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 Topic: Deus Ex Remastered [Feb 26] |
JBeckman
Replies: 40
Views: 1761
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 27th Sep 2025 23:41 Subject: Deus Ex Remastered [Feb 26] |
Found out about the PS2 port just a short while ago, figured it'd be an easy port of that to the latest consoles.
https://assets1.ignimgs.com/2002/03/18/dx_0318_5-374981.jpg
Positively surpris ... |
| Topic: Hollow Knight: Silksong |
JBeckman
Replies: 137
Views: 13829
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 27th Sep 2025 23:34 Subject: Hollow Knight: Silksong |
Might need a replay of the first game but I'm feeling the mobility better in this game, I think.
Flying enemies are still a pain in the ass however and some of the hitboxes take getting used to, di ... |
| Topic: Resident Evil 9: Requiem [February 27th, 2026] |
JBeckman
Replies: 34
Views: 5019
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2025 21:21 Subject: Resident Evil 9: Requiem [February 27th, 2026] |
Still curious on that Dino Crisis experience with the RE Engine but I guess having four or five Resident Evil games in the backlog is also something. 
Will be interesting to see how this one work ... |
| Topic: Sword of the Sea (Giant Squid) |
JBeckman
Replies: 6
Views: 1548
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2025 21:12 Subject: Sword of the Sea (Giant Squid) |
| Simple, but very engaging. Very similar to Abzu I would say with some more variety but still a very relaxing and calming game of exploration and just enjoying it, either going directly through some si ... |
| Topic: Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
JBeckman
Replies: 1049
Views: 145283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2025 21:00 Subject: Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
Can it harm Elder Scrolls 6, from memory Morrrowind had some entertaining though sometimes a bit heavy writing.
Oblivion in addition to limitations imposed on the engine and the voice acting was mo ... |
| Topic: Mafia: The Old Country (2K/Hangar 13) |
JBeckman
Replies: 178
Views: 30572
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2025 21:35 Subject: Mafia: The Old Country (2K/Hangar 13) |
| Apparently a pretty short game (~10-ish hours is what I'm getting from what I'm reading.) but immersive, mixed criticism so far but eh, at a low enough price or if downloading it is still a viable opt ... |
| Topic: Baldur's Gate III (Larian Studios) |
JBeckman
Replies: 1740
Views: 214399
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 12th Aug 2025 21:30 Subject: Baldur's Gate III (Larian Studios) |
Finally picked this up after a PS5 two-hour trial way back when it initially launched.
Been forever since I last played an actual Dungeons & Dragons video game adaption and much of the backlog ... |
| Topic: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel |
JBeckman
Replies: 2196
Views: 295134
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 6th Aug 2025 21:36 Subject: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel |
I liked the potential of the game back then but I'm not sure how a remaster would stack up.
A huge game world but very rough, especially the two expansion zones but Ascaron was basically going out ... |
| Topic: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
JBeckman
Replies: 11040
Views: 1319539
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 17th Jul 2025 15:20 Subject: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
| Been doing very little with gaming lately, backlog mostly either replaying older games or catching up on stuff I bought years ago, and a few older titles through Lets Play videos when it wasn't feasib ... |
| Topic: Neverwinter Nights 2 |
JBeckman
Replies: 918
Views: 85004
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Jun 2025 21:37 Subject: Neverwinter Nights 2 |
| Was interested in seeing how this would work out, sounds a bit poor but not that unexpected and NWN 2 needs a lot of work, otherwise a solid D&D adventure but then the games that followed were qui ... |
| Topic: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
JBeckman
Replies: 255
Views: 50972
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Jun 2025 21:33 Subject: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
Nice to see another patch out, the game is growing on me, certain mimes aside, I barely get anything of what is actually going on here, but I'm loving the experience anyway.
And fuck flying enemies ... |
| Topic: The General Ubisoft Thread by UbiNeona |
JBeckman
Replies: 1124
Views: 141452
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Jun 2025 21:24 Subject: The General Ubisoft Thread by UbiNeona |
Got through much of the Ubisoft backlog on the video game side of things even if I've not posted much at all about games lately.
Replaying the Assassin's Creed series its easy to note the improveme ... |
| Topic: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
JBeckman
Replies: 255
Views: 50972
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 6th May 2025 19:32 Subject: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
Strange game but I love the presentation and art style, I understand basically nothing and the playable character seems to be in the same situation.
Lovely, can't quite time the active defense and ... |
| Topic: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
JBeckman
Replies: 4305
Views: 273247
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 6th May 2025 18:57 Subject: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
Got through the main game again.
All the old bugs are here but I do like the revised leveling system that was added in, they tweaked a couple of things with the game instead of just the visual over ... |
| Topic: What games are you all playing? |
JBeckman
Replies: 3770
Views: 416575
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 25th Mar 2025 18:14 Subject: What games are you all playing? |
Unless they took the art inspiration from somewhere else, then it seems so.
(EDIT: Seems not, original art.)
