DemonicTaco

Linus I hope you read this to give you some insight as to why the chat heads thing is so great for some people. You seem to really not like it or understand what's nice about it, so I hope you read why I like it: It's literally the most convenient way to talk to people. When I'm at work I'm constantly messaging my wife. I have chosen to message her on Facebook Messenger specifically because of the chat head. The chat head goes on top of ANY application, which is a big deal. I could be watching an LTT video (which I normally save for work) and I don't have to swipe up, tap the button that views your open apps, tap the messaging app, then respond. Then go back to what you're doing. It's extremely inconvenient. With a chat head, all I do is tap the bubble, respond, then tap it away. Then I can continue doing what I was doing super quickly.

Customization: You can customize almost everything, main distro to exemplify this would be KDENeon, one of the best distros out there. Ease of use: Most of the popular distros include a software library of some sort, which is sort of like an app store. Some distros stores are heavily curated with software that for sure works and is up to a certain standard. Elementary OS stands out in this regard. This makes using the OS very easy, as you can easily download whatever it is you need without having to browse to it. Whatever you need to perform 99% of common tasks will be in there: opening PDF's, word processing, graphic (GIMP), video playback, web browsers, etc.

Heck yeah man. I haven't been into those types of games really, but for some reason I've gotten dragged into it with the Shadowfall event. What a superfun game mode.

Hell yeah, love my hero shooters as well, mainly Overwatch. Played that game since day 1 and every competitive season.

I've bought 3 computers worth of parts from Newegg and have NEVER had an issue. One motherboard I had shorted out, probably because of how I was handling it. But I contacted the motherboard manufacturer and they replaced it. Oftentimes you can go to the manufacturer website and get support from them. As long as you have your receipt you'll more than likely be good to go from either newegg or the part manufacturer.

Nice! Interesting to see so many different tastes. I was into the tower defense games for a bit, they can be decent time wasters. Farcry 3 was great! The only other game we did a LAN with at my dads house. We thought it was so crazy immersive back then, actually being able to hide in bushes from each other and stuff. Puzzle style games I've never really been into, except for Portal. But Portal is kind of the exception, as it's such a brilliant game. This is why gaming is awesome. Something for everyone. A game could be awful to someone but loved by another.

Everyone has a preferred game or style of game, for the most part. For example I'm partial to arena shooters. My first FPS on the computer was Unreal Tournament that my dad play. Image 8 year old me listening to NPC's shouting "DIE BITCH!". It was nuts and I loved it. Played the heck out of that game and even had my first LAN at my dads house playing that game. Playing CTF on Facing Worlds or Lava Giant, deathmatch on Curse. Since then I've always had a soft spot for arena shooters.

Doesn't sound like you need one, unless you want to play some exclusives like mario kart, smash bros, BOTW, etc. I personally love mine because I travel a lot for work. I have an xbox one x and I play the Switch more. I like laying in bed next to the wife playing. Your PS4 has the better controller, better library of games (unless you want nintendo exclusives), performance is better, and graphics are better.

I get that way sometimes. I'll just sit at my computer and look at my various game libraries and be like, "I just...don't want to play anything". It's kinda weird isn't it? I have all these games and sometimes just have no drive to play any of them. Even the more casual ones that don't require a whole lot of thought or games I know really well, like Overwatch or something. I just make myself play sometimes. Like I got Metro Exodus as a bonus when I bought my 2080. Took me forever to start playing it. I just couldn't be bothered, even though I heard all kinds of great things about it and to test the RTX abilities of my new card. I made myself play it one day and got hooked on it.

