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3 hours ago, hugthebed2 said:

Never saw it due to the latter. Solo was neat, don't watch shows so Disney+ off the table.

Also didn't John Caveson discuss it in another thread? Probably remembering prior movies

I dug through my post history a bit. The closest thing about TRoS i posted about was the themed update to EAfront II. This post specifically. If that wasn't it, then it was probably about an earlier movie.

That being said, I should do a short review of it. I'm not even going to spoiler tag it because that movie is not worth caring about spoilers.

Basically, they condensed the plot of the Dark Empire books from the legends post-RotJ canon into a single movie, Palpatine clones and all. The major thing missing is the 4-D chess game between the reborn Emperor and Luke, who becomes his apprentice on purpose in order to undermine him. And for the same reason why Dark Empire is considered the black sheep of post-RotJ legends content, it was stupid because it just made all of the OT heroes' sacrifices, particularly Vader/Anakin's sacrifice, all for nothing. What's even worse, is that if you missed the one-time event in Fortnite, you have no clue how or why Palpatine is alive, which they just handwaved in the opening scene. I would rather have the Darth Jar Jar meme be true than this. You can tell they went for a hail mary after running out of ideas with Last Jedi after killing off Snoke.

The only good thing the movie has going for was that it redeemed Kylo Ren as a character. No real improvement for everyone else.

Suffice to say, the whole Sequel Trilogy is a wash.

4 hours ago, A 1970 Corvette said:

Honestly by that time the only star wars related stuff I was enjoying was redlettermedia making fun of it, and even that tuckered out basically by the time rise of skywalker came out since it became clear there wasn't going to be much of anything to discuss moving forward and the franchise was tanked to the point of just being sad, rather than funny

 

I really hate that there's an attitude of "the sequels were bad, so the prequels must have been good" that is now becoming common. I think I couldn't care less about anything in the franchise but there's something that really irks me about that specific revisionism. Yes, Star Wars Battlefront was good. That doesn't mean you have to pretend like Episode 2 was good.

Eh, I think it was less, "sequels bad, therefore, prequels good", and more of a realization that maybe people were a bit too harsh on the prequels than they deserved which probably drove George Lucas to sell off Star Wars in the first place. And considering how much Disney has botched the franchise, it put the prequels in a new light of appreciation for what George was going for even if the fans didn't particularly agree.

It also helped that from 1999-2014, books, comics, video games, the Clone Wars show in particular, etc. really helped to provide context for the questions and plotholes that the movies themselves couldn't answer. Unfortunately, all of that, minus the Clone Wars, is now officially non-canon thanks to Disney. So I think it's more of "be careful what you wish for" scenario overall. The general consensus now seems to be "Ideas and concepts good, execution/writing bad; RotS carried the trilogy".

Now to be fair, not everything Disney has added is bad: Rogue One was a decent movie, S7 of Clone Wars was awesome, as was The Mandolorian, and Rebels was inoffensive. But everything else, of the little I read up on these days, has been a net negative.

Overall Tier List:

S- Mando S1&2, S7 Clone Wars

A- Rogue One

B- Solo

C- Rebels

D- EP VII, everything else

F- EP VIII & IX, everything else not in D-tier

Also it looks like Denuvo is being added to Switch. Isn't one of the upsides to publishing games on consoles the lack of need of implementing additional DRM thanks to the walled garden nature of consoles themselves?

Might as well only stick to PC ports.

Random idea on how to buff the Steak and Dhalokos Bar to compete with Sandvich/Banana:

Steak:

-  Allow Heavy to heal himself for 150 by throwing it like pre-nerf Sandvich.

-  Alternatively: Remove damage vulnerability during melee-only buff.

The problem with the steak is that you can't heal yourself, only others once every 30 sec. In order to compete with the other lunchbox items in terms of healing utility, having the old throwing behavior could be a nice throwback.

Alternatively, just go all in on the melee-only Hoovy aspect and get rid of the damage penalty on the slowest class in the game locked to using their fists. I would even go further by adding a ~20% damage resistance instead.

