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PC Gaming ERA | September 2019 - The Girls Are Back In Town
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As I said before, it is following the normal pattern, and in the case of Fortnite, it reached such a saturation point in society that is hard to expand their audience more.I checked Twitch after a while and man did WoW hit Fortnite, or maybe it was Season 10. One way or another current trajectory is going downward for both number of channels that stream the game and number of viewers.
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In general all stat are down between 30%-50% compared to last year. My theory is that FPS games have 1.5 - 2 years of prime time before numbers are starting to go down and they stabilize when mostly core players are ones left playing the game. Same happened to PUBG for example. I wonder how long will WoW Classic last. Also i am really surprised by Minecraft and GTA Online raise on Twitch.
In the case of Minecraft, it has gained a second wind as more of the adult playbase it has been shedding came back to try it again (I guess due to a combination of an update, the AR game, and the upcoming Dungeons game), as they had never lost the young population.
Similarly, GTA:O had a massive resurgance with the role-playin
I know that it is normal i just thought that drop won't be this big and that something next would be the cause not old games :D
Btw i need small help from PC Era. I am not sure what to do regarding the GPU purchase. I currently have 1060 6GB and only new game i plan buying by the end of the year is GreedFall. So i am still fine. But CP2077 is nearing (unless they delay it) and i would need new GPU. I wanted to go with RTX2070 Super but there is no reason to buy it until CP2077. But by then there will be big chance that Nvidia will release something new during the summer. So what to do is the question. To get RTX 2070 Super around march or wait for next generation of GPUs and play CP2077 on peasant levels (i am graphics whore)?
Your bizarrely hostile argument isn't a very good one. If somebody has 1000 games then they buy a lot of games. Why would you assume they all only stopped buying games by the time this dev analyzed their behavior? The article posits these kind of players happen to buy a lot of games during sales.
Slain: Back From Hell (including DLC) is the Chrono.gg deal of the day, just $1.99. That's worth it right? It's been on my wishlist for ages and that's the cheapest I've ever seen it...
Equilibrium is the most anime a non anime medium ever.
And no, I'm not watching 3 or 4 trailers in a store page, stop with that devs.
And to add something he doesn't cover: if you are going to have your store page localized to other languages... please, try your best to hire someone who plays games and give some context of your game to them. Far too many times (including for AAA titles) I see things that aren't supposed to be translated or some specific made up term/name that is awkwardly positioned in a sentence because the translator clearly had no clue what it is that just make the game description sound off, weird, amateurish and with a layer of noise that makes it harder to extract important information from. It's one thing when you are a solo developer without a full grasp in another language and tried to summarize your game, it's another when you have an obviously fully translated description from a template that is trying to awkwardly localize game terms in ways no native speaker ever used them.
Particularly I found it terrible even on sale and is the only game I refunded for thinking it's bad. Level design is atrocious and many small tweaks you expect from a platformer are not there. It feels like devs didn't research how those games were being done thirty years ago. Combat is extremely linear and boring, also being punishing as an excuse for being "hardcore" or "deep". Presentation was absolutely not enough to save how bad it feels to play the game IMO.
This is super cool. Particularly I always click on games that sound funny (or a disaster) from their name or short description, just to check out if my expectations are met by the store page. I find fun just looking around stuff even if it's not my style of game. Game screenshots are a pretty interesting thing; a lot of the times I don't think they are any help at all, and many indie games try to make movie style trailers that also don't tell me how the game plays so it's hard to make a decision without hunting down reviews or an actual gameplay video. Other times they are enough for me to get a sense of "ah, it's a 2D Metroidvania" or "ah, it's a FPS going for a comedic tone", but they hardly are able to showcase what makes the game unique in its genre or setting, and since store page descriptions are 90% of the cases hyperbolic marketing speak or simply homogenously vague ("game features many builds because it has leveling" "unravel the mystery of who your father was while delving deep into demon's territory"), the video may make or break if I'm going to keep informing myself or leave it for later. Since that is the information I'm looking for, long intros trying to be mysterious or focused too much in the story get skipped like the devil skips the church on sundays. If it's not a VN or a point and click, show the game being played, show off your art direction and the characters first.
And no, I'm not watching 3 or 4 trailers in a store page, stop with that devs.
Highly agree with this. Lemme see the UI and menus that I'm expected to use. That helps a lot to "get" what the game is about and how it is played even if it's not a menu heavy game. It's like showing off the interior of a car - I want to know how I am going to sit there, what colors and textures I'm going to see while actually using the vehicle and not looking at him parked at the garage.
