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Post by Chopsen on Mar 25, 2024 13:11:58 GMT
The backlash this is getting on Reddit it quite bizarre. One thing i hadn't clocked that there is no way to start a new game, which admittedly is a bit odd but I can certainly see it as a design choice.
Also wtf can I find a big sword thing to unlock to warrior? I accidentally sold the one I found in the mine before I knew I needed it, and I can't find one anywhere now.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 13:18:00 GMT
The backlash this is getting on Reddit it quite bizarre. One thing i hadn't clocked that there is no way to start a new game, which admittedly is a bit odd but I can certainly see it as a design choice. Also wtf can I find a big sword thing to unlock to warrior? I accidentally sold the one I found in the mine before I knew I needed it, and I can't find one anywhere now. From what I've read there's something to do with new saves affecting the pawn system and how the game does NG+. Concerning Warrior class if you've unlocked the big city Vernworth then take an Ox cart (the one next to the palace area) to the Checkpoint Town as it's called, the shop there has higher armour and weapons and more importantly greatswords.
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Post by Chopsen on Mar 25, 2024 13:23:07 GMT
Ah! I have actually been there but stupidly hadn't clocked that.
In other news I've dressed by pawn up like a complete slag in the hope that attracts lots of thirsty incels to hire her and I get some rewards.
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Post by patrick on Mar 25, 2024 13:29:41 GMT
Only just booted this up but for whatever reason every pawn I try to make ends up looking like Ian Rush if he were a Tekken character.
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Post by Whizzo on Mar 25, 2024 13:35:17 GMT
Ah! I have actually been there but stupidly hadn't clocked that. In other news I've dressed by pawn up like a complete slag in the hope that attracts lots of thirsty incels to hire her and I get some rewards. Vocation unlocked : Pimp.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 13:37:57 GMT
To your point though the Reddit backlash is weird. As I mentioned before there's a lot of misinformation that keeps getting repeated. The biggest one is that gameplay elements such as fast travel are locked behind a pay wall and you have to grind. I read one today that said you can buy infinite fast travel as an MTX. I thIt's very clear that many of these people haven't played the game.
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Post by zisssou on Mar 25, 2024 14:02:08 GMT
Gamers gonna be gamers. It's like Rise of the Ronin. A lot of gamers have formed an opinion based off of some lacklustre reviews, so lets form an opinion it's shit.
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Post by wunty on Mar 25, 2024 14:02:48 GMT
Ah! I have actually been there but stupidly hadn't clocked that. In other news I've dressed by pawn up like a complete slag in the hope that attracts lots of thirsty incels to hire her and I get some rewards. Genius move. Hmm. Wonder if Billy will fit into a corset…
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Post by dfunked on Mar 25, 2024 14:08:02 GMT
I was seriously considering remodelling Boots to be a buxom wench as well instead of the pathetic looking cat with a bowl cut he is, as I've had no hires so far. Just had a quick blast and he's been hired twice, so I'm guessing something has been fixed server side.
Jedi master vocation is starting to get its claws in properly now too, and a quick test of the thief was quite promising too (why can't all classes have that dodge move!)
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Post by mothercruncher on Mar 25, 2024 14:19:41 GMT
Ffs, you can’t customise the nipples
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 14:19:49 GMT
I unlocked Trickster vocation last night. I feel like I want to try it but I'm really enjoying being a jedi, hooded cloak and all. Especially as I have a spear that's always aflame.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 14:35:27 GMT
I’m glad that all those graphic updates are options and not forced locks. Playing it on Series X, and it runs well enough there for me. Maybe there was a day one patch, but despite DF claiming it runs at 30-45 fps, my eyes and my TV’s gamebar are pinging it at 45-60. (It actually reads like 93-118, but the gamebar doubles the actual framerate) I guess Freesync is probably helping it feel fluid even with the fluctuations, but I’ll probably leave the settings unchecked. Maybe turn off ray-tracing, if it completely evens out performance. RT is never worth it to me.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 14:42:07 GMT
I’m glad that all those graphic updates are options and not forced locks. Playing it on Series X, and it runs well enough there for me. Maybe there was a day one patch, but despite DF claiming it runs at 30-45 fps, my eyes and my TV’s gamebar are pinging it at 45-60. (It actually reads like 93-118, but the gamebar doubles the actual framerate) I guess Freesync is probably helping it feel fluid even with the fluctuations, but I’ll probably leave the settings unchecked. Maybe turn off ray-tracing, if it completely evens out performance. RT is never worth it to me. I will say RT makes a massive visual impact especially when you get to the second area. It's frankly stunning with how the lighting is in that area.
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Post by neems on Mar 25, 2024 14:43:40 GMT
Additional pro tip - in the options there is a camera distance option. This defaults to 'right up your character's ass' but can be changed to 'slightly farther away from your character's ass'.
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Post by Chopsen on Mar 25, 2024 15:04:10 GMT
Mine seems to be chugging along nicely with RT at 60 FPS but I still can't say I can properly identify when games are doing "ray tracing" and when they're doing "fancy cheating lighting effects which has nothing to do with ray tracing".
I'm 50/50 on it all being a conspiracy theory to convince us to buy GPUs.
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Post by quadfather on Mar 25, 2024 15:09:55 GMT
Must admit, I'm only at Vernworth but it's playing very nice on my ps5. Haven't had any issues. Yet.