Chocolate:

-  On eat: Heal for 100

-  Decrease current recharge rate by 50%, making the new time to ~5 sec.

The chocolate bar i would make it to the Second Banana, what that was to the Sandvich. Having a 5 sec. recharge essentially get rid of it as the eating animation itself is ~4 sec. So you have the old no cooldown chocolate bar, and you can still crap out small health kits every 5 seconds, with a tradeoff of only 100 self healing. So now you have three tiers of healing:

- Sandvich: Full self-heal every 26 seconds; Medium health pack for team every 30 seconds

- Banana: 200 self-heal every 6 seconds; Small health pack for team every 10 seconds

- Chocolate: 100 self-heal every 1 seconds; Small health pack for team every 5 seconds

Thoughts?

Yes, and you should feel sad.

In all seriousness though, couldn't you just lower the in game res to 1080p and enjoy 400+ fps at ultra settings?

I my self recently upgraded to a 2k monitor because i wanted an external monitor for my Steam Deck when docked. So I'm going to use my old monitor for that. I chose 2k simply because it was much cheaper than a decent 4k, and I'm still rocking a 1070, which while capable of 4k, it's not quite at the performance i want it to be. My CPU might also have issues with newer games as well, so at this point, i might as well get a whole new computer if i want to upgrade anything.

The old 1080p monitor will be just right for the Deck, as trying to do anything higher might melt the thing as you gotta remember, in raw power, it's about equal to a 1050ti. That, and I don't plan on gaming really much at all when docked, as I already have my desktop for that, it would defeat the purpose.

lucky bastard....

Anyway, I find Acer to be a reliable brand. You could start by searching their catalogue of 4K monitors.

Steam Deck get! After waiting 10 1/2 months, I was finally able to purchase my reservation. Ever since then I have a hard time putting it down. So many neat little features while in the console-like Gaming Mode. So far, I've stuck to Verified titles and games I don't mind tinkering with, like TF2. Though in the long term, I'll start branching out to other games and just start tackling my backlog.

Switching over to Desktop Mode, and it's literally just an Arch-based Linux distro with KDE Plasma desktop environment. Very Windows-like in appearance and feel, but a lot more customizable and modular. Can't wait to get the official dock and plug in an external kb+m and just start exploring Linux as an operating system.

Overall, loving it so far.

P.S. This post was made on the Deck in Desktop Mode using the virtual keyboard. Using the trackpads as cursors and triggers to type is strange, yet intuitive.

what was it?

I've got the New Blood triple shooter bundle (Dusk, Amid Evil, Ultra kill) on wishlist. Will probably get it after getting my Steam Deck.

1 hour ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

Startpage is okay privacy-wise, but results wise it's basically just a google search on a fresh browser.  So you don't get results tailored to your search habits, but you do get the google curation.  Duckduckgo is the popular alternative but some of the companies latest moves have been kind of sketchy and I don't trust their large advertising power.  Other people suggest using Brave, Yandex or Swisscows though there are ups and downs with all of them.  Probably Brave search is the best at the moment but I don't think there is any great search engine right now.

I was onboard with DDG for a while. Then they finally got just a little taste of tangible success with the ad money, then it got to their heads. The last straw was when they started censoring "misinformation" on the Russo-Ukrainian War. That's when I yeeted them off all my devices and switched to Brave. In speaking of Brave....meh, I just didn't like it. One of my subscriptions on YouTube suggested the same list you have. The "google curation" doesn't particularly bother as much as the invasion of privacy, if I had to choose. Startpage seems to be an adequate compromise, so I'm just sticking to that for now.

