SSDs have gotten so cheap and fast recently.
Most games now assume you have one. Games are generally built around having minimal or even no loading screens. So fast storage is a must.
SSDs have gotten so cheap and fast recently.
Most games now assume you have one. Games are generally built around having minimal or even no loading screens. So fast storage is a must.
Personally I much preferred Lies of P.
Lords of the Fallen is sitting at 55% positive reviews on Steam. Lies of P is sitting at a nice comfortable 89% positive reviews.
Lords of the Fallen had a pretty troubled development cycle (changing studios 3 times) and it has some problems.
It’s on Gamepass. Just get that for $10 and beat it. Might be able to find a free trial somewhere too.
Lies of P was extremely good. Not quite on the same tier as Elden Ring, but super enjoyable and polished.
Yeah RF is an amazing mapper but not a great bosser. Sometimes I’ll make two builds. One to blast through mapping and one to nuke down bosses.
Or you can use Explosive Arrow which currently does everything well lol
The nice thing with Path of Exile is that you can always play next league and try out other content and systems.
I’d suggest picking one or two systems and just really learning those each league instead of attempting everything all at once.
Recently beat Lies of P.
I am a huge souls fan, and Elden Ring is probably my favorite game of all time.
I was expecting Lies of P to be a competent souls knockoff, but it’s so much more than that.
It has some issues, sure. But I really think the game is superb. I am beyond excited to see what they do next in the genre. They got so many things right.
I played a bit of Craftopia awhile back from the same developers. It was weird, disjointed, buggy and strange.
I expect this will be more of the same. But I hope I’m wrong. It would be wild for this game to be decent to good.
Definitely agree with this. Locked 30fps mode with motion blur set to 2/5 was the ideal way to play this game. Performance mode was far too unstable and blurry especially on a larger TV. Digital Foundry also suggested just locking it to 30 and not switching back and forth. Your eyes do eventually adjust.
I wish the performance mode was better, but it seems pretty clear that 30fps was the performance target.
If you want a turn based RPG, OctoPath Traveler 2 is a really excellent option.
I know what this post is referencing, but I don’t think that was really the message that they were trying to convey.
Baldurs Gate 3 is an incredibly good game, but it will be difficult for most average studios to emulate their success.
They had a very long developmental cycle of 6+ years, very successful early access, and a team of 400+ experienced developers who know this genre better than anyone.
I would absolutely love to see another studio attempt something this ambitious, but it’s going to be really hard to top this game for the foreseeable future.
I really like Divinity Original Sin 2, but this game is far better in almost every way. It definitely feels like an evolution.
Pretty much a perfect summary, well said.
The short version:
Longer details:
The game does have an easy mode if you want it to be more brain dead. But it definitely does still require some thought for sure.
Yes! This happens to me constantly. My only major gripe so far.
I tried out the demo, surprised to see it’s being ported to Unity.
Demo feels very early and has some problems (like not being able to quit properly) but it’s a promising start otherwise.
On Windows 11 with an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU I’ve had better luck with DX11 at the moment.
Vulkan has been slightly less stable for me overall, and has had more visual glitches.
Meanwhile DX11 has been largely flawless on my system.
I think if you’re using an AMD system Vulkan may be slightly better. But it definitely feels like DX11 is the current “default” option for a reason.
I completely agree with this take.
I have my gaming desktop, gaming laptop, and Steam deck.
My gaming desktop is my strong preference. It’s powerful, I built it myself, and it can handle basically everything I can throw at it.
My gaming laptop is really nice for travel, where I can’t bring my desktop. I was working at a job that was like 30% travel, lots of flying. It was nice to have in the hotel to get some gaming in.
On shorter/busier work trips though, I’d usually opt for just taking my iPad and Steam Deck. It’s a bit more limited in terms of what’s available, but the Steam Deck is a super capable machine. The Steam Deck also didn’t exist when I started traveling originally.
You can still play the game offline and single player just fine. Multiplayer has never been a core feature for my playthroughs. I don’t think it ever worked particularly well.