Unpopular Opinions about Video Games

[Pissmaster]

Problem is, PCs are (...) almost always constantly being upgraded, which is costly.

Most big, cutting edge games now have a GTX 1060 as their minimum GPU, which came out seven years ago now. It's even less for smaller games. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince just came out, and its minimum requirements only ask for a GTX 750, which was released over a decade ago. Minimum requirements nowadays aren't like how they used to be, where hitting just the minimum meant the game would be a slideshow, but like, actually playable on low settings. You can generally get away with an even lower-end PC than what they ask for, too. If you built a PC in 2014, you can still play just about everything, as long as you're willing to dock your graphics down to minimum. And even at that, minimum just makes them look like Xbox 360 games.

PCs have come a long, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way in recent times.

There are still people rocking a 1080 Ti after half a decade.

My GTX 970 is still going strong. Chads who don't exceed 1080p can stretch an older card for ages.

 

[Town Drunk]

Most big, cutting edge games now have a GTX 1060 as their minimum GPU, which came out seven years ago now. It's even less for smaller games. Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince just came out, and its minimum requirements only ask for a GTX 750, which was released over a decade ago. Minimum requirements nowadays aren't like how they used to be, where hitting just the minimum meant the game would be a slideshow, but like, actually playable on low settings. You can generally get away with an even lower-end PC than what they ask for, too. If you built a PC in 2014, you can still play just about everything, as long as you're willing to dock your graphics down to minimum. And even at that, minimum just makes them look like Xbox 360 games.

PCs have come a long, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way in recent times.


My GTX 970 is still going strong. Chads who don't exceed 1080p can stretch an older card for ages.

I'm rocking a Radeon 6800 and can run Cyberpunk on the highest settings. I can't imagine what benifit you'd get from paying more, and if it was noticable.

 

[The Ugly One]

And no, you're not constantly upgrading you PC. There are still people rocking a 1080 Ti after half a decade.

My nigga the 1080 Ti is 7 years old.

 

[Leaded Gasoline]

My nigga the 1080 Ti is 7 years old.

Does it struggle with new releases yet?

 

[The Foxtrot]

Does it struggle with new releases yet?

Only newer games on their highest settings, especially titles that are heavy on postprocessing and particle/lighting effects. I have a 1070 and I can run Cyberpunk 2077 and Atomic Heart on "High" with only some minor slowdown (like going from 60 to 53FPS for a few seconds) in specific instances where there's a LOT of shit going on.

As in, 20+ enemies tossing grenades/doing attacks with a lot of particle and screen effects in an area where a lot of detailed background stuff is happening like flashing neon signs and cars on the road and pedestrians running around screaming.

 

[Dynamite Bean]

I will never understand where this claim of having to upgrade your pc every year comes from and how many people actually believe you need to buy a new gpu cpu and motherboard every year or your pc will suddenly stop working, i see this sentiment so fucking much it's unreal
only a small subset of people yearly upgrade with the newest gpu and most of those people don't even really game
console people seriously underestimate how much millage you can get out of older gpus, you don't need the ultra fancy maximum graphics 4k to play a game and if an older gpu struggles to run a newer game then the most likely blame is on the dev for shit optimization

 

[Am I Very Wrong]

Does it struggle with new releases yet?

Judging by the benchmarks i've seen it's about on par with a 3060, which is above the recommended requirements for most modern games and good enough to get ps5 like graphics at 1080p.
It tends to perform worse on modern games and better on old games. I definitely wouldn't buy one at this point, but if you have one that's not been used for mining it's still a good 1080p card and will most likely allow you to play any future game from this gen at decent settings

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Most big, cutting edge games

Didn't hear Vampire Survivors needing that... Or Amogus...

The problem is not games it's devs. They don't properly optimize their games because higher "fidelity" = good.

But if you play Concord and Dustborn then I guess...

 

[Asian tech support]

I will never understand where this claim of having to upgrade your pc every year comes from and how many people actually believe you need to buy a new gpu cpu and motherboard every year or your pc will suddenly stop working, i see this sentiment so fucking much it's unreal
only a small subset of people yearly upgrade with the newest gpu and most of those people don't even really game
console people seriously underestimate how much millage you can get out of older gpus, you don't need the ultra fancy maximum graphics 4k to play a game and if an older gpu struggles to run a newer game then the most likely blame is on the dev for shit optimization

I know a guy who does this. He has a son on the way so hopefully going forward he invests his money there instead. Over the years I've bought a handful of barely used year old components from him for around a quarter of what he paid for em.

 

[The Ugly One]

Does it struggle with new releases yet?

My nigga there are still new releases coming out that run fine on the PS4.

 

[Calandrino]

Most big, cutting edge games now have a GTX 1060 as their minimum GPU, which came out seven years ago now.

PCs have come a long, loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way in recent times.

Apparently not?

 

[officer Aya brea]

PCs are a gateway to piracy

Holy shit why are console users such faggots? atleast we dont have 50% of the game locked behind a soy+ subscription Anyways.

Consoles users are the reason gaming is in the horrid state it is. If you faggots didnt pay for online or horse armor we wouldnt be here now that consoles are a meme taken seriously by niggers. Oh well yarr harr mateys.

 

[Dysnomia]

Problem is, PCs are a gateway to piracy and are almost always constantly being upgraded, which is costly.

Also, as a gamer, you always have that kid side of you that refuses to give up and grow.

Also, the dude-bros brought gaming to its last golden age before the decline. Do not be so quick to cast them as a negative.

