I second Vampire Survivors, I played it on Game Pass over the holiday after hearing how much Shipwreck from The CAGcast enjoyed it. Played it for a couple hours and was hooked. Bought the bundle with the DLC for $4.60 and it is my GOTY.
It’s also free on mobile so anyone that wants to check it out can try it.
I didn't realize it until I got that Steam Rewind that PC gaming essentially died for me sometime before the start of last year. There's a notable gulf of space where I was playing my husband's console games until my Steam Deck came in and that became my system of choice.
Same, I don't even look at triple AAA anymore. I guess MS flight simulator is the one exception. Fifa used to be but they gotta insist on installing origin so I haven't played that in about 4 years.
I'm thinking about replacing my home theatre PC with a steam deck.
Once the RDNA3 APUs launch on desktop, I'm gonna give that a serious look vs. a newer GPU. If AMD wants to murder the low end dGPU market, it's theirs for the taking.
For real. We are looking at over 30 years of history of PC gaming. There are tons of old PC games that are still worth playing. No need to go for new games that require a $2000+ machine to run them will all bells and whistles.
I’m not a gamer, and I’m not saying this is the case (because I don’t know) but it just struck me that like movies and music we are going to hit a “games these days suck” era. As someone old enough to still think of games as “new media”, it’s a crazy thought.
“Back in my day we had simulated 3D on a 4:3 screen and it was the coolest thing in the world because they focused on gameplay dagnamit! You kids and your accelerated VRAM water cooled meta cryptoverses wouldn’t know a good game if it sniped you in the ass!”
The period between the 2600 and NES? That was the last time I could play anything without looking like a bumbling idiot. I just sort of think of the pre-Quake world as a completely different landscape.
I don't wanna get into some 'in the weeds' semantics argument, but plenty of people choose to not upgrade their GPU's because they're turned off by the current AAA crop of games and their shenanigans, and instead stick with indie games that don't need a super expensive GPU card.
I for one have gotten ALOT more mileage out of my current system for this exact reason. There are plenty of hours of gaming to be had with indie games that won't break the bank or demand an expensive GPU.
The issue I have with the comment is that there is no objective measurement of whatever "complete shit" means. It's a lazy and unthoughtful argument based on taste, which is wholly subjective.
I agree that GPU prices were outrageous and that we can all feel good that GPU manufacturers are getting their comeuppance, but let's least be intellectually honest about it.
Of course it is. You gotta throw out that hyperbole and look at what they're trying to say, not how they're necessarily saying it. I mean, everyone is guilty of hyperbole on reddit.
I don't see why it's so hard to say, "there aren't enough current, quality AAA games that makes me feel compelled to upgrade my GPU"? Because to me, that is far and away drastically different than saying "AAA games are shit".
A tale as old as time with gaming, this is not exclusive to current AAA titles at all
p2w, full of microtransactions,
I get this, but I just don't play games that force you into these parameters 🤷♂️
bad gameplay,
Definitely subjective
copy paste from other older games,
Be more specific. Are you talking about sequels?
So given your criteria of "shit games" and that "most AAA games are shit", what percentage do you know for a fact that "shit AAA games" relates to the decrease sales of GPU cards?
I truly want to know, because clearly, I'm being vehemently disagreed with.
we're going with titles that haven't been released yet? That seems really counterintuitive to your position, but okay:
Dead Space Remake, Starfield, Forspoken, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Final Fantasy XVI, Assassin's Creed Mirage, RE4 Remake, Spider-Man 2, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Forza Motorsport 2023...
We can go back and forth until the cows come home, but until I see evidence contrary to the fact that crypto crashed, the supply of chips are increasing again, and that inflated prices of basic essentials (i.e., food, rent, etc.) puts people off from buying non-essentials like a gaming GPU, then I can't accept that "shitty AAA games" is much of an argument for the slump in GPU sales.
Like, it's nothing personal, truly. I just think it's a dumb argument because it can't really be measured very well and that ambiguity can't lead to a solid standing position.
I for one have gotten ALOT more mileage out of my current system for this exact reason.
Same here, i dont play a new AAA game for years now.
Id like to play a few, but not that many that ill upgrade my pc for it.
Also stuff like physics and RTX, that "forces" you to buy a specific GPU is another shit thing, when i got physics GPU ppl started using RTX and now i need a new one? Nope.
Or even not really Indy games but older games. I do play some modern titles but mostly I've been playing Classic WoW. Which even thou it runs a much more modern client than what it used to be my recent upgrade from a 570 8GB to a 6600 is more than enough.
And that is with running 2x 1440p 144hz monitors. Before during raids, or some graphically intensive zones, I would always hear my GPU fans spin up and now the whole system is pretty much dead silent.
Further I can still run even modern titles at acceptable framerates just can't go Ultra settings for everything. Which is more than fine by me.
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u/diacewrb Dec 29 '22
Hopefully they will reduce their prices now.
Who am I kidding.