and character kits seem basic. 3) South of Midnight - again not very deep so far. Look beautiful, and I like the vibe. Initial impression of gameplay is that it will likely not amount to much. Feels like a very basic action platformer thing 3) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - that's been my main thing for the last two weeks. It's great! Fairly contained jRPG, with all that I like about genre but none of the tedium. Combat is straightforward but engaging. Vibe and story is the highlight - great soundtrack, compelling character writing, I am yet to decide on plot - it is shaping to be a bit more straightforward than I was hoping for, but we will see - I am confident a big twist is just ahead of me. Perhaps not a groundbreaking game, but with a lot of heart and passion. [edit. Ok, I like the plot now. Twist was good, in a thematically meaty kind of way.] 4) The Rogue Prince of Persia - it's really good. Sharp artstyle, and really enjoyable gameplay. They are also doing some smart story thing - not quite copying Supergiant's work in Hades, but still managing to naturally weave story into it's rogue-lite structure.

From the management that brought you Disco Elysium:

Disco Elusium/ZA-UM drama part two. (Also part one as a reminder).

Yeah, I have seen it, but thanks for thinking of me anyway. I've been considering it, but frankly, there is no way I will play it anytime soon, so I will pass for now. I generally try not to buy games now, which I am unlikely to play right away, as I end up with endless backlog, that I never get around to actually playing. Speaking of fighting games:

Yeah, I have seen it from Mort's video. If they make it playable from a get go, it's a bit win for the game (which reminds me I STILL need to play it. I got close recently, as I installed it and modded on GOG, but didn't get to around playing the game). It seems D&D projects get some love in post BG3 era. Is it to much to hope for Neverwinter Nights3 to become a thing? Comeone Microsoft, you passed on the BG3, now let Obsidian have some fun with the IP.

Balance in SF6 is pretty good as well. Jinrai is just this annoying move with good pressure, mixup and little effective counter play. With its multitude of defensive options CotW probably won’t find it too oppressive. All I am hearing of CotW is good. It will be the game I will be looking into if I ever get bored of SF6.

Hobo Ken coming to South Town to terrorise it with Jinrai Kick. Have fun. Meantime is couple of weeks Sagat will bring his own version of Jinrai Kick to SF6 and even more broken projectile than recently buffed Ryu. Funfunfunfun

As I own the game already, I am waiting to see if the EE is worthwhile. Last I checked the copy I own on GOG worked just fine.

It took me a while to get into Death Stranding, but once it clicked it really clicked. I am looking forward to an eventual PC port. For now all I can do is roleplay with my dog. https://imgur.com/a/1FLaOZY

I hope you also plan to play it. It is my favourite PoE content.

Yes, one of the survey question was if players would want them to keep those races.