Megan FoxSep 1, 2023

I'm finding ways to enjoy Starfield but

this is gonna get torn apart hahahahahah

Outer Worlds was um, better. It looked better too. This is higher polish, but looks, worse? It's so odd.

Try turning upscaling off for a trip. The game looks WORSE at full res. The FSR2 blurry mess makes their assets look more cohesive than they are, your brain takes it as ground/contact shadow.

Show threadTom ForsythSep 1, 2023
@glassbottommeg This is when I want to turn on "2001 DirectX7 mode" which was basically the apogee of cost/benefit for graphics. "Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos" was the bomb. Everything after that was just pixel-wanking.
Show threadTim AidleySep 1, 2023

@TomF

@glassbottommeg

I remember thinking the software rendered I-War 1 actually looked better than hardware accelerated.

Show threadTom ForsythSep 1, 2023
@planettimmy @glassbottommeg Very plausible. The first generation of 3D cards were often referred to as "3D decelerators"
Show threadTim AidleySep 1, 2023

@TomF

@glassbottommeg my twin brother worked on those games. I do remember him saying that the 3dfx cards had trouble doing the cool motion-blurred stars quick enough.

Show threadTom ForsythSep 1, 2023
@planettimmy @glassbottommeg I'm not kidding - I-War 2 is still one of the prettiest space games ever. I should replay it (again)...
Show threadTim AidleySep 1, 2023
@TomF @glassbottommeg I don't really remember the second as well as the first. Hmm - I wonder how well it would play on the Steam Deck?
Show threadTim AidleySep 1, 2023

@TomF @glassbottommeg So it turns out that the versions of Edge of Chaos available on Steam and GoG will literally not play unless you have the actual CD in your CD drive.

The most active but very acerbic member of the Steam Forum for the game insults anybody who post about this and tells them they should just download the .iso from somewhere and mount it.

I just got a refund. It's not like any of the original devs get any money for it any more.

Show threadTim Aidley
@TomF @glassbottommeg I certainly used to have a physical CD of this game, it's probably in a box in my basement somewhere. I would just need to find the other box in my basement that has my USB CD/DVD drive in it.
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