Absolutely. Long ass intros, sudden high pitched volume, and the fact I hate autoplaying in general, rarely Steam trailers get played with sound on for me. Some of the most crude and badly edited amateur trailers for indie games are the most informative, since they are just a sequence of shot gameplay clips. May look not polished or professional, but it's giving me what I want ASAP. A store is not a theater where I am doing nothing but watching carefully everything that comes up on the screen.
Also this, yeah. Basically, if I'm watching your trailer I'm already wanting to want your game, or at least am very intrigued by what screenshot and description gave me.
In short, yeah, this. Too many store pages fail at this simple idea.
And to add something he doesn't cover: if you are going to have your store page localized to other languages... please, try your best to hire someone who plays games and give some context of your game to them. Far too many times (including for AAA titles) I see things that aren't supposed to be translated or some specific made up term/name that is awkwardly positioned in a sentence because the translator clearly had no clue what it is that just make the game description sound off, weird, amateurish and with a layer of noise that makes it harder to extract important information from. It's one thing when you are a solo developer without a full grasp in another language and tried to summarize your game, it's another when you have an obviously fully translated description from a template that is trying to awkwardly localize game terms in ways no native speaker ever used them.
Pretty much how I felt about it, I don't think it's as bad as its reputation though.
I know but I currently don't have Gamepass since I am not eligible for the 2 months Ultimate for 2€ offer and probably won't get it until Outer Worlds comes out. Though I would probably prefer to own it and play it at my own leisure even if it is most likely not a long game.
It's a thoroughly middling game, but it has great FPS genes. The looks of HL2, the mechanics of Far Cry 3, and the QA of pre-patch Stalker
This is an odd question but does Steam keep track of times when you were about to buy an item or pack in the store but decided not to? I was checking to see how to apply a coupon to a game when I noticed that I had multiple purchase failed attempts on August 19 for the same game bundle. I'm 100 percent sure I didn't even try buying something back then. All it says is that the purchase failed because Steam was not able to accept payment from the provider.
I just discovered I was suffocating my poor RTX 2080 ti. I use an external GPU enclosure(Alienware Graphics Amplifier). Since I got it the GPU ran pretty warm. Usually peak around 82 and the fan would run at 85%. So it was fucking loud. I thought it was normal for the GPU. Today I open the case and let it run open and jesus the difference is immense. The GPU never tops 70c and the fan stays around 60% which is super quiet. On top of that the GPU boosted a 100 MHz higher AND was hitting 1900 MHz comfortably without touching any OC. So how do you guys deal with an open cooler in a small case? It makes me wish I paid the extra money for a blower style cooler.
Sure, external graphics adaptors aren't really designed for the heat put out by high end graphics cards.
Blower style coolers are really noisy, on account of the high fan speeds required to keep static pressure high. They're acceptable on lower power cards, but with a TDP of 250W on a 2080ti, that fan would be operating full power most of the time. They aren't very good at cooling (at least in the space afforded by two PCI slots).Their advantage is only that they don't dump hot air inside your case.
How do you deal with a multi monitor setup with different resolutions? I bought a new 4k tv and have it setup as a second monitor for games. If I set it to 4k resolution and 100% scaling it cuts off part of the screen so I can't see the task bar or the window controls to be able to close the programs.
Okay so I subbed to the PC version of the Microsoft games service. Shit, $5 a month? And when I get home I can literally download like Gears 5 and Blair Witch? Am I understand correctly?
That's a helluva deal if so.
Edit- looking for it seems unbelievably legit. I can even play Forza Horizon 4? That's sick!
That's a helluva deal if so.
Edit- looking for it seems unbelievably legit. I can even play Forza Horizon 4? That's sick!
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I'm enjoying Metro Exodus but I feel like a fucking idiot now...
For what I paid, even on a good sale, I could have had 7 months of sub.
How's it work with dlc? Does the service ever offer it? Or is that considered a revenue stream for the dev? Like you always pay for dlc like The Two Colonels?
I think there was even an offer for the Ultimate game pass, just got 2 months for 2 euros.
my GTX 1080 before it was an FE. It ran pretty quiet. But considering the difference in TDP I understand where you are coming from. I will probably build a Ryzen tower early next year. I will suck it up with the current set up.
Gears 5 is good fun (I'm playing on an XB1X right now), but they are having server instability issues that are borking a lot of multiplayer and even affecting the single player campaign as well (occasional progression triggers won't fire and some people are losing progress).
So you're probably better off waiting a bit. I'm assuming it'll all get sorted in a week or so.
Good game though. It's hilarious how much Gears 5 takes from Uncharted after Uncharted lifted so much from Gears 1. The circle is complete.
