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[Cacher]

For Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Square Enix expanded its past

I spoke with Square Enix about the distinct retro-inspired art style that gives Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake its name.

www.digitaltrends.com

The development team experimented with a more vibrant color palette and shifted away from using pixel art in the backgrounds, giving the game a distinct look within the HD-2D lineup. “We utilized color palettes that felt authentic to Dragon Quest,” Hayasaka said, emphasizing the importance of staying true to the original’s essence while innovating.

Hayasaka believes that future HD-2D titles will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible within the style. Each new game has the potential to introduce unique elements that enhance both gameplay and visual storytelling. “These innovations will continue to push the boundaries of HD-2D expression in the future,” he stated.

One day I will start to dabble in all these jrpgs that you all are so hyped about.

Get DQ3

 

[Bhodi Li]

 

[Le Pertti]

What's stopping you from doing it RIGHT NOW

Time, and too many other games to play. Best I can do is play FF7 remake once I have my ps5 pro lol

 

[ezodagrom]

Amplitude Studios (Humankind, Endless series of games) have bought their independence from SEGA, they're going back to being indie:

HUMANKIND™ - Returning to our Roots - Steam News

Hello everybody! We have big news to share with you today: Amplitude is going indie again 🎉 Retrospective Our journey with SEGA over the last 8 years has been amazing, and we have learned so much working with them, but now we are returning to our roots as an independent studio. With ownership of...

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[Hektor]

Time, and too many other games to play. Best I can do is play FF7 remake once I have my ps5 pro lol

ALL IM HEARING ARE EXCUSES

 

[Dinjoralo]

I'm totally getting Dragon Quest 3. Already took the day off of work for it. I needs it.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Amplitude Studios (Humankind, Endless series of games) have bought their independence from SEGA, they're going back to being indie:

HUMANKIND™ - Returning to our Roots - Steam News

Hello everybody! We have big news to share with you today: Amplitude is going indie again 🎉 Retrospective Our journey with SEGA over the last 8 years has been amazing, and we have learned so much working with them, but now we are returning to our roots as an independent studio. With ownership of...

store.steampowered.com

That's some good news.

 

[MegaApple]

Amplitude Studios (Humankind, Endless series of games) have bought their independence from SEGA, they're going back to being indie:

HUMANKIND™ - Returning to our Roots - Steam News

Hello everybody! We have big news to share with you today: Amplitude is going indie again 🎉 Retrospective Our journey with SEGA over the last 8 years has been amazing, and we have learned so much working with them, but now we are returning to our roots as an independent studio. With ownership of...

store.steampowered.com

Fingers crossed, their regional pricing also returns to their roots (SEGA put some awful pricing on their ganes)

 

[Dragon1893]

Might finally pick up Midnight Suns. I have some store credit from trading cards so I'll only be paying around 5€. I really liked the combat in the demo but I didn't buy it back then because I feel that the life sim aspect will get on my nerves.
I'm close to wrapping up the Shining Force 3 trilogy so I'm gonna need another tactical rpg fix.

Durante and his team at PH3 have just released a major update to Phantom Brave on PC. Check the writeup here:

Phantom Brave PC - Major Phantom Brave PC Overhaul Update! - Steam News

Hi everyone, today we are releasing a major update for Phantom Brave PC, with several new features and fixes to long-standing bugs. Large parts of this update -- outside PC-specific fixes -- are a result of our work on Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle Remastered on PS5, and this patch brings...

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Yet another game I need to get around to...

 

[ezodagrom]

Steam :: Steamworks Development :: New: Steam APIs For Switching Game Versions & Beta Branches

Making it easier to manage game updates, and move audience in or out of beta branches

steamcommunity.com

For released games that make frequent updates, these tools can give players more clear choices in how they want to engage with the game. Some players want to be part of your beta branch where you are testing out the latest updates, while others may want to play on an older stable build that they know works well with their save file.

New version support:
Many games on Steam already have multiple build branches available to players; different builds of the game, either historical versions or forward-facing test builds with the latest pending updates. Previously, accessing these alternative build branches has been fairly obscure, done by players through the Steam 'settings' panel for a game. However, new Steamworks APIs now allow developers to offer players this choice from within the game itself.

