Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

Post by **Rand** » February 26th, 2026, 17:45

Rand wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 03:18

methoxetamine wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2026, 20:55
I'm hyped for Crimson Desert and I don't care who knows it
I like the idea of a Crimson Desert, but I have no interest in playing that particular weird oriental **** with ogres commonly wandering around town and literal robots and such.

Maledict · Post by **Maledict** » February 26th, 2026, 17:54

Rand wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 17:45

Rand wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 03:18

methoxetamine wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2026, 20:55
I'm hyped for Crimson Desert and I don't care who knows it
I like the idea of a Crimson Desert, but I have no interest in playing that particular weird oriental **** with ogres commonly wandering around town and literal robots and such.

(Me on the left) wow he's built just like me. That's me. Thank you Blizzard.

Post by **stormvermin** » February 26th, 2026, 18:06

Rand wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 17:45

Rand wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 03:18

methoxetamine wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2026, 20:55
I'm hyped for Crimson Desert and I don't care who knows it
I like the idea of a Crimson Desert, but I have no interest in playing that particular weird oriental **** with ogres commonly wandering around town and literal robots and such.

This looks like a circus. Do Koreans actually like this kind of aesthetic?

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » February 26th, 2026, 18:10

This game looks AI-generated.

mercerxiv · Post by **mercerxiv** » February 26th, 2026, 18:17

wndrbr wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 18:10
This game looks AI-generated.

Nah, it's the Korean mmo look. The BDO looks like this too and it's been around since something like 2014.

Knowing Pearl Abyss, it's a good chance this will be just slop. They are incapable of good writing (as most koreans are), what they produce is highly convoluted and often nonsensical stories that do actually look like AI handiwork. The gameplay will probably be entertaining at least to a point, since that's one thing BDO sort of has going for it (although there's a lot of room for further discussion). Be ready for massive pop-in, BDO still has it even on "Ultra" screenshot taking settings, and even if you theoretically could disable such aggressive culling the game would simply stop performing at all, since it would make CPU bottlenecking issues even worse.

My projection it will be something in the ballpark of a 5/10 slop action RPG, with absolutely unremarkable story, somewhat interesting gameplay, and poor optimization with CPU bottleneck for most people.

Maledict · Post by **Maledict** » February 26th, 2026, 18:47

Most Korean MMOs look good. The only other slop I know of is Blade and Souls and Vindictus. ArcheAge kinda too I guess.

Aion, Lineage, Terra looked great. MU also looks fine I think.

You have Ragnarok Online and Tree of Saviour if you like cutesy stuff.

Requiem is from Korea and spectacularly beautiful. It is by far my favourite look to mmos. The only other close similar look I know of is Metin2 but the game seemingly only exists for eastern europeons.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 26th, 2026, 18:48

they have a very specific soulless bugman factory-made look to them

Havitner · Post by **Havitner** » February 26th, 2026, 20:20

Nemesis wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 01:57

Segata wrote: ↑ February 24th, 2026, 19:49
Console sisters, it's so ******* over
It was over a long time ago.

It hasn't even begun to be over.

roldet · Post by **roldet** » February 26th, 2026, 20:22

What is your opinion regarding Epic Store? Do they benefit gaming, game devs or gamers?

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » February 26th, 2026, 20:56

roldet wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 20:22
What is your opinion regarding Epic Store? Do they benefit gaming, game devs or gamers?

yeah the competition has made prices go down on steam a lot

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 26th, 2026, 20:58

I like how customers are expected to pay the same and just be happy that more money is going to developers from the cut, incredible stuff

Post by **Nemesis** » February 27th, 2026, 15:33

roldet wrote: ↑ February 26th, 2026, 20:22
What is your opinion regarding Epic Store? Do they benefit gaming, game devs or gamers?

Never used it, but I can assume it's ****.

DrSneed · Post by **DrSneed** » February 27th, 2026, 18:09

sheet wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 20:52
Reading any reddit thread (yes, any of them, they chime in obsessively about Trump), you'd think the entire economy is in shambles because of tariffs and it's all Trumps fault, but hell if I can see it other than computer parts. Real estate prices are stabilized, gas is less, I got a big raise and a tax refund, and stocks are way up.