Steadily completing this little return trip to when I was younger, from the older ch ... |
| Topic: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
JBeckman
Replies: 555
Views: 72744
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 20th Mar 2025 22:53 Subject: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
<<Welcome back Yasuke!>>
Or something like that, details are scarce but I believe there was something about the post-Nobunaga rulers handing him back over to the Jesuits again.
EDIT: M ... |
| Topic: What games are you all playing? |
JBeckman
Replies: 3770
Views: 416575
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 20th Mar 2025 22:37 Subject: What games are you all playing? |
Various backlog projects.
Got back to the older Looking Glass games of Thief: The Dark Project, Thief 2: The Metal Age and Thief: Deadly Shadows.
The visuals are a bit blocky and boxy but the de ... |
| Topic: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl [Early Access] |
JBeckman
Replies: 1827
Views: 244071
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 19th Mar 2025 17:03 Subject: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl [Early Access] |
Another massive patch and a whole lot of changes, still haven't gotten very far into this. Holding out in the starter village after all tutorials mostly waiting on seeing what the patches can do.
F ... |
| Topic: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
JBeckman
Replies: 555
Views: 72744
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 19th Mar 2025 16:52 Subject: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
Sounds like optimisation might be an issue
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-shadows-suffers-from-major-optimization-issues-on-nvidia-gpus/
I know this John guy isn't from the top s ... |
| Topic: Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
JBeckman
Replies: 1049
Views: 145283
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 18th Mar 2025 19:15 Subject: Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
| Picked it up as part of the Playstation monthly games, I miss out on some of the visuals compared to the PC version but I certainly didn't miss out on what the hell happened to the everything in the s ... |
| Topic: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
JBeckman
Replies: 555
Views: 72744
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 18th Mar 2025 19:08 Subject: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
| Ah so they probably still have those map packs and XP packs on the store then? |
| Topic: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
JBeckman
Replies: 555
Views: 72744
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 18th Mar 2025 18:59 Subject: Assassin's Creed Shadows (previously Red) |
https://www.resetera.com/threads/all-games-with-ps5-pro-enhancements.1026072/page-231
https://www.gamersyde.com/news_notre_avis_sur_assassin_s_creed_shadows-23916_fr.html
Visually it is quite good ... |
| Topic: AVOWED (Obsidian) |
JBeckman
Replies: 341
Views: 53325
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 21st Feb 2025 17:37 Subject: AVOWED (Obsidian) |
Character preset selection :
http://i.imgur.com/DFUzKyAl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/q2Imga7l.jpg
Yeah you are a "Godlike" but unlike being the Hoff this is from Pillars so you are elementally touche ... |
| Topic: AVOWED (Obsidian) |
JBeckman
Replies: 341
Views: 53325
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 21st Feb 2025 17:33 Subject: AVOWED (Obsidian) |
Not bad so far, X Series X here though since AMD and its GPU drivers have some fun stuff with Unreal Engine.
A lack of hardware lumen support worsens ray tracing affecting global illumination and r ... |
| Topic: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber/Focus) |
JBeckman
Replies: 395
Views: 51380
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 23rd Dec 2024 10:29 Subject: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber/Focus) |
| Fun, much as I dislike the Tyranid as a bit boring, like Zerg from Starcraft but to a Warhammer enthusiast the actual density of some of the fights and proper swarms must be something and it is nice w ... |
| Topic: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
JBeckman
Replies: 4305
Views: 273247
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 23rd Dec 2024 10:21 Subject: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
Replayed it on the XBox recently, 4k, 16x AF and AutoHDR but none of the mods and community bug fixes.
It works, though part of the charm is the writing and humor.
If they remake it I am curious h ... |
| Topic: Death Stranding (Kojima) |
JBeckman
Replies: 1220
Views: 137547
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 23rd Dec 2024 10:11 Subject: Death Stranding (Kojima) |
Finally got back into this after a lengthy hiatus, after a bit of a wobbly start because my expired cargo wouldn't stop wiggling from side to side I finally wrapped up the early prologue bit.
Quite ... |
| Topic: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl [Early Access] |
JBeckman
Replies: 1827
Views: 244071
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 7th Nov 2024 22:07 Subject: STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl [Early Access] |
| Next major game release I'm looking forward to, hopefully it'll be a really fun experience. Lots of fond memories from the original game and its two side-titles or what to call them, and despite the j ... |
| Topic: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber/Focus) |
JBeckman
Replies: 395
Views: 51380
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 12th Sep 2024 01:08 Subject: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (Saber/Focus) |
Nice, was hoping this would be continued at some point the way the first game ended.
Good to hear some nice positive things about the game too although the lack of adjustable FOV and not having HDR ... |
| Topic: What games are you all playing? |
JBeckman
Replies: 3770
Views: 416575
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 15th Jul 2024 17:23 Subject: What games are you all playing? |
Backlog clearing mostly.
Haven't really said much about gaming in a while but there's a fair bit of fun to be had the Yakuza series, little by little though since they get pretty damn big and there ... |
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