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@peter_spy the gameplay was honestly fun, but there are some caveats. Here is my full review:
Everything about the new DOOM screams badass — the setting, the scale, the visuals, the sounds. You’ve never felt more like an unstoppable killing machine than in this installment. The level design is excellent, and the new shield-based melee combat is genuinely fun and satisfying. However, this game doesn’t quite reach the genius of DOOM Eternal for four reasons: Reason One, Mick Gordon no more. Mick‘s music defined the franchise's identity and even gave birth to a new metal subgenre—Argent Metal. While the new soundtrack does have its moments, it is lacking punch (and volume in the default setting). Gone are the days of headbanging so hard in front of your screen that you mess up your shots. Reason Two, the new resource management. The previously built-in combat-mechanics to obtain armor or health have been removed and replacement functionality is now gated behind (partially late-game) weapon upgrades. This frequently has you scouring for items mid-combat in early-game, and in late-game, you'll likely stick to to those specific weapons rather than swapping weapons situationally. Reason Three, vague weapon roles. In Eternal, weapon roles were crystal clear—each enemy type had a go-to counter. That precision is missing here. Sure, you’ll still use plasma on energy shields and melee against physical ones, but beyond that, the weapon utility feels blurred and underdeveloped. Reason Four, painfully slow weapon swapping. Even if there was an incentive to swap weapons situationally, you probably wouldn’t because weapon swapping is sluggish as hell and leaves you vulnerable to attacks. All that being said, The Dark Ages is still a fantastic game, but when you’re following in the footsteps of genre-defining titans, comparisons are inevitable. 8/10

@Airship-Ballet just play it on Gamepass, that's what I did.

Awesome!  Question is: Is it fun controls-wise?

But that

-Scene!!!! 

...but also the emotional ride it takes you.

In that case, this game is not a good start difficulty-wise.

Nah, that's definitely a bug in the game code. It always crashes with a null-pointer access-violation when it is trying to update some stats in the savegame, I had a look at the dumps. I also tried a new savegame, but I reproducible got the same issue over and over again. Aside from that, I also get a d3d crash every now and then. I am also running Intel and an Nvidia 3060 Ti with latest drivers. The only thing I could think of is that the game doesn't like my undervolting settings, but without undervolting, that shitty gpu overheats, so.

Anyway, I have given up on the game. Such a shame I was already out of the refund period. Paid good money for it...

I do too, I'd love to keep playing, but currently, I am experiencing a progression breaking bug and the devs don't answer on my bug report.  

@AluminumHaste there was an update on her instagram about 2 weeks ago. Still not good, but getting better.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuhZ_VURSiR/?hl=de

The youtuber "Physics Girl" has been suffering from major long covid since about a year. It is absolutely heartbraking! 

https://www.youtube.com/@physicsgirl

Hopefully, everything is alright!!

That's cool. Were you just here on a trip or do you live close by? Where are you from?

I merely wanted to let everyone know, that I am still alive.  

Well, we do have non-coder team members. 

For sure! You can never test enough, but if we only keep testing, we never develop something new. That's why we do public beta und hope to catch all issues there. Good thing we have people like you to rely on, to catch these bugs.  

I'd be curious to hear some actual examples where the MSVC implementation of STL diverges from what the standard dictates and developers actually rely on that divergence. I honstely can't imaging there are any instances. The only thing I could think of is that some programmers might rely on implementation where the standard indicates "undefined behaviour", but that would be a major error on the programmers part.

You really hate STL, don't you?

Of course, with the experience you gained, you start to notice things.

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on Infinite as well. My playthrough dates back quite some time, but I distincly remember being quite blown away in the end. Such a cool story.

@Shadow the game has a ton of surprises up its sleeve.

Here is my spoiler free steam review:

This is NOT just a regular card game. In its core, Inscryption is a psychological horror adventure game that has you absolutely astonished, everytime it completely reinvents itself. The game is absolutely meta. It breaks the 4th wall hard, creating an immensely spooky atmosphere and so you continue playing until you find all the information to puzzle this all together. However, don't kid yourself: you will not be able to understand EVERYTHING. Not only did the developers build an incredibly deep lore, they also hid an ARG, an RL scavenger hunt of sorts, in the game files, that eventually leads to an alternate ending. And talking about endings: This was the first game in quite some time that had me in that "Wow, I am absolutely gobsmacked"-state when the credits rolled. By far the best indie game in recent years! Do not miss out, if you like something meta along the lines of "There is no Game", or "Hack'n'Slash".

Oh wow, you "found" one of the most hyped series on Netflix this year? Jokes aside, it is absolutely excellent! Not sure about the steampunk classification, tho.

There have actually been big discussions in the status updates.  

Oh nice, I just downloaded the demo on our Switch two days ago, when I felt sick and wanted to play something relaxing, but I was too tired. Definitely gonna give it a shot 'though.

Is that Gris?

So, how do we turn this status discussion into a fully fledged thread now?  @Dragofer is this possible?

@wesp5 U wot mate? PREY is a fucking masterpiece!  

I would say, if you're unsure about the game, get it on a sale. It will be worth it. Your description definitely oversimplifies it, 'though.