This has been the worst year for my portfolio so far lmao

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 27th, 2026, 18:10

DrSneed wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 18:09

sheet wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 20:52
Reading any reddit thread (yes, any of them, they chime in obsessively about Trump), you'd think the entire economy is in shambles because of tariffs and it's all Trumps fault, but hell if I can see it other than computer parts. Real estate prices are stabilized, gas is less, I got a big raise and a tax refund, and stocks are way up.
This has been the worst year for my portfolio so far lmao

Your fault for not investing in HQ Platinum

roldet · Post by **roldet** » February 27th, 2026, 18:46

So console ******* are the biggest contributor behind wokeness in gaming since they fund Sony and Microsoft with every purchase right? They sell consoles at a loss but take 30 percent of every purchase you make from their store. So even if you deceive yourself by saying hey i am just playing Basedborne and Black Monkey; you are actually funding Concord and Avowed.

Stack of Turtles · Post by **Stack of Turtles** » February 27th, 2026, 19:31

DrSneed wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 18:09

sheet wrote: ↑ February 25th, 2026, 20:52
Reading any reddit thread (yes, any of them, they chime in obsessively about Trump), you'd think the entire economy is in shambles because of tariffs and it's all Trumps fault, but hell if I can see it other than computer parts. Real estate prices are stabilized, gas is less, I got a big raise and a tax refund, and stocks are way up.
This has been the worst year for my portfolio so far lmao

How??? What were you investing in, Venezuelans?

DrSneed · Post by **DrSneed** » February 27th, 2026, 19:36

Stack of Turtles wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:31
How??? What were you investing in, Venezuelans?

Tech stocks, but I've been selling calls to offset it.
Also when I say year I mean the calendar year. 2025 was huge gains.

Stack of Turtles · Post by **Stack of Turtles** » February 27th, 2026, 19:42

DrSneed wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:36

Stack of Turtles wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:31
How??? What were you investing in, Venezuelans?
Tech stocks, but I've been selling calls to offset it.

No offense, but that definitely sounds like your fault

You shouldn't buy things that are horrifically overpriced!

DrSneed · Post by **DrSneed** » February 27th, 2026, 19:43

Stack of Turtles wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:42
No offense, but that definitely sounds like your fault You shouldn't buy things that are horrifically overpriced!

I am not buying I am holding

Stack of Turtles · Post by **Stack of Turtles** » February 27th, 2026, 19:44

DrSneed wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:43

Stack of Turtles wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:42
No offense, but that definitely sounds like your fault You shouldn't buy things that are horrifically overpriced!
I am not buying I am holding

I mean that if you bought them in the last like 2 years they were too expensive

DrSneed · Post by **DrSneed** » February 27th, 2026, 19:45

Stack of Turtles wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 19:44
I mean that if you bought them in the last like 2 years they were too expensive

Bought most of it during the pandemic.

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » February 27th, 2026, 19:48

Invest in Xbox Gaming

DecadeRiptide · Post by **DecadeRiptide** » February 27th, 2026, 20:01

Really liking the difficulty options in Resident Evil Requiem so far.

We got causal, standard, and... standard.

Post by **Rand** » February 27th, 2026, 20:48

I hear money can be made with GameStop investments...

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » February 27th, 2026, 21:20

Maledict · Post by **Maledict** » February 27th, 2026, 21:29

Thor Kaufman wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 21:20

The accent

Havitner · Post by **Havitner** » February 27th, 2026, 21:57

Thor Kaufman wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 21:20

and it's INSANE!!

Post by **Oyster Sauce** » February 27th, 2026, 23:55

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3668962104

Cool mod that just mirrors the world of Gothic II. I like things like this for replays. The Uncharted games had this built in as an unlockable.

TND · Post by **TND** » February 28th, 2026, 01:22

Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ February 27th, 2026, 23:55
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3668962104

Cool mod that just mirrors the world of Gothic II. I like things like this for replays. The Uncharted games had this built in as an unlockable.

Yeah they even had a mirror on death option which legitimately gave me a headache when I tried playing it with that enabled.

yangg · Post by **yangg** » February 28th, 2026, 18:41

It runs well on native and ultra and looks good, only thing is launch day and to see if I can change all the controls to my liking

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