General Videogame/Gaming Thread

[Cash or Czech]

I tried doing all those fancy searches and whatnot and couldn't find an old videogame thread to revive, so figure I'll start a new one. Got into PC gaming in the last four years, happy with my rig and waiting for the next gen Intel/AMD CPUs to upgrade to. Been playing Amazon's new MMO New World, alongside some casual FIFA22, Splitgate, and picked up Civ6 on sale a couple weeks ago.

Current gaming setup:

What're you all playing right now and enjoying? Looking forward to COD Vanguard or BF2042? If anyone wants to be friends on Steam lemme know lol.

[siddious]

5 minutes ago, Xander said:

I tried doing all those fancy searches and whatnot and couldn't find an old videogame thread to revive, so figure I'll start a new one. Got into PC gaming in the last four years, happy with my rig and waiting for the next gen Intel/AMD CPUs to upgrade to. Been playing Amazon's new MMO New World, alongside some casual FIFA22, Splitgate, and picked up Civ6 on sale a couple weeks ago.

Current gaming setup:

What're you all playing right now and enjoying? Looking forward to COD Vanguard or BF2042? If anyone wants to be friends on Steam lemme know lol.

I'll post a pic of my comp. later but my old one gave up and I dont do it much any more but needed a new comp capable of 3D rendering + floor plan drawing and incidentally playing sick video games so I got a new one about two months ago.

So far only game I played was cyberpunk which ran like a hot knife through butter and was pretty fun. Reminded me of the original Deus Ex game which I loved when it came out years ago.

Is New World any good? 

[Cash or Czech]

11 minutes ago, siddious said:

I'll post a pic of my comp. later but my old one gave up and I dont do it much any more but needed a new comp capable of 3D rendering + floor plan drawing and incidentally playing sick video games so I got a new one about two months ago.

So far only game I played was cyberpunk which ran like a hot knife through butter and was pretty fun. Reminded me of the original Deus Ex game which I loved when it came out years ago.

Is New World any good? 

I really like the core of it. I haven't gotten into any of the large scale PVP yet but I want to. Mostly just clowning around with a few friends I used to play other MMOs with. Definitely a lot of bugs to fix as well, but it doesn't manage to ruin the experience at all. Amazon finally pulled off a successful game

[siddious]

10 minutes ago, Xander said:

I really like the core of it. I haven't gotten into any of the large scale PVP yet but I want to. Mostly just clowning around with a few friends I used to play other MMOs with. Definitely a lot of bugs to fix as well, but it doesn't manage to ruin the experience at all. Amazon finally pulled off a successful game

It looked interesting I may have to check it out

[Cash or Czech]

9 minutes ago, siddious said:

It looked interesting I may have to check it out

How was Cyberpunk? I tracked it on and after launch, and I do like RPGs. I just never got around to it after the buggy launch. Worth picking up?

[Shane Falco]

45 minutes ago, Xander said:

I tried doing all those fancy searches and whatnot and couldn't find an old videogame thread to revive, so figure I'll start a new one. Got into PC gaming in the last four years, happy with my rig and waiting for the next gen Intel/AMD CPUs to upgrade to. Been playing Amazon's new MMO New World, alongside some casual FIFA22, Splitgate, and picked up Civ6 on sale a couple weeks ago.

Current gaming setup:

What're you all playing right now and enjoying? Looking forward to COD Vanguard or BF2042? If anyone wants to be friends on Steam lemme know lol.

Nice looking rig. Specs?

I want to build a mini ATX rig later on when hardware stock gets back to normal. I’m currently using an old build I was given that does the trick for now. Play mostly FPS games like bf3/4, cs go, dod source, and COD MW.

[Cash or Czech]

6 minutes ago, Shane Falco said:

Nice looking rig. Specs?

I want to build a mini ATX rig later on when hardware stock gets back to normal. I’m currently using an old build I was given that does the trick for now. Play mostly FPS games like bf3/4, cs go, dod source, and COD MW.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

ASUS B350-F mobo (the CPU/Mobo will be my next upgrade)

Asus Dual OC RTX 3070 (yes yes, I strapped a ferrari engine to a Honda Civic)

16gb Ryzen Vengeance RGB RAM 3000 mhz, with two additional sticks of the fake RAM lighting kit

Corsair H100i Elite Capellix AIO cooler with V1Tech custom Demon Slayer cover

Corsair 4000D Airflow case with 6x Corsair LL120 fans

Crucial 2TB NVMe m.2 storage

Cablemod custom sleeved light blue PSU cables

[Morphinity 2.0]

That's a pretty dope setup. I'll post my rig when I get a chance. How did you manage to get an RTX3070? I've struck out countless times. 

As far as games, I'd love to play more, but I just can't get the time. I spend most of my free time just playing Rocket League since it's super easy to play a couple games, feel fulfilled, and hop off. I enjoy Black Ops Cold War, but even those games can take too long. I did not like the betas for Vanguard or BF2042. Vanguard was a clusterfuck, way too much mayhem. BF2042 was a pathetic beta - it felt like a shitty free-to-play BF knockoff. 

[Cash or Czech]

I managed to buy my 3070 from Microcenter in person within a month of launch. I was also able to snag a 3060Ti for my uncle by signing up for the EVGA queue right at launch...only took four months for it to be my turn.

