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Evan B said:
Never will I ever have any interest in VR gaming. Just not for me.
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Never tried it.. plus some other interesting videos you can watch or so I hear!
 
flybill said:
Ill take you up on that and throw in a bottle of whiskey young man! I've already got a monitor to use or my 32" smart tv!
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I will never go back to console gaming for first person shooters. Teaching yourself to use mouse and keyboard. Nerds call it the WASD keys. I can even stream your shit on twitch for the other guys to watch. Really cool stuff.
Being a diesel mechanic enabled me to be naturally really fucking good with computers. I just look at the whole pc like the whole truck. You will be shocked how easy it is to slap a pc together.
 
Nick Clayton said:
Fun thread. Cool to see so many gamers with varied interests.

It's funny, but at 46 years old the two constant interests in my life are fishing and video games and I've done both about as long.

Spent the bulk of my life as a console guy but in the last couple of years made the deep dive into the PC gaming world and just haven't looked back. Quite honestly I don't understand why anyone would buy a console at this point. Between full fledged gaming PCs, hand helds, and the influx of mini pcs on the market these days, I just don't see any advantage to a console. Console exclusives was always the argument for one console or another, but those are just about completely gone anyway now that you can play just about any of the console games online now through the various services.

I ended up going a bit nuts when I purchased my first PC and ended up with a pretty beefy rig. I was always intimidated by PC gaming just due to all the effort that seemed to be required to get games to run well, or with certain system components or whatever, so I didn't want to start my PC world with something that was already falling behind, so I ended up going pretty high end. Settled on a system built with an I9 1300K Processor, 4090 GPU, 32 gigs DDR 5, 2TB SSD and dual 34" UW monitors. I wanted a system where I could sit down and play any game my hearts desired, and boy does this thing get the job done. Making the switch from controller to mouse and keyboard was quite a learning curve, and I'm still progressing, but once I got semi used to it I much prefer M&K for most games.

I've played, and enjoyed, a million different games in my life but certain genres have always been my fav. RPGS, since I was a kid, have always been at the top of my list. Starting with the original Final Fantasy on NES, I've had a live long love of RPGs. I was a big FF fan up through about 7, and then sorta started losing interest. I'd be hard pressed to pick a single favorite RPG, but Divinity Original Sin 2 would be pretty close to the top. My god I put some hours into that game. Funny enough, I've NEVER beaten it lol. I've played all the way to the end soooooo many times. Trying so many different builds, different choices, but never actually beat it. I do that a lot. When BG3 came out I was beyond stoked, but like Evan it never fully resonated with me for some reason. It's a truly remarkable game by virtually every metric, but something about it just didn't click with me like the DOS series. No doubt a me issue.

I'm also a huge fan of survival games, and am a sucker for survival games centered around zombies. I think State of Decay 2 is my favorite video game of all time. An odd choice I suppose, but there is something about the game play loop there that just sucks me in completely. Ultimately the reason I bought a PC is because of the upcoming release of State of Decay 3. Its slated for release on the newest XBox, or PC. I have had zero interest in purchasing a new Xbox, so it only made sense to start down the PC road in anticipation of that game's eventual release. In the console world there just isn't a ton of these types of games, but on PC there are nearly endless options. Some of my personal favorites are Project Zomboid and 7 Days to Die. Zomboid, IMO, is close to video game perfection. If you can get past the simple graphics, there is so much depth to that game that its damn near overwelming.

Another genre I've spent a lot of time with, though much less in recent years, are first person shooters. I was a big Xbox player when the original COD Modern Warfare game out, and online FPS games really started taking off. I played a ton of MW, MW 2, Black Ops, Black Ops 2, some Battlefield etc. Spent countless hours playing these games with old work friends and had a blast, but eventually I drifted away from most online play. When I got a PC I dipped my toe back into a few FPS games, enjoying them to a degree but nothing too crazy until I discovered Escape From Tarkov. This was my first extraction shooter. My son had been playing it for a few years and talked about it often, but being only a PC game I never had a chance to experience it. I first downloaded this game a little over a year ago, when I was sitting at home feeling sorry for myself while dealing with my captains license. I had an abundance of free time, and my brain was working over time constantly. As cheesy as it sounds, I discovered that game at just the right time. I'm almost ashamed to state how many hours I have put on that game. Just a touch over 3k hours at this point. Not every single one of those hours is in game, as no doubt there was some menu time and such, but holy shit have I played that game a ton. It scratches an itch in me that I never knew I had. That game is so frustrating, so buggy, so janky, so anxiety inducing..... And so much fucking fun. It provides an experience that virtually zero other game can provide. It's completely unique, and insanely brutal. I love it.

