OLDVILLAIN Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Reading disturbing stories that amazon's new MMO NEW WORLD is bricking people's expensive graphic cards like the 3090 and the 6900xt Further reading here https://www.pcgamer.com/amazon-new-world-killing-rtx-3090-gpus/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, OLDVILLAIN said: Reading disturbing stories that amazon's new MMO NEW WORLD is bricking people's expensive graphic cards like the 3090 and the 6900xt Further reading here https://www.pcgamer.com/amazon-new-world-killing-rtx-3090-gpus/ I saw that in passing. Had no idea that could happen - not being a PC gamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Such events tend to occur when a flaw in the games code exposes a flaw in the hardware. Previously in the PC space I recall Dead Island back in the day bricking GPU's as the main menu ran at thousands of frames per second, it just fried the card and this was pre-safety shutdowns/thermal throttling. That said this isn't exclusive to PC. A very recent example in the console world would be ray tracing in Spider-Man: Miles Morales bricking PS5's. It didn't brick all of them, it only bricked a small percentage, but something in how the PS5 does ray tracing triggered the game to brick PS5's that had a specific hardware defect. It's a shame when it happens, but fortunately such events are very rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 When they say Bricking do they mean completely kaput? Like, what happens then? Do Amazon replace the cards or compensate fully for that? Are the cards fixable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 24 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: When they say Bricking do they mean completely kaput? Like, what happens then? Do Amazon replace the cards or compensate fully for that? Are the cards fixable? They can be repaired. While a software bug has revealed it, it's a hardware fault, people should return it to their retailer legally), or to EVGA under warranty (more practically). A higher level system should never be able to fundamentally break a lower level. If an application can break the OS, it's the OS's fault. If an application can break hardware, it's the hardware's fault. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 lots of rumours that remasters of GTA 3, vice city and san andreas are all coming this year, probably as a bundle, on pretty much everything, from new gen down to mobiles...that last bit puts me off, makes it sound like a spit shine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) Hades is out on playstation today? Anyone played it? As its a rogue lite game is it as frustrating as Returnal? Edited August 13, 2021 by dubbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 hours ago, dubbs said: Hades is out on playstation today? Anyone played it? As its a rogue lite game is it as frustrating as Returnal? It's roguelite, not roguelike so nowhere near as frustrating. You get to keep certain items if you die, and you level up your character to get better and make levels easier. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 hours ago, dubbs said: Hades is out on playstation today? Anyone played it? As its a rogue lite game is it as frustrating as Returnal? In fact, after having a read up about it, it sounds absolutely superb. May well give it a go as its only 20 quid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 (edited) I spent a couple of weeks playing Hades when it came out on PC, it's an absolutely brilliant game, with so much replayability. It's very fast paced and reactive, and to do well you need to excel at understanding enemy attack patterns, dodging and exploiting their gaps. Beating the game is only the start as you unlock the extra mode to start adding extra difficulty via handicaps that then scale up the rewards. Every playthrough is different with huge amounts of customisable builds, though mostly driven by the luck of the skills you get to choose from. The story and characters are interesting, but if you're not interested, it stays out of th eway, and developments happen with a few lines here and there over time, for the most part, it just lets you slash your way through minions. It was probably my game of 2020. I think I might dust it off this weekend Edited August 13, 2021 by Davkaus 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 From what I could gather from the computer game show podcast is what makes hades special is that the story and character dialogue are built around what you did and how you died, so it's not a case of die, rinse, repeat it actually means something and does stuff, the game keeps itself ticking over Its not my thing but sounds too interesting not to give it a go, it's on game pass which I stopped and haven't touched the xbox in about 6 months, will finish disco elysium and then give it a go, should keep me going until kena / deathloop Disco elysium is absolutely superb but I think a bit niche 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I think Disco Elysium was my game of 2019 Definitely an acquired taste, the pacing is best described as meandering, and if you don't enjoy reading about fictional Eastern European political ideology, it's going to be a slog, but it's bloody clever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 It'll be intersting to see if it inspires anything, maybe not so much in terms of the head **** stuff and the volume of reading but even the point and click mechanics of it feel like a great modern update on the genre, theyre not 100% perfect but they work on the playstation too, nails the difficulty level, been caught a few times where I'm not in the mood for all of the politics but by and large it's damn good Imagine a monkey Island game where you could walk around this freely, would be great DE GOTY 2019 and Hades GOTY 2020, decent summer with hardly anything new out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) Quick heads up for those who own the excellent Mortal Shell on PS4 (or PS5), the new expansion The Virtuos Cycle is free if downloaded between 18th - 23rd of August. Also, if you own a PS5 (and Mortal Shell) and haven't played the free enhanced version then I urge you to give it a look - it looks stunning in 60fps and 4k and I recently completed it again just to see it in all it's glory. Edited August 17, 2021 by Designer1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2021 Bethesda have released a Quake remaster. ... It's Quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 17/08/2021 at 10:57, Designer1 said: Quick heads up for those who own the excellent Mortal Shell on PS4 (or PS5), the new expansion The Virtuos Cycle is free if downloaded between 18th - 23rd of August. Also, if you own a PS5 (and Mortal Shell) and haven't played the free enhanced version then I urge you to give it a look - it looks stunning in 60fps and 4k and I recently completed it again just to see it in all it's glory. Took me a few mins to figure out how to access the new stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 its gamescom this week, 3 big presentations geoff keighley doing another one (which wasnt that bad last time) xbox and future games show still nothing from sony, maybe they'll do a kena bridge of spirits state of play in the next month - they should do, i hope they push that game its got bags of potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 delayed (yet) again I loved the original versions and completed them all with my lad. will still get this though (and looks great from the trailer!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Very tempted by that Halo Infinite themed XBSX but there’s still nowt to play for me next gen wise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 So Starfield to be an Xbox exclusive. Shove it up your arse then Bethesda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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