Really upsetting how the launch has gone for DD2. There's a phenomenal game there, but the discourse online was self-inflicted. Itsuno saying there isn't fast travel in DD2 because it makes the game "boring" only to then sell mtx for fast travel just rubs you the wrong way. Even with it being completely optional.

Not only that but pulling a GT7 where the mtx were introduced AFTER reviews came in stings all the more. I played for a bit last night, but performance was very rough. I'll have to wait till Capcom starts putting out some patches.

Funny how these companies just don't want to understand gamers especially with games also releasing on PC. They will support you like crazy if you deliver and many even buy your game they will never play just to support you but if you try to fool them then good luck...

Sure, the game will still sell millions but this game was hyped so much it would dominate the charts for a long time and sell millions more without this crap.

Yeah it’s unfortunate that the launch isn’t great. It’s an incredible game but boy ain’t that stuttering fucking noticeable … 😅

It's a shame most critics don't update their reviews, there is no way this game would have got an 89 average if the critics had known about these singleplayer microtransactions beforehand, probably low 80's at best.

What y'all been playing?

As for me

Planning to finish Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Borderlands GOTY Enhanced this month.

Playing MK8D on my OG Switch - I dont know if I'll play through 200cc on MK8D - I tried one time and didnt like so I'll likely just finish up Mirror mode and do some online runs to see how it is.

As for Borderlands GOTY Enhanced (PC), I finished the main campaign about a little over a week ago and finished up one of the DLCs (Zombie Island of Dr Ned) last weekend. Gonna do as much and hopefully finish by end of month.

Gonna focus on Smash Ultimate on my OG Switch and hopefully finish up World of Light in April.

Aside from that - playing Driveclub (PS4) on my PS5 casually and almost at the end of the base game, 70+ hours in.

Also been playing Final Fantasy VII (NS) on my Switch OLED whenever I am on break at work. Finished Part 1 and on Part 2 of the game now.

I'm gonna be downsizing the number of games I'll be playing so I can better focus on what I am playing rather than having 7-8 games at a time. So at max 1-2 at home with the third being whatever I play at work/break.

As for what I plan to play next few games in my list.....

Gears of War 2 (X360) on my Xbox Series X.

Dragon Quest I (NS) on my OG Switch

Tekken 2 (PS4) on my PS5

River City Girls (Steam) on my gaming PC

Kirby's Dream Course (NSO) on my OG Switch

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5)

Bravely Default II (NS) on my Switch OLED

Capcom released an update after being review bombed on Steam:

Hardly an update lol. I'll wait to dive into the game after the first few patches that directly address performance.

People online were comparing the 4090 and 3080 still getting 30fps performance without thinking there's major CPU bottlenecks because of the way Capcom created the open world. 

It's nearly akin to Strategy games like Total War that are so CPU intensive because the entire world is being rendered with a shit ton of NPC's throughout the entire world rather than just rendering a separate area that the player is focused on with a limited number of NPCs that are dedicated to that area.

It's what allows you to be on a Griffin forever and yet you still see all the NPC's beneath you throughout the world with no loading screens for new areas. 

Plus side is, as more powerful CPUs release, the game will only run better with time

Yeah, it's a pretty poor update. It's nice that they are trying to fix the bugs and improve the performance, but the fact the game was released in this state to begin with is a shame. No mention of removing Denuvo anti-tamper, something that will make modding the game very difficult, because Capcom doesn't want modders fixing their outdated design decisions they are using to sell the microtransactions.

Saying that you can earn some of the microtransaction items in-game doesn't help much, for starters they are likely to be very slow to unlock in-game, but more importantly there are apparently 21 microtransaction items and only 9 of them are on that list of items that can be unlocked in-game, meaning that nearly 2/3rds are microtransaction only. Perhaps the most egregious of those microtransaction items is the camping kit item; Dragon's Dogma 2 is a game where the more you fight, the smaller your maximum health and MP bars get until you rest, and if you want to rest you have to either go to an Inn or buy a camping kit. Problem is, all of the in-game camping kits are very heavy, leaving you with vary little carrying capacity for loot. The MTX camping kit item meanwhile permanently unlocks a significantly lighter camping kit for purchase from the game's vendors. So basically Capcom is trying to heavily inconvenience players into buying a camping kit microtransaction.

I'm still kind of baffled by how CPU intensive it is. I get that NPC's are rendered at all times and that there is seamless flight with no loading screens, but I'm pretty sure Hogwarts Legacy had all of that plus ray tracing and you could still hit 1080p 60 fps on a midrange PC, whereas people are saying they are struggling to hit 60 fps with both a high end CPU and high end GPU in there system while using DLSS.

I'm close to getting Platinum on Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut 

Simultaneously started playing Unicorn Overlord on Switch (my first Vanillaware game and I immediately purchased 13 Sentinels for a later date lol)

I was hoping to dive into Dragon's Dogma 2 on PC but.......gonna have to wait for some patches lol. Gives me some time to finish up what I'm currently playing though. 

I don't have anything else planned to play till Hellblade 2 at the end of May. So I got some time to finish these games lol