Its funny, as I've gotten into the PC gaming world I've had to learn about things like Discord. I had heard of Discord but really had no idea what it was or why I'd use it. As I got into PC gaming my son got me up to speed. Discord, for those who don't know, is the main way people meet and communicate while playing online PC games. You can go into various...." chat rooms" if you will, meet people to play games with, then start something of a phone call with them to communicate while playing games. I was pretty apprehensive at first to really put myself out there as I'm just not much of a social type of person, but Tarkov in particular is better played with teammates so I allowed my son to kinda push me into that world, and soon found myself meeting and playing with some strangers. This eventually lead to something resembling "friendships" with people I've never actually met face to face. It's been a cool experience, and totally new for an old man like myself. One thing that always cracks me up is when I'm playing with someone new and they find out my age they are always so shocked. "Wow! You're playing games at your age?? That's sooooo cool!!". It cracks me up because I'm always like "Dude, my generation is quite literally the OG gaming generation. NES came out when I was like 7 or 8 years old, and prior to that I played Pong, Atari, Commodore 64 etc. I've literally gamed my entire life". But it still shocks people and cracks me up lol

I've gone through phases of my life where I'm mildly embarrassed about my love of gaming, but at some point I just decided I don't give a shit. I'm a proud nerd. Video games are cheap entertainment. (Yeah yeah, my PC wasn't cheap. But if you take a game that you put 3k hours into and break it down per hour, it's pretty damned cheap entertainment!), I'm home and available to my wife when playing, it stimulates my brain and gives me something to focus on which I desperately need at times, and provides fun and relaxation. Thats not something to be embarrassed about.

One last thing..... The absolute best part about my transition into PC gaming has been playing games online with my son. We both play several of the same games, including Tarkov, so we play together often.... Him on his PC at home, me on mine. We often play with a couple of his buddies, or a couple of mutual discord friends, and its been so much fun. It's added a whole new dynamic to our relationship. It drives my wife nuts cause anytime he comes over we end up just dominating any conversation discussing our raids from the previous night lol. But getting to spend this time with my son, both of us as adults, and being able to be a part of his world in a sense is just incredibly valuable to me and worth ten times what I've spent on video games in my life. People that we play with are always super stoked when they find out we are father and son as well. Several times I've been told how jealous someone is, that they wish they could play games with their old man, and let me tell you that makes my heart swell.
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Nick LOL I have the pretty much exact same build. I went with the 4070 Super however. Every game is default at Ultra settings 1440 160hz 34 inch wide curved. I really built it for flight simulator specifically. I look forward to Grand Theft Auto coming out. Also, Battlefield 6 I think is going to be game changing. We can easily all get in a squad of 5? I think. Bill in an A-10 providing support on the ground, Nick on the LMG, Dan doing his thing, ect. Cmon man.
 
DanielOcean said:
I will never go back to console gaming for first person shooters. Teaching yourself to use mouse and keyboard. Nerds call it the WASD keys. I can even stream your shit on twitch for the other guys to watch. Really cool stuff.
Being a diesel mechanic enabled me to be naturally really fucking good with computers. I just look at the whole pc like the whole truck. You will be shocked how easy it is to slap a pc together.
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You can do keyboard+mouse and Twitch from a console. Consoles are just dedicated gaming computers now with proprietary operating systems. Still not for everybody, but you can do the same things.
 
Evan B said:
You can do keyboard+mouse and Twitch from a console. Consoles are just dedicated gaming computers now with proprietary operating systems. Still not for everybody, but you can do the same things.
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No you cannot!
 
