Re: Reasons to hate modern games

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This came out a couple of days ago: https://www.pcgamesn.com/denuvo-drm-dlc-pirating and now this https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-to-turn-off-online-features-for-some-old-games-meaning-players-lose-access-to-dlc Stay away from Ubishit and denuvo games. I lost interest in Ubisoft games in …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-03, 19:14

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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-07-03, 18:51: RandomStranger wrote on 2022-07-03, 17:35: Also, one day I'll buy a ship like these. More fun to build one surely. Well, I only lack two things to do it, patience and skill 😁

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-03, 17:35

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Vintage market 2022 July. Regarding retro computing, it was very disappointing. All I bought was the Frozen Throne expansion for WarCraft III. CD is in flawless condition, came with a manual. Otherwise the only mildly interesting vintage computer stuff I found was this: IMG_20220703_102734.jpg Also, …

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Re: New games on Steam that work on XP or older?

Posted on 2022-07-02, 07:06

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Difficult to say. The Steam client itself doesn't work on XP, anything that can't fallback to Dx9 won't work on XP. Exophobia is available through GoG, so I assume the XP support is meant for that, though the GoG page doesn't list XP as supported OS. So as for what might work, DRM-free games still …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-07-01, 13:17

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I am no fan of the Vita chambers in Bioshock 1 and 2, because they just make games that are already too easy even easier. I don't see the point in them at all, when you can save and load anywhere. It's a modified checkpoint system which essentially just skips the loading screen. Never really …

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Re: Best Thin Clients for DOS/Win9x 'and' XP

Posted on 2022-07-01, 07:05

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There are decent thin clients for DOS/W9x, but they are too slow for XP and if you go for the faster ones, you'll likely sacrifice W9x compatibility while not gaining too much for XP era gaming performance. Imho the XP era was too long, the changes compared to DOS/W9x era were too big so the don't …

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Re: What old hardware you own is yet not found a better modern equivalent ?

Posted on 2022-07-01, 06:07

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Sheet metal is just too thin in modern cases. You could sit on top of old PC cases and they would withstand your weight without bulking. I like those too. I have a Yeong Yang YY-5250 for my PII build and it's built like a tank. I can stand on top of it with my ~87kg. Problem is, many these old …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-29, 17:02

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When it comes to old pc parts the supply will go constantly down when parts get older and more of them fail and nobody makes new ones while it seems more and more people are nowadys interested in them. I'm not sure about the second part. People enter and leave the hobby. If the supply goes down …

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Re: How much is worth?

Posted on 2022-06-28, 08:15

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About 30€ at most, but I generally stop at around 20. If you are patient enough and the thing you are looking for is not really rare and almost completely bought up by collectors or scalpers, sooner or later one will come around. The only thing time I regret procrastinating is when 2 sc-55 popped up …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-06-25, 14:25

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Bought another copy of FEAR for €1. I don't really need it, but it's a great game I now got for a great price and pickings are quite slim these days where I live. A couple of years ago I installed the Steam version and was shocked that it installed something like 17GB without the expansions. The …

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Re: A Mini ITX Pentium 4 WIndows 98 Build

Posted on 2022-06-25, 06:48

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But true, super small Windows 98 machines are difficult. You are either restricted to low-profile expansion cards or only PCI expansion cards. In your case a single PCI which means you either has to give up on positional audio or decent graphics. Though it seems the case could take a uATX board …

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Re: [Slot1 Mobo] Repair or Trash ?

Posted on 2022-06-24, 20:14

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With an integrated TNT2 M62 and for example a Celeron 300A it can make a solid budget build. It also has an on-board Ensoniq AudioPCI, which has mixed reputation, but could be worse. If it can be modded to have an ISA slot that makes it better. Recapping is also a cheap repair and Slot-1 boards are …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-22, 17:51

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There's a series of Youtube vids that illustrates my main problem with modern games perfectly: If Doom was done today They're ten years old by now, but still relevant :D Not relly. I think this is better illustrates differences between old and new: https://youtu.be/jPqwDGXxLhU i liked this one ( …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2022-06-22, 17:29

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IMG_20220622_191105.jpg Tomb Raider: Legend - These early non-bargin bin cover releases are starting to get a little rare. At least where I live. Came with manual. The disc is a little bit worn, but PowerISO surface test finished all green. Neverwinter Nights 2 - A little bit disappointing that the …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-22, 12:41

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Grand Theft Auto V was released in 2013 (on console)and has received numerous multiplayer DLC which is likely why the download is so large. Ideally you'd be able to only download what you need but Rockstar considers online their bread and butter for GTA so it seems ridiculous to me you'd download …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-22, 11:41

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kaputnik wrote on 2022-06-22, 11:14: There's a series of Youtube vids that illustrates my main problem with modern games perfectly: If Doom was done today They're ten years old by now, but still relevant 😁 Not relly. I think this is better illustrates differences between old and new: https://youtu. …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-22, 06:52

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Intel says it's launched in Q2 2022, so very recently. I've only see news that it only launched in China. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/discrete-gpus/arc/arc-a-series.html https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-arc-a380-desktop-gpu-goes-on-sale-but-you-shouldnt-buy-it And …

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-22, 03:43

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For Linux gaming, you want a full Intel system, with a recent 6-core or more CPU from the last 7-8 years, maxed out RAM, SSDs, and one of the new Intel ARC/Xe GPUs. 100% bullshit. I have a Ryzen based ful AMD PC and according to what I read on ProtonDB, I have less issues with Linux gaming than …

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Re: Diamond Monster 3D II - what 2d card to go with it??

Posted on 2022-06-21, 05:21

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Then V770 it is. I wouldn't expect any conflicts, but if there are and you can't work them out, you can always swap it out for the V330.

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Re: Reasons to hate modern games

Posted on 2022-06-20, 07:54

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Apparently Sony just plugs keyword's into an algorithm and based on what the algorithm says decides wether to greenlight a movie or not. Maybe some companies are doing that with games too. A couple of years ago there was a rumor that Ubisoft does that. Looking at their games, I wouldn't be …

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