acemuzzy wrote:

acemuzzy wrote:

acemuzzy wrote:

I don't really do demos these days, but FYI there's a few new ones out via the Steam Game Festival.  I'm gonna try out Roki, Neon Abyss, Eldest Souls and Desperados III.  I shall report back.

Let's go baby. I did a bunch of demo downloading too. Different to above. Will also report back.

I tried Grounded first in fact. Looks nice, but I've no idea what I'm doing, and it's like an open world (metaphorically at least) survival thing which is like my least favourite genre I think. So I'm not.

Eldest Souls seems to have potential... I mean it's 2D souls, with a nice sword, and minimal storytelling, so shrug really at this stage, but I feel moderately optimistic about it at this stage.  Needs some tuning though, the second boss in the demo is a bit too ridic (in its second phase), and you've not even been able to level up by then.  Maybe I just need to git gud though.  

Roki looks great, but a very short and simple demo, so I'm not particularly convinced how much of a game there'll be underneath.  Kinda point and click 3D affair?  Maybe it'll be OK?  Could suit others more than me I suppose...

Next up, A Monster's Exhibition seems great.  TBH this should be a huge surprise, given it's maybe my favourite developer, certainly of indie puzzlers - Draknek, behind Sokobond, A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, and Cosmic Express - but I didn't know there was another in the works, and it again has charm, production values, and seemingly great inventiveness for a  small-ish set of mechanics, that I'm looking forward to a full release!

Neon Abyss next.  More IsaaC than Spelunky, a side-on roguelike with guns and random upgrades and too many things to properly understand and moderately hard progression and should you be careful or go balls out and what should you buy in the shop?  I suspect others will like, if it all comes together sensibly...

Last but not least, Desperados III.  Definitely getting some feelies for games I used to play like this back in the day, with some nice QOL improvements in slick gameplay, easy autosaves, better 3D with zoom etc. than these things used to have.  And it just seems kinda fun.  Reasonably generous demo too I think, though I ducked out midway through reckoning I could well get this at some point.  I also might try it again when my fancy monitor turns up (tomorrow apparently!).

If you give me some links or specific models to compare I can take a look. If you are having issues with your current one you may want to consider a full clean reinstall if you haven't tried that already.

I believe the latest Ryzen mobile processors, the 4000 series, are supposed to be excellent. So one of those paired with like a 2060 or something would be a good combo. You might also want to check for SSD expansion slot accessiblity, as you can often get good deals on m.2 SSDs with a high capacity, and they'll only get cheaper.

Screen quality should be a major consideration, I highly recommend 120 or 144Hz for anything fast paced or even just general mouse movement and scrolling. If you mostly just play slow stuff then maybe a 60Hz is fine.

https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/gaming-and-games/dell-g5-15-gaming-laptop/spd/g-series-15-5500-laptop

I'm looking at this. I can get it for $1930 delivered.

Both ram and extra ssd are possible easily.

You'll see there's more expensive versions, one that's $2200, if that made diff, I'd think about it.

The predator Helios 300 is the other one I was looking at, but to actually match storage and spec it's $2600.

I have a mate at lenovo. He's checking if he gets discount that would bring their y740 legions into play.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2060-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1650/4034vs4039

Also, with Nvidia Optimus laptops you have to make sure your games run on the Nvidia gpu, not the integrated Intel one. Check the Nvidia control panel and check the settings per game and change if need be.

It's a gtx1050 in your model no? It's not even that old.
At 999 the best current combo seems to be Intel 10th gen/ryzen4000 with a RTX2060 possibly the super ed. 16gb dual ch ram ofc.

Aye, with desktop you could probably do a decent hi end rig at 1299-1500 if you choose your components right. Laptop still has that alluring thing of mobile tho' and easy to tidy up with space.

Literally no where to use the desktop.

If I only played destiny this laptop would be fine. Shrug.

Doom, any fast paced shooter. Rally driving at high refresh is a revelation. Ace Combat is 100% more enjoyable also.

Check that it is actually running at the correct rate, Windows has a tendency to reset it to 60Hz when messing with settings. Just the difference in mouse cursor response should be very noticeable.

Even something old like Half Life 2 would be a good showcase of high refresh, should be butter smooth.

Like a rube I got the GOLDEN MYSTERY BUNDLE off Fanatical today.  I've been burned on this shit before!  Got Pony Island which I already owned, and this murderers row of shithouse games that no one has ever heard of before

Island Tribe
Farm Mania Hot Vacation
Oh My Gore
World Ship Simulator
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Blitzkreig Anthology
Laser Disco Defenders
European Ship Simulator
Independence War

New PC + Steam Sale is a dangerous fickin combo.  The £5 off over £30 ain't helping.  Looks like it runs till 9 July though, so I'm gonna wait to see what happens in Friday's Humble Choice before doing anything too rash...

Oh man, this kind of customisability should become standard in laptops.
If only they could keep the cooling silent...
Should give the next gen consoles a run for their money.

This is why you should CLEAN YOUR SHIT -