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Topic: Path of Exile |
Xenthalon
Replies: 2224
Views: 277813
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 16th Oct 2024 16:42 Subject: Path of Exile |
I get the argument that maybe it shouldn't be called F2P in that case, but I'll gladly give Grinding Gear Games some money. Heck, I bought several of the seasonal supporter packs for like $30, without ... |
Topic: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 2108
Views: 258996
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 30th Jun 2024 19:28 Subject: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
I don't read most of them, but when you come around a corner and see a bunch of messages, and maybe blood stains, you already know to be on your guard. |
Topic: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 2108
Views: 258996
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 19th Jun 2024 19:33 Subject: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
I thought the summons were already the easy-mode for casuals (like me ) What else could they add? |
Topic: Hogwarts Legacy (Harry Potter RPG) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1098
Views: 151837
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 8th Mar 2023 16:33 Subject: Hogwarts Legacy (Harry Potter RPG) |
So I finished the main story yesterday, with mixed feelings.
On the one hand, the art direction and world building is fantastic. Discovering the castle in the beginning, seeing all the different pl ... |
Topic: Hogwarts Legacy (Harry Potter RPG) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1098
Views: 151837
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 16th Feb 2023 10:41 Subject: Hogwarts Legacy (Harry Potter RPG) |
Yeah, the DLSS 3.1 replacement and the Engine.ini tweaks improved performance notably for me. Now I'm patient-bear waiting for the Digital Foundry deep dive into what all the issues are and why RT run ... |
Topic: Need some easy slow paced games (steam deck) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 22
Views: 2887
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 8th Feb 2023 14:08 Subject: Need some easy slow paced games (steam deck) |
+1 for Pentiment, what a gem. Or in the same vein, Disco Elysium if you haven't played that already. |
Topic: Diablo IV |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1923
Views: 233472
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 30th Jan 2023 22:22 Subject: Diablo IV |
Yeah, seeing that battle pass gave me a feeling of dread, like the empty feeling i got from the Diablo Immortal grind.
I mean, I get that you have to finance server and future development costs som ... |
Topic: The Orville (TV Series, Fox, 2017–) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 140
Views: 24359
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 27th Jun 2022 09:01 Subject: The Orville (TV Series, Fox, 2017–) |
This is such a good series. E03 was kinda eh, but E04 had me full on board again.
What I like most about it is its optimism. None of that grim-dark the world is shit, everyone is terrible and evil, ... |
Topic: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 2108
Views: 258996
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 15th Apr 2022 20:07 Subject: Elden Ring (Miyazaki + George R.R. Martin) |
Jesus christ, what a game. Got the Yanni ending after 95hours at level 128, that Elden Beast can fuck right off after that Radagon boss fight, what a terrible boss that was. I still have that Snowfiel ... |
Topic: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy |
Xenthalon
Replies: 194
Views: 29520
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 1st Nov 2021 19:10 Subject: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy |
Well we certainly all have different preferences in the games we play. This one isn't mechanically deep or challenging, but I thouroughly enjoy it for its world design, its characters and its soundtra ... |
Topic: Far Cry 6 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 381
Views: 58718
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 14th Oct 2021 07:56 Subject: Far Cry 6 |
Well the HD Texture pack really requires more than 8GB VRAM, which is really silly. And it seems to me, they really didn't look at the game wiith just high texture settings, without the HD pack. Chara ... |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 10th Oct 2021 17:40 Subject: Diablo 2 |
What private server one? Is there a PvPGN/D2GS battle.net emulator already? |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 23rd Sep 2021 13:27 Subject: Diablo 2 |
I'll go hammerdin, friend will go sorc. Will be fun! |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 22nd Sep 2021 18:00 Subject: Diablo 2 |
Nah it's a long known engine limitation, and "just restricting spell range" doesn't work either as projectiles can travel far off screen. Enemy AI starts reacting in a certain range, and with too wide ... |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 21st Sep 2021 14:20 Subject: Diablo 2 |
I still have the cracld Alpha zipped up on my drive, because that still had widescreen and tcp/ip. I'm sure some clever guys can come up with ways to inject all the missing content into the alpha and ... |
Topic: Far Cry 6 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 381
Views: 58718
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Fri, 10th Sep 2021 08:42 Subject: Far Cry 6 |
I really liked in FC2 that you had a physical map, that you had to get out and read. Had multiple car accidents because I had the map out on the steering wheel, not watching the road.