1 hour ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

For an office alternative, I use Apache OpenOffice.  My current computer came pre-loaded with "ad supported"  Microsoft Office software so I uninstalled that crap day one and have exclusively used OpenOffice on this computer from that point.  It's trivial to learn; if you know Microsoft Office you can use OpenOffice practically identically.  The only problem that I've had with it is that sometimes the office compatibility doesn't work out 100%, so if you need to send a file to someone who Microsoft Office exclusively some stuff might not display correctly and very occasionally it might not load at all.  But this seems to be bad backwards compatibility issue on Microsoft's end.  That is, OpenOffice can save stuff as a Office XP, etc. file perfectly and if you actually open it with that version of Office I'm pretty sure it's fine.  And I've never had problems with OpenOffice opening Microsoft Office files, even from the newest version.  But apparently new versions of Microsoft Office don't always load stuff from old versions of Microsoft Office correctly so you run into problems there.  But it only happens maybe 1 in 20 times.

I honestly haven't done much research on Office alternatives myself, but one name I always see pop up is LibreOffice. In any case, learning a new office suite is not really the issue.

I don't have a printer (even if I did, Linux is notoriously bad with printers in general I've been told), so I have to copy any documents I have on this computer onto a USB stick, then take that to either work or my mom's and print it there. So my biggest worry is compatibility issues. Like for example, the printer itself not recognizing the file type, or having to reformat my usb drive since it's formatted to be recognized on Linux and not Windows or vice versa, or some other bs. And I just don't want to deal with that.

Honestly it's just something I need to research into more. I'm just a little lazy because I don't use Office that much. I just use it frequently to be that edge case that might be a real headache to adapt to, which further delays my transition.

1 hour ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

Despite tinkering around with old versions of Windows I've never actually gotten off my ass and installed a version of Linux so I can't help you there.

Eh, no worries. I've done enough research to at least narrow down to 3, maybe 4 choices in distros for beginners:

• Manjaro Arch + KDE Plasma for the closest thing to the Steam Deck''s SteamOS 3.0.
• Pop!_OS has Nvidia drivers built in to it, so if I'm really worried about my 1070 going haywire, then it's an option.
• Linux Mint + Cinnamon DE seems to be gaining consensus as the new Ubuntu for Windows refugees in terms of looks and feel.
• Finally Fedora Silverblue seems to be gaining traction as well since it's an immutable file system, so I have less of a chance of breaking shit (basically child locks for an OS)

56 minutes ago, A 1970 Corvette said:

I've definitely been on the "really should just run linux" thought train as a lot of things that were barriers have been eroded away over time. I keep thinking "I really need to just rip off the bandaid and go for it" but it's hard to get off my lazy ass and do it.

 

Maybe when this version I'm running is officially dropped from support

I'm basically in the same boat. I might just decide to use Win 10 until support runs out. By that time, I'm probably going to have to upgrade my whole computer anyway, so might as well go all out.

The developers of Pop!_OS, System76, make their own pre-built open-source hardware. They're a bit pricey, but that's because they manufacture their original parts in their home state of Colorado, as well as dedicated hardware and software support. From what I've seen, they seem like a good group of folks, and I wouldn't mind supporting 'em financially.

All the more reason why Windows 10 is going to be my last Windows. Even if I wanted to upgrade to Win 11, apparently my rig is not eligible anyway, so why not start fresh? I just have to evaluate what I use my computer for in the first place.

I've already de-googlefied my devices. I uninstalled Chrome and now run Waterfox as my main browser (Since I distrust Firefox's management) with Startpage as the Search Engine and Adblock. On my phone I have Firefox simply because there's no other non-chromium browser in the store. The only google services I use now are Youtube and Gmail, with the latter being mostly used as a fail-safe account in case something happens to my main email. So web-browsing is covered.

Thanks to Proton and the Steam Deck, gaming on Linux has pretty mush achieved parity with Windows, at least with single player games. The big caveats left to tackle is VR and anti-cheat on the popular multiplayer games. However, I've kind of fallen out of the multiplayer-only phase as I've become so (justifiably) cynical towards "live service" games. And I'm tired of chasing trends trying to keep up with my online friends, only for everyone to get bored and move on to the next popular thing. The only big multiplayer shooters I play now are TF2, which is natively supported on Linux, and Halo MCC, which I have on Xbox crossplay if I want to to play some classic Halo. But, again, thanks to Valve throwing their weight around, AC devs have made it incredibly easy to have their programs be Proton-compatible.

