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    What game are you playing now?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Jan 28, 2016.

  1. Mo&Ma

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    Nba 2k17, is playoffs time Baby! :)
     
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    I just started the other and only have a few hours in, I'm not finding all damn code though, I hate leaving loot behind. I'll prep[are for dark storage.

    Blood harvest! my favorite map, it's been awhile since I played it but I can't think of a game that require more teamwork then that, great for playing with friends.
     
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  3. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    This game involves a lot of backtracking, if you want to get behind every locked safe/door/etc.

    Wonder how soon does dark storage come? I'm only 3 ish hours in, should I begin to worry? :D
     
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i was about 11-12 hours in till i got to deep storage.
     
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  5. Real.Brian.Baer

    Real.Brian.Baer Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am currently playing GTA V on my new Dell XPS-13 9350
    ~_QHD+ Infinity Edge Display_~
    ~_16GB Ram_~
    ~_512GB SSD OCV Series by Toshiba_~
    ~_Intel Iris 540 Graphics_~
    ~_Intel Cord i7-6560U Processor_~

    am having a pretty decent game-place, given this laptop is only pushing integrated graphics card!
    I just scored another laptop today, its the dell latitude (not sure exact model) but its got the i5-2340M? processor, not sure if that's exactly it, but its an i5-something "M" - it only has intel hd graphics 3000, but I'm planning to give it a run for its money, not sure which types of games it can handle, but its got a Samsung SDD(128GB) so its pretty quick to boot up and run app/programs! thing is it has windows 10 downloaded on it, win 10 enterprise edition;

    and weird thing about it is, on the dell website it wont let me download driver updates, it says the laptop isn't windows 10 supported, only win 7-8, vista and xp some other windwos vesions also, just not windows 10 - so I cant update the drivers, and get the touch sensor to work..it sucks! I dnt have a hard copy of win 7 or 8 either :O

    but as soon as I figure that out, I'm gonna try gaming on it :)

    (only 4gb of ram though! >_<)
     
  6. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    I recently purchased Player Unknown Battlegrounds despite its unfinished state and steep asking price. I mainly and slightly reluctantly picked it up since 2 of my friends nagged the heck out of me.
    Anyway, it's an extremely fun and addictive game. I quite like the methodical and strategic elements of the gameplay, all whilst not falling into a 'walking' and 'resource gathering' simulator and rounds not taking too much time to play.
    I'd like to see the drops randomized - in fact this needs to happen as far as I'm concerned if the game wants to have lifespan.
    It does runs like a bag of nails though. No matter what graphical settings, the frame rate is not really affected using a Gtx 1080. So we're talking CPU. I haven't looked into the CPU usage in detail but if I were a betting man I'd say this game is being screwed by only running on a couple of cores. Either that or it simply hasn't had any love in the optimization department.
     
  7. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    thought i'd give The Surge a try.
     
  8. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Getting close to finishing Pillars of Eternity + expansions
     
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  9. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    I was just thinking about it yesterday, need to finish it too...
     
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  10. Scanner

    Scanner Notebook Deity

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    Just finished Prey 2017. Did all the different endings, maxed out all abilities and only missed one side quest. I'm forced to say I really did enjoy it.

    Now back to ME Andromeda.
     
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    varonica Newbie

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    I m loving counter strike and NFS. so i am playing that only
     
  12. Hair_Tech

    Hair_Tech Notebook Enthusiast

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    The game is too similar with Dark souls in term of battle. Have tried for couple hours and get easily bored with it.
     
  13. KernalPanic

    KernalPanic White Knight

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    Doesn't seem much like Dark Souls at all. Closest game is Lords of the Fallen, but not quite as buggy. Feels so SLOW... even DS1 and DS2 aren't this sluggish. Nowhere near the speed of DS3/Bloodborne.

    Not an awful game... not exactly my cup of tea either though.
    Got it for free when a friend said it was "too hard", so I cannot complain about the price.
    You can safely ignore the "hard" complaints, but the game does have a few "how did I even die moments". (bugs.)
     
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    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Finished it! Good story, worthy of the BG heritage.
     
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    finally got passed the first boss in The Surge.
     
