July 2020 Progress Report
So I got a new 27 inch ASUS 1440p 144hz display with freesync/G-SYNC - A huge upgrade from the 720p TV that I previously used! Its my first new computer monitor in way too long, so I wanted to ensure I had something that could do higher than 60hz and better than 1080p for whenever I may upgrade my GPU in the future. The good news is that my GPU supports that resolution & variable refresh rate over DisplayPort now that I upgraded its firmware, so it just comes down to how taxing each game is on my GPU as to whether it can push my monitor to its limits. Fallout 4 isn’t the best game I could’ve broken this in with, but with a high FPS physics fix, graphic config tweaks, and the official HD texture pack, it looks and feels nice getting it to run at 60-100 FPS indoors all day and outdoors in many settings.
Stats Now
928 games (+10)
75% never played (+0%, +16, 700)
9% unfinished (+0%, +0, 79)
11% beaten (-1%, +0, 106)
1% completed (+0%, +0, 12)
3% won’t play (+0%, +0, 31)
This includes my Humble Choice August purchase and redemptions. I’ve been really tempted to buy Fall Guys, as I had that wishlisted since its E3 announcement last year, but I’m behaving myself by sticking to my backlog and also it just makes sense to at least wait for the online performance and bugs to get ironed out beforehand, if not wait for some more minigames since I’ve heard some criticisms that the variety could be better.
On Going Games
Its been fun so far reaching level 35, having explored just under half the map, starting enough of the main quest to know who took my character's son. I guess I'd describe my build as a dog loving stealthy VATS rifleman. I think I'm leaning toward joining the railroad since I've aligned with Brotherhood in a prior game and minutemen's emphasis on settlements doesn't appeal to me. I hope to get a better relationship with Piper, but her turn-ons werent what I thought they were and she seems easily pissed off by a few non-obvious actions.
So far there haven't been too many bugs, but there certainly are some where I had to do stuff like temporarily turn on no clip or revert to a save a couple of minutes ago. Also, NPCs (companions or not) grabbing your power armor is annoying. Not sure if I can fix that without a mod that disable achievements or requires all the DLC that I don't have - The major "unofficial patch" requires the latter.
Next Month’s Queue
Although I’ve been enjoying Fallout 4 and will likely see it through to the end of the main story, I’m planning on branching out some in the coming month - Taking occasional breaks from FO4 to play other games that I’m eager to get into. Evidently I just can’t get enough of FPS’ right now since I can haz moar frames:
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Fallout 4
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MOTHERGUNSHIP
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SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
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Tower Unite
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Boundless
Oooh congratulations on the monitor!! That must be a great upgrade!! I’m using an old 27” 60hz dell monitor I’m hoping to upgrade.
I’ve been holding off some of my more graphical intensive games in hopes of upgrading to an UW (been planning since my PC upgrade last year haha). I have eyes on the LG UltraGear 34GN850, but it’s not in stock near me.
I have also done the same thing with Fall Guys - I played the beta and it was fun, but I’d rather see how the the population evens out/updates that come out first.
Hmm I should check out Tower Unite again as well. I haven’t played since the Fishing update!
Thanks, it was a great upgrade but it is slightly disappointing that my GPU can’t always fully utilize my monitor. My next upgrade is likely going to be CPU/mobo/RAM though, as I don’t want to get a GPU for another generation or two with NVIDIA’s 3000 series debuting in the next couple of months. I also want to give AMD a chance to step up their GPU game like they did recently with their 3000 series CPUs.
Oh yes you should if either arcade ticket games or mario kart-like racing sound like fun to you. I’ve had lots of fun with those, as Accelerate just came out with a few tracks the past month. There was also a major game engine upgrade which should help with performance if that was ever an issue for you.