As for VR, well, as amazing as an experience as it is, I can happily wait until Valve can fix SteamVR on Linux, then get an Index 2.0 whenever. Not really in a big rush to spend $1000.

All that leaves is a replacement for Microsoft Office. But there seems to be plenty of serviceable open-source alternatives I can learn to use.

All I need now is to choose a beginner-friendly distro and desktop environment that will suit my tastes. It will be a few years before Microsoft drops Win 10 support, so I can take my time.

I've had it pinned to Chrome for years. Literally this and Youtube are the only reason I still use Chrome for. Hopefully I still remember my password for both sites when I switch over to a non-Chromium browser like Waterfox or something.

Now this, this is pure art right here.

Also, going back through this thread and seeing all of the borked links and images makes me a sad hoovy.

Welp, the poll right now is showing that, yes Gyoku, you really are a boomer here. God help you.

6 hours ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

 

 

 

This is what is often referred to as "The Golden Age of PC Gaming."

 

The exact dates given vary but it always includes 1998 (which gets you Half-Life, Thief and Starcraft.)  Sometimes I see it go as early as 1993 which gets you Doom (the first game to really show that the PC could outdo consoles) but I don't see it go before 1996 too often (Quake, Civilization 2, Red Alert.)  Like I said, 1998 is pretty much always included.  The end is sometime past the millenium with some people ending as soon as 2002 (Warcraft 3, Morrowind, Serious Sam) but usually extending to at least 2004 to pick up Half Life 2 and Rome: Total War.  It's generally acknowledged to be over by 2008. (If you put the end exactly at 2008 then that makes TF2 one of the last games of the golden age.) However you put the exact beginning and end Deus Ex is certainly in it, and Half Life 2/Jedi Knight probably squeak in.

Hey, wouldn't you know, that's also the time-frame of the 4th-7th gen consoles; you know, the ones everyone seems to remember most fondly of these days for very similar reasons, just replace some PC titles with certain console exclusives. You might as well drop the "PC" in that title at this point.

6 hours ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

After the golden age you get more and more of the "mud" genre (you know what I mean: fps or tps base with "open world" elements, light character customization and crafting, a (generally poorly implemented) stealth system, etc.)

....So your average Ubisoft game?

I got my dad's old '99 F150. It was an awesome truck, with lots of memories behind it. Even up until I sold it, it never failed smog or leak any fluids. But once, I got an '08 at a steal, I knew I couldn't keep ol' reliable, so I had to let it go. Was sad. I'll miss the second row of cabin seats that a lot of storage room and extra passengers. On the other hand, the A/C works in the new one and I can finally build up a CD collection for music instead of VHS tapes. I just have to take care of it as much as my dad took care of the '99.

13 minutes ago, Raison d'être said:

Now that I'm not a NEET, I'm in the Bay Area and owning a car is a pain in the ass because of $5 a gallon gas and the cost of parking and insurance. Plus I get a free Clipper card from my school... overall there's not really any reason to sink hundreds of dollars a month into a car to get stuck in traffic

Never change California. Never change. *sigh*

8 hours ago, TheOnlyGuyEver said:

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This is a little weird cause I picked the 360 but I also picked Other, because I wasn't sure if you allowed handhelds. Because you mentioned them but never really said explicitly if they could count for GOAT. So if were talking console consoles, it's the 360. It's backwards-compatible, meaning you not only get the insane fucking library the 360 has but also the XBox. This thing's just fucking great and spearheaded pretty much all modern industry console trends and standards, for better or for worse. It pretty much set the standard for online play and friends list functionality forever right out of the gate. The Live Marketplace was amazing for indie devs and was pretty much the first ever console outlet for indie game developers, and I would say is also responsible for the modern trend of digital-download games. Pretty much every single aspect of the 360 was greatly innovative and impactful and it had a fantastic lineup.