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Post by peacemaker on Mar 25, 2024 15:16:23 GMT
Mine seems to be chugging along nicely with RT at 60 FPS but I still can't say I can properly identify when games are doing "ray tracing" and when they're doing "fancy cheating lighting effects which has nothing to do with ray tracing". I'm 50/50 on it all being a conspiracy theory to convince us to buy GPUs. Same. I installed control the other day and was flicking between ray tracing on high setting and off and yes there is a difference but it was certainly not wowing me and control is apparently a great showcase for it. I guess 2077 is the one to try but I can’t be bothered to buy it again just to check out fancy lighting.
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Post by richyroo on Mar 25, 2024 15:58:10 GMT
I’m glad that all those graphic updates are options and not forced locks. Playing it on Series X, and it runs well enough there for me. Maybe there was a day one patch, but despite DF claiming it runs at 30-45 fps, my eyes and my TV’s gamebar are pinging it at 45-60. (It actually reads like 93-118, but the gamebar doubles the actual framerate) I guess Freesync is probably helping it feel fluid even with the fluctuations, but I’ll probably leave the settings unchecked. Maybe turn off ray-tracing, if it completely evens out performance. RT is never worth it to me.
I don't think that's your TV doubling the framerate, I think that's actually the Xbox's LFC working (low frame rate compensation). The XBox somehow doubles the framerate of the game when LFC kicks in.
Interesting that you are saying its 45-60fps though, most other publications have all put it around the 30-35fps
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Post by Ulythium on Mar 25, 2024 16:05:55 GMT
I hadn't realised quite how extreme the microtransaction drama had become until I saw that FightinCowboy had posted a 40-minute diatribe on the subject, which currently has 11,000 upvotes and 11,000 downvotes; it was then followed by a 20-minute video in which he and someone called Asmongold discussed their differing views on the subject.
Kind of illuminating, in a sad way.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 16:17:59 GMT
Oh Christ. As if he willingly talked to Asmongold. A cave troll in human form and he's also a pure right wing grifter now.
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Post by RobEG on Mar 25, 2024 16:25:46 GMT
Must admit, I'm only at Vernworth but it's playing very nice on my ps5. Haven't had any issues. Yet. I haven't got a keen eye for these things, but other than it looking a bit janky in places its been fine for me too. Granted I'm early on, but if I hadn't seen the mtx stuff on here I'd honestly have no idea they existed in this game. Maybe that changes as you go on but so far, nothing.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Mar 25, 2024 16:28:26 GMT
Must admit, I'm only at Vernworth but it's playing very nice on my ps5. Haven't had any issues. Yet. I haven't got a keen eye for these things, but other than it looking a bit janky in places its been fine for me too. Granted I'm early on, but if I hadn't seen the mtx stuff on here I'd honestly have no idea they existed in this game. Maybe that changes as you go on but so far, nothing. You only see them if you click on the PSN/Xbox store option on the title screen. They're never mentioned in game at all.
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Post by neems on Mar 25, 2024 16:29:27 GMT
Mine seems to be chugging along nicely with RT at 60 FPS but I still can't say I can properly identify when games are doing "ray tracing" and when they're doing "fancy cheating lighting effects which has nothing to do with ray tracing". I'm 50/50 on it all being a conspiracy theory to convince us to buy GPUs. Same. I installed control the other day and was flicking between ray tracing on high setting and off and yes there is a difference but it was certainly not wowing me and control is apparently a great showcase for it. I guess 2077 is the one to try but I can’t be bothered to buy it again just to check out fancy lighting. Control uses RT for reflections, which should be quite apparent in the office environments. I believe DD uses it for some form of global illumination.
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Post by robthehermit on Mar 25, 2024 16:32:32 GMT
Oh Christ. As if he willingly talked to Asmongold. A cave troll in human form and he's also a pure right wing grifter now. And have you seen the state of his place? I would say he lives like an animal except they're fairly clean in my experience.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 16:35:43 GMT
I’ve never watched any of his videos because I can’t get past his dumb face on the thumbnails. I actively ignore RPG review videos because his face is on all results. Wish there was a “ignore in results” option on youtube. Anyone with their face in a thumbnail would get blocked.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 25, 2024 16:42:12 GMT
I haven't got a keen eye for these things, but other than it looking a bit janky in places its been fine for me too. Granted I'm early on, but if I hadn't seen the mtx stuff on here I'd honestly have no idea they existed in this game. Maybe that changes as you go on but so far, nothing. You only see them if you click on the PSN/Xbox store option on the title screen. They're never mentioned in game at all. Which I never see as I'm just quick resuming. I had to browse to the Xbox store on my phone earlier just to see what all of the fuss is about. Absolutely fucking nothing! Yes it's bad that they're in there in the first place, but fucking hell I could name numerous games that practically shove them down your throat compared to this. This feels like such a storm in a teacup moment.
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Post by 😎 on Mar 25, 2024 18:15:08 GMT
Enjoying the idiots ragequitting the game when members of their all muscular men party insinuate they might be closeted. Game of the year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 18:16:48 GMT
Now you’re tempting me to get an all muscle bois in speedos Cho Aniki party.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2024 18:21:32 GMT
On that note, I actually like the pawn chat system in this game. It seems a bit more natural and reactionary to what’s happening, rather than the same canned wolves hate fire dialogue of the first game. Also it feels good to get high fives from your pawns after a good battle.
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Post by Warrender on Mar 25, 2024 19:32:45 GMT
Beware the Pawn Covid:
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