Yes, SDXC read/write speeds are significantly lower than NVMe SSD read/write speeds but real world testing on steam decks has shown nearly identical loading times in many games tested on both SD and SSD, so it’s apparently a non-issue for most gaming.

Step 0: Get a SD card (you’ll want this for gaming anyways, so it’s not part of desktop setup IMO)

I guess I’m kind of blown away by people seeing almost entirely a collection of last-gen games as a win. I currently have both Gamepass and PS+ (the middle one), and while PS+ has been “worth it” for Stray and Demon’s Souls Remastered, I don’t really know what I’ll play after that. That’s not entirely true, I would…

I’d liken it to parkour in Assassin’s Creed rather than auto jumping. The cat doesn’t jump on a platform if you simply move up to it and press forward. That would be auto-jumping. You do need to press x to jump up onto or down from platforms. And if you hold x you can chain jumps like you would in earlier Assassin’s…

Is he gonna come out again to open the show and tell us we’re all family and in this together?

You can with some weapons. Most of the time it’s unnecessary, though. Positioning is the whole game.

Third person mode FTW.

Digital prices for console games still aren’t where they need to be (especially compared to PC) which is why I still end up buying physical a lot of the time simply because it’s cheaper. But it’s not like GameStop was even a good place to get physical copies of games. More than half the time you could find the same…

I have to disagree. Returnal is a perfectly decent game, but it’s solidly B-tier as far as I’m concerned. IMO if it had come out on PC and wasn’t a platform exclusive, and didn’t do such a good job showcasing the DualSense, it would have disappeared into the general crowd of good-but-not-great shooters with ~85% on…

This is a reach, that’s a perfectly OK build. It is actually very cool and fun to run an int/dex build where you adjust towards mageiness or slashiness as necessary.

I’m actually going to go back and play Horizon: Forbidden West.  Aloy needs a hug, every time her games come out some asshole releases a genre defining masterpieces a week later

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I mean, the “solution” is to not have the lowest vaccination of any developed nation besides Russia and maintaining protocols until cases are next to non-existent instead of the rollercoaster of giving up the fight right as we’re turning the corner like firefighters that start packing up when they’ve got the open…

I mean, ashes are a game mechanic (if that‘s what you mean by summon, and not players), use them. She heals from hitting them, same as you, so they’re mostly a distraction. Anyway, Stars of Ruin is very effective against her as it has phenomenal tracking and hits fairly hard. She’s also weak against Frost (not as much…

The Elden Ring community is... SLIGHTLY larger than 6,500 players.

I just want a little Radahn plush to put on Torrent's head.

Elden Ring might be the one game where I genuinely want horse armor.

If you thought the industry was hostile to journalists before, just wait until SNK starts inviting reviewers to their embassy in Turkey!

I mean honestly, so long as they don’t nerf Rotten Breath, then he’ll always have an easy mode anyway.

Invaded at RL1 by the Church of Elleh and managed to intercept a Moonveil being dropped for a new player!