[Shane Falco]

14 minutes ago, Morphinity said:

That's a pretty dope setup. I'll post my rig when I get a chance. How did you manage to get an RTX3070? I've struck out countless times. 

As far as games, I'd love to play more, but I just can't get the time. I spend most of my free time just playing Rocket League since it's super easy to play a couple games, feel fulfilled, and hop off. I enjoy Black Ops Cold War, but even those games can take too long. I did not like the betas for Vanguard or BF2042. Vanguard was a clusterfuck, way too much mayhem. BF2042 was a pathetic beta - it felt like a shitty free-to-play BF knockoff. 

Oh I see how it is now. You leave me alone in BF4.. for rocket league?! Bitch!

[Morphinity 2.0]

1 minute ago, Shane Falco said:

Oh I see how it is now. You leave me alone in BF4.. for rocket league?! Bitch!

I came, I saw, I pwned

[Ozzy]

The gloves just got dropped!!! 

[Shane Falco]

3 minutes ago, Morphinity said:

I came, I saw, I pwned

One map is a warm up, coward. Blowing shit up > playing soccer in cars. 
 

Thumbs down to your post if I could

[shestYORKin]

my kid upgraded to an ultra wide monitor and hasn’t left his room since. I slip some vitamins under the door from time to time.

[LindG1000]

4 hours ago, Shane Falco said:

One map is a warm up, coward. Blowing shit up > playing soccer in cars. 
 

Thumbs down to your post if I could

Rocket League is fuckin dope, especially the hockey mode, doubly so over NHL when your idiot defender gets himself banned for a week because of a questionable name.

[Keirik]

Skyrim version 107 comes out again November 11th

[Shane Falco]

8 hours ago, G1000 said:

Rocket League is fuckin dope, especially the hockey mode, doubly so over NHL when your idiot defender gets himself banned for a week because of a questionable name.

You shut the hell up Mr. I’m too busy adulting to game any more. No one asked you

[Cash or Czech]

Been playing mostly CoD Vanguard, keeping an eye on the new Battlefield. It had an awful launch but they're fixing and balancing now. Will wait for a sale I guess.

Steam sale is on right now. Cyberpunk 2077 is 50% off, and Dark Souls: Remastered is on sale for the first time in two years. Anybody picking up anything good?

[Pete]

I haven't played a video game in 10 years...but I just upgraded my TV so I guess I have to get something now...plus my kid is gonna be 7 so it's just a matter of time. 

[Phil]

My oldest is really into the Lego franchise games (and real ones, too). Just completed the achievement list for a game for the first time in like a decade.

[Dunny]

My oldest is 12 and he's a gaming nerd. The plus thing for me is he doesn't do consoles. No Fortnight or COD or whatever it is.

So, for Xmas, I'm trying to get him set up without spending 4 grand.

I bought a decent gaming laptop, about 3 years old. Good enough vid card. I had it refurbished as screen was busted. Cost me $500 total. 

My question is, should I get a nice monitor and tether the two? Is that a thing? I guess in that scenario, the laptop functions as a tower.

Kid is 12 and just plays simulations. Maybe some Fallout, but mostly esoteric Roblox community builds designed around world domination.

[Keirik]

Whatever he does, make sure that laptop isn’t actually used on a lap and has good ventilation. Laptop gaming can get dicey when it starts chugging along for graphics and doesn’t stay cool. 

[shestYORKin]

3 hours ago, Dunny said:

My question is, should I get a nice monitor and tether the two? Is that a thing? I guess in that scenario, the laptop functions as a tower.

go extra wide and curved. it’ll be the last one you’ll have to buy until their 18. 

got my kid this thing and he’s set: VIOTEK GNV34DB 34-Inch Ultrawide Gaming Monitor https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YWPMRXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_Y2WDBARJSMWAN6ZNSWZP?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[LindG1000]

4 hours ago, Dunny said:

My oldest is 12 and he's a gaming nerd. The plus thing for me is he doesn't do consoles. No Fortnight or COD or whatever it is.

So, for Xmas, I'm trying to get him set up without spending 4 grand.

I bought a decent gaming laptop, about 3 years old. Good enough vid card. I had it refurbished as screen was busted. Cost me $500 total. 

My question is, should I get a nice monitor and tether the two? Is that a thing? I guess in that scenario, the laptop functions as a tower.

Kid is 12 and just plays simulations. Maybe some Fallout, but mostly esoteric Roblox community builds designed around world domination.

Since you bought a laptop here, yes, but with some caveats since many laptops don't operate on the assumption of an external video source.

Your graphics card will absolutely need something better than a DVI connection to go anywhere beyond standard HD. If you have HDMI, great, that's a start, but you still won't want to break the bank on a gaming monitor. You can get a solid 24" ASUS HD monitor for pretty cheap (certainly under 200 usd), and there's no sense in buying something that your graphics card can't handle (either physically or otherwise). You can use a converter, but I'd imagine you lose something in the process.

If you've got a DisplayPort option - that's the time where you go and spring for the gaming monitor - no need to go any higher than 1440p, make sure you get the lowest refresh rate possible.

[Drew a Penalty]

Hnggggg. Quantic churns out really good games so I'm pumped.