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Fazz
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October 29, 2018
Question

Would a bigger television get me back into Pancake gaming?

I really like VR, but the lack of AAA games is making me feel I also need to get back into pancake gaming. I currently have a 42" television and I'm just wondering if I get a 55" or 65" television, if this will get me more immersed in a game like VR does? Since VR came along I've struggled to get back into 2D gaming and there's some really good pancake games that will never come to VR.

So do you think a lager screen would get me more immersed in a game or not?

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      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020

      Wildt said:

      I wanna give another shout out to Destiny 2.
      I'm simply in awe of how much you get for free in this AAA FPS. The worlds are massive and absolutely gorgeous, and the gameplay mechanics are spot on.

      I've put 75 hours into it now, and I'm still having fun with my level 928 titan.

      The many objectives thrown at you from the beginning can seem confusing and overwhelming, and I cannot stress enough how important it is for newcomers to start with the 3 "legacy campaigns", which are the old core game and DLC from when it wasn't a free-to-play title. Several hours of AAA narrated single player campaigns with top of the line cut scenes and voice acting.

      Jesus murphy! I'm the grumpy old guy who dislikes all the popular stuff, but this has me amazed.




      I've actually been in Destiny 2 most of the last 6 months. Jumped in for Season of Undying and then hit Season of Dawn hard. I'm back to taking a break for the  current season but it's mostly because I can't dedicate the time to it right now. Kind of sticking to games I can pause. It's a fantastic looter shooter. I've got 700 hours in it since it came to steam and at least that when it was on battle.net. I bought all of the expansions and such and got my money's worth.
      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020

      RuneSR2 said:

      The pancake devs are vicious, they know my kryptonite ... must ... resist .... but Metascore 87 ... and .... it does ... look .... beyond purdy...  <3  :#

      https://youtu.be/F0tekG2XP_A

      Thanks for the help, Alyx - you take up all my bandwidth for now - no way I'll get another 50GB down today...  and no way I'd rather play Doom Eternal 2D than Half-Life 2½ VR. 



      I've been in Doom all night lol. It's fun as hell and my kind of game. Mick Gordon did an awesome job with the soundtrack too.
      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020
      I've also been enjoying the Doom memes -

      I still get enjoyment out of pancake games. Until VR gets the kind of budgets flat screens do that probably wont' change for me.
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      March 21, 2020

      pyroth309 said:


      I've been in Doom all night lol. It's fun as hell and my kind of game. Mick Gordon did an awesome job with the soundtrack too.


      You're not helping, lol  ;) Must ... still ... resist. I've been looking at myself in the morror today constantly repeating:

      Image result for must resist

      At least tell me it's choppy as hell on your GTX 1080 even though you're using the lowest settings  :D 
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      Wildt
      Inspiring
      March 21, 2020

      pyroth309 said:


      Wildt said:

      I wanna give another shout out to Destiny 2.
      I'm simply in awe of how much you get for free in this AAA FPS. The worlds are massive and absolutely gorgeous, and the gameplay mechanics are spot on.

      I've put 75 hours into it now, and I'm still having fun with my level 928 titan.

      The many objectives thrown at you from the beginning can seem confusing and overwhelming, and I cannot stress enough how important it is for newcomers to start with the 3 "legacy campaigns", which are the old core game and DLC from when it wasn't a free-to-play title. Several hours of AAA narrated single player campaigns with top of the line cut scenes and voice acting.

      Jesus murphy! I'm the grumpy old guy who dislikes all the popular stuff, but this has me amazed.




      I've actually been in Destiny 2 most of the last 6 months. Jumped in for Season of Undying and then hit Season of Dawn hard. I'm back to taking a break for the  current season but it's mostly because I can't dedicate the time to it right now. Kind of sticking to games I can pause. It's a fantastic looter shooter. I've got 700 hours in it since it came to steam and at least that when it was on battle.net. I bought all of the expansions and such and got my money's worth.