 

However...if handhelds are allowed...it's gotta be the 3DS. The 3DS is just fucking stupid, like it's crazy. It has fantastic games and is backwards compatible all the way back to the DS; you get like a whole decade+ of game potential with this thing. The 3DS eShop is a big step up from the DSiWare store which was basically shovelware aside from the occasional actual game; the 3DS eShop is like majority good, actual, full games on the 3DS eShop, it's no joke, and you could even download retail titles digitally. It also shipped with pre-installed games like Face Raiders and AR Cards, which while novel still offered hours of fun even if you had nothing else. The Streetpass Plaza was also an extremely cool feature and had multiple games as well.

 

The actual 3DS functionality is fucking something else though. It's insane. This shit had a camera, an internet browser, friends list, had fucking Youtube and Netflix, it's absolutely absurd the services they managed to put on this little handheld gaming device. And the best part is that the 3DS only got better with time, like a fine wine. Even Streetpass Plaza got a second batch of bigger, better games down the line, not to mention they released the New 3DS which featured improved hardware capabilities. Though, I think the customization is one of my favorite parts of the 3DS, and the Switch is really missing that. You could format the home menu to a variety of layouts, move around all the software icons, create folders to organize them, set your own background, and with the New 3DS you could even customize the physical device itself with various interchangeable faceplates. It really felt like your thing. Amazing device, better than many consoles.

Handhelds are allowed. In fact, I was going to have each "Favorite X System" was its own poll question, which included the handhelds. But there's a limit to questions that could be posted, so I scrapped the idea. I would have lumped them with the rest of the consoles in the first poll question, but poll answers also have a limit, which I reached with just the consoles of "The Big Four".

So yes, if your favorite is a handheld, or Atari, or the other, more obscure consoles of the 1st-4th gen, then pick "Yes" to the "Other" question.

8 hours ago, TheOnlyGuyEver said:

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7th generation. It was a close tossup between 6th and 7th, but I went with 7th because while 6th did see some online functionality, online multiplayer really took off with 7th gen and elevated every game that featured it to a whole new level. Like imagine if Halo 3 did not have online. You would play the campaign, maybe play with some friends in Custom Games if you invited them over, that's it. Online play is responsible for millions of hours of gameplay and singlehandedly increased the enjoyment and longevity of so many games for me. Not to mention that the games themselves were often great, and this was when DLC was still very sparing bonus content created post-launch.

 

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1. 3DS

2. 3DS

3. 3DS

4. 3DS

5. No

It just has fucking everything man; the backwards-compatibility alone could keep me occupied for years before I even played an actual 3DS game.

 

 A very interesting choice. I myself have a Gameboy Advance SP and Nintendo DS. So if I had more than like, three games for each system, then the DS in particular would be stronger contender, as it has BC with my Gameboy Advance games. That being said, even then, they would probably lose out to my Switch for "gaming on the go" needs, even with nostalgia accounted for.

3 hours ago, Moby said:

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Split between PS2 and Xbox 360 as they were my most played consoles. Hard to pick one since both had several good games, but I would give the PS2 an extra edge for being able to play PS1 games.

The 360 could play OG Xbox games. Though I iirc, and correct me if I'm wrong, the PS2 could play all PS1 games natively, a la GC to early model Wii, and not like the 360 which relied on emulation for BC, thus only like, half the OG Xbox library was available on the 360.

But that's still a big lineup if BC was your edge for this choice. So I'm just going to assume you never had an OG Xbox, or if you did, you didn't have a lot of memorable games compared to your PS1 library.

Would I be correct in that analysis?

3 hours ago, Moby said:

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Hard to pick one. Most likely the 7th due all the good stuff that was released then.

4th is mostly due nostalgia as the Mega Drive and SNES were my first game consoles.

 

I agree that the 7th gen did have a lot of excellent titles, and would have been my choice too. However, all of the "modern gaming" trends started to really pick up speed in the later half of that gen. So, on principle, I have to support the 6th, which had consistent quality.

