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Thinking of ascending to 1440p as well. Finding a decently priced (i.e. under a grand) curved 34" ultrawide with G-sync is easier said than done, though. Anyone have any recommendations?

Haha oh wow forgot they were making that. Fair point on game engines; they're really a series of moving parts, much like a real engine. I suppose an overhaul of some of the things inherent to the Creation engine (framerate tied to physics, poor shadow rendering, textures, animations, etc.)...

Good to know! Think I'll grab it then; it's fairly cheap these days.

Yes, but we're talking about a massive open world RPG here, not a shooter. It's like comparing apples and a car.

Yeah I heard the music is killer. I'll see if I can find it on Spotify. As far as messes go, I was just wondering about the overall jankyness people reported at launch (stuff like getting stuck on terrain, etc.), but most of that's probably been smoothed out.

It was kind of a mess when it launched and I recently heard about a Director's Cut that was released awhile back, but it fell off my radar for whatever reason. I really enjoy party-based dungeon crawlers like Wizardry 8 and Grimrock. Have any of you played it? What was your experience?

Indeed. I think there's the trappings of a great game there, if nothing revolutionary. I was really having fun despite the bugs and slowdown, but I'm going to wait and see what they can do with it. Not expecting an about-face like No Man's Sky by any means, just a more streamlined experience.

Gonna have to go with the "new engine" crowd on this one. That creaky old brontosaurus they've been using for god knows how long needs to die. Also, if you're going to have your game fully voice acted, PLEASE for the LOVE OF GOD ensure the actors have enough range to voice multiple characters...

Seconding Hollow Knight: Silk Song. My big one this year WAS Cyberpunk 2077, but my old trusty 1070 just couldn't handle it well enough for my liking (that and you know, the bugs). So I'm looking forward to playing it again in 2021 when I finally get my RTX 3080 that's been on backorder for a...

Vangers What the hell is a "vanger"? God only knows. Honorable mentions: Excitebike: Vroom! Vroom! Mario Battle Stadium Lineage II: The Chaotic Throne - The 1st Throne: Kamael

Kentucky Route Zero I just found it all a little too abstract for me. Also, there really didn't seem to be a lot there in terms of mechanics (at least the bit that I played). I think I was kind of a victim of the hype around it; so many people hail it as brilliant and it very well might be...

I really like just riding around and fishing in RDR2 (no Micah I will not come rescue you). Also there's this free Oculus game called Aircar where you just fly around a Cyberpunk city; the ambient radio chatter and the rain splatter on the windshield is divine.

Oh geez this is taking me back awhile...probably Galaxian on my cousin's Atari 2600. It's a tossup between that and Karateka on my buddy's Apple IIE. This is PCGamer after all ;)

The Big Daddy statue I got with the Bioshock collector's edition back in 2007. Weighty and menacing he sits, greeting visitors to my basement gaming den with a drill to the face.

For me it's gotta be RDR2 (I know, shocker). Disco Elysium is a close second, but I find I really have to be in a particular mood to play it. With RDR2 I always enjoy sitting for a spell. Just so many awesome systems to play around with in RDR2. I'm really getting into hunting, for instance. I...