      700?! Wowsers. I'm close to 100 now, but if it weren't for the new season spiking my interest a bit again, I was close to putting it down.
      I've also got Rage 2, the new Halo Master Chief game, and Metro Exodus to pancake my way through, but I think I'll be back for more Destiny 2 later. 
      As already stated.. it's polished AF, and anybody who enjoys sci-fi shooters, are stupid not to give the absolutely free legacy campaigns a whirl. 
      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020

      RuneSR2 said:


      pyroth309 said:


      I've been in Doom all night lol. It's fun as hell and my kind of game. Mick Gordon did an awesome job with the soundtrack too.


      You're not helping, lol  ;) Must ... still ... resist.

      At least tell me it's choppy as hell on your GTX 1080 even though you're using the lowest details  :D 



      Nope, running it on 4k max settings and pulling about 50 fps and it looks amazing.
      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020

      Wildt said:


      pyroth309 said:


      Wildt said:

      I wanna give another shout out to Destiny 2.
      I'm simply in awe of how much you get for free in this AAA FPS. The worlds are massive and absolutely gorgeous, and the gameplay mechanics are spot on.

      I've put 75 hours into it now, and I'm still having fun with my level 928 titan.

      The many objectives thrown at you from the beginning can seem confusing and overwhelming, and I cannot stress enough how important it is for newcomers to start with the 3 "legacy campaigns", which are the old core game and DLC from when it wasn't a free-to-play title. Several hours of AAA narrated single player campaigns with top of the line cut scenes and voice acting.

      Jesus murphy! I'm the grumpy old guy who dislikes all the popular stuff, but this has me amazed.




      I've actually been in Destiny 2 most of the last 6 months. Jumped in for Season of Undying and then hit Season of Dawn hard. I'm back to taking a break for the  current season but it's mostly because I can't dedicate the time to it right now. Kind of sticking to games I can pause. It's a fantastic looter shooter. I've got 700 hours in it since it came to steam and at least that when it was on battle.net. I bought all of the expansions and such and got my money's worth.


      700?! Wowsers. I'm close to 100 now, but if it weren't for the new season spiking my interest a bit again, I was close to putting it down.
      I've also got Rage 2, the new Halo Master Chief game, and Metro Exodus to pancake my way through, but I think I'll be back for more Destiny 2 later. 
      As already stated.. it's polished AF, and anybody who enjoys sci-fi shooters, are stupid not to give the absolutely free legacy campaigns a whirl. 



      Yea there's a ton to do in the game. I also spent a lot of that time farming for "God Rolls" or the best roll you can get on my favorite weapons.
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      March 21, 2020

      pyroth309 said:


      RuneSR2 said:


      pyroth309 said:


      I've been in Doom all night lol. It's fun as hell and my kind of game. Mick Gordon did an awesome job with the soundtrack too.


      You're not helping, lol  ;) Must ... still ... resist.

      At least tell me it's choppy as hell on your GTX 1080 even though you're using the lowest details  :D 



      Nope, running it on 4k max settings and pulling about 50 fps and it looks amazing.


      I would be sitting 2 feet from a large plasma with great blacks and awesome colors, it's only 1080p but super-low input lag (16 ms in pc mode), my performance would be quite amazing in 1080p I suppose even with tons of aa... sigh... Guess it might even work with my 2 new Steam controllers I've used for like 25 minutes... 


      But Alyx first, not gonna pause the pre-load...  o:) 
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
      pyroth309
      Up and Coming
      March 21, 2020
      This was a Vid of me playing on my 1080.  Not my best work as I was distracted IRL and I was also hunting for secrets but you can see the graphics I was getting. FPS dips more when I'm streaming cause I only have an I5 and it gets bogged.

      Set it to 4k on Youtube.
      RuneSR2
      RuneSR2
      Honored Contributor
      March 21, 2020
      Reminds me of some of the last levels in Doom VFR - actually haven't completed VFR yet, but I've arrived at the final battle - but I keep getting spanked :blush:
      Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
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