I just want an actual DRM-free version of Hitman, one of my favorite games of all time. Is that so hard to ask :(
I already own the game on Epic and Steam but I just want a version I know I'll be able to play and fully enjoy into the future even after servers go down. And they will go down eventually, they always do. I don't unusually mind DRM but when it's a piece of media I feel so strongly about, I can't help but want to have it preserved.

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Quoting: PublicNuisancePlaying at 15FPS is being pushed as a benefit ? We're truly entering console levels of stupidity. I remember when console kids were trying to argue that being limited to 30 FPS was better for art. I'll stick with my 144hz screen thank you very much.

Yes having options is a benefit. Consoles were ridiculed for low framerates because that's all they could do, the justifications from console players was all cope. This on the other hand is something you can choose to use and as someone that plans on reading visual novels on deck, my battery life will directly benefit from this option with minimal downside to my experience.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleIt says they tested on Proton 7, so maybe they need to re-test on native. Could also be something like the game not supporting the Deck's weird aspect ratio.

Metal Gear Rising only supports 16:9 and it's in the verified list. Same goes for Dark Souls 3

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Quoting: Guestisn't hitman one of those games that run better with proton even on windows? lol

Yep the game has a long-standing bug where it crashes on windows thanks to nvidia driver shenanigans but playing with DXVK fixes it. Someone even made a nice GUI to install DXVK easily [External Link]

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Quoting: Mar2ckthe act of traversing the world is fun and challenging in and of itself

This has to be a joke.
It is practically impossible to fail in this game. You don't die (unless you count that one scene). You just respawn a bit back with all of your stuff.
Except if human enemies kill you - in which case you lose some packages, but can just go look for them again.
But dying to human enemies is likewise basically impossible, given the inane state of enemy AI - unless you have two left hands and your eyes at the back of your head.
And even then, sorry, but that's not a fail state. A challenge requires the realistic possibility to fail at it and some kind of stake.

So only the terrain and the "challenge" of traversing it remains.
In my 7-9 hours of trying to get from cutscene to cutscene, as the "gameplay" itself certainly was no motivation, I did not manage to fall even once (after the tutorial).

At some point, I gave up on the repetitive and entirely-devoid-of-challenge gameplay and instead just watched the story unfold on YouTube.
Which is cool - felt a bit like watching an overpriced arthouse movie.

Other than that, this game is the very best example of The Emperor's New Clothes in game form.
I read a review once that pretty much goes like this and I found it very fitting:
"It feels like some vernissage, famous people, expensive food, ... - and nobody really understands what’s the point of the paintings but you are semi-intimidated into praising the masterpieces, while no one wants to admit they are bored."

I can really only assume some people enter a kind of zen-like trance when meandering through the nothingness of the game, which then counts as "fun" for them.
Somewhat similar to people who waste their time away play Animal Crossing and somehow find enjoyment in that.

Beats me how that works, but more power to them, I guess!
Believe me, I wish I could be entertained in that manner. I'd spend a lot less money on games. :grin:

PS: Yes, yes, I know. "Players work together to achieve a goal!" "Inspires altruism!" "Such a brave premise!" yadda yadda, bla bla,... all fine and dandy, but none of that makes the gameplay better.

You can choose to play by always walking and keeping both straps held at all times if you want, I'm sure that has it's own appeal. But I agree with what Liam said in the article, it's way more fun to try and min/max your strap usage to go as fast as you can across the map while keeping yourself from falling.

Also choosing to carry a large amount of baggage makes Sam overencombered which adds a dimension where when you turn you have to lean into it while holding the appropriate strap to not fall over from centripetal force. It doesn't slow you down, it just makes staying upright more challenging and it rewards you by allowing you to complete more objectives at once. Also Sam's turning speed gets limited so I ended up running across the map slowly steering Sam around while planning ahead how to deal with sharp bends and obstacles. I think that's why the game didn't click for me until the second area, IMO the overencomberment made the game way more challenging and fun.

It just has niche appeal, I'm also the kind of person that finds Animal Crossing fun so go figure.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80

Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: Whitewolfe80For me I refunded this it's DHL the simulator your a courier in a fucked Kojima world. It's basically a real life job as you amble from place to place in real time. I got so bored I actually complied a kernel on laptop to pass the time. But am not the biggest fan of kojima work

Interesting. You could not have seen much of the game in the <2 hours you must have played. And about the game being a courier game where you walk a lot - you would have known this already before purchasing.

Yes but youre a courier in New Vegas the difference is that game is interesting.

In New Vegas being a courier is a an excuse to go on a journey, you don't actually do any couriering. The experiance of walking from point A to B is basically just holding W the whole time while following a waypoint. Death Stranding is explicitly about doing deliveries in a gameplay sense and the act of traversing the world is fun and challenging in and of itself. It's way closer to Euro Truck Simulator in that sense then a game like Fallout.

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FYI: The demo for Loop Hero was hidden from Steam but it's still accessable via this page [External Link]

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I think that even if they had been transparent from the start they would still be deserving of criticism since they are a "DRM FREE" store not a "Technically DRM free because you can play the game without a ton of core features that shouldn't require internet" store

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Quoting: PhlebiacIt does make me wonder what they will do if Steam drops Big Picture Mode in favor of some other UI for Steam Deck. They have let it languish for a while...

It's already been confirmed that the UI we see on the Steam Deck is the next version of Big Picture. Source [External Link]

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Quoting: subNvidia has two game changers for gaming platforms on their side.
ARM (see Apple's M1 performance and efficiency) and DLSS.

DLSS sure but I don't see how ARM is going to help them with PC gaming performance

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