Flower is such a nice game! :3
Especially the first chapters. Can't watch/play them without starting to simle. The chapter during the night is my favourite. The light effects are beautiful, and I love the change of the atmosphere during the end.
My only real gripe with the game is the lack of camera control. I'd love to be able to look around. Your only option is to fly high up to get a little overview of the area, but you always have to fly to change your viewpoint. And you can't do it slowly, full speed or nothing.
I think I also got a bit motion sick at the end. Compared to the chapters before, or it may have been bad luck, for I wasn't feeling too well the days anyway. But I felt a bit exhausted after the last chapter and stepped away for a bit before playing the credits. And there it really creeped into my stomach. I thought of stopping and then was sort of relived, when I reached the ending. Maybe that slight pause the game does, when you hit a flower with credits enforced the effect, with the game starting to stutter in a way.
Nevertheless a really nice, chill game. Mayabe I'll go back and grab the hidden flowers I missed.
Especially the first chapters. Can't watch/play them without starting to simle. The chapter during the night is my favourite. The light effects are beautiful, and I love the change of the atmosphere during the end.
My only real gripe with the game is the lack of camera control. I'd love to be able to look around. Your only option is to fly high up to get a little overview of the area, but you always have to fly to change your viewpoint. And you can't do it slowly, full speed or nothing.
I think I also got a bit motion sick at the end. Compared to the chapters before, or it may have been bad luck, for I wasn't feeling too well the days anyway. But I felt a bit exhausted after the last chapter and stepped away for a bit before playing the credits. And there it really creeped into my stomach. I thought of stopping and then was sort of relived, when I reached the ending. Maybe that slight pause the game does, when you hit a flower with credits enforced the effect, with the game starting to stutter in a way.
Nevertheless a really nice, chill game. Mayabe I'll go back and grab the hidden flowers I missed.
Steam version surprised me with solid performance and the fact the bothered with actually adding all those Steam features like trading cards and cloud support. And most importantly, it even has properly implemented counters on Steam achievements, so every time you pick up collectibles it shows how many of them you collected and how much left:
It's been a quite while since last time I've seen developer bothered with implementing this feature properly. The campaign so far was fun, need to try other modes before making a proper preview.
Uhhhh. What game?
Looking at those Steam screenshots... did VA-11 HALL-A have cleavage waifus, too?
Yeah it has some nice platforming sections
I played it a few years ago and commented about on pc era.
What's a good way to see if I'm the one making everyone in a game lag? I never really played online on my laptop much before but I started to do so a lot recently and I'm worried that I may be the culprit.
I went to one site that said my ping was 39ms but another said that it was 19ms. I'm really new to the whole latency/lag thing.
I went to one site that said my ping was 39ms but another said that it was 19ms. I'm really new to the whole latency/lag thing.
You should test packet loss if you can. It's a pretty common culprit with wireless connections, and there's not much you can do besides going wired unfortunately.
What game are you having trouble with?
I wouldn't worry about that ping. You only really feel it once you get into the hundreds, at least for casual online games.
Might be a firewall or router issue, especially if you're the host? AFAIK, it really depends a lot on the game, in that case.
Oh, and some games just have bad netcode with no real fix. It's very noticeable in e.g. fighting games.
Are you playing a P2P games with you as the host?
You can always check your ping from command prompt. Then again you won't make people lag because your connection if you don't play P2P games like Warframe.
19-39ms is a great ping anyway. My whole life is playing multi-player games with 100-250ms ping.
I just went to a packet loss test website but I have no clue what settings to choose sadly lol. I left everything as is and tested it out and I got this:
Not sure if that's good or not.
I first started to worry when I was playing an RTS Multiplayer Beta test. I was hosting a game. Then I tried Unreal Tournament 2004 and the first game I was severely lagging to the point where I got kicked out for being afk(?) and the second game I did so much better but at the results screen it showed that everyone had 0ms while I had 39ms.
I tried hosting one game and that had some lag which was what I was starting to worry about. It was a RTS game and three other people joined my team against AIs but two of them quickly dropped out of the game. I thought maybe it was because I was a bad player but then I saw that lag continued to linger.
It wasn't a P2P game like Dota or League or even FFXIV but it was an RTS game and then a shooter game.
I hope my ping is great! I lived my entire youth with horrific internet and now I'm using a much better setup but I'm wireless with my laptop.
I don't think Dota, League, or FFXIV are P2P. If you were playing on a server and got a ping in the 30's then that's fantastic. Anything below 60 is really hard to feel. Anything below 100 is pretty much fine unless you're really accustomed to the game at lower latency. In UT2k4, the players showing 0 latency were either bots or on the same network as the host. But unless these players were actively talking, I'd say they were just bots.
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