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Battlefield 6: @Dachsjaeger's take on the PC version, including full optimised settings that deliver over 70 percent more perf with barely any visual loss - plus PS5 performance/balanced mode equivalent settings. youtu.be/lY31JQ-C8lY

Keep also in mind w/ PC games w/ shader issues, esp. on 1st run-through: provided you don't change GPU and/or its drivers, the replay should be smoother b/c it'll already been "warmed-up" from the 1st time & cached properly for re-entering areas & re-usage of special FX & anything shader-related.

Forza Horizon 6 announced, set in Japan and coming first to Xbox and PC in 2026 (PS5 post launch)

Official Teaser Trailer ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXed...

More will be revealed in early 2026.

#ForzaHorizon6 #Xbox

Yeah, I think Deck should be fine, given what I've seen online. It's shocking how good some stuff on the Deck can run (esp. newer stuff like this), when dev's actually optimize & build around lower-spec hardware and work around stuff.

Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 represents a technical milestone for the system - hardware RT (even in handheld mode), DLSS and intelligent, often unnoticeable cutbacks vs Series S. A remarkable release! Check out today's video: youtu.be/XlKCBGzrB1I

Nice!

Also, for more good Kevin Bacon stuff, don't miss this TV series. It's really good.

The real star of the Coen Brothers The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) is the gorgeous black and white Roger Deakins cinematography. Billy Bob Thornton gives a fittingly reserved performance for a noir where everyone goes "this guy? At the center of a noir plot? Nah he's just a barber." It's a tonally

UE5's just demanding as heck on most PC's; I'm sure bloated Windows OS itself & the bloated DirectX API don't help either. Probably why it's running okay on the Deck; dev's can just build around that one Steam Deck hardware & it's also LinuxOS-based w/ SteamOS, which is a lot leaner (than Windows).

UE5-based games on PC are always going to be a dice-roll - w/ shader-caching needed; shader & traversal stutters; & other things/problems w/ the engine. UE5 games also need optimizing on dev's end too. 1/2

Triangle Strategy

So Square Enix just shadow dropped Triangle Strategy for the rest of the platforms it was missing from!

Hell yes this is a win and this is also a badass game! If you haven’t played go play! @square-enix-games.com

Triangle Strategy

Also it’s already been out for Nintendo Switch and Steam!

The problems modern consoles often sadly have right now w/ UE5 games is poor performance w/ low-framerates b/c they got older hardware - see WuChang and WuKong. 2/2.

Borderlands 5 is on Unreal Engine 5. UE5 normally sucks on PC b/c it demands a NASA rocket-ship PC & shaders don't get compiled on PC at all - PC ain't fixed boxes, so they can't do that. Consoles have fixed boxes & can compile them, so they often don't have those shader issues at all. 1/2

Always try to stay a bit away from hitting your total VRAM count too. Turn settings down, if need be & possible - so you ain't hitting your total VRAM count. Of course, since GK ain't optimized on PC - could just be the engine (UE4) & its optimization (lack thereof). 2/2

Another thing you could check - turn on new Metrics settings in Steam & see if VRAM is choking you. Some games at higher settings just eat VRAM galore. If it does - i.e. it gets close to your total VRAM count or if it actually does go over it - yup, it'll choke your system & its performance dips.1/2

Literally, throw on MSI Afterburner, display all cores & watch most of 'em just...do nothing; GK wasn't built for lots of CPU-cores. If GK actually used all your cores or even my cores right, it'd probably run really good. 2/2

Again, Gotham Knights doesn't utilize CPU cores. It was on older-gen hardware, which has less cores. The extra CPU cores sit there & do little to nothing for usage. They probably didn't build the game around players w/ more CPU cores. They probably just made sure "the game runs." 1/2

Now, UE5 stuff has all kinds of stutters on PC due to shaders & other problems. Modern UE5 stuff can be demanding. At Gotham Knights supporting RT (even if that is UE4), as good as it looks, will flat-out kill performance. 2/2

Not wild. It's Unreal Engine based; that's par for the course. That engine has had stutters going as far back at original Unreal game, LOL. And even stuff like Gears of War (original PC port) - that had it real bad back then. 1/2

It wasn't the best running game when I played it, TBH. It doesn't utilize CPU cores well, even if you got a lot of 'em; a lot of 'em feel wasted. You'll probably run it better than me w/ your GPU though. I had it (in 2023) at 50-60fps at High at 1080p w/ DLSS on Balanced on my RTX 3070 (desktop).

Most DontNod stuff is at least good or solid. I really liked this game; underrated. Also loved Vampyr and I'm loving Banishers so far.

Yes. And the JRPG genre never died; it's still been going along just fine...esp. in the AA & Indie space - i.e. Persona series, Dragon Quest series, Soul Hackers 2, SMT series, Octopath Traveler, Ni No Kuni series, "Tales of..." series, The Legend of Heroes series, The Last Remnant, Metaphor RF,etc.

Been awhile, so new #promosky post.

I'm CyNet, and I'm a fan of the cyberpunk genre since I discovered Ghost in the Shell as a teen. Story heavy singleplayer games are what I live for.

I also stream on Twitch, link's in the bio. Due to char limits, here's an image of my gaming interests:

🔥oOoweee it’s a party tonight on Sons Island 🥳 missed you guys so much, I can’t wait to hang 🪩🍋🥑

OG FF1 on NES. That and OG Dragon Warrior on NES got me into RPG's.

BG3 combat screenshot

Shadowrun Dragonfall combat screenshot

Expedition 33 combat screenshot

Persona 5 combat screenshot

I enjoy real time combat or FPS action.

But there's a different type of adrenaline rush when it comes to turn based RPGs. Imagine...

Your party is low, some even knocked out. A boss lies before you looking formidable. You analyze the field, pondering your next move...

Chills, literal chills.