| MSFS 2020 in VR is the best way to play this game IMO but is a bit low res on my 1070gtx. If Microsoft added VR support to the series x it would be their killer app and would blow the competition out of the water. I for one wouldn’t be able to hand over my cash quick enough. |
| @Lexkalin it’s a barrier of entry. You can be as snobbish and sneering as you like about it, pc gaming isn’t a plug and play hassle free experience. |
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@CasePB absolutely not true. MSFS2020 has been a right royal pain in the arse for many to install and then setting it up to run smoothly on each individual spec pc takes a massive amount of tweaking and messing around with settings. Forza H 2, RDR 2 and Ass Creed games required a massive amount of messing about to stop horrible screen tearing and I’ve still got many games in my backlog such as rockstars Bully that select built in on-board graphics and run like shit unless you manually change .ini files. PC gaming is still a hassle and not the accessible issue free experience many claim it to be. |
| @Meep98 is talking to yourself out loud a sign of some form of derangement? I do it all the time. |
| @D4RC you’ve obviously never used a quest 2, twice as powerful as a nintendo switch and doubles as an excellent PCVR device. |
| I’ve downloaded doom 3 vr on the oculus quest 2. It’s an unofficial side loaded mod and requires the original PC game to work but it’s absolute brilliant, best VR FPS I’ve played and at £4 on steam it’s a bargain too. |
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@Lexkalin I don’t own either PS5 or XSX and have no plan to invest either way but from my understanding the PS5 is running the PS4 version in B/C mode which massively constrains the resources available. The XSX has superior B/C and offers much more native resource to B/C versions. The PS5vsXSX has not equated to 1440vs4k on any of the native multiplat releases. |
| Both XSX and PS5 versions are running in BC mode, it’s well known the XSX has a vastly superior BC implementation. It’d be interesting to see if the XSX still holds such an advantage should a next gen version get released. |
| Days Gone is a superb game, it has flaws and technical issues but nothing touches the adrenaline rush of taking on a horde of 500 infected. |
| @night_swim haha, it’s weird how much mood impacts our experiences. |
| @night_swim I honestly felt the same, I even had a few weeks break not sure that I’d go back but so glad I did. You might still hate it, we all have different tastes. My main tip is in close contact encounters use roll to get out of trouble. The thing I loved the most is the hordes, I’ve never played another game with a mechanic quite like it, the way hordes work in Days Gone is so organic and sometimes surprisingly intelligent, it’s a brilliant USP for me. Another tip, if a horde come after you keep running, if you gain enough distance they’ll give up and return to their resting place, it’s a good idea to upgrade your stamina first, getting distance between yourself and a horde is so important when taking them on. |
| @MistahParker getting the camera setup right is the biggest challenge especially in armed combat but once you sort it most of the clunkyness is fixed. There are a few online guides that really helped me, I don’t understand why Bend made it so configurable. |
| @bumtooth it’s a brilliant game but a very slow burner. My advice is stick with it and it’ll reward you in spades. |
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@night_swim 5 hours barely scratches the surface and I felt similarly when I was a few hours in but after about 10 hours the game really clicked and it’s now one of my GOTG. Also exploration is fantastic and the world becomes much more accessible as you level up and get some of the better weapons and upgrades. I personally loved the sense of terror trying to get from fuel stop to fuel stop without attracting too much attention early in the game. Accidentally encountering a horde early on was a massive adrenaline rush in my attempt to escape, no point in trying to fight them until you’re at lest 15 hours in. |
| @tassletine can’t disagree with anything you said. |
| You got a lot more out of this than I did, I saw it as chess based Rocky 4 with a little less cheese. |
| @WhatTheHelIsThePoint they didn’t mention any next gen games it he 40 mins I was watching other than looking forward to the PS5 Cyberpunk patch. |
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Watched the first 40 mins of this dull waste of my time. The biggest next gen games that they’re excited about is a cyberpunk next gen update, new current gen Zelda game, Harry Potter a cross gen game, Gollum another cross gen and call of duty. When so many massive games are slated for 2021 why are they dribbling on about cross gen? What is the point in this podcast? They might have got to the good stuff after I lost the will to live and if they did my feedback is spread the interesting relevant content throughout your podcast to keep people engaged. |
