The first XeSS is very underrated IMO. I found that it generally looks a lot better than what FSR had at the time.

I just remembered another good one: We who are about to die.

You might like Overgrowth, it has a very physics-driven combat system.

The reason games don’t do combat with physics is because they tend to be insanely janky and inconsistent. You wouldn’t want to swing your sword and have it get caught in something then die.

It says I don’t have permission to access the Google group

That notice must’ve been brand new because it wasn’t there when I looked haha

Well they’re not doing a great job because I just checked and the Bethesda shitpost account is still alive.

I’m optimistic. Their last GPUs had issues but were good for the price, it’s been two years since then so I’m expecting big changes.

That is cheap considering it comes with bleeding-edge tech. The Snapdragon 8 Elite will mostly be seen in the $1000 range.

This is how I feel about ultra-slim laptops that only have USB-C ports. I don’t care if it needs to be 10% thicker, I want a usable port damn it!

I really should go back and finish it… I played CrossCode up until after the ice dungeon but never got around to going further. It’s an S tier game for sure.

What specs do you have? A laptop with an i5 10th gen CPU would definitely not be able to run BG3. My older laptop with a GTX 1060 would barely run it over 40fps lowest settings.

I have never seen someone so upset that there’s gaming news in the gaming community

The final boss was very fun, but it did take me a few hours. Phase 2 is wild.

I’ve seen a lot of talented devs explain that UE5 does give devs the tools to pre-cache shaders but since AAA studios rush everything, it ends up being low priority compared to maximizing the graphics. It’s not hard to believe considering games are pushed out the door with game-breaking bugs nowadays.

But it does beg the question of why the engine doesn’t do that itself. UE4 games ran like a dream, but this generation has felt like nothing but stuttering and 20 minutes of compiling shaders every time you open a game for the first time…

1. It’s more compatible with almost every software.

2. Most companies that run windows also use things on the Microsoft stack like MS Teams, MS Office, etc. These don’t have proper alternatives for Linux.

3. It’s familiar for everyone working in the company.

I don’t know what company you’re in but imagine how bad the average person is in using a computer. Asking people to use Linux is a no-go.

Yeah the war has definitely affected the team a lot, and it’s very admirable they managed to release the game at all. Here’s hoping that with a few bug fixes and patches the game can be a solid entry to the series.

It’s a free update, but it’s listed as its own free DLC on Steam which is weird. I guess since it still has issues, they wanted it to be opt-in.

Yeah but it’s MSI, their quality control on all products is absolute garbage. Last I heard the hinges on their laptops still fail after 1-2 years.

In terms of 3D prince of persias, then I’d say The Sands of Time probably. It’s the most consistent and well-paced.

People love praising Warrior Within but I played it again recently and it doesn’t hold up. Lots of backtracking, lots of confusing camera angles and a frustrating world to get around. Dahaka is very cool though.

I don’t remember Two Thrones enough to comment on it, but I thought it was pretty good at the time.

Prince of Persia 2008 is my 2nd favorite and it still sucks that they never followed up on it. There’s a lot of room for improvement but it was a great entry.

What’s wild to me is, that Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom didn’t appear once on this list.

Makes sense to me IMO. 2023 was a stacked year, and while TotK was a pretty good game, it was way too close to Breath of the Wild for me to even consider it as game of the year. Other games that could’ve won the award over it include Alan Wake 2, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Hi-Fi Rush, and Octopath Traveler 2.