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[acm2000]

the news of the pre-load made me pre-cum, im ready to go boiz

 

[DeepEnigma]

I’m glad to be mistaken. It’s great there are PC gamers that have given in to the indoctrination of game pass.

Steam and/or GOG,

Where is it going for 100 Euros?

P.S
I forgot how much I hated gaming in Australia.....what the fuck is that price 120 A$
I became more of console gamer only because of Australia's heavy customer protection laws so I returned games like I was renting them.


Microsoft exclusive period.
The Microsoft Store, XboxApp, GamepassPC versions all start the preload at the same time.
Steam for some reason is later likely cuz its actually a different build.

Curious to see the differences if any between the two builds.....but im getting Steam either way cuz imma need that mod support day 0.

Damn, Mexico getting done dirty.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Hopefully, some of the concern should now be alleviated for peeps.

 

[Nankatsu]

To all beta testers venturing into this game in September:

 

[Kenpachii]

Where is it going for 100 Euros?

P.S
I forgot how much I hated gaming in Australia.....what the fuck is that price 120 A$
I became more of console gamer only because of Australia's heavy customer protection laws so I returned games like I was renting them.


Microsoft exclusive period.
The Microsoft Store, XboxApp, GamepassPC versions all start the preload at the same time.
Steam for some reason is later likely cuz its actually a different build.

Curious to see the differences if any between the two builds.....but im getting Steam either way cuz imma need that mod support day 0.

 

[Horseganador]

Almost 8 years since the last Bethesda game I played, Fallout 4, there is a desire to play something new from them.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

That's including future DLC.

 

[Kenpachii]

That's including future DLC.

ah missed the dlc part

 

[Heisenberg007]

 

[Dane]

Considering BGS previous gone gold announcements (two weeks before launch), its likely that copies already were produced and are en route to store, expect leaks in the next days.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

That first feeling when you lift off and go into space, only to crash-land on some remote, hostile planet and getting eaten alive by vicious alien lifeforms, is gonna be glorious. I'm ready for take off.

I desperately hope there is a type of big alien monster on the planet you beat your first big story 'boss' that one-shots you at low levels, and rockets your corpse into the stratosphere for absolutely no reason.

You're feeling like a big man since you whooped that dragon's giant thing's ass, and feel like showing that spider monster just how much of a big man you are. Then BAM, Skyrim reference. Only do it once per playthrough for the gag.

 

[Black_Stride]

That comes with the Story expansion, a bunch of skins, the Official Soundtrack and the Artbook.
If you just want the game and none of the extra dont buy the extras?

 

[TrueGrime]

lol they want 100 euro's for the game.

I think you will find it even more funny that the $300 US version of the game sold out within minutes of going live almost two months ago.

 

[FoxMcChief]

The world has desperately needed a new Bethesda game. And this seriously looks like it will be their greatest game yet.

 

[Hendrick's]

Sorry, but I need more time to finish BG3.

 

[hybrid_birth]

to play it day one its 100 euro's.

Forget day one. I paid $35 to play the game pass version early.

 

[Black_Stride]

I think you will find it even more funny that the $300 US version of the game sold out within minutes of going live almost two months ago.

If I had the kind of disposable income these people had, im sure I would pounce on most collectors editions.
But 300 bucks.....mayne thats a new processor or a whole GPU class upgrade for my PC.

 

[Negotiator101]

Wait for sale or get gamepass.

Sale? This ain't no Ubisoft game mate

 

[LordCBH]

I hope it’s not another Fallout 4. I want it to actually be good.

 

[Stafford]

As gold as a bethesda game can be i imagine

I can't speak for others of course but I have had very little issues with all their games since Oblivion. Yes I saw the videos of game breaking bugs and such and I guess I must have been one of the lucky ones.

New Vegas however, I lost about 20+ hours of progress due to many save files corrupted. Plus many, many freezes.

 

[havoc00]

This is gonna be one of those games where you remember where you were when it comes out truly monumental.

 

[Riky]

Series X, Series S and PC are ready. Waiting to unbox that controller too.

 

[Stafford]

Hopefully, some of the concern should now be alleviated for peeps.

Well....

Cyberpunk was announced Gold and then got delayed....

 

[rodrigolfp]

2 week console preload exclusive. Huge.

Read again.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

I can't speak for others of course but I have had very little issues with all their games since Oblivion. Yes I saw the videos of game breaking bugs and such and I guess I must have been one of the lucky ones.

New Vegas however, I lost about 20+ hours of progress due to many save files corrupted. Plus many, many freezes.

I can attest to this, the absolute worst bug I ever experienced in a vanilla BGS game was the Gauldur Amulet not spawning at the end of the quest in a single Skyrim playthrough. Sure I've destroyed the games with mods that don't work together, but I've never seen any of this stuff. As far as NV goes I never played it until all the patches and DLC was out, so I believe people when they say it was garbage.

