Spawn_of_Apathy

Everything Ive read and heard about the story and portrayals this season has made it clear to me I wouldn’t like this season. The show still doesn’t know what MC is nor care about the source material. They still want to do their own thing and this show is Halo in name only, because these talentless people (lead actor included) know that nobody would watch this shit if it was a new original IP made for Tv. The commercials to sell Halo games in the were more faithful and better crafted than this self servicing imitation.

Such a dumb, misleading video. Movies are typically filmed at 24fps, but nobody would argue we should go back to N64 frame rates. Also you're not controlling it, nor does have poor frame pacing that resembles hitching and stutters. If a movie was stuttering unintentionally people would complain. Also if a game isnt a steady 30fps, which DD2 isnt even relatively small dips in frame. Dropping 6fps from 30 feels much more noticeable than dropping 6fps from 90, because at 30fps that’s a sudden loss of 20%. But in general 30 fps just isnt as smooth. I haven’t played with it, but I also wonder if consoles and lower end PCs being stuck with Interlaced rendering just to get to 30fps. That’s some real 6th gen console stuff right there when some had to settle for 1080i as the highest console resolution with 720p better for fast motion. Kind of seems like cheating when they are also using checkerboarding.

ok yeah, they won’t record dialog for a bug. Unless the dialog was meant more as flavor and world building and then a bug came along that like catching Missing No. would fuck up your game like a rampant AI.

I only read like the first headline in case of story spoilers. Is this a bug or an intended game mechanic?

I figured we could because on the town map houses that belonged to people have a banner icon in them while sometimes one won’t. So I assumed that meant I’d be able to buy a house.

temps and cooling wise my PC is no different than any other game. I was seeing signs of being CPU limited though with my GPU showing fluctuating usage between 90-99% without DLSS being on. I don’t think it is getting worked as hard as other games work it. My series X can get louder than my PC, although it doesn’t sustain that level. My PC just sounds like a quiet fan. Less the mechanic hum and more the fast blowing of air into the glass case and maybe escaping through corners and vents. I rarely notice it except for before some game’s audio starts and after closing a game.

lol for a second there I was like “why is the podium music different?” Right a Spaniard won.

Oh I know. If it was going to happen I wish it happened a few laps later so we might actually get some racing between Sainz and Verstappen. I like how Ferrari radios to “hold position” as Sainz just pulls away from Leclere. lol Way to save face for Leclere. I really hope Sainz gets a ride in a top 5 team. I like seeing Perez make the charge up the field. edit: Perez now just looks like he gave up. edit2: Way to go Carlos! Double points for HAAS, points for Tsunoda while Danny continues to underwhelm. Both Mercs out, and Perez was just … there? A very interesting race, though it didn’t feel like there was much in the way of close racing compared to even races last year. weird that the 2 races Carlos has won Russel also puts it into the wall at the end getting too eager to make a pass.

ah for other pawns yeah it kind of feels like dealer’s choice. I have another mage and a thief.

my main pawn is a fighter, but that’s because Im a squishy mage. I buy him new armor and weapons before I buy anything for even my own character. The recommendation I think is usually to have your main pawn opposite of your own vocation. So grab a healer if youre and up close fighter. Get a fighter to tank if youre a ranged character.

The intro area to the game is just so lush and dense. Almost feels like the color saturation in vegetation is unnatural, but it all looks so good. It is a stark contrast to the dead and decaying ruins of the old world with its faded and darker colors on anything that isnt emitting light or overlayed/revealed by the Focus.

Nope. Ive been in that club since 1995. Though the more a person has to dial back the visuals the worse it looks. The RT and global illumination really do give the world a warm natural look. With them turned down or completely off to try and fix a demanding game the more like an uprezzed Xbox 360 it begins to look like. Not unlike the videos and screens of Series S. It only really looks great if you can make it look great. And even when you can it doesn’t look like it is doing something that warrants the demands of the hardware it makes. It is different art styles, but it doesn’t seem as visually stunning as Horizon FW that just released on PC and performance is much better.

That’s exactly what she said! I chose Mage. I do some combat, hut more so I keep everyone alive and buffed.

apparently they’ve said this is the Dragon’s Dogma game they always wanted the first game to be. So that may be why. Yeah I think that is where the dragon attacked and your character was made arisen.

Commentators during qualifying are saying Williams won’t have a spare chassis through China. Yeesh. There could be a scenario where one driver misses an entire race weekend, practices and all, or both cars miss a race. Not a great situation to be in. anywho, congrats to Carlos Sainz on qualifying P2 on his first race back. Sucks a bit for Perez on a 3 place grid penalty to start 6th, but at least we will see some passing while he works his way back to the podium. Tsunoda yet again outshines Ricciardo, getting 8th to start. Oh Ricciardo, you are making it so hard to want to see you in that car. Q1 gave me such high hopes for Alonso, but boy did those Aston’s fall. Hamilton still struggling in a car designed to cater to him. I hope the race is interesting. Perez coming up the field and seeing if Tsunoda can keep it in the points may be the only interesting things happening. Maybe McLaren and Ferrari and Perez fighting on track could make for some good entertainment.

I wonder if that has to do with the size and weight of your character. Mine is on the small side and feels responsive. Bad frame pacing with lower frame rate can make a player character feel chunky and sluggish too.

so far in small towns it has been the inn keepers.

In the capitol it is below the inn. An actual vocation guy.

yeah that’s them. I finally killed that minotaur, but just barely it felt like. I had to use a wake stone and my three pawns were always in the red on health. They were getting downed so much. a few vocation weapon skills later and these kinds of fights are easier. My group now also has two mages, including myself. I am also constantly upgrading my main pawn’s gear rather than my own because I need him to be able to take and deliver a beating. lol

yeah makes you wonder what the point of them is when the bury the bad, because they dont want to hurt something they like.

I can never seem to find one when I need one. But maybe that’s also because Im like five minutes from town. Hardly out in the wilderness.

2-3 groups of goblins, some harpies, and a big ass 4 health bar Minotaur.

no. Just surprising this so near the main city so early in the game. I’d expect this more further out when you’ve gotten stronger, better gear, and more capable pawns. Like this wiped out not only my party, but a random ox cart and it’s entourage of protectors too. it is the kind of thing that throws suspension of disbelief out of the way all of a sudden too, as that is just untenable for a civilization to survive at all if the world is this savage and inhospitable in its density of perils. Especially when the story so far isn’t “man, there are more creatures than ever by a significant magnitude, please help”.

For almost any other game it wouldn’t, but your party can get overwhelmed by just 3 enemies, because the pawns path stupidly or whatever and just let themselves get beat in the face sometimes. probably my fault for picking a mage as my starter vocation.