3 hours ago, hugthebed2 said:

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Gamecube is my G.O.A.T. as the only surviving console from my childhood and the only console I still occasionally pick up games for used. I've got a significant amount of games on it that I've dumped hundreds of hours into each - and some are even brought out to this day when friends come over (like Melee, Super Monkey Ball 2, Metal Arms: Glitch in the System). We had a Dreamcast growing up as kids before we tried cleaning it with Soap and Water. We DID clean it, but as you could guess it uh, died. The main games from that we got on Gamecube anyway (Sonic Adventure 1 and 2). its compactness and lineup of games makes it sick.

3 hours ago, hugthebed2 said:

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I am having a little bit of trouble understanding everything, but if backwards compatibility is allowed I'd probably cheat and say to use my Wii U as my console of choice. It's got vWii which gives access to virtual console titles and Wii games, as well as potentially hacked-in gamecube game compatibility (but without a Wii to rip the .isos from, it'd be kinda worthless). Storage would definitely be an issue, but it's not the worst in the world.

 

There's no way I'd say the Switch, as I only really have a handful of games available for it anyway. If backwards compatibility was allowed, I'd probably say my gamecube could be the console I'd take to the end. It's got my biggest library (with the Wii trailing behind by a few games) and I could always take up speedrunning some of the games on there that I have like The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, Sonic Mega Collection, or the Pikmin games.

 

Yes, BC is allowed. Remember, this is in regards to the games you presently own. You are stuck with them forever, and you can't get any more. For the variants where you have no Internet, you are given a 24 hour grace period to install/reinstall any games/patches or DLC that you want for these games before you are cutoff.

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Favorite generation is the 4th because, as I've already explained, it's where we had the peak of 2D games.  I also think that later generations have focused too much on saying things are better just because the hardware is more advanced without really innovating at all.  As much as the Wii is a meme and a lot of the games were crap or poorly implemented, I'm at least glad that Nintendo tried something new (and when things actually worked, it was a pretty cool experience.)  But take Playstations after PS2 and Xboxes after 360: except for better graphics cards and higher processing speeds, what really distinguishes them?  If it's just a marginal increase in hardware power, why not just use a PC?

 

A solid choice. I'd probably choose that gen too if I grew up with it. Though the 6th still is a strong contender.

2 hours ago, Gyokuyoutama said:

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I don't really get what you mean in regards to the PC.  Am I not allowed to have one at all, or am only allowed to have one if I "use it as a console" by stripping internet access and only using what is stored on it?  If it's the later it would be a hard choice between my Windows 7 and XP machines, since both have a nice set of games already on them.  The XP machine probably is favorite in terms of the PC gaming era, (and has an obscene number of roms on it, though that's probably cheating) but the 7 does have some more recent stuff that I would hate to part with.

 

 

For consoles, I would probably go with my 3DS just because my actual physical library for the SNES is somewhat limited (I've actually considered expanding it, but speculation on SNES games has gotten insane.)  While I don't have too many specifically 3DS games, my DS library is pretty large and varied, so it would be the best for long term gaming.

 

 

It seems I failed to take in account people who own multiple gaming PCs. I'll correct that now. Yes, you must choose which PC to keep in variants 2 & 4. A general use PC to me without Internet of any kind might as well be a hunk of junk, but at least my single-player games on it would still be playable. So yeah, think of it as a console like the Gamecube at that point. And in the variant where you do have Internet access, you are only allowed to download patches and play online games, you can't buy anything new or upgrade your rig after the 24 hour grace period.

For the 5th variant, you can even choose to trade your PC choice for another one of your normal consoles instead.

Hope this clears the air.

This has been gnawing at my head for a while now, but I have three questions for everybody.

First one to tackle of course is the title: Which one is your G.O.A.T? Which is your favorite of each console maker, if applicable? (e.g. favorite Sega system, Nintendo system, Xbox.....)

Secondly, what is your favorite console generation of all time? (for reference)

The first two questions can be simply answered with the poll ofc, but, detailed explanations and even tier lists are welcomed and encouraged.

The third and final question will be more of a thought experiment/game.

