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I agree with the challenge part, I usually like to be challenged, but sometimes I just want a good story or a different experience. Life is Strange is a good example - its not challenging at all, but it tells a beautiful story and you get involved with the characters and the decisions. Other example is Hellblade: Senuas Sacrifice. The game is not hard, but its an interesting concept and it makes a nice experience. Alternatively, a lot of games can be challenging, have a ton of replayability AND still be single player. Dark Souls 3 is one of them: you get good, try new builds, do challenges... Also, I hate how competitive games are toxic in general, and I hate the feeling of "Oh I need to always get better". There will ALWAYS be people better than you, and you can give up everything just trying to get better, and in the end you are just wasting your life. I know, it feels a bit dramatic, but I played Dota 2 for years and it was really a problem, and you know how I solved it? I started playing exclusively single player games. I found out that I was missing the best part of gaming: the amazing stories, the variety, the exploring, the puzzles, the FUN. Before I played to "win" or "to be good" or some shit like that, now I play because its good, because it brings new and positive stuff for my life. Divinity Original Sin 2 is one of my favorite games, because it has an amazing story, it is very challenging (but you also can learn to dominate the game), it allows you to get creative, it makes you think about real problems and it also has AMAZING FUN COMBAT. In the end, I still love Dota 2 as a game, I watch all the competitive scene, but playing it? havent for 4 years, and never will again. ... Also, about the price: the point is that we are human. paying 50$ for food, for shoes, for a book, for a rollercoaster ride, for drugs, for sex or for anything else is worth it for some and not worth it for others.

Dark souls is not that hard, you just have to understand its mechanics. like a few people said, rolling is key. Tbh, the game consists pretty much of rolls and attacks. NEVER go gat roll - above 70% equip load, your rolls sucks. as a knight, you have medium roll with the starter armor, so its ok. To beat iudex, just stick to him and circle him (I think to the left is better, but im not sure), roll without attacking just so you can understand his moveset, than try to kill him. Iudex is a tutorial boss, if you get how the game works he becomes really easy, that is his purpose.

I have an XFX RX 580, and the base block for the VRAM is 2000mhz. I can push it to 2100mhz easily, you can try bumping 100mhz at a time and stress test to validate the OC.

Well, I kinda disagree here. Somethiing fromm 5 years ago may be nostalgic, sure, but not in this manner. Usually games with the "nostalgia factor" are older games, that you remember fondly because you were young, didnt have many points of reference OR was very good for the time. A 5 year old game is still recent, for most intents and purposes. Surely in a 5 yo game some stuff may be outdated (graphics and mechanics mostly), but in The Witcher 3 I dont think thats the case. Now answering the question itself: it is super worth it. I played for the first tiime when the blood and wine expansion was released, and replayed it 6 months ago... and it was so good to come back to this game. I played The Wiitcher 2 too, and while it is outdated in many aspects, it iimpressedmy in how good it still is. When I played tw3, it became my favorite game instantly (even when compariing to those older-nostalgia filled games that made my childhood). the only game that I played since that came to its level was Diiviniity Original Sin 2, and I still think TW3 is a bit above it.

The Witcher 3 and Divinity Original Sin 2, for sure.

Its one of the games I would love to play, but never could. I think the only other one that would make me happier (from ps4 exclusives) would have been Bloodborne. Hope its true, but im a bit skeptical

A lot of PSUs have more than one 12V rails. If this one has only one 12V and its just 12A, than its super duper crappy

I dont know this particular PSU, but you can use this rule of thumb: Check the PSU sticker and multiply the 12V rail with the rated amperage. Ex: 12V with 30A is equal to 360W. Some PSUs (the really shitty ones) claim to be "x watts" but are waaay lower, so just check that. I use a legit 430W with my overclocked r5 2600 and overclocked rx 580.

Some monitor have "fast response time mode" to reduce ghosting, but most of the times it can make things worse. Check if this one has this setting, and try every option to see which one gets you less ghosting.

Its always fun when someone chooses to defend a multi-billion corporation that thrived using shady strategies, but hates when people use something that is available for free only because it is written somewhere "hey, that is not free for realsies". Microsoft WANTS people to use windows 10, even if they dont pay. That is why they have it for free on their own website - they want the market share, it is good for their bottom line, and the money they really want is from the OEMs and enterprise. If every user on the planet uses windows, Microsoft will sell tons of licenses for the business that need to buy them. And even some of the free users will end up buying a license, so its a win-win. I hate to state the obvious, but for some reason this thread has 7 pages?!? So there you go..

Nice post, but have you tried... lttstore.com?

Many people here will disagree with me, but PSU quality matters so little for most cases. I dont mean you should use a cheap pre built PSU, but any one from a reputable brand will do fine, if you dont overload it.

What do you mean by bad? A 430W PSU will be enough, even if you add a mid range GPU later.

I tought you were talking about something relevant, like first impressions or features. But first upgrade taking long, really?

Just search online for "gta v save folder location". Every game has save files stored somewhere, if you just copy them you are fine.

I have issues with my windows for maybe 2 years, and even after I changed mobo+cpu, I STILL havent reinstalled windows. And yes, the problem persists. I know what I should do, but its so easy to not do it...

Its insane how that sounds, and yet its 100% true.

Thats the thing. I hate when a "new study shows that global warming is fake!" - well yeah, you can always have bad studies. I tend to believe the ones that are well documented and more respected, and have been around for long so most scientists agree on it. In this case I have no idea if the notion that blue light is bad was based on a single poor study, or if this new study is the one that has little to no value.

Just embrace it. People are usually pretty stupid with eachother tastes, and I dont get why. I mean, I get it when someone gets pissed when you hate something they like, because it feels like you are attacking them in a sense (which is not true, but it feels that way). But the other way around? why would people get pissed because you LIKE something they dont? it just does not make sense in any level, at least when talking about personal preferences of things that affect only you (movies, cars, games or whatever)

Dont know much about monitors, but I have been looking at those as the "budget kings" at least where I live: Acer KG241Q LG 24GL600F and for a bit more premium, I saw the Samsung C24FG73

Now that makes sense. They just ran the game with the best available hardware at the time

That rumored requirement is such bullshit. No game would launch with "minimum requirements" higher than 99.9% of consumer pcs. Unless cdpr wants to lose money and reputation just to create another "can it run crysis" meme That being said, why would you preorder? Im 100% sure I will get that game, but unless there is some preorder discount, I dont see why preordering would make sense. Also, get this game on GOG. 100% of money goes to the devs and you get that SWEET drm free goodness

The outer worlds behaves weirdly with OCs. I have a very modest OC and it works stable on EVERYTHING, but in TOW it crashes sometimes (mostly on loadscreens, a few times during TTD, and one time during dialogue)

Yeah, playing with friends sounds awesome (I never had the chance) but not on the 1st playtrought... the characters have amazing writing, the story is super rich and so on. tbh, the second game LITERALLY does everything way better than the 1st one. I had a hard time enjoying the first because I played it after the second, even though its a really solid game.

Do you mean Divinity Original Sin II? because if so, thats exactly the same for me. They are both 11/10 for me, to the point that they make other excellent games look like they are missing something.