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General Gaming / Re: The Ascent - solo/co-op cyberpunk ARPG/twin-stick shooter game

« Last post by Quemaqua on Monday, December 19, 2022, 11:29:08 AM »

I tried to get into this and failed. It seemed like it would be up my alley, so not sure why it didn't click, but I ended up refunding it. Somehow just didn't feel like I was going to stick with it. Did the same with Risk of Rain 2 that everyone seems to love. I really found that one weird and un-fun.

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General Gaming / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« Last post by Quemaqua on Monday, December 19, 2022, 11:25:30 AM »

Oof, well that's disappointing.

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General Gaming / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« Last post by MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:47:20 PM »

From what I'm gathering online on Steam and GOG Forums.

Supposedly, instead of using DX12 files legit - they (CDPR) used a DX11-to-12 Wrapper, which likely is the culprit for poor performance. Usually, call interpretation (and emulation of that sort) is often fine for OLD games b/c this kind of overhead won't be noticed & taxing...b/c at that time, your system's usually much-much more powerful.

Well, looks like W3: Next-Gen, they (CDPR) went the fast-route to develop this Next-Gen Patch and used a wrapper, which is causing all of the problems here.

Of course, having RT added on top and Global Illumination as options won't help most, as those are insane performance killers as is...unless you have 3000 or 4000 cards. And many w/ those cards, like myself, are having issues here.

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General Gaming / Re: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

« Last post by MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:21:58 PM »

Witcher 3: Complete Edition Update (aka Next-Gen Patch Update) is now out.

On GOG, looks like it straight-up replaced the GOTY Edition w/ now the new Complete Edition.
Old version (before GOTY) still is there.

Hope you guys backed-up your older versions and move them away from Steam or GOG's folder to recognize them.
Performance is a mess for many; especially w/ RT On.

GameSpot on this mess - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-witcher-3s-big-new-gen-update-is-broken-causing-crashes-and-performance-issues/1100-6510024/

Forbes too - https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/12/14/the-witcher-3-remastered-performance-is-cyberpunk-launch-level-bad-on-pc-right-now/?sh=57dc720c52b0

This update runs like utter trash on my 8gb VRAM RTX 3070 PC. Stutters everywhere; frame-time's have to be a mess. None of the metric tools like MSI Afterburner work either - so can't tell on that either.  What a mess.

Looks great, yes - but those stutters got to go. Probably would be fine, if they can iron out the stutter-fest.

Ridiculous system requirements released for this one, too - https://www.pcgamesn.com/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/system-requirements

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General Gaming / Re: The Currently Playing Thread / Recently Finished Thread

« Last post by MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:16:22 PM »

Played A Plague Tale: Requiem on PC Game Pass. It was great.
Been recently checking out W40K: Dark Tide (on PC Game Pass) and also Days Gone (Epic Store Version).

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General Gaming / Re: Saints Row IV -> Update: SR4 PC SDK is coming

« Last post by MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:14:10 PM »

Saints Row IV problems from New Re-Elected Update on PC.

Looks like Saints Row IV: Re-Elected's forced-update has broken saves, mods & other stuff:
-> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/saints-row-ivs-forced-re-elected-upgrade-has-broken-players-saves-and-added-bugs

Notes:
-> New free update for SR4 is out, called SR4: Re-Elected.
-> SR4: Re-Elected includes with it all Expansions & DLC's, as a free update & "upgrade."
-> This update has broken saves, mods & whatnot for gamers who just actually received the update.
-> Old versions of the game have been de-listed & removed from purchasing on Steam & GOG also.
-> There is a "Legacy Edition" (old version) in the branches on Steam & GOG for SR4 Re-Elected Package.
-> ...But that "Legacy Edition" version is actually pulling the wrong version on Steam currently.
-> Deep Silver is looking into all of these problems w/ the new & old versions.
-> Dev's & pub's really should just open NEW Entries for new massive Updates/Remasters for these classic games.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, D!

« Last post by MysterD on Friday, December 16, 2022, 04:12:52 PM »

Happy belated, dude!

Thanks. Appreciate that.

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General Discussion / Re: Road trips to Michigan

« Last post by Quemaqua on Friday, December 16, 2022, 12:00:24 PM »

Michigan is a bit of a shitshow, Flint aside. But that's a lot of America. Real nice spots where the wealthy people are, then everything else is kind of fucked.

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General Discussion / Re: My family and I are officially Canadian citizens now

« Last post by Quemaqua on Friday, December 16, 2022, 11:58:55 AM »

Congratulations, man! That's fantastic.

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General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday, D!

« Last post by Quemaqua on Friday, December 16, 2022, 11:57:53 AM »

Happy belated, dude!