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NarohDethan said:
Is Skyrim SE playable without any mods? im too lazy to download that shit tbh
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Use Wabbajack its like a modpack installer thingy.

Slightly time consuming if you only have a free Nexus account with limited download speed, but a 30 day pass is cheap so thats how I did it the last time the urge took me.
 
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Hello, I'm the Giveaway Bot! kafiend is giving away 1 gift(s).

This giveaway is a raffle and will be closed after Aug 11, 2021 at 3:01 AM. A winner is chosen randomly with the key delivered via a PM.

This key showed up today as a Kickstarter reward for me to give to a friend. Not sure what those are but I'm sure it'll be fine for one of you folks to have it.
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Alexandros said:
Tomasety I published my review of Chernobylite (it's in english). I really liked it.

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Ένα ιδιόμορφο κράμα FPS, RPG, survival, management και... Mass Effect 2 που, σαν από θαύμα, πέτυχε!
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I must admit I had the game on follow and after you said some time ago you enjoyed the game I put my blind faith on you on it and after reading your review I knew I had made the right choice.

The review is super good, really. I wish I had your English skills to write something even half of that good. I liked how you detailed the mechanics a lot because that was my biggest concern weeks ago, what exactly was the game afterall.

Thanks again for sharing it.
Also as a side note, you have made me follow RageQuit curator group, so thanks again for the effort put on the review.
 
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well, that ID@Xbox Showcase was underwhelming, even aside from the pacing. I thought there would be a new Game Pass sizzle reel announcing a bunch of indies as coming to the service, but nope
 
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Yoshi said:
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QuakeCon 2021 Bethesda Sale

QuakeCon returns August 19 - 21, featuring in-depth developer panels, tournaments, charity fundraising and of course, sales!
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Some new historical lows on Steam:
DOOM Eternal - $14.99
Fallout 4 GOTY - $9.99
Dishonored 2 - $4.49
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I was about to post Dishonored 2 but thanks for doing so, I'm old and slow.

I can add that the game is even cheaper on Gamersgate

Dishonored 2 -86% - €3.80 - Using coupon code "GG-DEALS-21"
 
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Good luck playing Pathfinder 2 on game pass. Game will take insanely long to play through if it is anything like the first one.

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Tomasety said:
I must admit I had the game on follow and after you said some time ago you enjoyed the game I put my blind faith on you on it and after reading your review I knew I had made the right choice.

The review is super good, really. I wish I had your English skills to write something even half of that good. I liked how you detailed the mechanics a lot because that was my biggest concern weeks ago, what exactly was the game afterall.

Thanks again for sharing it.
Also as a side note, you have made me follow RageQuit curator group, so thanks again for the effort put on the review.
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Thank you for the kind words! The site publishes PC gaming content exclusively and we've been uploading all articles in both english and our native language for a couple of months now. Feel free to check out the rest of the content, there's a language selector at the bottom right.
 
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Yoshi said:
store.steampowered.com

QuakeCon 2021 Bethesda Sale

QuakeCon returns August 19 - 21, featuring in-depth developer panels, tournaments, charity fundraising and of course, sales!
store.steampowered.com store.steampowered.com

Some new historical lows on Steam:
DOOM Eternal - $14.99
Fallout 4 GOTY - $9.99
Dishonored 2 - $4.49
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Hm, thanks for this! I almost pulled the trigger on that Doom bundle, but I think it will get cheaper. I'm not convinced I'll like Eternal that much after reading a bunch of reviews.
 
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r3n4ud said:
Nah man I’m good… I have 2 acres of lawn to cut here at my home, so you’re on your own 😂
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Ah, so this is another case of

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prudis said:
there was gamepass reel , but dont remember if it announced anything new
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I think the only sizzle reel was for developers making their first console game, not for Game Pass titles (though there were a number of previously confirmed Game Pass titles in that reel, so I can understand the confusion)
 
I got to test out AMD's FSR on Chernobylite and it did a pretty good job. One important thing: It seems that FSR wants an anti-aliased image to work best. I turned it on with AA set to medium and the amount of shimmering made the game bordeline unplayable. With AA on Ultra and FSR set to ultra quality the image looked very close to native on my TV. It was certainly sharper than the engine's temporal upscaling.
 
