October 2025 General Games discussion thread

[neogunhero]

That said, I'm in a different position than you. I have no real income, so I gotta make due with what I've got and my budget is considerably lower, so used just tends to be my go-to. But I'm also just kind of a freak and like all things second hand.

At the end of it all, buying new is just wasting money when you could reuse something before it ends up in a landfill. I'm not above using used at all, though I do enjoy the peace of mind knowing something you bought was brand new and warranty is nice too. If I do end up buying brand new hardware, I'll be sure not to let my old ones go to waste. The RTX 2060 would make a perfect budget 1080p HTPC, I could pair it with my old Ryzen 1600X but would want to replace that soon, I've seen Ryzen 5600 on eBay for under $100 which would be a massive boost. Thankfully I bought more RAM before all the prices skyrocketed so I'm good there too.

 

[Pifanjr]

I played some more Cyberpunk 2077. I'm still really enjoying the gameplay, but I've noticed I prefer doing the side jobs, gigs and NCPD jobs more than the main missions.

I remember someone praising Cyberpunk 2077 for how the NPCs move around while talking to you and while it is indeed more immersive, it would be really nice if the button that fast forwards through dialogue also fast forwards through the pauses between lines.

The main missions also keep making me go through platforming segments. I don't think platforming has any place in a first person shooter.

 

[Zloth]

The main missions also keep making me go through platforming segments.

Wha!? I remember a kinda-platforming bit getting into the DLC area, but that's about it. Maybe I forgot already?

 

[neogunhero]

I finally pulled the trigger on a new graphics card. I ordered a RX 9060 XT 16GB. It was a little over MSRP, $380, but it’s an XFX Mercury which is their “high end” line of these cards equipped with really great cooling so I think it’s actually at base price for that model. It’s also OCd which adds to the cost. The card is absolutely massive though. Guess I won’t be getting to that mATX build I was talking about earlier.

This will be my first triple fan card in probably 10 years, and my first new card in 6, and my first time ever with an AMD card (actually had one briefly circa ~2010 but was replaced shortly after so I don’t have much memories with it). It was time to upgrade. My RTX 2060 is a beast still at 1080p on games older than maybe 3 years, but it’s struggling with new games and won’t be able to keep up for much longer. I don’t care too much for RT or path tracing so that’s another reason why I got this card over the 5060 Ti, price aside. FSR 4 is a massive improvement from previous gen’s so that’s also nice to have.

This is a huge moment for me. I’m very excited.