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Today's game is some more Control. I was playing around with Aspect Ratios trying to see if I could get some interesting ones to work with in Photo mode. Unfortunately the highest 4:3 the game supports is 1600x1200 I could use gamescope to jump up to 8K 4:3, but that was lagging my game even if I dropped the resolution majorly. I decided to just have my fun with 1600x1200 and then stick to 16:9.

I also figured out how to get a good balance of Resolution w/ Raytracing. I capped it at 30 FPS. But a stable 30 FPS is more than tolerable for me, so I'm more than happy sticking to that.

My first thought was "Damn, these are some amazing Reflections". My second thought was "Damn, somethings are a little fuzzy". Still, not too bad as far as I'm concerned, especially getting to see those amazing reflections on windows and stuff. It brings it really high up in quality.

The Physics simulation is pretty too with all the shattering glass. I spent a little while trying to get a good shot with the glass and I got this one which I rather like.

Anyways, enough about graphics. Let's talk about Ahti. I love the guy. Genuinely he might be one of my favorite characters to come out of a Remedy game. Something about this Janitor with an air of mystery and power is just so fucking cool. Plus his role in Alan Wake 2 is even cooler. I just hope he doesn't get too tied up in everything to the point it starts being like marvel movies where you need to watch another franchise to understand the other. Granted, for that I think we'd need like a "Ahti the Video Game" or something like that, so maybe I shouldn't be too worried.

I made it to the research department and got sidetracked playing with the camera mode before my time for the day was up. I'm hooked on playing this again so I'll definitely be playing some more tomorrow because I missed this game.

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[-] jojo@piefed.social 3 points 50 minutes ago

Control is a great game! great physics, great storyline and beautiful. I tried it a couple years ago but my laptop couldn't handle it but since I got a new gaming desktop last year, I'm clearing my backlog of things I wanted but couldn't play before. Still need to play both Alan Wake 1 and 2, though...

[-] Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago

Nice game, too difficult for me.

I've been stuck in a large room where this dude comes in through the window and proceeds to kick the living shit out of me.

There is no easier setting.

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 1 points 3 minutes ago

My thoughts on Control are entirely summed up by the limerick at the end of Yahtzee's review:

Control is intriguing enough,
With its mysterious, inscrutable stuff,
But the combat is cloying,
And about as annoying,
As a limerick that doesn't end properly.

[-] AcornTickler@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

A while ago the developers have added an accessibility option called "Assist mode", which lets you tweak some combat related options like increased damage output and health. You can configure it to essentially achieve god-mode.

[-] daggermoon@piefed.world 1 points 31 minutes ago

Get good newb.

I'm joking, please don't be upset.

I haven't finished the game yet. I need to get back to it. Mental health has been a bitch the last few years and that was probably when it was at it's worst. I need to restart it at this point. It's an amazing game.

[-] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

Looks sick!

My setup might just be able to handle it, I think.
But on the other hand, my backlog is full and I even have the first Alan Wake still left to play :-)

[-] VincentComfy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Damn, at a glance I would not be able to tell some of these are from a game.

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