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Alexandros said:
Ah, so this is another case of

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What's funny about that pic is that after watching my brother work as a certified auto mechanic for close to 4 decades I totally get the appeal of tradesmen playing video games in their respective fields.

If you saw how dirty/greasy he gets. How much he wrestles with old, corroded & fused engine/transmission parts...The idea of a simple mouse-click cleanly removing & adding fresh new parts must feel like magic to him. Can't imagine how cathartic it is compared to the grueling real-world work he sees on the daily.

Might have a lot to do with the popularity of Farming Simulator with real-world farmers as well.
 
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Alexandros said:
I got to test out AMD's FSR on Chernobylite and it did a pretty good job. One important thing: It seems that FSR wants an anti-aliased image to work best. I turned it on with AA set to medium and the amount of shimmering made the game bordeline unplayable. With AA on Ultra and FSR set to ultra quality the image looked very close to native on my TV. It was certainly sharper than the engine's temporal upscaling.
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That's not so surprising as FSR is just about upscaling the image well, not removing any aliasing specifically. It seems though it's good at not introducing more aliasing than was in the image before.
 
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Aaron D. said:
What's funny about that pic is that after watching my brother work as a certified auto mechanic for close to 4 decades I totally get the appeal of tradesmen playing video games in their respective fields.

If you saw how dirty/greasy he gets. How much he wrestles with old, corroded & fused engine/transmission parts...The idea of a simple mouse-click cleanly removing & adding fresh new parts must feel like magic to him. Can't imagine how cathartic it is compared to the grueling real-world work he sees on the daily.

Might have a lot to do with the popularity of Farming Simulator with real-world farmers as well.
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Yeah it's a funny meme but I totally get the appeal. Many of these games are quite relaxing.
 
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fantomena said:
Good luck playing Pathfinder 2 on game pass. Game will take insanely long to play through if it is anything like the first one.

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Jeesus, we really dodged a bullet here :sweaty-blob:
How would have we been able to know our game time. HOW ?
 
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so only three "new" indies were announced for Game Pass (Evil Genius 2, Stardew Valley, and Pupparazzi), one of which has been out for months, and one of which has been out for years. it's so underwhelming (especially given the slew of indie XGP announcements at the last of these showcases) that I honestly wonder if they decided at the last minute to push some of it to Gamescom. oh well, they can't all be winners
 
Digoman said:
Me in 2008 playing Dead Space after the jump scares in the beginning:
- This game is so good!!!

Old grumpy me in 2021 after the same point:
- This game is going to f*ck up my blood pressure...

So far the game holds up really well :)
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It holds up so well. Same with the 2nd game.

They make something like RE4 feel so dated by comparison. I can't wait for Capcom to remake that one. It needs it so much more than Dead Space.
 
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Knurek said:
PSP Remake is a better time.
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Still bummed out XSEED never ported this one. Once they started commissioning PC ports, I figured it was bound to happen sooner or later. Especially with the way they had been picking stuff up from Falcom's back catalogue.

I can't help but wonder if losing Ys and Trails to NISA pissed them off enough to make them stop dealing with Falcom altogether once they were done with the Zwei games.
 
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toxicitizen said:
I can't help but wonder if losing Ys and Trails to NISA pissed them off enough to make them stop dealing with Falcom altogether once they were done with the Zwei games.
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I think Marvelous just want to go in a different direction after XSEED lost the bid for Cold Steel III. Falcom titles didn't exactly move a great number of units for a long time. I mean, I can probably count in one hand the number of people in this forum who has completed both Zwei or Xanadu Next. Maybe It could've gone differently if they picked up Tokyo Xanadu rather than doing other projects at that time, but the fact is most of the XSEED people who were passionate about Trails has either left the company or were sacked shortly after they lost the bid to CSIII, so the indication is quite clear.
 
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The new mode in RDO Call to Arms (horde mode up to 4 players) is pretty good. 10 waves and you do respawn between waves if you die. Dunno if there is a death limit TBH.
 
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xdefiant looks good
it's like blops 2/4 with overwatch abilities and objectives which is exactly what I want in a shooter



and yeah I know the punk rock mohawk gang signs 'how do you do fellow kids' marketing was stupid but the actual game doesn't have any of that crap

I hope ubisoft puts this one in steam
 
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