I have an old laptop. The most advanced game I can play is Memories of Celceta. And I had to use a workaround to get it to run. Sometimes I luck out with a game and I get it to work though. But I still have tons of games I can play plus the ability to emulate older consoles. Sure I'd love to upgrade. But I can't right now. But even if you have an older PC you can still play tons of games plus emulate. And while you can mod consoles to play pirate copies and even run emulators it's less fuss with PC. I still like consoles. But at this point I think I will save for a new PC rather than bother with something like PS5.

I don't pirate many PC games. But sometimes I have to "sample" them before I buy if there's no demo.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

I have an old laptop. The most advanced game I can play is Memories of Celceta. And I had to use a workaround to get it to run. Sometimes I luck out with a game and I get it to work though. But I still have tons of games I can play plus the ability to emulate older consoles. Sure I'd love to upgrade. But I can't right now. But even if you have an older PC you can still play tons of games plus emulate. And while you can mod consoles to play pirate copies and even run emulators it's less fuss with PC. I still like consoles. But at this point I think I will save for a new PC rather than bother with something like PS5.

I don't pirate many PC games. But sometimes I have to "sample" them before I buy if there's no demo.

PS5 and Series X are glorified PCs anyways. Yes, it's better to save for a more advanced rig.

Holy shit why are console users such faggots? atleast we dont have 50% of the game locked behind a soy+ subscription Anyways.

It's the truth. I saw no end to pirated games back in the day from PC players.

Consoles users are the reason gaming is in the horrid state it is. If you faggots didnt pay for online or horse armor we wouldnt be here now that consoles are a meme taken seriously by niggers. Oh well yarr harr mateys.

Oh please. As if PC gamers didn't also enable that kind of shit too.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Holy shit why are console users such faggots? atleast we dont have 50% of the game locked behind a soy+ subscription Anyways.

Consoles users are the reason gaming is in the horrid state it is. If you faggots didnt pay for online or horse armor we wouldnt be here now that consoles are a meme taken seriously by niggers. Oh well yarr harr mateys.

Don't get me started on backwards compatibility.

"Muh can you play games from the dos era on your pc?" Yes. Yes you can.

It's the truth. I saw no end to pirated games back in the day from PC players.

Excuse me sir, are you confessing to have engaged in illicit activities?

 

[officer Aya brea]

It's the truth.

*laughs in pirated copies of Gta san andreas: james cameron's Avatar edition* i assume you don't know how much the success of the ps1 and 2 were because of how piss easy it was to hack them via a modchip and as a result original copies were something only the rich kids could afford.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

*laughs in pirated copies of Gta san andreas: james cameron's Avatar edition* i assume you don't know how much the success of the ps1 and 2 were because of how piss easy it was to hack them via a modchip and as a result original copies were something only the rich kids could afford.

That was PS1 and PS2. Also, if we're going back that far, torrent sites and ROM sites during the 2000s and early 2010s allowed you to get any game you wanted for free. Even play console-exclusive games on a PC.

Excuse me sir, are you confessing to have engaged in illicit activities?

No, but I saw people who did. And the ease by which they did it astounded me back then. No wonder companies got so paranoid and started putting in DRM. For all the good that did them......

Elaborate on that one.

The last golden age of gaming was the late 2000s and early 2010s. It was dominated by dude-bros who played games like Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty, and other FPS games. Even the best-selling RPGs like the Mass Effect Trilogy and Fallout 3/New Vegas had to alter themselves to fit that playstyle, while action and fighting games bad sexy babes galore to entice dudebro players.

 

[Krayt Dragon]

PCs are a gateway to piracy

You are correct, but it is a "Yes, and?" statement. Freedoms are just like that.

• Personal Computers are a gateway to piracy
• Freedom of speech is the gateway to misinformation and disinformation
• A chat program with end-to-end encryption is a gateway to child porn trading rings
• Anonymity on the internet is a gateway to serial harassment and beyond (torswats for example) and botting
• Freedom of movement is a gateway to illegal immigration
• Freedom to buy common household items can directly lead to harm (knives, bleach, rope etc etc)
• Freedom to use self-defense is a gateway to getting away with murder by claiming self-defense (when it's actually not)
• Freedom of the press is a gateway to lying journos

The list is potentially infinite. The point is not if these things are actually good or not or if they should be regulated or not, the point is simply that offering freedom to humans has drawbacks, since it is up to each individual to decide how they will use the freedoms they were given and some humans will use freedoms to commit immoral actions.

The alternative is the curtailing of freedom. Some examples are:
Hate speech laws. Border Control. Real ID requirement for use of the internet.
Or, of course, a console. A closed system in which you deny your customers the freedom to modify hardware or software without prior approval from you.

If the curtailing of freedom is needed has to be decided on a case-by-case basis, but I think regulating freedoms should be done very carefully .

If you are not of the opinion that PCs should be banned due to the freedom they offer causing more harm than good, there is no need to say "PCs are a gateway to piracy". You're just describing the reality of freedom.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

If you are not of the opinion that PCs should be banned due to the freedom they offer causing more harm than good, there is no need to say "PCs are a gateway to piracy". You're just describing the reality of freedom.

Truth is, the only way to fight piracy is to offer better services, as Gabe Newell stated. I was only stating a fact.

 

[3deadniggers]

The last golden age of gaming was the late 2000s and early 2010s. It was dominated by dude-bros who played games like Halo, Gears of War, Call of Duty, and other FPS games. Even the best-selling RPGs like the Mass Effect Trilogy and Fallout 3/New Vegas had to alter themselves to fit that playstyle, while action and fighting games bad sexy babes galore to entice dudebro players.

What's the best Dude bro RPGs?