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So based on you yahoos' recommendation I'm getting Stardew Valley.
Now the thing is, I'm still running a nVidia GTS 250 in my computer which is sufficient for nostalgic people like myself who play old games like Mirror's Edge or Dungeon Siege occasionally. But the thing is I felt it was high time I upgraded to at least a 1050 Ti so I can finally play something more recent than The Witcher. (I was never able to get Witcher II to work on my card, the mouse cursor was slow as ichor.) Now, let's see what the system requirements for Stardew Valley is?
Okay, so my GTS250 with 1GB graphics memory is still relevant! This is good news! Thanks to Steam I don't have to upgrade yet, and this means hundreds of dollars of savings! Thanks Gabe!
Now the thing is, I'm still running a nVidia GTS 250 in my computer which is sufficient for nostalgic people like myself who play old games like Mirror's Edge or Dungeon Siege occasionally. But the thing is I felt it was high time I upgraded to at least a 1050 Ti so I can finally play something more recent than The Witcher. (I was never able to get Witcher II to work on my card, the mouse cursor was slow as ichor.) Now, let's see what the system requirements for Stardew Valley is?
Wow.OS: Windows Vista or greater
Processor: 2 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 500 MB available space
Okay, so my GTS250 with 1GB graphics memory is still relevant! This is good news! Thanks to Steam I don't have to upgrade yet, and this means hundreds of dollars of savings! Thanks Gabe!
"Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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I hope you have a fantastic experience with Stardew Valley, but for your future p.c. gaming life I hope you are saving up for a replacement card soon.
Yeah, it's funny how game optimization can have a real effect on graphics quality. I recently played Tomb Raider (the remake) and it ran just fine on medium settings which is a testament to the game's optimization. The Witcher 2 on the other hand won't run at all even on the lowest settings without a lot of cursor lag. I'll probably upgrade come the summer so I can at least finally get around to playing the Witcher 2.
Steam
The four disk version is a pain in the ass, buy it on gog
I just did this myself two weeks ago. Worth the $10 to have a Win10 ready digital copy without fucking with installing 4 discs and finding the latest patch .exe.
Steam
That is some deeply effective sound work. It's like seeing one of your childhood nightmares show up in an IMAX preview.
You can play up to level 8 or 6 hours, whichever comes first, then it cuts you off. Your progress carries over to the full game if you buy it.
and doing something very unlike me and just making some bruiser of a character
see how the game that seems very much about offering alternate solutions takes it
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I haven't even completed the first big step of the plot, because the side content is absolutely incredible. In one example, I talked to a stranger at a bar. She told me about her friends, brave adventurers all, and she told me how much she loved them. And for each member of her little group, she told me why she loved them. A little moment in time for each, a little synecdoche for their greater virtue. But this stranger at the bar, she was psychic, and she knew how her beloved friends would die. And she agonized over whether her love was pure, or if it was colored by knowing what they would give up for her. It was this heady, poignant, fantastical tragedy, and it was beautiful, and it was in this random tavern conversation.
Or how about when I chatted with this "minor" NPC who I found out was a traveler from another world. One where his people reproduce by sacrificing a limb. And this little short story deals with trauma, and family, and loss, and also the accidental creation of interdimensional porn. And the story gets away with all of it. The humor doesn't betray the pathos, nor vice versa. It was an incredible balancing act, and they pulled it off, and it was in this tiny little side character that the game never makes you talk to.
And the side content keeps interlocking in fascinating, unexpected ways. A character you talked to yesterday ends up having a piece of the puzzle for the character you talk to tomorrow. You'll be wrapped up in one little tale and find this sudden, perfect tie to a story you thought was completed. It's fucking fantastic.
I feel like I've barely scratched the surface on the game, but it's making me want to get all hyperbolic. I am completely in love with how its written. It has the mystery and wonder of something like Fallen London/Sunless Sea, but with this jigsaw puzzle interconnectivity that is blowing me away as it reveals itself. It's so smart, and so emotional, and so deep.
If you have any fondness at all for wordy, complex RPGs, you need to give this a shot. I still can't tell you how the combat is, because the game (admirably) continues to let me avoid it, but this is a deeply special experience. I really cannot recommend it highly enough.
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I wonder if, by some miracle, the multiplayer will work
my friends and I had a simple name for the Cerebral Bore - the magic
edit: store page says online multiplayer! I'm intrigued...
From the Steam page:
Absolutely 100% seconding this shit. It's good. Real good.
plus there aren't a whole lot of other deck building games on pc (deck building meaning like dominion, not like mtg)
Enter the Gungeon
Is really good
Torment installed. Learned Nano, ahoy!
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The DLC was pretty good though. New area to the game, a couple of new companions, raised the level cap a couple of levels (still not high enough, if you ask me). Overall pretty fun, although I don't think I finished all of it myself, as it came too late after I'd played the original game for me and I wasn't really in the mood for a full replay.
The companion stories all had endings in the main game though, so I'm not sure what you're talking about there.
That's a touch only game right? I'm thinking of getting those soon since the price dropped.
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PoE II finished it's Fig crowdfunding period, but the overall period is still open through PayPal on their site. Just yesterday we crossed 4.5 million, which means that our ship (!) gets a crew (!!), which, if you could tell from all the punctuation, I'm super excited about. (!)
Next milestone is 4.75 million which gets us Sea Monsters and Fishing...
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
Edér's story
By researching military records you can find out that Edér's brother did indeed join up with Readceras during the Saint's War, which Edér did not want to believe, and believes may have been some sort of mistake. Edér wants to go see the battlefield where his brother died, and when you visit, you can find an artifact from that battle with distinct psychic energies associated to it. Using the help of a Cipher, the artifact can show you that Edér's brother's loyalties were truly with Waidwen, and that he met Waidwen before he died. The exact reasons for why he changed his loyalties, however, are not visible. Edér becomes pretty upset about all of this, because he believes that if his brother met and agreed to join up with Waidwen, that maybe Waidwen was a true incarnation of Eothas, and that he abandoned his god, not the other way around.
and we'll get that question answered in Deadfire.
Maybe!
I mean, honestly, with regards to Edér
Edér being told for certain that he did the right thing or that he did the wrong thing would feel like a bad direction to go with the character.
I would not consider his story in the first game to be in any way incomplete, because it's about him learning whether or not his brother switched sides. It's not about whether or not his brother was right to do so, he just wants to know what happened.
Considering cranking the difficulty down, but I do want to engage with the mechanics. I just need to learn them more, I suppose.
Edit: I may actually make a new character, because I'm not sure Chanter is really my shit. A very cool concept, though.