 

[NarohDethan]

What ads? I never see any

On the new tab / recent pages screen, Firefox sets a new ad icon every two days or so.

 

[Pixieking]

On the new tab / recent pages screen, Firefox sets a new ad icon every two days or so.

Not for me. Have you checked all the settings? I have Sponsored Shortcuts unchecked, which I think is the ad setting.

 

[curi0usBystander]

On the new tab / recent pages screen, Firefox sets a new ad icon every two days or so.

There should be setting in the page that lets you disable them (if it's what i think).

 

[NarohDethan]

Not for me. Have you checked all the settings? I have Sponsored Shortcuts unchecked, which I think is the ad setting.

There should be setting in the page that lets you disable them (if it's what i think).

Ohh I see, thanks lol

 

[lashman]

 

[CommodoreKong]

Nice I enjoyed Ghost Master when I was a kid.

 

[Blu]

Out now

 

[lashman]

Nice I enjoyed Ghost Master when I was a kid.

yeah, good thing they're bringing it back properly!

 

[STHX]

Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player

 

[Lashley]

On the new tab / recent pages screen, Firefox sets a new ad icon every two days or so.

oh I use speed dial or whatever as my new tab and never visit the recent pages thing

Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player

Thanks Sony for keeping me safe, otherwise I might walk in front of traffic

 

[Ascheroth]

I appreciate that they are keeping me safe from their games.
More time to spend on other stuff.

 

[Bhodi Li]

 

[Joe Spangle]

(Played in PS4) RDR1 world and timeline is pretty much the end of "wild west" + Redemption arc, so it is a bleaker game.
Also it came in 2010, and reading its troubled dev history, I'm surprised it even released at all. Not really fair to compare it to a full blown 2018 release.

Oh for sure. I wasn't comparing them, just appreciating how far the series has gone in those years. Great to be able to play RDR on PC. I hope they get round to doing RDR3, maybe as a prequal to 2, young Dutch and Hosea.

 

[kio]

You know everything is going to hell when the zombies start doing a conga line after the guards....

 

[Madventure]

You know everything is going to hell when the zombies start doing a conga line after the guards....

wartales?

 

[Dinjoralo]

BOOK OF HOURS - BOOK OF HOURS x Smooth Jazz - Steam News

The later stages of BOOK OF HOURS get a little stuttery, and I get a mail every couple of weeks from someone who’s dismayed that their high end rig built around a 4090 RTX isn’t running BH with the buttery smoothness that it can manage for Cyberpunk 2077. We’ve tinkered over the last year and...

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Oh, thank the Hours. This isn't the kind of game where you need a stable framerate, but on a Steam Deck it'd often be below 20 FPS most of the time. A performance patch is extremely appreciated.

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

I am gonna give RDR2 another go since I am on downtime. Any settings I should change/enable? I will be using controller and KBM but I turned on When aiming on horse to have camera relative to horse.

Any other gameplay tweaks or such?

 

[PC-tan]

I am gonna give RDR2 another go since I am on downtime. Any settings I should change/enable? I will be using controller and KBM but I turned on When aiming on horse to have camera relative to horse.

Any other gameplay tweaks or such?

Here are some mod ideas



They are mentioned in the first part of the video.

 

[kio]

wartales?

yep.
great game, highly recommended. even if the swampy zone isn't that fun...

 

[Joe Spangle]

I am gonna give RDR2 another go since I am on downtime. Any settings I should change/enable? I will be using controller and KBM but I turned on When aiming on horse to have camera relative to horse.

Any other gameplay tweaks or such?

I use a controller and found that the button config that has RB as the run button to be best as it is a bit less fiddley when tapping it to sprint and look around unlike using the A button.

Going to check out that fast walk mod and the temperature mod mentioned in that vid PC-tan , Cheers!

 

[Bhodi Li]

 

[MonthOLDpickle]

Would mods disable achievements for RDR2? This is technically my first playthrough.

I just want fast walk and maybe sell guns.

 

[lashman]

 

[Arc]

Sega's latest financial report highlighted the importance of Steam reviews. They also mention Steam reviews for the new Sonic game and Metaphor on pages 28 and 30.

 

[spiel]

This looks like a cool IF game.

The dedication to the aesthetic is impressive.