If they added ... |
Topic: Path of Exile |
Xenthalon
Replies: 2224
Views: 277813
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 30th Aug 2021 16:40 Subject: Path of Exile |
Yeah I'm also deeper in the game than I have ever been. I think it's because I never liked the flask-piano meta and didn't play like that, so I don't really know what I'm missing.
The league mechan ... |
Topic: Joplin - a note(s) taking app for game progress tracking |
Xenthalon
Replies: 6
Views: 1289
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 8th Jun 2021 09:38 Subject: Joplin - a note(s) taking app for game progress tracking |
At first I thought, well, this is dumb, I know my... and then I looked at my desktop, and I have literally 8 different .txt files scattered over it with names of different games I currently play and s ... |
Topic: Outriders (People Can Fly) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 267
Views: 37770
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 6th Apr 2021 08:34 Subject: Outriders (People Can Fly) |
how are the bullet sponges fun though ???
They aren't that bullet spongey, Borderlands is way worse in that regard. Granted, I play the Trickster class and built it for a shotgun build, I teleport in ... |
Topic: Outriders (People Can Fly) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 267
Views: 37770
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 5th Apr 2021 22:48 Subject: Outriders (People Can Fly) |
I really really like this game. I don't know how to describe it, but it's just so gamey. Such a nice gamey game that I just want to keep playing.
None of that boredom that all the Ubisoft games tur ... |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 10th Mar 2021 06:19 Subject: Diablo 2 |
At that point, why not just spawn in the items you want? What's the point of having the bot do it? So you can feel some sense of legitimacy that you "earned" the loot? You didn't. Guess I'll never un ... |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 7th Mar 2021 21:35 Subject: Diablo 2 |
If D2NT and Maphack still works I'm right back in on multiple accounts multibotting 24/7.
Would also be nice if playing classic without the expansion still worked, but... when they really have D2 i ... |
Topic: Diablo 2 |
Xenthalon
Replies: 720
Views: 110460
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 6th Mar 2021 08:43 Subject: Diablo 2 |
If D2NT and Maphack still works I'm right back in on multiple accounts multibotting 24/7.
Would also be nice if playing classic without the expansion still worked, but... when they really have D2 i ... |
Topic: webdevelopment communities n recources link request |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1
Views: 836
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 25th Feb 2021 17:54 Subject: webdevelopment communities n recources link request |
have you heard of... stackoverflow?
/thread |
Topic: Diablo IV |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1923
Views: 233472
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Mon, 22nd Feb 2021 08:35 Subject: Diablo IV |
You know what I'd actually pay monthly for Blizzard? For an integrated bot. Let it have a nice scripting language and then let me fiddle with it all day, tweaking my build just right so it can be play ... |
Topic: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 11040
Views: 1309045
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 12th Jan 2021 23:01 Subject: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
I don't think they have proper pathing for AI driving. It's all hardcoded on rails for quests. That's also why you can't just call a cab like in GTA and watch the sights while being driven to a locati ... |
Topic: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 11040
Views: 1309045
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 20th Dec 2020 17:23 Subject: Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED) |
cyberpunks world is always going to be 'dead' if the quest content is completed. don't kid yourself - it's not going to become a sandbox any time soon
The game world can still be quite alive ... |
Topic: Immortals Fenyx Rising (98.7% asset-recycled Ubigaem-a-thon) |
Xenthalon
Replies: 131
Views: 24116
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 2nd Dec 2020 07:26 Subject: Immortals Fenyx Rising (98.7% asset-recycled Ubigaem-a-thon) |
Haha, oh man, watching it side by side really shows their 'inspiration'. Still, loved to play BotW, and if this gets rid of the weapon degradation of BotW I'd like to give it a try.
And, to be hone ... |
Topic: Assassin's Creed Valhalla |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1497
Views: 187783
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 29th Nov 2020 22:40 Subject: Assassin's Creed Valhalla |
The story went off the rails after AC3 when they started resolving plot points in the comic books
Coincidentally the way AC Valhalla ends ties into AC3 pretty much directly. The modern d ... |
Topic: Assassin's Creed Valhalla |
Xenthalon
Replies: 1497
Views: 187783
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 29th Nov 2020 17:44 Subject: Assassin's Creed Valhalla |
Yeah I played Unity after Syndicate as well and actually enjoyed it quite a lot. I think a lot of people only remember the terrible state it launched in.
Protagonists though... I think no AC protag ... |
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