I imagine a much better GPU is the main thing. The SSD is already great, the CPU is fine, it has a decent amount of RAM (but could probably use a bit more), but the GPU can’t really deliver any of the promises of this gen. A console that can reliably deliver 4k60 experiences even without raytracing is what next gen is…

This is news to people? I thought that was established canon for years now.

Huh, would love to see that, then. Especially if it's also quieter.

I highly doubt the originals will become more collectible, at least not for long. There aren’t dramatic differences with any previous generation, so I don’t see why this would be different.

I find the free shipping bit is something that deserves more attention. Most people just compare paid shipping to free 2-day Prime shipping as justification, but if you weren’t paying for Prime, you’d choose the free option every time. So it’s really only saving you time, not money. On top of that, if you live near…

Yes, but coasting in gear slows you down considerably faster than neutral, at least with a manual transmission. I don't know why anyone with an auto would bother shifting out of drive, that's an entirely different discussion IMO.

Yes, that's what I was saying.

Nearly every D&D game I've played has been a far more narrative experience than BG3. One of the problems with D&D generally (as opposed to other systems) is that virtually all the mechanics are for combat, not roleplaying. You rely on the DM to make roleplay choices and it sounds like most of your DMs have not done…

The problem with coasting in gear is that it slows you down. Coasting in neutral does not. On an extreme downhill, that may be fine, but for most flat driving, coasting in gear just means you stop, which is not terribly efficient. Cars also handle just fine in neutral unless you need to accelerate, at which point they…

I think the core assumption here is a bit of the mark. Many DMs use the DC as a pass/fail metric. Hit the DC, you do the thing; miss and you fail completely. Because it’s a video game, that’s basically what BG3 does. And I get it. But in a real game with a good DM, you don’t even ask for a roll unless there is a…

The older I get and the more my hands and wrists develop problems, the more I am frustrated with the proprietary nature of controllers. On the one hand, I appreciate the new innovations: HD rumble is nice, motion controls can be useful, adaptive triggers are neat if not strictly necessary. But the DualSense is just…

All the more reason to use a fancy custom mechanical keyboard! In seriousness, a lot of nicer keyboards have more uniform-sounding keys from one end to the other. Couple that with the huge variety in switches and keycaps and it would be far more difficult to accurately model what’s being typed. Notably, the…

If you are like me and set your TV to use HGIG because that's the standard everyone is supposed to be using for games, the best solution I found is to switch it to dynamic tone mapping. But also yes, just let me use the damn torch.

I pride myself on having a properly calibrated TV and was really frustrated that I had to change my HDR settings just to be able to literally see anything at all in this game. I know they all had to watch GoT as part of the development process, but come on. I get it, it’s dark, but I still need to be able to play the…

Yeah, that’s fair. I still don’t think Capcom is likely to be sold to anyone, but Squeenix wouldn’t surprise me.

I was all set to hate on FFXVI for being broody and dark, but Clive is an absolute delight. He is a strong man who has actual, genuine feelings. And he even talks about those feelings! And cries, but not in a manly way, in a real ugly way! Imagine that! He’s one of the few male protagonists I can think of as of late…

There are more hurdles to cross with those two examples, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Squeenix has been in a bit of a decline, but Capcom is on top of their game now and both are Japanese companies who, historically, have shown little to no interest in being bought by American companies even if it would help…

The 3060 and 2060 are the 3rd and 4th most used cards in the Steam hardware survey and they are only slightly behind 1st and 2nd. This is not to say that "most" gamers have them, but certainly there is a good chunk that have new enough (but not the newest) cards where this does matter to them.

I doubt it. Most PC gamers don't have the latest GPUs, which means they are relying on upscaling tech to get 60 FPS or higher. That seems to be the main reason (aside from not owning an Xbox) to play on PC instead of console, so I suspect many of us will be interested.

When MS went on that buying spree a few years ago, my first thought was, "Well, they are doing the Microsoft thing and using their money to try to buy up every studio to outdo Sony." Sure enough, that's exactly what they were doing. Unfortunately, they're failing to realize that you can't just buy quality games;…