Scenario:

You are forced to give up all except one of the gaming devices you own. You get to choose, however, you will be stuck with that device, your current accessories, and only the titles you presently have for it, whether physical or digital, forever. You are given a grace period of 24 hours to redownload any digital games and DLC that you have already purchased, however, you cannot upgrade storage. You cannot choose your PC*.

There are four (and a half) variances to this scenario:

1. You have neither Internet access, nor a PC.
2. You have a PC with your current library of games, but no Internet access.
3. You have Internet access, but no PC.
4. You have both of the above.
5. In variances 2 and 4, you are allowed to trade your PC for a second one of your consoles (including handhelds). Would you trade it in? If so, for what?

As you can see, the third question is aimed more towards people who have more than one console along with our PCs for gaming, which I assume is most of everyone here. If you don't then....I guess you'll just die, lol.

*I'm regarding PCs as separate entities in this scenario as it is clearly the best choice, and thus, would make it less interesting. If you have multiple PCs, you must choose which one to keep in the relevant variants.

My response to the first question: 

Response to second:

Now as for the 3rd and final question:

I only have 3 consoles, all of which will be mentioned in my response (except handhelds ofc, that being the Gameboy Advance SP, and the Nintendo DS).

Of those three consoles, I generally find the Series S to be the most reliant on internet access, not only because of the one-time online check for newly installed games and initial setup, but also the plethora of online multiplayer-focused games I have on it compared to the other two consoles. The Gamecube on the other hand I find to be the opposite. Since it has no online capabilities (barring like 5 games, most of which are Japan-exclusive, and all of which need a separate broadband adapter to even use), I can rest assured that whatever game I put in, I know I'll be getting the full experience of that game, internet or not. Meanwhile, the Switch is more of my jack-of-all-trades console. It, being a Nintendo console, will have that superior offline experience, like the Gamecube, while also the capability of utilizing online functionality whenever possible, unlike the GC, but not entirely reliant on it like the Series S, all the while having a good number of 3rd parties, both modern and nostalgic, like the Series S.

And with that I look forward to your responses.

I'm gone a couple of weeks and suddenly people are rhyming stoof.

On 1/18/2022 at 6:11 PM, Gyokuyoutama said:

I will never understand "Games As s Service" apologists.

 

To be clear: I'm not talking about people who play games with server based DRM but are aware of what they are doing and accept it (reluctantly or not) as a cost of playing that game.  I mean, I've sunk hundreds of hours into Shadowverse, I'm not going to judge.

 

But I don't understand people who refuse to acknowledge that such games can be remotely shut down at any time and that you have no meaningful sense of ownership of them.  (Or even worse, the people who claim that you have no meaningful sense of ownership of anything because you usually don't have rights to reproduce it.  In this theory even the screwdriver you buy isn't "yours" because if you made an exact copy including branding and sold it you would get sued by the manufacturer.  Usually this argument is deployed in "you're getting screwed no matter what you do so just connect to the server every 5 minutes, peon" way.)

Same could be said the "Cloud Gaming Future" tools out there. The fact that I need an internet connection in order to play an entirely single player game on my phone never really appealed to me. I laughed my ass off when I found out the Kingdom Hearts games were gonna be cloud based for the Switch. Like what's the point if I can't take it on the go? That's the whole deal with the Switch. It just seems like the continuation of "always online DRM" publishers were peddling during the early XBox One days, and I hope it's a trend that dies a horrible, painful death like NFTs.

Now, tbf, I can see a use for cloud gaming for multiplayer-only titles to able to run on outdated hardware. And since there would be nothing to do offline, you might as well take advantage, since if they shut down the servers, you won't be able to play the game anyway. Just keep that shit out of single-player games.

Still rocking my 1070 from 2016. Unfortunately, my CPU is the bottleneck when it comes to "modern gaming". So if I ever want to upgrade, I might as well go balls deep and get a pre-built. At least then I'm getting a package deal along with the GPU.

^When someone asks, "Who farted?"

On 11/26/2021 at 10:57 AM, A 1970 Corvette said:

Where's the negarep option

fixed

Ah, I've seen someone has seen the latest Hotel Transylvania movie.