December 2025 General Games Discussion

[Zloth]

Dragon's Dogma 2 seems to be winding down... but I don't trust it. DD1 was winding down, too, and then pulled a fast one by replacing all the enemies in the world with higher level ones and stuck a big hole into the capital city.

They fooled me again!! Sneaky devs!!

 

[neogunhero]

PSA: Starting today, there will be a new free game to keep on the Epic Games Store every 24 hours until I believe January 1st. Make sure to keep checking back to claim all the free games. If you're going to be traveling for the holidays, it helps to log into the Epic website on your phone so you can claim the games away from your PC. Based on previous years, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day typically have the "largest" giveaways.

Follow the thread below for updates, we all do a pretty good job at posting about free games:

Page 46 - The Free Time Limited Games List

Page 46 - Love gaming? Join the PC Gamer community to share that passion with gamers all around the world!

forums.pcgamer.com

 

[Zed Clampet]

What criticism? That wasn't criticism, that was just taunting.

You've made a very silly reading of it. Having a timely reminder of a past failure is a chance to learn for the people who blindly follow everything that person says. With nearly every review that I read, a majority of the readers accept it blindly. And if it is a bad review, they even form little mobs and go harass people on the steam forums, regurgitating points from the review. Most people do not think for themselves. I think this was the perfect review to show people that the thoughts they adopt as their own from authority figures are often invalid.

Also, where did you come up with the idea that taunts could not be criticism? They certainly can be. In fact, they are a form of criticism, a bit low brow, perhaps, but they serve a purpose. They are both criticism and punishment. When I choose to use them is up to me alone.

 

[Zed Clampet]

By the way, while you are picking up your free games on Epic, there is a game they keep advertising to me for 99 cents called Country Tale 2010. If this game looks good to you, let me warn you that I can't currently think of a worse use for 99 cents. It is early access, so maybe it's improved since I played it, but it shouldn't have even been allowed in the store in its original condition, unless you think walking around a 3D environment in Unreal's preview window is a decent game.

 

[Colif]

since random hardware turned into me talking to myself - I don't blame people for ignoring it - I can guess no one noticed that I bought one of these today

XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC White Gaming Edition with RGB

RX-97TRGBBW9

www.xfxforce.com

mainly in response to

Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 - OC3D

Nvidia reportedly plans to axe as much as 40% of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production in early 2026. Why? Memory costs...

overclock3d.net

it is games related as can't play many games without a GPU... (APU are the exception)

 

[Zed Clampet]

since random hardware turned into me talking to myself - I don't blame people for ignoring it - I can guess no one noticed that I bought one of these today

XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC White Gaming Edition with RGB

RX-97TRGBBW9

www.xfxforce.com

mainly in response to

Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 - OC3D

Nvidia reportedly plans to axe as much as 40% of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production in early 2026. Why? Memory costs...

overclock3d.net

it is games related as can't play many games without a GPU... (APU are the exception)

I actually was planning to check over there. I'm way out of it because I slept too late. Congrats.

 

[neogunhero]

since random hardware turned into me talking to myself - I don't blame people for ignoring it - I can guess no one noticed that I bought one of these today

XFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC White Gaming Edition with RGB

RX-97TRGBBW9

www.xfxforce.com

mainly in response to

Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 - OC3D

Nvidia reportedly plans to axe as much as 40% of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production in early 2026. Why? Memory costs...

overclock3d.net

it is games related as can't play many games without a GPU... (APU are the exception)

Congrats! I hope you got a good price on it. I really need to check the hardware thread more, it's selfish but I only check it when I have something to say... I know it's active so I need to read it more often.

 

[neogunhero]

By the way, while you are picking up your free games on Epic, there is a game they keep advertising to me for 99 cents called Country Tale 2010. If this game looks good to you, let me warn you that I can't currently think of a worse use for 99 cents. It is early access, so maybe it's improved since I played it, but it shouldn't have even been allowed in the store in its original condition, unless you think walking around a 3D environment in Unreal's preview window is a decent game.

I wonder how different the submission process is for Epic vs Steam. That game isn't on Steam, and I've seen lots of other super low budget, crappy looking games on Epic that aren't on Steam. Does Epic have lower standards than Steam?

 

[neogunhero]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yxUa5k__H8o


What is your guys' take on this?

I think people who only play games like Madden, COD, Fortnite, GTA, are limited in their scope but if they enjoy what they play then that's all that matters. As he says in the video, it's the people who only play those kinds of games then complain when other people play different kinds of games.

I had a friend like this growing up and I tried to put him onto something that was pretty close to his wheelhouse, Bioshock Infinite. He only played Madden and COD, so I tried to expand his tastes a bit, but he ended up criticizing every single aspect of the game. It's almost as if he could not fathom that real artistry and creativity had been put in a game, not just some variation of Modern Warfare set in different periods of time.

People will like what they like, but I don't think it's okay to complain about people enjoying something you don't personally enjoy. I really hate country music, but I don't get mad at the people blasting it out their lifted pickups.