Coelacanth

Already pre-ordered the Ultimate edition. Goes against my usual principles but I don't care in this instance. I hope the game is a massive, GotY contending success.

Unity is flawed, but somewhat of an underrated gem. It's such a shame that it released in the state it did and got the reception it did because that's pretty much what caused Ubisoft to pivot into the style of the Origins and onwards style games.

Imagine what could have been if they built on what they had in Unity? The free run up/down system had so much potential and - while janky - the Unity parkour can produce some of the most pleasing, slick and stylish sequences. Just look at the stuff people are pulling off!

Also, revolutionary Paris is the best realised city they've ever made for an Assassin's Creed game.

All I want is a final proper send-off Splinter Cell before he dies. Sam Fisher's final job type vibe. I think there is some cool potential there - not that I trust Ubisoft to pull it off, mind.

Back in like middle school or whatever it was around that time we had a portable drive (or was it just on a CD?) with an installed folder of UT99 we used to bring to school. During recess we'd go and copy paste it to the PCs in the computer room and play little LAN tournaments until a teacher would find us and chase us out. Instagib only or course, and I think we also played 120% speed.

Good times indeed.

Same. It depends on the game though, obviously. If I'm playing Deadlock or something similar (fast paced and competitive) I'm not going to go for graphics fidelity. But anything single player? 60 FPS is perfectly fine and ray traced lighting can make a huge visual impact. Both Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk looked great with RT and well worth forgoing 100+ FPS.

I think that was supposed to be an attempt at an accent?

For sure, STALKER is just not the same without Cheeki Breeki!

I still can't get over how "wrong" it sounds and feels to have native English speaking accents for the voice work instead of the heavy Ukrainian and Russian accents. This is one to play with Ukrainian VA and English subtitles for sure.

Damn, I did not expect such a step-up from the 7800X3D, that's kinda insane actually.

Love this game. Ever since trying the VR mod though I've been dying for official support. Imagine using the proper VR controls to pop handbrake and steer the car, would be the most immersive thing!

Still, even with that said if you like the game and have access to a VR headset It's still worth giving it a go, it really fits the game I think.

Totally. And between stuff like the stage fight in AW1, the Ashtray Maze in Control and We Sing in AW2 Remedy has gotten so damn good at integrating music and gameplay too.

I personally was blown away by POE - This Road as well. The track is mesmerising and every time a new variation on it played after an Alan chapter I had almost goosebumps. I still regularly go back and listen to the whole 9 minute track on YouTube.

I love Lucas Pope and would like to one day play Mars After Midnight, but I'm not paying over 200 bucks for one of these anytime soon.