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@nta I've played that a fair bit over the last year. Stellaris is fun, but can get a bit too into micro-management.
Recently beat it on King mode - first getting a fairly easily diplomatic culture victory as Greece (Dude Greece, not Chick Greece) and then managed a King Science win as Tomyris. I just let the random leader thing spin and see what happens.
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Difference between my old and new PC. Amazing how good graphics are now.
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@antipodean said in Gaming/VR:
Difference between my old and new PC. Amazing how good graphics are now.
I'm going from i7-4720HQ to i7-10750H. Graphics from GeForce 840M (4GB DDR3) to GeForce RTX2070 (8GB DDR6).
It is a new world...
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For those who like problem solving, I should have mentioned Frostpunk was free to play over the weekend.
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@antipodean ive been on a bit of a point and click, puzzle solving games phase over the last year or so....might finally have accepted im not smart enough, the last one i was looking up walkthroughs all over the place
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i just spent $30 and bought a re-mastered version of Command & Conquer, and Command & Conquer: Red Alert
The days i burned playing those in Uni. I bought them to show the kids. The youngest thinks it's great. It's still cracking fun. The sound of a Tesla Coil frying infantry always cracks me up
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@machpants Any of the old ones worth playing now?
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@machpants said in Gaming/VR:
@machpants Any of the old ones worth playing now?
Rugby Challenge 3 is probably the best recently, but I'm not an expert. Not cheap but at least available on STEAM
I play it on Playstation, like any rugby game some of the game play is shitty, but you can create players and build teams so when I have a quiet weekend I'll make a few players for the Magpies etc. One good thing is you get to select the ABs from the entire amount of NZ players available.
I also play the last league game, which is kid of annoying game playwise as well, but I started a career with the Warriors/Kiwis in 2014 and I'm not at 2040 odd. It just creates new players which is funny as it tends not to follow ethnicity very well, so the current Samoan team is mostly white with a redhead halfback. One bad thing is you don't get to select the Kiwis squad. They assign it for you.
By play, I usually only play a game or two a night while my dinner os cooking.
If you can pick them up cheap then they're fun but I wouldn't pay real money for them these days.
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@machpants Any of the old ones worth playing now?
Rugby08 still has a huge modding community, keeping players/squads/kits etc up to date, lots of people still say its the best rugby game
i bought Rugby Challenge 4 last year, was fun but still way glitchier than i would have expected and annoying things like there is a NPC but they didn't get the licences do theyre all generic players/kits etc...but they did get most super teams....so if i create a player...i can play for off brand otago...and get selected for the AB's...but not play super rugby
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I bought a PS5 this week, thankfully just before lockdown.
Any tips on games? Right now it looks like lots of PS4 games on replay. Bought as my brother programmes for a studio releasing a game soon, and I kind of have to get one. So wait list, and it arrived months earlier than expected
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I bought a PS5 this week, thankfully just before lockdown.
Any tips on games? Right now it looks like lots of PS4 games on replay. Bought as my brother programmes for a studio releasing a game soon, and I kind of have to get one. So wait list, and it arrived months earlier than expected
The latest Far Cry (complete with old mate from Breaking Bad/Mando as the main bad guy ) looks absolutely incredible.
That series is off the charts, absolutely amazing.
