POSITIVE upbeat PC GAMERS! ;-)

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Mr Whippy said:

Pc games are great, I think the main issue is if you don’t have time to sift through all the crap there is a lot of turd out there... as it’s always been... but older pc gamers may be fatigued these days haha.


I’m still on the fence about starting my own pc driving sim in UE.
Main issues is lisences. Hmmm. Not so keen on made up cars at first.

Think rfactor and TDU mixed together but in North Yorkshire.
A bit like Forza Horizon 3 but with actual care about realism, and without the cheese back story, and without a 2 year shelf life.

This all sounds pretty cool. Have you experience in making games before?

[Steven_RW]

Joey Deacon said:

Looking back, although I loved all the systems at the time, none of them have dated well at all. I have tried dipping back into C64,Amiga and SNES games but they were of their time and the perceived nostalgia is better than trying to relieve it.

I have an amiga emulator with pretty much all the games and I agree with you. At the time they were mind blowing but now mostly they can be a little annoying. However...some of the best ones such as speedball 2 are still as challenging and fun as they were back then when.

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Joey Deacon said:

I started the game and that is where it all went wrong. As I accelerated away from the carrier, somehow the photo realistic graphics I remembered had been turned into a jerky five frames per second mess.

I loaded up a few of the other games that came with it and after half an hour put it away and relisted it on eBay.

Sporky said:

I mostly scratch what little retro itch I have by watching other people play the games in question on YouTube.

Same here, and for me the biggest nostalgia hit is actually listening to the Commodore 64 music via SidPlay.

Yeah that all makes sense. The only games that stand the test of time are ones where the graphics were simple and happen to still be acceptable. Monkey Island. Speedball 2 etc. The gameplay is the key and the graphics are good enough. Simulator stuff took a lot of imagination. One of the first games we ever had was Fighter Pilot for the zx spectrum. We spent ages learning to land that aircraft safely. It took pretty perfect understanding of the angles and the flaps and so on. Check out how basic that is if you get a second. We wouldn't last 10 seconds playing it now :-).

I also listen to C64 music on one of the twitch channels that plays it. Me and pretty much nobody else are in that channel listening away :-)

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superstreek said:

Otherwise being back on PC is great (even using a controller)

Davie

The introduction of simple controller plug in to a pc was a massive moment for me. No clever mapping needed, just plug in your xbox one controller (for me) and off you go. All of a sudden I could use the extra power of the pc and the extra resolution and feel none of ease of playing and controller benefits that come with a console were missing. Good times.

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superstreek said:

So I made the crazy move and bought a 3080 laptop with a 240hz QHD screen, OMG it is shockingly good.
Having gone from 30Hz console, 60Hz console/PC then 100Hz monitor, I thought cool, that is nicer but very incremental. Now I find myself playing games on the 15 inch laptop screen instead of the 34inch widescreen even though I am not at 240FPS but maybe 120/160.
Slippery slope, the ultrawide is great for work but then I see a 34 ultrawide with 165Hz panel, resisting so far but the temptation is strong.

Overall PC gaming is very easy these days, EA's game launcher is buggy as hell, Blizzard's ability to disconnect randomly sucks but a couple of clicks and you are off for the most part, no (or at least a choice) faffing with configs, updates can be automated or at least fast and controllers do not require more calibration than the space shuttle.

Off topic but hue lights game sync for racing games is weirdly incredibly immersive.

A happy positive return to PC gaming.
Davie

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Edited by superstreek on Friday 30th April 17:18

Nice :-). I have a 34" 120hz 3440x1440 ips panel but I got so into PubG that I bought at 240hz 1080p panel just for the 1ms response and the extra hz for aiming. The 165hz ultrawide you are probably talking about is a great gaming experience according to my mate that has one linked to his gaming pc.

Tell me more about the Hue lights, how does that work? Sounds pretty cool for a bit more immersion!

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