| @GumboVariations loved Days Gone too, I’ve never has an adrenaline rush quite like taking on a horde before you’re fully levelled up. Running away, hiding in a water tower, picking off all you can and then trying to sneak away with dozens of infected milling around. Loved the characters too especially Boozer and Rikki. |
| PC gamepass cancelled, I’ve played all the decent stuff. I’ll rejoin when there’s more content. |
| @TinyKaiju true enough. It definitely looks like MS rushed out an MVP 120 mode which is why it’s fixable with a patch. |
| @FallenRascal totally agree, screen tear used to be unacceptable in almost all cases. VRR might mitigate for those lucky few with the latest TV tech but it should still be unacceptable and not excused. |
| @Darren_mccoy nobody’s fault, the PS5 was originally planned to launch in 2019 so the extra year gave Sony an advantage. Microsoft are playing catch up, just circumstances really. |
| @Wakanda4eva78 lots of people were worried Series X versions of games would be compromised by being scaled up versions of the series S games. It seems to be the other way round, Series X versions are looking great but the Series S versions are not feeling the love. |
| @JamieSmellsLike I’m not yet interest in either console at the moment, my PC, PS4 pro and Xbox 360 still cover most bases. Both consoles look great though and I am jealous of the dualsense, I hope they can get it working full feature set on PC. |
| @JamieSmellsLike PS5 version has better AF at 60fps and higher res on race start intro. The series X version is obviously unoptimised and just needs a patch. |
| @zealvix Dirt 5 is terrible on series x, apparently devs have had PS5 dev kits twice as long as Xbox series x so there’s a couple of sloppy ports coming out that will be later fixed with a patch. |
| @fakeuser True, PS5 load times are around 25% quicker. no real focus on the haptic feedback which some COD gamers are describing as game changing. |
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@Yoshi For me the Xbox Series S has a different target market. The Series S for me is a games as a service Netflix machine, lots of choice and relatively inexpensive. The PS5DE is a proper next gen offering and with PS+Collection is a fantastic value proposition. Most people looking for a next gen machine will go Series X or PS5, the number of people deciding between PS5DE and Xbox Series S is likely to be very few but there'll be lots of people looking to buy the Series S to complement their PS5 to get the best of all worlds. |
| For me you cannot compare the Series S and PS5DE, the series S is without question a gamespass machine and you can’t play gamepass games on a PlayStation. Two completely different audiences IMO. |
| @Jonesy81 that’s brutal, happened to me a couple of times in the past but not with days gone. |
| I’m currently about 10 hours into this and its a great game but far from perfect. The loading times do cause most of my frustrations and the length of time it takes to upgrade and build skill points. |
| Wow, that’s changed my attitude from meh to need. |
| @Euphiletos I’m surprised because I’d heard the XSX was equivalent to the 2090 which I believe is more powerful and has more bandwidth than the 3070. |
| Is this more powerful than the GPU in an Xbox series x? |
| @HerrProduk that’s interesting, I wonder if it’s a gamepass thing. |
| Forza Horizon cleverly sticks its ads on loading screens which amounts to the same thing but doesn’t feel as exploitative. |
| I’m really not sold on the next gen at all, the only real leap is ray tracing which is cool but not game changing and loading times but these are still miles behind cartridge load times from the 80s and 90s. |
| Incredible muscle flex from Microsoft. Now MS just need to let the studios remain independent in their creative output . |
| Wow, positive news that games are coming to multiple platforms presented as a negative. 🙄 |
| How? Incredible value. |
| @bladdard ok so it’s fully installed this morning. My 16gb i7 GTX1070 @1080p runs like a dog on high settings with drops as low as 5fps. Dropped to medium settings and it runs much better but isn’t visually the realistic masterpiece I expected. Did EG review a different game to the one I’m playing? |
| @bladdard what type of sad loser votes down my original comment when all I did was posted my personal experience. |
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Typical PC game, preinstalled gamepass game and tried to run and it’s stuck frozen on a loading screen and not moved for over an hour. Googled and told running as admin would work but it hasn’t so now I’m uninstalling and it’ll be reinstalled tomorrow. Buggy POS, what else should I expect from Microsoft Studios. |
| Gamepass on PC is brilliant value now. Just paid £1 for a months game pass purely to play Hellblade but I’m blown away by all the content that’s now available on PC. I also downloaded sunset overdrive but after 4 or 5 hours found it a bit clunky to control and a pretty shallow experience. |
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