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  16. mtness

    mtness loitering

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    I also picked the game up recently and have to say my friend and I are having a blast with the game, game runs ok for me, then occasional performance drops and lag but overall its a heck of a lot of fun, and is strangely addictive
     
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  17. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    Just purchased D3: Reaper of Souls, finally playing d3 again after a 4-year break.
     
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  18. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    There was a recent update which seems to make it run much better. Yeah it is strangely addictive isn't it
     
  19. mtness

    mtness loitering

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    yeah definitely seeing better performance now, my friend came over last night and we took turns playing round for round it was so much fun, the time disappeared on us, and we had smiles the whole time.
     
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  20. estens

    estens Notebook Consultant

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    I`m a bit late so I just picked up black ops3. I guess I have been to busy playing Rust xD
    Only reason I am playing bo3 is for the zombies game mode..
     
  21. ratinox

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    Persona 5
     
  22. pathfindercod

    pathfindercod Notebook Virtuoso

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    Rising Storm2: Vietnam
     
  23. Atma

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    Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
    I almost bought that yesterday. How is it?
     
  24. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Downloaded Skyrim Special Edition. Realised there was no SKSE. Deleted Skyrim Special Edition. GG.
     
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  25. speculator

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    They carried over the "one more turn" syndrome into a shooter, it's shockingly addictive by how accessible it is to get a new match started without the wait.
     
  26. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    getting through American Gods before heading back into games LOL
     
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  27. Support.2@XOTIC PC

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    I think they're working on that though?
     
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  28. DukeCLR

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    So whats in the special edition?
     
  29. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    They are, but current release date is TBA...
     
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  30. ratinox

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    Skyrim Special Edition is more or less Skyrim (including all DLC) in Fallout 4's 64-bit engine.
     
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    Support.2@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    It's sort of like GOTY+, so all DLC, some graphical updates, some (I think) fixes to major bugs, and console mod support, though I don't know how well that was implemented. Thing is, it's not compatible with (m)any mods from the OG version, so a lot has to be built from scratch. It's especially broken if a lot of what you are modding is script/behavior based, because I think all that pretty much requires SKSE to function at all, and even ones that don't require it can cause some major (or hilarious) issues.
     
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    There are also some performance and stability (it's 64 bit) improvements.
     
  33. Support.2@XOTIC PC

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    Haven't really had time to mess with it, but hopefully some of that is with physics and acceleration. It was wonky in vanilla and mods occasionally made it worse.
     
  34. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Well I guess you can't test SSE to its full potential at the moment, because, again, SKSE is not available, so you can't really tell how stable it is if there's nothing to test it with.
     
  35. thegh0sts

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    deciding on whether to get Tekken 7.
     
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    Yeah, I'll probably just keep checking back to see if they've made any progress on it. Not like having mods was making life terribly easy, trying to figure out which combination of mods was causing small items to accelerate with every object they hit.
     
  37. Atma

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    Add me to the PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds list. After watching it on Twitch a few days I decided to spend the $29 today. Give me something to play in between Quake Champion beta rounds.
     
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    Endless Space 2, it also has to be said how satisfyingly snappy and slick the UI is for the game.
     
  39. estens

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    All this talk about skyrim special edition made me start playing skyrim again xD
     
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    defs not me.
     
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    I agree its fun and fast and its probably the most fun I have had in a "shooter" for a long long while.
     
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    I'm currently playing Zapper: One Wicked Cricket. Flashback old times.
     
  43. Kevin

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    Playing The Surge.

    Game is supremely challenging, but oh so addictive.
     
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    Waiting like a ***** for Destiny 2. Never felt like a crackhead until now
     
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    Gonna watch the season finale of American Gods before getting back into games.
     
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    Me too sorta, but I have Overwatch to tie me over. :)
     
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    Tried out Subnautica on the Vive. Controls are wonky between controller and head aim, and I have no clue what I'm doing, but in VR even just swimming around is really cool. Now if I could figure out where to find copper...
     
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    I just beat Prey, and it was truly a blast. Highly recommended. It's like Deus Ex and Metroid Prime had a baby who grew up in an open world.

    Going to make a second run-through now where I don't equip myself with any alien abilities.
     
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    mainly playing gwent and pubg these days, still have to finish the last DLC for dark souls 3 and also finish up the surge but time is limited and both gwent and pubg offer up fast rounds so they suit my needs for the minute.
     
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    I watched a friend stream it and it's definitely in my queue now.
     
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