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Poll: Deus Ex is 19 years old

Original all the way. It was ground-breaking in so many areas and still looks great with updated DX10 renderer + various HD packs. Whilst it has a few fans, DX2: Invisible War was dumbed down in a lot of ways. UI is the least appealing & most consolized (and was heavily criticized in reviews at...
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- Post #6
- Mar 18, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Free games for the week thread

Indeed, it's a great game and nails the early 90's adventure humor perfectly. Now cue the "but I hate anything not Steam because it's not Steam and I don't want to be made to use another client" brigade, even though like past freebies like Subnautica, the game is virtually DRM-Free and can be...
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- Post #2
- Feb 22, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question Fortnite minimum requirements? G4560, 8GB DDR4, and R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 not cutting it? Gaming on Wifi? How many people do that?

A GTX 950 is on par with R9 270X. Even the R9 270 is 15% slower. The RX 460 is 30% slower vs GTX 950. The 750Ti 10% slower than that. And the HD 7790 is 10% slower than that (the 260X is just a 7790 that's been OC'd by 10%, so overall a 260X = 750Ti). The reason there isn't much difference is...
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- Post #8
- Feb 11, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question Fortnite minimum requirements? G4560, 8GB DDR4, and R7 260X 2GB GDDR5 not cutting it? Gaming on Wifi? How many people do that?

Wait a minute, that isn't this same guy from here is it? Honestly Larry, just take all the bits back, sell them on Ebay and buy him a console... As for the 260X (7790 "Bonaire" rebadge with the same 896 shaders), it's far closer to a 750Ti which is approx 2/3rds of the speed of a GTX 1050.
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- Post #6
- Feb 11, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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News AMD Announces Radeon VII

Honestly I wouldn't even pay $10 for anything that needed +3,000rpm fans. Seriously, 1998 called and wanted their Delta's back...
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- Post #546
- Feb 7, 2019
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Poll: how do you play single player games?

4. because it's a decent balance between being thorough vs not completely sucking all the fun out of everything / breaking the pace by spending hours walking in circles for some utter triviality. I used to try and get 100% secrets where possible in old school style games (Doom, Thief, etc), but...
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- Post #5
- Feb 7, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question FarCry 5 (new dawn)

Indeed. "Whew! Just coming to the end of FC3 and now I have a choice to make. Do I... Damn this Ubisoft writing is really deep..." :grin:
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- Post #6
- Feb 6, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question What happened to Real Time Strategy Games?

^ This. RTS's "evolved" into MOBA's because the entire genre doesn't fit controllers + 10ft UI too well. From not being able to click on a mini-map with a cursor vs thumb scrolling across huge areas to lacking lots of hotkeys for base building or selecting +10 different unit groups / formations...
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- Post #15
- Feb 2, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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METRO Exodus

It wasn't me who downvoted you but speaking as someone who has a W7 rig, I'll give my two cents regarding that confusing chart. In reality, such charts offer an extremely dumbed down and regularly contradictory "guide" as to what to expect. Eg, as long as the DX11 or Vulkan API is an option, it...
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- Post #27
- Feb 1, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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This forum is aging.. gaming getting old for you too?

^ Yeah, that's precisely what the "modern evolved model" for today's market is now all about. Just be grateful these AAA publishers aren't house builders - "Have you seen our new idea inspired by "time-saver" DLC for AAA games? We'll make your house airtight, install an industrial vacuum to suck...
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- Post #115
- Jan 22, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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The anti-DRM thread

It is absurd isn't it. "But I want all my games in one place & don't want to have to keep track of what client launches which game, don't want my games locked to my hardware with custom .exe's, don't want to lose my whole game collection if the distributor ever pulls the plug, don't want up to...
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- Post #75
- Jan 12, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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New Epic Store Opened Up

The Division 2 will be on Epic store (and uPlay) but not Steam:- https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18174004/the-division-2-ubisoft-epic-game-store-launch
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- Post #56
- Jan 10, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question I don't get pixelated game popularity

Well popularity is the core topic. Hence the success of Wadjet Eye Games for whom that style is all they make. If people didn't like it, they'd have gone out of business years ago. You've probably noticed similar "new old school" FPS equivalents like Ion Maiden or Project Warlock. They have Very...
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- Post #32
- Jan 10, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question I don't get pixelated game popularity

90% of the time "that reason" for remakes of old games is simply wanting a console port for XBox / Switch, etc. That's the real reason Bioshock 1-2 were 'remastered' with barely any significant "upgrade" in textures (original vs remaster) along with a ton of new (still half unfixed) bugs. For...
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- Post #25
- Jan 8, 2019
- Forum: PC Games
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Question I don't get pixelated game popularity

Back in the 90's the future was deemed to be photo-realism (hence the FMV adventure game trend for a period). 20 years on, and a lot of early 90's (or even late 80's) P&C games like Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit The Road, Space Quest, etc, have aged a lot better in ScummVM with 2-3x HQ...
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- Post #14
- Jan 7, 2019
- Forum: PC Games

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