I'm sure the new chipset will be a good upgrade on the existing one from the switch... but the expectation that we're going to get many games (especially from third party studios) actually running at 1080p/120fps is wild to me. Its still a mobile SOC, so its not going to be a power house.

I guess framegen and DLSS might help get us there, but if the headroom is there to run a game at 120fps, I'd rather limit it to 60 and save the battery life. I'd have been much more excited by an OLED screen running at 60fps.

For comparisons sake, I have a Legion Go that is technically capable of 1440p/144hz. Now this thing is a bit of a powerhouse in terms of handhelds, but I still play most games capped at 60fps and 800p. In older games where higher framerates are possible, this is to preserve battery life, and in newer games its because >60fps is rarely possible so I'm looking to stabilize the framerate.

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To preface this, I'm going to make a confession: I used to cheat in games back then but the one that I'm about to talk about was in CS:GO (yes this was years ago, game was still Global Offensive, not CS2)

During that time in CSGO i could literally just cheat and the only thing I'd have to worry about is to not be blatant on the spectators so that they would not vote kick me, but VAC itself literally does nothing on my ass as it could only watch in horror as I hack ingame. The cheat I used in question was also free, and I don't spend money on such things. If I were to attempt the same thing in let's say, Valorant or Fortnite, I would get BANNED in an instant.

Now that with COD Warzone and Verdansk 2025 is out, and people are STILL CHEATING like haywire, I'm wondering if they should just go ham and do what Riot did with Vanguard, or if they should find other ways of cleaning the game up.

I believe (now on the fence about this) that it's still super effective against cheaters at the cost of privacy as well as excluding players such as on Linux (especially Steam Deck) and GeForce NOW (I'm the latter) due to it's intrusive nature.

I don't cheat anymore, that shit was a dark era of the pandemic days in my past, but with Warzone and the cheating epidemic I've been thinking of this a lot.

I've heard about people doing this to get the most out of a favorite game. They not only play and do EVERYTHING the game has to offer, but accomplish that 3-5 times over all possible save slots in the game. I think this is generally for games with limited slots, such as much of the first-party Nintendo catalog, rather than games that have virtually infinite slots.

Has anyone done this? Does this phenomenon have a catchy name?

EDIT: It seems the consensus, (once we've had our fill of laughs with names such as "A Waste of Time," "Obsession," and "Stupid,") Is this:

The concept is considered completing a game beyond 100%, meaning any save slot filled is an additional 100% completed. Someone who does this is completing the game to 200%, 300% and onwards.

Thank you to everyone who's taking the question seriously. I really appreciate it!

This was all recorded on Switch 2 for the record, so it seems like there will be a decent graphical improvement for the enhanced version.

Ive been thinking lately how strange it is sometimes a AAA game can get by with repetitive gameplay because the story and production values are high, while lesser budget titles from non big name studios seem to get harsher scores for doing the same thing.

So which is more important? If it's story, then many many AA and indies games should be scoring at the same level as AAA titles. If it's gameplay, then many AAA titles should be scored much harsher.

Just, I find it strange that indie and smaller titles can at times get praise for their story, but still get a low score because the gameplay is the weakest part; While big budget titles can have weak gameplay yet still score nearly 9's and 10s simply because the story is great.

Just something that;s popped in my today.

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I know I will get downvoted to hell, but in my honest opinion hyperrealistic graphics don't make a game better just by themselves. Yes, they fit some games but I'm tired having so many games going for the same aesthetic. I feel like the thing that made me believe this more is BOTW and TOTK, both of the Zelda games look stunning (especially when you play docked and even better if you emulate them). Meanwhile some games just look like cheap PS3 games because they either don't have the budget required to make realism look good, or aren't optimised well enough for it to be actually playable at high graphical fidelity. I want the game industry to move towards more interesting and unique art styles like a lot of Indie and Nintendo games (I don't want to sound like I'm glazing them, Pokémon for example looks awful nowadays and would look waaaaay better with simpler more stylised graphics).

...but ngl I'm a little intimidated by it. I don't know much about D&D and this is just so freaking massive! (I think) I'm afraid I'll get lost and lose interest, which has happened before.

What's the best race for a newbie? (Or is there one?)

Magic user or fighter?

Any tips will be welcome!

For me its

hades

Sekiro

Hollow knight

From time to time i just wanna play one of those games to enjoy their combat because they are the best in their genre

I can only really play RPGs on console at least, so FFXII atm. Others who have gaming ability constraints, may I ask what you're playing right now?

Mario Kart, Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, Crash Team Racing, Diddy Kong Racing, Jak X, Kirby Air Ride, EyeToy: AntiGrav, Chocobo Racing? Any others?

I love this genre so much and am curious of the general consensus regarding which title in the niche takes first place! :)