Encounter is doing the exact opposite of that: It is a real 8bit game for the 1984 Oric Atmos personal computer running on a 1mhz 6502 processor with 64 kilobytes of ram, loaded from a 360 kilobytes 3" floppy disk.

Note: This Steam version of the game allows you to play on PC thanks to an Oric emulator called Oricutron, you can find the actual game in the install folder

The dev's blog post on the port is an interesting read too!

 

[lashman]

This looks like a cool IF game.

The dedication to the aesthetic is impressive.

yup, it's really dang cool!

 

[PC-tan]

Sega's latest financial report highlighted the importance of Steam reviews. They also mention Steam reviews for the new Sonic game and Metaphor on pages 28 and 30.

They made a mistake. Metaphor is currently at 90% which is very positive. You only get overwhelming positive when it's at 95% or higher.

 

[STHX]

Sega's latest financial report highlighted the importance of Steam reviews. They also mention Steam reviews for the new Sonic game and Metaphor on pages 28 and 30.

How can this be? Don't you know review bombs are bad and Valve is a bad company for allowing their ungrateful users to review things that they paid money for? This is why we need someone willing to take down steam!

 

[Li Kao]

I wonder if anyone else here is trying out Linux. It seems to be hitting an upswing, I've seen more videos and threads on Era coming out about gaming on Linux.

Hmm, since I came to the conclusion that I don't care for Ray Tracing I realized my next GPU could be AMD for the sweet VRAM.
The logical follow up would be using linux, then.

Still very theoretical, but the seed is there.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Aww yiss new GPU and RAM arrived, now just gotta wait for my new CPU and SSD to start GAMING

 

[ezodagrom]

Hmm, since I came to the conclusion that I don't care for Ray Tracing I realized my next GPU could be AMD for the sweet VRAM.
The logical follow up would be using linux, then.

Still very theoretical, but the seed is there.

Next gen of AMD GPUs is supposedly gonna have notable improvements when it comes to ray tracing and support for hardware AI upscaling (I'm guessing something comparable to PS5 Pro's PSSR?).

 

[Dragon1893]

Midnight Suns is a great game. It's a shame it was almost ignored.
I'm pleased with how great it looks on the Deck. At 30fps, which is fine for a turn based game, you can have most settings on high or epic, except for the more demanding stuff like shadows and volumetric fog.

 

[ZKenir]

This is the month i get that gamesir g8+

 

[einstellung]

Midnight Suns has some cool mods available that allow you to do some cool stuff for a custom New Game+. Don't know how modding on Linux works though so...

I plan to eventually do a new game+ with extra fielded heroes, more drawn cards, and larger hand size, but also with enemy health and behavior upgraded for a fun clusterfuck run. I made my install unstable by overmodding it, but that's future me's problem.

There's also mods that make Deadpool not terrible, and makes Ms Marvel better (who starts out solid, but is quickly outclassed). There's mods for cutting down on the social side of the game's tedium too.

 

[NarohDethan]

Late to the party but I'm enjoying Disco Elysium

 

[MegaApple]

Sega's latest financial report highlighted the importance of Steam reviews. They also mention Steam reviews for the new Sonic game and Metaphor on pages 28 and 30.

Now if only they realized they are putting abysmal regional pricing on Steam...

 

[Dragon1893]

Midnight Suns has some cool mods available that allow you to do some cool stuff for a custom New Game+. Don't know how modding on Linux works though so...

I plan to eventually do a new game+ with extra fielded heroes, more drawn cards, and larger hand size, but also with enemy health and behavior upgraded for a fun clusterfuck run. I made my install unstable by overmodding it, but that's future me's problem.

There's also mods that make Deadpool not terrible, and makes Ms Marvel better (who starts out solid, but is quickly outclassed). There's mods for cutting down on the social side of the game's tedium too.

Haven't really messed with mods on the Deck yet.

 

[Cacher]

I had a dream where I was playing a new Sakura Wars game.

 

[KingKrouch]

Nice! But region-restricted to many.

https://steamdb.info/sub/1171775/

How it's available in the UK, but not the USA, when I can literally preload it on the Google Play Store here in the US, is absolutely absurd.

 

[Bhodi Li]

Another banger!