Remedy's Control is an amazing game. I have yet to come across a game I've been so engrossed in where it's hard to play anything else. I'm a PC gamer that has always loved ground-breaking graphics, thinking that video games are a work of art on the part of developers on how they try to build their world. It's a psychological thriller. I've had game consoles since the Super Nintendo. My first PC I built with my dad was a windows 95 machine. So having most consoles since the super nintendo and PC's since windows 95, I can say this is the first game I've played where I want to find every secret and read every bit of lore. It's absolutely fascinating in every regard. Reading about objects of power, crazy world events, character interactions whether through reading or listening. The NPC's are interesting as well, which for me is a hard sell. Many times NPC's will be over-acted or have some kind of dumb personality trait to differentiate them. Dr. Darling in his videos are REALLY well done! What a superbly acted character. It's a world where it feels like the government agency you isn't wholly evil or good, or even tries to lean towards one idea or the other. It's really nice and refreshing to play a game like that, where it's not "player character" vs "evil government agency" or other typical plotline. It's very gray and logical, it makes sense, which is cool for a very supernatural kind of game. The Gameplay. Gameplay is usually one of the big things people throw around very beautiful, graphics heavy games. "Wow looks great, too bad gameplay sucks". You know, that kind of thing you read about on Reddit or forums. The gameplay is addictive. You unlock abilities as the game progresses, and those abilities can be upgraded to have different effects. It's the kind of character I play in something like Skyrim, 1 handed sword and magic in the other hand. That kind of thing. The whole environment is destructive and looks properly obliterated after an intense battle. Floors get torn up. Glass is SUPER impressive. With RTX ON, characters properly reflect and is incredibly impressive when it explodes, gets shot up. And it has real gameplay elements that hide secrets from the player, or enemies can't be seen because of a glare or reflection. Your throw ability is incredibly cool. You can pick up objects behind an enemy and it will smack them in the head, killing them and still allowing you to throw it to kill someone else. Your gun is really neat in how it works. This is one of those games where graphics can really help the gameplay side. The physics on all the objects. Like there are office parts of the game where there are a bunch of cubicles. You can mow through the walls to make your own hallway. The game just oozes cool. I've never been so engrossed by a game. It has it's problems for sure. Like DLSS can really make it blurry, so needs some fine-tuning. But it really improves FPS. The hitching needs to be addressed. It happens randomly and it's like a slight stutter. I've had the game crash maybe a couple of times on me, but it's usually within the first 5 minutes of playing for some reason. I just relaunch it and it's fine for the rest of the time I play, which is usually a few hours. Check out the video Digital Foundry did for the PC version: The video also has some recommended settings to get the most out of it.

Yeah I suppose, I guess. Jumping is always a thing in fps's though. Overwatch you jump a lot, call of duty, etc. But in quake you have acceleration, b-hopping etc. In quake jumping correctly is super important to reach ledges. People just jump in bf5 to stop getting hit. Like being stung by bees, lol.

How is BFV like Quake? Quake is an arena shooter. TTK is small, accuracy is extremely important. Management of power weapons. It's very squad based. You got tanks and airplanes. Maybe you played Rush? Rush is infantry v infantry. Play Conquest, that's where you get the vehicles and the "true" battlefield experience.

#lostforumuser Anyway, Call of Duty Mobile is pretty good. Very smooth and the gameplay is nice. It's actually a bit incredible to see some full maps in there. Like legit maps from the big brother CoD's. Controls are nice and the auto-fire one is decently tuned as well, which was surprising. Fortnite is still amazing on a phone. I mean a giant 100man game running at 60 FPS? Still incredible.

Destiny 2 gets a solid recommendation. There's a LOT to play for free. After you spend the many hours getting through the free content, you can shovel up the dough for the expansions, which don't cost as much as a brand new game and add a lot to it. ALSO Star Wars Battlefront 2 gets an easy recommendation. It's often on sale and they've been adding stuff to the game like crazy. It's a stunning looking game and honestly quite fun. The story is pretty alright too. Not the best, but a neat take as it's kinda like a civil war in the empire.

1660 Ti would be an excellent buy if you can spare an extra $30: Amazon Link. There's also used ones listed on that page for ~$260. There's been some excellent coverage of the 1660 Ti from several tech youtubers such as Linus, jayztwocents, and gamers nexus if you're looking for some performance analysis.