 

[3liteDragon]

Can’t wait to see it in action.

 

[ahtlas7]

hell yeah!

 

[DenchDeckard]

Well....

Cyberpunk was announced Gold and then got delayed....

 

[Stafford]

I hope it’s not another Fallout 4. I want it to actually be good.

But Fallout 4 was good? What did you dislike? I played that game to death, awesome experience. Sure it wasn't as strong as 3 but it was awesome nonetheless. And the expansions were very worth it.

 

[Xcell Miguel]

I'll probably not pre-load, I heard the decryption process takes ages?

My gigabit fiber can DL 100GB or so in 30 minutes.

SO EXCITED

Haters gon' hate.. playa's gon' play.

Yes, either Steam or the MS Store will have to decrypt preloaded files.
Even on a fast NVMe SSD the CPU can be the bottleneck.
But MS Store files are decrypted faster from my experience.

I'll preload it on the MS Store to explore the files (not readable but filetree and names are the real ones).
And on release if the decrypting thing takes too long, I'll delete it and download again.

I have 2 Gb fiber, when I preloaded Hogwarts on Steam (86 GB I think), it took less than 8 minutes.
When decrypting from the NVMe, Steam said it would took like 30+ minutes (I have a 13700K).
So I deleted it and downloaded the game again in less than 8 minutes again....
File encryption sucks, it only makes preloads useless when you have fast internet.

 

[Evil Calvin]

I think i read yesterday some concerns here that the game has not gone gold. I hope those concerns are now settled.

Could still be a 50gb day-one patch on the 31st

 

[Caio]

As gold as a bethesda game can be i imagine

It looks like it will be the most polished Game from Bethesda, and don't forget Microsoft helps a lot in terms of resources, testing, etc. By the way, we'll see.

 

[StereoVsn]

Sorry, but I need more time to finish BG3.

Can you really "finish" BG3 though. This playthrough you might be a roguish half eleven bard with a Heart of Gold.

Next one you maybe an evil necromancer who is willing to sacrifice your companions for power.

NPC behavior, endings, even whole chunks of the game will go differently. This is the sort of a game you can play for years and years. I still will go through BG1/2 every couple years or so, lol.

Edit: Forgot to add that I am very much looking forward to Starfield and hope it will be amazing. Since it's Bethesda though, I feel might as well give them a few months to patch up and for mods to mature...

 

[Torrent of Pork]

hell yeah!

What the fuck is this from, and why does it give me a weird boner?

 

[Black_Stride]

Series X, Series S and PC are ready. Waiting to unbox that controller too.

You managed to snag that controller?
Jealous!

I had money saved to snag one more custom controller for the year. (yes I know I have a problem)
Rule of thumb dont get a girlfriend who casually games....well do that, but dont show her the Microsoft x OPI controller when you know she uses OPI products.
Cuz im now the proud owner of this "beauty":

I had to even import this piece of shit.........err i mean beaut.

 

[PnCIa]

"Gold"

 

[Punished Miku]

You managed to snag that controller?
Jealous!

I ordered one off best buy a week ago. I don't think they're especially rare compared to the usual scalper bait items.

 

[N1tr0sOx1d3]

Genuinely hope this isn’t the case as NMS didn’t provide the experience I wanted.

 

[Negotiator101]

This is gonna be one of those games where you remember where you were when it comes out truly monumental.

Yeah in front of my Xbox and TV.

 

[LordCBH]

But Fallout 4 was good? What did you dislike? I played that game to death, awesome experience. Sure it wasn't as strong as 3 but it was awesome nonetheless. And the expansions were very worth it.

The story, the absolutely neutered RPG systems, the building, the abysmal performance at launch, the voiced main character.

So basically everything other than shooting. But even the shooting felt awful at launch because of the unstable framerate.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Got my new Starfield controller with a new play and charge battery ready to go.

 

[Pop]

PC gamers use game pass?

Well I ain't paying $70 for this game when theres an option to play for a dollar

 

[Ammogeddon]

Yes, I cannot wait.

I want this to be my best gaming experience in the past few years, or a beautiful disaster. No middle ground.

 

[Robb]

I’m ready!

 

[Sub_Level]

 

[LordOfChaos]

Any size difference between S and X?

 

[Xcell Miguel]

The Starfield page on PC's Xbox Store has a new install size : 139.84 GB.

 

[Punished Miku]

The Starfield page on PC's Xbox Store has state a new install size : 139.84 GB.

0.139 GB per planet. That's like PS2 quality.

 

[k_trout]

59.99 is brutal for a pc game but got to fork out the cash for that inevitable VR mod

 

[MikeM]

Gamepass PC day 1! Unless its a buggy mess, because Bethesda…

Surprised MS did not create a special Series X like Halo. They really seem to be dropping the ball on the cool consoles compared to previous generations.