Various video game stuff not deserving its own thread

GhostCow · Post by **GhostCow** » August 6th, 2023, 14:29

Segata Sanshiro wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 14:26

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 13:58
Guys a 1tb SSD is like $40 now. Whining about file sizes is the dumbest shit and I don't know why so many people keep complaining about it.
Slippery slope.

I'm the kind of guy who downloads uncompressed bluray rips where a 20 minute 1080p video is 6.5gb. I would have rather have beautiful uncompressed data or at least data with lossless compression than be worried about file sizes. Uncompressed textures mean less work for your CPU when gaming too.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 6th, 2023, 21:58

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 13:58
Guys a 1tb SSD is like $40 now. Whining about file sizes is the dumbest shit and I don't know why so many people keep complaining about it.

Because nothing warrants the file size increase.

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » August 6th, 2023, 21:59

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 13:58
Noooo just consoom more thing!

smh

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » August 6th, 2023, 22:01

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 06:04

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 03:54
Philips on screws is retarded
Ftfy

Also, write a complaint. People rarely ever submit formal complaints for this sort of shit so nothing gets done.

I wrote to steam support.

They should be embarrassed about using phillips.

GhostCow · Post by **GhostCow** » August 6th, 2023, 22:54

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 21:58

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 13:58
Guys a 1tb SSD is like $40 now. Whining about file sizes is the dumbest shit and I don't know why so many people keep complaining about it.
Because nothing warrants the file size increase.

Higher resolution textures and more cutscenes at a higher resolution and bitrate. Not to mention that characters have to have multiple textures now for light diffusion and such. Do you think the file sizes just went up for literally no reason or that devs forgot how to compress files? Textures are already so compressed that consoles have specialized hardware to help with the decompression.

maidenhaver wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 21:59
Nooo! You have to make everything fit on my 500gb HDD from 2005! I never want to delete anything or upgrade my storage ever!

Stop being dumb

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » August 6th, 2023, 23:59

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 22:54
Higher resolution textures and more cutscenes at a higher resolution and bitrate. Not to mention that characters have to have multiple textures now for light diffusion and such

But I don't want games with any of these things.

I'm not sure where you're getting $40 SSDs from. I just checked and from what I can find it looks like a 1TB SSD ranges from $80-120.

GhostCow · Post by **GhostCow** » August 7th, 2023, 00:02

Acrux wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 23:59
I'm not sure where you're getting $40 SSDs from. I just checked and from what I can find it looks like a 1TB SSD ranges from $80-120.

You must not be looking very hard then. Here's a ton of them. Hell, there are some 2tb drives for as low as $65

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/inter ... ice&page=1

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 7th, 2023, 01:07

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 22:54
Higher resolution textures

Yet the games don't really look better, they're just copy-pasting textures from public texture archives.
Same sort of shit that leads to this:

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » August 7th, 2023, 01:36

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 22:54
Stop being dumb

Lutte · Post by **Lutte** » August 7th, 2023, 01:50

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 6th, 2023, 14:16
a second drive

Only a second?

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » August 9th, 2023, 00:02

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » August 10th, 2023, 05:30

I want a dagoboo game taking cues from Sword of the Samurai, but the protagonist is a 19th century cicerone and professor of history.

Segata · Post by **Segata** » August 14th, 2023, 01:33

Smart game for smart gamers

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 14th, 2023, 01:53

They are just trying to stay faithful to their predecessor

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » August 14th, 2023, 03:34

Acrux · Post by **Acrux** » August 17th, 2023, 02:32

Real gamers will be playing Stellar Tactics instead of Starfield.

General Reign · Post by **General Reign** » August 18th, 2023, 09:38

Segata · Post by **Segata** » August 18th, 2023, 14:41

maidenhaver · Post by **maidenhaver** » August 18th, 2023, 21:29

Acrux wrote: ↑ August 17th, 2023, 02:32
Real gamers will be playing Stellar Tactics instead of Starfield.

I'm tired of isometric.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 22nd, 2023, 10:42

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 22nd, 2023, 10:57

wndrbr wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 10:42

The projection is wrong, Arcanum didn't use the same as Fallout.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 22nd, 2023, 11:09

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 10:57

wndrbr wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 10:42

The projection is wrong, Arcanum didn't use the same as Fallout.

but this is not Arcanum. It's Arcanum 2.

agentorange · Post by **agentorange** » August 22nd, 2023, 11:16

honestly looks worse than the original. original was crisp, also more colorful. that looks dull and blurry and like it had a sharpening filter applied to it, which seems to be standard practice for most of these types of projects

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 22nd, 2023, 11:25

agentorange wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 11:16
that looks dull and blurry and like it had a sharpening filter applied to it

Might just be yewtube, they've been making the compression significantly worse lately.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 22nd, 2023, 11:28

Segata Sanshiro wrote: ↑ August 18th, 2023, 14:41

It took decades to get devs to respond to something like color-blindness, and many still don't address it. 1 in 12 men have color blindness, 8% of the target audience of most video games.
It's sort of amazing how fast they pander to something that is .1% of the population and far more likely to be a "shitlib" who just steals things rather than buying.

GhostCow · Post by **GhostCow** » August 22nd, 2023, 15:08

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 11:25

agentorange wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 11:16
that looks dull and blurry and like it had a sharpening filter applied to it
Might just be yewtube, they've been making the compression significantly worse lately.

They probably lowered the bitrate because you can pay to view at a higher bitrate now

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » August 22nd, 2023, 15:10

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rJeaPe

Compiled using ready-to-use assets (except UI)
based on the CRPG being developed by New Blood Interactive.

@wndrbr any idea what he's referencing here? Does he work at New Blood Interactive?

Segata · Post by **Segata** » August 22nd, 2023, 16:12

GhostCow wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 15:08
They probably lowered the bitrate because you can pay to view at a higher bitrate now

It's not only bitrate; now 1080p is like 720p (with bad bitrate) upscaled, 720p is 480p upscaled... jews gotta jew.

Tweed · Post by **Tweed** » August 22nd, 2023, 16:32

Segata Sanshiro wrote: ↑ August 18th, 2023, 14:41

Truenaming demons is the most effective way to gain power over them.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 22nd, 2023, 23:13

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ August 22nd, 2023, 15:10
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rJeaPe
Compiled using ready-to-use assets (except UI)
based on the CRPG being developed by New Blood Interactive.
@wndrbr any idea what he's referencing here? Does he work at New Blood Interactive?

yeah it's old news. He does 2d art for an unnamed rpg. I thought you knew about it.