I grew up on long form RPG games. I loved watching big FMV sequences [except when they directly preceded a difficult boss fight] and really appreciated being rewarded with cinematic after a tough fight. Though, I think that anecdotally, the games that I grew up with, had a far better gameplay to cinematic ratio, most likely due to hardware limitations.
And while it’s not just a function of “getting older”, the truth is that working 2 jobs and having a family, I often find that I do not have the time to invest into the games that I really want to play. I find that I’m often frustrated by the amount of unskippable cutscenes in games that I want to play, severely shrinking that “one hour before work” gaming time slot into 10 minutes of gameplay and 50 minutes of watching shit.
Example: God of War - I really love the gameplay of these games and honestly just don’t care about the story at all. I understand that some smaller cutscenes are …
I know this kind of thread pops up from time to time, but i think it’s worth it to let new users know about it and remind it to older ones that might have forgotten.
Pcgamingwiki. So, what is it about? On there, you can find out about essential improvements and fixes for almost any pc game. Things like skipping intro movies, unlocking framerate, increasing fov, disabling motion blur, chromatic aberration and lens flare, ini tweaks for improving graphics and even some mod recommendations. Also great for ultrawide users for checking game support.
Some good advice would be to quickly check it before firing up a new game, it can save you a lot of hassle and troubleshooting. You should even look up the game before buying it, maybe there are some issues you don’t want to deal with.
Especially for older games, you can greatly improve your experience. Some recent examples from me:
-Dead Space and Dead Space 2: Those games suffer from some really bad mouse acceleration with no …
I’ve seen this pop up in several comment threads now, and as the central thesis in at least one “do not pre-order” post. Where are people getting this idea from? There’s a very large difference between production being discontinued, and a product being unsupported or abandoned.
I’ll just mention the devices listed in one image post I saw (many of you likely know the one).