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Today’s game is some more Alan Wake II. I was playing with lighting and portraits to practice some stuff we had gone over in my Photography class. I got this one of him illuminated by the projector light I really liked.

There was also this one I grabbed on the stage of Door’s talk show, I got it to contrast with the warmer lighting of the other one. Kind of get a matching pair of that makes sense.

Speaking of Door’s talk show, or more so the area around it, when I exited I saw this sign that said OD Diner. At first I thought it was a reference to Alan’s addiction problems, but if I remember correctly he just had a drinking problem.

Then I realized, “duh. It’s Oh Dear Diner dumb ass.” It makes sense because it’s a dream world, which is random neurons firing off. So obviously it’s his brain (or more so the dark place) reusing his memory of the Oh Dear Diner.

I also got the privilege of discovering my PS5 controller I bought purely for PC gaming is now deciding it wants to drift. In this elevator I got stuck moving to the left. I adjusted dead zones to help a little but honestly it’s just a patch, and not even one that worked well.

Honestly, it’s kind of on me, it’s taken quite a few falls. I’ll have to see about sending it in. If not, then there’s a fancy new steam controller on the horizon that hopefully is within my budget.

Because of said Stick Drift I stopped in the theater. I’m gonna try and adjust the dead zone a little more to make it more tolerable, so we’ll see if I can do that or if I should start looking into my warranty.

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[–] gog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Try the hall effect joysticks, they're on amazon

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago

I might I’ve thought about it for a few things, Soldering is what’s putting me off though. Do they require soldering or is it like the Switch Joycons where they just use a ribbon cable?

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

oh wow. Does the game really look this good?

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 minutes ago

Yeah, I’m using FSR to upscale to use Ray Tracing because I like messing with the options, but the default “Medium” without RT option looks really good too (honestly I’d argue there’s not much of a difference between them unless you put them side by side). I highly advise playing it whether you like narratives, pretty graphics, or both.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 points 2 minutes ago

Yes. If you can play it maxed out it's one of the best looking games ever, still. Hell, even on medium settings it will look good. Not only a phenomenal graphics engine with great ray tracing and visual fidelity but also a superb HDR implementation. And on top of all that the art direction is absolutely top shelf stuff.

Plus, of course, one of the best narrative experiences ever while simultaneously playing like a really tight and solid survival horror.

It's in my top 3 games of all time.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes, and it is a masterclass in both narrative and environmental story telling.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Honestly I'm glad I decided to pick this up despite my complete rejection of epic games store.

It has personally been one of the greatest games I've ever played, and I don't say that lightly. I have been kicking myself for waiting so long to get into the alan wake series.

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 13 minutes ago

It’s the only game I’ve given a pass for on the Epic Game’s store, and even then. If it ever makes a jump over to Steam or GOG or something else, I’m buying it there ASAP. The first Alan Wake is one of my favorites, and I think this one shares the throne, if not toppling the first

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure OD Diner is meant to be both. Doesn't it say Alan has "various addictions under his belt" in one of the manuscript pages somewhere?

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

It might have, honestly it’s been a while since I read through all the manuscript pages