This is getting out of hand. The other day I saw the requirements for “Hell is Us” game and it’s ridiculous. My RX6600 can’t play anything anymore. I’ve downloaded several PS3 ROMs and now I’m playing old games. So much better than this insanity. This is probably what I’m going to be doing now, play old games.

Edit: I wanted to edit the post for more context and to vent/rant a little.

I don’t want to say I made a mistake, but I buy everything used, and I have scored a good deal on two 27" 4k monitors from Facebook marketplace. Got both monitors for $120.

They’re $800 on Amazon used. Great monitors and I love 4k. I also bought an RX6600 AMD GPU for $100 from Facebook. It was almost new. The owner upgraded and wanted to get rid of it. My whole build was very cheap compared to what I see some folks get (genuinely happy for those who can afford it. Life is too short. Enjoy it while you can).

I can’t afford these high end GPUs, but now very few games work on low settings and I’d get something like 20 FPS max. My friend gave me access to his steam library and I wanted to play Indiana Jones the other day, and it was an “omfg, wtf is this horrible shit” moment.
I’m so sick of this shit!

I don’t regret buying any of these, but man it sucks that the games I want to play barely even work.
So, now I’m emulating and it’s actually pretty awesome. I’ve missed out on so many games in my youth so now I’m just going to catch up on what I’ve missed out on. Everything works in 4k now and I’m getting my full 60FPS and I’m having so much fun.

  • m-p{3}
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    5 days ago

    Once you detach your mind from the big publishers and start looking at small indie devs, there are truly astonishing games out there that could run on potatoes.

    My good old RX 480 will last me for a while longer.

    • @TheRedSpade@lemmy.world
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      95 days ago

      Indie devs are the only ones making new games anyway. Everything else is just this year’s bells and whistles slapped onto the same game they’ve sold to the same audience annually.

    • @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      54 days ago

      thundercrack

      You take the blue pill, you keep fanboying, you keep going broke, you eat the bugs, and you like it.

      You take the red pill, I show you how powerful the well optimized potato can be.