Evan B said:
Same with me. I started with Bloodborne, though. That single game totally flipped my gaming hobby on its head. One of the most satisfying game loops I've ever experienced. I then went on to play Dark Souls 1, 2 & 3, Elden Ring, and several attempts at Sekiro, but like you, Sekiro didn't work for me. Took waaaaaaay too quick of reflexes that I don't have. I can get quite a ways into it as I'm really good with the parrying, but the Mikiri Counter moves and stuff were far beyond my reflex ability.

Give Lies of P a shot if you get around to it. So, so good. First real game in that genre that I think is as good or better than the games made by FROMSOFT (Dark Souls).

Edit: I tried Kingdom Come Deliverance 1, and didn't really click with me. Way too "realistic" in its combat. I want over-the-top sword play and explodey magic stuff. Not stealth and realistic reactions from enemies.
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Avowed is all about over the top sword (axe, spear, flintlock) play and explodey magic!
 
DanielOcean said:
No you cannot!
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Totally agree that a good gaming PC blows a console out of the water, for many reasons besides performance (modding games, especially). For many years, I played on PC. I just got tired of continually upgrading my gaming PC until the power supply was maxed out, then buying/building a new PC with room to grow.

I'm happy with my XBox X and Game Pass Ultimate subscription. It plays games in the highest quality settings, has good frame rates, and games like Avowed, BG3, Deadfire, Skyrim, Fallout, all are "free" with the subscription. There's only a few PC or Playstation only games that I cannot access. Great for me now that I am more casual gamer, who can only fit in a few hours a week between work and family commitments and posting on this site. When there is a new and improved XBox, I'll buy it.
 
Zak said:
Totally agree that a good gaming PC blows a console out of the water, for many reasons besides performance (modding games, especially). For many years, I played on PC. I just got tired of continually upgrading my gaming PC until the power supply was maxed out, then buying/building a new PC with room to grow.

I'm happy with my XBox X and Game Pass Ultimate subscription. It plays games in the highest quality settings, has good frame rates, and games like Avowed, BG3, Deadfire, Skyrim, Fallout, all are "free" with the subscription. There's only a few PC or Playstation only games that I cannot access. Great for me now that I am more casual gamer, who can only fit in a few hours a week between work and family commitments and posting on this site. When there is a new and improved XBox, I'll buy it.
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For me, the building is what I love. I do not get to work with my hands to the level I once did when I turned wrenches. I still need to scratch that itch or whatever you call it. I am also super anal to the point of obsessive compulsivenes's @Evan B . I have to have all my cabling and wiring just so, and I even clock all screw heads the same direction. When I was into RC Planes i would drive my wife nuts cause i would get projects that should take a week but I would get in the zone and build kits up in 2 days.
 
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DanielOcean said:
For me, the building is what I love. I do not get to work with my hands to the level I once did when I turned wrenches. I still need to scratch that itch or whatever you call it. I am also super anal to the point of obsessive compulsivenes's @Evan B . I have to have all my cabling and wiring just so, and I even clock all screw heads the same direction. When I was into RC Planes i would drive my wife nuts cause i would get projects that should take a week but I would get in the zone and build kits up in 2 days.
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Thank you I love your posts's
 
DanielOcean said:
I will never go back to console gaming for first person shooters. Teaching yourself to use mouse and keyboard. Nerds call it the WASD keys. I can even stream your shit on twitch for the other guys to watch. Really cool stuff.
Being a diesel mechanic enabled me to be naturally really fucking good with computers. I just look at the whole pc like the whole truck. You will be shocked how easy it is to slap a pc together.
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Oh I know how to use the keyboard and mouse.. Doom, Quake, call of duty, halo, wolfenstein, so many.. and flight simulator.. just haven't taken time to play much.. i would rather be outside and/or fishing
 
Evan B said:
Like I was saying before... it's almost the opposite for me. I get so busy with everything I do that I have to have something (videogames) to get me to sit down before burning out.
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What he said. The break from work before bed is good for my mental health, I believe.
 
@flybill Trying 2 completely different things for game night tonight. Every Wednesday night 6-9 pacific.

you will be able to view our group here.

His intro music is really ghey the first few minutes. Just be patient.
 
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